NETWORK ENTITIES FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION OF SLICE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20250168690A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US19030914

    申请日:2025-01-17

    Abstract: A network entity for controlling distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information of a network slice in a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the network entity is configured to: obtain a plurality of slice SLA indications, wherein each slice SLA indication is obtained from a network control entity of a first plurality of network control entities; and provide to a network control entity local slice SLA information, wherein the local slice SLA information is based on the obtained plurality of slice SLA indications. A network control entity for supporting distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information for a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the network control entity is configured to: provide a plurality of slice SLA indications to a network entity for controlling distribution of slice SLA information of a network slice; obtain local slice SLA information related to a network slice from a second entity.

    Analytics generation and consumption in a mobile network

    公开(公告)号:US11956132B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17898198

    申请日:2022-08-29

    CPC classification number: H04L43/06 H04L43/04

    Abstract: A consumer of an analytics output receives control and/or knowledge about a set of parameters that is used for generating the analytics output. A set of baseline parameters is used for generating the analytics output, which (a) is associated with a set of analytics consumers and/or with a set of analytics types, and (b) is related to at least one of a statistical property and/or process and/or an output strategy for providing an analytics output. Network entities and corresponding methods for analytics generation and for consuming analytics may be used for generating an analytics output based on the set of baseline parameters.

    Device and method for user equipment registration assisted by analytics to support intra- and inter-network slice load balancing

    公开(公告)号:US12160771B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US17171863

    申请日:2021-02-09

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to performing mobile network configurations or changes. A first device is presented for performing the mobile network configuration or change, and a second device is presented for generating feedback for supporting the mobile network configuration or change. The first device is configured to send a support request to the second device, wherein the support request specifies a reusable or specific feedback type and a target information. The second device is configured to send reusable or specific feedback about the target information in response to the support request. The first device is then configured to determine a configuration or change of the mobile network based on the reusable or specific feedback. The reusable feedback includes a value or set of values of the target information and at least one coordination parameter indicating how the reusable feedback is to be used by multiple second devices.

    Device and method for providing control plane/user plane analytics

    公开(公告)号:US11570054B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17375904

    申请日:2021-07-14

    Abstract: The present application provides a device for providing control plane (CP) and/or user plane (UP) analytics. The device is configured to obtain information related to a resource and/or a change of a resource related to a CP and/or a UP; perform an analysis based on the obtained information; and generate data based on the analysis. This application also provides a management plane entity, for example, an operation, administration and management (OAM). The management plane entity is configured to provide information related to a resource, wherein the resource is related to a CP and/or a UP to the device for providing analytics.

    Control plane entity and management plane entity for exchaning network slice instance data for analytics

    公开(公告)号:US11456929B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17093992

    申请日:2020-11-10

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to End-to-End (E2E) Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring for strict E2E performance requirements in 5G networks including Network Slices (NSs) or Network Sub Slices (NSSs). The present disclosure provides a a control plane entity for obtaining NS Instance (NSI) data for analytics from a management plane entity, and a management plane entity to provide NSI data to a control plane entity. The control plane entity is configured to request NSI topology information from the management plane entity, obtain at least one first set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or at least one set of measurements, and generate the data for analytics based on the requested NSI topology information and at least one of the obtained first set of KPIs or the obtained one at least one set of measurements.

    Method for using context awareness for the coordination of management and mobile network service operation planes

    公开(公告)号:US11240096B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-01

    申请号:US16714061

    申请日:2019-12-13

    Abstract: The present application relates to a mobile core network (MCN) supporting end-to-end (E2E) network slicing, which comprises a controlling entity (CA_NF), one or more network function (NF) entities extended with functionalities (CA-NFExt), a network management entity (OSS) extended with functionalities (CA_OSSExt), and a coordination entity (CA_CF). The CA_NF communicates with the CA_OSSExt through the CA_CF using interfaces (If-CA_MP and If-CAC_OSS), and with the CA-NFExts using a respective interface (If-CA_NF) and/or other NFs interfaces. Based on information received from the OSS and the NF entities, the CA_NF generates a context with a certain type, sends, based on the generated context, context-related information towards entities impacted by the generated context amongst the NF entities and the OSS, and blocks, for a period of time, a transmission of any generated context towards the NF entities upon receiving, from the OSS, a notification message once the OSS decides to enforce a change.

    NETWORK ENTITIES FOR SUPPORTING ANALYTICS GENERATION IN A MOBILE NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20250088421A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18958705

    申请日:2024-11-25

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a new generation mobile network, and particularly to the generation of analytics information in the network. To this end, the disclosure proposes a first network entity for generating the analytics information, and proposes a second network entity and a third network entity, respectively, for supporting the analytics generation. The first network entity is configured to obtain, from the second network entity or from one or more third network entities, past and/or current association information for an area of interest. Further, it is configured to provide analytics information based on the obtained association information for the area of interest. The past and/or current association information indicates one or more other network entities and/or network properties that, respectively, have been and/or are mapped to or serving the area of interest.

    Network entities for managing distribution of slice service level agreement information in a communication network

    公开(公告)号:US12225402B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US17740021

    申请日:2022-05-09

    Abstract: A network entity for controlling distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information of a network slice in a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the network entity is configured to: obtain a plurality of slice SLA indications, wherein each slice SLA indication is obtained from a network control entity of a first plurality of network control entities; and provide to a network control entity local slice SLA information, wherein the local slice SLA information is based on the obtained plurality of slice SLA indications. A network control entity for supporting distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information for a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the network control entity is configured to: provide a plurality of slice SLA indications to a network entity for controlling distribution of slice SLA information of a network slice; obtain local slice SLA information related to a network slice from a second entity, wherein the local slice SLA information is based on the obtained plurality of slice SLA indications.

    Tracing and exposing data used for generating analytics

    公开(公告)号:US12192065B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17890072

    申请日:2022-08-17

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the generation of analytics in a mobile network. The disclosure is concerned with tracing and exposing data information, which is used for generating analytics outputs to enable examination of the analytics outputs. The disclosure provides network entities and methods, which support the analytics generation and examination thereof, respectively. For instance, a first network entity for analytics generation is configured to receive, from a second network entity, a request for providing analytics information associated with at least one generated analytics output. Further, the first network entity is configured to provide the analytics information to the second network entity, wherein the analytics information comprises data information used to generate the at least one generated analytics output, wherein the data information comprises reference to data or data itself.

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