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31.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10924943B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US16475621
申请日：2017-12-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: A network management function (NMF) is configured to instantiate a network service (NS), update a NS, and/or establish a relation between a virtualized network function (VNF) instance and a physical network function (PNF) instance. The NMF may instantiate, for example, a NS including a new VNF that is part of a base station or a g Node B (gNB), a NS including a PNF that is part of the gNB, or a NS that includes a PNF and a new VNF that form a gNB. The NMF may also, for example, update a NS to add a VNF instance to a NS that already includes a PNF instance to form a gNB, or update a NS to add a PNF instance to a NS that already includes a VNF instance to form a gNB.
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32.发明授权公开(公告)号：US12028770B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-02
申请号：US17427525
申请日：2020-02-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for identifying performance measurements for registration and handovers for user equipment (UE) and wireless network nodes. A service producer system may register a first wireless communication connection with a first UE using one or more access and mobility management functions (AMFs). The service producer system may monitor registration measurements corresponding to this registration, perform a handover for the first UE using the one or more AMFs, and monitor mobility measurements corresponding to the handover. The service producer system may select a node for a second wireless communication connection corresponding to a second UE based on the registration measurements and mobility measurements and transmit an indication of the selected node to the second UE. The measurements may include a number of requests, successful requests, measurements related protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, and measurements related to Quality of Service (QoS) flows.
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公开(公告)号：US20240137848A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-25
申请号：US18400502
申请日：2023-12-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Techniques for performance measurements related to application triggering and short message service (SMS) over non-access stratum (NAS) including obtaining raw performance measurements from one or more network functions in a wireless communication network, the one or more network functions including at least one of a network exposure function (NEF) or an access and mobility management function (AMF), and generating performance measurements for the one or more network functions based on the raw performance measurements.
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公开(公告)号：US11848815B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-19
申请号：US17207645
申请日：2021-03-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04L41/0803 , G06F8/65 , H04L41/02
CPC classification number: H04L41/0803 , G06F8/65 , H04L41/02
Abstract: Systems and methods of managing creation and configuration for 5G networks, NFs and NSSIs are provided. An instantiation or configuration request received from a managed entity respectively instantiates or configures the appropriate element. For NF instantiation, when the NF has a virtualized part to be instantiated by a VNF, interaction with an NFV MANO system instantiates the VNF is followed by NF instantiation notification and MOI creation for the NF. For NF configuration, the NF is configured and notification provided thereof. For network instantiation, after reception of a network creation request, interaction with the system to instantiate a NS that realizes the network is followed by determination that a new VNF associated with the NS has been instantiated, creation of a NF (constituting the network) MOI is realized by the new VNF, and NF configuration. For NSSI creation, a NF constituting the NSSI is created and configured.
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公开(公告)号：US11751071B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-05
申请号：US17845002
申请日：2022-06-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: G06F9/455 , H04L41/0806 , H04L41/0816 , H04L41/5003 , H04L41/5054 , H04W4/50 , H04W16/18 , H04W24/02 , H04W84/02 , H04W88/08 , H04W88/18 , H04W92/02
CPC classification number: H04W16/18 , G06F9/45537 , G06F9/45558 , H04L41/0806 , H04L41/0816 , H04L41/5003 , H04L41/5054 , H04W4/50 , H04W24/02 , G06F2009/45562 , G06F2009/45595 , H04W84/02 , H04W88/08 , H04W88/18 , H04W92/02
Abstract: Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) abstracts network functions, allowing them to be installed, controlled, and manipulated by software running on standardized compute nodes such as cloud computing platform rather than on dedicated hardware. In a 5G mobile communications network, the base station or gNB may be split into virtualized and non-virtualized network functions (NFs). Described herein are systems and methods for managing such gNBs within the NFV framework.
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公开(公告)号：US20220321435A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-06
申请号：US17283615
申请日：2019-10-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04L43/062 , H04L43/04 , H04W24/08 , H04W24/10
Abstract: A service device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a new radio NB (gNB), or other network component or network management component) as a service provider or a service consumer can process or generate performance data streaming in response to a request to create a performance data stream. Information overhead related to the performance data stream can be provided that enables use of the performance data stream in and through data stream units to support performance measurement collection activities.
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公开(公告)号：US11303501B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-12
申请号：US16509959
申请日：2019-07-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04L12/24 , H04W72/04 , H04W28/08 , H04W28/16 , H04W28/18 , H04W28/12 , H04W24/02 , H04L41/046 , H04L41/0813
Abstract: Embodiments of a Network Manager (NM), a (NFVO), and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The NM may transfer, to the NFVO, an update NS request message to update the NS instance based on the new NSD. The NM may encode the update NS request message to include: an nsInstanceID parameter that identifies the NS instance, and an updateType parameter that indicates a type of update for the NS instance. One value of “AssocPnfWithPnfProfile” for the updateType parameter may indicate a request to associate the PNF of the NS instance with a new or updated PNF profile indicated by the new NSD. Another value of “AssocVnfWithVnfProfile” for the updateType parameter may indicate a request to associate the VNF of the NS instance with a new or updated VNF profile indicated by the new NSD.
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38.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11190423B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-30
申请号：US16126162
申请日：2018-09-10
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Abstract: An apparatus of a Virtualized Network Function Manager (VNFM) comprises one or more processors to receive one or more performance measurements related to a virtual network interface that are collected for a virtual compute instance from a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) in a collection interval, to map a measured object of the one or more performance measurements from the virtual compute instance to a Virtual Network Function (VNF) and/or VNF component (VNFC) instance, and to map the virtual network interface to a connection point (CP) associated with the VNF or VNFC instance, to generate one or more performance measurements related the CP for the VNF or VNFC instance. The one or more performance measurements related the CP for the VNF or VNFC instance are to be reported to an Element Manager (EM) or to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO), or a combination thereof.
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公开(公告)号：US20210288879A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-16
申请号：US16499044
申请日：2018-04-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) abstracts network functions, allowing them to be installed, controlled, and manipulated by software running on standardized compute nodes such as cloud computing platform rather than on dedicated hardware. In a 5G mobile communications network, the base station or gNB may be split into virtualized and non-virtualized network functions (NFs). Described herein are systems and methods for managing such gNBs within the NFV framework.
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公开(公告)号：US20210281473A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-09
申请号：US17207645
申请日：2021-03-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Systems and methods of managing creation and configuration for 5G networks, NFs and NSSIs are provided. An instantiation or configuration request received from a managed entity respectively instantiates or configures the appropriate element. For NF instantiation, when the NF has a virtualized part to be instantiated by a VNF, interaction with an NFV MANO system instantiates the VNF is followed by NF instantiation notification and MOI creation for the NF. For NF configuration, the NF is configured and notification provided thereof. For network instantiation, after reception of a network creation request, interaction with the system to instantiate a NS that realizes the network is followed by determination that a new VNF associated with the NS has been instantiated, creation of a NF (constituting the network) MOI is realized by the new VNF, and NF configuration. For NSSI creation, a NF constituting the NSSI is created and configured.
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