公开(公告)号：US12004211B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17052673

申请日：2018-05-08

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Christian Mannweiler ,  Peter Rost ,  Christian Markwart ,  Borislava Gajic ,  Rakash Sivasiva Ganesan

IPC: H04W72/543 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W28/02

CPC classification number: H04W72/543 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W28/0268

Abstract: It is provided a method comprising monitoring if a reservation request is received from a controller, wherein the reservation request requests to reserve resources for a data session having a first quality of service; translating the reservation request into a request for providing a data session of a wireless network having a requested quality of service corresponding to the first quality of service if the reservation request is received; forwarding the request for providing the data session to the wireless network; translating an indication of a provided quality of service of the data session comprised in a response to the request for providing the data session received from the wireless network into an indication of a reserved quality of service corresponding to the provided quality of service; responding to the reservation request by a reservation response; wherein the reservation response comprises the indication of the reserved quality of service.

公开(公告)号：US11968099B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US17634017

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Christian Mannweiler ,  Jürgen Goerge ,  Konstantinos Samdanis

IPC: H04L41/5019 ,  H04L41/50 ,  H04L41/5051

CPC classification number: H04L41/5019 ,  H04L41/5032 ,  H04L41/5051 ,  H04L41/5058

Abstract: There are provided measures for realization of service level agreements in network slice scenarios joining multiple network capabilities. Such measures exemplarily comprise, as a slice management entity, receiving a network resource combination request, transmitting a request for at least one area base unit fulfilling, receiving, from said area base units repository, area base units fulfilling said at least one predetermined criterion out of stored area base units, generating at least one area base units join, selecting at least one selected area base units join of said at least one area base units join such that a combination of join geographical areas of said at least one selected area base units join covers said slice geographical area, and combining said at least one selected area base units join as a network resource combination.

公开(公告)号：US11172336B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US17140403

申请日：2021-01-04

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Konstantinos Samdanis ,  Wieslawa Wajda ,  Christian Mannweiler

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program, are configured to serve a first logical radio network and a second logical radio network. Information on the first logical radio network is received, and at least one group of terminal devices associated with the first logical radio network is identified. An instruction is sent to a network function to establish a connection to the second logical radio network for the at least one group of terminal devices.

公开(公告)号：US11943145B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17622571

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Peter Rost ,  Borislava Gajic ,  Christian Mannweiler

IPC: H04L47/2491 ,  H04L47/28

CPC classification number: H04L47/2491 ,  H04L47/28

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: identify (702, 704, 706, 708, 710) a stream gate instance associated with a quality of service flow; and determine (712) time sensitive communication assistance information for the quality of service flow based on one or more parameters defining operation of the stream gate instance.

公开(公告)号：US10461900B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US16072307

申请日：2016-01-26

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Peter Rost ,  Christian Mannweiler

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W28/16 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: An apparatus may include a hierarchical arrangement of a plurality of resource slices of a mobile network. Each of a plurality of logical networks is allocated a resource slice within the mobile network for each of a plurality of layers, wherein each logical network provides network services for one of a plurality of service categories; wherein each logical network includes at least one dedicated resource slice that is dedicated to the logical network, and at least one shared resource slice that is shared among a plurality of the logical networks; the plurality of resource slices including a plurality of resource slices of a first layer and a plurality of resource slices of a second layer, wherein the first layer is lower than the second layer, wherein data from a set of the resource slices of the second layer are aggregated into a single resource slice of the first layer (downlink direction) and data from the single resource slice of the first layer is demultiplexed and forwarded to a selected resource slice of the set of resource slices of the second layer (uplink direction).

公开(公告)号：US11956157B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17614866

申请日：2019-05-30

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Peter Rost ,  Borislava Gajic ,  Rakash SivaSiva Ganesan ,  Christian Mannweiler ,  Devaki Chandramouli

IPC: H04L47/28 ,  H04L45/745 ,  H04L47/2491

CPC classification number: H04L47/2491 ,  H04L45/745 ,  H04L47/28

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a 3GPP bridge for time sensitive networks. In some example embodiment, there may be provided an apparatus causes to at least: receive at least one management object, the at least one management object comprising routing information between an ingress port at a 3GPP bridge and an egress port at the 3 GPP bridge; determine, for the ingress port and the egress port combination, at least one quality of service constraint to provide a delay guarantee towards a destination media access control address, the determination based on the received at least one management object and one or more bridge delays indicating a delay between the ingress port and the egress port; and cause a change, based on the determined at least one quality of service constraint, to a protocol data unit session carrying a time sensitive network flow.

公开(公告)号：US11540108B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17268372

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Rakash SivaSiva Ganesan ,  Christian Markwart ,  Borislava Gajic ,  Christian Mannweiler ,  Peter Rost

IPC: H04W8/02 ,  H04W40/22

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for: translating between a first communication apparatus and a first wireless communication network operating as at least part of a bridge between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; determining that the first and/or second communication apparatus is undergoing or has undergone a mobility event; and executing at least part of a mobility procedure resulting from the mobility event.

公开(公告)号：US20190028249A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16072307

申请日：2016-01-26

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Peter Rost ,  Christian Mannweiler

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W28/16 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W28/06

CPC classification number: H04L5/0037 ,  H04L5/0001 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W28/16 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: An apparatus may include a hierarchical arrangement of a plurality of resource slices of a mobile network. Each of a plurality of logical networks is allocated a resource slice within the mobile network for each of a plurality of layers, wherein each logical network provides network services for one of a plurality of service categories; wherein each logical network includes at least one dedicated resource slice that is dedicated to the logical network, and at least one shared resource slice that is shared among a plurality of the logical networks; the plurality of resource slices including a plurality of resource slices of a first layer and a plurality of resource slices of a second layer, wherein the first layer is lower than the second layer, wherein data from a set of the resource slices of the second layer are aggregated into a single resource slice of the first layer (downlink direction) and data from the single resource slice of the first layer is demultiplexed and forwarded to a selected resource slice of the set of resource slices of the second layer (uplink direction).

公开(公告)号：US12289659B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US17592908

申请日：2022-02-04

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Konstantinos Samdanis ,  Christian Mannweiler ,  Cinzia Sartori ,  Fabio Giust

IPC: H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: A technique, comprising: creating at a management plane of a communication network a register of services and/or a register of producers of services in the communication network; and based on at least one of the registers, providing to a consumer information about one or more producers providing services associated with one or more service attributes indicated by the consumer and/or information about one or more services associated with one or more service attributes indicated by the consumer.

公开(公告)号：US11115271B1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US17179163

申请日：2021-02-18

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Lars Christoph Schmelz ,  Wieslawa Wajda ,  Christian Mannweiler

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W28/24

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises receiving a service request comprising service requirements; determining, based on the service request, service level specification of the request, the service level specification comprising performance parameters and network functions to support the requested service; normalizing the determined service level specification by scaling the performance parameters according into a given normalization model of the network to obtain normalized service level specification; determining, based on the network functions and the given normalization model, normalized performance capability of the network functions and a configuration of a network slice supporting the requested service; comparing the normalized service level specification to the normalized performance capability; and determining, based on the comparison, whether the requested service can be realized with the network slice, and if so, create the slice.