Methods And Apparatus For Enhanced Policy Control With Energy-Related Information In Mobile Communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025227615-A1
Application number	US-202418985003-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 17, 2024
Priority date	Jan 10, 2024
Publication date	Jul 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Various solutions for enhanced policy control with energy-related information in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive energy-related information from at least one network function (NF). Then, the apparatus may generate at least one of a user equipment (UE) policy, an access and mobility (AM) policy, and a session management (SM) policy for an apparatus based on the energy-related information. Also, the apparatus may provide the at least one of the AM policy, the SM policy, and the UE policy to the apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a network node, energy-related information from at least one network function (NF); generating, by the processor, at least one of a user equipment (UE) policy, an access and mobility (AM) policy, and a session management (SM) policy for an apparatus based on the energy-related information; and providing, by the processor, the at least one of the AM policy, the SM policy, and the UE policy to the apparatus.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy-related information comprises at least one of the following:
energy consumption information; energy efficiency information; renewable energy information; carbon emission information; and an energy saving indicator that the apparatus is subject to network energy saving operation.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one NF comprises at least one of the following:
an operations and maintenance (OAM) entity; a network data analytics function (NWDAF); an application function (AF); a unified data management (UDM) entity; a unified data repository (UDR) entity; an energy information function (EIF); and an access and mobility management function (AMF).

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE policy comprises a UE route selection policy (URSP) rule, and a route selection descriptor (RSD) of the URSP rule comprises at least one of a time window and a location criteria, each of which is determined based on the energy-related information.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the AM policy indicates a network slice with validity information which is determined based on the energy-related information, and the validity information indicates at least one of a validity time and a validity location.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SM policy comprises a quality-of-service (QoS) parameter which is determined based on the energy-related information.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network node comprises a policy control function (PCF) or an access and mobility management function (AMF).

8 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processor of an apparatus, at least one of a user equipment (UE) policy, an access and mobility (AM) policy, and a session management (SM) policy from a network node of a wireless network, wherein the at least one of the UE policy, the AM policy, and the SM policy is generated based on energy-related information; determining, by the processor, a data session for an application based on the at least one of the UE policy, the AM policy, and the SM policy; and routing, by the processor, traffic of the application between the apparatus and the wireless network based on the data session.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the energy-related information comprises at least one of the following:
energy consumption information; energy efficiency information; renewable energy information; carbon emission information; and an energy saving indicator that the apparatus is subject to network energy saving operation.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the UE policy comprises a UE route selection policy (URSP) rule, and a route selection descriptor (RSD) of the URSP rule comprises at least one of a time window and a location criteria, each of which is determined based on the energy-related information.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the AM policy indicates a network slice with validity information which is determined based on the energy-related information, and the validity information indicates at least one of a validity time and a validity location.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the SM policy comprises a quality-of-service (QoS) parameter which is determined based on the energy-related information.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the network node comprises a policy control function (PCF) or an access and mobility management function (AMF).

14 . A network apparatus, operating as a network node, comprising:
a transceiver which, during operation, communicates with at least one network function (NF) and an apparatus; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver such that, during operation, the processor performs operations comprising:
receiving, via the transceiver, energy-related information from the at least one NF;
generating at least one of a user equipment (UE) policy, an access and mobility (AM) policy, and a session management (SM) policy for the apparatus based on the energy-related information; and
providing, via the transceiver, the at least one of the AM policy, the SM policy, and the UE policy to the apparatus.

15 . The network apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the energy-related information comprises at least one of the following:
energy consumption information; energy efficiency information; renewable energy information; carbon emission information; and an energy saving indicator that the apparatus is subject to network energy saving operation.

16 . The network apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one NF comprises at least one of the following:
an operations and maintenance (OAM) entity; a network data analytics function (NWDAF); an application function (AF); a unified data management (UDM) entity; a unified data repository (UDR) entity; an energy information function (EIF); and an access and mobility management function (AMF).

17 . The network apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the UE policy comprises a UE route selection policy (URSP) rule, and a route selection descriptor (RSD) of the URSP rule comprises at least one of a time window and a location criteria, each of which is determined based on the energy-related information.

18 . The network apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the AM policy indicates a network slice with validity location information which is determined based on the energy-related information, and the validity information indicates at least one of a validity time and a validity location.

19 . The network apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the SM policy comprises a quality-of-service (QoS) parameter which is determined based on the energy-related information.

20 . The network apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the network node comprises a policy control function (PCF) or an access and mobility management function (AMF).

Assignees

• Mediatek Inc

Inventors

• Lai Chia-Lin
• Shariat Mehrdad
• Lin Yuan-Chieh
• Yang Chien-Sheng

Classifications

• H04L12/10

  Current supply arrangements · CPC title

• H04W28/24 Primary

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

• H04W40/08

  based on transmission power · CPC title

• H04W52/0229 Primary

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · 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