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US 12,520,174 · App. 17/646,922 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Handling of NR QoE measurements and QoE reporting in RRC modes

Inventors: Rajeev Kumar (San Diego, CA); Xipeng Zhu (San Diego, CA); Shankar Krishnan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W24/08H04W28/0268
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Patent No.
US 12,520,174
App. No.
17/646,922
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for handling of QoE measurements. In aspects, a UE may transmit, to a base station, an indication of one or more UE capabilities for at least one of multiple instances or simultaneous instances of one or more QoE measurements at the UE associated with one or more types of services, and receive, from the base station, a QoE measurement information configuration for the QoE measurement information associated with the one or more types of services based on the indication that of the one or more UE capabilities.

Claims (58)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, to a base station, one or more UE capabilities indicating whether the UE can perform multiple instances of a set of quality of experience (QoE) measurements associated with one or more types of services while the UE is in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services; and

receive, from the base station, a QoE measurement information configuration for reporting QoE measurement information associated with the one or more types of services based on the one or more UE capabilities for performing the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more types of services include a plurality of types of services, and the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can simultaneously perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for one type of service of the one or more types of services.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise one UE capability for each type of service of the one or more types of services, each UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a corresponding type of service while the UE is in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to the corresponding type of service.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise a plurality of UE capabilities for each type of service of the one or more types of services, wherein the plurality of UE capabilities comprise a first UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a corresponding type of service while the UE is in an RRC connected state with respect to the corresponding type of service, and a second UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the corresponding type of service while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to the corresponding type of service.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the base station, a report of the QoE measurement information indicating the performed multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements, wherein, to transmit the report, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the report via one of an application layer at the UE or an RRC layer at the UE for processing at a radio access network (RAN).

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services, the at least one processor is configured to:

perform a first QoE measurement of the set of QoE measurements and store the first QoE measurement at the application layer in a first application layer container for reporting to the RAN and perform a second QoE measurement of the set of QoE measurements and store the second QoE measurement at the application layer in a second application layer container for reporting to a QoE server.

8 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the RAN, a second report of information associated with at least one of a RAN decodable configuration for storing the set of QoE measurements or a trigger condition for reporting the set of QoE measurements, wherein, to transmit the report, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the report of the QoE measurement information in response to a reception of the second report of information at the RRC layer.

9 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein, to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services, the at least one processor is configured to at least one of:

perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a plurality of types of services of the one or more types of services, or

perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements during a plurality of occasions for one type of service of the one or more types of services, wherein the QoE measurement information is stored at the RRC layer.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services or to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements on the plurality of occasions for the one type of service, the at least one processor is configured to:

perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services or to perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements on the plurality of occasions for the one type of service based on at least one of a trace identifier (ID) or a reference ID.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of an antenna or a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the one or more UE capabilities via at least one of the antenna or the transceiver; and

receive the QoE measurement information configuration via at least one of the antenna or the transceiver.

12 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), one or more UE capabilities indicating whether the UE can perform multiple instances of a set of quality of experience (QoE) measurements associated with one or more types of services at the UE while the UE is in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services;

identify whether the base station can decode QoE measurement information for the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements based on at least one of (a) the one or more UE capabilities for performing the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements or (b) an indication from an operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) server; and

transmit, to the UE, a QoE measurement information configuration for a report of the QoE measurement information based on whether the base station can decode the QoE measurement information for the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more types of services include a plurality of types of services, and the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can simultaneously perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for at least one type of service of the one or more types of services.

15 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise one UE capability for each type of service of the one or more types of services, each UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a corresponding type of service while the UE is in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to the corresponding type of service.

16 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise a plurality of UE capabilities for each type of service of the one or more types of services, wherein the plurality of UE capabilities comprise a first UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a corresponding type of service while the UE is in an RRC connected state with respect to the corresponding type of service, and a second UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the corresponding type of service while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to the corresponding type of service.

17 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the UE, the report of the QoE measurement information indicating a performance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services in response to the transmitted QoE measurement information, and wherein to receive the report, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the report via one of an application layer or an RRC layer for processing at a RAN.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the performance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services is based on a first QoE measurement stored at the application layer in a first application layer container reported to the RAN and a second QoE measurement stored at the application layer in a second application layer container reported to a QoE server.

19 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the UE, a second report of information associated with at least one of a RAN decodable QoE configuration for storage of the set of QoE measurements or a trigger condition for the report of the QoE measurement information, and wherein the performance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements is triggered based on transmission of the second report of information at the RRC layer.

20 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the performance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements associated with the one or more types of services further includes at least one of a first performance of at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for a plurality of types of services of the one or more types of services, or a second performance of at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements on a plurality of occasions for one type of service of the one or more types of services, and wherein the QoE measurement information is stored at the RRC layer.

21 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein at least one of the first performance of at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services or the second performance of at least one instance of the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements on the plurality of occasions for the one type of service is based on at least one of a trace identifier (ID) or a reference ID.

22 . The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising at least one of an antenna or a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the one or more UE capabilities via at least one of the antenna or the transceiver; and

transmit the QoE measurement information configuration via at least one of the antenna or the transceiver.

23 . A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, one or more UE capabilities indicating whether the UE can perform multiple instances of a set of quality of experience (QoE) measurements associated with one or more types of services while the UE is in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services; and

receiving, from the base station, a QoE measurement information configuration for reporting QoE measurement information associated with the one or more types of services based on the one or more UE capabilities for performing the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services.

24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the one or more types of services include a plurality of types of services, and the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can simultaneously perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for the plurality of types of services.

25 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities comprise at least one UE capability indicating whether the UE can perform the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements for one type of service of the one or more types of services.

26 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, a report of the QoE measurement information indicating the performed set of QoE measurements, wherein transmitting the report comprises:

transmitting the report via one of an application layer at the UE or an RRC a radio resource control (RRC) layer at the UE for processing at a radio access network (RAN).

27 . A method of wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), one or more UE capabilities indicating whether the UE can perform multiple instances of a set of quality of experience (QoE) measurements associated with one or more types of services at the UE while the UE is in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services;

identifying whether the base station can decode QoE measurement information for the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements based on at least one of (a) the one or more UE capabilities for performing the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements or (b) an indication from an operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) server; and

transmitting, to the UE, a QoE measurement information configuration for a report of the QoE measurement information based on whether the base station can decode the QoE measurement information for the multiple instances of the set of QoE measurements while the UE is in at least one of the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state with respect to each type of service of the one or more types of services.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: KUMAR, RAJEEV; ZHU, XIPENG; KRISHNAN, SHANKAR
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63136581 · Jan 12, 2021
Provisional Application 63133964 · Jan 5, 2021
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