US 12,323,319 B2
Reliability enhancements for multi-access traffic management
Shu-ping Yeh, Campbell, CA (US); Wei Mao, San Jose, CA (US); Hosein Nikopour, San Jose, CA (US); Shilpa Talwar, Santa Clara, CA (US); Murali Narasimha, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Jingwen Bai, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,936.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109622 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 45/121 (2022.01); H04L 45/302 (2022.01); H04L 47/215 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/121 (2013.01) [H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 47/215 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edge compute node for providing reliability enhancements in a multi-access communication network, the edge compute node comprising:
interface circuitry arranged to communicatively couple the edge compute node with a set of network access nodes (NANs) in the multi-access communication network, wherein one or more NANs in the set of NANs is communicatively coupled with one or more user devices; and
processor circuitry connected to the interface circuitry, wherein the processor circuitry is to:
collect, via the interface circuitry, metrics related to the multi-access communication network from one or more data sources within the multi-access communication network;
determine, based on the collected metrics, a reliability target, a network coding (NC) group size, and per path characteristics for each network path of a set of network paths in the multi-access communication network;
determine a traffic distribution strategy based on the per path characteristics, the NC group size, and the reliability target, wherein the traffic distribution strategy specifies a number of network coded packets to be routed over respective network paths of the set of network paths;
generate an NC group from a set of incoming packets, wherein the NC group comprises a set of network coded packets to achieve the reliability target; and
route individual subsets from the NC group to the respective network paths according to the traffic distribution strategy.