Base Station RQI Coordination for Uplink QoS Processing Relief
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing functionality and demand for wireless communication devices strain battery life and processing capabilities, necessitating improvements in wireless communication systems to ensure accurate signal transmission and reception while reducing power and processing requirements.
Innovation Solution
A base station coordinates communication by receiving reflective quality of service (QoS) indicators and determining active uplink QoS rules, adjusting data packet transmissions to user equipment (UE) based on these indicators, and managing timers for QoS rules, enabling efficient resource allocation and reduced processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If increasing functionality and features are added to wireless devices, then communication capabilities and service quality are improved, but battery life and processing capabilities are strained
Solution Approach 1:
The UE device autonomously determines and applies QoS rules based on RQI markings in received packets without requiring continuous network intervention. The device self-manages QoS parameter extraction, rule matching, and packet filtering, reducing the processing burden and energy consumption associated with constant network communication and centralized QoS management
Solution Approach 2:
QoS rules are pre-configured in the UE device including packet filters, QoS parameters, and priority levels. When packets arrive with RQI markings, the device performs rapid matching against pre-loaded rules rather than requiring real-time network decisions, significantly reducing processing time and energy consumption during active communication
2Reliability
If complex QoS management procedures are implemented, then service quality and signal accuracy are improved, but processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential QoS management functions to the UE device - specifically receiving RQI markings, matching packets against pre-configured rules, and applying filtering. Complex QoS policy decisions remain in the network, while the UE handles only the execution layer, reducing processing complexity while maintaining signal accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter representation of QoS information by using compact RQI markings in packet headers rather than transmitting full QoS policy descriptions. This parameter transformation enables efficient processing at the UE while maintaining complete QoS control capability
Data Source
AI summary
A base station (BS) may receive, from a network node, one or more data packets including one or more reflective quality of service (QoS) indicator (RQI) markings. The base station may then determine, based on a value of the one or more RQI markings, one or more active uplink (UL) QoS rules associated with a user equipment (UE). The base station may further determine, based on at least one of one or more timers, the one or more active UL QoS rules, and status information received from the UE, to include or refrain from including the one or more RQI markings in a transmission of the one or more data packets to the UE. Accordingly, in response to the determining that the RQI markings should be included, the base station may then transmit the one or more packets including the RQI markings to the UE.