5G NR AP-to-Baseband Service Tagging for Adaptive QoS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems face inefficiencies due to uncoordinated networking activities of multiple applications, leading to unnecessary power consumption and performance issues.
Innovation Solution
Implement data and service tagging from an application processor (AP) to a baseband processor (BB) to customize quality of service protocols for each application, allowing the BB to configure network connections and provide feedback for optimized data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications use cellular connections without coordination, then each application can operate independently, but the number of connections increases unnecessarily and power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges networking activities of multiple applications by introducing a networking coordinator that consolidates connection management. Instead of each application maintaining separate connections, the coordinator combines their networking needs into shared connections, reducing the total number of active connections and thereby lowering power consumption while preserving application functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The networking coordinator serves multiple applications simultaneously with a single coordination mechanism. It provides universal connection management services to different applications, allowing them to share network resources and connections rather than each requiring dedicated connection management, thus reducing overall power consumption.
2Reliability
If multiple applications create separate network connections, then each application has dedicated resources, but network resource utilization becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The networking coordinator merges separate application connections into shared network connections while maintaining logical separation for each application. This consolidation improves network resource utilization by reducing redundancy, while the coordinator ensures each application receives appropriate network services, maintaining connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The networking coordinator acts as an intermediary between applications and the network infrastructure. It mediates connection requests from multiple applications, optimizing network resource allocation and utilization while ensuring each application maintains reliable connectivity through the coordinated shared connections.
3Ease of operation
If networking activities are uncoordinated across applications, then applications can operate autonomously, but performance deteriorates due to inefficient connection management
Solution Approach 1:
The networking coordinator serves as an intermediary that preserves application autonomy while improving network performance. Applications continue to operate independently and request network services as before, but the coordinator optimizes their collective networking activities, managing connections efficiently to enhance overall network performance without restricting application freedom.
Solution Approach 2:
The networking coordinator implements feedback mechanisms to monitor and adjust connection management based on actual network conditions and application needs. This allows coordinated optimization of network performance while maintaining application autonomy, as the coordinator continuously adapts connection strategies based on observed performance metrics.
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AI summary
Techniques and devices for service-specific tagging of data by an application processor (AP) of a user equipment device (UE). A first indication may be sent from the UE to a baseband processor (BB) of the UE of one or more quality of service preferences for an upcoming data session, and the BB may configure one or more layers of the BB according to the quality of service preferences. The BB may further communicate with a network to establish protocols for the quality of service preferences. The BB may determine one or more network conditions, and may transmit feedback from the BB to the AP related to the determined network conditions. In response, the AP may send a second indication of one or more updated quality of service preferences to the BB based at least in part on the feedback received from the BB.