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US 12,389,271 · App. 17/979,300 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Method and device for providing split computing service in wireless communications system

Inventors: Jungshin Park (Suwon-si, KR); Sangsoo Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W28/08H04W28/0268H04W76/11H04W80/10
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Patent No.
US 12,389,271
App. No.
17/979,300
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and device for efficiently providing a split computing service in a wireless communication system. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a method performed by a session management function (SMF) in a wireless communication system supporting split computing is provided, the method comprises receiving, via a first network entity from an application server, quality of service (QoS) related information to be applied to a user equipment (UE) for the split computing, the first network entity being either a policy control function (PCF) or a user data management (UDM), and transmitting, to the UE via a network, the QoS related information for the split computing in a session establishment procedure for the UE.

Claims (38)

1. A method performed by a policy control function (PCF) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from an application function (AF), a first message including information about one or more quality of service (QOS) profiles;

determining, based on the received information, at least one QoS profile to be applied to a protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE); and

transmitting, to a session management function (SMF), a second message including information about the at least one QoS profile,

wherein the at least one QoS profile is further applied for split computing between the AF and the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one QoS profile for the split computing is applied to distribute computing load between the AF and the UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one QoS profile further represents a distribution point distributing the computing load between the AF and the UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more QoS profiles are associated with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based application service.

5. A policy control function (PCF) in a wireless communication system, the PCF comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from an application function (AF), a first message including information about one or more quality of service (QOS) profiles,

determine, based on the received information, at least one QoS profile to be applied to a protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE), and

transmit, to a session management function (SMF) via the transceiver, a second message including information about the at least one QoS profile,

wherein the at least one QoS profile is further applied for split computing between the AF and the UE.

6. The PCF of claim 5 , wherein the at least one QoS profile for the split computing is applied to distribute computing load between the AF and the UE.

7. The PCF of claim 5 , wherein each of the at least one QoS profile further represents a distribution point distributing the computing load between the AF and the UE.

8. The PCF of claim 5 , wherein the one or more QoS profiles are associated with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based application service.

9. A session management function (SMF) in a wireless communication system, the SMF comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from a policy control function (PCF), information about at least one QoS profile to be applied to a protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE), the at least one QoS profile being based on QoS profile information provided from an application function (AF), and

transmit, to the UE via a network, QoS related information to be used in a PDU session establishment procedure for the UE, based on the received information,

wherein the at least one QoS profile is further applied for split computing between the AF and the UE.

10. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein the at least one QoS profile for the split computing is applied to distribute computing load between the AF and the UE.

11. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein each of the at least one QoS profile further represents a distribution point distributing the computing load between the AF and the UE.

12. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein the QoS profile information is associated with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based application service.

13. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

transmit, to a session management function (SMF) via a network, a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request message, and

receive, via the network from a session management function (SMF), a PDU session establishment response message including QoS related information, the QoS related information being based on QoS profile information provided from an application function (AF),

wherein at least one QoS profile is further applied for split computing between the AF and the UE.

14. The UE of claim 13 ,

wherein the QoS profile information corresponds to at least one QoS profile.

15. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the at least one QoS profile for the split computing is applied to distribute computing load between the AF and the UE.

16. The UE of claim 13 , wherein each of the at least one QoS profile further represents a distribution point distributing the computing load between the AF and the UE.

17. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the QoS profile information is associated with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based application service.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2022
From: PARK, JUNGSHIN; JEONG, SANGSOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061632/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0151756 · Nov 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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