# US 12,120,548 B2 · Information transmission method and network device

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- Number: US 12,120,548 B2
- Document ID: US12120548B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/288,488
- Filed: 2019-10-18
- Published: 2021-12-16
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-25
- Assignees: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yali Guo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120548B2

## CPC

- H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)}
- H04W 28/24: Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
- H04M 15/66: {Policy and charging system}
- H04W 28/22: Negotiating communication rate
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

An information transmission method and a network device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a quality of service QoS parameter sent by a PCF entity, where the quality of service QoS parameter includes a QoS identifier; a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier is greater than or equal to a real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network, and the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is an actual data transmission latency between a base station and a user plane anchor UPF.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information transmission method, applied to a session management function (SMF) entity, comprising:
obtaining, by the SMF entity, a quality of service (QOS) parameter sent by a policy control function (PCF) entity, wherein the QoS parameter comprises a QoS identifier;
wherein a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier is greater than or equal to a real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network, and the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is an real data transmission latency between a base station and a user plane function (UPF);
wherein before the obtaining the QoS parameter sent by the PCF entity, the information transmission method further comprises: sending, to the PCF entity, information about the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network between the base station and the UPF, after selecting the UPF for a packet data unit (PDU) session.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the QOS parameter further comprises a QoS characteristic corresponding to the QoS identifier, and the QoS characteristic comprises the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information transmission method according to claim 1, wherein after the obtaining the QoS parameter sent by the PCF entity, the information transmission method further comprises: sending QoS control information of a QoS flow to the base station through an access and mobility management function (AMF);
wherein the QoS control information comprises the QoS identifier, a packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier, and the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier; or, the QoS control information comprises the QoS identifier and a packet delivery latency over an air interface corresponding to the QoS identifier.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information transmission method according to claim 1, wherein after the obtaining the QoS parameter sent by the PCF entity, the information transmission method further comprises:
obtaining a policy control and charging (PCC) rule sent by the PCF entity; and
in a case that a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to a QoS identifier in the PCC rule is less than the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network, inserting a new UPF for the PDU session, and transmitting a data flow of the PDU session according to the new UPF;
wherein a real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network between the new UPF and the base station is less than or equal to the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier in the PCC rule.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the information about the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network comprises at least one of: the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network between the base station and the UPF, a UPF identifier, or a data network access identifier (DNAI).

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A network device, wherein the network device is a session management function (SMF) entity and comprises: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor is configured to implement the steps of the information transmission method according to claim 1 when executing the program.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The network device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to implement the following step when executing the program: sending QoS control information of a QoS flow to the base station through an access and mobility management function (AMF);
wherein the QoS control information comprises the QoS identifier, a packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier, and the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier; or, the QoS control information comprises the QoS identifier and a packet delivery latency over an air interface corresponding to the QoS identifier.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The network device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to implement the following steps when executing the program:
obtaining a policy control and charging (PCC) rule sent by the PCF entity; and
in a case that a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to a QoS identifier in the PCC rule is less than the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network, inserting a new UPF for the PDU session, and transmitting a data flow of the PDU session according to the new UPF;
wherein a real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network between the new UPF and the base station is less than or equal to the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier in the PCC rule.

### Claim 9

An information transmission method, applied to a policy control function (PCF) entity, comprising:
sending, by the PCF entity, a quality of service (QOS) parameter to a session management function (SMF) entity, wherein the QoS parameter comprises a QoS identifier;
wherein a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier is greater than or equal to a real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network, and the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is an real data transmission latency between a base station and a user plane function (UPF);
wherein before the sending the QoS parameter to the SMF entity, the information transmission method further comprises: obtaining information about the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network between the base station and the UPF, wherein the information about the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is sent by the SMF entity.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The information transmission method according to claim 9, wherein the sending the QoS parameter to the SMF entity comprises:
sending the QoS identifier to the SMF entity, in a case that a value of the QoS identifier assigned according to the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is a standardized value;
in a case that the value of the QoS identifier assigned according to the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is a non-standardized value, assigning a QoS characteristic, and sending the QoS identifier and the QoS characteristic to the SMF entity;
wherein the QoS characteristic comprises the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network, and in a case that the value of the QoS identifier is the standardized value, the QoS identifier corresponds to the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The information transmission method according to claim 9, wherein after the sending the QoS parameter to the SMF entity, the information transmission method further comprises:
in a case that a new service request is received and if a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to the new service request is less than a latency corresponding to the information about the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network, rejecting the service request, or, sending a PCC rule corresponding to the new service request to the SMF, wherein the PCC rule comprises the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the new service request.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

A network device, wherein the network device is a policy control function (PCF) entity and comprises: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor is configured to implement the steps of the information transmission method according to claim 9 when executing the program.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The network device according to claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to implement the following step when executing the program:
sending the QoS identifier to the SMF entity, in a case that a value of the QoS identifier assigned according to the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is a standardized value;
in a case that the value of the QoS identifier assigned according to the real packet delivery latency over the infrastructure network is a non-standardized value, assigning a QoS characteristic, and sending the QoS identifier and the QoS characteristic to the SMF entity;
wherein the QoS characteristic comprises the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network, and in a case that the value of the QoS identifier is the standardized value, the QoS identifier corresponds to the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network.

### Claim 14

An information transmission method, applied to a base station, comprising:
obtaining, by the base station, QoS control information of a QoS flow sent by a session management function (SMF) entity; and
determining a packet delivery latency over an air interface according to the QoS control information, and performing resource scheduling according to the packet delivery latency over the air interface;
wherein the QoS control information comprises a QoS identifier, a packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier, and a packet delivery latency budget over an infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier; or, the QoS control information comprises a QoS identifier and the packet delivery latency over the air interface corresponding to the QoS identifier.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The information transmission method according to claim 14, wherein the QoS control information comprises the QoS identifier, the packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier, and the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier;
wherein the determining the packet delivery latency over the air interface according to the QoS control information comprises: subtracting the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier from the packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier to obtain the packet delivery latency over the air interface.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

A network device, wherein the network device is a base station and comprises: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor is configured to implement the steps of the information transmission method according to claim 14 when executing the program.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The network device according to claim 16, wherein the QoS control information comprises the QoS identifier, the packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier, and the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier;
wherein the processor is configured to implement the following step when executing the program: subtracting the packet delivery latency budget over the infrastructure network corresponding to the QoS identifier from the packet delivery latency budget corresponding to the QoS identifier to obtain the packet delivery latency over the air interface.