System, vehicle, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for user equipment and for service provision in a mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11979770-B2
Application number	US-202017601977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2020
Priority date	Apr 12, 2019
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments relate to a system, a vehicle, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for user equipment, UE, and service provision in a mobile communication system. The method ( 10 ) for user equipment ( 100 ), UE, in a mobile communication system ( 400 ), comprises using ( 12 ) a service with a set of quality of service, QoS, requirements in the mobile communication system ( 400 ), receiving ( 14 ) information related to a future course of the QoS provisioning of the service from the mobile communication system ( 400 ), and adapting ( 16 ) the service based on the information related to the future course of the QoS and based on the set of QoS requirements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for user equipment, UE, in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
using a service with a set of quality of service, QoS, requirements in the mobile communication system;
receiving information related to at least one predefined course of a QoS provisioning of the service from the mobile communication system;
wherein the information related to a respective predefined course comprises at least one confidence level or confidence indicator for a respective predicted future trend of the QoS at a certain time or for a certain time period; and
adapting the service based on the information related to the at least one predefined course of the QoS, and based on the set of QoS requirements.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the predefined course comprises a first higher or more precise confidence level or confidence indicator for a predicted QoS at a first earlier time t1 and a second lower or less precise confidence level or confidence indicator for a predicted QoS at a second later time t2.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the ene-ormeore-predefined-courses at least one predefined course of QoS relates to one or more functions over time, wherein the information related to the ene-ormere-predefined-courses at least one predefined course of QoS relates to a codebook indicating different time courses of QoS, wherein the information related to the ene-er-mere-predefined-courses at least one predefined course of QoS relates to a dynamic lane model, or wherein the information related to the ene-ormeore-predefined-courses at least one predefined course of QoS relates to a graph.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the predefined course comprises information related to a QoS of a service to be initiated over a certain time interval.

5. A method for service provision in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
predicting at least one future course of quality of service, QoS, for a service being provided to user equipment, UE, in the mobile communication system, based on a history of QoS for the service of the UE;
transmitting information related to the at least one predicted future course of the QoS to the UE; and
receiving information related to service adaption from the UE.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising predicting a respective future course based on a predicted trajectory of the UE and former QoS data along the predicted trajectory.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising predicting the respective future course further based on a former time and load situation in the mobile communication system along the predicted trajectory.

8. An apparatus for user equipment, UE, in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
one or more interfaces configured to communicate in the mobile communication system; and
a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces, wherein the control module is further configured to:
use a service with a set of quality of service, QoS, requirements in the mobile communication system;
receive information related to at least one predefined course of a QoS provisioning of the service from the mobile communication system;
wherein the information related to a respective predefined course comprises at least one confidence level or confidence indicator for a respective predicted future trend of the QoS at a certain time or for a certain time period; and
adapt the service based on the information related to the at least one predefined course of the QoS, and based on the set of QoS requirements.

9. An apparatus for service provision in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
one or more interfaces configured to communicate in the mobile communication system; and
a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces, wherein the control module is further configured:
predicting at least one future course of quality of service, QoS, for a service being provided to user equipment, UE, in the mobile communication system, based on a history of QoS for the service of the UE;
transmit information related to the at least one predicted future course of the QoS to the UE; and
receive information related to service adaption from the UE.

10. A vehicle comprising the apparatus of claim 8 .

11. A non-transitory storage medium having instructions that when executed on a computer, a processor, or a programmable hardware component cause the computer, processor, or programmable hardware component to conduct the method of claim 1 .

12. A vehicle comprising the apparatus of claim 9 .

13. A non-transitory storage medium having instructions that when executed on a computer, a processor, or a programmable hardware component cause the computer, processor, or programmable hardware component to conduct the method of claim 5 .

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag
• Man Truck & Bus Se

Inventors

• Alieiev Roman
• Zielinski Ernst
• Pfadler Andreas
• Cerwall Joakim

Classifications

• 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

• H04W72/52

  based on load · CPC title

• H04W28/24 Primary

  Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service] · CPC title

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title