METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET DIFFERENTIATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate efficient packet differentiation and forwarding in a wireless communication system. As described herein, identifiers or tags (e.g., corresponding to radio bearers, logical channels, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, etc.) can be applied to respective packets based on their destinations as determined by traffic flow templates (TFTs) associated with the packets. Further, techniques are provided for establishing radio bearers, IP addresses, and/or other resources for transmission of packets associated with respective TFTs in a manner irrespective of associated quality of service (QoS) policies for the TFTs. Upon an establishment of resources, techniques are described herein for tagging packets with resources associated with TFTs corresponding to the packets to facilitate forwarding of respective packets to their intended destinations with lowered required processing cost. Additionally, techniques are described herein for offloading packet analysis and/or forwarding functionality from a terminal to a device tethered to the terminal.