Time-aware quality-of-service in communication systems

A policy control function (PCF) network entity, configured to:

• receive a quality-of-service (QoS) profile from application function (AF) network entity, wherein the QoS profile comprises QoS parameters of a first communication network translated into QoS parameters of a second communication network, and additional QoS parameters originating from the second communication network;
• and
• transmit an acceptance message to the AF network entity upon acceptance of the received QoS profile,
• wherein the first communication network is a deterministic communication network and the second communication network is a mobile communication network.

A session management function (SMF) network entity, configured to:

• receive a policy related to a quality-of-service (QoS) profile from a policy control function Policy Control Function (PCF) network entity, wherein the QoS profile comprises QoS parameters of a first communication network, translated by a device into QoS parameters of a second communication network, in particular a mobile communication network, and additional QoS parameters originating from the second communication network;
• and
• select a user plane function network entity based on the received policy related to the QoS profile from the PCF network entity,
• wherein the first communication network is a deterministic communication network and the second communication network is a mobile communication network.

A radio access network (RAN) entity, configured to:

• receive a quality-of-service (QoS) profile or related QoS rules from a session management function (SMF) network entity, wherein the QoS profile comprises QoS parameters of a first communication network translated by a device into QoS parameters of a second communication network and additional QoS parameters originating from the second communication network;
• and
• reserve resources of the RAN entity based on the received QoS profile,
• wherein the first communication network is a deterministic communication network and the second communication network is a mobile communication network.

A user equipment (UE) of a second communication network, the UE being configured to:

• transmit a request for a packet data unit (PDU) session establishment to a session management function (SMF) network entity via a network access entity or an access management function (AMF) entity;
• and
• receive a radio resource configuration from the network access entity, wherein the radio resource configuration is based on a quality-of-service (QoS) profile, and wherein the QoS profile comprises QoS parameters of a first communication network translated by an application function network entity into QoS parameters of a second communication network, and additional QoS parameters originating from the second communication network,
• wherein the first communication network is a deterministic communication network and the second communication network is a mobile communication network.