Managing quality of service and coordinating between users located in different network regions and interacting in the same virtual environment of a multi-user application

A first session management entity (200), wherein the first session management entity (200) is in at least one of a first network or a first network region (101), or is associated with a first group of control plane entities (100) of a network, wherein the two or more flows (121, 122) of the multi-user application (120) are related to at least one of a multi-user group ID or a multi-user policy ID associated with a multi-user QoS policy (103), and wherein the first session management entity (200) comprises a processor and a storage medium storing executable software code that, when executed by the processor, cause the first session management entity (200) to:

• receive a support message (201) from a first control plane entity (100), wherein the support message (201) includes one or more of:
• an ID of the first control plane entity (100), wherein the first control plane entity (100) is in at least one of the first network or the first network region (101) or in the first group of control plane entities, and wherein at least one flow (121) of two or more flows (121, 122) of a multi-user application (120) is in a first set of flows managed by the first control plane entity (100);
• an ID of a second control plane entity (110), wherein the second control plane entity (110) is in at least one of a second network or a second network region (111), or is in a second group of control plane entities of the network, and wherein at least one flow (122) of the two or more flows (121, 122) of the multi-user application (120) is in a second set of flows managed by the second control plane entity (110);
• an indication that the second control plane entity (110) is in at least one of a different network or network region than the first session management entity (200);
• an address or reference or identification of the second control plane entity (110), wherein the address or reference or identification indicates to the first session management entity (200) that it can obtain at least one of session management or quality of service (Qos) management control information from the second control plane entity (110) for the at least one flow (121) of the two or more flows (121, 122) of the multi-user application (120) related to at least one of the multi-user group ID or the multi-user policy ID;
• at least one of the multi-user group ID or the multi-user policy ID;
• or
• one or more flow IDs of flows of the multi-user application (120).

A method (1100) for managing quality of service (QOS) of a first set of one or more flows of a multi-user application (120), wherein the method (1100) is performed by a first control plane entity (110) that is in at least one of a first network or a first network region (101), or is in a first group of control plane entities of a network, and wherein the method (1100) comprises:

• obtaining (1101) binding information (102) that indicates a multi-user group identification (ID) which is related to two or more flows (121, 122) of the multi-user application (120);
• wherein at least one of the two or more flows (121, 122) is in the first set of flows managed by the first control plane entity (100), and at least one of the two or more flows (121, 122) is in a second set of flows managed by a second control plane entity (110);
• wherein the second control plane entity (110) is in at least one of a second network or a second network region (111), or is in a second group of control plane entities of the network;
• and
• establishing (1002) a multi-user QoS policy (103) that defines first information to be used for the management of the two or more flows (121, 122) of the multi-user application (120), which are related to the multi-user group ID;
• wherein the multi-user QoS policy (103) is associated with at least one of the multi-user group ID or a multi-user policy ID.