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US 12,238,563 · App. 17/843,931 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Method and device for measuring performance in wireless communication system

Inventors: Junhyuk Song (Suwon-si, KR); Chungkeun Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04W24/10H04W24/02H04W28/0268
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Patent No.
US 12,238,563
App. No.
17/843,931
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for an E2 node comprises: transmitting an indication message including a measurement container to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), wherein the measurement container may include at least one among: first measurement information of a digital unit (DU), the first measurement information including at least one of physical resource block (PRB) usage information for a standalone (SA) structure and PRB usage information for a non-standalone (NSA) structure; second measurement information of a central unit control plane (CU-CP), the second measurement information including information about the number of active user equipments (UEs); and third measurement information including at least one of packet data conversion protocol (PDCP) usage information for the SA structure and the PRB usage information for the NSA structure.

Claims (44)

1. A method performed by an E2 node, the method comprising:

generating a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) indication message comprising performance measurement information related to a digital unit (DU); and

transmitting the RIC indication message to an RIC through an E2 interface,

wherein the performance measurement information related to the DU comprises measurement information for one or more public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and

wherein the measurement information comprises, regarding each PLMN: a PLMN identifier (ID); and at least one of 5 th generation core (5GC)-based DU measurement information or evolved packet core (EPC)-based DU measurement information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 5GC-based DU measurement information comprises, regarding each slice: a slice ID; and usage information for one or more 5G quality of service (QoS) class identifiers (5QI), and

wherein the usage information comprises, regarding each 5QI: a 5QI; and at least one of a downlink physical resource block (PRB) usage or an uplink PRB usage.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the EPC-based DU measurement information comprises, regarding each quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI): a QCI ID; and at least one of a downlink physical resource block (PRB) usage or an uplink PRB usage.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performance measurement information related to the DU comprises at least one of: information regarding downlink available physical resource blocks (PRBs) or information regarding uplink available PRBs,

wherein the downlink available PRBs refer to whole PRBs of a downlink which are available during a reported E2 period, and

wherein the uplink available PRBs include whole PRB s of an uplink which are available during the reported E2 period.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RIC indication message comprises performance measurement information related to a central unit (CU)-control plane (CP), and

wherein the performance measurement information related to the CU-CP comprises information regarding a number of active user equipments (UEs).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RIC indication message comprises performance measurement information related to a central unit (CU)-user plane (UP), and

wherein the performance measurement information related to the CU-UP comprises at least one of 5GC-based CU measurement information or EPC-based CU measurement information.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the 5GC-based CU measurement information comprises, regarding each slice: a slice ID; and usage information for one or more 5G quality of service (QoS) class identifiers (5QIs), and

wherein the usage information comprises, regarding each 5QI: a 5QI; and at least one of a downlink packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data size or an uplink PDCP data size.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the EPC-based CU measurement information comprises, regarding each quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI): a QCI ID; and at least one of a downlink packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data size or an uplink PDCP data size.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RIC is a near real time (RT) RIC, and

wherein the E2 node comprises an open-radio access network (O-RAN) distributed unit (O-DU), an O-RAN central unit-control plane (O-CU-CP), an O-RAN central unit-user plane (O-CU-UP), or an O-RAN eNodeB (O-eNB).

10. A method performed by a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), the method comprising:

receiving, from an E2 node through an E2 interface, an RIC indication message comprising performance measurement information related to a digital unit (DU),

wherein the performance measurement information related to the DU comprises measurement information for one or more public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and

wherein the measurement information comprises, regarding each PLMN: a PLMN identifier (ID); and at least one of 5 th generation core (5GC)-based DU measurement information or evolved packet core (EPC)-based DU measurement information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the RIC indication message is a a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) indication message comprising the performance measurement information related to the digital unit (DU), wherein the 5GC-based DU measurement information comprises, regarding each slice: a slice ID; and usage information for one or more 5G quality of service (QoS) class identifiers (5QI), and

wherein the usage information comprises, regarding each 5QI: a 5QI; and at least one of a downlink physical resource block (PRB) usage or an uplink PRB usage.

12. An apparatus for an E2 node, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

generate a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) indication message comprising performance measurement information related to a digital unit (DU); and

control the transceiver to transmit the RIC indication message to an RIC through an E2 interface,

wherein the performance measurement information related to the DU comprises measurement information for one or more public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and

wherein the measurement information comprises, regarding each PLMN: a PLMN identifier (ID); and at least one of 5 th generation core (5GC)-based DU measurement information or evolved packet core (EPC)-based DU measurement information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the RIC indication message is a a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) indication message comprising the performance measurement information related to the digital unit (DU), wherein the 5GC-based DU measurement information comprises, regarding each slice: a slice ID; and usage information for one or more 5G quality of service (QoS) class identifiers (5QI), and

wherein the usage information comprises, regarding each 5QI: a 5QI; and at least one of a downlink physical resource block (PRB) usage or an uplink PRB usage.

14. An apparatus for a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, from an E2 node through an E2 interface, an RIC indication message comprising performance measurement information related to a digital unit (DU),

wherein the performance measurement information related to the DU comprises measurement information for one or more public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and

wherein the measurement information comprises, regarding each PLMN: a PLMN identifier (ID); and at least one of 5 th generation core (5GC)-based DU measurement information or evolved packet core (EPC)-based DU measurement information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the RIC indication message is a a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) indication message comprising the performance measurement information related to the digital unit (DU), wherein the 5GC-based DU measurement information comprises, regarding each slice: a slice ID; and usage information for one or more 5G quality of service (QoS) class identifiers (5QI), and

wherein the usage information comprises, regarding each 5QI: a 5QI; and at least one of a downlink physical resource block (PRB) usage or an uplink PRB usage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: SONG, JUNHYUK; LEE, CHUNGKEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060242/0805 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0169296 · Dec 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2020018579 · Dec 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220330070A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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