CN117545002A

CN117545002A - QoE continuous measurement method and device

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Publication number: CN117545002A
Application number: CN202210917298.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王号成; 王睿炜; 倪春林
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-01
Filing date: 2022-08-01
Publication date: 2024-02-09

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a device for continuously measuring QoE, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps of sending a first QoE measurement configuration or a second QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, and generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report; the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement. According to the QoE measurement method and device, the first indication information is newly added in the QoE measurement configuration of the first network and the identification for applying QoE measurement is associated in the second network, so that the correspondingly generated first QoE measurement report and second QoE measurement report are associated, continuity of QoE measurement in different network environments is achieved, and the server or OAM can perform joint analysis on a certain service or a certain service.

Description

QoE continuous measurement method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for continuously measuring QoE.

Background

To enhance The User experience, the third generation partnership project (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project,3GPP) introduced quality of experience (Quality of Experience, qoE) features that may collect measurement information related to The User perception of The terminal (UE).

In the existing evolved universal terrestrial Radio access network (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, EUTRAN) and New air interface (NR) networks, the QoE measurement configuration and the measurement report mainly differ in two points: the number of QoE measurements supported in (1) is different. QoE measurement configuration and reporting of only a single service type is supported in EUTRAN, and QoE measurement of multiple service types is not supported simultaneously. The NR can support the QoE measurement configuration and reporting of a plurality of application sessions simultaneously; (2) The QoE measurement is identified differently, and the configuration and measurement report of the QoE measurement in EUTRAN are differentiated by service type, and the main service types include Streaming and multimedia telephony service (Multimedia Telephony Service for IP Multimedia Service, MTSI). The configuration and measurement report of QoE measurement in NR is identified by QoE measurement ID. Due to the difference between the two points, when a terminal (UE) switches between EUTRAN and NR networks, the terminal cannot guarantee continuous QoE measurement for the same service before and after switching.

Therefore, how to ensure that a terminal performs continuous QoE measurement on the same service when switching between networks of different standards has become a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a QoE continuous measurement method and device, which are used for solving the problem that the existing mechanism can not ensure continuous QoE measurement of the same service when a terminal is switched in networks of different systems.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for continuously measuring QoE, which is applied to an access network device, and includes:

the method comprises the steps of sending a first QoE measurement configuration or a second QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, and generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report; the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

Optionally, before the sending the first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, the method includes:

determining that the terminal is switched from a first access network to a second access network or from the second access network to the first access network;

if the terminal is switched from the first access network to the second access network, configuring the first indication information in the first QoE measurement configuration; the application layer measurement identifiers in the first indication information and the second QoE measurement configuration meet preset association conditions; the preset association condition is that application layer measurement identifiers included in the first indication information and the second QoE measurement configuration are used for identifying application services corresponding to QoE measurement, or mapping relation exists between the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifiers included in the second QoE measurement configuration;

If the terminal is switched from the second access network to the first access network and the first access network supports single QoE measurement, configuring newly added second indication information in the second QoE measurement configuration, wherein the second indication information is included in configuration information of each application QoE measurement and is used for indicating the priority corresponding to the application QoE measurement to which the second indication information belongs;

the first QoE measurement configuration is configured as a QoE measurement configuration of the first access network; the second QoE measurement configuration is a QoE measurement configuration of the second access network, and includes one or more application layer measurement identities for applying QoE measurements and configuration information for each of the application QoE measurements.

Optionally, the first QoE measurement configuration further includes third indication information, where the third indication information has a correspondence with an application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration, the third indication information and the application layer measurement configuration list are a list including supported one or more identical identifiers of application QoE measurement, and each entry in the list including the identifier of application QoE measurement corresponds to one first indication information; and each item in the list of the application layer measurement configuration list comprising the application QoE measurement identifiers corresponds to one application layer measurement identifier.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a QoE continuous measurement method, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration;

the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

Optionally, the generating the corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration includes:

if the first QoE measurement configuration includes the first indication information, a generated first QoE measurement report includes fourth indication information, where the fourth indication information and the first indication information are used to represent the same application QoE measurement;

if the second QoE measurement configuration comprises second indication information configured in the configuration information of each application QoE measurement, generating a corresponding second QoE measurement report based on the configuration information of the selected application QoE measurement; the second indication information is used for indicating the priority of the corresponding application QoE measurement; the selected application QoE measurement is determined based on the second indication information;

The first QoE measurement configuration is a QoE measurement configuration of a first access network; the second QoE measurement configuration is configured as a QoE measurement configuration of a second access network, and includes one or more application layer measurement identities for applying QoE measurements and configuration information for each of the application QoE measurements.

Optionally, the selected application QoE measurement is determined based on the second indication information, and the corresponding determining method includes:

selecting an application layer measurement identifier from a plurality of application layer measurement identifiers for applying QoE measurements included in the second QoE measurement configuration according to a preset rule based on the second indication information;

determining an application QoE measurement represented by the selected application layer measurement identifier as a selected application QoE measurement;

the preset rule comprises the following steps: the application layer measurement identifiers applying QoE measurement are subjected to priority ranking according to the second indication information, and one application layer measurement identifier applying QoE measurement with the highest priority is selected or one application layer measurement identifier applying QoE measurement is randomly selected;

the randomly selected one application layer measurement identity applying QoE measurement is an application layer measurement identity applying QoE measurement among all application QoE measurements supported by the first access network.

Optionally, the generating a corresponding QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration further includes:

if the first QoE measurement configuration further includes third indication information added, the generated first QoE measurement report further includes fifth indication information;

the third indication information and the fifth indication information have a corresponding relation, and the third indication information and the fifth indication information are lists comprising one or more identical identifiers for applying QoE measurement; each entry in the identified list of QoE measurement applied identities corresponds to a first indication information.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide an access network device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide an apparatus for QoE continuous measurement, including:

the first sending module is used for sending the first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration to the terminal so that the second terminal can generate a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report; the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for QoE continuous measurement, including:

the generating module is used for generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or a corresponding second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration;

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, where the computer program is configured to cause a computer to perform the method for QoE continuous measurement according to the first aspect or the method for QoE continuous measurement according to the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a processor readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a processor to perform the method for QoE continuous measurement as described in the first aspect or the method for QoE continuous measurement as described in the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a communication device, where a computer program is stored, where the computer program is configured to cause the communication device to perform the method for QoE continuous measurement according to the first aspect, or the method for QoE continuous measurement according to the second aspect, as described above.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a chip product, where a computer program is stored, where the computer program is configured to enable the chip product to perform the QoE continuous measurement method according to the first aspect, or the QoE continuous measurement method according to the second aspect.

According to the QoE continuous measurement method and device, the first indication information is newly added in the QoE measurement configuration of the first network and the identification for applying QoE measurement is associated in the second network, so that the first QoE measurement report and the second QoE measurement report correspondingly generated by the terminal based on the QoE measurement configuration are associated, the continuity of QoE measurement in different network environments is realized, and the server or the OAM can perform joint analysis on a certain service or a certain service.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the related art, the following description will briefly describe the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the related technical descriptions, and it is obvious that, in the following description, the drawings are some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without any inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a QoE measurement configuration and measurement reporting procedure in EUTRAN;

fig. 2 is a flow chart of QoE measurement configuration and measurement reporting procedure in NR;

fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a handover of a terminal between base stations of different radio access technologies (Inter-RATs);

fig. 4 is one of flow diagrams of a method for QoE continuous measurement provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a second flowchart of a method for QoE continuous measurement according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is one of schematic structural diagrams of an apparatus for QoE continuous measurement provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a QoE continuous measurement device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the embodiment of the application, the term "and/or" describes the association relationship of the association objects, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may be represented: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship.

The term "plurality" in the embodiments of the present application means two or more, and other adjectives are similar thereto.

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

To assist in understanding aspects of embodiments of the present application, related concepts that may be referred to herein are briefly described as follows:

1. QoE measurement configuration and reporting in EUTRAN

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of QoE measurement configuration and measurement reporting procedure in EUTRAN, as shown in fig. 1:

QoE measurement for Streaming and MTSI services is supported in EUTRAN, and the specific QoE measurement configuration and measurement reporting process is as follows:

(1) The terminal (UE) receives the QoE measurement configuration through a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) connection reconfiguration message (RRC Connection Reconfiguration), specifically including:

service types, which are used for indicating the service types of QoE measurement, supporting Streaming, multimedia telephony service MTSI, virtual Reality (VR), and the like; streaming here generally refers to Streaming media.

The measurement configuration application layer measurement container is used for storing measurement reports of the application layer;

(2) After receiving the QoE measurement configuration, the UE Access Stratum (AS) sends the configuration information to the application layer. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer executes QoE measurement and generates an application layer measurement report to be sent to the AS layer.

(3) The AS layer generates a measurement report according to the QoE measurement report format requirement and sends the measurement report to a wireless access network (wireless access network, RAN) through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. The QoE measurement report content includes:

service types such as Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

an application layer measurement container storing an application layer measurement report;

(4) The access network equipment corresponding to the radio access network RAN sends the measurement report to a corresponding server or OAM, and the server or OAM analyzes the QoE measurement report.

From the QoE measurement configuration and measurement report in EUTRAN, the QoE measurement in EUTRAN is an application layer measurement based on a service type, and the service type is used to identify the application layer measurement report. Furthermore, in EUTRAN, only QoE measurement for a single service type is supported, and QoE measurement for multiple service types (Streaming and MTSI) at the same time is not supported.

2. QoE measurement configuration and reporting in NR

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of QoE measurement configuration and measurement reporting procedure in NR, as shown in fig. 2:

QoE measurement configuration in NR is basically consistent with measurement reporting procedure and EUTRAN, but QoE measurement configuration is different from reporting format.

The UE receives the QoE measurement configuration through the radio resource control connection reconfiguration message RRC Connection Reconfiguration, specifically including:

1. an application layer measurement configuration list supporting multiple QoE measurements simultaneously;

2. an indication of whether RRC segmentation is allowed;

3. specifically included in each QoE measurement configuration are:

3.1, an application layer measurement identifier, which is used for identifying the measurement configuration of the application layer;

3.2, an application layer measurement container for storing an application layer measurement report;

3.3, service types, supporting Streaming, MTSI, VR and other services;

3.4, suspending reporting indication;

3.5, application layer session transmission starting and suspending identification;

3.6, RAN-visible parameters for indicating that it is visible to a certain or some radio access network device, i.e. that a certain or some radio access network device may receive the QoE measurement report;

after receiving the QoE measurement configuration, the UE access layer AS sends the configuration information to an application layer. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer executes QoE measurement and generates an application layer measurement report to be sent to the AS layer.

And the AS layer generates a measurement report according to the QoE measurement report format requirement and sends the measurement report to the RAN through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. The QoE measurement report content includes:

1. an application layer measurement report list may contain a plurality of QoE measurement reports;

2. in each QoE measurement report, specifically included are:

2.1, an application layer measurement identifier, which is used for identifying an application layer measurement report;

2.2, an application layer measurement container, which is used for storing the content of an application layer measurement report;

2.3, an application layer session state, which indicates whether an application layer session is started or stopped;

2.4, ran-Visible measurement parameters indicating within which Ran range or ranges the QoE measurement report may be received, etc.

The RAN sends the QoE measurement report to a corresponding server or OAM, which analyzes the QoE measurement report.

From the configuration and reporting of QoE measurements in NR, NR supports performing QoE measurements for multiple application layer sessions simultaneously and identified with QoE measurement IDs. In the QoE measurement report, a plurality of QoE measurement reports are supported to be reported simultaneously, and the QoE measurement report of NR is distinguished by a QoE measurement report ID, unlike the QoE measurement report distinguished by a service type in EUTRAN.

3. Handover of a terminal between base stations of different radio access technologies (Radio Access Technology, RAT)

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of handover of a terminal between base stations of different radio access technologies (Inter-RAT), as shown in fig. 3, the flow specifically includes:

(1) Triggering switching by a source base station, and initiating a switching request through an Xn interface;

(2) The target base station performs access control and provides a new RRC configuration information as part of the handover request confirm message;

(3) The source base station provides RRC configuration to the UE through the RRC reconfiguration message rrcrecondonconfiguration message received in the handover request confirm message. The configuration information comprises QoE measurement configuration related to the target base station;

(4) The UE moves RRC connection to the target base station and replies with an RRC reconfiguration complete message rrcrecon configuration complete.

In summary, the configuration for QoE measurements in EUTRAN and NR is mainly two-point different from measurement reporting: the number of QoE measurements supported in (1) is different. Configuration and reporting of only a single QoE measurement is supported in EUTRAN, while configuration and reporting of a plurality of QoE measurements can be supported in NR; (2) The QoE measurement is identified differently, and the configuration and measurement report of the QoE measurement in EUTRAN are differentiated by service type, supporting Streaming, MTSI and VR. The configuration and measurement report of QoE measurement in NR is identified by QoE measurement ID. Due to the difference between the two points, when the UE is in an Inter-RAT switching scene, an operation maintenance management mechanism (Operation And Maintenance mechanism, OAM) or a server cannot determine whether QoE measurement reports of the UE are carried out for the same service or application before and after switching, and the continuity of QoE measurement of the same service or application by a terminal cannot be ensured.

Therefore, based on the technical problems in the related art, the embodiment of the application provides a QoE continuous measurement method, which improves the configuration of QoE measurement in an EUTRAN network, and associates the configuration with the QoE measurement identifier ID in 5G, so as to ensure the continuity of QoE measurement of the same service or application by the terminal when the terminal switches under different access network technologies.

Fig. 4 is one of flow diagrams of a method for QoE continuous measurement provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method may be applied to an access network device, and as shown in fig. 4, the method includes:

step 401, sending a first QoE measurement configuration or a second QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, for generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report; the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

Specifically, the terminal supports performing QoE measurements and generating corresponding first QoE measurement reports in a first network according to a first QoE measurement configuration, and also supports performing QoE measurements and generating corresponding second QoE measurement reports in a second network according to a second QoE measurement configuration. Wherein the first network includes but is not limited to 4G or EUTRAN network, the second network includes 5G, NR network and new generation communication network with technology development, and the first QoE measurement configuration in the present application is based on the QoE measurement configuration adopted when QoE measurement is performed for different service types, and the first indication information is added for associating with the QoE measurement configuration adopted when QoE measurement is performed in the 5G network.

Because of QoE measurements for the same service type in a 4G network, it is not possible to distinguish which application a particular belongs to. An application here may refer to accessing a specific service of a service provider through a certain APP, or may represent a terminal accessing a specific service of a service provider, or a session established between a terminal and a service provider for implementing a certain service. In order to ensure that the terminal can continuously execute QoE measurement of the same application and generate a corresponding QoE measurement report to be reported to a server or OAM when switching between different networks, the application adds first indication information in QoE measurement configuration in a 4G network, wherein the first indication information is associated with or corresponds to indication information used for indicating different applications in the 5G network and is used for indicating any same application QoE measurement. The information in the 5G network used to indicate the same application QoE measurement may here be an application layer measurement identity. As wireless communication technology advances, a new field (indication information) may appear in the QoE measurement configuration of the 5G network for indicating that QoE measurement is applied, and then the first indication information corresponds to the new field.

The application of QoE measurement here as described above, instead of simply QoE measurement through APP, may be QoE measurement when accessing a specific service through a certain APP, qoE measurement when a terminal directly accesses the specific service, or QoE measurement when a terminal performs QoE measurement in order to implement a session established by the specific service and a service provider. Finally, in order to establish an association relationship between QoE measurement in the 4G network and QoE measurement in the 5G network, a QoE measurement report generated in the 4G network and a QoE measurement report generated in the 5G network can be associated through corresponding indication information to determine whether the QoE measurement report belongs to the same application, so that a server and OAM can perform joint analysis on the QoE measurement reports under different networks to determine the experience quality of the different applications under the different networks, and the QoE measurement report is used for further network optimization or network positioning.

The first QoE measurement configuration is configured under the first network, and correspondingly generates a first QoE measurement report, i.e., a 4G QoE measurement report; similarly, the second QoE measurement configuration is configured under the second network, and correspondingly generates a second QoE measurement report, i.e., a 5G QoE measurement report. The first network is mainly exemplified by a 4G network, and the second network is mainly exemplified by a 5G network.

In addition, the first network may refer to a wireless communication network supported by the current technology, the second network is a new generation wireless communication network to be generated along with the development of the wireless communication technology, and when QoE measurement is performed, certain indication information supported in the new generation wireless communication network (the second network) may be similarly added to the first network, and an association relationship is established between the two indication information, so as to implement continuity of QoE measurement.

According to the QoE continuous measurement method, the first indication information is newly added in the QoE measurement configuration of the first network and the identification for applying QoE measurement is associated in the second network, so that the first QoE measurement report and the second QoE measurement report which are correspondingly generated by the terminal based on the QoE measurement configuration are associated, the continuity of QoE measurement in different network environments is realized, and the server or the OAM can perform joint analysis on a certain service or a certain service.

Specifically, in the process of moving the terminal between different networks, there may be a case of switching from the 5G network to the 4G network, or switching from the 4G network to the 5G network.

In a scenario that a 4G network is switched to a 5G network, first indication information is newly added in a first QoE measurement configuration under the 4G network, an application layer measurement identifier included in the first indication information and the second QoE measurement configuration satisfies a preset association condition, for example, an identifier a for applying QoE measurement indicated by the first indication information, and an application layer measurement identifier included in the second QoE measurement configuration is an identifier B for applying QoE measurement for the identifier, where the preset association condition is that the identifier a and the identifier B are the same, or a mapping relationship exists between the identifier a and the identifier B. In this way, in the scenario of switching from the 4G network to the 5G network, the terminal may perform QoE measurement according to the QoE measurement configuration with the first indication information newly added in the 4G network, and obtain a first QoE measurement report, and correlate the first indication information with a specific application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement configuration of the 5G, so as to implement that in the QoE measurement report performed in the 4G network, including the indication information correlated with the measurement identifier used in the QoE measurement report of the 5G, and further establish a correlation between QoE measurement reports in different network environments, which is beneficial to obtaining continuity of QoE measurement performed by the terminal in different network environments.

Of course, for another scenario, in a scenario of switching from the 5G network to the 4G network, the terminal starts to perform QoE measurement under the 5G network, and may support multiple application QoE measurements at the same time, while in a 4G network environment, only QoE measurement of a single service type is supported, in order to maintain continuity of QoE measurement for a certain application, one of multiple application QoE measurements performed under the current 5G network is selected, and the execution is continued. The specific selection method may be that second indication information is added to the second QoE measurement configuration of 5G, where the second indication information is included in the configuration information of each application QoE measurement and is used to indicate the corresponding priority of the application QoE measurement, according to the priority of each application QoE measurement, one of the application QoE measurements is selected to continue to perform QoE measurement in the 4G network, and the specific selection mode may select one of the application QoE measurements with highest priority or lowest priority or one of the application QoE measurements with highest priority or one of the application QoE measurements with lowest priority or randomly selected, where the randomly selected application QoE measurement is one of all application QoE measurements supported in the 4G network. Through the first indication information newly added in the first QoE measurement configuration and the second indication information newly added in the second QoE measurement configuration, the association between the single service type executed in the 4G network and the QoE measurement identified as the unit according to the application layer measurement in the 5G network is realized.

Specifically, in order to support multiple QoE measurements under the 4G network, by adding third indication information in the first QoE measurement configuration, the third indication information and the application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration in the 5G network have the same function, which are used to represent the identity of the supported one or more identical application QoE measurements.

In addition, the first QoE measurement configuration further includes the first indication information, that is, if multiple QoE measurements are required to be supported in the 4G network, the first indication information and the third indication information are newly added in the QoE measurement configuration in the original 4G network, the third indication information indicates multiple identifiers of application QoE measurements that are simultaneously supported, and a correspondence exists between the third indication information and an application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration, where the set a formed by the multiple identifiers of application QoE measurements indicated by the third indication information is a subset of a set B formed by one or multiple identifiers of application QoE measurements included in the application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration, that is, the identifiers in the set a may be identical to the identifiers included in the set B, and possibly the identifiers in the set a are part of all the identifiers included in the set B.

According to the QoE continuous measurement method, the first indication information and the identification aiming at the application QoE measurement in the second network are newly added in the QoE measurement configuration of the first network, or the first indication information and the third indication information are newly added in the QoE measurement configuration of the first network and are associated with a plurality of application QoE measurement identifications in the second network, so that the terminal establishes association with the first QoE measurement report and the second QoE measurement report correspondingly generated based on the QoE measurement configuration, the continuity of QoE measurement in different network environments is realized, and the server or the OAM can carry out joint analysis aiming at a certain service or a certain service.

Fig. 5 is a second flowchart of a method for QoE continuous measurement according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 5, the method is applied to a terminal, and includes:

step 501, generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration;

Specifically, the terminal receives a first QoE measurement configuration in a first network, receives a second QoE measurement configuration when moving to a second network for receiving, and respectively performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration in the first network to generate a first QoE measurement report; and executing QoE measurement according to the second QoE measurement configuration in a second network, and generating a second QoE measurement report. The first indication information is added in the first QoE measurement configuration and is used for indicating any application QoE measurement, and the identifier of the application QoE measurement is the same as the identifier of the application layer measurement in the second QoE measurement configuration in the 5G network, or a mapping relationship exists.

Therefore, under the condition that the terminal is switched from the first access network to the second access network or from the second access network to the first access network, the continuity of executing QoE measurement on the same application QoE measurement can be realized, and a corresponding first QoE measurement report and a corresponding second QoE measurement report are generated, so that the two QoE measurement reports are associated, and the server or the OAM is favorable for carrying out joint analysis on the corresponding application according to the first QoE measurement report and the second QoE measurement report obtained by the terminal executing QoE measurement under different network environments.

Specifically, in order to correlate the QoE measurement report under the 4G network with the QoE measurement report under the 5G network, under the 4G network, first indication information is newly added in the first QoE measurement configuration, that is, in addition to the original configuration information, the first indication information is also newly added in the first QoE measurement configuration information, where the identifier of the application QoE measurement indicated by the first indication information is the same as the identifier of the application layer measurement in the QoE configuration information under the 5G network, or there is a mapping relationship. After receiving the first QoE measurement configuration information, the terminal executes corresponding QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration information and reports a first QoE measurement report.

In the case that the first QoE measurement configuration information includes the newly added first indication information, the correspondingly generated first QoE measurement report also includes fourth indication information, where the fourth indication information and the first indication information are used to represent the same application QoE measurement.

The above procedure is applicable to a scenario in which the terminal moves from the 4G network to the 5G network, and in a scenario in which the terminal moves from the 5G network to the 4G network, the second indication information needs to be newly added in the second QoE measurement configuration. Because only QoE measurement of a single service type is supported under the original QoE measurement configuration in the 4G network, if the terminal moves from the 5G network to the 4G network and needs to ensure continuity of QoE measurement, it is necessary to select one of multiple application QoE measurements performed in the 5G network to continue to perform QoE measurement in the 4G network environment.

How to select an application that needs to continue to perform QoE measurement in the 4G network environment, second indication information that is newly added in the second QoE measurement configuration is needed, where the second indication information is included in each application QoE measurement and is used to indicate the priority of each application QoE measurement. The specific selection manner may select one of the highest priority, the lowest priority, the middle priority, or the random selection of one of the application QoE measurements supported in the 4G network according to the order of priority. Through the first indication information newly added in the first QoE measurement configuration and the second indication information newly added in the second QoE measurement configuration, the association between the single service type executed in the 4G network and the QoE measurement identified as the unit according to the application layer measurement in the 5G network is realized.

Specifically, after the terminal is switched from the 5G network to the 4G network, a plurality of application QoE measurements may be simultaneously performed in the 5G network, and after the terminal is switched to the 4G network, one QoE measurement needs to be selected from the plurality of application QoE measurements to continue to be performed in the 4G network, and in a specific selection manner, second indication information added in QoE measurement configuration in the 5G network may be included in each application QoE measurement, where the second indication information is used to indicate a priority of each application QoE measurement. The highest priority is selected according to the order of priority, or one is selected randomly, and the application QoE measurement selected randomly is one of all application QoE measurements supported in the 4G network. If none of the plurality of application QoE measurements performed in the 5G network is supported in the 4G network, the QoE measurements are continued to be performed in the 4G network according to the existing QoE measurement configuration.

Specifically, in order to expand the capability of the 4G network to support QoE measurement, the first QoE measurement configuration is correspondingly improved, and the third indication information and the first indication information are newly added.

The third indication information and the application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration information have a corresponding relationship, which are used to indicate the identifier of the supported one or more same application QoE measurements, and are usually a list or a set, including identifiers of a plurality of application QoE measurements. And each entry in the list corresponds to a first indication information, that is, the detailed configuration parameter corresponding to each application QoE measurement is represented by the corresponding first indication information, where the first indication information is included in the detailed configuration parameter of each application QoE measurement and is used to identify which application QoE measurement is. It can be simply understood that the third indication information is an overview, including all the identifiers of the application QoE measurements, and the first indication information is details, indicating a set of configuration parameters specifically included in each application QoE measurement.

The application layer measurement identifiers in the first indication information and the second QoE measurement configuration information have a corresponding relation and are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

After receiving a first QoE measurement configuration including newly added first indication information and third indication information, the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration and generates a corresponding first QoE measurement report, wherein the first QoE measurement report includes fourth indication information and fifth indication information. The fourth indication information and the first indication information are used for representing the same application QoE measurement; the identities of the one or more applied QoE measurements indicated by the third indication information constitute a first set, the identities of the one or more applied QoE measurements indicated by the fifth indication information constitute a second set, the second set indicated by the fifth indication information is the same as the first set indicated by the third indication information.

The method of QoE continuous measurement provided herein is further described in specific examples below.

Example one: support of single QoE measurement reporting continuity when EUTRAN switches to NR

In order to realize continuity of reporting QoE measurement in an Inter-RAT handover scenario of a 5G core network (intra-5G Core Network,intra-5 GC) from EUTRAN to NR, the QoE measurement configuration and the measurement report format in EUTRAN can be expanded, an application layer measurement identifier is added in the QoE measurement configuration of EUTRAN, and an application layer measurement identifier is added in the QoE measurement report. And through the application layer measurement identification, the continuity of QoE measurement and reporting before and after Inter-RAT switching is realized. The specific flow is as follows:

(1) The UE receives the QoE measurement configuration of EUTRAN through the RRC reconfiguration message under the EUTRAN base station, and specifically includes one or more of the following:

-an application layer measurement identity for identifying a service type to which the QoE measurement report corresponds, the application layer measurement identity in the QoE measurement configuration in the associated NR;

-a service type for indicating a service type of QoE measurement, support Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

-an application layer measurement container for storing application layer measurement reports;

(2) And after the UE AS layer receives the QoE measurement configuration, the configuration information is sent to the application layer. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer executes QoE measurement and generates an application layer measurement report to be sent to the AS layer.

(3) The AS layer generates a measurement report according to the QoE measurement report requirement, and sends the measurement report to the RAN through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. QoE measurement report content includes one or more of the following:

-an application layer measurement identity;

-service types such as Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

-an application layer measurement report container storing application layer measurement reports;

(4) The RAN transmits EUTRAN application layer measurement reports to the corresponding server.

(5) Subsequently, the UE performs handover from EUTRAN to NR, and receives configuration information of the NR base station for QoE measurement through the rrcrecon configuration message, which specifically includes:

-an application layer measurement configuration list supporting simultaneous multiple QoE measurements;

-specifically included in each QoE measurement configuration:

an application layer measurement identifier for identifying an application measurement configuration;

the application layer measurement container is used for storing an application layer measurement report;

service types, supporting Streaming, MTSI, VR services, etc.

(6) After the UE is switched to NR, the UE sends the configuration information to the application layer according to the NR QoE measurement configuration received by the AS layer in the switching process. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer continues to perform QoE measurement on the service with the same application layer measurement identifier or the mapping relation, and generates a corresponding application layer measurement report to be sent to the AS layer. For example, when the UE performs QoE measurement on Streaming service in EUTRAN, after the UE switches to an NR cell, the UE continues to perform QoE measurement on the Streaming service according to an application layer measurement identifier or an application layer mapping relationship, and sends an application layer measurement report on the Streaming service in NR to the AS layer.

(7) And the AS layer generates a measurement report according to the NR QoE measurement report requirement and sends the measurement report to the RAN through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. The QoE measurement report content includes:

-an application layer measurement report list, which may contain a plurality of QoE measurement report contents;

-in each QoE measurement report, specifically comprising:

the application layer measurement identifier is used for identifying an application layer measurement report, and is the same as or has a mapping relation with the QoE measurement identifier in EUTRAN; there are two possible ways to associate QoE measurement reports for the same service in EUTRAN and NR. Mode one: the application layer measurement identifiers in QoE measurement reports of EUTRAN and NR are guaranteed to be the same, so that service with the same application layer measurement identifier is directly selected in NR to continue QoE measurement. Mode two: the application layer measurement identities in the QoE measurement reports of EUTRAN and NR are different but have a mapping relationship, so that in NR, a service associated with EUTRAN is selected to continue QoE measurement according to the mapping relationship.

An application layer measurement container for storing the content of an application layer measurement report and the like;

(8) The RAN sends the measurement report to a corresponding server;

(9) And the server receiving the QoE measurement report analyzes the QoE measurement report of the same service before and after switching according to the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in EUTRAN and the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in NR.

Example two: support of continuity of single QoE measurement reporting when NR switches to EUTRAN

In order to realize continuity of QoE measurement reporting in an Inter-RAT handover scenario from NR to EUTRAN by intra-5GC, qoE measurement configuration and measurement report format in EUTRAN can be expanded, and an application layer measurement identifier is added in QoE measurement configuration of EUTRAN and an application layer measurement identifier is added in QoE measurement report. When a plurality of QoE measurements are executed in NR at the same time, a service supported by EUTRAN can be selected in a certain mode, so that the continuity of QoE measurements after switching to EUTRAN is ensured. Such as setting priority parameters in NR QoE measurement configuration or randomly selecting a service or other means. And through the application layer measurement identification, the continuity of QoE measurement and reporting before and after Inter-RAT switching is realized. The specific flow is as follows:

(1) The UE receives QoE measurement configuration of NR through RRC reconfiguration message under NR base station, and the specific content comprises at least one of the following:

-specifically included in each QoE measurement configuration:

Service types, supporting Streaming, MTSI and VR services;

and the priority identifier of the QoE measurement is used for indicating the corresponding priority of the QoE measurement.

(3) The AS layer generates a measurement report according to the QoE measurement report requirement, and sends the measurement report to the RAN through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. QoE measurement report content includes at least one of:

-in each QoE measurement report, specifically comprising:

the application layer measurement identifier is used for identifying an application layer measurement report, and is the same as or has a mapping relationship with the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE report in EUTRAN, and is described in detail in example one;

an application layer measurement report container for storing the content of the application layer measurement report and the like.

(4) The RAN sends NR application layer measurement reports to the corresponding server.

(5) Subsequently, the UE performs handover from NR to EUTRAN in the inter 5GC, and receives configuration information of the EUTRAN base station for QoE measurement through the rrcrecon configuration message, which specifically includes:

-an application layer measurement identity for identifying a service to which a QoE measurement report corresponds, associating the QoE measurement report in the NR;

(6) After the UE is switched to EUTRAN, the UE sends the configuration information to the application layer according to the EUTRAN QoE measurement configuration received by the AS layer in the switching process. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer continuously carries out QoE measurement on the service with the same application layer measurement identifier, and generates a corresponding application layer measurement report and sends the corresponding application layer measurement report to the AS layer. If the UE performs multiple QoE measurements in the NR at the same time, after the UE switches to EUTRAN, selecting a service supported by EUTRAN from multiple QoE measurement tasks according to a certain manner, continuing to perform QoE measurement, e.g. selecting a service with the highest priority according to the priority in the QoE measurement configuration, and performing QoE measurement. Or randomly selecting a QoE measurement supported by the 4G network, generating a corresponding application layer measurement report and sending the report to the AS layer.

(7) The AS layer generates a measurement report according to the EUTRAN QoE measurement report configuration requirement, and sends the measurement report to the RAN through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. QoE measurement report content includes at least one of:

-an application layer measurement identity;

-service types such as Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

(8) The RAN sends the measurement report to a corresponding server;

(9) And the server which receives the QoE measurement report analyzes QoE measurement before and after switching according to the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in EUTRAN and the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in NR.

Example three: support of continuity of multiple QoE measurement reporting when EUTRAN switches to NR

In order to realize continuity of multiple QoE measurement reports in intra-5GC handover scenarios from EUTRAN to NR, qoE measurement configuration and measurement report formats in EUTRAN may be extended, qoE measurement lists are added in the QoE measurement configuration and QoE measurement report of EUTRAN, and each QoE measurement configuration and measurement report in the list contains at least one of an application layer measurement identifier, a service type identifier and an application layer measurement configuration container. And through the application layer measurement identification, the continuity of QoE measurement and reporting before and after Inter-RAT switching is realized. The specific flow is as follows:

-an application layer measurement configuration list, which may support a plurality of QoE measurements;

-in each QoE measurement configuration, at least one or more of:

an application layer measurement identifier, configured to identify a service corresponding to the QoE measurement report, and associate the QoE measurement report in the NR;

a service type for indicating a service type of QoE measurement, supporting Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

-an application layer measurement report list, which may support a plurality of QoE measurements;

-including in each QoE measurement report at least one or more of:

an application layer measuring identifier;

service types such as Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

(5) Then, the UE performs handover from EUTRAN to NR in the inter 5GC, and receives configuration information of the NR base station for QoE measurement through the rrcrecon configuration message, which specifically includes:

-specifically included in each QoE measurement configuration:

service types, supporting Streaming, MTSI, VR services, etc.

(6) After the UE is switched to NR, the UE sends the configuration information to the application layer according to the NR QoE measurement configuration received by the AS layer in the switching process. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer continuously carries out QoE measurement on the service with the same application layer measurement identifier in the EUTRAN QoE measurement configuration list, and generates a corresponding application layer measurement report and sends the corresponding application layer measurement report to the AS layer.

-in each QoE measurement report, specifically comprising:

the application layer measurement identifier is used for identifying an application layer measurement report, and is the same as or has a mapping relationship with the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in EUTRAN, and is described in detail in example one;

(8) The RAN sends the measurement report to a corresponding server;

(9) And the server receiving the QoE measurement report analyzes the QoE measurement report of the same service before and after switching according to the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report list in EUTRAN and the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report list in NR.

Example four: support of continuity of multiple QoE measurement reporting when NR switches to EUTRAN

In order to realize continuity of multiple QoE measurement reporting in intra-RAT handover scenario from NR to EUTRAN, the QoE measurement configuration and measurement report format in EUTRAN may be extended, a QoE measurement list is added in the QoE measurement configuration and QoE measurement report of EUTRAN, and each QoE measurement configuration and measurement report in the list contains at least one of an application layer measurement identifier, a service type identifier and an application layer measurement configuration container, so that multiple QoE measurements and reporting are supported to be performed simultaneously in EUTRAN. After the UE switches from NR to EUTRAN, qoE measurement is continuously performed for one or more services having the same QoE measurement identity or mapping relationship in EUTRAN and NR, as described in example one. The continuous QoE measurement and reporting before and after Inter-RAT switching is realized. The specific flow is as follows:

-specifically included in each QoE measurement configuration:

service types, supporting Streaming, MTSI, VR services, etc.

-in each QoE measurement report, specifically comprising:

an application layer measurement identifier, configured to identify an application layer measurement report;

-in each QoE measurement configuration, at least one or more of:

an application layer measurement identifier, configured to identify a service corresponding to the QoE measurement report, and align the QoE measurement report in the associated NR;

(6) After the UE is switched to EUTRAN, the UE sends the configuration information to the application layer according to the EUTRAN QoE measurement configuration received by the AS layer in the switching process. And under the condition that a certain condition is met, the application layer continues to carry out QoE measurement on one or more services with the same application layer measurement identifier or mapping relation, and a corresponding application layer measurement report is generated and sent to the AS layer AS described in the detailed description in the example I.

(7) The AS layer generates a measurement report according to the EUTRAN QoE measurement report requirement, and sends the measurement report to the RAN through an application layer measurement report message MeasReportAppLayer. QoE measurement report content includes at least one of:

-an application layer measurement identity;

-service types such as Streaming, MTSI and VR, etc.;

-an application layer measurement container storing application layer measurement reports;

(8) The RAN sends the measurement report to a corresponding server;

(9) And the server receiving the QoE measurement report analyzes the QoE measurement report of one or more same services before and after switching according to the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in EUTRAN and the application layer measurement identifier in the QoE measurement report in NR.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, where the access network device includes a memory 601, a transceiver 602, and a processor 603, where:

a memory 601 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 602 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 603.

Specifically, a transceiver 602 is used to receive and transmit data under the control of a processor 603.

Wherein in fig. 6, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by the processor 603 and various circuits of the memory represented by the memory 601, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 602 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, etc. The processor 603 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 601 may store data used by the processor 603 in performing operations.

The processor 603 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), or the processor may employ a multi-core architecture.

A processor 603 for reading the computer program in the memory 601 and performing the following operations:

It should be noted that, the access network device provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment using the access network device as an execution body, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those in the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, where the terminal includes a memory 701, a transceiver 702, and a processor 703, where:

a memory 701 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 702 for transceiving data under the control of the processor 703.

Specifically, a transceiver 702 is used to receive and transmit data under the control of a processor 703.

Wherein in fig. 7, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 703 and various circuits of the memory, represented by memory 701, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 702 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over transmission media, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and the like. The user interface 704 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with an inscribed desired device for a different user device, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.

The processor 703 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 701 may store data used by the processor 703 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 703 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), which may also employ a multi-core architecture.

The processor is configured to execute any of the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application by invoking a computer program stored in a memory in accordance with the obtained executable instructions. The processor and the memory may also be physically separate.

A processor 703 for reading the computer program in the memory 701 and performing the following operations:

Optionally, the selected application QoE measurement is determined based on the second indication information, and the corresponding determining operation includes:

the third indication information and the fifth indication information have a corresponding relation, and the third indication information and the fifth indication information are lists comprising one or more identical identifiers for applying QoE measurement; and the first indication information corresponding to each item in the identified list applying QoE measurement.

It should be noted that, the above terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment using the terminal as the execution main body, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in the embodiment are omitted herein.

Fig. 8 is one of schematic structural diagrams of an apparatus for QoE continuous measurement according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus at least includes:

a first sending module 801, configured to send a first QoE measurement configuration or a second QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, so that a second terminal generates a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report; the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a configuration module 802 for:

If the terminal is switched from the first access network to the second access network, configuring the newly added first indication information in the first QoE measurement configuration; the application layer measurement identifiers in the first indication information and the second QoE measurement configuration meet preset association conditions; the preset association condition is that application layer measurement identifiers included in the first indication information and the second QoE measurement configuration are used for identifying application services corresponding to QoE measurement, or mapping relation exists between the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifiers included in the second QoE measurement configuration;

the first QoE measurement configuration is a QoE measurement configuration of the first access network, and the second QoE measurement configuration is a QoE measurement configuration of the second access network.

Fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for QoE continuous measurement according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 9, the apparatus at least includes:

a generating module 901, configured to generate a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration;

Optionally, the generating module 901 is specifically configured to, in a process of generating the corresponding first QoE measurement report or the second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration:

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a second determining module 902 for:

Selecting one application QoE measurement with the highest priority corresponding to the application QoE measurement to which the second indication information belongs, or randomly selecting one application QoE measurement as the selected application QoE measurement based on the second indication information included in the configuration information of each application QoE measurement;

the randomly selected one application QoE measurement is one of all application QoE measurements supported by the first access network.

Optionally, the generating module 901 is further configured to, in generating a corresponding QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration:

The method and the device provided in the embodiments of the present application are based on the same application conception, and since the principles of solving the problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repetition is not repeated.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the units is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual practice. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied in essence or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

In another aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, where the computer program is configured to cause a computer to perform the method for QoE continuous measurement provided in the foregoing embodiments.

It should be noted that, the computer readable storage medium provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in the embodiment are omitted herein.

The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by a computer, including, but not limited to, magnetic storage (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disks (MOs), etc.), optical storage (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, nonvolatile storage (NAND FLASH), solid State Disk (SSD)), etc.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be suitable for various systems, in particular to a 5G system. For example, suitable systems may be global system for mobile communications (global system of mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) universal packet Radio service (general packet Radio service, GPRS), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD), LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), long term evolution-advanced (long term evolution advanced, LTE-a), universal mobile system (universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX), 5G New air interface (New Radio, NR), and the like. Terminal devices and network devices are included in these various systems. Core network parts such as evolved packet system (Evloved Packet System, EPS), 5G system (5 GS) etc. may also be included in the system.

The terminal according to the embodiments of the present application may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, etc. The names of terminals may also be different in different systems, for example in a 5G system, a terminal may be referred to as User Equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device may communicate with one or more Core Networks (CNs) via a radio access Network (Radio Access Network, RAN), which may be mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, e.g., portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and/or data with the radio access Network. Such as personal communication services (Personal Communication Service, PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (Session Initiated Protocol, SIP) phones, wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDAs), and the like. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile station (mobile), remote station (remote station), access point (access point), remote terminal device (remote terminal), access terminal device (access terminal), user terminal device (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user equipment (user device), and the embodiments of the present application are not limited.

The network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station, where the base station may include a plurality of cells for providing services for a terminal. A base station may also be called an access point or may be a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminal devices, or other names, depending on the particular application. The network device may be operable to exchange received air frames with internet protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network device according to the embodiments of the present application may be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile communications, GSM) or code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in a wideband code division multiple access (Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA), an evolved network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), a home evolved base station (Home evolved Node B, heNB), a relay node (relay node), a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), and the like. In some network structures, the network device may include a Centralized Unit (CU) node and a Distributed Unit (DU) node, which may also be geographically separated.

Multiple-input Multiple-output (Multi Input Multi Output, MIMO) transmissions may each be made between a network device and a terminal device using one or more antennas, and the MIMO transmissions may be Single User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multiple User MIMO (MU-MIMO). The MIMO transmission may be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO, or massive-MIMO, or may be diversity transmission, precoding transmission, beamforming transmission, or the like, depending on the form and number of the root antenna combinations.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, magnetic disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present application without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof, the present application is intended to cover such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for QoE continuous measurement, applied to an access network device, comprising:

2. The method of QoE continuous measurement according to claim 1, wherein before said sending the first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, comprising:

3. The method of QoE continuous measurement according to claim 1, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration further includes third indication information, the third indication information has a correspondence with an application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration, the third indication information and the application layer measurement configuration list are a list including supported identifiers of one or more identical application QoE measurements, and each entry in the list including an identifier of an application QoE measurement corresponds to one first indication information; and each item in the list of the application layer measurement configuration list comprising the application QoE measurement identifiers corresponds to one application layer measurement identifier.

4. A method for continuously measuring QoE, which is applied to a terminal, comprising:

5. The method of QoE continuous measurement of claim 4, wherein the generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration comprises:

6. The method of QoE continuous measurement according to claim 5, wherein said selected application QoE measurement is determined based on said second indication information, and the corresponding determining method comprises:

7. The method of QoE continuous measurement of claim 4, wherein said generating a corresponding QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration, further comprises:

if the first QoE measurement configuration further includes third indication information, the generated first QoE measurement report further includes fifth indication information;

8. An access network device comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; the method is characterized in that:

9. The access network device of claim 8, wherein before the sending the first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, comprising:

10. The access network device of claim 8, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration further includes third indication information, the third indication information has a correspondence with an application layer measurement configuration list in the second QoE measurement configuration, the third indication information and the application layer measurement configuration list are a list including one or more supported identifiers of the same application QoE measurement, and each entry in the list including the identifier of the application QoE measurement corresponds to one first indication information; and each item in the list of the application layer measurement configuration list comprising the application QoE measurement identifiers corresponds to one application layer measurement identifier.

11. A terminal comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; the method is characterized in that:

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the generating the corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration comprises:

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the selected application QoE measurement is determined based on the second indication information, and wherein the corresponding determining operation comprises:

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the generating the corresponding QoE measurement report based on the received first QoE measurement configuration or second QoE measurement configuration, further comprises:

15. An apparatus for continuous QoE measurement, comprising:

the first sending module is used for sending the first QoE measurement configuration or the second QoE measurement configuration to the terminal and generating a corresponding first QoE measurement report or second QoE measurement report; the first QoE measurement configuration comprises first indication information, the first indication information and an application layer measurement identifier in the second QoE measurement configuration have a corresponding relation, and the first indication information and the application layer measurement identifier are used for representing any same application QoE measurement.

16. An apparatus for continuous QoE measurement, comprising:

17. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program for causing a computer to perform the QoE continuous measurement method of any of claims 1 to 3, or the QoE continuous measurement method of any of claims 4 to 7.