Device contexts, operational modes, and policy driven enhancements for paging in advanced networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11997647-B2
Application number	US-202318171706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2023
Priority date	Feb 27, 2019
Publication date	May 28, 2024
Grant date	May 28, 2024

Abstract

Facilitating device contexts, operational modes, and policy driven enhancements for paging in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a network device can comprise analyzing a group of contextual data for a user equipment device, and mobility management behaviors historically implemented for the user equipment device and based on an indication that a page request is scheduled to be sent to the user equipment device. The operations can also comprise configuring a paging message for the user equipment device based on the contextual data and the mobility management behaviors. Further, the operations can comprise sending the paging message to the user equipment device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a network equipment comprising a processor, that a page request is scheduled for a user equipment;
analyzing, by the network equipment, contextual data for the user equipment and historical mobility management behaviors associated with the user equipment;
based on the analyzing, configuring, by the network equipment, a paging message for the user equipment, wherein the paging message is configured to increase a power consumption mode of the user equipment from a sleep mode; and
facilitating, by the network equipment, a transmission of the paging message to the user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
based on the page request scheduled for the user equipment being received within a downlink data notification, determining, by the network equipment, a value of an information element of a paging policy indicator flag in the downlink data notification, wherein the value is one of a first value or a second value different than the first value; and
based on the paging policy indicator flag being set to the first value, configuring, by the network equipment, the paging message for the downlink data notification according to a first policy selected from a group of policies, or
based on the paging policy indicator flag being set to the second value, configuring, by the network equipment, the paging message for the downlink data notification according to a second policy selected from the group of policies.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuring comprises:
based on a paging policy defined for the user equipment and a context mapping data structure associated with the user equipment, configuring the paging message for the user equipment.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
based on a determination that the paging message is a short message service indicator, receiving, by the network equipment, information indicative of an identity of the user equipment from a mapping table; and
based on the identity and a mapping policy, implementing, by the network equipment, the page request as a short message page.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the facilitating comprises facilitating the transmission via a channel configured to operate according to a New Radio (NR) network communication protocol.

6. Network equipment, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
based on an indication that a page request is scheduled to be sent to a user equipment, analyzing a group of contextual data for the user equipment and mobility management behaviors historically associated with the user equipment;
based on the group of contextual data and the mobility management behaviors, configuring a paging message for the user equipment, wherein the paging message is configured to increase a power consumption mode of the user equipment from a sleep mode; and
sending the paging message to the user equipment.

7. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein the configuring comprises:
reviewing a paging policy and a context mapping table; and
based on the paging policy and the context mapping table, configuring the paging message.

8. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on a determination that the page request scheduled for the user equipment is received within a downlink data notification, evaluating an information element of a paging policy indicator flag; and
configuring the paging message for the downlink data notification based on a policy selected from a group of policies.

9. The network equipment of claim 8 , wherein the policy selected from the group of policies comprises a first policy or a second policy, and wherein the configuring comprises:
based on the information element of the paging policy indicator flag being a first value, configuring the paging message for the downlink data notification according to the first policy, or
based on the information element of the paging policy indicator flag being a second value, configuring the paging message for the downlink data notification according to the second policy.

10. The network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the first policy is one of: an access point name policy, an application centric infrastructure policy, or a policy programming interface policy, and wherein the second policy is an evolved packet system bearer identity policy.

11. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on a determination that the paging message is received as a short message service indicator, obtaining information indicative of an identity of the user equipment from a mapping table; and
based on the identity and a mapping policy, implementing the page request as a short message page.

12. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein contextual data of the group of contextual data comprises a first capability of the user equipment and a second capability of a radio network.

13. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein contextual data of the group of contextual data comprises category of the user equipment.

14. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein the user equipment is classified as an internet of things device.

15. The network equipment of claim 6 , wherein the sending comprises sending the paging message to the user equipment via a channel configured to operate according to at least a fifth generation network communication protocol.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network equipment, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
determining that a user equipment is to be paged based on a defined paging procedure;
analyzing contextual data of the user equipment and mobility management procedures previously used to page the user equipment; and
transmitting a page message to the user equipment, wherein the page message has been configured for the user equipment based on the contextual data and the mobility management procedures, wherein the page message is configured to increase a power consumption mode of the user equipment from a sleep mode.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the page message is a first page message, and wherein the operations further comprise:
updating a mapping function for the user equipment based on signaling interactions with respective network functions of a group of network equipment, wherein the group of network equipment comprises the network equipment; and
transmitting a second page message to the user equipment, wherein the second page message has been configured for the user equipment based on the contextual data, the mobility management procedures, and the mapping function.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
evaluating an information element of a paging policy indicator flag based on a determination that the page message is received as a notification via a downlink channel; and
executing a paging for the notification based on implementation of a first policy based on the information element of the paging policy indicator flag being a first value, and a second policy based on the information element of the paging policy indicator flag being a second value.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further compr

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Kodaypak Rajendra Prasad
• Redfern Ryan
• Wang Jiansong

Classifications

• H04W68/04 Primary

  multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data · CPC title

• H04W28/0226

  based on location or mobility (handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02) · CPC title

• H04W64/006

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title

• H04W68/02

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04W68/06

  using multi-step notification by changing the notification area · CPC title