MN-SN coordination for quality-of-experience (QoE) measurements

A method, for a second radio access network node (RNN) in a wireless network, for receiving quality of experience (QoE) measurements by user equipment (UEs), the method comprising:

• receiving, from a first RNN in the wireless network, a request to establish or to modify access-layer multi-connectivity with a UE and the first RNN;
• receiving, from the first RNN, a QoE measurement configuration for measurements by the UE in relation to one or more services provided by an application layer of the UE;
• and
• receiving one or more QoE measurement reports, in accordance with the QoE measurement configuration, from at least one of the UE and the first RNN, wherein the QoE measurement reports include measurements made by the UE while in multi-connectivity with the first and second RNNs.

A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform quality of experience (QoE) measurements configured by a wireless network, the method comprising:

• while connected to a first radio access network node (RNN) in the wireless network, receiving from the first RNN a QoE measurement configuration for one or more services provided by an application layer of the UE;
• receiving a configuration for access-layer multi-connectivity of the UE with a second RNN in the wireless network;
• while in multi-connectivity with the first and second RNNs, performing measurements for the one or more services in accordance with the QoE measurement configuration;
• and
• sending one or more QoE measurement reports, in accordance with the QoE measurement configuration, to at least one of the first RNN and the second RNN.