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US 12,238,823 · App. 17/891,257 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Measurement method and apparatus

Inventors: Shuigen Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Chuan Ma (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W8/22H04W28/0215H04W28/0268H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,238,823
App. No.
17/891,257
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first access network device sends, to a terminal device, an application layer measurement configuration used to indicate the terminal device to perform quality of experience measurement and collection on a first service. The application layer measurement configuration includes a type of the first service and an indicator of quality of experience of the first service. The type of the first service includes one or more of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and 5th Generation Media Streaming (5GMS). The first access network device receives an application layer measurement report from the terminal device. The application layer measurement report includes the type of the first service and a value corresponding to the indicator of quality of experience of the first service.

Claims (53)

1. A measurement method, comprising:

sending, by a first access network device, an application layer measurement configuration to a terminal device, wherein the application layer measurement configuration indicates to the terminal device to perform quality of experience measurement and collection on a first service, the application layer measurement configuration includes a type of the first service and an indicator of quality of experience of the first service, and the type of the first service includes one or more of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or 5th generation media streaming (5GMS); and

receiving, by the first access network device, an application layer measurement report from the terminal device, wherein the application layer measurement report includes quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service based on the application layer measurement configuration, and the application layer measurement report includes the type of the first service and a value corresponding to the indicator of quality of experience of the first service.

2. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by a first access network device, an application layer measurement configuration to a terminal device includes:

sending, by the first access network device, the application layer measurement configuration to the terminal device in response to the first access network device determining that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service.

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

receiving, by the first access network device, capability information from the terminal device, wherein the capability information indicates that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service; and

determining, by the first access network device based on the capability information, that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service.

4. The measurement method according to claim 3 , wherein before the receiving, by the first access network device, capability information from the terminal device, the method further comprises:

sending, by the first access network device, first query information to the terminal device, wherein the first query information indicates to the terminal device to obtain the capability information of the terminal device.

5. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein

the type of the first service and the indicator of quality of experience of the first service are sent by a second access network device or a core network device to the first access network device; or

the type of the first service and the indicator of quality of experience of the first service are configured by a control device in the first access network device.

6. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the first access network device includes a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU);

the sending, by a first access network device, an application layer measurement configuration to a terminal device includes:

sending, by the CU of the first access network device, the application layer measurement configuration to the terminal device;

the receiving, by the first access network device, an application layer measurement report from the terminal device includes:

receiving, by the CU of the first access network device, the application layer measurement report from the terminal device; and

the method further comprises: sending, by the CU of the first access network device, the application layer measurement report to the DU of the first access network device.

7. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the application layer measurement configuration is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message or an RRC resume message.

8. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the application layer measurement report is carried in a measurement configuration application layer message, or an RRC reconfiguration message or an RRC resume message.

9. A measurement method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, an application layer measurement configuration from a first access network device, wherein the application layer measurement configuration indicates to the terminal device to perform quality of experience measurement and collection on a first service, the application layer measurement configuration includes a type of the first service and an indicator of quality of experience of the first service, and the type of the first service includes one or more of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or 5th generation media streaming (5GMS);

performing, by the terminal device, quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service based on the application layer measurement configuration, to obtain an application layer measurement report, wherein the application layer measurement report includes the type of the first service and a value corresponding to the indicator of quality of experience of the first service; and

sending, by the terminal device, the application layer measurement report to the first access network device.

10. The measurement method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal device, capability information to the first access network device, wherein the capability information indicates that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service.

11. The measurement method according to claim 10 , wherein before the sending, by the terminal device, capability information to the first access network device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, first query information from the first access network device, wherein the first query information is used to obtain the capability information of the terminal device.

12. The measurement method according to claim 9 , wherein the application layer measurement configuration is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message or an RRC resume message; and wherein the application layer measurement report is carried in a measurement configuration application layer message, or an RRC reconfiguration message or an RRC resume message.

13. A communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

send an application layer measurement configuration to a terminal device, wherein the application layer measurement configuration indicates to the terminal device to perform quality of experience measurement and collection on a first service, the application layer measurement configuration includes a type of the first service and an indicator of quality of experience of the first service, and the type of the first service includes one or more of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or 5th generation media streaming (5GMS); and

receive an application layer measurement report from the terminal device providing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service based on receiving the application layer measurement configuration from the processor, and the application layer measurement report includes the type of the first service and a value corresponding to the indicator of quality of experience of the first service.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor sends the application layer measurement configuration to a terminal device by:

sending the application layer measurement configuration to the terminal device in response to determining that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive capability information from the terminal device, wherein the capability information indicates that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service; and

determine based on the capability information, that the terminal device supports performing quality of experience measurement and collection on the first service.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor, before receiving the capability information from the terminal device:

sends first query information to the terminal device, wherein the first query information indicates to the terminal device to obtain the capability information.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the type of the first service and the indicator of quality of experience of the first service are received by the processor from a second access network device or a core network device; or

the processor is configured to implement a control device for configuring the type of the first service and the indicator of quality of experience of the first service.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to provide a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU);

the processor sending the application layer measurement configuration to the terminal device includes:

sending, by the CU provided by the processor, the application layer measurement configuration to the terminal device;

the processor receiving the application layer measurement report from the terminal device comprises includes:

receiving, by the CU provided by the processor, the application layer measurement report from the terminal device; and

sending, by the CU provided by the processor, the application layer measurement report to the DU provided by the processor.

19. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the application layer measurement configuration is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message or an RRC resume message.

20. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the application layer measurement report is carried in a measurement configuration application layer message, or an RRC reconfiguration message or an RRC resume message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: MA, CHUAN; YANG, SHUIGEN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069815/0807 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020076253 · Feb 21, 2020
Related Publication 20220400370A1 · Dec 15, 2022
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