Self optimizing aggregation for 5G or other next generations wireless network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11070971-B2
Application number	US-201916508017-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2019
Priority date	Jul 10, 2019
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for optimization of information required for establishing an initial connection with a network device. According to some embodiments, a system can comprise receiving a service request from a network device. The system can further comprise determining a first size of a network device capabilities message, wherein the determining is based on a second size of the network device capability message previously collected from the network device; and based on a first result of analyzing the first size of the network device capabilities message and a message size threshold, determining that the network device capabilities message is not greater than the message size threshold, and requesting the network device to provide the network device capabilities message associated with network device capabilities in accordance with a single step enquiry.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Network equipment, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a service request from a user equipment;
determining a first size of a user equipment capabilities message, wherein the determining is based on a second size, of the user equipment capabilities message, previously collected from the user equipment; and
requesting the user equipment to provide the user equipment capabilities message, wherein the requesting comprises:
in response to determining that the first size of the user equipment capabilities message is not greater than a message size threshold, requesting the user equipment to provide the user equipment capabilities message in accordance with a single step enquiry; and
in response to determining that the first size of the user equipment capabilities message is greater than the message size threshold, requesting the user equipment to provide the user equipment capabilities message in accordance with a multiple step enquiry comprising:
generating a first capability message comprising a first group of user equipment capabilities associated with a first group of radio access technologies, and
generating a second capability message comprising a second group of user equipment capabilities associated with a second group of radio access technologies.

2. The network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first capability message further comprises first information associated with a first band.

3. The network equipment of claim 2 , wherein the second capability message further comprises second information associated with a second band.

4. The network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the single step enquiry comprises generating the user equipment capabilities message representative of a third group of user equipment capabilities associated with a third group of radio access technologies and information associated with a first band and a second band.

5. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a device comprising a processor, an attach request from a communication device;
determining, by the device, an estimated size of a communication device capabilities message associated with the communication device, wherein the determining is based on analysis of device capabilities information previously collected from the communication device; and
requesting, by the device, the communication device to transmit the communication device capabilities message, wherein the requesting comprises:
in response to determining that the estimated size of the communication device capabilities message is less than a message size threshold, requesting the communication device to provide the communication device capabilities message in accordance with a single step enquiry, and
in response to determining that the estimated size of the communication device capabilities message is not less than the message size threshold, requesting the communication device to provide the communication device capabilities message in accordance with a multiple step enquiry comprising:
generating a first capability message comprising a first group of communication device capabilities associated with a first group of radio access technologies, and
generating a second capability message comprising a second group of communication device capabilities associated with a second group of radio access technologies.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first capability message further comprises first information associated with a first band, and wherein the second capability message further comprises second information associated with a second band.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second capability message further comprises a band report comprising information associated with a first band and a second band.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the single step enquiry comprises generating the communication device capabilities message comprising a third group of communication device capabilities associated with a third group of radio access technologies and information associated with a first band and a second band.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving an attach request from a first network device;
determining an estimated size of a network device capabilities message associated with the first network device, wherein the determining is based on a device capabilities information previously collected from the first network device and a second network device; and
requesting the first network device to transmit the network device capabilities message, wherein the requesting comprises:
in response to determining that the estimated size of the network device capabilities message is smaller than a threshold message size, requesting the first network device to provide the network device capabilities message in accordance with a single step enquiry, and
in response to determining that the estimated size of the network device capabilities message is at least the threshold message size, requesting the first network device to provide the network device capabilities message in accordance with a multiple step enquiry comprising:
generating a first capability message comprising a first group of first network device capabilities associated with a first group of radio access technologies, and
generating a second capability message comprising a second group of first network device capabilities associated with a second group of radio access technologies.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first capability message further comprises first information associated with a first band.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the second capability message further comprises second information associated with a second band.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the single step enquiry comprises generating the network device capabilities message comprising a third group of first network device capabilities associated with a third group of available radio access technologies and information associated with a first band and a second band.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the threshold message size is predefined.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the threshold message size is adjustable to satisfy a defined network performance.

15. The network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the message size threshold is predefined.

16. The network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the message size threshold is adjustably defined based on input corresponding to a defined network performance requirement.

17. The network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment is a vehicle.

18. The network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment is a mobile device.

19. The method of claim 5 , wherein the message size threshold is defined prior to requesting the communication device to transmit the communication device capabilities message.

20. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
based on a value representing a network performance level, changing, by the device, the message size threshold to an updated message size threshold corresponding to the network performance level.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Jia Yupeng
• Gao Yakun
• Tong Yonghui
• Yang Wen
• Chen Ye

Classifications

• H04W8/24 Primary

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title

• H04W48/14

  using user query {or user detection} · CPC title

• H04W88/023

  with message or information receiving capability · CPC title

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title