Methods for interworking between wireless and wired communication networks
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsHubertus Munz, Balázs Varga, György Miklós, Torsten Dudda, Dhruvin Patel
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Abstract
A Virtual Endpoint and a method therein for enabling end-to-end connectivity between a wireless communication network and a wired communication network are disclosed. A Virtual Endpoint is implemented in the wireless communication network and certain user and control plane features used in the wired communication network are implemented in the VEP. The VEP maps data traffic between a device in the wireless communication network and a device in the wired communication network based on Quality-of-Service (QoS) and performs required actions defined by the features used in the wired communication network.
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A method for enabling end-to-end connectivity between a wireless communication network and a wired communication network, the method comprising:
- implementing a Virtual Endpoint (VEP) in the wireless communication network, the VEP being realized as one of a virtual listener and a virtual talker based on a role of a wireless device in the wireless communication network:
- when the role of the wireless device is a talker, the VEP being configured as a virtual listener to:
- set up a time sensitive networking (TSN) stream based at least in part on Quality-of-Service (QOS) settings;
- and
- map user plane packets from a QoS flow of the wireless communication network to the TSN stream;
- and
- when the role of the wireless device is a listener, the VEP being configured as a virtual talker to:
- receive a QoS for the TSN stream;
- map the received QoS to a QoS flow of the wireless communication network;
- implementing in the VEP user and control plane features used in the wired communication network;
- mapping data traffic, in the VEP, between the device in the wireless communication network and a device in the wired communication network based on the QoS flow of the wireless communication network;
- and
- performing required actions defined by the user and control plane features used in the wired communication network, the wireless communication network being a 5th generation (5G) network and the wired communication network being a Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) network.
A method performed in a Virtual Endpoint (VEP) implemented in a wireless communication network for enabling end-to-end connectivity to a wired communication network, the VEP is configured to have user and control plane features used in the wired communication network, the VEP being realized as one of a virtual listener and a virtual talker based on a role of a wireless device in the wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- when the role of the wireless device is a talker:
- setting up a time sensitive networking (TSN) stream based at least in part on Quality-of-Service (QOS) settings;
- and
- mapping user plane packets from a QoS flow of the wireless communication network to the TSN stream;
- and
- when the role of the wireless device is a listener:
- receiving a QoS for the TSN stream;
- mapping the received QoS to a QoS flow of the wireless communication network;
- implementing user and control plane features used in the wired communication network;
- mapping data traffic between the device in the wireless communication network and a device in the wired communication network based on the QoS flow of the wireless communication network;
- receiving a communication request from the device in the wireless communication network or the device in the wired communication network;
- estimating a required QoS;
- and
- performing required actions defined by features used in the wired communication network, the wireless communication network being a 5th generation (5G) network and the wired communication network being a Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) network.
A method performed in a Virtual Endpoint (VEP) implemented in a wireless communication network for enabling end-to-end connectivity to a wired communication network, the VEP is configured to have user and control plane features used in the wired communication network, the VEP being realized as one of a virtual listener and a virtual talker based on a role of a wireless device in the wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- when the role of the wireless device is a talker:
- setting up a time sensitive networking (TSN) stream based at least in part on Quality-of-Service (QOS) settings;
- and
- mapping user plane packets from a QoS flow of the wireless communication network to the TSN stream;
- and
- when the role of the wireless device is a listener:
- receiving a QoS for the TSN stream;
- mapping the received QoS to a QoS flow of the wireless communication network;
- implementing user and control plane features used in the wired communication network;
- mapping data traffic between the device in the wireless communication network and a device in the wired communication network based on the QoS flow of the wireless communication network;
- receiving a communication session request from the device in the wireless communication network;
- estimating a required QoS for a data stream in the wired communication network;
- establishing a data stream in the wired communication network based on the required QoS;
- mapping user plane packets from one of a communication session and a specific QoS Flow to the established data stream;
- and
- performing required actions defined by features used in the wired communication network, the wireless communication network being a 5th generation (5G) network and the wired communication network being a Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) network.
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