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Predictive, cached, and cost-efficient data transfer

US11838800B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Bastian Cellarius · Aachen, DE
Wanlu Sun · San Diego, US
Stefano Sorrentino · Solna, SE
Thorsten Lohmar · Aachen, DE
Massimo Condoluci · Solna, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2020
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/5087
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a communication network for negotiating a data transfer between an application service and a user equipment, UE, via the communication network. The method comprises receiving, from the application service or a negotiation function associated with the application service, a request for data transfer, wherein the request includes an indication of an amount of data to be transferred and one or more of the following: one or more service constraints associated with the data transfer; and a trajectory of the UE; obtaining predicted capacity for network resources needed to execute the data transfer according to the information included with the request; based on the predicted capacity, determining whether the request can be fulfilled according to the information included with the request; and sending a response to the request based on the result of the determination.

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