Method and device for delivering time-sensitive networking synchronization information in mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12490214-B2
Application number	US-202418442708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2024
Priority date	Jan 6, 2020
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided in order to support higher data transmission rates than 4G communication systems such as LTE. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for a time-sensitive networking (TSN) application function device of a mobile communication system to report a delay time of the mobile communication system to a TSN server, wherein a residence time based on a grand master (GM) clock of the mobile communication system is received from a UE communicating with a first TNS node, and a packet delay budget (PDB) based on a clock of the mobile communication system is received from a user plane function (UPF) device that communicates with a second TSN node. The PDB is the time it takes to transmit packets or messages between the UE and a UPF, and bridge delay information based on a TSN clock is delivered to the TSN server on the basis of such information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for reporting a delay time of a mobile communication system to a time sensitive networking (TSN) server in a device-side TSN translator (DS-TT)/user equipment (UE) of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a TSN application function (AF) device, bridge delay related information based on a TSN grand master (GM) clock; updating the bridge delay related information based on the TSN GM clock; and transmitting, to the TSN AF device, the updated bridge delay related information, wherein a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment message including the bridge delay related information is transmitted to a network-side TSN translator (NW-TT.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bridge delay related information and the updated bridge delay related information are transmitted to the TSN AF device via a session management function (SMF).

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a N4 message including the bridge delay related information is transmitted to the SMF from the NW-TT.

4 . A method for reporting a delay time of a mobile communication system to a time sensitive networking (TSN) server in a TSN application function device of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from at least one of a network-side TSN translator (NW-TT) or a device-side TSN translator (DS-TT), bridge delay related information; transmitting, to a centralized network configuration (CNC) server, the bridge delay related information; receiving, from at least one of the NW-TT or the DS-TT, updated bridge delay related information; and transmitting, to the CNC server, the updated bridge delay related information, wherein the bridge delay related information and the updated bridge delay related information are based on a TSN grand master (GM) clock.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the bridge delay related information is received from the NW-TT via a SMF.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein a N4 message including the bridge delay related information is transmitted to the SMF from the NW-TT.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the bridge delay related information is received from the DS-TT via a SMF.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a PDU session modification message including the updated bridge delay related information is transmitted to the SMF from the DS-TT.

9 . A device-side TSN translator (DS-TT)/user equipment (UE) reporting a delay time of a mobile communication system to a time sensitive networking (TSN) server in a mobile communication system, the DS-TT/UE comprising:
a network interface; and a controller electrically coupled to the network interface, wherein the controller is configured to:
transmit, to a TSN application function (AF) device, bridge delay related information based on a TSN grand master (GM) clock,
update the bridge delay related information based on the TSN GM clock and
transmit, to the TSN AF device, the updated bridge delay related information,
wherein a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment message including the bridge delay related information is transmitted to a network-side TSN translator (NW-TT.

10 . The DS-TT/UE of claim 9 , wherein the bridge delay related information and the updated bridge delay related information are transmitted to a TSN application function (AF) device via a session management function (SMF).

11 . The DS-TT/UE of claim 10 , wherein a N4 message including the bridge delay related information is transmitted to the SMF from the NW-TT.

12 . A TSN application function (AF) device reporting a delay time of a mobile communication system to a time sensitive networking (TSN) server in a mobile communication system, the TSN AF device comprising:
a network interface; and a controller electrically coupled to the network interface, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive, from at least one of a network-side TSN translator (NW-TT) or a device-side TSN translator (DS-TT), bridge delay related information,
transmit, to a centralized network configuration (CNC) server, the bridge delay related information,
receive, from at least one of the NW-TT or the DS-TT, updated bridge delay related information; and
transmit, to the CNC server, the updated bridge delay related information,
wherein the bridge delay related information and the updated bridge delay related information are based on a TSN grand master (GM) clock.

13 . The TSN AF device of claim 12 , wherein the bridge delay related information is received from the NW-TT via a SMF.

14 . The TSN AF device of claim 13 , wherein a N4 message including the bridge delay related information is transmitted to the SMF from the NW-TT.

15 . The TSN AF device of claim 14 , wherein the bridge delay related information is received from the DS-TT via a SMF.

16 . The TSN AF device of claim 15 , wherein a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification message including the updated bridge delay related information is transmitted to the SMF from the DS-TT.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Sangjun
• Han Yoonseon

Classifications

• H04L43/0852

  Delays · CPC title

• H04J3/0673

  using intermediate nodes, e.g. modification of a received timestamp before further transmission to the next packet node, e.g. including internal delay time or residence time into the packet · CPC title

• H04J3/0667 Primary

  Bidirectional timestamps, e.g. NTP or PTP for compensation of clock drift and for compensation of propagation delays (arrangements for monitoring round trip delays in packet switching networks H04L43/0864) · CPC title

• H04L41/0894

  Policy-based network configuration management · CPC title

• H04W56/0015 Primary

  one node acting as a reference for the others · CPC title