Samsung patents method to balance data load between 5G and 6G devices
Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that helps two devices sharing a data connection decide when to change how they handle traffic. The system checks the performance of both devices to see if one is struggling, then sends instructions to the other to adjust its processing rules accordingly.
In the filing’s own words
Disclosed is a 5G or 6G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. In particular, a method performed by a first device in a communication system is disclosed, and includes detecting a need to update a traffic processing rule in a second device processing traffic together with the first device; determining whether to update the traffic processing rule to be used in the second device based on performance information of the first device and performance profile information of the second device; and delivering information related to the update of the traffic processing rule to the second device based on the determination.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a first device in a communication system, the method comprising: detecting a need to update a traffic processing rule in a second device processing traffic together with the first device; determining whether to update the traffic processing rule to be used in the second device based on performance information of the first device and performance profile information of the second device; and delivering, to the second device, information related to the update of the traffic processing rule based on the determination, wherein the performance profile information of the second device includes: a maximum transmission capacity of a packet of the second device according to a number of traffic processing rules transmitted from the first device to the second device per unit time; and an average transmission delay time of the packet according to the number of the traffic processing rules.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Method and apparatus for offloading traffic in a wireless communication
- Patent number
- US12739692B2
- Application number
- 18095622
- Filed
- Jan 11, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
H04W 28/0236 Electricity & electronicsH04W 24/08 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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