# US 12,603,847 B2 · Quality of service QoS management method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,847 B2 - Document ID: US12603847B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/667,627 - Filed: 2024-05-17 - Published: 2024-09-12 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-19 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Fenghui Dou; Hui Jin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603847B2 ## CPC - H04L 47/2483: involving identification of individual flows - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04L 1/203: {Details of error rate determination, e.g. BER, FER or WER} - H04L 47/24: Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS - H04L 47/2433: {Allocation of priorities to traffic types} - 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] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A quality of service QoS management method includes: a first device sends first information, where the first information is for requesting QoS for a first service; the first device receives second information, where the second information indicates a QoS control manner and a QoS parameter of a first QoS flow, the first QoS flow is for transmitting a data flow of the first service, and the QoS control manner includes a first control manner for controlling based on a data packet group; and the first device performs QoS control on the data flow of the first service based on the second information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A QoS (quality of service) management method, comprising: receiving first information, wherein the first information is for requesting QoS for a first service; and sending second information, wherein the second information comprises a first QoS parameter of a first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS parameter comprising N data packet group-based QoS parameters, and the first QoS parameter indicates a QoS control manner of the first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS flow is for transmitting a data flow of the first service, wherein the QoS control manner comprises a first control manner for controlling on a data packet group basis, and wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first QoS parameter comprises a group delay budget or a group error rate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein: the group delay budget indicates an upper bound for a time that a data packet group on the first QoS flow is delayed between a terminal device and a user plane function network element; and the group error rate indicates an upper bound for a rate of data packet groups that are not successfully delivered on the first QoS flow. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving the second information; and performing QoS control on the data flow of the first service based on the second information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the performing QoS control on the data flow of the first service based on the second information comprises: performing, based on the first QoS parameter, the QoS control on the data flow of the first service on a data packet group basis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises: determining, based on the first QoS parameter, that the QoS control manner of the first QoS flow is the first control manner. ### Claim 7 An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: receive first information, wherein the first information is for requesting QoS (quality of service) for a first service; and send second information, wherein the second information comprises a first QoS parameter of a first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS parameter comprising N data packet group-based QoS parameters, and the first QoS parameter indicates a QoS control manner of the first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS flow is for transmitting a data flow of the first service, wherein the QoS control manner comprises a first control manner for controlling on a data packet group basis, and wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first QoS parameter comprises a group delay budget or a group error rate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the group delay budget indicates an upper bound for a time that a data packet group on the first QoS flow is delayed between a terminal device and a user plane function network element; and the group error rate indicates an upper bound for a rate of data packet groups that are not successfully delivered on the first QoS flow. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program or instructions and, when the computer program or the instructions are run on a computer, the computer is enabled to: receive first information, wherein the first information is for requesting QoS for a first service; and send second information, wherein the second information comprises a first QoS parameter of a first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS parameter comprising N data packet group-based QoS parameters, and the first QoS parameter indicates a QoS control manner of the first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS flow is for transmitting a data flow of the first service, wherein the QoS control manner comprises a first control manner for controlling on a data packet group basis, and wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the first QoS parameter comprises a group delay budget or a group error rate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the group delay budget indicates an upper bound for a time that a data packet group on the first QoS flow is delayed between a terminal device and a user plane function network element; and the group error rate indicates an upper bound for a rate of data packet groups that are not successfully delivered on the first QoS flow. ### Claim 13 A system, comprising: a first apparatus configured to: receive first information, wherein the first information is for requesting QoS for a first service; and send second information, wherein the second information comprises a first QoS parameter of a first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS parameter comprising N data packet group-based QoS parameters, and the first QoS parameter indicates a QoS control manner of the first QoS flow, wherein the first QoS flow is for transmitting a data flow of the first service, wherein the QoS control manner comprises a first control manner for controlling on a data packet group basis, and wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and a second apparatus, configured to: receive the second information; and perform QoS control on the data flow of the first service based on the second information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the first QoS parameter comprises a group delay budget or a group error rate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system according to claim 14, wherein: the group delay budget indicates an upper bound for a time that a data packet group on the first QoS flow is delayed between a terminal device and a user plane function network element; and the group error rate indicates an upper bound for a rate of data packet groups that are not successfully delivered on the first QoS flow. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the second apparatus is further configured to: perform, based on the first QoS parameter, the QoS control on the data flow of the first service on a data packet group basis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the second apparatus is further configured to: determine, based on the first QoS parameter, that the QoS control manner of the first QoS flow is the first control manner.