40 results about "Residential gateway" patented technology

Various methods and systems of the present disclosure provide a protocol data unit (PDU) set based quality of service (QoS) handling in a wireline access. To support the PDU Set based QoS handling in the wireline access, one or more PDU Set QoS parameters and / or PDU Set information may be provided to one or more wireline nodes (e.g., a wireline gateway access function (W-AGF) and / or a residential gateway (RG) etc.). When the W-AGF receives one or more N2 requests associated with one or more PDU session resources, the W-AGF maps one or more QoS profiles received from 5G core (5GC) to a wireline access user plane (W-UP) QoS level. The W-AGF sets up one or more W-UP resources based on the W-UP QoS level for a PDU session. Further, various methods and systems of the present disclosure also provide low latency, low loss, and scalable throughput (L4S) enabled 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 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).

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 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 database, e.g. a unified data repository (UDR) which can be accessed by a unified data management (UDM), stores residential gateway (RG) subscription information for each of plurality of RGs. The stored RG subscription information, corresponding to a RG includes information, e.g. 5G-RG L4S information, indicating whether or not the RG is allowed / capable to perform ECN marking. A session management function (SMF) retrieves, e.g., via a UDM, the RG information indicating whether or not the RG is allowed / capable to perform ECN marking and uses the retrieved information to decide whether or not to enable the RG to perform ECN marking for L4S and / or provide congestion information as part of QoS monitoring and / or to select resources including a policy control function (PCF) for supporting a PDU communications 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 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.

The embodiment of the invention provides a QoS (Quality of Service) processing method and device based on wired access, a readable medium and equipment. The QoS processing method is executed by a residential gateway, the residential gateway is connected between a service processing device and a wired access gateway device, and the QoS processing method comprises the following steps: establishing a protocol data unit PDU session with a core network element through the wired access gateway device; obtaining QoS rule information of service data stream transmission performed by the service processing device and a service server based on the PDU session; and carrying out QoS processing on a service data stream transmission process between the service processing equipment and the service server according to the QoS rule information. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the service processing equipment can realize QoS processing of the service data flow through both the 3GPP RAT and the non-3GPP RAT, and the processing flexibility of the service data flow is improved on the premise of ensuring the QoS requirement of the service data flow.

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.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes creating an outage plan to manage provision of network services for devices at a premises, and implementing the outage plan responsive to occurrence of an outage in the network services; if a residential gateway (RG) and a smartphone are available, network connectivity can be facilitated for at least a portion of the devices using the RG and the smartphone as a mobile hotspot; if a smartphone is not available, network connectivity can be facilitated using the RG and another device as a mobile hotspot, where the other device is provided by a provider of the network services; if an RG for the premises is not available, network connectivity can be facilitated by transferring an authentication token to a predetermined device to serve as a backup gateway for the premises. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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.

The embodiment of the invention provides a congestion processing method and device based on wired access, a readable medium and equipment. The congestion processing method is executed by a residential gateway, the residential gateway is connected between a service processing device and a wired access gateway device, and the congestion processing method comprises the following steps: establishing a protocol data unit PDU session with a core network element through the wired access gateway device; monitoring a service data packet transmitted by the service processing equipment and a service server based on the PDU session; and if it is monitored that the service data packet transmitted between the service processing device and the service server is congested, performing congestion marking processing. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the congestion processing of the service data flow can be realized by the service processing equipment through both the 3GPPRAT and the non-3GPPRAT, and the utilization rate of the network bandwidth and the service processing quality can be improved.

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).

This invention describes apparatuses / methods for providing access to a data network (DN) comprising: an interface for receiving a subscriber identity module (SIM) card comprising an identifier associated with at least one of a subscriber and a residential gateway unit; a local area network (LAN) interface for receiving DN access through a second residential gateway; a wireless access interface for connecting to the DN wirelessly directly through a wireless access infrastructure; wherein if the SIM is provided to the wireless access interface providing and / or configuring credentials for the wireless access interface, the wireless access interface is adapted to connect to the core network of a cellular system access to receive DN access.

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.

The communication method according to the embodiments of this application is used to determine quality of service and / or charging control of a service flow of a terminal in a network that provides a service for a residential gateway, so as to ensure transmission quality of the service flow. A first control plane network element in a first network obtains a quality of service parameter and / or a charging policy of a service flow in the first network, where the service flow is a service flow in which a second terminal communicates with a second network by using a first terminal and a user plane network element in the first network; and the first control plane network element sends the quality of service parameter and / or the charging policy of the service flow to the user plane network element and / or the first terminal.

A method for managing traffic from a non-3rd generation partnership project (non-3GPP) device via a user equipment (UE) or a residential gateway (RG), includes receiving at least one non-3GPP device behind UE or RG (N3DBU) identifier (ID) and at least one N3DBU ID subscription data from a network, binding at least one non-3GPP device to the at least one N3DBU ID, and evaluating a user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rule using the at least one N3DBU ID.

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 present application provide a wired access-based congestion handling method and apparatus, a readable medium, and a device. The congestion handling method is performed by a residential gateway, the residential gateway is connected between a service processing device and a wired access gateway device, and the congestion handling method comprises: establishing a protocol data unit (PDU) session with a core network element by means of the wired access gateway device; monitoring service data packets transmitted by the service processing device and a service server on the basis of the PDU session; and if congestion is detected in the service data packets transmitted between the service processing device and the service server, performing congestion marking. The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present application can ensure that a service processing device can achieve congestion handling of service data flows by means of both 3GPPRAT and non-3GPPRAT, helping to improve the utilization rate of network bandwidth and the quality of service processing.

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are configured for user authentication in wireless systems associated with users behind a residential gateway (RG) or gateway. A first network node may receive, from a second network node, a first message. The first message may include configuration information indicating that the first network node is to initiate an authorization procedure based on a detection of one or more of an unauthorized source MAC address, an unauthorized source IP address, or an unauthorized source port number. The first network node may send a second message including information associated with the detection. The first network node may receive a third message including an indication that a source wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is authorized. The first network node may transmit the source WTRU, a fourth message comprising at least one or more of a packet associated with the source WTRU or a call data record (CDR).

Various systems, apparatuses, and methods for identifying one or more non-third generation partnership project (non-3GPP) devices and for providing differentiated quality of service (QoS) for the one or more non-3GPP devices are provided. A residential gateway (RG) may be connected to the one or more non-3GPP devices. The RG may receive a request for differentiated QoS for a non-3GPP device of the one or more non-3GPP devices. The RG may bind, based on the request for the differentiated QoS, a non-3GPP device identifier to the non-3GPP device. The RG may transmit, to a core network, at least one of: a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request or a PDU session establishment request. The RG maps a traffic stream associated with the first non-3GPP device to a PDU session and a QoS flow identifier (QFI) indicative of differentiated QoS.