METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END QoS/QoE MANAGEMENT IN 5G SYSTEMS

A method for providing dynamic and adaptive quality of service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) management of traffic while implementing user and application specific differentiation and maximizing system resource utilization, the method comprising:

• accessing, by one or more enforcement points, a policy server, the policy server being a logical entity configured for storing a plurality of QoS/QoE policies, each of the plurality of policies identifying at least one of a user, service vertical, application, or context, and associated QoE targets, to receive one or more of the plurality of QoS/QoE policies to the one or more enforcement points,
• wherein the QoS/QoE policies are configured to provide, at a high abstraction level and at an application session level, QoE targets,
• autonomously collecting information indicative of a current network context and a network status;
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• autonomously and individually interpreting the QoS/QoE policies;
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• applying the QoS/QoE policies to the current network context without having to define a specific policy for each potential context.