Techniques and apparatuses for co-operative traffic management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10292133-B2
Application number	US-201816009633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2018
Priority date	Dec 15, 2016
Publication date	May 14, 2019
Grant date	May 14, 2019

Abstract

A person may utilize multiple connected devices, such as smart watches, user equipments (UEs), smartphones, tablet computers, and/or the like, which may each be assigned unique phone numbers. Operators may assign a common phone number to the multiple connected devices; however, the phone number is not used in the access stratum path of a radio access technology resulting in multiple paging procedures being performed for the multiple connected devices. In implementations, described herein, a first UE, such as a smartphone, may obtain paging information associated with decoding paging messages for a second UE, such as a smart watch. The first UE may use the paging information to decode a paging message of a combined paging cycle established for the first UE and the second UE, thereby obviating a need for multiple paging cycles for the first UE and the second UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
obtaining, by a first user equipment (UE) and from a second UE, paging information for decoding a paging message for the second UE,
wherein the paging information identifies a paging cycle for the second UE; and

decoding, by the first UE, the paging message for the second UE based on the paging information,
wherein the paging message is associated with the paging cycle for the second UE; and forwarding, by the first UE, the decoded paging message to the second UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are connected by at least one of:
a long term evolution (LTE) device-to-device (D2D) connection,
a Wi-Fi direct connection, or
a Bluetooth connection.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging information identifies a serving temporary mobile subscriber identity (S-TMSI) of the second UE, and
wherein the first UE decodes the paging message for the second UE based on the S-TMSI.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring, by the first UE, for the paging message based on the paging cycle for the second UE; and
receiving, by the first UE, the paging message based on the monitoring.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging information is received when the first UE is within a threshold proximity of the second UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selectively monitoring, by the first UE, the paging cycle for the second UE.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
relaying network traffic from the second UE to a network.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the network traffic includes upper layer network traffic; and
wherein the method further comprises:
blocking a redundant portion of the upper layer network traffic from being relayed.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
analyzing the upper layer network traffic to identify the redundant portion of the upper layer network traffic.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein relaying the network traffic comprises:
relaying a scheduling request (SR) message or a random access procedure (RACH) message.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging message is received by the first UE and intended for the second UE.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE has a greater quantity of antennas than the second UE.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE is a handheld device and the second UE is a wearable device.

14. A device for wireless communication, comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:
obtain, from a user equipment (UE), paging information for decoding a paging message for the UE,
wherein the paging information identifies a paging cycle for the UE; and

decode the paging message for the UE based on the paging information,
wherein the paging message is associated with the paging cycle for the UE; and forwarding the decoded paging message to the UE.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the device and the UE are connected by at least one of:
a long term evolution (LTE) device-to-device (D2D) connection,
a Wi-Fi direct connection, or
a Bluetooth connection.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the paging information identifies a serving temporary mobile subscriber identity (S-TMSI) of the UE, and
wherein the device decodes the paging message for the UE based on the S-TMSI.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
monitor for the paging message based on the paging cycle for the UE; and
receive the paging message based on the monitoring.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein the paging information is received when the device is within a threshold proximity of the UE.

19. The device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
selectively monitor the paging cycle for the UE.

20. The device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
relay network traffic from the UE to a network.

21. The device of claim 20 , wherein the network traffic includes upper layer network traffic; and
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
block a redundant portion of the upper layer network traffic from being relayed.

22. The device of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
analyze the upper layer network traffic to identify the redundant portion of the upper layer network traffic.

23. The device of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors when relaying the network traffic, are configured to:
relay a scheduling request (SR) message or a random access procedure (RACH) message.

24. The device of claim 14 , wherein the paging message is received by the device and intended for the UE.

25. The device of claim 14 , wherein the device has a greater quantity of antennas than the UE.

26. The device of claim 14 , wherein the device is a handheld device and the UE is a wearable device.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for wireless communication, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
obtain, from a user equipment (UE), paging information for decoding a paging message for the UE,
wherein the paging information identifies a paging cycle for the UE; and

decode the paging message for the UE based on the paging information,
wherein the paging message is associated with the paging cycle for the UE; and forwarding the decoded paging message to the UE.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the paging information identifies a serving temporary mobile subscriber identity (S-TMSI) of the UE, and
wherein the device decodes the paging message for the UE based on the S-TMSI.

29. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for obtaining, by a first user equipment (UE) and from a second UE, paging information for decoding a paging message for the second UE,
wherein the paging information identifies a paging cycle for the second UE; and

means for decoding, by the first UE, the paging message for the second UE based on the paging information,
wherein the paging message is associated with the paging cycle for the second UE; and means for forwarding, by the first UE, the decoded paging message to the second UE.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the paging information identifies a serving temporary mobile subscriber identity (S-TMSI) of the second UE, and
wherein the first UE decodes the paging message for the second UE based on the S-TMSI.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Ramkumar Vasanth Kumar
• Balasubramanian Srinivasan
• Santhanam Arvind
• Subramanian Ramachandran
• Imran Muhammad

Classifications

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W4/08

  User group management · CPC title

• H04W84/02

  Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop] · CPC title

• H04W68/02 Primary

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04W68/00

  User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like · CPC title