# US 2021/0243649 A1 · Method for Bundling Sampling Data for Wireless Transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243649 A1 - Document ID: US20210243649A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/050,596 - Filed: 2019-05-14 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-01 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Gustav Wikström; Jonas Kronander; Muhammad Ikram Ashraf; Fedor Chernogorov; Johan Torsner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243649A1 ## CPC - H04L 43/022: by sampling - H04W 28/065: {using assembly or disassembly of packets} - H04L 43/04: Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 40/00: Communication routing or communication path finding - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - Y04S 40/00: Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for transmitting at least one data stream comprising a plurality of samples between a first wireless device and a second wireless device using machine-to-machine communication. A method in the first wireless device comprises receiving the at least one data stream; generating a first data packet comprising N of the plurality of samples, wherein N is an integer value of greater than or equal to 2; and transmitting the first data packet to the second wireless device. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -42. (canceled) ### Claim 43 A method performed by a first wireless device for transmitting at least one data stream comprising a plurality of samples to a second wireless device using machine-to-machine communication, the method comprising: receiving the at least one data stream; generating a first data packet comprising N of the plurality of samples, wherein N is an integer value greater than or equal to 2; and transmitting the first data packet to the second wireless device. ### Claim 44 (depends on 43) The method of claim 43, wherein generating comprises bundling the N samples into the first data packet according to a predetermined pattern. ### Claim 45 (depends on 44) The method of claim 44, further comprising transmitting an indication of the predetermined pattern to the second wireless device. ### Claim 46 (depends on 44) The method of claim 44, wherein: the predetermined pattern comprises N samples, of the at least one data stream, that are identified by respective sampling IDs defined by sID=k+stepover*m, m is a sequence of integers from 0 to N−1, stepover is an integer value of greater than or equal to 2, and k is an sID of a first sample to be bundled into the first data packet. ### Claim 47 (depends on 43) The method of claim 43, further comprising buffering N samples of the received at least one data stream before generating the packet. ### Claim 48 (depends on 46) The method of claim 46, further comprising buffering (k+stepover*m) samples of the received at least one data stream before generating the packet. ### Claim 49 (depends on 46) The method of claim 46, further comprising transmitting an indication of the value of k to the second wireless device. ### Claim 50 (depends on 43) The method of claim 43, wherein: N≤floor (bits_per_packet/bits_per_sample), bits_per_packet is a number of bits per transmission time interval, bits_per_sample is a number of bits in each of the plurality of samples, and floor(x) is the next lowest integer relative to x. ### Claim 51 (depends on 43) The method of claim 43, wherein: N≤r*dbundling, r is a sampling rate of the at least one data stream, and dbundling is a maximum delay allowed for bundling of the at least one data stream. ### Claim 52 A method performed by a second wireless device for receiving at least one data stream comprising a plurality of samples from a first wireless device using machine-to-machine communication, the method comprising: receiving at least a first data packet; extracting N samples from the first data packet, wherein N is an integer value of greater than or equal to 2; and generating the at least one data stream based on the extracted N samples. ### Claim 53 (depends on 52) The method of claim 52, wherein generating comprises de-bundling the N samples into the at least one first data stream according to a predetermined pattern. ### Claim 54 (depends on 53) The method of claim 53, further comprising receiving an indication of the predetermined pattern from the first wireless device. ### Claim 55 (depends on 52) The method of claim 52 wherein: the predetermined pattern comprises N samples, of the at least one data stream, that are identified by respective sampling IDs defined by sID=k+stepover*m, m is a sequence of integers from 0 to N−1, stepover is an integer value of greater than or equal to 2, and k is an sID of a first sample to be de-bundled from the first data packet. ### Claim 56 A first wireless device for transmitting at least one data stream comprising a plurality of samples to a second wireless device using machine-to-machine communication, the first wireless device comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive the at least one data stream; generate a first data packet comprising N of the plurality of samples, wherein N is an integer value of greater than or equal to 2; and transmit the first data packet to the second wireless device. ### Claim 57 (depends on 56) The first wireless device of claim 56, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate the first data packet by bundling the N samples into the first data packet according to a predetermined pattern. ### Claim 58 (depends on 57) The first wireless device of claim 57, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit an indication of the predetermined pattern to the second wireless device. ### Claim 59 (depends on 57) The first wireless device of claim 57, wherein: the predetermined pattern comprises N samples, of the at least one data stream, that are identified by respective sampling IDs defined by sID=k+stepover*m, m is a sequence of integers from 0 to N−1, stepover is an integer value of greater than or equal to 2, and k is an sID of a first sample to be bundled into the first data packet. ### Claim 60 (depends on 52) A second wireless device for receiving at least one data stream comprising a plurality of samples from a first wireless device using machine-to-machine communication, the second wireless device comprising processing circuitry configured to perform operations corresponding to the method of claim 52. ### Claim 61 (depends on 59) The second wireless device of claim 59, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate the at least one data stream by de-bundling the N samples into the at least one first data stream according to a predetermined pattern. ### Claim 62 (depends on 60) The second wireless device of claim 60, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive an indication of the predetermined pattern from the first wireless device.