NETWORK ENTITIES FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION OF SLICE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20250168690A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US19030914

    申请日:2025-01-17

    Abstract: A network entity for controlling distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information of a network slice in a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the network entity is configured to: obtain a plurality of slice SLA indications, wherein each slice SLA indication is obtained from a network control entity of a first plurality of network control entities; and provide to a network control entity local slice SLA information, wherein the local slice SLA information is based on the obtained plurality of slice SLA indications. A network control entity for supporting distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information for a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the network control entity is configured to: provide a plurality of slice SLA indications to a network entity for controlling distribution of slice SLA information of a network slice; obtain local slice SLA information related to a network slice from a second entity.

    Devices and Methods for Supporting Handover of UE

    公开(公告)号:US20250159558A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US19028270

    申请日:2025-01-17

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to handover (HO) of a user equipment (UE), which consumes a quality of service (QoS) flow that is associated with multiple QoS profiles. The disclosure proposes a network entity for supporting HO of the UE, and proposes a second network entity that is the target of HO of the UE. The network entity is configured to: obtain multiple QoS profiles associated with a QoS flow; obtain QoS capability information indicating whether the second network entity supports more than one QoS profile and/or whether a first network entity supports more than one QoS profile; and provide at least one message to the second network entity, wherein the at least one message includes at least one QoS profile according to the QoS capability information.

    Devices and methods for supporting handover of UE

    公开(公告)号:US12231967B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17670771

    申请日:2022-02-14

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to handover (HO) of a user equipment (UE), which consumes a quality of service (QoS) flow that is associated with multiple QoS profiles. The disclosure proposes a network entity for supporting HO of the UE, and proposes a second network entity that is the target of HO of the UE. The network entity is configured to: obtain multiple QoS profiles associated with a QoS flow; obtain QoS capability information indicating whether the second network entity supports more than one QoS profile and/or whether a first network entity supports more than one QoS profile; and provide at least one message to the second network entity, wherein the at least one message includes at least one QoS profile according to the QoS capability information.

    Analytics generation and consumption in a mobile network

    公开(公告)号:US11956132B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17898198

    申请日:2022-08-29

    CPC classification number: H04L43/06 H04L43/04

    Abstract: A consumer of an analytics output receives control and/or knowledge about a set of parameters that is used for generating the analytics output. A set of baseline parameters is used for generating the analytics output, which (a) is associated with a set of analytics consumers and/or with a set of analytics types, and (b) is related to at least one of a statistical property and/or process and/or an output strategy for providing an analytics output. Network entities and corresponding methods for analytics generation and for consuming analytics may be used for generating an analytics output based on the set of baseline parameters.

    Devices and Methods for Supporting Handover of UE

    公开(公告)号:US20220167217A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17670771

    申请日:2022-02-14

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to handover (HO) of a user equipment (UE), which consumes a quality of service (QoS) flow that is associated with multiple QoS profiles. The disclosure proposes a network entity for supporting HO of the UE, and proposes a second network entity that is the target of HO of the UE. The network entity is configured to: obtain multiple QoS profiles associated with a QoS flow; obtain QoS capability information indicating whether the second network entity supports more than one QoS profile and/or whether a first network entity supports more than one QoS profile; and provide at least one message to the second network entity, wherein the at least one message includes at least one QoS profile according to the QoS capability information.

    Devices, systems and methods for accessing and providing network slices in a mobile communication network

    公开(公告)号:US11115918B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16672275

    申请日:2019-11-01

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment-configured to use a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slice instances of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slice instances is controlled by a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the user equipment is configured to register to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services.

    Systems and methods for monitoring network slices using probes

    公开(公告)号:US10979921B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16509882

    申请日:2019-07-12

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slice monitor for monitoring slices programmed by a slice owner and deployed by an orchestrator in the control and data planes of a communication network. The slice monitor comprises multiple databases containing different types of information, selects the probes to monitor each slice in the control plane or the data plane and instantiates the selected probes as well as a single-slice monitoring device specific to each slice. For optimization, the slice monitor configures the content of its databases by communicating through multiple interfaces with different actors such as the slice owner, the owner of the orchestrator and the owner of itself. Using alarm handlers and a reconfiguration engine, the slice monitor together with the single-slice monitoring device can detect and compensate for possible violations in the service-level agreement by reconfiguring the slice. If the compensation fails, the slice monitor requests the orchestrator for reconfiguration.

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