Dynamic packet size adaptation to improve wireless network performance for 5g or other next generation wireless network

Abstract

Optimal data packet size is identified to achieve a higher throughput a wireless communication network. For example, a system can comprise monitoring a transmit control protocol performance associated with a first transmission of data packets over a first duration of time, wherein a packet size of the data packets is a first data packet size, detecting that the transmit control protocol performance satisfies a function with respect to a threshold and in response to the detecting that transmit control protocol performance satisfies the function with respect to the first threshold, determining a second data packet size to use for a second transmission of the data packets over a second duration of time, transmitting a request to change the packet size of the data packets to the second data packet.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . First network equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 transmitting a first transmission of data packets via a network, wherein a packet size of the data packets comprises a first data packet size, and 
 receiving, from second network equipment, a message comprising a second data packet size and an instruction to change the packet size of a second transmission of data packets to the second data packet size, wherein the second data packet size was identified by the second network equipment based on performance data representative of a performance associated with the network. 
   
     
     
         2 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 measuring local network performance data representative of performances respectively associated with the first network equipment and the first transmission, and   communicating, to the second network equipment, the local network performance data for inclusion in the performance data, wherein the second data packet size was identified by the second network equipment based on the local network performance data.   
     
     
         3 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the local network performance data comprises a measure of signal strength applicable to the transmitting of the first transmission. 
     
     
         4 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the second data packet size was identified by the second network equipment based on a prediction that the second data packet size is threshold likely to lower a network latency of the first transmission, represented by network latency data included in the performance data, for the second transmission of data packets via the network. 
     
     
         5 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the second data packet size was identified by the second network equipment based on a transmit control protocol performance measurement, represented by transmit control protocol performance data included in the performance data and comprising a round trip time associated the first transmission. 
     
     
         6 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the second data packet size was identified by the second network equipment based on a load measurement, represented by load data included in the performance data and corresponding to a network load value associated with the network. 
     
     
         7 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the second data packet size was identified by the second network equipment based on a size measurement, represented by size data included in the performance data and corresponding to packet data unit size. 
     
     
         8 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the network comprises at least a fifth generation communication network supporting new radio communication protocols. 
     
     
         9 . The first network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the first network equipment comprises a user equipment. 
     
     
         10 . A method, comprising:
 facilitating, by a user equipment comprising a processor, sending, via a network, a first packetized data transmission, wherein the first packetized data transmission is transmitted with a first data packet size;   facilitating, by the user equipment, sending, to a network device, first performance data indicative of a first performance associated with the first packetized data transmission; and   facilitating, by the user equipment, receiving, from the network device, a second data packet size, wherein the second data packet size was identified by the network device based on second performance data indicative of performances of the network, the second performance data comprising the first performance data indicative of the first performance of the first packetized data transmission and third performance data indicative of a second performance of second packetized data transmissions via the network other than the first packetized data transmission.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the first performance data comprises a measure of a signal strength applicable to the transmitting of the first packetized data transmission. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second performance data further fourth performance data indicative of a network latency of the first packetized data transmission, and wherein the second data packet size was identified based on a prediction that the second data packet size is going to decrease the network latency for a subsequent data packet transmission by the user equipment via the network subsequent to the prediction. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second performance data, based on which the network device identifies the second data packet size, further comprises fourth performance data indicative of a measurement of the first performance of the first packetized data transmission. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second performance data, based on which the network device identifies the second data packet size, further comprises fourth performance data indicative of a measurement corresponding to a round trip time associated the first packetized data transmission. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second performance data, based on which the network device identifies the second data packet size, further comprises fourth performance data indicative of a load measurement corresponding to a network load value for the network. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second performance data, based on which the network device identifies the second data packet size, further comprises fourth performance data indicative of a size measurement corresponding to a size measurement of a packet data unit size of the network. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein sending the first packetized data transmission comprises sending the first packetized data transmission employing a transmission control protocol. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 transmitting a first transmission of data packets via a network using a first data packet size for the data packets, and   receiving, from network controller equipment, a message comprising:
 a second data packet size different from the first data packet size, and 
 an instruction to change the packet size of a second transmission of the data packets to the second data packet size, 
   wherein the second data packet size was identified by the network controller equipment based on performance data associated with a performance of the network.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a signal strength measurement of the first transmission, and wherein the second data packet size being identified based on the performance data comprises the second data packet size being identified based on the signal strength measurement. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the second data packet size being identified based on the performance data comprises the second data packet size being identified based on a prediction that the second data packet size is likely to increase the performance of the network by reducing a first network latency, which was measured for the first transmission, to a second network latency applicable to transmissions of data packets via the network transmitted using the second data packet size.