Technique for performing QoS control in a cloud robotics system

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code portions executable by processing circuitry of one or more computing devices whereby the one or more computing devices are operable to:

• trigger mapping of control messages communicated from a robot controller to a robot to Quality of Service, QoS, classes among a plurality of data session related QoS classes supported by a mobile communication network for transmission of traffic via the mobile communication network, wherein each of the control messages is mapped to a respective QoS class depending on a Quality of Control, QoC, tolerance associated with the respective control message, wherein the mapping is adjusted based on QoC feedback provided by at least one of the robot and the robot controller, and wherein control messages with lower QoC tolerances are mapped to higher QoS classes, and control messages with higher QoC tolerances are mapped to lower QoS classes,
• communicate the control messages according to the triggered mapping.

A computing unit for performing Quality of Service, QoS, control regarding control messages communicated from a robot controller to a robot via a mobile communication network in a cloud robotics system, the computing unit comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory containing instructions executable by the at least one processor such that the computing unit is operable to:

• trigger mapping of control messages communicated from the robot controller to the robot to QoS classes among a plurality of data session related QoS classes supported by the mobile communication network for transmission of traffic via the mobile communication network, wherein each of the control messages is mapped to a respective QoS class depending on a Quality of Control, QoC, tolerance associated with the respective control message, wherein the mapping is adjusted based on QoC feedback provided by at least one of the robot and the robot controller, and wherein control messages with lower QoC tolerances are mapped to higher QoS classes, and control messages with higher QoC tolerances are mapped to lower QoS classes,
• communicate the control messages according to the triggered mapping.

A cloud robotics system comprising a computing unit, a robot and a robot controller, wherein the computing unit is for performing Quality of Service, QoS, control regarding control messages communicated from the robot controller to the robot via a mobile communication network in a cloud robotics system, the computing unit comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory containing instructions executable by the at least one processor such that the computing unit is operable to:

• trigger mapping of control messages communicated from the robot controller to the robot to QoS classes among a plurality of data session related QoS classes supported by the mobile communication network for transmission of traffic via the mobile communication network, wherein each of the control messages is mapped to a respective QoS class depending on a Quality of Control, QoC, tolerance associated with the respective control message, wherein the mapping is adjusted based on QoC feedback provided by at least one of the robot and the robot controller, and wherein control messages with lower QoC tolerances are mapped to higher QoS classes, and control messages with higher QoC tolerances are mapped to lower QoS classes,
• communicate the control messages according to the triggered mapping.