# US 2021/0243654 A1 · Core network node, user equipment and methods in a packet communications network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243654 A1 - Document ID: US20210243654A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/052,489 - Filed: 2018-05-09 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-09 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Panagiotis Saltsidis; Ralf Keller; Angel Navas Cornejo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243654A1 ## CPC - H04W 28/0247: {based on conditions of the access network or the infrastructure network (central resource management H04W28/16)} - H04W 28/20: Negotiating bandwidth - H04L 47/74: measures in reaction to resource unavailability - H04L 47/822: {Collecting or measuring resource availability data} - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - 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 28/22: Negotiating communication rate - H04W 28/24: Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service] - H04W 28/18: Negotiating wireless communication parameters - H04W 76/34: Selective release of ongoing connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method performed by a core network node for handling a data service session in a packet communication network is provided. The packet communication network is configured to support fixed access between a User Equipment (UE) and an access network node. The core network node obtains a decision whether a monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below a bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. The bandwidth over the fixed access is monitored for a data service session between the UE and the Data Network via the fixed access. The core network node obtains a decision of how to handle the data service session based on the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a core network node for handling a data service session in a packet communication network, which packet communication network is configured to support fixed access between a User Equipment, UE, and an access network node, the method comprising: obtaining a decision whether a monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below a bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE, which bandwidth over the fixed access is monitored for a data service session between the UE and the Data Network via the fixed access, and obtaining a decision of how to handle the data service session based on the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: sending to any one out of the access network node and the UE, an instruction to monitor the bandwidth over the fixed access for the data service session, and to report to the core network node when decided whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the decision of whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below a bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE is obtained from any one out of: the UE, a Customer Premises Equipment related the UE, the access network node, and an Access Gateway Function related to the access network node. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method, according to claim 1, wherein the bandwidth over the fixed access for a data service session is monitored during one or more periods of time with intermediate time intervals, and wherein the information about the monitored bandwidth is obtained after a monitored period of time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the bandwidth requirement is represented by a Maximum Bit Rate, MBR. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the fixed access is between a Customer Premises Equipment of the UE, and an Access Gateway Function of the access network node. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is performed by a Session Management Function related to the core network node. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein: the decision of how to handle the data service session based on the decision that the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement, is obtained by receiving it from a network node comprising a Policy Control Function, after providing to said network node, the obtained information about the monitored bandwidth, and the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the decision of how to handle the data service session relates to any one or more out of: whether or not to release the data service session, whether to expose an alarm, whether to inform a backend charging system, whether to adjust the bandwidth requirement in line with the monitored bandwidth, and whether to use available radio access network resources by any one out of: directly utilizing an attached Radio Access Network, and by using radio based methods, to fulfill the bandwidth requirements. ### Claim 10 (canceled) ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 A method performed by a User Equipment, UE, for assisting a core network node in handling a data service session in a packet communication network, which packet communication network is configured to support fixed access between the UE and an access network node, the method comprising: monitoring a bandwidth over the fixed access for a data service session between the UE and the Data Network via the fixed access, deciding whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE, and assisting the core network node in handling the data service session in the packet communication network by sending to the core network node, the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising: receiving from the core network node an instruction to monitor the bandwidth over the fixed access for the data service session, and to report to the core network node when decided that the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE, ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the bandwidth over the fixed access for the data service session is monitored by a Customer Premises Equipment related the UE, and wherein whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE is decided, by the Customer Premises Equipment related the UE. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the bandwidth over the fixed access for a data service session is monitored during one or more periods of time with intermediate time intervals, and wherein whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE is decided after a monitored period of time. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the bandwidth requirement is represented by a Maximum Bit Rate, MBR. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the fixed access is between a Customer Premises Equipment of the UE, and an Access Gateway Function of the access network node. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the method is performed by a Customer Premises Equipment related to the UE. ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 A core network node for handling a data service session in a packet communication network, which packet communication network is configured to support fixed access between a User Equipment, UE, and an access network node, the core network node further being configured to: obtain a decision whether a monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below a bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE, which bandwidth over the fixed access is adapted to be monitored for a data service session between the UE and the Data Network via the fixed access, and obtain a decision of how to handle the data service session based on the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, further being configured to: send to any one out of the access network node and the UE, an instruction to monitor the bandwidth over the fixed access for the data service session, and to report to the core network node when decided whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein the decision of whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below a bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE is arranged to be obtained from any one out of: the UE, a Customer Premises Equipment related the UE, the access network node, and an Access Gateway Function related to the access network node. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein the bandwidth over the fixed access for a data service session is arranged to be monitored during one or more periods of time with intermediate time intervals, and wherein the information about the monitored bandwidth is arranged to be obtained after a monitored period of time. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein the bandwidth requirement is arranged to be represented by a Maximum Bit Rate, MBR. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein the fixed access is arranged to be between a Customer Premises Equipment of the UE, and an Access Gateway Function of the access network node. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein the core network node comprises a Session Management Function related to the core network node for handling the data service session in the packet communication network. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein: The core network node configured to obtain the decision of how to handle the data service session based on the decision that the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement by receiving it from a network node comprising a Policy Control Function, after providing to said network node, the obtained information about the monitored bandwidth, and the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 29 (depends on 21) The core network node according to claim 21, wherein the decision of how to handle the data service session is arranged to relate to any one or more out of: whether or not to release the data service session, whether to expose an alarm, whether to inform a backend charging system, whether to adjust the bandwidth requirement in line with the monitored bandwidth, and whether to use available radio access network resources by any one out of: directly utilizing an attached Radio Access Network, and by using radio based methods, to fulfill the bandwidth requirements. ### Claim 30 A User Equipment, UE, for assisting a core network node in handling a data service session in a packet communication network, which packet communication network is configured to support fixed access between the UE and an access network node, the UE further being configured to: monitor a bandwidth over the fixed access for a data service session between the UE and the Data Network via the fixed access, decide whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE, assist the core network node in handling the data service session in the packet communication network by sending to the core network node, the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The UE according to claim 30, further being configured to: receive from the core network node, an instruction to monitor the bandwidth over the fixed access for the data service session, and to report to the core network node when decided that the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The UE according to claim 30, wherein the bandwidth over the fixed access for the data service session is arranged to be monitored by a Customer Premises Equipment related the UE, and wherein whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE is arranged to be decided by the Customer Premises Equipment related the UE. ### Claim 33 (depends on 30) The UE according to claim 30, wherein the bandwidth over the fixed access for a data service session is arranged to be monitored during one or more periods of time with intermediate time intervals, and wherein whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE is arranged to be decided after a monitored period of time. ### Claim 34 (depends on 30) The UE according to claim 30, wherein the bandwidth requirement is arranged to be represented by a Maximum Bit Rate, MBR. ### Claim 35 (depends on 30) The UE according to claim 30, wherein the fixed access is arranged to be between a Customer Premises Equipment of the UE, and an Access Gateway Function of the access network node. ### Claim 36 (depends on 30) The UE according to claim 30, wherein the UE comprises a Customer Premises Equipment related to the UE for assisting the core network node in handling the data service session in the packet communication network.