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US 12,219,381 · App. 17/675,792 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Quality of service information notification method, device, and system

Inventors: Haiyang Sun (Beijing, CN); Yongcui Li (Beijing, CN); Fangyuan Zhu (Beijing, CN); Yan Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W28/0215H04L47/2408
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Patent No.
US 12,219,381
App. No.
17/675,792
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to quality of service (QoS) information notification methods, devices, and systems. In one example method, a user plane network element obtains a first QoS notification, where the first QoS notification includes first QoS information used to indicate QoS of a target service. The user plane network element sends first indication information to an application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported, where the first indication information is used to indicate a second QoS notification, the second QoS notification includes second QoS information of the target service, and the first QoS notification is the same as the second QoS notification, or the second QoS notification is determined based on the first QoS notification.

Claims (64)

1. A quality of service (QOS) information notification method, comprising:

receiving, by a user plane network element, second indication information from a session management network element, wherein the second indication information indicates that a target service needs a user plane QoS notification;

obtaining, by the user plane network element, a first QoS notification, wherein the first QoS notification comprises first QoS information indicating QoS of the target service; and

sending, by the user plane network element based on the second indication information, first indication information to an application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported, wherein the first indication information indicates a second QoS notification, the second QoS notification comprises second QoS information of the target service, and the first QoS notification is the same as the second QoS notification, or the second QoS notification is determined based on the first QoS notification.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user plane network element from the session management network element, information about the application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second QoS information of the target service comprises:

the QoS of the target service cannot meet a QoS requirement;

the QoS of the target service has met a QoS requirement;

a service path of the target service is congested;

an operation indication related to the target service; or

QoS monitoring information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first QoS information indicating the QoS of the target service comprises first QoS information of the target service or first QoS information of a target QoS flow in which the target service is located.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the session management network element, the second indication information to the user plane network element.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the application network element, the first indication information from the user plane network element; and

identifying, by the application network element, the second QoS information of the target service based on the first indication information.

7. A quality of service (QOS) information notification method, comprising:

sending, by an application network element, third indication information to a policy control network element, wherein the third indication information indicates that a target service needs a user plane QoS notification;

receiving, by the application network element, first indication information from a user plane network element, wherein the first indication information indicates a second QoS notification, and the second QoS notification comprises second QoS information of the target service; and

identifying, by the application network element, the second QoS information of the target service based on the first indication information.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the application network element, information about the application network element to the policy control network element, wherein the policy control network element sends the information about the application network element to the user plane network element through a session management network element.

9. A user plane network element, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving second indication information from a session management network element, wherein the second indication information indicates that a target service needs a user plane quality of service (QOS) notification;

obtaining a first QoS notification, wherein the first QoS notification comprises first QOS information indicating QoS of the target service; and

sending, based on the second indication information, first indication information to an application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported, wherein the first indication information indicates a second QoS notification, the second QoS notification comprises second QoS information of the target service, and the first QoS notification is the same as the second QoS notification, or the second QoS notification is determined based on the first QoS notification.

10. The user plane network element according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the session management network element, information about the application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported.

11. The user plane network element according to claim 9 , wherein the first QoS information indicating the QoS of the target service comprises first QoS information of the target service or first QoS information of a target QoS flow in which the target service is located.

12. An application network element, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending third indication information to a policy control network element, wherein the third indication information indicates that a target service needs a user plane QoS notification;

receiving first indication information from a user plane network element, wherein the first indication information indicates a second quality of service QoS notification, and the second QoS notification comprises second QoS information of the target service; and

identifying the second QoS information of the target service based on the first indication information.

13. The application network element according to claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

sending information about the application network element to the policy control network element, wherein the policy control network element sends the information about the application network element to the user plane network element through a session management network element.

14. A communication system, wherein the communication system comprises a session management network element and a user plane network element, wherein:

the session management network element is configured to send second indication information to the user plane network element, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate that a target service needs a user plane quality of service (QOS) notification; and

the user plane network element is configured to:

receive the second indication information; and

send, based on the second indication information after obtaining a first QoS notification, first indication information to an application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported, wherein the first QoS notification comprises first QoS information indicating QoS of the target service, the first indication information indicates a second QoS notification, the second QoS notification comprises second QoS information of the target service, and the first QoS notification is the same as the second QoS notification, or the second QoS notification is determined based on the first QOS notification.

15. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the communication system further comprises the application network element, and wherein:

the application network element is configured to:

receive the first indication information from the user plane network element; and

identify the second QoS information of the target service based on the first indication information.

16. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the user plane network element is further configured to: receive, from the session management network element, information about the application network element to which a QoS notification needs to be reported.

17. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the communication system further comprises the application network element and a policy control network element, and wherein:

the application network element is configured to:

send third indication information to the policy control network element, wherein the third indication information indicates that the target service needs a user plane QoS notification; and

the policy control network element is configured to:

receive the third indication information; and

send fourth indication information to the session management network element, wherein the fourth indication information indicates that the target service needs a user plane QoS notification.

18. The communication system according to claim 17 , wherein:

the application network element is further configured to send information about the application network element to the policy control network element;

the policy control network element is further configured to send the information about the application network element to a session management network element; and

the session management network element is further configured to send the information about the application network element to the user plane network element.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first QoS information of the target service comprises: QoS monitoring information.

20. The user plane network element according to claim 9 , wherein the first QoS information of the target service comprises: QoS monitoring information.

21. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the first QoS information of the target service comprises: QoS monitoring information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: SUN, HAIYANG; LI, YONGCUI; ZHU, FANGYUAN; LI, YAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060809/0556 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910775699.1 · Aug 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020096352 · Jun 16, 2020
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