Apparatus, method and computer program product to configure a radio link protocol for internet protocol flow
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsMika P. Rinne, Jean-Philippe Kermoal
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Abstract
A radio link service profile is defined as a set of parameters for upper layer transport of an IP packet, and may be associated with a logical channel flow identifier. A data packet is sent over a wireless logical channel that is identified by the LCID between a base station and a user equipment. The association of RLSP, whether created or invoked form a memory, is coordinated among the BS and the UE without the need to involve the radio network controller, and if the RLSP does not have a diffserv field on the uplink, the BS adds it prior to forwarding the data packet. A method, device (both BS and UE), computer program product, and system are described in multiple embodiments.
Claims43
A method comprising:
- associating a temporary interne protocol packet flow with a radio link service profile that comprises a set of quality parameters, a set of transport parameters and a logical channel identifier, said radio link service profile for upper layer packet transport;
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- one of sending or receiving a data packet, satisfying quality and transport requirements selected from the set of quality parameters and the set of transport parameters, over a wireless channel between a base station and a user equipment.
An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory and a first transceiver, said memory storing computer program instructions to associate a temporary flow with a radio link service profile, said radio link service profile comprising a set of quality parameters, a set of transport parameters and a logical channel identifier for upper layer packet transport,
- wherein the first transceiver is configured to send a data packet to a second transceiver over a wireless channel after the computer program instructions make the association.
A non-transient computer readable memory storing instructions which when executed cause a digital processor to perform actions directed toward stipulating upper layer transport conditions for a data packet, said actions comprising:
- associating a temporary flow with a radio link service profile that comprises a set of quality parameters, a set of transport parameters and a logical channel identifier, said radio link service profile for upper layer packet transport;
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- one of sending or receiving a data packet satisfying quality and transport requirements selected from the set of quality parameters and from the set of transport parameters over a wireless channel.
A system comprising a base station and a user equipment, each of said base station and user equipment comprising a processor coupled to a transceiver and to a memory for storing computer program instructions, said system operating to coordinate upper layer signaling for a data packet by:
- exchanging messages between the base station and user equipment to associate a temporary flow with a radio link service profile that comprises a set of quality parameters, a set of transport parameters and a logical channel identifier, and then
- one of sending or receiving a data packet satisfying quality and transport requirements selected from the set of quality parameters and from the set of transport parameters over a wireless channel between the base station and the user equipment.
An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a receiver configured to receive a flow associated with a radio link service profile that comprises a set of quality parameters, a set of transport parameters and a logical channel identifier for upper layer packet transport, where the flow satisfying quality and transport requirements selected from the set of quality parameters and from the set of transport parameters is received over a wireless channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.