Method and apparatuses for controlling quality of experience based on UE-assisted feedback

• US 10,485,005 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2017
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Pao, Wei-Chen, Tsai, Tzu-Jane
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang T
• Application Number:
  US15/659,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0619 using feedback from receiving side feedback signaling for adaptive modulation/coding H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1607 Details of the supervisory signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1825 Adaptation of specific ARQ protocol parameters according to transmission conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/125 Arrangements for preventing errors in the return channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatuses for controlling quality of experience (QoE) based on UE assisted feedback. In one aspect, the method would include not limited to: receiving an enable indicator which indicates a first feedback signaling to be transmitted; performing a quality of experience (QoE) evaluation for fulfilling a performance requirement; and transmitting the first feedback signaling including a first preferred configuration of licensed wireless connection in response to performing the QoE evaluation, wherein the wireless connection comprises a licensed wireless connection and a licensed-assisted access connection.

Claims

1. A method used by a user equipment for controlling quality of user experience (QoE) based on user equipment (UE) assisted feedback, the method comprising:

receiving an enable indicator which indicates a first feedback signaling to be transmitted;

receiving a first configuration message comprising a timer configuration of a first timer, wherein the timer configuration of the first timer comprises a duration for the first timer;

performing a quality of experience (QoE) evaluation for fulfilling a performance requirement;

transmitting the first feedback signaling comprising a first preferred configuration of a wireless connection in response to performing the QoE evaluation, wherein the first feedback signaling indicates whether an aggregate configuration is supported by the UE, and the wireless connection comprises a licensed wireless connection and a licensed-assisted access connection; and

starting the first timer in response to transmitting the first feedback signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first configuration message further comprises a timer configuration of a second timer and a timer configuration of a third timer, wherein the timer configuration of the second timer comprises a duration for the second timer, and the timer configuration of the third timer comprises a duration for the third timer.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

re-transmitting, after transmitting the first feedback signaling, the first feedback signaling after the first timer has expired without receiving any configuration message associated with the first feedback signaling.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

starting the second timer in response to transmitting the first feedback signaling;

performing, after transmitting the first feedback signaling, another iteration of the QoE evaluation for fulfilling the performance requirement; and

transmitting, after transmitting the first feedback signaling, a second feedback signaling comprising a second preferred configuration in response to the QoE evaluation after the second timer has expired.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a second configuration message which comprises a deny indicator which rejects the first preferred configuration.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

receiving a second configuration message which comprises a deny indicator which rejects the first preferred configuration;

starting the third timer in response to receiving the second configuration message;

performing, after receiving the first configuration, another iteration of the QoE evaluation for fulfilling the performance requirement; and

transmitting, after receiving the second configuration message, a third feedback signaling comprising the second preferred configuration in response to the another iteration of the QoE evaluation after the third timer has expired.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the second configuration message further comprises one or a combination of inquiring an updated preferred configuration, an updated status report, and an updated measurement report.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, after transmitting the first feedback signaling, a third configuration message comprising one or a combination of a configured radio configuration and a configured direction command.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first preferred configuration comprising one of updating the radio configuration, the direction command, the status report, the measurement report, and an updating cause.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the QoE evaluation for fulfilling the performance requirement further comprising:

detecting any one of loading, buffer latency, buffered data, packet loss, error rate, dropping rate, data rate, channel, bandwidth, spectrum frequency, MCS, and hardware issues.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the radio configuration comprising one or a combination of channel, frequency, MCS, bandwidth, data rate, coding rate, buffer size, power level, antenna configuration, and aggregation capability.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the direction command indicates one or a combination of a LTE wireless connection, a second wireless connection and an identifier (ID) associated with the second wireless connection, and both the LTE wireless connection and the second wireless connection.

13. A user equipment comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured at least to;

receive, by the receiver, an enable indicator which indicates a first feedback signaling to be transmitted;

receive, by the receiver, a first configuration message comprising a timer configuration of a first timer wherein the timer configuration of the first timer comprises a duration for the first timer;

perform a quality of experience (QoE) evaluation for fulfilling a performance requirement;

transmit, via the transmitter, a first feedback signaling comprising a first preferred configuration of a wireless connection in response to performing the first QoE evaluation, wherein the first feedback signaling indicates whether an aggregate configuration is supported by the user equipment, wherein the wireless connection comprises a licensed wireless connection and a licensed-assisted access connection; and

start the first timer in response to transmitting the first feedback signaling.

14. A base station comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured at least to;

receive a first feedback signaling comprising a preferred configuration of a wireless connection and indicating whether an aggregate configuration is supported, wherein the preferred configuration comprises a preferred direction and the wireless connection comprises a licensed wireless connection and a licensed-assisted access connection;

transmit a first configuration message which comprises one or a combination of a status report inquiry and a measurement inquiry associated with one or more radio access technologies (RATs) in response to receiving the first feedback signaling;

receive a second feedback signaling comprising a measurement report associated with the measurement inquiry in response to transmitting the first configuration message; and

transmit a second configuration message to update the preferred configuration in response to receiving the measurement report,

wherein the second configuration message further comprises a first timer which indicates a time period between transmitting and re-transmitting the first feedback signaling by a user equipment.

15. The base station of claim 14, wherein the first configuration message further comprises a deny indicator which rejects the preferred configuration.

16. The base station of claim 14, wherein the first feedback signaling further comprising a quality of experience (QoE) evaluation for fulfilling a performance requirement.

17. The base station of claim 14, wherein the second configuration message further comprises a second timer which indicates a time period between transmitting the first feedback signaling and transmitting the second feedback signaling by the user equipment, and a third timer which indicates a time period between receiving the first configuration and the third feedback signaling by the user equipment.

18. The base station of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit, after receiving the first feedback signaling, a third configuration message comprising one or a combination of a radio configuration and a direction command.

19. The base station of claim 18, wherein the preferred configuration comprising one or a combination of updating the radio configuration, the direction command, the status report, the measurement report, and an updating cause.

20. The base station of claim 16, wherein the QoE evaluation comprising one or a combination of loading, buffer latency, buffered data, packet loss, error rate, dropping rate, data rate, channel, bandwidth, spectrum frequency, MCS, and hardware issues.

21. The base station of claim 18, wherein the radio configuration comprising one or a combination of channel, frequency, MCS, bandwidth, data rate, coding rate, buffer size, power level, antenna configuration, and aggregation capability.

22. The base station of claim 18 wherein the direction command indicates one or a combination of a LTE wireless connection, a second wireless connection and an identifier (ID) associated with the second wireless connection, and both the LTE wireless connection and the second wireless connection.