US 11,770,211 B2 · Changing network error mitigation approaches based on connection conditions

Abstract

The technologies described herein are generally directed to changing error mitigation protocols used for a connection based on the quality of a network connection in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include determining, by network equipment comprising a processor, that a quality of a connection between a user equipment and a network access point is below a connection quality threshold, with the connection employing a communications protocol using a first error mitigation process, and where the network access point enables respective access to services enabled via a communication network. The method can further include, based on the quality and the first error mitigation process, enabling, by the network equipment, a second error mitigation process of the communications protocol of the connection, the second error mitigation process being different than the first error mitigation process.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

determining, by network equipment comprising a processor, that a quality of a connection between a user equipment and a network access point is below a connection quality threshold, wherein the connection employs a communications protocol comprising a first error mitigation process, wherein the network access point enables respective access to services enabled via a communication network, wherein the first error mitigation process is performed at an open systems interconnection physical layer of the communications network, and wherein the first error mitigation process comprises a retransmission of unacknowledged packets;
and
based on the quality and the first error mitigation process, enabling, by the network equipment, a second error mitigation process of the communications protocol of the connection, the second error mitigation process being different than the first error mitigation process, wherein the second error mitigation process is performed at an open systems interconnection layer of the communications network above the open systems interconnection physical layer, and wherein the second error mitigation process comprises a linear coding of packets.

A system, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
determining that a quality of a connection between a user equipment and base station equipment is below a connection quality threshold, wherein the connection employs a communications protocol comprising a first error mitigation process, wherein the base station equipment enables respective access to services enabled via a communication network, wherein the first error mitigation process is performed at an open systems interconnection physical layer of the communications network, and wherein the first error mitigation process comprises a retransmission of unacknowledged packets;
and
based on the quality and the first error mitigation process, enabling a second error mitigation process of the communications protocol of the connection, the second error mitigation process being different than the first error mitigation process, wherein the second error mitigation process is performed at an open systems interconnection layer of the communications network above the open systems interconnection physical layer, and wherein the second error mitigation process comprises a linear coding of packets.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of network equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining that a quality of a connection between a user equipment and a network access point does not satisfy a connection quality threshold, wherein the connection employs a communications protocol comprising a first error mitigation process, wherein the network access point enables respective access to services enabled via a communication network, wherein the first error mitigation process is performed at a physical layer of the communications network, and wherein the first error mitigation process comprises a retransmission of unacknowledged packets;
and
based on the quality and the first error mitigation process, enabling a second error mitigation process of the communications protocol of the connection, the second error mitigation process being different than the first error mitigation process, wherein the second error mitigation process is performed at an open systems interconnection layer of the communications network above the physical layer, and wherein the second error mitigation process comprises a linear coding of packets.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Changing network error mitigation approaches based on connection conditions

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