Methods and devices for radio communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11800439-B2
Application number	US-202218067033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2022
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A wireless communication device includes a processor configured to select an offload processing task for performance by an edge computing device; cause a baseband modem to establish a direct wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the edge computing device; cause the baseband modem to send first data to the edge computing device via the direct wireless connection; and receive second data from the edge computing device, wherein the second data comprise a result of the offload processing task performed on the first data. The edge computing device includes a processor configured to receive, from a user device, offloaded data to be processed according to an offload processing task; execute the offload processing task on the offloaded data; and cause the radio via the interface to wirelessly send a result of the executed offload processing task via a direct wireless connection with the user device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless communication device, comprising:
an interface to an antenna;
a baseband modem, configured to send and receive wireless signals via the interface according to a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) wireless protocol;
and a processor, configured to:
select from one or more processing tasks an offload processing task for performance by Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device;
cause the baseband modem to establish a direct wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the MEC, via the interface to the antenna, wherein the direct wireless connection to the MEC is a V2X connection;
cause the baseband modem to send first data to the MEC via the direct wireless connection, wherein the first data correspond to the offload processing task; and
receive, via the baseband modem, second data from the MEC, wherein the second data comprise a result of the offload processing task performed on the first data;

wherein the processor is configured to select the offload processing task based on one or more offloading criteria; and
wherein the one or more offloading criteria comprise a computational demand of the offload processing task.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein receiving the second data comprises receiving the second data via the direct wireless connection.

3. The wireless communication device claim 1 , wherein the one or more offloading criteria comprise a latency constraint of the offload processing task.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more offloading criteria comprise a temperature of a processor of the wireless communication device being outside of a range.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more offloading criteria comprise an available bandwidth, a current level of network congestion, a link quality of a vehicular link, or a link quality of an infrastructure link.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the offload processing task is an encoding task or a decoding task for performance by the MEC.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the offload processing task comprises a task in which the MEC sends and/or receives data on behalf of the wireless communication device.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the offload processing task comprises the MEC performing a control channel search, paging, performing a channel monitoring, or performing a broadcast channel search.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the offload processing task comprises the MEC monitoring a rank indicator or a modulation and coding scheme.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprise sensor data, and wherein the offload processing task is a processing task on the sensor data.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the first data comprise camera data or lidar data, and wherein the offload processing task is a processing task on the camera data or the lidar data.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an available power resource of the wireless communication device; wherein if the available power resource is outside a range, the processor is configured to operate according to a first operational mode; and if the available power resource is within the range, the processor is configured to operate according to a second operational mode.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the baseband modem to send first data to the MEC when operating according to the first operational mode; and
wherein the processor is configured to perform the offload processing task on the first data when operating according to the second operational mode.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to select the MEC from a plurality of candidate MECs based on proximity to the wireless communication device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the direct wireless connection is a Device-to-Everything (D2X) connection.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions which, if executed, cause one or more processors to:
select from one or more processing tasks an offload processing task for performance by Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device;
cause a baseband modem to establish a direct wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the MEC, via the interface to the antenna, according to a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) wireless protocol;
cause the baseband modem to send first data to the MEC via the direct wireless connection via the V2X connection, wherein the first date correspond to the offload processing task; and
receive, via the V2X connection, second data from the MEC, wherein the second data comprise a result of the offload processing task performed on the first data;
wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to select the offload processing task based on one or more offloading criteria; and
wherein the one or more offloading criteria comprise a computational demand of the offload processing task.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein receiving the second data comprises receiving the second data via the direct wireless connection.

18. A wireless communication device, comprising:
a communication means for connecting an antenna to the wireless communication device;
a baseband modem, configured to send and receive wireless signals via the interface according to a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) wireless protocol; and
a processing means for:
selecting from one or more processing tasks an offload processing task for performance by Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device;
causing the baseband modem to establish a direct wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the MEC, via the communication means, wherein the direct wireless connection to the MEC is a V2X connection;
causing the baseband modem to send first data to the MEC via the direct wireless connection, wherein the first data correspond to the offload processing task; and
receiving, via the baseband modem, second data from the MEC, wherein the second data comprise a result of the offload processing task performed on the first data;

wherein the processing means is configured to select the offload processing task based on one or more offloading criteria; and
wherein the one or more offloading criteria comprise a computational demand of the offload processing task.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein receiving the second data comprises receiving the second data via the direct wireless connection.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Azizi Shahrnaz
• Badic Biljana
• Browne John
• Cavalcanti Dave
• Choi Hyung-Nam
• Clevorn Thorsten
• Gupta Ajay
• Gupta Hyde Maruti
• Hasholzner Ralph
• Himayat Nageen
• Hunt Simon
• Karls Ingolf
• Kenney Thomas
• Liao Yiting
• Macnamara Christopher
• Martinez Tarradell Marta
• Mueck Markus Dominik
• Nallampatti Ekambaram Venkatesan
• Power Niall
• Raaf Bernhard
• Schneider Reinhold
• Singh Ashish
• Singh Sarabjot
• Srikanteswara Srikathyayani
• Talwar Shilpa
• Xue Feng
• Yu Zhibin
• Zaus Robert
• Franz Stefan
• Kliemann Uwe
• Drewes Christian
• Kreuchauf Juergen

Classifications

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W52/0261 Primary

  managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level · CPC title

• G06F1/206

  comprising thermal management · CPC title

• H04W72/1268

  of uplink data flows · CPC title

• H04L47/24

  Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS · CPC title