IEEE C802.16n-11/0134
Project
IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Working Group <http://ieee802.org/16>
Title
Text Proposals of HR-MS Forwarding using Talk-around Direct Communications
Date
Submitted
2011-07-11
Source(s)
Sungcheol Chang, Eunkyung Kim,
Sungkyung Kim, Won-Ik Kim, Miyoung
Yun, Hyun Lee, Chulsik Yoon, Kwangjae
Lim
E-mail: scchang@etri.re.kr
ETRI
Re:
Call for Comments on the 802.16n Amendment Working Document
Abstract
This provides AWD text proposals for HR-MS forwarding using Talk-around Direct
Communication in 16n network
Purpose
To be discussed and adopted by 802.16 TGn
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Text Proposals of HR-MS Forwarding using Talk-around Direct Communications
Sungcheol Chang, Eunkyung Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Won-Ik Kim, Miyoung Yun, Hyun Lee, Chulsik
Yoon, Kwangjae Lim
ETRI
Introductions
This contribution provides AWD text proposals of HR-MS forwarding operation. A entities configuration of
HR-MS forwarding functionality consists of an HR-BS, a forwarding HR-MS, and one or more HR-MSs. The
forwarding HR-MS is under HR-BS coverage, but near boundary of HR-BS coverage. One or more HR-MSs are
out of BS coverage. The forwarding HR-MS has two interfaces: 1) infrastructure air interface between HR-BS
and a forwarding HR-MS; 2) Direct communication air interface between a forwarding HR MS and HR-MSs
out of the BS coverage. The one follows infrastructure communication protocol of WirelessMAN-Advanced Air
interface and the other follows direct communication protocol of WirelessMAN HR Advanced Air interface.
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The talk-around direct communication protocol is out of scope of this contribution, but a set of the following
contributions are proposed for 16n direct communication[1-4]:
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PHY Frame and Physical Structure
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PHY Control Structure
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MAC Control procedure
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A forwarding HR-MS has an interworking function between the two interfaces. To do this, HR-BS has
information of HR-MSs out of BS coverage and provides additional forwarding functionalities in infrastructure
air interface. When HR-BS supports an extension of infrastructure communication using direct communication
to HR-MS out of BS coverage, additional transport connection is established between HR-BS and the
forwarding HR-MS. The forwarding HR-MS forwards all the data packets on the additional transport
connection from HR-BS to HR-MS out of BS coverage. The forwarding HR-MS forwards all the data packets
from HR-MS out of BS coverage to HR-BS using the additional transport connection. Figure 1 illustrates that a
forwarding HR-MS has two types of radio interfaces: infrastructure communication interface and direct
communication interface.
Infrastructure
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Forwarding MS
Direct Communication
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MS2
BS
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Figure 1: A configuration for HR-MS forwarding functionality.
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The additional transport connection between HR-BS and the forwarding HR-MS is called as forwarding
transport connection. It supports forwarding functions at an infrastructure air interface and the forwarding
transport connection carries MAC PDUs at infrastructure communication interface, which minimizes the
modification of MAC PDU format and its transmission operation at infrastructure communication interface. The
forwarding transport connections are managed using the dynamic service flow management procedures and
modifications of service flow description is required to identify service flow used for forwarding traffic data at
forwarding MS. Figure 2 illustrates that the forwarding HR-MS, MS A, maps forwarding transport connections,
FID k and FID n, to direct communication links, a direct communication link between MS A and MS B and a
direct communication link between MS A and MS C, respectively.
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Figure 2: MS A maps FID k and FID n to direct communication links, respectively.
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The HR-BS maintains the list of HR-MSs out of coverage so that the HR-MSs may be paged or be connected to
network via forwarding HR-MS. The procedure to update the list of HR-MSs follows:
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The MS list is advertised from the BS to all the MSs within the coverage.
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The forwarding MS detects an MS not listed in the MS list. The MS is out of service coverage and is
allowed only direct communication between the forwarding MS and the MS.
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The forwarding MS updates the MS list using DM List Update Request/Response (DMLUREQ/RSP).
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Figure 3 illustrates that a forwarding HR-MS updates the list of HR-MSs out of BS coverage when it detects
some HR-MSs out of BS coverage are missed in the list of HR-MSs.
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Figure 3: A procedure to update the list of HR-MSs out of coverage for HR-MS forwarding functionality.
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MAC management messages used for support of HR-MS forwarding functionality at infrastructure
communication interface has FWD (forwarding) prefix in their names. The proposed MAC management
procedures consist of the followings:
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Flow management with addition, change, and deletion procedures of flow
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Figure 4 illustrates procedures and MAC management messages for support of HR-MS forwarding functionality.
A procedure and its MAC management messages are defined at both infrastructure communication and direct
communication interfaces so that MAC management messages at infrastructure communication interface are
related to ones at direct communication interface.
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Direct Communication
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Forwarding MS
MS2
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Paging
Link Establishment
Flow Management
Link Release
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1:1 Procedures
PAG-ADV
DSA-REQ/RSP/ACK
DSx-REQ/RSP/ACK
DSD-REQ/RSP/ACK
1:1 Procedures
DM-PAG-ADV
DM-LEST-REQ/RSP
DM-DSx-REQ/RSP/ACK
DM-LREL-REQ/RSP
1:N Procedures
Link Establishment DSA-REQ/RSP/ACK
Flow Management DSx-REQ/RSP/ACK
Link Release DSD-REQ/RSP/ACK
1:N Procedures
DM-LEST-CMD
DM-DSx-CMD
DM-LREL-CMD
Figure 4: Procedures and MAC management messages at infrastructure communication and direct
communication interfaces.
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Each control procedure consists of two types of control signal procedures: the one is for peer-to-peer
transmission (unicast), and the other is for point-to-multipoint transmission (multicast). A MAC control
procedure for peer-to-peer transmission is a two-way handshake with request and response MAC management
messages generally. A MAC control procedure for point-to-multipoint transmission is a one-way transmission of
command MAC management messages. For an example, two types of link establishment or dynamic service
flow addition procedures are shown for peer-to-peer communication and point-to-multipoint communication in
Figure 5, respectively.
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DM-PAG-ADV
DSA-REQ
DSA-RSP
DSA-ACK
DM-LEST-REQ
DM-LEST-RSP
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DSA-REQ
DSA-RSP
DSA-ACK
MS A forwards traffic data between BS and MS B
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MS A forwards traffic data between BS and MS B
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DM-DSA-REQ
DM-DSA-RSP
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Additional service flow is activated
DM-DSA-CMD
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Figure 5: peer-to-peer procedures (left) and point-to-multipoint procedures (right) of link establishment or
dynamic service flow addition procedures.
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Proposed Text for the 802.16n Amendment Working Document (AWD)
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The text in BLACK color: the existing text in the 802.16n Amendment Draft Standard
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The text in RED color: the removal of existing 802.16n Amendment Draft Standard Text
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The text in BLUE color: the new text added to the 802.16n Amendment Draft Standard Text
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[-------------------------------------------------Start of Text Proposal---------------------------------------------------]
[Remedy1: Adapt the following change in Section 17.3.3.5 in the 802.16n AWD]
17.3.3.5 HR-MS Forwarding to network using talk-around direct communication
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17.3.3.5.1 HR-MS discoveries
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A forwarding HR-MS shall maintain a list of HR-MSs that are in communication range using talk-around direct
communication.
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An HR-BS shall maintain a list of HR-MSs that are collected from forwarding HR-MSs for HR-MS forwarding.
An HR-BS broadcast the HR-MS list for HR-MS forwarding to forwarding HR-MSs using AAI-DMMS-ADV
message. When new HR-MS is added or HR-MSs are deleted, the forwarding HR-MS shall update the HR-MS
list by an exchange of MAC Management messages with HR-BS such as AAI-DMLU-REQ/RSP.
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17.3.3.5.2 Forwarding Cconnection management
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A unicast forwarding connection between HR-BS and forwarding HR-MS is a unicast transport connection
established to forward data traffic in one-way from HR-BS to forwarding HR-MS or vice versa.
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A multicast forwarding connection between HR-BS and forwarding HR-MS is a multicast transport connection
established to forward data traffic in one-way from HR-BS to forwarding HR-MSs.
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Each unicast or multicast forwarding connection, which is established for supporting HR-MS forwarding,
carries forwarding data packets. When HR-BS sends data packets on a unicast or multicast forwarding
connection, forwarding HR-MS discriminates the data packets with type of transport connection and forwards
the data packets on a direct communication link. When a forwarding HR-MS receives data packets on a direct
communication link, the forwarding HR-MS discriminates the data packets and forwards the data packets on a
unicast forwarding connection toward HR-BS.
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17.3.3.5.3 Forwarding Link management
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17.3.3.5.2.1 Forwarding connection establishment
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When a forwarding HR-MS is requested to establish a forwarding connection from HR-MSs out of BS’s
coverage, the forwarding HR-BS establishes a unicast or multicast forwarding connection. The unicast or
multicast forwarding connection between HR-BS and forwarding HR-MS is established by exchanges of MAC
Management messages such as AAI-DSA-REQ/RSP/ACK.
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17.3.3.5.2.2 Forwarding connection release
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The forwarding connection is terminated with forwarding connection release. On forwarding connection release,
the context of forwarding connection are removed at both HR-BS and forwarding HR-MSs.
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An HR-BS and a forwarding HR-MS release a unicast or multicast forwarding connection by exchanges of
MAC Management messages such as AAI-DSD-REQ/RSP/ACK.
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17.3.3.5.34 QoS management
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QoS concept of forwarding connections shall be the same as described as in section 16.2.12 with the exception
of QoS described in this section.
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17.3.3.5.5 Paging
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[Remedy2: Adapt the following change in Section 16.2.3 in the 802.16n AWD]
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16.2.3 MAC Control messages
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Table 677 – MAC control messages
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Functional Areas
Message names
Message description
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Forwarding MS List
AAI-DMMS-ADV
MS list Advertisement
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Forwarding MS list
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MS List Update Request
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Forwarding MS list
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MS List Update Response
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An HR-BS transmits an AAI-DMMS-ADV message to advertise an MS list for HR-MS forwarding.
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A forwarding HR-MS transmits an AAI-DMLU-REQ message to update a MS list for HR-MS forwarding.
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An HR-BS transmits a AAI-DMLU-RSP message in response to a received AAI-DMLU-REQ.
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References
[1] IEEE C802.16n-11/0130, “Frame Structure for Talk-around Direct Communications.”
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[2] IEEE C802.16n-11/0131, “Synchronization Channel Structure for Talk-around Direct Communications.”
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[3] IEEE C802.16n-11/0132, “Dedicated Channel and Supplementary Channel for Talk-around Direct
Communications.”
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[4] IEEE C802.16n-11/0133, “Text Proposals of MAC Control Operation for Talk-around Direct
Communications.”
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[5] IEEE C802.16n- 11/0134, “Text Proposals of HR-MS Forwarding using Talk-around Direct
Communications.”
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