Mobile communications network, infrastructure equipment, mobile communications device and method

摘要

A mobile communications network for communicating data to/from mobile communications devices, including a core network part including plural infrastructure equipment, and a radio network part including plural base stations communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices. The mobile communications device communicates an indication of a relative type of data packets for communication via a communications bearer for supporting a communications session of the mobile communications device, the indication used to configure the communications bearer, and provides the communications bearer from the mobile communications device to one or more of the infrastructure equipment via the base stations in accordance with the indication and to control the communication of the data packets via the communications bearer in accordance with the indication communicated via the communications bearer, to control the communication of the data packets from the communications bearer differently to data packets communicated via other communications bearer having a higher priority.

主权项

1. A mobile communications network for communicating data to and/or from mobile communications devices, the mobile communications network comprising:
a core network part including a plurality of infrastructure equipment, and a radio network part including a plurality of base stations which are provided with a wireless access interface for communicating data to or from the mobile communications devices, wherein the mobile communications network is arranged in operation to receive an indication of a relative access type of data packets to access a communications bearer supporting a communication session of one of the mobile communications devices, the indication of the relative access type of the data packets being received from one of said mobile communication devices and used to configure the communications bearer, and the indication of the relative access type of the data packets including an application type indication and a traffic type indication of a relative priority of the data packets with respect to communication of data packets via one or more other communications bearers of the mobile communications network, and wherein the mobile communications network is arranged to provide the communications bearer from the mobile communications device to one or more of the infrastructure equipment via one or more of the base stations in accordance with the indication of the relative access type of the data packets, and to control the communication of the data packets via the communications bearer in accordance with the relative access type of data packets being communicated via the communications bearer.