Quality of service QoS parameter processing method and network element, system, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11356889-B2
Application number	US-202017089323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2020
Priority date	Feb 14, 2018
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

A quality of service (QoS) parameter processing method and a system, where the method includes obtaining, by a control plane device, a core network (CN) packet delay budget (PDB) between a first access network device and a first user plane function device, sending, by the control plane device, the CN PDB to the first access network device, determining, by the first access network device, an access network (AN) PDB between a terminal device and the first access network device based on the CN PDB and an end-to-end PDB between the terminal device and the first user plane function device, and scheduling, by the first access network device, an air interface resource between the terminal device and the first access network device based on the AN PDB.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A quality of service (QoS) parameter processing method comprising:
sending, by a target access network device, an N2 path switch request message to an access and mobility management function device, wherein the N2 path switch request message comprises an identifier of a protocol data unit session to be switched for a terminal device;
receiving, by the target access network device from the access and mobility management function device, an N2 path switch request acknowledgement message comprising a core network (CN) packet delay budget (PDB) between the target access network device and a user plane function device for a QoS flow that is accepted by the target access network device and that is in the protocol data unit session to be switched;
determining, by the target access network device, an access network (AN) PDB between the terminal device and the target access network device based on the CN PDB and an end-to-end PDB between the terminal device and the user plane function device; and
scheduling, by the target access network device, an air interface resource between the terminal device and the target access network device based on the AN PDB for the QoS flow.

2. The QoS parameter processing method of claim 1 , wherein determining the AN PDB comprises subtracting, by the target access network device, the CN PDB from the end-to-end PDB to obtain the AN PDB.

3. The QoS parameter processing method of claim 1 , wherein the CN PDB in the N2 path switch request acknowledgement message is obtained from a context update response message from a session management function device.

4. The QoS parameter processing method of claim 3 , wherein the context update response message further comprises flow information corresponding to the CN PDB.

5. The QoS parameter processing method of claim 4 , wherein the flow information comprises a QoS flow identifier (QFI) for the QoS flow.

6. An apparatus for processing a quality of service (QoS) parameter comprising:
an interface; and
one or more processors in communication with the interface and configured to:
send, using the interface, an N2 path switch request message to an access and and mobility management function device, wherein the N2 path switch request message comprises an identifier of a protocol data unit session to be switched for a terminal device;
receive, using the interface from the access and mobility management function device, an N2 path switch request acknowledgement message comprising a core network (CN) packet delay budget (PDB) between a target access network device and a user plane function device for a QoS flow that is accepted by the target access network device and that is in the protocol data unit session to be switched;
determine an access network (AN) PDB between the terminal device and the target access network device based on the CN PDB and an end-to-end PDB between the terminal device and the user plane function device; and
schedule an air interface resource between the terminal device and the target access network device based on the AN PDB for the QoS flow.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the is one or more processors are configured to subtract the CN PDB from the end-to-end PDB to obtain the AN PDB.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the CN PDB is obtained from a context update response message from a session management function device, and wherein the context update response message further comprises flow information corresponding to the CN PDB.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the flow information comprises a QoS flow identifier (QFI) for the QoS flow.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for execution by one or more processors of a target access network device, wherein the computer instructions cause the one or more processors to:
send an N2 path switch request message to an access and mobility management function device, wherein the N2 path switch request message comprises an identifier of a protocol data unit session to be switched for a terminal device;
receive, from the access and mobility management function device, an N2 path switch request acknowledgement message comprising a core network (CN) packet delay budget (PDB) between the target access network device and a user plane function device for a QoS flow that is accepted by the target access network device and that is in the protocol data unit session to be switched;
determine an access network (AN) PDB between the terminal device and the target access network device based on the CN PDB and an end-to-end PDB between the terminal device and the user plane function device; and
schedule an air interface resource between the terminal device and the target access network device based on the AN PDB for the QoS flow.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer instructions further cause the one or more processors to subtract the CN PDB from the end-to-end PDB to obtain the AN PDB.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the CN PDB is obtained from a context update response message.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the context update response message is received from a session management function device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the context update response message further comprises flow information corresponding to the CN PDB.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the flow information comprises a QoS flow identifier (QFI) for the QoS flow.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the flow information comprises a 5 th generation (5G) QoS indicator (5QI) for the QoS flow.

17. The QoS parameter processing method of claim 4 , wherein the flow information comprises a 5 th generation (5G) QoS indicator (5QI) for the QoS flow.

18. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the flow information comprises a 5 th generation (5G) QoS indicator (5QI) for the QoS flow.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the flow information further comprises at least one of a latency parameter, a jitter parameter, or a reliability parameter corresponding to the QoS data flow.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Yexing
• Wang Yan
• Su Qi
• Chen Zhongping
• Yu Fang

Classifications

• H04W72/535

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• H04W8/04

  Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server] · CPC title

• H04W28/0268 Primary

  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) · CPC title

• H04W40/24

  Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update · CPC title

• H04L47/24

  Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS · CPC title