Methods and procedures for providing an IEEE 802.11 based radio network information service for ETSI MEC
A request for multi-domain network information may be transmitted, by a STA, to an ME app. In response to the request, multi-domain network information corresponding to a plurality of WLANs may be received, by the STA. The response to the request may be received from a MEC service, of the ME app which runs on an MEP. In an embodiment, the ME app may be configured to obtain the multi-domain network information from an RNIS. In an embodiment, the STA may be associated with an AP controlled by a WiFi controller which is configured to collect measurement information of the plurality of WLANs and provide the measurement information to the MEP. Any one or more of the MEP, ME app or ME service may be configured to order the request and response with other requests and responses of one or more other STAs or ME apps.
1 . A method, performed by a mobile edge computing (MEC) application (APP) (MEC APP), comprising:
transmitting, via a MEC Radio Network Information Service (RNIS) interface, to a wireless local area network (WLAN) information service, a first message indicating a request for a WLAN-specific configuration of a WLAN information service measurement, the configuration defining WLAN measurement parameters including at least a channel number to scan;
in response to the first message, receiving, from the WLAN information service, an OK message that includes the WLAN-specific measurement configuration corresponding to the requested configuration of the WLAN information service measurement;
transmitting, to the WLAN information service, a request for an access point (AP) information (APinfo); and
in response to the request for the APinfo, receiving, from the WLAN information service, APinfo related to the configuration of the WLAN information service measurement.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the APinfo comprises channel load information corresponding to one or more APs.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the WLAN information service, information corresponding to other STAs.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the WLAN information service, mobility information concerning end users associated with an IEEE 802.11 network.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the WLAN information service, information on available access points for handover of a station (STA).
6 . A device, comprising a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, a storage unit, configured with a mobile edge computing (MEC) application (APP) (MEC APP), and configured to:
transmit, via a MEC Radio Network Information Service (RNIS) interface, to a wireless local area network (WLAN) information service, a first message indicating a request for a WLAN-specific configuration of a WLAN information service measurement, the configuration defining WLAN measurement parameters including at least a channel number to scan;
receive, from the WLAN information service, in response to the first message, an OK message that includes the WLAN-specific measurement configuration corresponding to the requested configuration of the WLAN information service measurement;
transmit, to the WLAN information service, a request for an access point (AP) information (APinfo); and
receive, from the WLAN information service, APinfo related to the configuration of the WLAN information service measurement, in response to the request for APinfo.
7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the APinfo comprises a time stamp.
8 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the APinfo comprises an information element indicating a channel load.
9 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the first message is transmitted in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) message.