Method and apparatus for service of ultra-reliable and low-latency communication in a mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12395895-B2
Application number	US-202318159946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2023
Priority date	Jan 27, 2022
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed is a fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate. A method for providing an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) service in an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication function (URLLCF) of a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes receiving an end-to-end latency request message from an application function (AF) device, the latency request message including a latency requirement and at least one of generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) information of a specific user equipment (UE), data network name (DNN), or single-network slice selection assistance (S-NSSAI), performing a subscription procedure of URLLC service condition with a unified data management (UDM)/user data repository (UDR) device, obtaining location information of the UE, identifying whether the location information conforms to a range required by the URLLC service, configuring a policy and association satisfying a latency for the URLLC service to the UE, and providing a URLLC service notification to the AF based on the configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) service in an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication function (URLLCF) of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving an end-to-end latency request message from an application function (AF) device, the end-to-end latency request message including a latency requirement and at least one of generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) information of a specific user equipment (UE), data network name (DNN), or single-network slice selection assistance (S-NSSAI);
performing a subscription procedure of URLLC service condition with a unified data management (UDM)/user data repository (UDR) device;
obtaining location information of the UE;
identifying whether the location information conforms to a range required by the URLLC service;
configuring a policy and association satisfying a latency for the URLLC service to the UE; and
providing a URLLC service notification to the AF based on the configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device comprises:
transmitting, to the UDM/UDR device, a subscription request message including the latency requirement and the at least one of the GPSI information of the specific UE, the DNN, or the S-NSSAI.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device further comprises:
receiving, from the UDM/UDR device, a notification message in response to the subscription request message.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device further comprises:
transmitting, to the AF device, an end-to-end latency response message in response to the end-to-end latency request message.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuring of the policy and association satisfying the latency for the URLLC service to the UE comprises:
transmitting, to a session management function (SMF) device via a policy control function (PCF) device, the latency requirement; and
receiving, from the SMF device via the PCF device, a notification message indicating that a PDU Session has been configured based on the latency requirement for the UE.

6. A method for providing an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) service in an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication function (URLLCF) of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a packet error rate (PER) request message from an application function (AF) device, the PER request message including PER information and at least one of generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) information of a specific user equipment (UE), data network name (DNN), or single-network slice selection assistance (S-NSSAI);
performing a subscription procedure of URLLC service condition with a unified data management (UDM)/user data repository (UDR) device;
obtaining location information of the UE;
identifying whether the location information conforms to a range required by the URLLC service;
configuring a policy and association satisfying a latency for the URLLC service to the UE; and
providing a URLLC service notification to the AF based on the configuration.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device comprises:
transmitting, to the UDM/UDR device, a subscription request message including the PER information and the at least one of the GPSI information of the specific UE, the DNN, or the S-NSSAI.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device further comprises:
receiving, from the UDM/UDR device, a notification message in response to the subscription request message.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device further comprises:
transmitting, to the AF device, a PER response message in response to the PER request message.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuring the of the policy and association satisfying the latency for the URLLC service to the UE comprises:
transmitting, to a session management function (SMF) device via a policy control function (PCF) device, the PER information; and
receiving, from the SMF device via the PCF device, a notification message indicating that a PDU Session has been configured based on the PER information for the UE.

11. A method for providing an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) service in an ultra-reliable and low-latency communication function (URLLCF) of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving an end-to-end latency request message from an application function (AF) device, the end-to-end latency request message including latency requirement, quality of service (QoS) monitoring information, and at least one of generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) information of a specific user equipment (UE), data network name (DNN), or single-network slice selection assistance (S-NSSAI);
performing a subscription procedure of URLLC service condition with a unified data management (UDM)/user data repository (UDR) device;
obtaining location information of the UE;
identifying whether the location information conforms to a range required by the URLLC service;
configuring a policy and association satisfying a latency for the URLLC service to the UE; and
providing a URLLC service notification for adjusting a downlink scheduling to the AF based on the configuration.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device comprises:
transmitting, to the UDM/UDR device, a subscription request message including the latency requirement, the QoS information, and the at least one of the GPSI information of the specific UE, the DNN, or the S-NSSAI.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device further comprises:
receiving, from the UDM/UDR device, a notification message in response to the subscription request message.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the performing of the subscription procedure of the URLLC service condition with the UDM/UDR device further comprises:
transmitting, to the AF device, an end-to-end latency response message in response to the end-to-end latency request message.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the configuring of the policy and association satisfying the latency for the URLLC service to the UE comprises:
transmitting, to a gNode B (gNB) via a session management function (SMF) device, the latency requirement and the QoS information; and
receiving, from the gNB via the SMF device, an update message indicating a latency event feedback.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Sangjun

Classifications

• H04W28/0226 Primary

  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

• H04W28/0925

  using policies · CPC title

• H04W60/00

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

• H04L47/20

  Traffic policing · CPC title

• H04L47/18

  End to end · CPC title