Apparatus, system, and method of communicating cellular quality of service (qos) information

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a 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); and   transmit a Stream Classification Service (SCS) request to an Access Point (AP) of the WLAN, the SCS request comprising an SCS descriptor element, the SCS descriptor element comprising the cellular QoS index field.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the cellular QoS index field. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the vendor specific element comprises at least one of a resource type field, or a priority field, wherein the resource type field is configured to indicate a resource type of the cellular QoS traffic flow, wherein the priority field is configured to indicate a priority of the cellular QoS traffic flow. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a QoS characteristics element, the QoS characteristics element comprising the cellular QoS index field. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein QoS characteristics element comprises at least one of a resource type field, or a priority field, wherein the resource type field is configured to indicate a resource type of the cellular QoS traffic flow, wherein the priority field is configured to indicate a priority of the cellular QoS traffic flow. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1  configured to cause the STA to set a delay bound field based on a Packet Delay Budget (PDB) of the cellular QoS traffic flow, wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a QoS characteristics element, the QoS characteristics element comprising the delay bound field. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  configured to cause the STA to set a value in the delay bound field based on a subtraction result of subtracting a Core Network PDB (CN-PDB) from the PDB of the cellular QoS traffic flow. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  configured to cause the STA to set a Medium Access Control (MAC) Service Data Unit (MSDU) delivery ratio field based on a Packet Error Rate (PER) of the cellular QoS traffic flow, wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a QoS characteristics element, the QoS characteristics element comprising the MSDU delivery ratio field. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8  configured to cause the STA to set a value in the MSDU delivery ratio field according to a predefined mapping table, the mapping table configured to map a plurality of predefined PER values to a respective plurality of predefined MSDU delivery ratio values. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1  configured to cause the STA to set a minimum data rate field based on a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) of the cellular QoS traffic flow, wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a QoS characteristics element, the QoS characteristics element comprising the minimum data rate field. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1  configured to cause the STA to set a mean data rate field based on an average of a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) and a Maximal Flow Bit Rate (MFBR) of the cellular QoS traffic flow, wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a QoS characteristics element, the QoS characteristics element comprising the mean data rate field. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1  configured to cause the STA to set a resource type field in the SCS descriptor element to indicate a resource type of the cellular QoS traffic flow. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12  configured to cause the STA to set the resource type field to a value from a plurality of predefined resource type field values, the plurality of predefined resource type field values comprising a first resource type field value to indicate a Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) flow, a second resource type field value to indicate a non-GBR flow, and a third resource type field value to indicate a GBR-delay critical flow. 
     
     
         14 . 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 field after the length field, and a request type field after the SCSID field, wherein the cellular QoS index field is after the SCSID field. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the cellular QoS index field comprises a fifth generation (5G) QoS Index (5QI) field. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 1  comprising a radio to transmit the SCS request, one or more antennas connected to the radio, and a processor to execute instructions of an operating system of the STA. 
     
     
         17 . 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 a 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); and   transmit a Stream Classification Service (SCS) request to an Access Point (AP) of the WLAN, the SCS request comprising an SCS descriptor element, the SCS descriptor element comprising the cellular QoS index field.   
     
     
         18 . The product of  claim 17 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the cellular QoS index field. 
     
     
         19 . An apparatus for a wireless communication station (STA), the apparatus comprising:
 means for setting 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); and   means for causing the STA to transmit a Stream Classification Service (SCS) request to an Access Point (AP) of the WLAN, the SCS request comprising an SCS descriptor element, the SCS descriptor element comprising the cellular QoS index field.   
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the SCS descriptor element comprises a vendor specific element, the vendor specific element comprising the cellular QoS index field.