Method and apparatus for determining analytics for service experience for a network slice instance
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDavid Gutierrez Estevez, Andrew Bennett
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Abstract
A method for determining analytics for service experience for a Network Slice instance in a network comprising one or more network entities is provided. The method includes obtaining first information for determining a mapping between a set of one or more user equipment (UEs) and a set of one or more Network Slice instances, obtaining second information for determining the analytics of the set of one or more UEs, and determining the analytics for a Network Slice instance based on the first information and the second information.
Claims15
A method performed by a network data analytics function (NWDAF) entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a consumer network entity, a request for analytics information associated with a service experience for a network slice, wherein the request for the analytics information comprises analytics filter information including information of an area of interest for which the analytics information is requested and single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) corresponding to the network slice;
- based on the request for the analytics information, transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, information for subscribing to an event on a user equipment (UE) mobility by using an event identifier (ID) indicating UE moving in or out of the area of interest and one or more event filters corresponding to the event ID, wherein the one or more event filters indicate the area of interest and the S-NSSAI;
- in response to the information for subscribing to the event, receiving, from the AMF entity, information associated with one or more UE IDs in the area of interest;
- transmitting, to at least one application function (AF), a request for service experience information by using the one or more UE IDs;
- receiving, from the at least one AF, the service experience information;
- based on the service experience information, determining the analytics information associated with the service experience for the network slice;
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- transmitting, to the consumer network entity, the analytics information associated with the service experience for the network slice.
A network data analytics function (NWDAF) entity in a wireless communication system, the NWDAF entity comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
- receive, from a consumer network entity via the transceiver, a request for analytics information associated with a service experience for a network slice, wherein the request for the analytics information comprises analytics filter information including information of an area of interest for which the analytics information is requested and single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) corresponding to the network slice;
- based on the request for the analytics information, transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity via the transceiver, information for subscribing to an event on a user equipment (UE) mobility by using an event identifier (ID) indicating UE moving in or out of the area of interest and one or more event filters corresponding to the event ID, wherein the one or more event filters indicate the area of interest and the S-NSSAI;
- in response to the information for subscribing to the event, receive, from the AMF entity via the transceiver, information associated with one or more UE IDs in the area of interest;
- transmit, to at least one application function (AF) via the transceiver, a request for service experience information by using the one or more UE IDs;
- receive, from the at least one AF via the transceiver, the service experience information;
- based on the service experience information, determine the analytics information associated with the service experience for the network slice;
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- transmit, to the consumer network entity via the transceiver, the analytics information associated with the service experience for the network slice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.