	US 12,113,731 B2
	Multiplexed transmission of data packages towards a terminal device
Ying Sun, Täby (SE); and Torbjörn Wigren, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/768,888
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/051020 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/076023, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261817 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/1867 (2023.01)

CPC H04L 5/0044 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0068 (2013.01); H04L 1/189 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

15. A network node for multiplexed transmission of data packages towards a terminal device, the network node comprising:

splitting circuitry configured to split a first data package of a first service having a first Quality of Service, QoS, requirement into at least two different split data packages;

duplicating circuitry configured to duplicate a second data package of a second service having a second QoS requirement into at least two duplicated data packages, wherein the second QoS requirement is different than the first QoS requirement;

multiplexing circuitry configured to multiplex, for the terminal device, each of the at least two different split data packages with a different one of the at least two duplicated data packages so as to generate multiplexed data packages; and

transmit circuitry configured to transmit the multiplexed data packages towards the terminal device over at least two independent paths, wherein the multiplexed data packages are transmitted on mutually different ones of the at least two independent paths and each of the at least two independent paths corresponds to a different radio link.

16. A terminal device for multiplexed reception of data packages from a network node, the terminal device comprising:

receive circuitry configured to receive multiplexed data packages from the network node, the multiplexed data packages having been sent over at least two independent paths,

wherein the multiplexed data packages are formed from:

multiplexing each of at least two different split data packages with a different one of at least two duplicated data packages, wherein the at least two different split data packages are formed by splitting a first data package of a first service having a first Quality of Service, QoS, requirement into the at least two different split data packages, and the at least two duplicated data packages are formed by duplicating a second data package of a second service having a second QoS requirement into the at least two duplicated data packages, the second QoS requirement being different from the first QoS requirement; and

wherein the multiplexed data packages have been transmitted on mutually different ones of the at least two independent paths and each of the at least two independent paths corresponds to a different radio link.