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US-12628033-B2 - Apparatus, system, and method of communicating cellular quality of service (QoS) information

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Abstract

For example, an apparatus may be configured to cause wireless communication station (STA) to set a cellular Quality of Service (QoS) index value in a cellular QoS index field to indicate a predefined setting of a set of a plurality QoS parameters for a cellular QoS traffic flow to be communicated by the STA over a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). For example, the apparatus may be configured to cause the STA to transmit a Stream Classification Service (SCS) request to an Access Point (AP) of the WLAN, the SCS request including an SCS descriptor element, the SCS descriptor element including the cellular QoS index field.

Inventors

  • Dibakar Das
  • Necati Canpolat
  • Dave Cavalcanti
  • Ganesh Venkatesan
  • Roya Doostnejad
  • Laurent Cariou

Assignees

  • INTEL CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date
20260512
Application Date
20231228

Claims (20)

  1. 1 . An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to cause an Access Point (AP) to: process a Stream Classification Service (SCS) descriptor element in an SCS request from a wireless communication station (STA) to identify a fifth generation (5G) Quality of Service (QoS) Index (5QI) value in a 5QI field of the SCS descriptor element, wherein the 5QI value is to indicate a predefined setting of a plurality of cellular QoS parameters for a cellular QoS traffic flow to be communicated by the STA in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); and schedule one or more communications in the WLAN based on the 5QI value; and a memory to store information processed by the processor.
  2. 2 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the AP to identify a priority of the cellular QoS traffic flow based on a priority field in the SCS descriptor element.
  3. 3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the 5QI field and the priority field.
  4. 4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a WLAN QoS characteristics element before the 5QI field.
  5. 5 . The apparatus of claim 4 configured to cause the AP to determine at least one cellular QoS parameter for the cellular QoS traffic flow based on at least one parameter field in the WLAN QoS characteristics element.
  6. 6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the 5QI field.
  7. 7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cellular QoS parameters comprises at least one of a resource type, a priority level, a Packet Delay Budget (PDB), a Packet Error Rate (PER), an averaging window, or a Maximum Data Burst Volume (MDBV).
  8. 8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises an element identifier (ID) field, a length field after the element ID field, an SCS ID (SCSID) field after the length field, and a request type field after the SCSID field, wherein the 5QI field is after the SCSID field.
  9. 9 . The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio to receive the SCS request from the STA.
  10. 10 . The apparatus of claim 9 comprising one or more antennas connected to the radio, and another processor to execute instructions of an operating system.
  11. 11 . A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause an Access Point (AP) to: process a Stream Classification Service (SCS) descriptor element in an SCS request from a wireless communication station (STA) to identify a fifth generation (5G) Quality of Service (QoS) Index (5QI) value in a 5QI field of the SCS descriptor element, wherein the 5QI value is to indicate a predefined setting of a plurality of cellular QoS parameters for a cellular QoS traffic flow to be communicated by the STA in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); and schedule one or more communications in the WLAN based on the 5QI value.
  12. 12 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the AP to identify a priority of the cellular QoS traffic flow based on a priority field in the SCS descriptor element.
  13. 13 . The product of claim 12 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the 5QI field and the priority field.
  14. 14 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a WLAN QoS characteristics element before the 5QI field.
  15. 15 . The product of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the AP to determine at least one cellular QoS parameter for the cellular QoS traffic flow based on at least one parameter field in the WLAN QoS characteristics element.
  16. 16 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the 5QI field.
  17. 17 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of cellular QoS parameters comprises at least one of a resource type, a priority level, a Packet Delay Budget (PDB), a Packet Error Rate (PER), an averaging window, or a Maximum Data Burst Volume (MDBV).
  18. 18 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises an element identifier (ID) field, a length field after the element ID field, an SCS ID (SCSID) field after the length field, and a request type field after the SCSID field, wherein the 5QI field is after the SCSID field.
  19. 19 . An apparatus for an Access Point (AP), the apparatus comprising: means for processing a Stream Classification Service (SCS) descriptor element in an SCS request from a wireless communication station (STA) to identify a fifth generation (5G) Quality of Service (QoS) Index (5QI) value in a 5QI field of the SCS descriptor element, wherein the 5QI value is to indicate a predefined setting of a plurality of cellular QoS parameters for a cellular QoS traffic flow to be communicated by the STA in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); and means for scheduling one or more communications in the WLAN based on the 5QI value.
  20. 20 . The apparatus of claim 19 comprising means for identifying a priority of the cellular QoS traffic flow based on a priority field in the SCS descriptor element.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD Aspects described herein generally relate to communicating cellular Quality of Service (QoS) information. BACKGROUND Devices in a wireless communication system may be configured to communicate according to communication protocols, which may be configured to support high-throughput data for users of wireless communication devices. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the figures have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements may be exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity of presentation. Furthermore, reference numerals may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. The figures are listed below. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustration of a system, in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a multi-link communication scheme, which may be implemented in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a multi-link communication scheme, which may be implemented in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a Stream Classification Service (SCS) descriptor element, in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a Quality of Service (QoS) characteristics element, in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 6 is a schematic flow-chart illustration of a method of communicating cellular QoS information, in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 7 is a schematic flow-chart illustration of a method of communicating cellular QoS information, in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of a product of manufacture, in accordance with some demonstrative aspects. DETAILED DESCRIPTION In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of some aspects. However, it will be understood by persons of ordinary skill in the art that some aspects may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, units and/or circuits have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the discussion. Discussions herein utilizing terms such as, for example, “processing”, “computing”, “calculating”, “determining”, “establishing”, “analyzing”, “checking”, or the like, may refer to operation(s) and/or process(es) of a computer, a computing platform, a computing system, or other electronic computing device, that manipulate and/or transform data represented as physical (e.g., electronic) quantities within the computer's registers and/or memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer's registers and/or memories or other information storage medium that may store instructions to perform operations and/or processes. The terms “plurality” and “a plurality”, as used herein, include, for example, “multiple” or “two or more”. For example, “a plurality of items” includes two or more items. References to “one aspect”, “an aspect”, “demonstrative aspect”, “various aspects” etc., indicate that the aspect(s) so described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but not every aspect necessarily includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Further, repeated use of the phrase “in one aspect” does not necessarily refer to the same aspect, although it may. As used herein, unless otherwise specified the use of the ordinal adjectives “first”, “second”, “third” etc., to describe a common object, merely indicate that different instances of like objects are being referred to, and are not intended to imply that the objects so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner. Some aspects may be used in conjunction with various devices and systems, for example, a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Device (MD), a wireless station (STA), a Personal Computer (PC), a desktop computer, a mobile computer, a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a server computer, a handheld computer, a handheld device, a wearable device, a sensor device, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld PDA device, an on-board device, an off-board device, a hybrid device, a vehicular device, a non-vehicular device, a mobile or portable device, a consumer device, a non-mobile or non-portable device, a wireless communication station, a wireless communication device, a wireless Access Point (AP), a wired or wireless router, a wired or wireless modem, a video device, an audio device, an audio-video (A/V) device, a wired or wireless network, a wireless area network, a Wireless Video Area Network (WVAN), a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless LAN (WLAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), a Wireless PAN (WPAN