Header compression for relay nodes

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate compressing packet headers for communicating among access points. An access point can advertise compression profiles to one or more disparate access points, and the one or more disparate access points can select at least one compression profile for compressing/decompressing packets related to the one or more disparate access points and/or devices communicating therewith. The one or more disparate access points can notify the access point of the selected compression profile, a compression context identifier, and/or static data related to identifying associated packets. In this regard, the access point can compress packets that have the associated static data according to the compression profile and compression context identifier. Similarly, the access point can decompress packets from the one or more disparate access points based on the compression context identifier.

主权项

1. A method for wireless communication by a relay node, comprising:
receiving one or more available compression profiles from an upstream access point; selecting a compression profile from the one or more available compression profiles; generating a compression context identifier for the compression profile; transmitting an indication of the compression profile, the compression context identifier, and static data for identifying one or more headers, without a compressed header, to the upstream access point that is connected to a core network; receiving a compressed packet from the upstream access point along with the compression context identifier; and decompressing the compressed packet based at least in part on determining the compression profile based at least in part on the compression context identifier, wherein the relay node is connected to the core network via the upstream access point.