Method and apparatus for managing data communication in wireless communication network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11659432-B2
Application number	US-202117164579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2021
Priority date	Aug 1, 2016
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

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. Embodiments herein disclose a UE for managing a data communication in a wireless communication network. The UE includes a DRB management unit configured to determine a DRB for transmitting a packet based on QoS flow identifier and a PDU session associated with the packet and mapping of the QoS flow identifiers to the DRBs for each established PDU session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message including first information indicating at least one quality of service (QoS) flow identifier (ID) (QFI) mapped to a data radio bearer (DRB); and
receiving, from the terminal, a first uplink packet on a default DRB based on the RRC signaling message,
wherein there is no mapping of a first QFI associated with the first uplink packet to at least one DRB, and
wherein the RRC signaling message further includes second information on an identifier (ID) of a protocol data unit (PDU) session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first QFI is included in a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header for the first uplink packet.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the terminal, a second uplink packet on the DRB, in case that the first information indicates that a second QFI associated with the second uplink packet is mapped to the DRB.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a new DRB for the first QFI;
performing a procedure to set up the new DRB with the terminal;
transmitting, to the terminal, information on a mapping between the first QFI and the new DRB; and
receiving, from the terminal, a new uplink packet associated with the first QFI on the new DRB based on the information.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from a user plane function (UPF), a downlink packet with a new QFI;
determining an existing DRB for the PDU session to transmit the downlink packet with the new QFI;
transmitting, to the terminal, information on a mapping between the new QFI and the existing DRB; and
transmitting, to the terminal, the downlink packet with the new QFI on the existing DRB, based on the information.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transmitting, to the terminal, third information on the default DRB.

7. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message including first information indicating at least one quality of service (QoS) flow identifier (ID) (QFI) mapped to a data radio bearer (DRB);
identifying a first QFI associated with a first uplink packet;
identifying whether there is a mapping of the first QFI to at least one DRB, based on the first QFI and the first information; and
transmitting, to the base station, the first uplink packet on a default DRB, in case that no mapping of the first QFI to the at least one DRB is identified,
wherein the RRC signaling message further includes second information on an identifier (ID) of a protocol data unit (PDU) session.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first QFI is included in a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header for the first uplink packet.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
identifying a second QFI associated with a second uplink packet;
identifying if there is a mapping of the second QFI to the at least one DRB, based on the second QFI and the first information; and
transmitting, to the base station, the second uplink packet on the DRB, in case that the mapping of the second QFI to the DRB is identified.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
performing a procedure to set up a new DRB with the base station;
receiving, from the base station, information on a mapping between the first QFI and the new DRB;
updating the first information based on the information; and
transmitting, to the base station, a new uplink packet associated with the first QFI on the new DRB based on the updated first information.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving, from the base station, information on a mapping between a new QFI and an existing DRB for the PDU session;
updating the first information based on the information; and
receiving, from the base station, a downlink packet with the new QFI on the existing DRB, based on the updated first information.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: receiving, from the base station, third information on the default DRB.

13. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
control the transceiver to transmit, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message including first information indicating at least one quality of service (QoS) flow identifier (ID) (QFI) mapped to a data radio bearer (DRB), and
control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, a first uplink packet on a default DRB based on the RRC signaling message,

wherein there is no mapping of a first QFI associated with the first uplink packet to at least one DRB, and
wherein the RRC signaling message further includes second information on an identifier (ID) of a protocol data unit (PDU) session.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the first QFI is included in a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header for the first uplink packet.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, a second uplink packet on the DRB, in case that the first information indicates that a second QFI associated with the second uplink packet is mapped to the DRB.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a new DRB for the first QFI, perform a procedure to set up the new DRB with the terminal, control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, information on a mapping between the first QFI and the new DRB, and control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, a new uplink packet associated with the first QFI on the new DRB based on the information.

17. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from a user plane function (UPF), a downlink packet with a new QFI, determine an existing DRB for the PDU session to transmit the downlink packet with the new QFI, control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, information on a mapping between the new QFI and the existing DRB, and control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, the downlink packet with the new QFI on the existing DRB, based on the information.

18. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, third information on the default DRB.

19. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
control the transceiver to receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) signaling message including first information indicating at least one quality of service (QoS) flow identifier (ID) (QFI) mapped to a data radio bearer (DRB),
identify a first QFI associated with a first uplink packet,
identify whether there is a mapping of the first QFI to at least one DRB, based on the first QFI and the first information, and
control the transceiver to transmit, to the base station, to the base station, the first uplink packet on a default DRB, in case that no mapping of the first QFI to the at least one DRB is identified,

wherein the RRC signaling message further includes third information on an identifier (ID) of a protocol data unit (PDU) session.

20. The terminal of claim 19

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Agiwal Anil
• Chang Youngbin
• Nigam Anshuman

Classifications

• H04W28/0263 Primary

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

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W28/0268

  using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24) · CPC title

• H04W76/12 Primary

  Setup of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title