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Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,025 · App. 18/559,222 · Granted May 12, 2026

Priority setting for quality of experience

Inventors: Jing He (Beijing, CN); Malgorzata Tomala (Wroclaw, PL)
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
H04W24/10H04W24/02H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 12,628,025
App. No.
18/559,222
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of priority setting for Quality of Experience (QoE). The method comprises receiving, from a second device, an indication associated with reporting at least one QoE measurement to be performed at the first device, the indication generated by the second device based on respective priorities of the at least one QoE measurement and determining the reporting of the at least one QoE measurement based on the indication. In this way, the gNB have capability to control configured QoE measurement reporting of the UE and the QoE reporting of the UE with high priority can be maintained without interruption in low-level and middle-level overload situation.

Claims (71)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including program code;

the at least one memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

receive, from a network device, an indication associated with reporting at least one quality of experience measurement to be performed at the apparatus, wherein the indication is generated based on respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement; and

determine the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement based on the indication;

wherein the determining of the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement based on the indication comprises discarding, based on the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement, one or more of the at least one quality of experience measurement that has stopped, paused, or suspended reporting.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to receive the indication by:

receiving information of the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement from the network device.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to receive the indication by:

receiving a configuration for reporting at least one quality of experience measurement determined by the network device based on the respective priorities, the configuration comprising at least one of the following:

identifiers associated with a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement that are not to be reported to the network device; or

a service type associated with a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement that are not to be reported to the network device.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to determine the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement by:

receiving, from the network device, information about an overload level of a channel between the apparatus and the network device;

determining a threshold priority based on the overload level; and

in accordance with a determination that a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement have respective priorities being lower than the threshold priority, stopping or suspending reporting the first set of quality of experience measurements.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

perform at least one of the following based on the respective priorities of the first set of quality of experience measurements:

log results of the first set of quality of experience measurements; or

discard results of the first set of quality of experience measurements.

6 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

in accordance with a determination that a further overload level of the channel is received from the network device, determine a further threshold priority based on the further overload level; and

in accordance with a determination that the first set of quality of experience measurements have respective priorities exceeding the further threshold priority, resume reporting the first set of quality of experience measurements.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the apparatus is caused to resume reporting the first set of quality of experience measurements by:

in accordance with a determination that the reporting of a first set of quality of experience measurements are resumed, determining whether histories results of the first set of quality of experience measurements are logged; and

in accordance with a determination that the histories results are logged, reporting the histories results to the network device based on the respective priorities of the first set of quality of experience measurements.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to determine the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement by:

receiving further information about a timer for the first device to detect an overload status of a channel between the apparatus and the network device;

performing a detection of the overload status by starting the timer;

in accordance with a determination that the overload status is detected before the time expires, determining a first threshold priority based on the overload status; and

in accordance with a determination that a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement have respective priorities being lower than the first threshold priority, stopping or suspending reporting the first set of quality of experience measurements.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

perform a further detection of the overload status by restarting the timer;

in accordance with a determination that the overload status is detected before the time expires, determine a second threshold priority based on the overload status, the second threshold priority being higher than the first threshold priority; and

in accordance with a determination that a second set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one of quality of experience measurement have respective priorities exceeding the first threshold priority and lower than the second threshold priority, stop or suspend reporting the second set of quality of experience measurements.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

in accordance with a determination that the overload status fails to be detected before the time expires, resume reporting the first set of quality of experience measurements.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to determine the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement by:

in accordance with a determination that the indication comprises a configuration for reporting at least one quality of experience measurement determined by the network device based on the respective priorities, determining, based on the configuration, a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement are not to be reported to the network device; and

stopping or suspending reporting results of the first set of quality of experience measurements.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

perform at least one of the following:

log the results of the first set of quality of experience measurements; or

discard the results of the first set of quality of experience measurements.

13 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

in accordance with a determination that the reporting of a first set of quality of experience measurements are resumed, determine whether histories results of the first set of quality of experience measurements are logged; and

in accordance with a determination that the histories results are logged, report the histories results to the second device.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

in accordance with a determination that no histories results are logged, report current results of the first set of quality of experience measurements to the network device.

15 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including program code;

the at least one memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

generate an indication associated with reporting at least one quality of experience measurement to be performed at a user equipment based on respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement; and

transmit the indication to the user equipment:

wherein the indication is configured to allow the user equipment to determine reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement based on the indication, the determining comprising discarding, based on the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement, one or more of the at least one quality of experience measurement that has stopped, paused, or suspended reporting.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

obtain the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement from at least one of a core network entity or an operation and maintenance entity.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement based on respective service types of the at least one quality of experience measurement.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is caused to transmit the indication by:

transmitting information of the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement.

19 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is caused to transmit the indication by:

transmitting a configuration for reporting at least one quality of experience measurement determined by the apparatus based on the respective priorities, the configuration comprising at least one of the following:

identifiers associated with a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement that are not to be reported to the apparatus; or

a service type associated with a first set of quality of experience measurements in the at least one quality of experience measurement that are not to be reported to the apparatus.

20 . A method, comprising:

receiving, at a user equipment and from a network device, an indication associated with reporting at least one quality of experience measurement to be performed at the user equipment, wherein the indication is generated based on respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement; and

determining the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement based on the indication;

wherein the determining of the reporting of the at least one quality of experience measurement based on the indication comprises discarding, based on the respective priorities of the at least one quality of experience measurement, one or more of the at least one quality of experience measurement that has stopped, paused, or suspended reporting.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: TOMALA, MALGORZATA
To: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SP. Z.O.O
Reel/Frame 066174/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 066175/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: HE, JING
To: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066174/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SP. Z.O.O
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 066174/0974 →
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