Methods and devices for radio communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12127103-B2
Application number	US-202318462444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2023
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

A circuit arrangement includes a preprocessing circuit configured to obtain context information related to a user location, a learning circuit configured to determine a predicted user movement based on context information related to a user location to obtain a predicted route and to determine predicted radio conditions along the predicted route, and a decision circuit configured to, based on the predicted radio conditions, identify one or more first areas expected to have a first type of radio conditions and one or more second areas expected to have a second type of radio conditions different from the first type of radio conditions and to control radio activity while traveling on the predicted route according to the one or more first areas and the one or more second areas.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radio communication device, comprising a processor, configured to:
select a target network slice from a plurality of network slices based on a service profile key;
wherein the service profile key characterizes collective Quality-of-Service requirements of one or more applications of a terminal device; and
wherein the plurality of network slices correspond to different service characteristics; and

send to the terminal device information to enable the terminal device to utilize the target network slice to transfer data for the one or more applications;
wherein the plurality of network slices have different latencies, different packet loss rates, or different bitrates;
wherein the selector is further configured to select the target network slice from the plurality of network slices by comparing the service requirements indicated by the service profile to the different service characteristics of the plurality of network slices, and selecting a network slice from the plurality of network slices that meets the service requirements indicated by the service profile.

2. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the radio communication device is configured as part of a 5G Core Network.

3. The radio communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify the one or more applications as one or more applications that are installed on the terminal device or one or more applications that are frequently executed by the terminal device.

4. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the Quality-of-Service requirements of the service profile key comprise at least one of a latency requirement, a reliability requirement, a mobility requirement, a charging requirement, a security requirement, a data rate requirement, a policy control requirement, a power consumption requirement, a battery life requirement, a capacity requirement, or a coverage requirement.

5. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to determine the service profile key.

6. The radio communication device of claim 5 , wherein determining the service profile key comprises determining the service profile key based on QoS information provided by the radio communication device related to one or more network slices.

7. The radio communication device of claim 6 ,
wherein the QoS information related to one or more network slices is determined by the radio communication network.

8. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the Quality-of-Service requirements of the plurality of applications comprise at least one of the following requirements: latency, reliability, mobility, charging, security, data rate, policy control, power consumption, battery life, capacity, and coverage requirements that a network bearer should meet in order to provide sufficient service.

9. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise at least one of the following applications: voice/video calls, web browser traffic, email, IoT, and remote machine control.

10. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the service profile indicates a latency requirement, an acceptable packet loss rate requirement, or a bitrate requirement of the one or more applications, and wherein selecting the target network slice from the plurality of network slices includes selecting a network slice that meets the service requirements indicated by the service profile.

11. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of network slices are logically separate end-to-end networks that are implemented on a radio communication network.

12. The radio communication device of claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to select one or more additional target network slices from the plurality of network slices based on the service profile key;
and
wherein sending to the terminal device information to enable the terminal device to utilize the target network slice comprises sending to the terminal device information to enable the terminal device to utilize both the target network slice and the one or more additional target network slices.

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