26 results about "Residential gateway" patented technology

A session management method performed by a core network according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving, by using an access and mobility management function (AMF), a packet data unit (PDU) session modification request to which non-3GPP device connection information is applied from a user equipment (UE) or a 5G residential gateway (5G-RG), and determining whether to reject the PDU session modification request by using at least one of a session management function (SMF) or a policy control function (PCF).

Systems, methods, and apparatus may be provided for identifying a device or user behind a resential gateway. For example, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) may perform a method that may comprise a number of operations. A Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session to a network node may be established. A first message may be received from a device. The first message may indicate a Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP) request. A device identifier associated with the DHCP request may be determined based on configuration information and a characteristic of the DHCP request. A second message may be generated. The second message may indicates the DHCP request and a remote identification (ID) option value. The remote ID option value may be set to the device identifier. The second message may be sent to the first network node using the first PDU session.

A method for selecting and applying a dedicated quality of service (QoS) class for a user equipment (UE) within a home network that communicates with a data network includes: communicating, by the UE, with the data network over a communication path, wherein the communication path comprises a first communication link of a first QoS class between the UE and a residential gateway (RG) and a second communication link of a second QoS class between the RG and the data network; and initially selecting, by the RG, a default QoS class for the first QoS class for the UE. The communication comprises an identification of the UE and / or a traffic descriptor that is received by the RG and / or by a network entity within the data network.

A method for selecting and applying a dedicated quality of service (QOS) class for a user equipment (UE) within a home network that communicates with a data network includes: communicating, by the UE, with the data network over a communication path, wherein the communication path comprises a first communication link of a first QoS class between the UE and a residential gateway (RG) and a second communication link of a second QoS class between the RG and the data network; and initially selecting, by the RG, a default QoS class for the first QoS class for the UE. The communication comprises an identification of the UE and / or a traffic descriptor that is received by the RG and / or by a network entity within the data network.

A method operable by an authentication element for authenticating devices for a plurality of communication networks includes (1) supporting authentication of a first device for a private Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) wireless communication network via an interface between a core network of the private 3GPP wireless communication network and the authentication element, and (2) supporting authentication of a second device for a wireline access network, the second device being communicatively coupled to the wireline access network via a residential gateway.

A smart meter (211, 212) includes a first communication interface (230) enabling a first communication channel with an information system (110) using the Internet (101) via a residential gateway (201, 202), and a second communication interface (250) enabling a second communication channel using a cellular network (102). The smart meter (211, 212) implements a first communication mode in which one main communication channel is used to transmit data related to metering operations, and operational verification messages are transmitted on the other communication channel. In a second communication mode, the reverse is implemented.The smart meter (211, 212) switches to the second communication mode when the primary communication channel becomes inoperative, and switches back to the first communication mode when at least one functional verification message receives an acknowledgment on the primary communication channel. Figure to be published with the abbreviation: Fig. 1.

A smart meter that includes a first communication interface providing a first communication channel with an information system using the internet, by means of a residential gateway, and a second communication interface providing a second communication channel using a cellular network. The smart meter implements a first communication mode in which a main communication channel is used to communicate data relating to metering operations, and functioning-verification messages are transmitted on the other communication channel. In a second communication mode, the reverse is implemented. The smart meter switches onto the second communication mode when the main communication channel becomes inoperative, and switches onto the first communication mode again when at least one functioning-verification message receives an acknowledgement on the main communication channel.

A network element includes an aggregate gateway function having a control plane and a separate user plane. The network element is configured to: establish a packet forwarding control protocol session between the residential gateway and the network; and facilitate network access by the residential gateway according to the packet forwarding control protocol session. The packet forwarding control protocol session hosts (i) a first set of forwarding rules for forwarding control messages between the control plane and the separate user plane and (ii) at least one second set of forwarding rules for forwarding data traffic between the control plane and the separate user plane.

A method for classifying, by a residential gateway, a bidirectional network flow transiting through said gateway between a first and a second piece of equipment, the method comprising steps of collecting (200) network traffic data relating to said flow, comprising at least a number of bytes and a number of data packets transmitted and received by the first piece of equipment, of determining (201) an average packet size to the first piece of equipment, and a ratio between the amount of data to the first piece of equipment and the amount of data from the first piece of equipment, of comparing (202) the average size determined at a first particular threshold and the ratio determined at a second particular threshold, of categorizing (203) the traffic as sensitive or non-sensitive based on the results of the comparison, and of applying (204) at least one particular configuration associated with said flow when the traffic is determined to be sensitive.Abbreviated figure: figure 2.

A wireless communication method by a user equipment (UE) or a residential gateway (RG) in a network. The method includes allowing at least one non-3GPP device to connect to the UE or RG to enable network traffic with an identifier of the non-3GPP device behind the UE or RG (N3DBU ID) that is identifiable by the network. With this method, both the flexibility and efficiency of network resource utilization are enhanced.

Provided in embodiments of the present application are a data transmission method and a related device, for use in improving processing performance of edge cloud networks and reducing power consumption and delay. The data transmission method provided in the embodiments of the present application is applied to a data plane gateway. A plurality of forwarding instances in the data plane gateway are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of control instances in a control plane gateway. The method comprises: receiving a first service flow of a target service, and determining a target forwarding instance corresponding to the target service; on the basis of a routing table of the target service, determining a target transmission tunnel corresponding to the first service flow, wherein the routing table is configured by a target control instance, the target control instance is the control instance corresponding to the target forwarding instance among the plurality of control instances, and the target transmission tunnel is an access tunnel between a residential gateway and the data plane gateway, a value-added tunnel between a value-added service virtual machine and the data plane gateway, or an interconnection tunnel between the Internet and the data plane gateway; and transmitting the first service flow by means of the target transmission tunnel.

The WTRU residential gateway (RG) is configured to detect which PDU session is used for a service associated with a user identity of a connected / network-shared device based on multiple service descriptors in the supplied User Equipment Routing Policy (URSP). The RG then provides information to the network enabling the network to detect which services are associated with a user identity of the connected device. The network manages the IP address allocation and port combinations of the devices associated with the services and provides this information to the RG for efficient use as a packet filter when managing services originating from / to the connected devices. Further variations and embodiments are disclosed.

A method of downloading data to a device on a local area network (LAN). At a first point in time, an application, 110, on a user device on a home LAN, 120, sends a speculative content request, 102, for pre-load data to a speculative internet download (SID) service 130 on a residential gateway. The SID service sends a content request, 103, to a content server, 150. The pre-load data content is downloaded, 104, to the SID service with a lower priority setting than that normally used for content and stored at the residential gateway. The SID service provides a uniform resource indicator (URI) of the locally stored pre-loaded data, 106, to the application on the user device. At a second point in time, the application on the user device requests access to the pre-loaded data content which may then be locally downloaded if available. The data may be web, video or game content. The user device may supply an authentication token to the SID service for authentication with the content server. The residential gateway may be a wireless router, home hub, broadband gateway etc. The low priority setting may be a “scavenger class” priority setting, e.g. CS1 (DSCP8).

A communications device, e.g., a residential gateway (RG) or a home router, located at a customer premises which supports cellular and WiFi services, identifies end user communications devices, e.g., cellphones, which support both cellular communications and WiFi communications, via matching, e.g., to within a predetermined time, a detected cellular connection time to a detected WiFi association time. The cellular communications service provider, to which the owner of each identified end user device is a subscriber, is also identified. The communications device, e.g., the RG, provides different levels of WiFi service, to different end user devices, based on the identified communications service provider corresponding to an end user device and any existing WiFi service agreements between service providers.

A method for activating at least one communication interface of a residential gateway of a local communication network to which a main item of equipment configured for connecting to the at least one communication interface of the residential gateway is connected is disclosed. This method is implemented by at least one secondary item of equipment configured for communicating with the at least one main item of equipment via a first wireless communication channel, and with the residential gateway via a second wireless communication channel associated with at least one other communication interface of the residential gateway. This method includes transmitting to the at least one main item of equipment, over the first wireless communication channel, of a message controlling the at least one main item of equipment, and transmitting to the residential gateway, over the second wireless communication channel, of a request to activate the at least one communication interface.

Systems, methods, and apparatus may be provided for identifying a device or user behind a resential gateway. For example, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) may perform a method that may comprise a number of operations. A Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session to a network node may be established. A first message may be received from a device. The first message may indicate a Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP) request. A device identifier associated with the DHCP request may be determined based on configuration information and a characteristic of the DHCP request. A second message may be generated. The second message may indicate the DHCP request and a remote identification (ID) option value. The remote ID option value may be set to the device identifier. The second message may be sent to the first network node using the first PDU session.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, device and computer readable medium for coordination between wireline and wireless policy controllers. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the service controller is able to coordinate between information about a wireless subscription for mapping from a traffic multiplexer used in a wireline access to a wireless data session selector and information sent to a wireline Residential Gateway device about mapping application traffic to a traffic multiplexer used in a wireline access.

A residential gateway (RG), e.g., a 5G-RG, indicates its support for ECN marking for L4S in uplink and / or downlink via a PDU session request message, e.g., a PDU session establishment request message, communicated from the RG via a 3GPP radio access network (RAN) to a core network, e.g., a 5GC. The indication, in some embodiments, is provided in either: a Session Management (SM) capability field, e.g., a 5GSM capability field, or as a new indication, which is included as part of a N1 SM container. A RG may, and sometimes does, determine congestion in its buffers / queues and perform ECN marking and report if traffic congestion is being experienced within its own buffers / queues for uplink and / or downlink traffic. In some such embodiments, both an RG and a RAN can, and sometimes do, perform ECN marking for L4S simultaneously in both directions (i.e. uplink and downlink).

A distributed computing system, comprising a control node and a plurality of provider nodes. One or more of the provider nodes are a customer premises equipment (CPE), each CPE comprising one of: a broadband router, a modem, a residential gateway. The control node and the plurality of provider nodes are arranged in a grid computing network to provide a distributed computational resource by aggregating surplus computational resources at the plurality of provider nodes.

This patent document describes, among other things, techniques and apparatus for providing residential gateways and / or indoor base stations to improve wireless network efficiency and performance. In an aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device, base station information including an identifier from a base station, where the base station information indicates that the base station is an indoor small cell. The method also includes determining, at the wireless device, whether the indoor small cell can be accessed based on the identifier. The method includes triggering, by the wireless device, a registration procedure or a service request procedure to a network based on the identifier.

Methods and apparatus to associate audience members with over-the-top device media impressions. An example audience measurement apparatus includes a reporting message receiver to receive a first reporting message from a client device coupled to a residential gateway having an internet protocol (IP) address. An AME ID determiner is to assign an audience measurement entity (AME) identifier to the IP address provided by the received first reporting message. A redirect instructor is to send a redirect instruction to the client device to cause the client device to send a second reporting message to a database proprietor, the redirect instruction to include the AME identifier and the IP address. A DP message reporting receiver is to receive, in response to the sent redirect instruction, a third reporting message from the database proprietor that includes a database proprietor (DP) identifier.

This patent document describes, among other things, techniques, and apparatuses for providing a residential gateway and / or indoor base station to improve wireless network efficiency and performance. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device from a base station, base station information comprising an identifier, wherein the base station information indicates that the base station is an indoor small base station. The method further includes determining, at the wireless device, whether the indoor small base station can be accessed based on the identifier. The method includes triggering, by the wireless device, a registration procedure or a service request procedure with a network based on the identifier.

A residential gateway (RG), e.g., a 5G-RG, indicates its support for ECN marking for L4S in uplink and / or downlink via a PDU Session Request message, e.g., a PDU Session Establishment Request message, communicated from the RG via a wireline access gateway function (W-AGF) to a core network, e.g., a 5GC. The indication, in some embodiments, is provided in either: a Session Management (SM) capability field, e.g., a 5GSM capability field, or as a new indication, which is included as part of a N1 SM container. A RG may, and sometimes does, determine congestion in its buffers / queues and perform ECN marking and report if traffic congestion is being experienced within its own buffers / queues for uplink and / or downlink traffic. In some such embodiments, both an RG and a W-AGF can, and sometimes do, perform ECN marking for L4S simultaneously in both directions (i.e. uplink and downlink).

In one or more systems, methods, and / or devices, an enhanced residential gateway (eRG) may perform registration for 5GS and CPN identification. This may include a registration procedure for the eRG, and / or a service request procedure for the eRG. Additionally, in the eRG, the user plane of a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may be handled. This may include a procedure for the eRG for WTRU registration, and / or PDU session establishment for local breakout in the CPN.

Methods and apparatus to associate audience members with over-the-top device media impressions. An example audience measurement apparatus includes a reporting message receiver to receive a first reporting message from a client device coupled to a residential gateway having an internet protocol (IP) address. An AME ID determiner is to assign an audience measurement entity (AME) identifier to the IP address provided by the received first reporting message. A redirect instructor is to send a redirect instruction to the client device to cause the client device to send a second reporting message to a database proprietor, the redirect instruction to include the AME identifier and the IP address. A DP message reporting receiver is to receive, in response to the sent redirect instruction, a third reporting message from the database proprietor that includes a database proprietor (DP) identifier.