US 12,143,863 B2
Network entities and methods for on-the-fly massive QoS monitoring
Vinh Van Phan, Oulu (FI); and Ling Yu, Kauniainen (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/619,699
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/065870
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/253936, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312275 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/24 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first network entity, comprising:
a defining unit configured to define a common communication session comprising a plurality of contexts, wherein the common communication session is common to a plurality of network entities and terminal devices,
a preconfiguring unit configured to preconfigure the common communication session by preconfiguring at least one context out of the plurality of contexts to be common for more than one network entity out of the plurality of network entities and for more than one terminal device out of the plurality of terminal devices,
a first initiating unit configured to, based on the preconfiguration by the preconfiguring unit, initiate the preconfigured common communication session for at least one network entity out of the more than one network entities,
a triggering unit configured to, based on the initiation by the first initiating unit, trigger to initiate the preconfigured common communication session for at least one terminal device out of the more than one terminal devices, and
a controlling unit configured to maintain the at least one preconfigured context regardless of a state of the at least one terminal device,
wherein the first initiating unit is further configured to initiate, for the at least one network entity, monitoring activities, wherein the monitoring activities comprise monitoring transmittance of data and response thereto in terms of at least one predetermined performance indicator out of a plurality of predetermined performance indicators, wherein the plurality of predetermined performance indicators comprises end-to-end key performance indicators for URLLC support over Uu.