Method and apparatus for managing quality of service in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12317124-B2
Application number	US-202217740812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2022
Priority date	May 10, 2021
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5th Generation (5G) or 6th Generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a session management function (SMF) entity in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, information indicating a list of quality of service (QoS) flows over which access performance measurements are to be performed, receiving, from the UPF entity, information indicating user datagram protocol (UDP) ports allocated for the QoS flows, and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information including the list of QoS flows and the UDP ports.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a session management function (SMF) entity, information including a list of quality of service (QOS) flows over which access performance measurements are to be performed, and user datagram protocol (UDP) ports allocated per QoS flow and per access for the list of QoS flows;
identifying a destination UDP port for transmission of a performance measurement function (PMF) message, based on the received information,
wherein in case of transmitting the PMF message over a QoS flow of an access, the destination UDP port is set as a UDP port for the QoS flow and the access in the received information; and
transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, the PMF message, based on the destination UDP port.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UDP ports include a first UDP port allocated to a first QoS flow for 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access, a second UDP port allocated to the first QoS flow for non-3GPP access, a third UDP port allocated to a second QoS flow for the 3GPP access, and a fourth UDP port allocated to the second QoS flow for the non-3GPP access.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received information further includes address information of a PMF in the UPF entity.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the address information of the PMF includes an internet protocol (IP) address for the PMF.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access performance measurements are applied for a multi-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session.

6. A method performed by a session management function (SMF) entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, information indicating a list of quality of service (QOS) flows over which access performance measurements are to be performed;
receiving, from the UPF entity, information indicating user datagram protocol (UDP) ports allocated per QoS flow and per access for the list of QoS flows; and
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information including the list of QoS flows and the allocated UDP ports,
wherein the information transmitted to the UE is associated with a destination UDP port for transmission of a performance measurement function (PMF) message, and
wherein in case of transmitting the PMF message over a QoS flow of an access, the destination UDP port corresponds to a UDP port for the QoS flow and the access in the information transmitted to the UE.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the UDP ports include a first UDP port allocated to a first QoS flow for 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access, a second UDP port allocated to the first QoS flow for non-3GPP access, a third UDP port allocated to a second QoS flow for the 3GPP access, and a fourth UDP port allocated to the second QoS flow for the non-3GPP access.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the information transmitted to the UE further includes address information of a PMF in the UPF entity.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the address information of the PMF includes an internet protocol (IP) address for the PMF.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the access performance measurements are applied for a multi-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session.

11. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a session management function (SMF) entity, information including a list of quality of service (QOS) flows over which access performance measurements are to be performed, and user datagram protocol (UDP) ports allocated per QoS flow and per access for the list of QoS flows;
identify a destination UDP port for transmission of a performance measurement function (PMF) message, based on the received information,
wherein in case of transmitting the PMF message over a QoS flow of an access, the destination UDP port is set as a UDP port for the QoS flow and the access in the received information; and
transmit, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, the PMF message, based on the destination UDP port.

12. A session management function (SMF) entity in a wireless communication system, the SMF entity comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
transmit, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, information indicating a list of quality of service (QOS) flows over which access performance measurements are to be performed;
receive, from the UPF entity, information indicating user datagram protocol (UDP) ports allocated per QoS flow and per access for the list of QoS flows; and
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information including the list of QoS flows and the allocated UDP ports,
wherein the information transmitted to the UE is associated with a destination UDP port for transmission of a performance measurement function (PMF) message, and
wherein in case of transmitting the PMF message over a QoS flow of an access, the destination UDP port corresponds to a UDP port for the QoS flow and the access in the information transmitted to the UE.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dongyeon
• Park Jungshin
• Lee Jicheol

Classifications

• H04L65/40

  Support for services or applications · CPC title

• H04W28/0942

  based on measured or predicted load of entities- or links · CPC title

• H04W28/0263

  involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT] · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W28/0831

  Core entity · CPC title