US 11,943,663 B2
Device and method for providing a quality of service function
Apostolos Kousaridas, Munich (DE); Emmanouil Pateromichelakis, Munich (DE); and Chan Zhou, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/203,415.
Application 17/203,415 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/075035, filed on Sep. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0274387 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 43/06 (2022.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/24 (2013.01) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04L 43/06 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for providing a quality of service (QoS) function for at least one communication service of at least one application entity in a communication network that includes a plurality of network entities, the device comprising at least one hardware element configured to:
transmit a monitoring request to one or more of: the at least one application entity, at least one network entity, or at least one user equipment;
obtain a monitoring response from one or more of: the at least one application entity, the at least one network entity, or the at least one user equipment;
determine a change in quality of service (QoS) of the at least one communication service of the at least one application entity, based on the monitoring response;
transmit information based on the change in the QoS of the at least one communication service of the at least one application entity to one or more of: the at least one application entity or one or more network entities of the plurality of network entities in the communication network; and
provide an alert notification to one or more of the at least one application entity or the one or more network entities of the plurality of network entities, being indicative of an accuracy of the change in the QoS of the at least one communication service of the at least one application entity.