CN114189886A

CN114189886A - QoE measurement configuration method, QoE measurement configuration device and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114189886A
Application number: CN202111308233.4A
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: 2021-11-05
Filing date: 2021-11-05
Publication date: 2022-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-05
Also published as: CN114189886B

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 configure QoE measurement based on slices. The method comprises the following steps: the access network equipment receives the first indication information; the first indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement, slice information of QoE measurement, and service type information of QoE measurement; the access network equipment determines second indication information according to the first indication information; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement; the second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; and the access network equipment sends the second indication information to the terminal equipment. The method and the device are used in the slice-based QoE measurement configuration process.

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 configuration process of QoE measurement, operation and maintenance administration (OAM) is based on the configuration of QoE measurement performed by a terminal device. In this case, after the access network device receives the QoE measurement configuration information sent by the OAM, the access network device may determine, according to the information, a range of the terminal device that needs to configure QoE measurement. With the development of networks, the personalized demands of users are increasing. In the current 5G network, the deployment of slices has become an important implementation way to meet the personalized needs of users. However, there is no technical solution for configuring QoE measurement based on slices in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, a QoE measurement configuration device and a storage medium, which can configure QoE measurement based on slices.

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 receives the first indication information; the first indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement, slice information of QoE measurement, and service type information of QoE measurement; the access network equipment determines second indication information according to the first indication information; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement; the second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by QoE; and the access network equipment sends the second indication information to the terminal equipment.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: according to the QoE measurement configuration method, the OAM determines slice information and service type information corresponding to the QoE measurement, and sends the slice information and the service type information corresponding to the QoE measurement and configuration parameters of the QoE measurement to the access network equipment. The access network device may send the slice information of the QoE measurement, the service type information of the QoE measurement, and the configuration parameter of the QoE measurement to the terminal device; or a first PDU session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement, service type information of QoE measurement, and configuration parameters of QoE measurement. And the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list from the first PDU session list according to the service type information measured by the QoE, measures the application program corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list and generates a first QoE measurement report. In this way, the terminal device may configure the configuration parameters of QoE measurement for the application program corresponding to the slice information (or the first PDU session list) of QoE measurement and the service type information of QoE measurement, thereby implementing the configuration of QoE measurement based on slice.

In a possible implementation manner, in a case that the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the determining, by the access network device, the second indication information according to the first indication information includes: the access network equipment determines a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE; and the access network equipment determines second indication information according to the first PDU session list, the QoE measurement configuration parameters in the first indication information and the QoE measurement service type information.

In a possible implementation manner, after the access network device sends the second indication information to the terminal device, the method further includes: the access network equipment receives third indication information from the terminal equipment; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list and a first QoE measurement report; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list; the first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report determined by the terminal equipment measuring the application program corresponding to each second PDU session according to the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement; and the access network equipment optimizes the special radio bearer DRB corresponding to each second PDU session according to the first QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, after the access network device sends the second indication information to the terminal device, the method further includes: the access network equipment receives fourth indication information from the terminal equipment; the fourth indication information comprises a second QoE measurement report; the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report obtained after the terminal equipment encapsulates the first QoE measurement report; the access network equipment sends fifth indication information to operation maintenance administration (OAM); the fifth indication information includes: a second QoE measurement report, and slice information for QoE measurements.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, including: the terminal equipment receives second indication information from the access network equipment; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement; the second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by QoE; the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list according to the second indication information; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list; the terminal device measures each second PDU session in the second PDU session list and determines a first QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, if the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the determining, by the terminal device, the second PDU session list according to the second indication information includes: and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

In a possible implementation manner, if the second indication information includes slice information of QoE measurement; the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list according to the second indication information, and the method comprises the following steps: the terminal equipment determines a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE; and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

In one possible implementation, after the terminal device determines the first QoE measurement report, the method further includes: the terminal equipment sends third indication information to the access network equipment; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list, and a first QoE measurement report.

In one possible implementation, after the terminal device determines the first QoE measurement report, the method further includes: the terminal equipment packages the first QoE measurement report and determines a second QoE measurement report; the terminal equipment sends fourth indication information to the access network equipment; the fourth indication information includes a second QoE measurement report.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration apparatus, including: a communication unit and a processing unit; a communication unit for receiving first indication information; the first indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement, slice information of QoE measurement, and service type information of QoE measurement; the processing unit is used for determining second indication information according to the first indication information; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement; the second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by QoE; and the communication unit is also used for sending second indication information to the terminal equipment.

In a possible implementation manner, in a case that the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the processing unit is specifically configured to: determining a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE; and determining second indication information according to the first PDU session list, the QoE measurement configuration parameters in the first indication information and the QoE measurement service type information.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication unit is further configured to receive third indication information from the terminal device; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list and a first QoE measurement report; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list; the first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report determined by the terminal equipment measuring the application program corresponding to each second PDU session according to the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement; and the processing unit is further configured to optimize the dedicated radio bearer DRB corresponding to each second PDU session according to the first QoE measurement report.

In one possible implementation, the communication unit is further configured to: receiving fourth indication information from the terminal equipment; the fourth indication information comprises a second QoE measurement report; the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report obtained after the terminal equipment encapsulates the first QoE measurement report; sending fifth indication information to operation maintenance management (OAM); the fifth indication information includes: a second QoE measurement report, and slice information for QoE measurements.

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 second indication information from the access network device; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement; the second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by QoE; the processing unit is used for determining a second PDU session list according to the second indication information; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list; and the processing unit is further used for measuring each second PDU session in the second PDU session list and determining the first QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, if the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

In a possible implementation manner, if the second indication information includes slice information of QoE measurement, the processing unit is specifically configured to: the terminal equipment determines a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE; and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

In one possible implementation, the communication unit is further configured to: sending third indication information to the access network equipment; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list, and a first QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to encapsulate the first QoE measurement report, and determine a second QoE measurement report; the communication unit is further configured to send fourth indication information to the access network device; the fourth indication information includes a second QoE measurement report.

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 comprising instructions that, when run on a QoE measurement configuration apparatus, cause the QoE measurement configuration apparatus to perform 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 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 method for configuring QOE measurement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a flow chart of another QOE measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flow chart of another QOE measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flow chart of another QOE measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a flow chart of another QOE measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a flow chart of another QOE measurement configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a QOE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another QOE measurement configuration apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another QOE measurement configuration apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 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, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium 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 OAM301, at least one access network device 302, and at least one end device 303. The communication system shown in fig. 3 includes an OAM301, an access network device 302, and a terminal device 303 as an example.

OAM301 refers to a functional network element that performs operations, administration, and maintenance on a communication network according to the actual needs of operator network operations.

The operation mainly refers to analysis, prediction, planning, configuration and the like of a communication network and a service in communication. Management mainly refers to managing and monitoring data in a communication network. Maintenance mainly refers to testing, fault management and the like of a communication network and services in the communication network.

It should be noted that the OAM301 may be communicatively connected to the access network device 302 through a communication link, so as to interact with the access network device 302.

The access network device 302 may provide network services to the terminal device 303.

The terminal device 303 may be connected to the access network device 302 via a radio link and a radio link.

Illustratively, the end device 303 may be in wired communication with the access network device 302 via an optical cable. The terminal device 303 may also communicate wirelessly with the access network device 302 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 configuration process of QoE measurement, OAM is based on the configuration of QoE measurement performed by a terminal device. In this case, after the access network device receives the QoE measurement configuration information sent by the OAM, the access network device may determine, according to the information, a range of the terminal device that needs to configure QoE measurement. With the development of networks, the personalized demands of users are increasing. In the current 5G network, the deployment of slices has become an important implementation way to meet the personalized needs of users. However, there is no technical solution for configuring QoE measurement based on slices in the prior art.

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, an embodiment of the present application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, which can configure QoE measurement based on slices. As shown in fig. 4, the method includes:

s401, the access network equipment receives the first indication information.

Wherein the first indication information includes: configuration parameters for QoE measurement, slice information for QoE measurement, and traffic type information for QoE measurement.

The configuration parameters of QoE measurement may include network rate, average delay, call drop rate, and other parameters. The slice information for QoE measurements may include slice identifications for one or more slices. The service type information of the QoE measurement may include service type identifiers of one or more services.

It should be noted that, if the QoE measurement is a QoE measurement based on management, the specific implementation process of S401 is as follows: the OAM directly sends the first indication information to the access network equipment. Accordingly, the access network device may directly obtain the first indication information from the OAM. In this case, the first indication information may be carried in the message of the activated QoE measurement information (i.e., activated QoE measurement) of the above S202.

If the QoE measurement is a QoE measurement based on management, the specific implementation process of S401 is as follows: the OAM sends first indication information to the core network equipment. Accordingly, the core network device receives the first indication information from the OAM. The core network device may send the first indication information to the access network device through the Ng interface. Correspondingly, the access network device receives the first indication information from the core network device. In this case, the first indication information may be carried in the configured QoE Measurement information (i.e., configured QoE Measurement) information of S102 and the activated QoE Measurement information (i.e., activated QoE Measurement) message of S103.

S402, the access network equipment determines second indication information according to the first indication information.

Wherein the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement, service type information of QoE measurement, and the second indication information further includes at least one of the following: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement. The first PDU session list includes at least one first PDU session corresponding to slice information of QoE measurement.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation process of S402 may be: and the access network equipment determines part or all of the PDU sessions corresponding to the slice information as the PDU sessions in a first PDU session list according to the corresponding relation between the slices and the PDU sessions, and adds the determined first PDU session list to second indication information. In the above case, the second indication information may further include a first PDU session list.

If the access network device adds the slice information of QoE measurement in the first indication information to the second indication information, the second indication information may further include the slice information of QoE measurement.

S403, the access network device sends second indication information to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal equipment receives the second indication information from the access network equipment.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S403 is as follows: and the access network equipment sends the second indication information to the AS layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the AS layer of the terminal equipment receives the second indication information from the access network equipment. And the AS layer of the terminal equipment sends second indication information to the APP layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the APP layer of the terminal equipment receives second indication information from the AS layer of the terminal equipment. And carrying out QoE measurement by an APP layer of the terminal equipment and generating a QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that the second indication information may be carried in the RRC connection reconfiguration information (i.e., RRC connection reconfiguration).

Illustratively, the rrc connection reconfiguration information may be:

s404, the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list according to the second indication information.

Wherein the second PDU session list includes at least one second PDU session. The second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S404 is as follows: in the case that the second indication information further includes the first PDU session list, the terminal device may determine the second PDU session list from the first PDU session list determined by the terminal device according to the service type information measured by the QoE in the second indication information.

Under the condition that the second indication information further includes slice information of QoE measurement, the terminal device may determine a first PDU session list according to the slice information of QoE measurement, and then determine a second PDU session list from the first PDU session list determined by the terminal device according to the service type information of QoE measurement.

S405, the terminal device measures each second PDU session in the second PDU session list and determines a first QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation process of S602 is as follows: and the terminal equipment performs QoE measurement on the application program corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list according to the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement to obtain a QoE measurement report corresponding to each second PDU session, and then determines that the QoE measurement report corresponding to each second PDU session is the first QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that, the first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report that the access network device can directly identify.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, which comprises the steps of determining slice information and service type information corresponding to QoE measurement by OAM, and sending the slice information and the service type information corresponding to the QoE measurement and configuration parameters of the QoE measurement to access network equipment. The access network device may send the slice information of the QoE measurement, the service type information of the QoE measurement, and the configuration parameter of the QoE measurement to the terminal device; or a first PDU session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement, service type information of QoE measurement, and configuration parameters of QoE measurement. And the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list from the first PDU session list according to the service type information measured by the QoE, measures the application program corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list and generates a first QoE measurement report. In this way, the terminal device may configure the configuration parameters of QoE measurement for the application program corresponding to the slice information (or the first PDU session list) of QoE measurement and the service type information of QoE measurement, thereby implementing the configuration of QoE measurement based on slice.

In a possible implementation manner, referring to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 5, in the case that the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the above S402 may be implemented by the following S501 to S502.

S501, the access network equipment determines a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE.

It should be noted that, in the process of performing network optimization on subsequent access network devices, the access network devices need to perform network optimization based on a Dedicated Radio Bearer (DRB). However, there is no direct correspondence between the slices and the DRBs, so that the correspondence between the slices and the DRBs needs to be established according to the correspondence between the slices and the PDU sessions (that is, one slice may correspond to one or more PDU sessions) and the correspondence between the PDU sessions and the DRBs (that is, one PDU session may correspond to one or more DRBs), so that the subsequent access network device can perform network optimization based on the slices.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S501 is as follows: and the access network equipment determines part or all of the PDU sessions corresponding to the slice information as the PDU sessions in the first PDU session list according to the corresponding relation between the slices and the PDU sessions.

S502, the access network device determines the second indication information according to the first PDU session list, and the configuration parameter of QoE measurement and the service type information of QoE measurement in the first indication information.

It should be noted that, in this case, the access network device has already determined the first PDU session list corresponding to the slice information of the QoE measurement. Since the first PDU session list may reflect slice information of QoE measurement, only the first PDU session list, and the configuration parameters of QoE measurement and the traffic type information of QoE measurement in the first indication information may be included in the second indication information, and slice information of QoE measurement does not need to be included.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, wherein access network equipment can determine a first PDU session list corresponding to slice information according to a corresponding relation between slices and PDU sessions, and combines the first PDU session list with QoE measurement configuration parameters and QoE measurement service type information in first indication information into second indication information, so that the first PDU session list corresponding to the slice information is determined, and a data basis is provided for subsequent terminal equipment to determine a second PDU session list according to the first PDU session list.

It should be noted that, in the case that the second indication information further includes the first PDU session list, the terminal device may determine the second PDU session list from the first PDU session list determined by the terminal device according to the service type information measured by the QoE. With reference to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 6, the specific implementation process of S404 may be implemented by the following S601.

S601, the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by QoE from the first PDU session list.

It should be noted that, as shown in table 1 below, three correspondence relationships may exist between service types and slices.

Relation 1, services of different service types may correspond to different slices, respectively. For example, a service of type #1 corresponds to slice #1, and a service of type #2 corresponds to slice # 2.

Relation 2, services of different service types may also correspond to the same slice. For example, a service of type #3 corresponds to slice #3, and a service of type #4 corresponds to slice # 3.

Relation 3, services of the same service type may correspond to different slices. For example, a service of type #5 corresponds to slice #5, and a service of type #5 corresponds to slice # 6.

TABLE 1

As can be seen from the above, there is a case where one slice corresponds to a plurality of service types. In this case, the access network device may include PDU sessions corresponding to multiple service types in the first PDU session list determined according to the slice information of the QoE measurement. However, because the parameters corresponding to different service types are different, the QoE measurement is generally only for one type of service, and the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement only include parameters corresponding to one service type. Therefore, after the access network device determines the first PDU session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement, the terminal device is further required to determine, according to the service type information of QoE measurement, the second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information of QoE measurement from the first PDU session list, so that the second PDU session corresponding to the service type information of QoE measurement can be screened from the first PDU session list.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, wherein a terminal device determines a second PDU session list corresponding to QoE-measured service type information from a first PDU session list, so that the terminal device can screen out a second PDU session corresponding to the QoE-measured service type information from the first PDU session list, so that a subsequent terminal device can measure an application program corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list according to QoE-measured configuration parameters and generate a first QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that, in the case that the second indication information further includes slice information of QoE measurement, the terminal device may determine the first PDU session list according to the slice information of QoE measurement, and then determine the second PDU session list from the first PDU session list determined by the terminal device according to the service type information of QoE measurement. With reference to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 7, the specific implementation process of S404 can be implemented by the following S701-S702.

S701, the terminal equipment determines a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE.

It should be noted that the above S701 may be understood by referring to the above S501, and is not described herein again.

S702, the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by QoE from the first PDU session list.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, wherein a terminal device can determine a first PDU session list corresponding to slice information according to a corresponding relation between slices and PDU sessions, and then determine a second PDU session list corresponding to QoE-measured service type information from the first PDU session list, so that the terminal device can screen out a second PDU session corresponding to the QoE-measured service type information from the first PDU session list, so that a subsequent terminal device can measure an application program corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list according to QoE-measured configuration parameters, and generate a first QoE measurement report.

In the above description, how to configure the configuration parameters for QoE measurement for the application program corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement and the service type information of QoE measurement, and measure the application program according to the configuration parameters for QoE measurement, thereby generating the first QoE measurement report.

The following is a technical scheme of how an access network device performs slice-based network optimization according to a first QoE measurement report after a terminal device measures an application program corresponding to slice information of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement according to a configuration parameter of QoE measurement and generates the first QoE measurement report. As shown in fig. 8, after S405, a specific implementation procedure of the access network device performing slice-based network optimization according to the first QoE measurement report may include the following S801-S802.

S801, the terminal device sends third indication information to the access network device. Correspondingly, the access network equipment receives the third indication information from the terminal equipment.

Wherein the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list, and a first QoE measurement report. The second PDU session list includes at least one second PDU session. The second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list. The first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report determined by the terminal device measuring the application program corresponding to each second PDU session according to the configuration parameters of QoE measurement.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S801 is as follows: and the APP layer of the terminal equipment determines third indication information according to the second PDU session list and the first QoE measurement report, and sends the third indication information to the AS layer of the terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the APP layer of the terminal device receives the third indication information from the AS layer of the terminal device. And the APP layer of the terminal equipment sends third indication information to the access network equipment. Correspondingly, the access network equipment receives third indication information from the APP layer of the terminal equipment.

It should be noted that the third indication information may be carried in the measurement report application layer (i.e. MeasReportAppLayer) information.

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

and S802, the access network equipment performs network optimization on the Dedicated Radio Bearer (DRB) corresponding to each second PDU session according to the first QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that the specific implementation process of S802 is as follows: and the access network equipment determines a DRB corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list, and optimizes the DRB according to the first QoE measurement report.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: after receiving the second PDU session list and the first QoE measurement report, the access network equipment optimizes the DRB corresponding to each second PDU session in the second PDU session list according to the first QoE measurement report. Because the second PDU session in the second PDU session list is a PDU session corresponding to both the slice information of QoE measurement and the service type information of QoE measurement, the access network device optimizes the DRB corresponding to each second PDU session, which can realize network optimization based on slices.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned process for performing network optimization on a slice basis for the access network device. OAM may also be slice-based for network optimization. As shown in fig. 9, a specific implementation process of the OAM optimization at slice granularity may include the following S901-S904.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned S901-S904 may be after S405, or may be after S802. FIG. 9 takes the above-described S901-S904 as an example after S802.

And S901, the terminal equipment packages the first QoE measurement report and determines a second QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that the terminal device may encapsulate the first QoE measurement report in a containerization (container) manner.

And S902, the terminal equipment sends fourth indication information to the access network equipment. Correspondingly, the access network equipment receives the fourth indication information from the terminal equipment.

Wherein, the fourth indication information includes a second QoE measurement report. And the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report obtained by encapsulating the first QoE measurement report by the terminal equipment.

It should be noted that, the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report that the access network device cannot directly identify.

And S903, the access network equipment sends fifth indication information to the OAM. Accordingly, the OAM receives the fifth indication information from the access network device.

Wherein, the fifth indication information includes: a second QoE measurement report, and slice information for QoE measurements.

In a possible implementation manner, the access network device may further send sixth indication information to the core network device. Wherein, the sixth indication information includes: a second QoE measurement report, and slice information for QoE measurements. Correspondingly, the core network device receives the sixth indication information from the access network device. In this case, the core network device may perform network optimization according to the slice information of the QoE measurement and the second QoE measurement report.

And S904, the OAM carries out network optimization according to the slice information of the QoE measurement and the second QoE measurement report.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation process of S904 may be: and the OAM analyzes the second QoE measurement report, and then performs network optimization according to the analyzed second QoE measurement report and the slice information of the QoE measurement.

The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the application provides a QoE measurement configuration method, wherein after a first QoE measurement report is encapsulated by a terminal device, a second QoE measurement report is determined, and fourth indication information (including the second QoE measurement report) is sent to an access network device. After receiving the second QoE measurement report, the access network device sends fifth indication information (including the second QoE measurement report and slice information of QoE measurement) to the OAM. After the OAM receives the slice information of the QoE measurement and the second QoE measurement report, the OAM may perform network optimization according to the slice information of the QoE measurement and the second QoE measurement report. Such OAM may enable slice-based network optimization based on slice information for QoE measurements, and the second QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the OAM may combine the slice information of the QoE measurement and the service type information of the QoE measurement into one information (i.e., a slice list (NSSAI-list)). The NSSAI-list may also include information for multiple slices (i.e., a single slice list (S-NSSAI-list)). The information in the S-NSSAI-list is displayed in the form of a combination of a slice identifier and a service type identifier, for example, a slice identifier-service type identifier.

It should be noted that the S-NSSAI-list may be carried in the active quality of experience configuration information (i.e., active QoE measurement).

For example, the active QoE measurement message may be as shown in table 2 below.

As shown in table 2, the Activate QoE measurement message may include at least one of: application layer metric configuration information, Quality Monitoring and Control (QMC) selection ranges, cell basis information, QMC cell identification lists, 4G global cell identification codes, tracking area basis information, QMC tracking area lists, tracking area code basis information, tracking area identities, QMC tracking area identity lists, tracking area codes, public land mobile network area basis information, QMC public land mobile network lists, public land mobile network identities, service type information, and single slice lists.

Specifically, the configuration parameters for QoE measurement may include at least one of the following table 2: tracking area identification, tracking area code, public land mobile network identification. The Priority of QoE measurement is QoE Priority (QoE Priority) in table 2 below.

It should be noted that the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement based on signaling also include an identifier of the specific terminal device. The configuration parameters based on the managed QoE measurements also include an identification of the access network device.

TABLE 2

It is to be understood that the QoE measurement configuration method described above may be implemented by a QoE measurement configuration apparatus. 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. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 10, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 100 may be used to perform the QoE measurement configuration methods shown in fig. 4-9. The QoE measurement configuration apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 1001 and a processing unit 1002.

A communication unit 1001 for receiving first indication information; the first indication information includes: configuration parameters for QoE measurement, slice information for QoE measurement, and traffic type information for QoE measurement.

The processing unit 1002 is configured to determine second indication information according to the first indication information.

Wherein the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement. The second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; the first PDU session list includes at least one first PDU session corresponding to slice information of QoE measurement.

The communication unit 1001 is further configured to send second indication information to the terminal device.

In a possible implementation manner, in a case that the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the processing unit 1002 is specifically configured to: determining a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE; and determining second indication information according to the first PDU session list, the QoE measurement configuration parameters in the first indication information and the QoE measurement service type information.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication unit 1001 is further configured to receive third indication information from the terminal device; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list and a first QoE measurement report; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list; the first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report determined by the terminal equipment measuring the application program corresponding to each second PDU session according to the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement; the processing unit 1002 is further configured to optimize a dedicated radio bearer DRB corresponding to each second PDU session according to the first QoE measurement report.

In one possible implementation, the communication unit 1001 is further configured to: receiving fourth indication information from the terminal equipment; the fourth indication information comprises a second QoE measurement report; the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report obtained after the terminal equipment encapsulates the first QoE measurement report; sending fifth indication information to operation maintenance management (OAM); the fifth indication information includes: a second QoE measurement report, and slice information for QoE measurements.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoE measurement configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 11, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 110 may be used to perform the QoE measurement configuration methods shown in fig. 4-9. The QoE measurement configuration apparatus 110 includes a communication unit 1101 and a processing unit 1102.

A communication unit 1101 that receives second indication information from the access network device; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of QoE measurement; the second indication information further includes at least one of: slice information of QoE measurement, and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of QoE measurement; the first PDU session list includes at least one first PDU session corresponding to slice information of QoE measurement.

A processing unit 1102, configured to determine a second PDU session list according to the second indication information; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU conversation is the PDU conversation corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU conversation list.

The processing unit 1102 is further configured to measure each second PDU session in the second PDU session list, and determine a first QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, if the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the processing unit 1102 is specifically configured to: and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

In a possible implementation manner, if the second indication information includes slice information of QoE measurement, the processing unit 1102 is specifically configured to: the terminal equipment determines a first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by QoE; and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication unit 1101 is further configured to: sending third indication information to the access network equipment; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list, and a first QoE measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit 1102 is further configured to encapsulate the first QoE measurement report, and determine a second QoE measurement report; a communication unit 1101, configured to send fourth indication information to the access network device; the fourth indication information includes a second QoE measurement report.

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. 12, a QoE measurement configuration apparatus 120 is, for example, configured to perform the QoE measurement configuration methods shown in fig. 4-9. The QoE measurement configuration apparatus 120 includes a processor 1201, a memory 1202, and a bus 1203. The processor 1201 and the memory 1202 may be connected by a bus 1203.

The processor 1201 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 1201 may be a general-purpose 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, the processor 1201 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU 0 and CPU 1 shown in fig. 12.

The memory 1202 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 1202 may be separate from the processor 1201, and the memory 1202 may be connected to the processor 1201 via the bus 1203 for storing instructions or program code. The processor 1201 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 1202.

In another possible implementation, the memory 1202 may also be integrated with the processor 1201.

The bus 1203 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. 12, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

It is noted that the structure shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the QoE measurement configuration means 120. In addition to the components shown in fig. 12, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 120 may include more or fewer components than those shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 12, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 120 provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a communication interface 1204.

A communication interface 1204 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 1204 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.

Fig. 13 shows another hardware structure of the QoE measurement configuration apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 13, the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 130 may include a processor 1301 and a communication interface 1302. Processor 1301 is coupled to communications interface 1302.

The functions of the processor 1301 may refer to the description of the processor 1301 above. The processor 1301 also has a memory function, and the function of the memory 1302 can be referred to.

The communication interface 1302 is used to provide data to the processor 1301. The communication interface 1302 may be an internal interface of the communication device or an external interface of the communication device.

It is noted that the structure shown in fig. 13 does not constitute a limitation of the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 130, and that the QoE measurement configuration apparatus 130 may include more or less components than those shown in fig. 13, 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 receives the first indication information; the first indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement, slice information of the QoE measurement, and service type information of the QoE measurement;

the access network equipment determines second indication information according to the first indication information; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of the QoE measurement and service type information of the QoE measurement; the second indication information further comprises at least one of: slice information of the QoE measurement and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of the QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by the QoE;

and the access network equipment sends the second indication information to the terminal equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case that the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the determining, by the access network device, second indication information according to the first indication information comprises:

the access network equipment determines the first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by the QoE;

and the access network equipment determines the second indication information according to the first PDU session list, the QoE measurement configuration parameters in the first indication information and the QoE measurement service type information.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the access network device sends the second indication information to the terminal device, the method further comprises:

the access network equipment receives third indication information from the terminal equipment; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list and a first QoE measurement report; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU session is the PDU session corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU session list; the first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report determined by the terminal device measuring an application program corresponding to each second PDU session according to the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement;

and the access network equipment optimizes the special radio bearer (DRB) corresponding to each second PDU session according to the first QoE measurement report.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the access network device sends the second indication information to a terminal device, the method further comprises:

the access network equipment receives fourth indication information from the terminal equipment; the fourth indication information comprises a second QoE measurement report; the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report obtained after the terminal equipment packages the first QoE measurement report;

the access network equipment sends fifth indication information to operation, maintenance and management (OAM); the fifth indication information comprises: the second QoE measurement report, and slice information for the QoE measurement.

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

the terminal equipment receives second indication information from the access network equipment; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of the QoE measurement; the second indication information further comprises at least one of: slice information of the QoE measurement and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of the QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by the QoE;

the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list according to the second indication information; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU session is the PDU session corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU session list;

and the terminal equipment measures each second PDU session in the second PDU session list and determines a first QoE measurement report.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein if the second indication information comprises the first PDU session list, the determining, by the terminal device, a second PDU session list according to the second indication information comprises:

and the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list corresponding to the service type information measured by the QoE from the first PDU session list.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein if the second indication information comprises slice information of the QoE measurement; the terminal equipment determines a second PDU session list according to the second indication information, and the method comprises the following steps:

the terminal equipment determines the first PDU session list according to the slice information measured by the QoE;

8. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein after the terminal device determines the first QoE measurement report, the method further comprises:

the terminal equipment sends third indication information to the access network equipment; the third indication information includes: the second PDU session list, and the first QoE measurement report.

9. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein after the terminal device determines the first QoE measurement report, the method further comprises:

the terminal equipment packages the first QoE measurement report and determines a second QoE measurement report;

the terminal equipment sends fourth indication information to the access network equipment; the fourth indication information includes the second QoE measurement report.

10. 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; the first indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement, slice information of the QoE measurement, and service type information of the QoE measurement;

the processing unit is used for determining second indication information according to the first indication information; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of the QoE measurement and service type information of the QoE measurement; the second indication information further comprises at least one of: slice information of the QoE measurement and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of the QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by the QoE;

the communication unit is further configured to send the second indication information to a terminal device.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, in a case that the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

determining the first PDU session list according to the slice information of the QoE measurement;

and determining the second indication information according to the first PDU session list, the QoE measurement configuration parameters in the first indication information and the QoE measurement service type information.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 or 11,

the communication unit is further used for receiving third indication information from the terminal equipment; the third indication information includes: a second PDU session list and a first QoE measurement report; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU session is the PDU session corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU session list; the first QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report determined by the terminal device measuring an application program corresponding to each second PDU session according to the configuration parameters of the QoE measurement;

the processing unit is further configured to optimize a dedicated radio bearer DRB corresponding to each second PDU session according to the first QoE measurement report.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the communication unit is further configured to:

receiving fourth indication information from the terminal equipment; the fourth indication information comprises a second QoE measurement report; the second QoE measurement report is a QoE measurement report obtained after the terminal equipment packages the first QoE measurement report;

sending fifth indication information to operation maintenance management (OAM); the fifth indication information comprises: the second QoE measurement report, and slice information for the QoE measurement.

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

the communication unit is used for receiving second indication information from the access network equipment; the second indication information includes: configuration parameters of QoE measurement and service type information of the QoE measurement; the second indication information further comprises at least one of: slice information of the QoE measurement and a first Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session list corresponding to the slice information of the QoE measurement; the first PDU session list comprises at least one first PDU session corresponding to the slice information measured by the QoE;

the processing unit is configured to determine a second PDU session list according to the second indication information; the second PDU session list comprises at least one second PDU session; the second PDU session is the PDU session corresponding to the service type information in the first PDU session list;

the processing unit is further configured to measure each second PDU session in the second PDU session list, and determine a first QoE measurement report.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein if the second indication information includes the first PDU session list, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein if the second indication information includes slice information of the QoE measurement, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

17. The apparatus according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the communication unit is further configured to:

sending third indication information to the access network equipment; the third indication information includes: the second PDU session list, and the first QoE measurement report.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 or 15,

the processing unit is further configured to encapsulate the first QoE measurement report, and determine a second QoE measurement report;

the communication unit is further configured to send fourth indication information to the access network device; the fourth indication information includes the second QoE measurement report.

19. 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 1-9.

20. 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 1-9.