Method and apparatus for configuring QoS flow in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11218902-B2
Application number	US-201916685422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2019
Priority date	May 8, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for configuring a QoS flow in a mobile communication system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a session management function (SMF) entity, information on transport level packet marking for uplink data of a terminal, wherein the information includes a differentiated services code point (DSCP) value;
receiving, from the terminal, the uplink data;
performing the transport level packet marking in an internet protocol (IP) header for the uplink data based on the DSCP value received from the SMF entity; and
transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, the uplink data with the IP header.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transport level packet marking is performed on a per quality of service (QoS) flow basis.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink data is transmitted to the UPF entity over an N3 tunnel.

4. A method performed by a user plane function (UPF) entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a session management function (SMF) entity, information on transport level packet marking for downlink data for a terminal wherein the information includes a differentiated services code point (DSCP) value;
performing the transport level packet marking in an internet protocol (IP) header for the downlink data based on the DSCP value received from the SMF entity; and
transmitting, to a base station, the downlink data with the IP header.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transport level packet marking is performed on a per quality of service (QoS) flow basis.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the downlink data is transmitted to the base station in a tunnel between the UPF entity and the base station.

7. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a session management function (SMF) entity, information on transport level packet marking for uplink data of a terminal, wherein the information includes a differentiated services code point (DSCP) value,
receive, from the terminal, the uplink data,
perform the transport level packet marking in an internet protocol (IP) header for the uplink data based on the DSCP value received from the SMF entity, and
transmit, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, the uplink data with the IP header.

8. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the transport level packet marking is performed on a per quality of service (QoS) flow basis.

9. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the uplink data is transmitted to the UPF entity over an N3 tunnel.

10. A user plane function (UPF) entity in a wireless communication system, the UPF entity comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a session management function (SMF) entity, information on transport level packet marking for downlink data for a terminal, wherein the information includes a differentiated services code point (DSCP) value,

perform the transport level packet marking in an internet protocol (IP) header for the downlink data based on the DSCP value received from th SMF entity, and
transmit, to a base station, the downlink data with the IP Header.

11. The UPF entity of claim 10 , wherein the transport level packet marking is performed on a per quality of service (QoS) flow basis.

12. The UPF entity of claim 10 , wherein the downlink data is transmitted to the base station in a tunnel between the UPF entity and the base station.

13. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
generating uplink data of the terminal; and
transmitting, to a base station, the uplink data,
wherein information on transport level packet marking for the uplink data is received by the base station from a session management function (SMF) entity,
wherein the transport level packet marking is performed by the base station in an internet protocol (IP) header for the uplink data based on the DSCP value received from the SMF entity, and
wherein the uplink data with the IP header is transmitted by the base station to a user plane function (UPF) entity.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the transport level packet marking is performed on a per quality of service (QoS) flow basis.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the uplink data is transmitted to the UPF entity over an N 3 tunnel.

16. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
generate uplink data of the terminal, and
transmit, to a base station, the uplink data,

wherein information on transport level packet marking for the uplink data is received by the base station from a session management function (SMF) entity,
wherein the transport level packet marking is performed by the base station in an internet protocol (IP) header for the uplink data based on the DSCP value received from the SMF entity, and
wherein the uplink data with the IP header is transmitted by the base station to a user plane function (UPF) entity.

17. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the transport level packet marking is performed on a per quality of service (QoS) flow basis.

18. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the uplink data is transmitted to the UPF entity over an N3 tunnel.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hyungho
• Kweon Kisuk
• Moon Sangjun
• Park Jungshin
• Bae Beomsik
• Lee Jicheol

Classifications

• H04W8/04

  Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server] · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W28/06

  Optimizing {the usage of the radio link}, e.g. header compression, information sizing {, discarding information (system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365)} · CPC title

• H04W28/0263

  involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT] · CPC title

• H04L47/19

  at layers above the network layer (network arrangements for networked applications for scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60) · CPC title