US 12,170,623 B2
Deterministic Quality of Service
Colin Kahn, Morris Plains, NJ (US); and Devaki Chandramouli, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/758,327
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/060987
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/137039, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,151, filed on Jan. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042506 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 47/283 (2022.01); H04L 47/32 (2022.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 47/283 (2013.01) [H04L 47/32 (2013.01); H04W 28/0278 (2013.01); H04W 28/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code,
wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
receive a time sensitive communications (TSC) request an application function (AF), the TSC request including parameters for a TSC stream received from a first TSC device and transmitted to a second TSC device via a communication system in a TSC quality of service (QOS) flow, wherein the communication system is not configured as a time sensitive network (TSN) bridge;
determine at least one hold and forward (HnF) parameter for a HnF buffer of a second apparatus based at least on the parameters for the TSC stream included in the TSC request; and transmit the at least one HnF parameter for the HnF buffer to the second apparatus for configuring the HnF buffer of the second apparatus, wherein the second apparatus is a user equipment (UE) of the communication system or the second apparatus comprises a user plane function of a core network of the communication system.