CN114071547A

CN114071547A - QoE measurement configuration method, QoE measurement configuration device and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114071547A
Application number: CN202111320249.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李培; 李福昌
Original assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-09
Filing date: 2021-11-09
Publication date: 2022-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-09
Also published as: CN114071547B

Abstract

The application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, a QoE measurement configuration device and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and can simplify the process of network optimization of access network equipment based on a QoE measurement report. The method comprises the following steps: the access network equipment generates first indication information; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the access network equipment sends first indication information to the terminal equipment; the access network equipment receives a QoE measurement report from the terminal equipment; the QoE measurement report includes a measurement result of at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and the measurement result is a non-encapsulated measurement result. The method and the device are used for simplifying the process of network optimization of the access network equipment based on the QoE measurement report.

Description

QoE measurement configuration method, QoE measurement configuration device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a QoE measurement configuration method, apparatus, and storage medium.

Background

Quality of experience (QoE) refers to comprehensive subjective use experience of a user on quality and performance of a service, and an operator can comprehensively evaluate the quality and performance of a video service through a QoE measurement result, so that the operator can optimize a network according to the comprehensive evaluation result.

Currently, in the reporting process of the QoE measurement report, the QoE measurement report is encapsulated in a containerization (container) form, so that the terminal device reports the QoE measurement report after encapsulation. In this case, the access network device cannot directly use the parameters in the QoE measurement report after encapsulation to optimize the network, and the parameters in the QoE measurement report may be acquired only after the QoE measurement report after encapsulation is analyzed, which results in a complex process for the access network device to perform network optimization based on the QoE measurement report.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, a QoE measurement configuration device and a storage medium, which can simplify the process of network optimization of access network equipment based on a QoE measurement report.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, including: the access network equipment generates first indication information; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the access network equipment sends first indication information to the terminal equipment; the access network equipment receives a QoE measurement report from the terminal equipment; the QoE measurement report includes a measurement result of at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and the measurement result is a non-encapsulated measurement result.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: according to the QoE measurement configuration method provided by the application, after the access network equipment generates the first indication information comprising at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, the first indication information is sent to the terminal equipment. The terminal device may generate a QoE measurement report including a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter according to the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and send the QoE measurement report to the access network device. Because the measurement result included in the QoE measurement report is an unencapsulated measurement result, after receiving the QoE measurement report, the access network device can directly optimize the network according to the unencapsulated measurement result in the QoE measurement report without analyzing the QoE measurement report, thereby simplifying the process of performing network optimization on the basis of the QoE measurement report by the access network device.

In one possible implementation manner, the first indication information further includes: service type information; the service type information corresponds to at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the traffic type information also corresponds to a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device corresponds to N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters comprise at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter; n is a positive integer; the first indication information comprises a first field; the first field is used to indicate any one of: measuring each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; measuring M unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; m is a positive integer less than N.

In a possible implementation manner, the first indication information further includes a second field; the second field comprises N bytes, which correspond to the N unpackaged QoE measurement parameters; and under the condition that the ith node value in the second field is a first preset value, the first indication information is used for indicating that the ith unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter in the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters is to be measured.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, including: the terminal equipment receives first indication information from the access network equipment; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the terminal equipment generates a QoE measurement report according to at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the QoE measurement report comprises a measurement result of at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter, and the measurement result is an unpackaged measurement result; and the terminal equipment sends a QoE measurement report to the access network equipment.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration apparatus, including: a communication unit and a processing unit; the processing unit is used for generating first indication information; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the communication unit is used for sending first indication information to the terminal equipment; a communication unit, further configured to receive a QoE measurement report from a terminal device; the QoE measurement report includes a measurement result of at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and the measurement result is a non-encapsulated measurement result.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration apparatus, including: a communication unit and a processing unit; a communication unit, configured to receive first indication information from an access network device; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; a processing unit for generating a QoE measurement report according to at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the QoE measurement report comprises a measurement result of at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter, and the measurement result is an unpackaged measurement result; and the communication unit is further used for sending the QoE measurement report to the access network equipment.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration apparatus, including: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is coupled to a processor for executing a computer program or instructions for implementing the QoE measurement configuration method as described in the first aspect and any possible implementation form of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed on a terminal, cause the terminal to perform a QoE measurement configuration method as described in the first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions that, when run on a QoE measurement configuration apparatus, cause the QoE measurement configuration apparatus to perform a QoE measurement configuration method as described in the first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to execute a computer program or instructions to implement the QoE measurement configuration method as described in the first aspect, any of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the second aspect, and any of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In particular, the chip provided herein further comprises a memory for storing computer programs or instructions.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of signaling-based QoE measurement provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of QoE measurement based on management provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a QoE measurement configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoE measurement configuration apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The QoE measurement configuration method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone.

The terms "first" and "second" and the like in the description and drawings of the present application are used for distinguishing different objects or for distinguishing different processes for the same object, and are not used for describing a specific order of the objects.

Furthermore, the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, as referred to in the description of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements but may alternatively include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Hereinafter, terms related to the embodiments of the present application are explained for the convenience of the reader.

One, QoE measurement

The QoE measurement is to measure the comprehensive subjective use experience of the user on the quality and performance (including the aspects of effectiveness, availability, etc.) of the service, that is, to measure the use experience of the user on the service application, so that the operator can comprehensively evaluate the quality and performance of the service according to the QoE measurement result, so that the operator can know the problem of the service according to the comprehensive evaluation result of the user on the service, and can adaptively adjust the communication network according to the problem of the service.

It should be noted that the QoE measurement includes: second, signaling-based QoE measurement, and third, management-based QoE measurement. The following are detailed below:

second, QoE measurement based on signaling

The signaling-based QoE measurement refers to QoE measurement performed for a specific terminal device, and may be performed in real time.

As shown in fig. 1, the signaling-based QoE measurement procedure includes the following S101 to S108.

S101, an Access (AS) layer of the terminal equipment sends capability information to a radio access network (NG-RAN) in the 5G network. Accordingly, the NG-RAN receives the transmission capability information from the AS layer of the terminal device.

Wherein, the capability information is used for representing the capability of the terminal equipment with QoE measurement.

In a possible implementation manner, the Capability Information may be Capability Information sent by the terminal device to the NG-RAN.

S102, Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) sends QoE measurement configuration information to core network equipment. Accordingly, the core network device receives the configured QoE measurement information from the OAM.

The configured QoE measurement information is used to trigger the core network device to perform QoE measurement configuration, and carries QoE measurement configuration parameters.

In a possible implementation manner, the configured QoE Measurement information may be configuration QoE Measurement information sent by the OAM to the core network device.

It is to be noted that the configured QoE measurement information may include a configured range of QoE measurement and parameter information of required QoE measurement.

It should be noted that, if the NG-RAN determines that the terminal device does not have the capability of QoE measurement according to the capability information, the OAM may also send the configured QoE measurement information to the core network device. That is, in case the NG-RAN determines from the capability information that the terminal device does not have the capability of QoE measurement, S102-S103 will continue to execute, but S104-S108 will not continue to execute.

S103, the core network equipment sends QoE measurement activating information to the NG-RAN. Accordingly, the NG-RAN receives active QoE measurement information from the core network device.

Wherein, the active QoE measurement information includes QoE measurement configuration parameters.

In a possible implementation manner, the QoE Measurement activation information may be active QoE Measurement information sent by the core network device to the NG-RAN.

It should be noted that, after receiving the configured QoE measurement information from the OAM, the core network device generates the active QoE measurement information according to the configured QoE measurement information.

And S104, the NG-RAN sends the radio resource control information to the AS layer of the terminal equipment. Accordingly, the AS layer of the terminal device receives radio resource control information from the NG-RAN.

The radio resource control information includes QoE measurement configuration parameters.

It should be noted that the radio resource control information is transmitted from the NG-RAN to the terminal device in the form of radio resource control signaling.

In one possible implementation, the radio resource control information may be RRC Message information sent by the NG-RAN to an access stratum of the terminal device.

S105, the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends a mobile terminal command to an Application (APP) layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the terminal device APP layer receives the mobile terminal command from the AS layer of the terminal device.

And the mobile terminal command comprises QoE measurement configuration parameters.

In a possible implementation manner, the mobile terminal command may be an Access terminal command.

S106, the terminal device APP layer sends a mobile terminal command to the terminal device AS layer. Correspondingly, the AS layer of the terminal equipment receives the mobile terminal command from the APP layer of the terminal equipment.

And the mobile terminal command is used for indicating the APP layer of the terminal equipment to report the QoE measurement report to the AS layer of the terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, the configured QoE measurement information may be Access terminal command.

It should be noted that, after receiving a mobile terminal command including a QoE measurement configuration parameter sent by an AS layer of a terminal device, an APP layer of the terminal device performs QoE measurement according to the QoE measurement configuration parameter, and generates a QoE measurement report.

S107, the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends the radio resource control information to the NG-RAN. Accordingly, the NG-RAN receives radio resource control information from the AS layer of the terminal device.

The radio resource control information includes a QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the radio resource control information may be RRC Message information sent by the AS layer of the terminal device to the NG-RAN.

S108, NG-RAN transmits QoE measurement report to Terminal Control Element (TCE)/media access control element (MCE). Accordingly, the TCE/MCE receives QoE measurement reports from the NG-RAN.

In one possible implementation, the configured QoE measurement information may be a QoE Report sent by the NG-RAN to the TCE/MCE.

The procedure of QoE measurement based on signaling is explained in detail above. Hereinafter, the QoE measurement by management will be described in detail.

Third, QoE measurement based on management

The management-based QoE measurement refers to QoE measurement performed for all terminal devices connected to a specific NG-RAN, and the management-based QoE measurement is mostly used for a post-processing phase (i.e., a next phase performed after a pre-processing phase is completed).

As shown in fig. 2, the management-based QoE measurement flow includes the following S201 to S207.

S201, the AS layer of the terminal device sends the capability information to the NG-RAN. Accordingly, the NG-RAN receives the transmission capability information from the AS layer of the terminal device.

It should be noted that S201 is similar to S101 described above, and can be understood with reference to S101 described above, and is not described here again.

S202, OAM sends the active QoE measurement information to the NG-RAN. Accordingly, the NG-RAN receives the active QoE measurement information from the OAM.

And activating the QoE measurement information to carry QoE measurement configuration parameters.

In one possible implementation, the active QoE Measurement information may be active QoE Measurement information sent by the OAM to the NG-RAN.

S202 differs from S102 in that: s201 can directly send the information for activating QoE measurement to NG-RAN by OAM; in S102, OAM needs to send the configured QoE measurement information to the core network device, and then the core network device generates the active QoE measurement information according to the configured QoE measurement information, and sends the active QoE measurement information to the NG-RAN. Since the QoE measurement based on management does not require the core network device to relay information, the active QoE measurement information can be directly sent to the NG-RAN by OAM.

S203, the NG-RAN sends the radio resource control information to the AS layer of the terminal equipment. Accordingly, the AS layer of the terminal device receives radio resource control information from the NG-RAN.

It should be noted that S203 is similar to S104 described above, and can be understood with reference to S104 described above, which is not described herein again.

And S204, the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends a mobile terminal command to the APP layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the terminal device APP layer receives the mobile terminal command from the AS layer of the terminal device.

It should be noted that S204 is similar to S105 described above, and can be understood with reference to S105 described above, which is not described herein again.

S205, the terminal device APP layer sends a mobile terminal command to the terminal device AS layer. Correspondingly, the AS layer of the terminal equipment receives the mobile terminal command from the APP layer of the terminal equipment.

It should be noted that S205 is similar to S106 described above, and can be understood with reference to S106 described above, which is not described herein again.

S206, the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends the radio resource control information to the NG-RAN. Accordingly, the NG-RAN receives radio resource control information from the AS layer of the terminal device.

It should be noted that S206 is similar to S107 described above, and can be understood with reference to S107 described above, and is not described here again.

S207, the NG-RAN sends a QoE measurement report to the TCE/MCE. Accordingly, the TCE/MCE receives QoE measurement reports from the NG-RAN.

It should be noted that S207 is similar to S108 described above, and can be understood with reference to S108 described above, and is not described here again.

The above is a brief introduction to some of the concepts involved in the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication system 30 includes: at least one access network device 301, and at least one terminal device 302. The communication system shown in fig. 3 includes an access network device 301 and a terminal device 302 as an example.

It should be noted that fig. 3 is only an exemplary framework diagram, the number of nodes included in fig. 3 is not limited, and other nodes may be included besides the functional nodes shown in fig. 3, such as: core network devices, gateway devices, application servers, OAM, etc., without limitation.

The access network device 301 is mainly used to implement the functions of resource scheduling, radio resource management, radio access control, and the like of the terminal device 302. Specifically, the access network device 301 may be any one of a small base station, a wireless access point, a transmission point (TRP), a Transmission Point (TP), and some other access node.

The terminal device 302 may be a terminal (terminal equipment) or a User Equipment (UE) or a Mobile Station (MS) or a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc. Specifically, the terminal device 302 may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer or a computer with a wireless transceiving function, and may also be a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in a smart city (smart city), a smart home, a vehicle-mounted terminal, and the like. In this embodiment of the application, the apparatus for implementing the function of the terminal device 302 may be the terminal device 302, or may be an apparatus capable of supporting the terminal device 302 to implement the function, for example, a chip system.

It should be noted that the terminal device 302 may be connected with the access network device 301 through a wireless link and a wireless link.

Illustratively, the end device 302 may be in wired communication with the access network device 301 via an optical cable. The terminal device 302 may also communicate wirelessly with the access network device 301 over a radio bearer.

In addition, the communication system described in the embodiment of the present application is for more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation to the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, and it is known by a person of ordinary skill in the art that the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems with the evolution of network architecture and the appearance of new communication systems.

Currently, in the reporting process of the QoE measurement report, the QoE measurement report is encapsulated in a containerization (container) form, so that the terminal device reports the QoE measurement report after encapsulation. In this case, the access network device cannot directly use the parameters in the QoE measurement report after encapsulation to optimize the network, and the parameters in the QoE measurement report after encapsulation need to be analyzed before being acquired, which results in a complex process of network optimization performed by the access network device based on the QoE measurement report.

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, an embodiment of the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, which can simplify a process of network optimization performed by an access network device based on a QoE measurement report. As shown in fig. 4, the method includes:

s401, the access network equipment generates first indication information.

Wherein, the first indication information includes at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter.

It should be noted that the unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters are parameters that can be directly identified by the terminal device and the access network device.

In a possible implementation manner, the first indication information further includes: service type information. The traffic type information corresponds to at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter. The traffic type information also corresponds to a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter.

Example 1, the service type information included in the first indication information is streaming service (streaming service) or Virtual Reality (VR) service. In this case, the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter may include at least one of: average throughput (average throughput), buffer level (buffer level), playlist (play list).

Example 2, the service type information included in the first indication information is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS). In this case, the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter may include at least one of: error duration (repetition duration), jitter duration (jitter duration), buffering duration (buffering duration), initial buffering duration (initial buffering duration), content access/switch time (content access/switch time).

Example 3, the service type information included in the first indication information is a multi-thread synchronous call (MTSI) service. In this case, the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter may include at least one of: error duration (repetition duration), jitter duration (jitter duration), and bound-trip time (round-trip time).

S402, the access network equipment sends first indication information to the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the terminal equipment receives the first indication information from the access network equipment.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation process of S402 is as follows: and the access network equipment sends the first indication information to the AS layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the AS layer of the terminal equipment receives the first indication information from the access network equipment. And the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends the first indication information to the APP layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the APP layer of the terminal equipment receives the first indication information from the AS layer of the terminal equipment.

And S403, the terminal equipment generates a QoE measurement report according to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter.

Wherein the QoE measurement report comprises the measurement result of at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter. The measurement results are unpackaged measurement results.

It should be noted that the unencapsulated measurement result is a measurement result that can be directly identified by the terminal device and the access network device.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S403 is as follows: after receiving the first indication information sent by the AS layer of the terminal device, the APP layer of the terminal device determines a measurement result of at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter according to the at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and then generates a QoE measurement report according to the measurement result of the at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter.

And S404, the terminal equipment sends a QoE measurement report to the access network equipment. Accordingly, the access network device receives the QoE measurement report from the terminal device.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S404 is as follows: after the APP layer of the terminal device generates a QoE measurement report according to at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter, the APP layer of the terminal device sends the QoE measurement report to the AS layer of the terminal device. Correspondingly, the AS layer of the terminal equipment receives the QoE measurement report from the APP layer of the terminal equipment. And the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends a QoE measurement report to the access network equipment. Accordingly, the access network device receives the QoE measurement report from the AS layer of the terminal device.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, after an access network device generates first indication information comprising at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter, the first indication information is sent to a terminal device. The terminal device may generate a QoE measurement report including a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter according to the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and send the QoE measurement report to the access network device. Because the measurement result included in the QoE measurement report is an unencapsulated measurement result, after receiving the QoE measurement report, the access network device can directly optimize the network according to the unencapsulated measurement result in the QoE measurement report without analyzing the QoE measurement report, thereby simplifying the process of performing network optimization on the basis of the QoE measurement report by the access network device.

In a possible implementation manner, when the terminal device corresponds to N non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameters, and the N non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameters include at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, the first indication information may further include a first field. N is a positive integer.

Wherein the first field is used to indicate any one of: measuring each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; m of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters are measured. M is a positive integer less than N.

It should be noted that, when the first field is used to instruct to measure each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters, at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter included in the first instruction information is all unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters corresponding to the service type.

In connection with example 1, where the first field is for indicating measurement of each of N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters, the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter comprises: average throughput (average throughput), buffer level (buffer level), playlist (play list).

In connection with example 2, where the first field is for indicating that each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters is to be measured, the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter comprises: error duration (repetition duration), jitter duration (jitter duration), buffering duration (buffering duration), initial buffering duration (initial buffering duration), content access/switch time (content access/switch time).

In connection with example 3, where the first field is to indicate that each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters is to be measured, the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter comprises: error duration (repetition duration), jitter duration (jitter duration), and bound-trip time (round-trip time).

It should be noted that, when the first field is used to instruct to measure M of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters, at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter included in the first instruction information is a part of unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters corresponding to the service type.

Note that the first field may be 0. In this case, the first field is used to indicate that each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters is measured.

The first field may also be 1. In this case, the first field is used to indicate that M of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters are measured.

In a possible implementation manner, when the first indication information further includes a second field, the second field includes N bytes, and the N bytes correspond to N unpackaged QoE measurement parameters.

And under the condition that the ith node value in the second field is a first preset value, the first indication information is used for indicating that the ith unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter in the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters is to be measured.

In the case that the ith node value in the second field is the second preset value, it may be indicated that the ith unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters does not need to be measured.

It should be noted that the first preset value may be 3. The second preset value may be 4.

In connection with example 1, as shown in table 1 below, the 1 st and 2 nd node values are 3, and the 3 rd node value is 4. In this case, the first indication information is used to indicate that the 1 st and 2 nd un-encapsulated QoE measurement parameters (i.e., average Throughput, buffer level) in the 3 un-encapsulated QoE measurement parameters are measured.

TABLE 1

1 st node value	3*******	average Throughput
			2 nd node value	3*****	buffer level
3 rd node value	4***	play list

In connection with example 2, as shown in table 2 below, node values 1, 3, 5, and 6 are 3, and node values 2 and 4 are 4. In this case, the first indication information is used to indicate that the 1 st, 3 rd, 5 th, and 6 th unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters (i.e., the correction duration, the buffering duration, the content access, and the switch time) of the 6 unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters are measured.

TABLE 2

In connection with example 3, as shown in table 3 below, the 1 st and 3 rd node values are 3, and the 2 nd node value is 4. In this case, the first indication information is used to indicate that the 1 st and 3 rd unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters (i.e., the count duration and round-trip time) of the 3 unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters are measured.

TABLE 3

The first indication information may be carried in a radio resource control connection reconfiguration Message (i.e., RRC connection reconfiguration) information in radio resource control information (i.e., RRC Message) sent by the access network device to the terminal device.

For example, the RRC connection reconfiguration message (RRC connection reconfiguration) information may be:

it should be noted that the QoE measurement report may be carried in measurement report application layer (i.e., MeasReportAppLayer) information in radio resource control information (i.e., RRC Message) sent by the terminal device to the access network device.

For example, the measurement report application layer (i.e., MeasReportAppLayer) information may be:

it will be appreciated that the QoE measurement configuration means method described above may be implemented by a QoE measurement configuration means. To implement the above functions, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus includes a hardware structure and/or a software module corresponding to each function. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative modules and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments disclosed herein.

The QoE measurement configuration apparatus generated according to the method example described above may divide the functional modules, for example, each functional module may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, the division of the modules in the embodiments disclosed in the present application is schematic, and is only one division of logic functions, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 50 may be used to perform the QoE measurement configuration method shown in fig. 4. The QoE measurement configuration apparatus 50 includes a communication unit 501 and a processing unit 502.

A processing unit 502 is configured to generate first indication information.

A communication unit 501, configured to send the first indication information to the terminal device.

The communication unit 501 is further configured to receive a QoE measurement report from the terminal device.

Wherein, the QoE measurement report includes a measurement result of at least one non-encapsulated QoE measurement parameter, and the measurement result is a non-encapsulated measurement result.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 60 may be used to perform the QoE measurement configuration method shown in fig. 4. The QoE measurement configuration apparatus 60 includes a communication unit 601 and a processing unit 602.

A communication unit 601, configured to receive first indication information from an access network device

A processing unit 602, configured to generate a QoE measurement report according to the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter.

The communication unit 601 is further configured to send a QoE measurement report to the access network device.

In the case of implementing the functions of the integrated modules in the form of hardware, the embodiment of the present invention provides another possible structural diagram of the QoE measurement configuration apparatus in the foregoing embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, a QoE measurement configuration apparatus 70 is, for example, configured to perform the QoE measurement configuration method shown in fig. 4. The QoE measurement configuration apparatus 70 comprises a processor 701, a memory 702, a bus 703, and a communication interface 704. The processor 701 and the memory 702 may be connected by a bus 703.

The processor 701 is a control center of the communication apparatus, and may be a single processor or a collective term for a plurality of processing elements. For example, the processor 701 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general-purpose processors, or the like. Wherein a general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

For one embodiment, processor 701 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU 0 and CPU 1 shown in FIG. 7.

The memory 702 may be, but is not limited to, a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that may store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that may store information and instructions, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

As a possible implementation, the memory 702 may be present separately from the processor 701, and the memory 702 may be connected to the processor 701 via the bus 703 for storing instructions or program code. The processor 701 can implement the rich media determination method provided by the embodiment of the present invention when calling and executing the instructions or program codes stored in the memory 702.

In another possible implementation, the memory 702 may also be integrated with the processor 701.

The bus 703 may be an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended ISA (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 7, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

A communication interface 704 for connecting with other devices through a communication network. The communication network may be an ethernet network, a radio access network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), etc. The communication interface 704 may include a receiving unit for receiving data, and a transmitting unit for transmitting data.

In one design, in the QoE measurement configuration apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the communication interface may be further integrated in the processor.

It is noted that the structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the QoE measurement configuration means 70. In addition to the components shown in fig. 7, the QoE measurement configuration means 70 may comprise more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

Fig. 8 shows another hardware structure of the QoE measurement configuration apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 80 may include a processor 801 and a communication interface 802. The processor 801 is coupled to a communication interface 802.

The functions of the processor 801 may refer to the description of the processor 801 described above. The processor 801 also has a memory function, and the function of the memory 802 described above can be referred to.

The communication interface 802 is used to provide data to the processor 801. The communication interface 802 may be an internal interface of the communication device, or may be an external interface of the communication device.

It is noted that the structure shown in fig. 8 does not constitute a limitation of the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 80, and that the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 80 may include more or less components than those shown in fig. 8, or combine some components, or a different arrangement of components.

Through the above description of the embodiments, it is clear for a person skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, only the division of the above functional units is illustrated. In practical applications, the above function allocation can be performed by different functional units according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional units to perform all or part of the above described functions. For the specific working processes of the system, the apparatus and the unit described above, reference may be made to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described here again.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed by a computer, the computer executes each step in the method flow shown in the above method embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of determining rich media in the above-described method embodiments.

The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination thereof. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, and a hard disk. Random Access Memory (RAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), registers, a hard disk, an optical fiber, a portable Compact disk Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any other form of computer-readable storage medium, in any suitable combination, or as appropriate in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). In embodiments of the invention, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Since the apparatus, the device, the computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program product in the embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the method described above, for technical effects obtained by the apparatus, the computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program product, reference may also be made to the method embodiments described above, and details of the embodiments of the present invention are not repeated herein.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for configuring QoE (quality of experience) measurement is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the access network equipment generates first indication information; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

the access network equipment sends the first indication information to terminal equipment;

the access network equipment receives a QoE measurement report from the terminal equipment; the QoE measurement report includes a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter, where the measurement result is an unencapsulated measurement result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication information further comprises: service type information; the service type information corresponds to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

the traffic type information further corresponds to a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal device corresponds to N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters comprise the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter; n is a positive integer;

the first indication information comprises a first field; the first field is to indicate any one of: measuring each of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; measuring M unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters of the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; m is a positive integer less than N.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first indication information further comprises a second field; the second field comprises N bytes corresponding to the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters;

and when the ith node value in the second field is a first preset value, the first indication information is used for indicating that the ith unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter in the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters is to be measured.

5. A method for configuring QoE (quality of experience) measurement is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the terminal equipment receives first indication information from the access network equipment; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

the terminal equipment generates a QoE measurement report according to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the QoE measurement report comprises a measurement result of the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter, wherein the measurement result is an unpackaged measurement result;

and the terminal equipment sends the QoE measurement report to the access network equipment.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first indication information further comprises: service type information; the service type information corresponds to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the terminal device corresponds to N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters comprise the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter; n is a positive integer;

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first indication information further comprises a second field; the second field comprises N bytes corresponding to the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters;

9. A quality of experience, QoE, measurement configuration apparatus, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit;

the processing unit is used for generating first indication information; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

the communication unit is used for sending the first indication information to terminal equipment;

the communication unit is further configured to receive a QoE measurement report from the terminal device; the QoE measurement report includes a measurement result of the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter, where the measurement result is an unencapsulated measurement result.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first indication information further comprises: service type information; the service type information corresponds to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the terminal device corresponds to N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters comprise the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter; n is a positive integer;

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first indication information further comprises a second field; the second field comprises N bytes corresponding to the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters;

13. A quality of experience, QoE, measurement configuration apparatus, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit;

the communication unit is used for receiving first indication information from the access network equipment; the first indication information comprises at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

the processing unit is configured to generate a QoE measurement report according to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter; the QoE measurement report comprises a measurement result of the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter, wherein the measurement result is an unpackaged measurement result;

the communication unit is further configured to send the QoE measurement report to the access network device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first indication information further comprises: service type information; the service type information corresponds to the at least one unpackaged QoE measurement parameter;

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the terminal device corresponds to N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters; the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters comprise the at least one unencapsulated QoE measurement parameter; n is a positive integer;

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the first indication information further comprises a second field; the second field comprises N bytes corresponding to the N unencapsulated QoE measurement parameters;

17. A QoE measurement configuration apparatus, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is coupled to the processor for executing a computer program or instructions to implement the QoE measurement configuration method as claimed in any of claims 1-8.

18. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the QoE measurement configuration method of any of the above claims 1-8.