US 11,855,864 B2
Method and apparatus for collecting network traffic in wireless communication system
Yoonseon Han, Suwon-si (KR); and Jungshin Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/758,390
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018898
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141291, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0001575 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035778 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 43/062 (2022.01); H04L 47/2483 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/062 (2013.01) [H04L 47/2483 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operation method of a network data analytics function (NWDAF) in a wireless communication system, the operation method comprising:
obtaining scheduled service usage information of a user equipment (UE), wherein the scheduled service usage information comprises a service usage identifier for identifying a service used by the UE, information about a scheduled communication time for the service, a correlation identifier associated with a service used in a different time from the scheduled communication time or another UE, and a traffic descriptor;
receiving a packet for the service used by the UE from a session management function (SMF);
identifying service traffic characteristics from the packet for the service, based on the scheduled service usage information; and
transmitting a packet flow description (PFD) to a network exposure function (NEF), based on the identified service traffic characteristics.