US 12,452,726 B2
Method for calculating capabilities of wireless bridge, communication system, and wireless bridge
Artem Boryskin, Rennes (FR); Herve Bonneville, Rennes (FR); and Nicolas Gresset, Rennes (FR)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/273,414
Filed by MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/036538
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/201605, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21305345 (EP), filed on Mar. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107364 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 47/83 (2022.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04L 47/83 (2022.05); H04W 28/0958 (2020.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for calculating capabilities of a wireless bridge in a communication system within a time-sensitive network comprising a first subnetwork and a second subnetwork, the communication system comprising the wireless bridge and further comprising at least two end stations,
the wireless bridge comprising at least one user plane function entity, at least one base station and at least one user equipment,
said at least one user plane function entity comprising at least one network-side port enabling communication between the at least one base station and the first subnetwork,
said at least one user equipment being wirelessly connected, to said at least one base station,
said at least one user equipment comprising at least one device-side port enabling communication with the second subnetwork,
at least one of the at least two end stations being connected to a corresponding device-side port of a corresponding user equipment,
wherein said method is performed at the wireless bridge and comprises:
estimating a performance capacity of the wireless connection between the at least one base station and the at least one user equipment based on information related to an intended network usage for time-sensitive communication at the wireless bridge, and
calculating the Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) capabilities of the wireless bridge corresponding to the estimated performance capacity.