Terminal device and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12477381-B2
Application number	US-202218060359-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 29, 2020
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

Network devices and a terminal device are provided in implementations of the disclosure. The network device includes a transceiver, a processor, and a memory configured to storing a computer program, where the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the network device to receive, from a second network function (NF) element, a packet filter and a quality of service (QoS) flow identifier (QFI) of at least one packet, where the packet filter comprises information related to at least one QoS type of the at least one packet; and distinguish different types of packets according to the packet filter, and transmit the different types of packets through corresponding QoS flows to a second network device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A network device, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor; and a memory configured to storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the transceiver to:
receive, from a second network function (NF) element, a packet filter and a quality of service (QOS) flow identifier (QFI) of at least one packet, wherein the packet filter comprises information related to at least one QoS type of the at least one packet;
wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
distinguish different types of packets according to the packet filter; and
wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the transceiver to:
transmit the different types of packets through corresponding QoS flows to a second network device;
wherein the information related to the at least one QoS type of the at least one packet comprises time information related to transmission of the packet, and wherein the time information comprises at least one of: a packet transmitting time, a packet arriving time at a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network, a packet duration, a packet end time, or a packet transmitting period.

2 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the packet filter further comprises at least one of:
a domain name, slice information, Internet protocol (IP) multi-tuple header information, header information in Ethernet protocol format, an application server address, or an application identifier.

3 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the second NF element is a session management function (SMF) entity, the network device is a user plane function (UPF) entity, and the second network device is a base station.

4 . A terminal device, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor; and a memory configured to storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the transceiver to:
receive, from a second network function (NF) element, a packet filter and a quality of service (QOS) flow identifier (QFI) of at least one packet, wherein the packet filter comprises information related to at least one QoS type of the at least one packet; and
wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
distinguish different types of packets according to the packet filter; and
wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to cause the transceiver to:
transmit the different types of packets through corresponding QoS flows to a network device;
wherein the information related to the at least one QoS type of the at least one packet comprises time information related to transmission of the packet, and wherein the time information comprises at least one of: a packet transmitting time, a packet arriving time at a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network, a packet duration, a packet end time, or a packet transmitting period.

5 . The terminal device of claim 4 , wherein the computer program is executable by the processor to further cause the transceiver to:
prior to receiving, from the second NF element, the packet filter and the QFI of the at least one packet, transmit the time information related to transmission of the packet and a transmission quality requirement to a first NF element.

6 . The terminal device of claim 5 , wherein the first NF element is a policy control function (PCF) entity.

7 . The terminal device of claim 5 , wherein the transmission quality requirement comprises at least one of:
a service type, a QoS class identifier (QCI), a priority, a bit error rate (BER), a transmission latency, a bit rate requirement, a key data indication, a priority transmission indicator, or a transmission failure tolerance time.

8 . The terminal device of claim 4 , wherein the packet filter further comprises at least one of:
a domain name, slice information, Internet protocol (IP) multi-tuple header information, header information in Ethernet protocol format, an application server address, or an application identifier.

9 . The terminal device of claim 4 , wherein the second NF element is a session management function (SMF) entity, and the network device is a based station.

10 . A network device, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor; and a memory configured to storing a computer program, the computer program being executable by the processor to:
perform transmission-quality-control on service data in a quality of service (QOS) flow corresponding to a QoS flow identifier (QFI) according to the QFI, a third transmission-quality-control parameter, information related to at least one QoS type of at least one packet, and a second transmission-quality-control parameter corresponding to the information related to the at least one QoS type of the at least one packet that are received from a second network function (NF) element;
wherein the information related to the at least one QoS type of the at least one packet comprises time information related to transmission of the packet, and wherein the time information comprises at least one of: a packet transmitting time, a packet arriving time at a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network, a packet duration, a packet end time, or a packet transmitting period.

11 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein the second transmission-quality-control parameter each comprises at least one of:
a QoS class identifier (QCI), a priority, a bit error rate (BER), a transmission latency, a bit rate requirement, a key data indication, a priority transmission indicator, or a transmission failure tolerance time.

12 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein the second NF element is a session management function (SMF) entity, and the network device is a base station.

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Shi Cong

Classifications

• H04L47/2483

  involving identification of individual flows · CPC title

• H04L47/2408

  for supporting different services, e.g. a differentiated services [DiffServ] type of service · CPC title

• H04L47/20 Primary

  Traffic policing · 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

• H04W28/24

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