Handling of NR QoE measurements and QoE reporting in RRC modes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12520174-B2
Application number	US-202217646922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2022
Priority date	Jan 5, 2021
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for handling of QoE measurements. In aspects, a UE may transmit, to a base station, an indication of one or more UE capabilities for at least one of multiple instances or simultaneous instances of one or more QoE measurements at the UE associated with one or more types of services, and receive, from the base station, a QoE measurement information configuration for the QoE measurement information associated with the one or more types of services based on the indication that of the one or more UE capabilities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit, to a base station, one or more UE capabilities indicating whether the UE can perform multiple instances of a set of quality of experience (QoE) measurements associated with one or more types of services while the UE is in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services; and
receive, from the base station, a QoE measurement information configuration for reporting QoE measurement information associated with the one or more types of services based on the one or more UE capabilities for performing the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more types of services include a plurality of types of services, and the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can simultaneously perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for one type of service of the one or more types of services.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise one UE capability for each type of service of the one or more types of services, each UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a corresponding type of service while the UE is in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to the corresponding type of service.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise a plurality of UE capabilities for each type of service of the one or more types of services, wherein the plurality of UE capabilities comprise a first UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a corresponding type of service while the UE is in an RRC connected state with respect to the corresponding type of service, and a second UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the corresponding type of service while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to the corresponding type of service.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
transmit, to the base station, a report of the QoE measurement information indicating the performed multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements, wherein, to transmit the report, the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit the report via one of an application layer at the UE or an RRC layer at the UE for processing at a radio access network (RAN).

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services, the at least one processor is configured to:
perform a first QoE measurement of the set of QoE measurements and store the first QoE measurement at the application layer in a first application layer container for reporting to the RAN and perform a second QoE measurement of the set of QoE measurements and store the second QoE measurement at the application layer in a second application layer container for reporting to a QoE server.

8 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive, from the RAN, a second report of information associated with at least one of a RAN decodable configuration for storing the set of QoE measurements or a trigger condition for reporting the set of QoE measurements, wherein, to transmit the report, the at least one processor is configured to: transmit the report of the QoE measurement information in response to a reception of the second report of information at the RRC layer.

9 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein, to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services, the at least one processor is configured to at least one of:
perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a plurality of types of services of the one or more types of services, or perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements during a plurality of occasions for one type of service of the one or more types of services, wherein the QoE measurement information is stored at the RRC layer.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services or to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements on the plurality of occasions for the one type of service, the at least one processor is configured to:
perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services or to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements on the plurality of occasions for the one type of service based on at least one of a trace identifier (ID) or a reference ID.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of an antenna or a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit the one or more UE capabilities via at least one of the antenna or the transceiver; and receive the QoE measurement information configuration via at least one of the antenna or the transceiver.

12 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:
at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor is configured to:
receive, from a user equipment (UE), one or more UE capabilities indicating whether the UE can perform multiple instances of a set of quality of experience (QoE) measurements associated with one or more types of services at the UE while the UE is in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services;
identify whether the base station can decode QoE measurement information for the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements based on at least one of (a) the one or more UE capabilities for performing the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements or (b) an indication from an operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) server; and
transmit, to the UE, a QoE measurement information configuration for a report of the QoE measurement information based on whether the base station can decode the QoE measurement information for the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more types of services in

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Kumar Rajeev
• Zhu Xipeng
• Krishnan Shankar

Classifications

• 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

• H04W24/10

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

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title