Enabling ran traffic discard notifications

Abstract

In some implementations, a RAN node may include receiving, a monitoring request configuration identifying one or more respective data flows requiring a traffic notification indicating a PDU or a delayed PDU. In addition, the RAN node may include identifying one or more dropped PDUs or one or more delayed PDUs corresponding to the one or more respective data flows. The RAN node may include sending, to a first network element, a traffic notification message indicating the one or more dropped PDUs detected or the one or more delayed PDUs detected. The monitoring request configuration may include a delay threshold value for detecting the one or more dropped PDUs or the one or more delayed PDUs, a reporting period for sending the traffic notification message, or one or more traffic notification message information fields to be included in the traffic notification message.

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