Technique for reporting quality of experience (QoE)—and application layer (AL) measurements at high load
A technique for Quality of Experience (QoE) or Application Layer (AL) measurements at high load is described. As to one method aspect of the technique for reporting QoE measurements from a radio device ( 100 ) wirelessly connected or connectable to a radio access network, RAN ( 200 ), the method ( 400 ) comprises or initiates a step of receiving ( 402; 810 ) a stop control message ( 808 ) from or through the RAN ( 200 ) at the radio device ( 100 ), the stop control message ( 808 ) being indicative of a command for storing ( 404 ) results of the QoE or AL measurements at the radio device ( 100 ) and stopping ( 406 ) the radio device ( 100 ) from reporting ( 408 ) the stored results of the QoE or AL measurements to or through the RAN.
1. A method of reporting Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements or Application Layer (AL) measurements from a radio device wirelessly connected or connectable to a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising:
receiving a stop control message from or through the RAN at the radio device, the stop control message being indicative of a command that configures the radio device to:
stop reporting results of the QoE or AL measurements to or through the RAN;
collect further results of the QoE or AL measurements while the reporting is stopped; and
store the further results of the QoE or AL measurements at the radio device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
collecting the further results of the QoE or AL measurements while the reporting is stopped;
storing the further results of the QoE or AL measurements at the radio device; and/or
stopping the reporting of the results of the QoE or AL measurements to or through the RAN.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stop control message relates to temporarily stopping the reporting and/or wherein the stop control message is indicative of a time period for restarting the reporting.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio device maintains a configuration for performing the QoE or AL measurements after receiving the stop control message.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a restart control message from or through the RAN at the radio device, the restart control message being indicative of a command for reporting the further results of the QoE or AL measurements stored at the radio device to or through the RAN.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the stop control message and/or the restart control message is further indicative of an application or a service type for which the QoE or AL measurements are performed.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the stop control message and/or the restart control message is further indicative of a level of an overload, congestion, and/or interference at the RAN.
8. The method claim 1 , wherein the method comprises sending a stop control command from an access stratum layer of the radio device to an application layer of the radio device, the stop control command being indicative of the command that configures the radio device.
9. A method of controlling a reporting of Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements or Application Layer (AL) measurements from at least one radio device wirelessly connected or connectable to a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising:
transmitting a stop control message from or through the RAN to the radio device, the stop control message being indicative of a command that configures the radio device to:
stop reporting results of the QoE or AL measurements to or through the RAN;
collect further results of the QoE or AL measurements while the reporting is stopped; and
store the further results of the QoE or AL measurements at the radio device.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the stop control message is indicative of a command for immediately stopping the radio device from reporting the stored results of the QoE or AL measurements to or through the RAN.
11. The method of claim 9 :
further comprising determining an overload in the RAN;
wherein the stop control message is transmitted responsive to the determination of the overload in the RAN.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, sending, responsive to the determination of the overload in the RAN, a notification to an operations node associated with the RAN; the notification being indicative of the QoE or AL measurements reporting being temporarily stopped.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising transmitting a restart control message from the RAN to the radio device, the restart control message being indicative of a command for starting or restarting a reporting of the stored further results of the QoE or AL measurements from the radio device to or through the RAN.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising sending a notification from the RAN to an operations node, the notification being indicative of starting or restarting the QoE or AL measurements and/or being indicative of storing the results of the QoE or AL measurements.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the sending of the notification is triggered by receiving a streaming indication from the radio device.
16. A radio device wirelessly connected or connectable to a radio access network (RAN), the radio device comprising:
processing circuitry; and
memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the radio device is operative to:
receive a stop control message from or through the RAN at the radio device, the stop control message being indicative of a command that configures the radio device to:
stop reporting results of Quality of Experience (QoE) or Application Layer (AL) measurements to or through the RAN;
collect further results of the QoE or AL measurements while the reporting is stopped; and
store the further results of the QoE or AL measurements at the radio device.
17. A radio access node (RAN), comprising:
processing circuitry; and
memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the RAN is operative to:
transmit a stop control message from or through the RAN to a radio device wirelessly connected or connectable to the RAN, the stop control message being indicative of a command that configures the radio device to:
stop reporting results of Quality of Experience (QoE) or Application Layer (AL) measurements to or through the RAN;
collect further results of the QoE or AL measurements while the reporting is stopped; and
store the further results of the QoE or AL measurements at the radio device.