QOS Flow Control Method and Apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsYizhuang Wu, Chunshan Xiong
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Abstract
This application provides a QoS flow control method and an apparatus. An SMF network element receives first indication information sent by an access network apparatus, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a first QoS target of a QoS flow cannot be met; and the SMF network element does not process the QoS flow if the SMF network element receives second indication information in a first preset time; or the SMF network element deletes or modifies the QoS flow if the SMF network element does not receive second indication information in a first preset time, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the first QoS target can be met.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- sending, by a session management function network element, at least two quality of service (QoS) targets of a QoS flow to an access network apparatus;
- receiving, by the access network apparatus, the at least two QoS targets;
- in response to determining a first QoS target of the QoS flow is not able to be met by the access network apparatus, determining, by the access network apparatus based on an available resource and in the at least two QoS targets, a second QoS target that is of the QoS flow and that is able to be met by the access network apparatus, wherein the first QoS target comprises a first guaranteed flow bit rate (GFBR), and the second QoS target comprises a second GFBR;
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- reporting, by the access network apparatus to the session management function network element, that the first QoS target is not able to be met by the access network apparatus, and the second QoS target that is able to be met by the access network apparatus.
A system, comprising:
- a session management function network element;
- and
- an access network apparatus;
- wherein the session management function network element is configured to:
- send at least two quality of service (QoS) targets of a QoS flow to the access network apparatus;
- and
- wherein the access network apparatus is configured to:
- receive the at least two QoS targets;
- in response to determining a first QoS target of the QoS flow is not able to be met by the access network apparatus, determine, based on an available resource and in the at least two QoS targets received from the session management function network element, a second QoS target that is of the QoS flow and that is able to be met by the access network apparatus, wherein the first QoS target comprises a first guaranteed flow bit rate (GFBR), and the second QoS target comprises a second GFBR;
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- report, to the session management function network element, that the first QoS target is not able to be met by the access network apparatus, and the second QoS target that is able to be met by the access network apparatus.
A non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive at least two quality of service (QoS) targets of a QoS flow from a session management function network element;
- in response to determining a first QoS target of the QoS flow is not able to be met by a access network apparatus, determine, based on an available resource and in the at least two QoS targets, a second QoS target that is of the QoS flow and that is able to be met by the access network apparatus, wherein the first QoS target comprises a first guaranteed flow bit rate (GFBR), and the second QoS target comprises a second GFBR;
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- report, to the session management function network element, that the first QoS target is not able to be met by the access network apparatus, and the second QoS target that is able to be met by the access network apparatus.
A non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- send at least two quality of service (QoS) targets of a QoS flow to an access network apparatus;
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- receive, from the access network apparatus, indication information indicating that a first QoS target of the QoS flow is not able to be met by the access network apparatus, and a report of a second QoS target that is of the QoS flow and that is able to be met by the access network apparatus, wherein the at least two QoS targets comprise the second QoS target and the first QoS target, the second QoS target is determined based on an available resource, and wherein the first QoS target comprises a first guaranteed flow bit rate (GFBR), and the second QoS target comprises a second GFBR.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.