Granted Patent B2

US 12,634,211 · App. 18/801,097 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventors: Clarissa Marquezan (Munich, DE); Riccardo Trivisonno (Munich, DE); Qing Wei (Munich, DE)

Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

H04L43/062H04L41/0806

Abstract

Claims (132)

1 . A system for mobile operator network, the system comprising an access network (AN), a core network (CN), and a data network (DN), the system further comprising a core network entity, for operating within a control plane of the CN, for analytics generation, the core network entity comprising processing circuitry configured to carry out a method comprising:

obtaining network slice association (NSA) information from one or more other network entities, the NSA information indicating a relation between an access network property and a mobile operator core network property; and

providing analytics information based on the obtained NSA information,

wherein the NSA information comprises at least one information combination taken from the group consisting of:

a first combination comprising a cell related to a tracking area (TA), an access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) or allowed network slice instances (NSIs),

one or more restricted S-NSSAIs or restricted NSI(s), and

one or more network functions (NFs), wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) per public land mobile network (PLMN),

one or more allowed NSI(s) per PLMN,

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN, and

one or more restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

a second combination comprising a TA related to a list of cells, a supported access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s),

one or more allowed NSI(s), and

one or more NFs, wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) for each related NF, and

one or more allowed NSI(s) for each related NF;

a third combination comprising a TA related to a list of cells, a supported access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) or restricted NSI(s) per PLMN,

or more NFs, wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN, and

one or more restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

a fourth combination comprising a NF related to a TA, wherein the TA is further related to:

one or more cells,

one or more access types, and

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN or allowed NSI(s) per PLMN; and

a fifth combination comprising a NF related to a TA, wherein the TA is further related to:

one or more cells,

one or more access types, and

one or more related restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN or restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

sending a plurality of requests or subscribing to a plurality of NFs; and

obtaining the NSA information from the plurality of NFs in response to the plurality of requests or subscribing to the plurality of NFS;

wherein the method further comprises aggregating the NSA information obtained from the plurality of NFs; and

wherein the providing analytics information comprises providing the analytics information based on the aggregated NSA information.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

obtaining the NSA information according to a configuration from a management plane entity.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

sending a request or subscribe to a determined network function (NF);

obtaining the NSA information from the determined NF in response to the request or according to the subscription; and

wherein the providing analytics information comprises providing the analytics information is based on the NSA information obtained from the determined NF.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the core network entity comprises a network data analytics function (NWDAF).

5 . A method for analytics generation, within a system for a mobile operator network, the system comprising an access network (AN), a core network (CN), and a data network (DN), wherein the method is carried out by a core network entity operating within a control plane of the CN of the mobile operator network, the method comprising:

obtaining network slice association (NSA) information from one or more other network entities, the NSA information indicating a relation between an access network property and a mobile operator core network property; and

providing analytics information, the analytics information being based on the obtained NSA information,

wherein the NSA information comprises at least one information combination taken from the group consisting of:

a first combination comprising a cell related to a tracking area (TA), an access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) or allowed network slice instances (NSIs),

one or more restricted S-NSSAIs or restricted NSI(s), and

one or more network functions (NFs), wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) per public land mobile network (PLMN),

one or more allowed NSI(s) per PLMN,

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN, and

one or more restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

a second combination comprising a TA related to a list of cells, a supported access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s),

one or more allowed NSI(s), and

one or more NFs, wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) for each related NF, and

one or more allowed NSI(s) for each related NF;

a third combination comprising a TA related to a list of cells, a supported access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) or restricted NSI(s) per PLMN,

one or more NFs, wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN, and

one or more restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

a fourth combination comprising a NF related to a TA, wherein the TA is further related to:

one or more cells,

one or more access types, and

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN or allowed NSI(s) per PLMN; and

a fifth combination comprising a NF related to a TA, wherein the TA is further related to:

one or more cells,

one or more access types, and

one or more related restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN or restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

sending a plurality of requests or subscribing to a plurality of NFs; and

obtaining the NSA information from the plurality of NFs in response to the plurality of requests or subscribing to the plurality of NFs;

wherein the method further comprises aggregating the NSA information obtained from the plurality of NFs; and

wherein the providing analytics information comprises providing the analytics information based on the aggregated NSA information.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

obtaining the NSA information according to a configuration from a management plane entity.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the-obtaining NSA information comprises:

sending a request or subscribe to a determined network function (NF);

obtaining the NSA information from the determined NF in response to the request or according to the subscription; and

wherein the providing analytics information comprises providing the analytics information is based on the NSA information obtained from the determined NF.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein:

the core network entity comprises a network data analytics function (NWDAF).

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a program code for performing, when executed on a computer constituting a core network entity operating within a control plane of a core network (CN) of a system for mobile operator network, wherein the system comprises an access network (AN), the CN, and a data network (DN), a method for analytics generation comprising:

obtaining network slice association (NSA) information from one or more other network entities, the NSA information indicating a relation between an access network property and a mobile operator core network property; and

providing analytics information, the analytics information being based on the obtained NSA information,

wherein the NSA information comprises at least one information combination taken from the group consisting of:

a first combination comprising a cell related to a tracking area (TA), an access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) or allowed network slice instances (NSIs),

one or more restricted S-NSSAIs or restricted NSI(s), and

one or more network functions (NFs), wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) per public land mobile network (PLMN),

one or more allowed NSI(s) per PLMN,

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN, and

one or more restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

a second combination comprising a TA related to a list of cells, a supported access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s),

one or more allowed NSI(s), and

one or more NFs, wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) for each related NF, and

one or more allowed NSI(s) for each related NF;

a third combination comprising a TA related to a list of cells, a supported access type, and at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) or restricted NSI(s) per PLMN,

one or more NFs, wherein for each NF, the NF is further related to at least one of the group consisting of:

one or more restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN, and

one or more restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

a fourth combination comprising a NF related to a TA, wherein the TA is further related to:

one or more cells,

one or more access types, and

one or more allowed S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN or allowed NSI(s) per PLMN; and

a fifth combination comprising a NF related to a TA, wherein the TA is further related to:

one or more cells,

one or more access types, and

one or more related restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN or restricted NSI(s) per PLMN;

wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

sending a plurality of requests or subscribing to a plurality of NFs; and

obtaining the NSA information from the plurality of NFs in response to the plurality of requests or subscribing to the plurality of NFs;

wherein the method further comprises aggregating the NSA information obtained from the plurality of NFs; and

wherein the providing analytics information comprises providing the analytics information based on the aggregated NSA information.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

obtaining the NSA information according to a configuration from a management plane entity.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the obtaining NSA information comprises:

sending a request or subscribe to a determined network function (NF);

obtaining the NSA information from the determined NF in response to the request or according to the subscription; and

wherein the providing analytics information comprises providing the analytics information is based on the NSA information obtained from the determined NF.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein:

the core network entity comprises a network data analytics function (NWDAF).

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