WO2021164490A1

WO2021164490A1 - Methods, apparatus and user equipment for wireless communication

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Publication number: WO2021164490A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/073113
Authority: WO
Inventors: Naga Sripavan KOLAR; Chetan pratap singh CHAUHAN
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
Priority date: 2020-02-20
Filing date: 2021-01-21
Publication date: 2021-08-26

Abstract

The present disclosure describes methods, apparatus and user equipment for wireless communication of a first user equipment (UE) with a second UE. A UE establishes a communication with another UE using an available network. In many circumstances, the communication may not be successful, or quality of communication may be poor due to network conditions or several other factors. In some situations, the user equipment may not be using the best available communication settings or preferences for establishing such communication with the other UE. According to some embodiments, the first UE receives an indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE which are transmitted by a second UE to the first UE. On the basis of the indicator information, the first UE determines a feedback information and sends it to the second UE. The first UE also act as a transmitting UE and transmit indicator information comprising its one or more performance related indicators to the second UE for feedback information. The second UE then sends a feedback information to the first UE based on the indicator information from the first UE.

Description

METHODS, APPARATUS AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates generally to communication by a user equipment in a communication network, and more particularly to a user equipment and a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) with another user equipment (UE) .

BACKGROUND

A UE establishes a communication with another UE using an available network. In many circumstances, the communication may not be successful or quality of communication may be poor due to network conditions or several other factors. In some situations, the user equipment may not be using the best available communication settings or preferences for establishing such communication with the other UE.

For example, a UE may initiate a video call with another UE without having sufficient network resources to make a successful video call.

Similarly, in another example, a UE receiving a video call may be using a legacy radio access technology (RAT) and may not have the best communication settings to make a successful video call or may be using a less advanced RAT, for example may be using 3G RAT after finishing a voice call.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure describes various embodiments that relate to methods and apparatus for communication by a UE with another UE in a communication network.

In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a first UE is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving by the first UE a first indicator information, wherein the first indicator information comprises one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE. The first UE determines a feedback information based on the first indicator information and transmits the determined feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving a request to establish a communication by the first UE from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving, by the first UE, a response from the second UE to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving, by the first UE, a response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, and wherein the request to establish the communication with the first UE is further based on the response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the feedback information may comprise one of more of an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the first UE and the second UE, a message to make the precondition for Quality of Service (QoS) optional for the establishing a communication, a message to switch to a different radio access technology (RAT) , and a warning message.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, wherein the one or more performance related indicators may include one or more of: one or more radio signal quality indicators; an information of at least one neighbouring cell; a geographical location of the second UE; one or more codec configurations used for a last communication by the second UE; a success rate of one or more codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time by the second UE; one or more Quality of Service preconditions, and one or more of a packet delay, a packet delay variation, and a packet loss.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the performance related indicators may be prioritized for a new call condition or an ongoing call condition.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving, by the first UE, a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise periodically receiving the first indicator information and transmitting the feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving, by the first UE, a request to establish an agreement from the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising the performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement may be established via a secure channel.

In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a first UE may comprise transmitting by the first UE, a first indicator information, wherein the first indicator information comprises one or more performance related indicators of the first UE to a second UE. In response, the first UE receives a first feedback information from the second UE based on the first indicator information.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving, by the first UE, a second indicator information, wherein the second indicator information comprises one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE. The first UE determines a second feedback information based on the second indicator information and transmits the second feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise transmitting, by the first UE, a request to the second UE to establish communication.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise transmitting, by the first UE, a first response to the first feedback information received by the first UE from the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise transmitting, by the first UE, a first response to the first feedback information received by the first UE to the second UE, and wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the response to the first feedback information.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise receiving, by the first UE, a second response to the second feedback information transmitted by the first UE to the second UE, and wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the second response.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the feedback information may comprise one of more of an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the first UE and the second UE, a message to make the precondition for Quality of Service (QoS) optional for the establishing a communication, a message to switch to a different radio access technology (RAT) , and a warning message.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise transmitting, by the first UE, a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, wherein the one or more performance related indicators may include one or more of: one or more radio signal quality indicators; an information of at least one neighbouring cell; a geographical location of the second UE; one or more codec configurations used for a last communication by the second UE; a success rate of one or more codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time by the second UE; one or more Quality of Service preconditions, and one or more of a packet delay, a packet delay variation, and a packet loss.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise periodically transmitting the first indicator information and receiving the first feedback information.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise periodically transmitting the first indicator information and receiving the first feedback information from the second UE and periodically receiving the second indicator information and transmitting the second feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the performance related indicators may be prioritized for a new call condition or an ongoing call condition.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method may further comprise performing, by the first UE, an attempt to establish an agreement with the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement may be established via a secure channel.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure a user equipment may comprise a processor, a storage memory and a transceiver connected to the processor and the storage memory. The transceiver may be configured to communicate in a wireless communication network and the user equipment may be configured to receive a first indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE, determine a feedback information based on the first indicator information and transmit the feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may be further configured to receive a request to establish a communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may be further configured to receive a response from the second UE to the feedback information transmitted by the UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may be further configured to receive a response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE to the second UE, and wherein the request to establish the communication with the UE is further based on the response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the UE comprises an analytical engine to perform an analysis of the first indicator information, determine the feedback information and transmit the feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to receive a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to receive a request to establish an agreement with the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising the performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement is established via a secure channel.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the analytical engine may comprise one or more of: an Intelligence Subsystem to perform the analysis and determine the feedback information; a receiving unit to receive the first indicator information; a transmitting unit to transmit the feedback information; and a storage entity.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the feedback information may comprise one of more of an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the first UE and the second UE, a message to make the precondition for Quality of Service (QoS) optional for the establishing a communication, a message to switch to a different radio access technology (RAT) , and a warning message.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, wherein the one or more performance related indicators may include one or more of: one or more radio signal quality indicators; an information of at least one neighbouring cell; a geographical location of the second UE; one or more codec configurations used for a last communication by the second UE; a success rate of one or more codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time by the second UE; one or more Quality of Service preconditions, and one or more of a packet delay, a packet delay variation, and a packet loss.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the third aspect of the present disclosure, the performance related indicators may be prioritized for a new call condition or an ongoing call condition.

In a fourth aspect of the present disclosure a user equipment may comprise a processor, a storage memory and a transceiver connected to the processor and the storage memory. The transceiver may be configured to communicate in a wireless communication network and the user equipment may be configured to transmit a first indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of the first UE to a second UE, receive a first feedback information based on the first indicator information, from the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the user equipment may further be configured to receive a second indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE, determine a second feedback information based on the second indicator information, and transmit the second feedback information to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to transmit a request to the second UE to establish a communication.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to transmit a first response to the first feedback information received by the UE from the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to transmit a first response to the first feedback information received by the UE to the second UE, and wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the response to the first feedback information.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to receive a second response to the second feedback information transmitted by the UE to the second UE, and wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the second response.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to transmit a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication to the second UE.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may further be configured to perform an attempt to establish an agreement with the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement is established via a secure channel.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the UE may comprise an analytical engine to transmit the first indicator information, receive the first feedback information, receive the second indicator information, perform an analysis of the second indicator information, determine the second feedback information and transmit the second feedback information.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the analytical engine may comprise one or more of: an Intelligence Subsystem to perform the analysis and determine the feedback information; a receiving unit to receive the first indicator information; a transmitting unit to transmit the feedback information; and a storage entity.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the feedback information may comprise one of more of an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the first UE and the second UE, a message to make the precondition for Quality of Service (QoS) optional for the establishing a communication, a message to switch to a different radio access technology (RAT) , and a warning message.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, wherein the one or more performance related indicators may include one or more of: one or more radio signal quality indicators; an information of at least one neighbouring cell; a geographical location of the second UE; one or more codec configurations used for a last communication by the second UE; a success rate of one or more codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time by the second UE; one or more Quality of Service preconditions, and one or more of a packet delay, a packet delay variation, and a packet loss.

According to an embodiment in conjunction to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the performance related indicators may be prioritized for a new call condition or an ongoing call condition.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included in order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure and the related art. The drawings included herein provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of the present disclosure. It is appreciable that the drawings illustrate implementations of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It is apparent that the drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, a person having ordinary skill in this field can obtain other figures according to these figures without paying the premise.

Figure 1 is a diagram of a user equipment in wireless communication with another user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 2 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a receiving user equipment.

Figure 3 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a receiving user equipment.

Figure 4 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a receiving user equipment.

Figure 5 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a receiving user equipment.

Figure 6 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a receiving user equipment.

Figure 7 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a transmitting user equipment.

Figure 8 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a transmitting user equipment.

Figure 9 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a transmitting user equipment.

Figure 10 is a flowchart of method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, from the aspect of a method of wireless communication of a transmitting user equipment.

Figure 11 illustrates another diagram of a user equipment in wireless communication with another user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 12 illustrates a block diagram of an Analytical engine 1200 in a user equipment.

Reference Numeral Description

102 Transmitting user equipment

104 Receiving user equipment

106 First indicator information

108 Transmission of first indicator information

110 Second indicator information

112 Transmission of second indicator information

114 Request to establish, re-establish or re-negotiate a communication

116 Second feedback information

118 First feedback information

122 Analysis of second indicator information

124 Analysis of first indicator information

126 Transmitting Second feedback information

128 Transmitting First feedback information

130 Response to the first feedback information

132 Response to the second feedback information

1102 Storage memory of second UE

1104 Storage memory of first UE

1106 Processor of second UE

1108 Processor of first UE

1110 Transceiver of second UE

1112 Transceiver of first UE

1114 Display of second UE

1116 Display of first UE

1202 Storage entity of second UE

1204 Storage entity of first UE

1206 Intelligence subsystem (ISS) of second UE

1208 Intelligence subsystem (ISS) of first UE

1210 Transmitting-Receiving Unit (TxRx unit) of second UE

1212 Transmitting-Receiving Unit (TxRx unit) of first UE

1218 Transmitting Unit (Tx unit) of second UE

1220 Receiving Unit (Rx unit) of second UE

1230 Transmitting Unit (Tx unit) of first UE

1232 Receiving Unit (Rx unit) of first UE

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Detailed embodiments and implementations of the claimed subject matters are disclosed herein in detail with the technical matters, structural features, achieved objects, and effects with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows. It shall be understood that the disclosed embodiments and implementations are merely illustrative of the claimed subject matters which may be embodied in various forms. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiments and implementations set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments and implementations are provided so that description of the present disclosure is thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art. Specifically, the terminologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for describing the purpose of the certain embodiment, but not to limit the disclosure. In the description below, details of well-known features and techniques may be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the presented embodiments and implementations.

A

user equipment

102, 104 may be any equipment which allows a user access to network services. The

user equipment

102, 104 may include a processor and a storage memory. The

user equipment

102, 104 may be any of various types of computer system devices which are mobile or portable and which perform wireless communication. The

user equipment

102, 104 may be a handheld device, a wireless device, a mobile phone, tablet, computer, laptop, a gaming console, a wearable smart device, an internet-of-things device, a hotspot, a router, PDAs, portable Internet devices, music players, data storage devices, etc., or any other device with wireless communication capabilities. In general, the term user equipment can be broadly defined to encompass any electronic, computing, and/or telecommunications device, or combination of devices which is easily transported by a user and is capable of allowing wireless communication.

A

base station

134, 136 may be a wireless communication station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a wireless communication. The base station may be a base transceiver station or cell site, and may include hardware that enables wireless communication with the

user equipment

102, 104. It may also enable mobile communication between two

portable user equipment

102, 104, and between a

portable user equipment

102, 104 and a fixed line. The base station may also be equipped to communicate with a network e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider, a telecommunication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN) , and/or the Internet, among various possibilities. Thus, the base station may facilitate communication between the user devices and/or between the user devices and the network. A number of base stations or network access nodes may be included in a wireless communication system, each simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment.

A network may be a mobile communication network or a wireless local area network (WLAN) or a wireless wide area network (WWAN) . It may be a core network of a cellular service provider, a telecommunication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN) , and/or the Internet, among various possibilities. The user equipment may be configurable to communicate, via the wireless network, using multiple available wireless standards.

A wireless communication may include communication between the UE over a network. The wireless communication between UE is facilitated by a base station. The base station may be a base transceiver station or cell site, and may include hardware that enables wireless communication with the UE. The base station is also equipped to communicate with a network e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider, a telecommunication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN) , and/or the Internet, among various possibilities. Thus, the base station may facilitate wireless communication between the UE and/or between the user devices and the network.

The wireless communication technologies, or telecommunication standards may be referred to as radio access technologies (RATs) . RATs may be defined as the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network, such as but not limited to, GSM, UMTS (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA) , LTE, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) , 3GPP2 CDMA2000 (e.g., 1×RTT, 1×EV-DO, HRPD, eHRPD) , Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, 3G or 5G. The UEs may be configured to communicate over the network using any of various radio access technologies (RATs) .

The 3 ^rd Generation (3G) mobile communication technology is a standard and is known as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) , which is developed and maintained by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and includes a radio resource control (RRC) protocol that organizes system information into one of a number of different system information blocks (SIBs) .

The Long-Term Evolution (LTE) RAT is also one such standard for high-speed wireless communication for the UE and data terminals. It is one of the various radio access technologies (RATs) available and is a standard for 4G wireless broadband technology. LTE is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . LTE is designed to support mobile broadband access through improved spectral efficiency, lowered costs, and improved services using OFDMA on the downlink, SC-FDMA on the uplink, and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology. Video over LTE (ViLTE) is a further evolution of LTE, which is a person-to-person video service that leverage the same control protocols and data transmission backbone as Voice over LTE (VoLTE) . ViLTE technology enables users to make ViLTE calls, i.e., phone calls that provide both audio and video communication, using their UE.

A cell may be defined as the communication area or the coverage area of the base station. It may be defined as a geographic area of wireless signal coverage that extends from the base station located within the cell. The base station and the user equipment may be configured to communicate over the transmission medium using any of various radio access technologies (RATs) , also referred to as wireless communication technologies, or telecommunication standards, such as GSM, UMTS (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA) , LTE, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) , 3GPP2 CDMA2000 (e.g., 1×RTT, 1×EV-DO, HRPD, eHRPD) , Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth or 5G etc. Base station operating according to the same or a different cellular communication standards may thus be provided as a network of cells, which may provide continuous or nearly continuous overlapping service to the UE over a wide geographic area via one or more cellular communication standards. Whether idle or actively connected, a UE may be associated with a serving cell in a wireless communication network and be aware of neighbour cells to which the UE can also associate. As a UE moves from a geographical coverage area of one cell to the geographical coverage area of an adjacent cell (termed a neighbouring cell in 3GPP) , in order for any active calls or data sessions to be maintained, a handover procedure is required to be performed. Here, each active call and/or data session is transferred from the serving cell (i.e. the cell from which the UE is coming) to the neighbouring cell (i.e. the cell to which the UE is moving) . For the practical realisation of performing handover procedures, each communication cell is assigned a list of potential target cells, typically referred to as a neighbour list, or neighbour cell list.

Figure 1 illustrates a transmitting user equipment 102 in wireless communication with a receiving user equipment 104 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a receiving UE 104 may be connected to a base station 136 using a RAT and a transmitting UE 102 may be connected to another base station 136 using a RAT. The receiving UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 from a transmitting UE 102 via wireless communication. The first indicator information 106 may include one or more performance related indicators of the transmitting UE 102.

In an embodiment, the performance related indicators may include one or more of numerous indicators and different types of information concerning the UE including radio signal quality (radio signal quality indicator) , neighbouring cells, geographical location, codec configurations used for previous communication, Quality of Service (QoS) preconditions, codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time. The radio signal quality indicators may also include one or more of Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) , Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) , Radio Link Quality (RLQ) , Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) , and Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) . The performance related indicators that may change or may become available during an ongoing communication may also be exchanged between the receiving UE 104 and the transmitting UE 102 during such communication and performance related indicators may also include information on one or more of packet delay, packet delay variation, packet loss, Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) , Signal to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) . Additional performance related indicators or a changed value of performance related indicators may be made available to the receiving UE at any point in time during the communication.

The receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and determine a feedback information 118 based on such analysis for the transmitting UE 102. The receiving UE 104 may transmit 128 such feedback information to the transmitting UE 102.

In an exemplary embodiment, a receiving UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 including information on 3G Radio Access Technology (RAT) being the RAT in use by a transmitting UE 102 for a call with the first UE, and information on neighbouring cells of the second UE. On receipt of the first indicator information 106, the receiving UE 104 may analyse 124 the first indicator information 106 and determine a feedback information 118 to the transmitting UE 102 to suggest that a neighbouring LTE cell of the transmitting UE 102 is more suitable for establishing the video call. The receiving UE 104 may transmit 128 such feedback information to the transmitting UE 102.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a transmitting UE 102 may transmit 108 a first indicator information 106 to a receiving UE 104. The first indicator information 106 may include one or more performance related indicators of the transmitting UE 102. The transmitting UE 102 may further receive a first feedback information 118 from the receiving UE 104 and such first feedback information 118 may be based on an analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 by the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the transmitting UE 102 may receive a second indicator information 110 from the receiving UE 104. The second indicator information 110 transmitted 112 by the receiving UE 104 may include one or more performance related indicators of the receiving UE 104. The transmitting UE 102 may analyse 122 the second indicator information and determine a second feedback information 116 based on such analysis 122. The transmitting UE 102 may transmit 126 such second feedback information 116 to the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the receiving UE 104 may receive a request to establish communication 114 from the transmitting UE 102 in response to the feedback information 118 transmitted by the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the receiving UE 104 may also receive a response 130 from the transmitting UE 102 to the feedback information 118 transmitted by the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the transmitting UE 102 may also receive a second response 132 from the receiving UE 104 to the second feedback information 116 transmitted 126 by the transmitting UE.

In an exemplary embodiment, on receiving the feedback information 118 that instead of the current cell serving the transmitting UE 102 using 3G RAT, a neighbouring LTE cell of the transmitting UE 102 is more suitable for establishing a video call, the transmitting UE 102 may switch to the neighbouring LTE cell on the basis of such feedback information and send a request to establish the video call, using LTE RAT, with the receiving UE 104. The transmitting UE 102 may also send a response 130 to the receiving UE 104 to inform that it shall switch to the neighbouring LTE cell and attempt a video call.

In another embodiment, the request to establish communication 114 may also be based on the first and/or

second response

130, 132 to the first and /or

second feedback information

118, 116.

In another embodiment, the

feedback information

118, 116 may include an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the receiving UE 104 and the transmitting UE 102. The preferred settings may relate to RAT selection, cell selection, codec configurations, preferred call mode such as video or audio call or any other communication settings.

In another embodiment, the receiving UE 104 may receive a request to re-establish or re-negotiate a communication 114 from the transmitting UE 102 after exchange of the

feedback information

116, 118.

In another embodiment, the first indicator information 106 may be received periodically and feedback information 118 may be transmitted periodically to the transmitting UE 102. In another embodiment, the second indicator information 110 may be transmitted 112 periodically and feedback information 116 may be received periodically by the receiving UE 104. The periodic receipt of indicator information, analysis and transmission may be configured to occur over equal intervals of time during an ongoing communication.

In another embodiment, the performance related indicators may be prioritized according to one or more conditions for the analysis.

In an embodiment, in the case of an ongoing call between the receiving UE 104 and the transmitting UE 102 the performance related indicators -a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) , a Signal to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) , a packet delay, a packet delay variation, a packet loss, a Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) , a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) , may be prioritized for the ongoing call condition.

In another embodiment, in the case of a new call between the receiving UE 104 and the transmitting UE 102 the performance related indicators -a Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) ; a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) , Quality of Service (QoS) preconditions, an information of at least one neighbouring cell, a success rate of codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time, and a geographical location of the UE, may be prioritized for the new call condition.

In another embodiment, the receiving UE 104 may be a participant in a conference call and the transmitting UE 102 may be a host of the conference call or vice versa.

In one example, the transmitting UE 102 may initiate a pre-communication request for a video call using a 3G Radio Access Technology (RAT) with a receiving UE 104 and the receiving UE 104 may respond to such pre-communication request by establishing an agreement with the transmitting UE. The transmitting UE 102 may then transmit a first indicator information 106 including information on 3G RAT being the RAT to be used by the transmitting UE 102 for the call and information on neighbouring cells of the transmitting UE. On receipt of the first indicator information 106, the receiving UE 104 may analyse 124 the first indicator information 106 and generate a feedback information 118 to the transmitting UE 102 to suggest that a neighbouring LTE cell of the transmitting UE 102 is more suitable for the transmitting UE 102 for establishing the video call. The transmitting UE 102 may switch to the neighbouring LTE cell on the basis of such message and attempt to establish the video call with the receiving UE via LTE RAT. The transmitting UE 102 may also send a response to the receiving UE to inform that it shall switch to the neighbouring LTE cell and attempt a video call.

In another example, the transmitting UE 102 may initiate a pre-communication request for establishing a communication with a receiving UE 104 and the receiving UE 104 may respond to such pre-communication request by establishing an agreement with the transmitting UE. The transmitting UE 102 may then transmit a first indicator information 106 to the receiving UE 104 and receive a second indicator information 110 from the receiving UE 104 disclosing Quality of Service preconditions of the receiving UE 104. Upon receipt of the second indicator information 110, the transmitting UE 104 may analyse 122 the second indicator information 106 and generate a feedback information 118 to the receiving UE 104 to remove the Quality of Service preconditions before establishing the communication. The receiving UE 104 may send a response 130 to the receiving UE 104 to inform that it has removed the Quality of Service preconditions and the transmitting UE 102 may attempt to establish the communication on the basis of such response 130.

In another example, during an ongoing call, the transmitting UE 102 may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104 and the performance related indicators may disclose a poor radio condition to the receiving UE 104. The receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and may transmit a feedback information 118 including a warning message to the transmitting UE 102 to inform that the call may drop due to lack of availability of suitable neighbouring cells.

In another example, during an ongoing call, the transmitting UE 102 may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104 and the performance related indicators may disclose a poor radio condition to the receiving UE 104. The receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and may transmit a feedback information 118 to suggest that the transmitting may switch to another LTE cell. The transmitting UE 102 may determine the best suitable LTE cell to continue the call and camp on such cell.

In another example, the transmitting UE 102, in order to establish a 3G video call, may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104. The receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 to conclude that there are no neighbouring LTE cells available to the transmitting UE 102. The receiving UE 104 may transmit a feedback information 118 to suggest that the current cell is not suitable for a video call.

In another example, during an ongoing video call, the transmitting UE 102 using a 4G (VILTE -video over LTE) and the receiving UE 104 may analyse video packet loss. The receiving UE 104 may transmit a feedback information 118 to suggest that the transmitting UE 102 may switch to another LTE cell. The transmitting UE 102 may determine the best suitable LTE cell to continue the call and camp on such cell.

In another example, during an ongoing video call, the transmitting UE 102 using a 4G (VILTE -video over LTE) and the receiving UE 104 may analyse video packet loss. The receiving UE 104 may transmit a feedback information 118 to switch to a voice call.

In another example, during an ongoing video call, the transmitting UE 102 using a 4G (VILTE -video over LTE) and the receiving UE 104 may analyse both video and audio packet loss. The receiving UE 104 may transmit a feedback information 118 informing the loss of video and audio packets and that the call may drop.

In another example, the transmitting UE 102 may be camped on to a particular LTE cell and may transmit the first indicator information 106including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104. The receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 to conclude from previous failures of the cell that the serving cell of the transmitting UE 102 may not be the most suitable cell for the call. The receiving UE 104 may transmit a feedback information 118 to suggest that due to previous failures, the current cell is not the most suitable for the video call. The transmitting UE 102 may search for another LTE cell to camp on and send a first response 130 to the receiving UE 104 informing the same.

In another example, the transmitting UE 102 may initiate a call to the receiving UE 104 and may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104. The transmitting UE 102 may offer preference to codec configurations used for previous successful calls between the transmitting UE 102 and the receiving UE 104.

In another example, previous calls between the transmitting UE 102 and the receiving UE 104 had call failure due to voice inactivity (RTP timeout) where the call was ongoing but voice could not be heard for a long interval of time, which led to call drop. When the transmitting UE 102 initiates a call with the receiving UE 104, the codecs configurations associated with such failures will be the least preferred when the new call is initiated.

In another example, in the case of a conference call or group call involving more than two participants, the host user 104 may receive indicator information from each of the participants 102 comprising the respective performance related indicators of each participant user equipment and may transmit a feedback information to the participants having poor network conditions to suggest that the call may drop.

In another example, the host user may send a feedback information to one of the participants 102 to switch to a neighbouring LTE cell.

In another example, where the host user 104 does not receive video packets from one or more participants, the host user 104 may send a feedback information to downgrade the call to voice only.

In another example, where the host user 104 analyses that the call session may not be established due to precondition failure, the host user may remove the precondition to initiate the call.

In another example, the host user 104 may initiate a call session using most preferred codec configurations based on previous conference calls.

At block 210 a first UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 transmitted by a second UE 102 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the second UE 102.

At block 220 the first UE 104 may determine a feedback information 118. The feedback information 118 determined by the first UE 104 may be based on the analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 transmitted by the second UE 102.

At block 230, the first UE 104 may transmit the determined feedback information 118 to the second UE 102.

At block 310 a first UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 transmitted by a second UE 102 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the second UE 102.

At block 320 the first UE 104 may determine a feedback information 118. The feedback information 118 determined by the first UE 104 may be based on the analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 transmitted by the second UE 102.

At block 330, the first UE 104 may transmit the determined feedback information 118 to the second UE 102.

At block 340, the first UE 104 may receive a request to establish a communication 114 from the second UE 102, which may be sent by the second UE 102 in response to the determined feedback information 118 transmitted by the first UE 104.

At block 410 a first UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 transmitted by a second UE 102 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the second UE 102.

At block 420 the first UE 104 may determine a feedback information 118. The feedback information determined by the first UE 104 may be based on the analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 transmitted by the second UE 102.

At block 430, the first UE 104 may transmit the determined feedback information 118 to the second UE 102.

At block 440, the first UE 104 may receive a response 130 from the second UE 102, which may be sent by the second UE 102 in response to the determined feedback information 118 transmitted by the first UE 104.

At block 510 a first UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 transmitted by a second UE 102 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the second UE 102.

At block 520 the first UE 104 may determine a feedback information 118. The feedback information determined by the first UE 104 may be based on the analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 transmitted by the second UE 102.

At block 530, the first UE 104 may transmit the determined feedback information 118 to the second UE 102.

At block 540, the first UE 104 may receive a request 114 to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication from the second UE 102, which is transmitted by the second UE 102 in response to the determined feedback information 118 sent by the first UE 104.

At block 610, the first UE 104 may receive a request to establish an agreement with the second UE 102 for an exchange of indicator information comprising performance related indicators and a determined feedback information.

At block 620 a first UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 sent by a second UE 102 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the second UE.

At block 630 the first UE 104 may determine a feedback information 118. The feedback information determined by the first UE 104 may be based on the analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 transmitted by the second UE 102.

At block 640, the first UE 104 may transmit the determined feedback information 118 to the second UE 102.

At block 710 a first UE may transmit 102 a first indicator information 106 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the first UE 102 to a second UE 104.

At block 720 the first UE 102 may receive a feedback information 118. The feedback information received by the first UE 102 may be based on an analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 by the second UE 104.

At block 810 a first UE 102 may transmit a first indicator information 106 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the first UE 102 to a second UE 104.

At block 820 the first UE 102 may receive a feedback information 118. The feedback information 118 received by the first UE 102 may be based on an analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 by the second UE 104.

At block 830, first UE 102 may receive a second indicator information 110 comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE 104, which may be transmitted by the second UE 104.

At block 840, first UE 102 may determine a second feedback information 116 based on an analysis 122 of the received second indicator information 110 from the second UE 104.

At block 850, first UE 102 may transmit the determined second feedback information 116 to the second UE 104.

At block 910 a first UE 102 may transmit a first indicator information 106 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the first UE 102 to a second UE 104.

At block 920 the first UE 102 may receive a feedback information 118. The feedback information 118 received by the first UE 102 may be based on an analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 by the second UE 104.

At block 930, the first UE 102 may receive a second indicator information 110 comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE 104, which may be transmitted by the second UE 104.

At block 940, the first UE 102 may determine a second feedback information 116 based on an analysis 122 of the received second indicator information from the second UE 104.

At block 950, the first UE may transmit the determined second feedback information 116 to the second UE 104.

At block 960, the first UE 102 may transmit a request 114 to the second UE 104 to establish a communication.

At block 1010 a first UE 102 may transmit a first indicator information 106 which may comprise one or more performance related indicators of the first UE 102 to a second UE 104.

At block 1020 the first UE 102 may receive a feedback information 118. The feedback information 118 received by the first UE 102 may be based on an analysis 124 of the first indicator information 106 by the second UE 104.

At block 1030, the first UE 102 may receive a second indicator information 110 comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE 104, which may be transmitted by the second UE 104.

At block 1040, the first UE 102 may determine a second feedback information 116 based on an analysis 122 of the received second indicator information from the second UE 104.

At block 1050, the first UE may transmit the determined second feedback information 116 to the second UE 104.

At block 1060, the first UE 102 may transmit a first response 130 to the first feedback information 118 transmitted by the second UE 104 to the first UE 102.

At block 1070, the first UE 102 may receive a second response 132 to the second feedback information 116 transmitted by the first UE 102 to the second UE 104.

The

user equipment

102, 104 may include a

processor

1106, 1108 which may include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units (CPUs) , application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems on a chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure.

The

user equipment

102, 104 may include a

Storage entity

1202, 1204 which may include a storage database to hold the indicator information including performance related indicators and history of media configurations of previously established calls between first UE and second UE. Storage memory, 1102, 1104 may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media may comprise a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of the aforementioned types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer.

The

user equipment

102, 104 may include a receiver, a transmitter and other components and circuitry for communication with the

base station

134, 136 over a wireless network. Alternatively, it may include a

transceiver

1110, 1112. The transceiver is transmitter assembled with a receiver. It is capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving indicator information over a network. In some embodiments, the

processor

1106, 1108 and the

transceiver

1110, 1112 may be included in an integrated circuit device, while in other embodiments, the

processor

1106, 1108 and the

transceiver

1110, 1112 may be separate.

The user equipment may have a

display

1114, 1116 including a user interface which may be a virtual keypad or any other means through which a user may input information into the

user equipment

102, 104. The

display

1114, 1116 may also serve the purpose of providing output to the user. The

display

1114, 1116 may also include, or be integrated with a touch screen or touch-sensitive overlay for receiving touch input from the user.

Figure 12 illustrates a block diagram of an Analytical engine 1200 in a UE.

In an embodiment, the UE may be configured to include an Analytical engine 1100 to analyse the received performance related indicators. The Analytical engine may determine the feedback information after analysing the performance related indicators. In addition, the analytical engine may transmit the feedback information to the UE sharing the performance related indicators.

The UE may be configured to include a processor, a storage memory and a transceiver to provide the analytical engine including an Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206, 1208, coupled to a

storage entity

1202, 1204 and a transmitting-receiving unit (TxRx unit) 1210, 1212.

The transmitting-receiving unit (TxRx unit) 1210, 1212 may include a transmitting unit 1218, 1230 to transmit an indicator information, feedback information or response and a

receiving unit

1220, 1232 to receive an indicator information, feedback information or response. The transmitting-receiving unit (TxRx unit) 1210, 1212 may enable transmission/receipt of an indicator information, feedback information or response to improve a communication.

Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206, 1208 may analyze one or more performance related indicators and determine feedback information such as optimum conditions for establishing communication between the receiving UE 104 and the transmitting UE 102.

In an embodiment, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206, 1208 may select one or more of numerous indicators and different types of information concerning the

UE

102, 104 including radio signal quality (radio signal quality indicator) , neighbouring cells, geographical location, codec configurations used for previous communication, Quality of Service (QoS) preconditions, codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time. The radio signal quality indicators may also include one or more of Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) , Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) , Radio Link Quality (RLQ) , Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) , and Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) . The Intelligence subsystems (ISS) 1206, 1208 may also exchange performance related indicators and different types of information concerning the UE that may change or may become available during an ongoing communication between the Intelligence subsystems (ISS) 1206, 1208 of the receiving UE 104 and the transmitting UE 102. The performance related indicators may also include information on one or more of packet delay, packet delay variation, packet loss, Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) , Signal to Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) . Additional performance related indicators or a changed value of performance related indicators may be made available to the receiving UE at any point in time during the communication.

In an embodiment, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206, 1208 may prioritize performance related Indicators based on the conditions. For example, for a call in session, packet loss rate and a packet delay variation along with signal strength may be prioritized.

The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and determine a feedback information 118 based on such analysis for the transmitting UE 102. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1212 of receiving UE 104 may transmit 128 such feedback information to the transmitting UE 102.

In an embodiment, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and determine a feedback information based on such analysis for the transmitting UE 102. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may transmit 128 such feedback information to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1220 of the transmitting UE 102.

In an exemplary embodiment, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of a receiving UE 104 may receive a first indicator information 106 including information on 3G Radio Access Technology (RAT) being the RAT in use by a transmitting UE 102 for a call with the first UE, and information on neighbouring cells of the second UE. Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 on receipt of the first indicator information 106, may analyse 124 the first indicator information 106 and determine the feedback information 118 for the transmitting UE 102 to suggest that a neighbouring LTE cell of the transmitting UE 102 is more suitable for establishing the video call. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may transmit 128 such feedback information to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1220 of the transmitting UE 102.

In another embodiment, the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 may receive a request to establish communication 114 from the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 in response to the feedback information 118 transmitted by the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 may also receive a response 130 from the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 to the feedback information 118 transmitted by the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104.

In an exemplary embodiment, on receiving the feedback information 118 that instead of the current cell serving the transmitting UE 102 using 3G RAT, a neighbouring LTE cell of the transmitting UE 102 is more suitable for establishing a video call, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may switch to the neighbouring LTE cell on the basis of such feedback information and the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1210 may send a request to establish the video call, using LTE RAT, with the first UE. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may also send a response 130 to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 to inform that it shall switch to the neighbouring LTE cell and attempt a video call.

In another embodiment, the request to establish communication 114 may also be based on the response 130 to the feedback information 118 transmitted by the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the feedback information 118 may include an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 and the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102. The preferred settings may relate to RAT selection, cell selection, codec configurations, preferred call mode such as video or audio call or any other communication settings.

In another embodiment, the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 may receive a request to re-establish or re-negotiate a communication 114 from the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 in response to the feedback information 118 transmitted by the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the first indicator information 106 may be received by the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 periodically and feedback information 118 may be transmitted by the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1212 periodically to the transmitting UE 102. The periodic receipt of indicator information, analysis and transmission may be configured to occur over equal intervals of time during an ongoing communication.

In another embodiment, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) may prioritize the performance related indicators according to one or more conditions for the analysis.

In another embodiment, the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of a transmitting UE 102 may transmit a first indicator information 106 to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1212 of the receiving UE 104. The first indicator information 106 may include one or more performance related indicators of the transmitting UE 102. The Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1220 of the transmitting UE 102 may receive a first feedback information 118 based on an analysis 124 of the transmitted first indicator information 106, from the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1212 of the receiving UE 104.

In another embodiment, the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1220 of a transmitting UE 102 may also receive a second indicator information 110 from the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) of the receiving UE 104. The second indicator information 110 may include one or more performance related indicators of the receiving UE 104. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may analyse the received second indicator information 110 to determine a second feedback information 116 and the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may transmit the second feedback information 116 to the receiving UE 104.

In one example, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may initiate a pre-communication request for a video call using a 3G Radio Access Technology (RAT) with a receiving UE 104 and the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 may respond to such pre-communication request by establishing an agreement with the transmitting UE 102. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may then transmit a first indicator information 106 including information on 3G RAT being the RAT to be used by the transmitting UE 102 for the call and information on neighbouring cells of the transmitting UE. On receipt of the first indicator information 106, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse 124 the first indicator information 106 and generate the feedback information 118 to the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 to suggest that a neighbouring LTE cell of the transmitting UE 102 is more suitable for the transmitting UE 102 for establishing the video call. The transmitting UE 102 may switch to the neighbouring LTE cell on the basis of such message and attempt to establish the video call with the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 via LTE RAT. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may also send a response to the receiving UE 104 to inform that it shall switch to the neighbouring LTE cell and attempt a video call.

In another example, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may initiate a pre-communication request for establishing a communication with a receiving UE 104 and the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 may respond to such pre-communication request by establishing an agreement with the transmitting UE. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may then transmit a first indicator information 106 to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 and receive a second indicator information 110 from the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 disclosing Quality of Service preconditions of the receiving UE 104. Upon receipt of the second indicator information 110, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the transmitting UE 104 may analyse 122 the second indicator information 106 and generate the feedback information 118 to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 to remove the Quality of Service preconditions before establishing the communication. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may send a response 130 to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 to inform that it has removed the Quality of Service preconditions and the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may attempt to establish the communication on the basis of such response 130.

In another example, during an ongoing call, the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 and the performance related indicators may disclose a poor radio condition to the receiving UE 104. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and may transmit the feedback information 118 including a warning message to the transmitting UE 102 to inform that the call may drop due to lack of availability of suitable neighbouring cells.

In another example, during an ongoing call, the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102 may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the Receiving unit (Rx unit) 1232 of the receiving UE 104 and the performance related indicators may disclose a poor radio condition to the receiving UE 104. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 and may transmit the feedback information 118 to suggest that the transmitting UE 102 may switch to another LTE cell. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may determine the best suitable LTE cell to continue the call and camp on such cell.

In another example, the Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1218 of the transmitting UE 102, in order to establish a 3G video call, may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 to conclude that there are no neighbouring LTE cells available to the transmitting UE 102. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may transmit the feedback information 118 to suggest that the current cell is not suitable for a video call.

In another example, during an ongoing video call, the Intelligence subsystems (ISS) 1206, 1208 of the transmitting UE 102 using a 4G (VOLTE -video over LTE) and the receiving UE 104 may analyse video packet loss. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may transmit the feedback information 118 to suggest that the transmitting UE 102 may switch to another LTE cell. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may determine the best suitable LTE cell to continue the call and camp on such cell.

In another example, during an ongoing video call, the Intelligence subsystems (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 using a 4G (VILTE -video over LTE) and the receiving UE 104 may analyse video packet loss. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may transmit the feedback information 118 to switch to a voice call.

In another example, during an ongoing video call, the Intelligence subsystems (ISS) 1206, 1208 of the transmitting UE 102 using a 4G (VILTE -video over LTE) and the receiving UE 104 may analyse both video and audio packet loss. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) of the receiving UE 104 may transmit the feedback information 118 informing the loss of video and audio packets and that the call may drop.

In another example, the transmitting UE 102 may be camped on to a particular LTE cell and may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1208 of the receiving UE 104 may analyse the received first indicator information 106 to conclude from previous failures of the cell that the serving cell of the transmitting UE 102 may not be the most suitable cell for the call. The Transmitting unit (Tx unit) 1230 of the receiving UE 104 may transmit the feedback information 118 to suggest that due to previous failures, the current cell is not the most suitable for the video call. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may search for another LTE cell to camp on and send a first response 130 to the receiving UE 104 informing the same.

In another example, the Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may initiate a call to the receiving UE 104 and may transmit the first indicator information 106 including performance related indicators to the receiving UE 104. The Intelligence subsystem (ISS) 1206 of the transmitting UE 102 may offer preference to codec configurations used for previous successful calls between the transmitting UE 102 and the receiving UE 104.

Claims

A method of wireless communication of a first user equipment (UE) , comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a first indicator information, wherein the first indicator information comprises one or more performance related indicators of a second UE ;

determining, by the first UE, a feedback information based on the first indicator information;

transmitting, by the first UE, the feedback information to the second UE.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a request to establish a communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a response from the second UE to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE.
The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE to the second UE; and wherein the request to establish the communication with the first UE is further based on the response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE to the second UE.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the first UE.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

periodically receiving the first indicator information and transmitting the feedback information to the second UE.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a request to establish an agreement from the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising the performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement is established via a secure channel.
A method of wireless communication of a first user equipment (UE) , comprising:

transmitting, by the first UE, a first indicator information, wherein the first indicator information comprises one or more performance related indicators of the first UE to a second UE;

receiving, by the first UE, a first feedback information based on the first indicator information, from the second UE.
The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a second indicator information, wherein the second indicator information comprises one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE;

determining, by the first UE, a second feedback information based on the second indicator information;

transmitting, by the first UE, the second feedback information to the second UE.
The method of claim 8, further comprising:

periodically transmitting the first indicator information and receiving the first feedback information.
The method of claim 9, further comprising:

periodically transmitting the first indicator information and receiving the first feedback information from the second UE;

and periodically receiving the second indicator information and transmitting the second feedback information to the second UE.
The method of claim 8 or 9, further comprising:

transmitting, by the first UE, a request to the second UE to establish a communication.
The method of claim 8 or 9, further comprising:

transmitting, by the first UE, a first response to the first feedback information received by the first UE from the second UE.
The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting, by the first UE, a first response to the first feedback information received by the first UE to the second UE; and

wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the response to the first feedback information.
The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a second response to the second feedback information transmitted by the first UE to the second UE; and

wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the second response.
The method of claim 8 or 9, further comprising:

transmitting, by the first UE, a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication to the second UE.
The method of claim 8 or 9, further comprising:

performing, by the first UE, an attempt to establish an agreement with the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement is established via a secure channel.
The method of claim 1 or 8 or 9, wherein the feedback information comprises one or more of an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the first UE and the second UE, a message to make the precondition for Quality of Service (QoS) optional for establishing a communication, a message to switch to a different radio access technology (RAT) , and a warning message.
The method of claim 1 or 8 or 9, wherein the one or more performance related indicators include one or more of:

one or more radio signal quality indicators;

an information of at least one neighbouring cell;

a geographical location of the second UE;

one or more codec configurations used for a last communication by the second UE;

a success rate of one or more codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time by the second UE;

one or more Quality of Service preconditions, and

one or more of a packet delay, a packet delay variation, and a packet loss.
The method of claim 1 or 8 or 9, wherein the performance related indicators are prioritized for a new call condition or an ongoing call condition.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor;

a storage memory; and

a transceiver connected to the processor and the storage memory, the transceiver configured to communicate in a wireless communication network and the UE configured to:

receive a first indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE;

determine a feedback information based on the first indicator information;

transmit the feedback information to the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 21, further configured to:

receive a request to establish a communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE.
The user equipment of claim 21, further configured to:

receive a response from the second UE to the feedback information transmitted by the UE.
The user equipment of claim 22, further configured to:

receive a response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE to the second UE;

and

wherein the request to establish the communication with the UE is further based on the response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE to the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 21, wherein the UE comprises an analytical engine to perform an analysis of the first indicator information, determine the feedback information and transmit the feedback information to the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 21, further configured to:

receive a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication from the second UE in response to the feedback information transmitted by the UE.
The user equipment of claim 21, further configured to:

receive a request to establish an agreement with the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising the performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement is established via a secure channel.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor;

a storage memory; and

a transceiver connected to the processor and the storage memory, the transceiver configured to communicate in a wireless communication network and the user equipment configured to:

transmit a first indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of the UE to a second UE;

receive a first feedback information based on the first indicator information, from the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 28, further configured to:

receive a second indicator information comprising one or more performance related indicators of a second UE from the second UE;

determine a second feedback information based on the second indicator information;

transmit the second feedback information to the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 28 or 29, further configured to:

transmit a request to the second UE to establish a communication.
The user equipment of claim 28 or 29, further configured to:

transmit a first response to the first feedback information received by the UE from the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 30, further configured to:

transmit a first response to the first feedback information received by the UE to the second UE; and

wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the response to the first feedback information.
The user equipment of claim 32, further configured to:

receive a second response to the second feedback information transmitted by the UE to the second UE; and

wherein the request to establish the communication with the second UE is further based on the second response.
The user equipment of claim 28 or 29, further configured to:

transmit a request to re-establish or re-negotiate an ongoing communication to the second UE.
The user equipment of claim 28 or 29, further configured to:

perform an attempt to establish an agreement with the second UE for an exchange of indicator information comprising performance related indicators and the feedback information, wherein the agreement is established via a secure channel.
The user equipment of claim 29, wherein the UE comprises an analytical engine to transmit the first indicator information, receive the first feedback information, receive the second indicator information, perform an analysis of the second indicator information, determine the second feedback information and transmit the second feedback information.
The user equipment of claim 25 or 36, wherein the analytical engine comprises one or more of:

an Intelligence Subsystem to perform the analysis and determine the feedback information;

a receiving unit to receive the indicator information;

a transmitting unit to transmit the feedback information; and

a storage entity.
The user equipment of claim 21 or 28 or 29, wherein the feedback information comprises one or more of an information of preferred settings for establishing a communication between the first UE and the second UE, a message to make the precondition for Quality of Service (QoS) optional for establishing a communication, a message to switch to a different radio access technology (RAT) , and a warning message.
The user equipment of claim 21 or 28 or 29, wherein the one or more performance related indicators include one or more of:

one or more radio signal quality indicators;

an information of at least one neighbouring cell;

a geographical location of the second UE;

one or more codec configurations used for a last communication by the second UE;

a success rate of one or more codec configurations used for communications established over a period of time by the second UE;one or more Quality of Service preconditions, and

one or more of a packet delay, a packet delay variation, and a packet loss.
The user equipment of claim 21 or 28 or 29, wherein the performance related indicators are prioritized for a new call condition or an ongoing call condition.