US 12,143,852 B2
Meeting strict QoS requirements through network control of device route and location
Rocco Di Girolamo, Laval (CA); Michael F. Starsinic, Newtown, PA (US); Catlina Mihaela Mladin, Hatboro, PA (US); Hongkun Li, Malvern, PA (US); Quang Ly, North Wales, PA (US); and Jiwan L. Ninglekhu, Conshohocken, PA (US)
Assigned to IPLA HOLDINGS INC., New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/431,579
Filed by IPLA HOLDINGS INC., New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/019153
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/172491, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,806, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,389, filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116814 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first apparatus providing a Network Data Analytic Function (NWDAF), comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive, from an application server, a request, wherein
the request comprises geographical information about a location, a quality of service (QoS) requirement of the application server, and an advance warning, and
the advance warning indicates advance warning requirement for the application server when the QoS requirement is not met;
determine whether the QoS requirement is met along at the location; and
send, to the application server, a response comprising an indication of the determination.