Implementing traffic category in a wireless communications network
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsDimitrios Karampatsis, Apostolis Salkintzis
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus comprising: a processor arranged to execute an application; and a receiver arranged to communicate with a wireless communications network, the receiver arranged to receive traffic category information from a network node in the wireless communications network, the network node remote from the apparatus; wherein the processor is further arranged to associate a traffic category to the application using the traffic category information.
Claims20
A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
- at least one memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and operable to cause the UE to:
- receive, from a network node remote from the UE, signaling that indicates for the UE to apply respective routing rules to a plurality of traffic categories and that indicates a mapping between a plurality of applications executable by the UE and the plurality of traffic categories;
- and
- route, based at least in part on a routing rule of the respective routing rules and the mapping, application data corresponding to an application of the plurality of applications, wherein the application is mapped to a traffic category of the plurality of traffic categories, and wherein the routing rule corresponds to the traffic category.
A network node for wireless communications, comprising:
- at least one memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and operable to cause the network node to:
- transmit signaling that indicates for a user equipment (UE) to apply respective routing rules to a plurality of traffic categories and that indicates a mapping between a plurality of applications executable by the UE and the plurality of traffic categories, wherein application data corresponding to an application of the plurality of applications is routed based at least in part on a routing rule of the respective routing rules and the mapping, wherein the application is mapped to a traffic category of the plurality of traffic categories, and wherein the routing rule corresponds to the traffic category.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving, from a network node remote from the UE, signaling that indicates for the UE to apply respective routing rules to a plurality of traffic categories and that indicates a mapping between a plurality of applications executable by the UE and the plurality of traffic categories;
- and
- routing, based at least in part on a routing rule of the respective routing rules and the mapping, application data corresponding to an application of the plurality of applications, wherein the application is mapped to a traffic category of the plurality of traffic categories, and wherein the routing rule corresponds to the traffic category.
A method performed by a network node, the method comprising transmitting signaling that indicates for a user equipment (UE) to apply respective routing rules to a plurality of traffic categories and that indicates a mapping between a plurality of applications executable by the UE and the plurality of traffic categories, wherein application data corresponding to an application of the plurality of applications is routed based at least in part on a routing rule of the respective routing rules and the mapping, wherein the application is mapped to a traffic category of the plurality of traffic categories, and wherein the routing rule corresponds to the traffic category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.