CN117545004A

CN117545004A - QoE configuration method, terminal and node

Info

Publication number: CN117545004A
Application number: CN202210918481.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 倪春林; 王睿炜; 王号成
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
Also published as: WO2024027567A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a QoE configuration method, a terminal and a node, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a terminal receives a first QoE measurement configuration of user quality of experience sent by an auxiliary node, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating QoE measurement based on management; the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node or the main node, wherein the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration. The method and the device can avoid collision of the MN and the SN when configuring management-based QoE measurement.

Description

QoE configuration method, terminal and node

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a QoE configuration method, a terminal, and a node.

Background

The User Equipment (UE) may operate in a dual connection state in a New Radio (NR) system, and simultaneously connect two nodes, i.e., a Master Node (MN) and a Secondary Node (SN). Current protocols support management-based quality of user experience (Quality of Experience, qoE) for only a single node. In the Dual Connection (DC) case, one UE may be configured with both MN and SN based on management QoE configuration, resulting in nodes requiring differentiated configuration when reporting QoE reports, or QoE configuration collision.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a QoE configuration method, a terminal and a node, which are used for solving the defect that in the prior art, under the condition of double connection, one UE is possibly configured by both MN and SN based on management QoE configuration, so that the nodes which are configured need to be distinguished when the QoE report is reported, or the QoE configuration is conflicted.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a QoE configuration method, including:

the method comprises the steps that a terminal receives a first QoE measurement configuration of user quality of experience sent by an auxiliary node, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating QoE measurement based on management;

the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node or the main node, wherein the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration.

Optionally, according to a QoE configuration method of an embodiment of the present application, before the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report to the master node, the method further includes:

the terminal stores identification information in the first QoE measurement configuration;

the application layer of the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration, generates a second QoE measurement report and sends the second QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal, wherein the second QoE measurement report carries the identification information;

And under the condition that the access layer of the terminal receives the second QoE measurement report, adding first indication information into the second QoE measurement report to obtain the first QoE measurement report, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the auxiliary node.

Optionally, according to a QoE configuration method of an embodiment of the present application, the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the master node, including:

and the access layer of the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report to a main node so that the main node can send the first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node according to the first indication information.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a QoE configuration method, including:

the auxiliary node sends a first QoE measurement configuration of user experience quality to the terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating QoE measurement based on management;

the auxiliary node receives a first QoE measurement report sent by a terminal or a main node, wherein the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration;

and the auxiliary node reports the first QoE measurement report to the operation, management and maintenance (OAM) corresponding to the auxiliary node.

Optionally, according to a QoE configuration method of an embodiment of the present application, before the secondary node sends the first QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, the method further includes:

in the case that the auxiliary node receives the management-based QoE configuration sent by the OAM, the auxiliary node sends a QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration to a main node, where the QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration is used for the main node to determine whether to allow the auxiliary node to configure the management-based QoE configuration;

the auxiliary node receives first confirmation information sent by the main node, wherein the first confirmation information is used for indicating that the auxiliary node is allowed to configure the QoE configuration based on management;

the secondary node configures the management-based QoE configuration to obtain the first QoE measurement configuration.

Optionally, a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, the method further comprises:

the auxiliary node receives second confirmation information sent by the main node, wherein the second confirmation information is used for indicating refusing the auxiliary node to configure the QoE configuration based on management;

the secondary node does not configure the management-based QoE configuration.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a QoE configuration method, including:

The method comprises the steps that a main node receives a first QoE measurement report of user experience quality sent by a terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement report comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating an auxiliary node;

and the main node sends the first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node according to the first indication information.

Optionally, according to a QoE configuration method of an embodiment of the present application, before the master node receives the first QoE measurement report sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

receiving QoE references in the QoE configuration based on management sent by the auxiliary node;

and in case that the QoE reference is different from the QoE reference configured to the main node, sending first confirmation information to the auxiliary node, wherein the first confirmation information is used for indicating that the auxiliary node is allowed to configure the management-based QoE configuration.

and if the QoE reference is the same as the QoE reference configured to the main node, sending second confirmation information to the auxiliary node, wherein the second confirmation information is used for indicating that the auxiliary node is refused to configure the management-based QoE configuration.

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

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 implementing the steps of the QoE configuration method as described in the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a secondary node, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor, wherein:

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 implementing the steps of the QoE configuration method as described in the second aspect above.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a master node, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor, wherein:

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 implementing the steps of the QoE configuration method as described in the third aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a QoE configuration device, including:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a first QoE measurement configuration of user experience quality sent by an auxiliary node, where the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used to indicate management-based QoE measurement;

the first sending unit is configured to send a first QoE measurement report to the secondary node or the primary node, where the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a QoE configuration device, including:

a third sending unit, configured to send, by an auxiliary node, a first QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, where the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used to indicate management-based QoE measurement;

the second receiving unit is configured to receive a first QoE measurement report sent by a terminal or a primary node, where the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration;

and the fourth sending unit is used for reporting the first QoE measurement report to the operation, management and maintenance (OAM) corresponding to the auxiliary node by the auxiliary node.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a QoE configuration device, including:

a fifth receiving unit, configured to receive a first QoE measurement report of user quality of experience sent by a terminal, where the first QoE measurement report includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an auxiliary node;

and a sixth sending unit, configured to send the first QoE measurement report to the secondary node according to the first indication information.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a processor readable storage medium storing a computer program, where the computer program is configured to cause the processor to perform the steps of the QoE configuration method according to the first aspect, or perform the steps of the QoE configuration method according to the second aspect, and perform the steps of the QoE configuration method according to the third aspect.

According to the QoE configuration method, the terminal and the node, the first configuration type is carried in the QoE measurement configuration sent to the terminal by the SN, namely the first configuration type is based on the managed QoE configuration type, so that the terminal sends the measurement report to the SN through the first configuration type, or assigns the SN to the measurement report and sends the SN to the MN, and collision between the MN and the SN in configuration of the QoE measurement based on the management can be avoided.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief description will be given below of the drawings that are needed in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a dual connection in the related art;

fig. 2 is one of flow diagrams of a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a second flowchart of a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

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

fig. 5 is one of interactive flow diagrams of a QoE configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a second schematic diagram of an interaction flow of a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a third schematic diagram of an interaction flow of the QoE configuration method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an auxiliary node according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a master node according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is one of structural schematic diagrams of a QoE configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a second schematic structural diagram of a QoE configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a third schematic structural diagram of a QoE configuration 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.

The embodiment of the application provides a QoE configuration method, which is used for solving the defect that in the prior art, under the condition of double connection, one UE is possibly configured by both MN and SN based on management QoE configuration, so that nodes which are required to be configured are distinguished when a QoE report is reported, or the QoE configuration is in conflict.

The method and the device are based on the same application, and because 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.

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 device 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 the terminal devices may also be different in different systems, for example in a 5G system, the terminal devices 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.

The goal of NR QoE is to collect user experience quality parameters of different service types, and when a Core Network (CN) or an operation, administration and maintenance (Operation Administration and Maintenance, OAM) sends QoE configuration to a Network side device, the Network side device forwards the QoE configuration to a UE through a RAN, and the UE collects and reports related QoE measurement reports to the RAN side, and reports to a server through the RAN. The NR protocol defines two types of QoE measurement, one is signaling base (signaling based), the procedure of which is OAM sending QoE configuration to the core network, which sends QoE configuration to the RAN side, which forwards the QoE configuration to the UE, in which case the configuration is for the specific UE; another is the Management base (Management based), which is the process of OAM sending the QoE configuration directly to the RAN side, which forwards the QoE configuration to the UE, in this case for multiple UEs.

When the UE is configured as a dual connection, the UE is connected at two nodes. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of dual connectivity in the related art, as shown in fig. 1, a UE transmits control plane signaling through signaling radio bearers SRB1 and SRB2 at MN, and transmits control plane signaling using signaling radio bearer SRB3 at SN. Two nodes may belong to different OAM management, and both OAM may configure management-based QoE measurement configuration, resulting in a need to distinguish between configured nodes when reporting QoE reports, or if two nodes receive the same QoE reference identifier (QoE reference ID) sent by the OAM, the QoE configuration may collide.

In order to solve the above problems, the embodiments of the present application provide a QoE configuration method, a terminal, and a node.

Fig. 2 is one of flow diagrams of a QoE configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present application provides a QoE configuration method, where an execution body of the QoE configuration method may be a terminal, and the method includes:

step 200, a terminal receives a first user quality of experience QoE measurement configuration sent by an auxiliary node SN, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating management-based QoE measurement;

it is understood that the SN receives the management based QoE configuration sent by the OAM before the SN sends the first QoE measurement configuration to the terminal.

The method and the device enable the terminal to send the measurement report to the SN through the first configuration type by carrying the QoE configuration type based on management in QoE measurement configuration sent to the terminal by the SN, or assign the SN to the measurement report and send the SN to the MN.

Step 201, the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the secondary node SN or the primary node MN, where the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration.

The terminal receives a first QoE measurement configuration sent by an auxiliary node SN, and executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration to generate a first QoE measurement report.

In one embodiment, the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report directly to the secondary node.

In one embodiment, the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the master node MN, where the first QoE measurement report carries information indicating the SN, and the MN sends the first QoE measurement report to the SN after receiving the first QoE measurement report.

The terminal and the SN or MN interact through RRC signaling.

According to the QoE configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the first configuration type is carried in the QoE measurement configuration sent to the terminal by the SN, namely the first configuration type is based on the managed QoE configuration type, so that the terminal sends the measurement report to the SN through the first configuration type, or assigns the SN to the measurement report and sends the SN to the MN, and therefore collision between the MN and the SN in configuration based on the managed configuration can be avoided.

In some optional embodiments, before the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report to the master node, the method further comprises:

It can be appreciated that by carrying the management-based QoE configuration type in the QoE measurement configuration sent by the SN to the terminal, the terminal stores the identification information in the first QoE measurement configuration through the first configuration type.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the identification information is a radio resource control identifier (Radio Resource Control Identifier, RRC ID), that is, identification information carried in the transmission process of the RRC message, and is used to identify a QoE measurement;

alternatively, the identification information may be other information capable of identifying QoE measurement, i.e. any existing or future identification information capable of achieving an identification effect may be applied thereto, which is not limited.

And then, the application layer of the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration, and generates a second QoE measurement report.

And the application layer of the terminal sends the second QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal, wherein the second QoE measurement report carries the identification information.

The access layer of the terminal receives a second QoE measurement report carrying identification information, adds information (namely first indication information) for indicating SN in the second QoE measurement report, and obtains the first QoE measurement report.

Then, the access layer of the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report to the MN, and the MN sends the first QoE measurement report to the SN after receiving the first QoE measurement report.

According to the QoE configuration method, the first configuration type is carried in the first QoE measurement configuration sent to the terminal by the SN, so that the terminal stores identification information in the first QoE measurement configuration through the first configuration type, performs QoE measurement, generates a measurement report with the identification information, assigns the SN to the measurement report and sends the SN to the MN, and collision between the MN and the SN in configuration based on management can be avoided.

In some optional embodiments, the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the master node, including:

According to the QoE configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the first configuration type is carried in the first QoE measurement configuration sent to the terminal by the SN, so that the terminal assigns the SN to the measurement report through the first configuration type and sends the SN to the MN, and the MN sends the measurement report to the SN, so that collision between the MN and the SN during configuration based on management can be avoided.

Fig. 3 is a second flowchart of a QoE configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, where an execution body of the QoE configuration method may be an auxiliary node, and the method includes:

step 300, an auxiliary node SN sends a first user quality of experience QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating management-based QoE measurement;

Step 301, the secondary node receives a first QoE measurement report sent by a terminal or a primary node, where the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration;

In one embodiment, the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report directly to the secondary node. The auxiliary node receives a first QoE measurement report sent by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to the master node MN, where the first QoE measurement report carries information indicating the SN, and the MN sends the first QoE measurement report to the SN after receiving the first QoE measurement report. I.e. the secondary node receives the first QoE measurement report sent by the primary node.

Step 302, the secondary node reports the first QoE measurement report to an operation administration maintenance OAM corresponding to the secondary node.

Optionally, before the secondary node sends the first QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, the method further includes:

In order to avoid conflict between the SN received by the UE and the QoE configuration sent by the MN, in the case that the SN receives the QoE configuration based on management sent by the OAM, the SN sends the QoE reference in the QoE configuration based on management to the MN so that a main node can determine whether to allow the auxiliary node to configure the QoE configuration based on the QoE reference in the QoE configuration based on management.

Specifically, if the QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration is different from the QoE reference (QoE reference) already configured to the MN, the MN sends to the SN first acknowledgement information indicating that the secondary node is allowed to configure the management-based QoE configuration. Therefore, the QoE configuration of two nodes received by the UE can be ensured not to conflict.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the secondary node does not configure the management-based QoE configuration.

Specifically, if the QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration is the same as the QoE reference already configured to the MN, the MN sends a second acknowledgement information to the SN, the second acknowledgement information being used to indicate that the secondary node is denied to configure the management-based QoE configuration. Therefore, the QoE configuration of two nodes received by the UE can be ensured not to conflict. The SN receives the second confirmation information sent by the MN, and does not configure the QoE configuration based on management.

It should be noted that, interaction is performed between SN and MN through Xn message.

According to the QoE configuration method, after the auxiliary node receives the QoE configuration based on management sent by the OAM, the QoE reference in the QoE configuration based on management is sent to the main node, so that the main node can determine whether the auxiliary node is allowed to configure the QoE configuration based on management to the UE, and the QoE configuration of two nodes received by the UE can be ensured not to conflict.

Fig. 4 is a third flowchart of a QoE configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, where an execution body of the QoE configuration method may be a master node, and the method includes:

step 400, a main node receives a first user quality of experience QoE measurement report sent by a terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement report comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used for indicating an auxiliary node;

the method comprises the steps that an SN sends a first QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating management-based QoE measurement;

the terminal receives a first QoE measurement configuration sent by an auxiliary node SN, and executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration to generate a first QoE measurement report;

The terminal may send the first QoE measurement report directly to the secondary node, or may send the first QoE measurement report to the primary node MN. The first QoE measurement report includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate the auxiliary node.

Step 401, the primary node sends the first QoE measurement report to the secondary node according to the first indication information.

According to the QoE configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the first configuration type is carried in the QoE measurement configuration sent to the terminal by the SN, namely the first configuration type is based on the managed QoE configuration type, so that the terminal assigns the SN to the measurement report through the first configuration type and sends the SN to the MN, and the SN is sent to the SN by the MN, so that collision between the MN and the SN during configuration based on the managed configuration can be avoided.

Optionally, before the master node receives the first QoE measurement report sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

In order to avoid collision between the SN received by the UE and the QoE configuration sent by the MN, in the case that the SN receives the management-based QoE configuration sent by the OAM, the SN sends a QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration to the MN, and the MN determines whether to allow the secondary node to configure the management-based QoE configuration based on the QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

According to the QoE configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, by receiving the QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration, and comparing the QoE reference with the QoE reference configured to the MN, whether the auxiliary node is allowed to configure the management-based QoE configuration to the UE is determined, and the QoE configuration of two nodes received by the UE can be ensured not to conflict.

The QoE configuration method provided by the embodiments of the present application is further described below through several specific embodiments.

Fig. 5 is one of interactive flow diagrams of a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 5, the method includes:

step 0, oam sends QoE configuration to RAN node, i.e. MN or SN.

Step 1, the UE receives QoE configuration sent by the MN through RRC message.

In step 1a, the ue receives the QoE configuration sent by the SN through the RRC message, and carries the QoE configuration type, such as management-based QoE configuration (M-based).

Step 2, the UE sends the QoE report configured by the MN to the MN.

In step 2a, the ue sends a QoE report of the SN configuration to the SN.

Fig. 6 is a second schematic diagram of an interaction flow of a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 6, the method includes:

step 0, oam sends QoE configuration to RAN node, i.e. MN or SN.

Step 1, the UE receives QoE configuration sent by the MN through RRC message.

In step 1a, the ue receives the QoE configuration sent by the SN through the RRC message, and carries the QoE configuration type, such as M-based.

Step 2, the ue sends a QoE report configured by SN to the MN and carries an SN indication (i.e. information indicating SN).

And step 3, the MN sends the QoE report configured by the SN to the SN through an Xn message.

Step 4, the sn optionally replies with an acknowledgement message.

Fig. 7 is a third schematic diagram of an interaction flow of a QoE configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 7, the method includes:

step 1, SN receives QoE configuration based on management sent by OAM;

step 2, the sn sends the QoE reference in the management-based QoE measurement configuration to the MN.

Step 3, the MN receives the QoE reference of the SN and compares the received QoE reference with the QoE reference configured to the MN;

and 4, replying that the SN confirmation is configurable if the two confirmation approaches are different. If so, the MN replies to the SN that denies the SN to configure the management-based QoE measurement. To ensure that the QoE configurations received by the UE do not conflict.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 8, where the terminal includes a memory 820, a transceiver 810, and a processor 800:

a memory 820 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 810 for transceiving data under the control of the processor; a processor 800 for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

Receiving a first QoE measurement configuration sent by an auxiliary node, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating QoE measurement based on management;

and sending a first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node or the main node, wherein the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

storing identification information in the first QoE measurement configuration;

performing QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration by an application layer of the terminal, generating a second QoE measurement report and sending the second QoE measurement report to an access layer of the terminal, wherein the second QoE measurement report carries the identification information;

and under the condition that the second QoE measurement report is received through an access layer of the terminal, adding first indication information into the second QoE measurement report to obtain the first QoE measurement report, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the auxiliary node.

Optionally, the sending the first QoE measurement report to the master node includes:

and sending the first QoE measurement report to a main node through an access layer of the terminal so that the main node can send the first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node according to the first indication information.

A transceiver 810 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 800.

Wherein in fig. 8, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular, one or more processors represented by processor 800 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 820, 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 810 may be a number of elements, i.e., 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, etc. The user interface 830 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 800 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 820 may store data used by the processor 800 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 800 may be a CPU (Central processing Unit), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit ), FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array, field programmable Gate array) or CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device ), and the processor may also employ a multicore 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.

It should be noted that, the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment at the terminal side, and can achieve the same technical effects, and the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in the embodiment are not described in detail herein.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a secondary node according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 9, the secondary node includes a memory 920, a transceiver 910, and a processor 900:

a memory 920 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 910 for transceiving data under the control of the processor; a processor 900 for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

Transmitting a first user quality of experience QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used for indicating management-based QoE measurement;

receiving a first QoE measurement report sent by a terminal or a main node, wherein the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal executes QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration;

and reporting the first QoE measurement report to the operation, management and maintenance (OAM) corresponding to the auxiliary node.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

transmitting a QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration to a master node upon receiving the management-based QoE configuration transmitted by the OAM, the QoE reference in the management-based QoE configuration being used by the master node to determine whether to allow the secondary node to configure the management-based QoE configuration;

receiving first confirmation information sent by the master node, wherein the first confirmation information is used for indicating that the auxiliary node is allowed to configure the QoE configuration based on management;

and configuring the management-based QoE configuration to obtain the first QoE measurement configuration.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

receiving second confirmation information sent by the master node, wherein the second confirmation information is used for indicating refusing the auxiliary node to configure the QoE configuration based on management;

The management-based QoE configuration is not configured.

A transceiver 910 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 900.

Wherein in fig. 9, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 900 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 920, 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 910 may be a number of elements, i.e., include 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 900 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 920 may store data used by the processor 900 in performing operations.

Processor 900 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), and may also employ a multi-core architecture.

It should be noted that, the auxiliary node provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment of the auxiliary node side, 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.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a master node according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 10, where the master node includes a memory 1020, a transceiver 1010, and a processor 1000:

a memory 1020 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 1010 for transceiving data under control of the processor; a processor 1000 for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

receiving a first QoE measurement report of user experience quality sent by a terminal, wherein the first QoE measurement report comprises first indication information which is used for indicating an auxiliary node;

and sending the first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node according to the first indication information.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

A transceiver 1010 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1000.

Wherein in fig. 10, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by the processor 1000 and various circuits of the memory, represented by the memory 1020, are chained 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 1010 may be a number of elements, i.e., 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 processor 1000 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 may store data used by the processor 1000 in performing operations.

Processor 1000 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), and may also employ a multi-core architecture.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned master node provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the above-mentioned master node side method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, and the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in the present embodiment are not described in detail herein.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a QoE configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 11, the device includes:

a first receiving unit 1110, configured to receive a first user quality of experience QoE measurement configuration sent by a secondary node, where the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used to indicate management-based QoE measurement;

a first sending unit 1120, configured to send a first QoE measurement report to the secondary node or the primary node, where the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a first storage unit, configured to store identification information in the first QoE measurement configuration;

the first execution unit is used for the application layer of the terminal to execute QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration, generate a second QoE measurement report and send the second QoE measurement report to the access layer of the terminal, wherein the second QoE measurement report carries the identification information;

and the second execution unit is used for adding first indication information into the second QoE measurement report to obtain the first QoE measurement report under the condition that the access layer of the terminal receives the second QoE measurement report, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the auxiliary node.

and sending the first QoE measurement report to a main node through an access layer of the device so that the main node can send the first QoE measurement report to the auxiliary node according to the first indication information.

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment on the terminal side, 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. 12 is a second schematic structural diagram of a QoE configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 12, the device includes:

a second sending unit 1210, configured to send, by the secondary node, a first user quality of experience QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, where the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used to indicate management-based QoE measurement;

a second receiving unit 1220, configured to receive, by the secondary node, a first QoE measurement report sent by a terminal or a primary node, where the first QoE measurement report is obtained after the terminal performs QoE measurement according to the first QoE measurement configuration;

a third sending unit 1230, configured to report, by the secondary node, the first QoE measurement report to an operation administration maintenance OAM corresponding to the secondary node.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a fourth sending unit, configured to send, to a master node, a QoE reference in the managed QoE configuration, where the QoE reference in the managed QoE configuration is used for the master node to determine whether to allow the slave node to configure the managed QoE configuration, if the managed QoE configuration sent by the OAM is received by the slave node;

A third receiving unit, configured to receive first acknowledgement information sent by the primary node, where the first acknowledgement information is used to indicate that the secondary node is allowed to configure the management-based QoE configuration;

a first configuration unit, configured to configure the management-based QoE configuration, and obtain the first QoE measurement configuration.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

a fourth receiving unit, configured to receive second acknowledgement information sent by the primary node, where the second acknowledgement information is used to indicate that the secondary node is refused to configure the management-based QoE configuration;

and a third execution unit, configured to not configure the management-based QoE configuration.

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment on the secondary node side, 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. 13 is a third schematic structural diagram of a QoE configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application, where, as shown in fig. 13, the device includes:

a fifth receiving unit 1310, configured to receive a first QoE measurement report sent by a terminal, where the first QoE measurement report includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an auxiliary node;

A fifth sending unit 1320, configured to send the first QoE measurement report to the secondary node according to the first indication information.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a sixth receiving unit, configured to receive a QoE reference in a management-based QoE configuration sent by the secondary node;

a sixth sending unit, configured to send, to the secondary node, first acknowledgement information, where the QoE reference is different from the QoE reference already configured to the primary node, the first acknowledgement information being used to indicate that the secondary node is allowed to configure the management-based QoE configuration.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a seventh sending unit, configured to send, to the secondary node, second acknowledgement information, where the QoE reference is the same as the QoE reference configured to the primary node, where the second acknowledgement information is used to indicate that the secondary node is refused to configure the management-based QoE configuration.

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented in the main node side method embodiment, 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.

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.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present application further provide a processor readable storage medium, where the processor readable storage medium stores a computer program, where the computer program is configured to enable the processor to execute the method provided in each of the foregoing embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects, which is not described herein again.

The processor-readable storage medium may be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by a processor, 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.), semiconductor storage (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, nonvolatile storage (NAND FLASH), solid State Disk (SSD)), and the like.

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 QoE configuration method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the terminal sends the first QoE measurement report to the master node, the method further comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the terminal sends a first QoE measurement report to a master node, comprising:

4. A QoE configuration method, comprising:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein before the secondary node sends the first QoE measurement configuration to the terminal, the method further comprises:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

the secondary node does not configure the management-based QoE configuration.

7. A QoE configuration method, comprising:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein before the master node receives the first QoE measurement report sent by the terminal, the method further comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

10. A terminal comprising 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:

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

storing identification information in the first QoE measurement configuration;

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the sending the first QoE measurement report to the master node comprises:

13. A secondary node comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

14. The secondary node of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

15. The secondary node of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

the management-based QoE configuration is not configured.

16. A master node comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

17. The master node of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

18. The master node of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

19. A QoE configuring apparatus, comprising:

20. A QoE configuring apparatus, comprising:

a second sending unit, configured to send, by an auxiliary node, a first QoE measurement configuration to a terminal, where the first QoE measurement configuration carries a first configuration type, and the first configuration type is used to indicate management-based QoE measurement;

and the third sending unit is used for reporting the first QoE measurement report to the operation, management and maintenance (OAM) corresponding to the auxiliary node by the auxiliary node.

21. A QoE configuring apparatus, comprising:

and a fifth sending unit, configured to send the first QoE measurement report to the secondary node according to the first indication information.

22. A processor-readable storage medium, characterized in that the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 3, or to perform the method of any one of claims 4 to 6, or to perform the method of any one of claims 7 to 9.