CN-122028066-A - Method, apparatus and computer program

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and computer device. The present disclosure provides a user equipment comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to receive a second request from an application function to change at least one metric related to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the second request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function, send a third request to the application function to modify the session based on the request, wherein the third request indicates a change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and receive data for the session from the application function based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the received data is associated with degraded QoE metrics compared to previously received data for the session prior to the change.

Inventors

• D. P. Wenmani
• M. Sinai Yi
• L. Gox
• S. Ava

Assignees

• 诺基亚技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20251110

Priority Date

20241108

Claims (13)

1. 1. A user device comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user device to perform: Receiving a second request from an application function to change at least one metric related to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the second request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function; Based on the second request, sending a third request to the application function to modify the session, wherein the third request indicates a change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and Data for the session is received from the application function based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the received data is associated with degraded QoE metrics compared to previously received data for the session prior to the change.
2. 2. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein the change in the at least one metric related to QoE comprises a change in at least one value associated with the at least one metric related to QoE.
3. 3. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the second request to change at least one metric related to QoE is associated with a request for degradation of QoE metrics for the session.
4. 4. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the at least one metric related to QoE comprises at least one of a metric for QoE, or a metric for QoS.
5. 5. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the receiving of data for the session comprises: Buffering the data for the session based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and The data for the session that has been buffered is provided to an application of the user equipment based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE.
6. 6. A user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the user equipment is further caused to perform: receiving a fourth request from the application function, the fourth request being for information related to QoE for the session established at the user equipment, and Information associated with the at least one metric related to QoE for the session is sent to the application function.
7. 7. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the session comprises one of a session for augmented reality, or an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem session.
8. 8. An apparatus for an application function, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the application function to perform: Receiving a first request relating to power saving, wherein the first request comprises information associated with at least one metric relating to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the first request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function; transmitting a second request to a user equipment to change at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the second request is for the session established between the user equipment and the application function; receiving a third request from the user equipment to modify the session, wherein the third request indicates a change in the at least one metric related to QoE; Modifying the session based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE according to the third request, and Data for the session is transmitted to the user equipment based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the data transmitted is associated with degraded QoE metrics compared to previously transmitted data for the session prior to the change.
9. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first request comprises at least one of a trigger for a power saving mode at the application function, a range of values for at least one metric related to QoE, information related to a service experience, information about a user device, information about a plurality of user devices, a timer related to the first request, or an expiration timer for the first request.
10. 10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first request is received from a core network entity or an application provider.
11. 11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the sending of data for the session comprises: Buffering the data for the session based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and The data for the session that has been buffered is sent to the user equipment based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE.
12. 12. An apparatus for a core network, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the core network to perform: Providing a first request relating to power saving to an application function, wherein the request comprises information associated with at least one metric relating to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the first request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function.
13. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform determining, by the session management function in conjunction with the unified data management communication, whether subscription data associated with the user device has an indication of authorization for degradation of QoE metrics, Wherein the first request is sent to the application function based on the communication.

Description

Method, apparatus and computer program Technical Field Various examples of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and computer programs. And in particular to a method, apparatus and computer program for a communication network. Background A communication network may be considered as a facility that enables communication between two or more communication devices, or that provides access to a data network for communication devices. A mobile or wireless communication network is one example of a communication network. The communication device may be provided with a service through an application server. Such communication networks operate according to standards such as those provided by 3GPP (third generation partnership project) or ETSI (european telecommunications standards institute). An example of a standard is the so-called 5G (fifth generation) standard provided by 3 GPP. Disclosure of Invention Some embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with respect to certain aspects. These aspects are not intended to be indicative of the critical or essential features of the embodiments of the present disclosure nor is they intended to be used to limit the scope thereof. Other features, aspects, and elements will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of this disclosure. For example, it should be understood that additional aspects may be provided by a combination of any two or more of the various aspects described below. According to a first aspect there is provided a user equipment comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to receive a second request from an application function to change at least one metric related to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the second request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function, send a third request to the application function to modify the session based on the request, wherein the third request is indicative of a change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and receive data for the session from the application function based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the received data is associated with degraded e QoE compared to previously received data for the session prior to the change. According to a second aspect there is provided a user equipment comprising means for receiving a second request from an application function to change at least one metric related to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the second request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function, means for sending a third request to the application function to modify the session based on the request, wherein the third request is indicative of a change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and means for receiving data from the application function for the session based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the received data is associated with a degraded QoE metric compared to previously received data for the session prior to the change. According to a third aspect, there is provided a method performed by a user equipment, the method comprising receiving a second request from an application function to change at least one metric related to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the second request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function, sending a third request to the application function to modify the session based on the request, wherein the third request indicates a change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and receiving data for the session from the application function based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the received data is associated with degraded QoE metrics compared to previously received data for the session prior to the change. According to a fourth aspect there is provided a user equipment comprising circuitry configured to receive a second request from an application function to change at least one metric related to quality of experience (QoE), wherein the second request is for a session established between the user equipment and the application function, send a third request to the application function to modify the session based on the request, wherein the third request is indicative of a change in the at least one metric related to QoE, and receive data for the session from the application function based on the change in the at least one metric related to QoE, wherein the received data is associated with degraded QoE metrics compared to previously received data for the session prior to the change. According to a fifth aspect there is provided a computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by a user equipment, cause the user equipment to at least receive a second request from an application function to