US 12,603,834 B2Granted

Enhanced quality-of-experience (QoE) measurements with non-application layer information

AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

InventorsFilip Barac, Luca Lunardi, Ali Parichehrehteroujeni, Johan Rune, Cecilia Eklöf, Angelo Centonza, Nicklas Johansson

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Abstract

Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform quality of experience (QoE) measurements configured by a wireless network. Such methods include receiving, from a radio access network node (RNN) in the wireless network, a QoE measurement configuration for one or more services provided by the UE application layer. Such methods include performing application-layer QoE measurements for the one or more services according to the QoE measurement configuration and sending, to or via the RNN in accordance with QoE measurement configuration, one or more messages comprising: one or more QoE measurement reports comprising results of the QoE measurements; and network assistance information (NAI) related to one or more paths that carry data associated with the one or more services. Other embodiments include complementary methods for RNNs and measurement functions, as well as UEs, RNNs, and measurement functions configured to perform such methods.

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Dependent claims

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

receiving, from a radio access network node (RNN) in the wireless network, a QoE measurement configuration for one or more services provided by the UE application layer;
performing application-layer QoE measurements for the one or more services in accordance with the QoE measurement configuration;
and
sending, to or via the RNN in accordance with QoE measurement configuration, one or more messages comprising:
a QoE measurement report comprising results of the QoE measurements;
and
network assistance information (NAI) related to one or more paths that carry data associated with the one or more services, wherein:
sending the one or more messages to the RNN in accordance with QoE measurement configuration comprises first operations, second operations, or third operations;
the first operations include:
sending the NAI from the UE access layer to the UE application layer;
and
combining the NAI with the QoE measurement report and sending the combination as an application-layer message to a measurement function via the RNN;
the second operations include:
sending a container comprising the QoE measurement report from the UE application layer to the UE access layer;
and
combining the NAI with the container and sending the combination to the measurement function via an access-layer message to the RNN;
and
the third operations include:
sending the following to the measurement function:
the NAI via an access layer-message to the RNN;
and
a container comprising the QoE measurement report via an application-layer message to the RNN.

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

receiving, from a measurement function associated with the wireless network, a QoE measurement configuration associated with one or more services provided by an application layer of a UE served by the RNN;
sending the QoE measurement configuration to the UE;
and
receiving, from the UE in accordance with the QoE measurement configuration, one or more messages comprising:
a QoE measurement report comprising results of application-layer QoE measurements based on the QoE measurement configuration;
and
network assistance information (NAI) related to one or more paths that carry data associated with the one or more services, wherein:
the one or more messages are arranged according to one of the following:
an access layer-message that includes the NAI and an application-layer message that includes a container comprising the QoE measurement report;
or
an application-layer message that includes both the NAI and the container comprising the QoE measurement report;
and
the method further comprises forwarding the NAI and the container comprising the QoE measurement report to the measurement function as one of the following:
one application-layer message that includes both the NAI and the container;
or
two application-layer messages, one that includes the NAI and another that includes the container.

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A method for a measurement function associated with a wireless network to configure quality of experience (QoE) measurements by user equipment (UEs) in the wireless network, the method comprising:

sending, to a radio access network node (RNN) in the wireless network, a QoE measurement configuration associated with one or more services provided by an application layer of a UE served by the RNN;
and
receiving, from the UE via the RNN, one or more messages comprising:
a QoE measurement report comprising results of application-layer QoE measurements based on the QoE measurement configuration, and
network assistance information (NAI) related to one or more paths that carry data associated with the one or more services,
wherein the one or more messages are arranged according to one of the following:
one application-layer message that includes both the NAI and a container comprising a QoE measurement report;
or
two application-layer messages, one that includes the NAI and another that includes the container comprising the QoE measurement report.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/928,756Filed 2 Jun 2021 · us provisional application
Priority: 30 Jun 2020
Published: US 2023/0216751 A16 Jul 2023
Granted: 14 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 45/24
Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks: multipath
H04L 41/5067
Characterised by the interaction between service providers and their network customers, e.g. customer relationship management: customer-centric…
H04L 45/243
Multipath: using M+N parallel active paths
H04W 24/08
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements: testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

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Application63/046,183Us provisional application · filed 30 Jun 2020
US 2023/0216751 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Jul 2023
US 12,603,834 B2This patent

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