Flexible scope of packet filters for reflective quality of service

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of a base station, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions configured to instruct one or more processor of the base station to:

• receive, at the base station from a user equipment (UE), a capability message indicating that the UE supports a flexible scope of packet filters for reflective quality of service (RQoS);
• in response to the capability message, generate an RQoS rule scope field, wherein the RQoS rule scope field indicates to the UE whether the flexible scope includes both a source/destination media access control (MAC) address pair and a tag indicating a membership in a virtual local area network (VLAN) on an Ethernet network, or whether the flexible scope only includes the source/destination MAC address pair;
• and
• transmit, from the base station to the UE, the RQoS rule scope field during a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment or modification procedure wherein the PDU session is of an Ethernet type.

An apparatus of a base station, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive, at the base station from a user equipment (UE) a capability message indicating that the UE supports a flexible scope of packet filters for reflective quality of service (RQoS);
• in response to the capability message, generate an RQoS rule scope field, wherein the RQoS rule scope field indicates to the UE whether the flexible scope includes both a source/destination IP address pair and a source/destination port number pair, or whether the flexible scope only includes the source/destination IP address pair;
• and
• transmit, from the base station to the UE, the RQoS rule scope field during a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment or modification procedure wherein the PDU session is of an internet protocol (IP) type.