Delay bounds in integrated access and backhaul network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12200532-B2
Application number	US-202117382303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2021
Priority date	Aug 31, 2020
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication at an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node. The IAB node receives one or more delay parameters from an IAB donor and determines an access PDB over an air link between the IAB node and a child node or a UE based in part on the one or more delay parameters received from the IAB donor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node of an IAB network, comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor and the memory configured to:
receive at least one delay parameter from a central unit (CU) of an IAB donor of the IAB network, wherein the at least one delay parameter is indicated by the CU of the IAB donor to the IAB node via an F1 application protocol (AP) (F1-AP) message, and wherein the at least one delay parameter is configured for the IAB node; and
determine an access packet delay budget (PDB) over an air link between the IAB node and a user equipment based on at least in part on the at least one delay parameter received from the CU of the IAB donor, wherein to determine the access PDB, the at least one processor is configured to determine the access PDB by subtracting a first PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and a mobile termination (MT) of the IAB node or between a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB node, and a second PDB between the MT and a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node or between the CU of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB donor, from a third PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the user equipment, wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the first PDB.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the access PDB between a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node and the user equipment.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to determine the access PDB, the at least one processor is configured to determine the access PDB by subtracting the first PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the MT of the IAB node and the second PDB between the MT and the DU of the IAB node from the third PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the user equipment,
wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the first PDB.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to determine the access PDB, the at least one processor is configured to determine the access PDB by subtracting the first PDB between the of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB node and the second PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB donor from the third PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the user equipment,
wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the first PDB.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to receive the at least one delay parameter, the at least one processor is configured to receive the at least one delay parameter per IAB node.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one delay parameter received from the CU of the IAB donor of the IAB network represents a worst latency over all possible backhaul adaptation protocol (BAP) routing paths via BAP routing paths established between the IAB donor and the IAB node.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to receive the at least one delay parameter, the at least one processor is configured to receive the at least one delay parameter per backhaul adaptation protocol (BAP) routing paths established between the IAB node and the IAB donor,
wherein to determine the access PDB, the at least one processor is configured to determine the access PDB per BAP routing paths.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to receive the at least one delay parameter, the at least one processor is configured to receive the at least one delay parameter per data radio bearer (DRB) of the user equipment.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the IAB node is configured to determine the at least one delay parameter based on another parameter received in an F1-AP signaling.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the another parameter comprises first PDB between a user plane function (UPF) at an N6 interface and the CU of the IAB donor,
wherein the first PDB is interpreted as a second PDB between the UPF at an N6 interference and a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to receive the at least one delay parameter, the at least one processor is configured to receive the at least one delay parameter per general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling Protocol (GTP) user plane (GTP-U) between the IAB node and a CU user plane (CU-UP) of the IAB donor.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one delay parameter comprises the access PDB per data radio bearer (DRB) or per general packet radio service tunneling protocol user plane (GTP-U) of the DRB.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the F1-AP message is a non-user equipment (UE)-associated F1-AP message or a UE-associated F1-AP message.

14. A method of wireless communication at an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node of an IAB network, comprising:
receiving at least one delay parameter from a central unit (CU) of an IAB donor of the IAB network, wherein the at least one delay parameter is indicated by the CU of the IAB donor to the IAB node via an F1 application protocol (AP) (F1-AP) message, and wherein the at least one delay parameter is configured for the IAB node; and
determining an access packet delay budget (PDB) over an air link between the IAB node and a user equipment based on at least in part on the at least one delay parameter received from the CU of the IAB donor, wherein determining the access PDB comprises determining the access PDB by subtracting a first PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and a mobile termination (MT) of the IAB node or between a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB node, and a second PDB between the MT and a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node or between the CU of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB donor, from a third PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the user equipment, wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the first PDB.

15. A apparatus of wireless communication at a central unit (CU) of an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) donor of an IAB network, comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor and the memory configured to:
indicate at least one delay parameter to an IAB node for determination of an access packet delay budget (PDB) over an air link between the IAB node and a user equipment associated with a packet, wherein the at least one delay parameter is indicated by the CU of the IAB donor to the IAB node via an F1 application protocol (AP) (F1-AP) message, and wherein the at least one delay parameter is configured for the IAB node; and
send the packet for transmission to the user equipment via the IAB node, the packet having the access PDB indicated based on the at least one delay parameter, wherein the access PDB is based on subtracting a first PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and a mobile termination (MT) of the IAB node or between a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB node, and a second PDB between the MT and a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node or between the CU of the IAB donor and the DU of the IAB donor, from a third PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and the user equipment, wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the first PDB.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , further including a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the access PDB between a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node and the user equipment.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one delay parameter includes the first PDB between the CU of the IAB donor and

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Luo Jianghong
• Hampel Karl Georg
• Abedini Navid
• Akl Naeem
• Luo Tao
• Blessent Luca
• Li Junyi
• Lopes Luis Fernando Brisson

Classifications

• H04W92/24

  between backbone network devices · CPC title

• H04W40/12

  based on transmission quality or channel quality · CPC title

• H04W76/12

  Setup of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W84/047

  using dedicated repeater stations · CPC title

• H04L47/32

  by discarding or delaying data units, e.g. packets or frames · CPC title