NETWORK CONFIGURATION SETTINGS SOURCED BY USER EQUIPMENT

• US 20160127239A1
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kahn, Colin L., Viswanathan, Harish
• Application Number:
  US14/531,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0222 in packet switched networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Systems and methods for User Equipment (UE) to request setting of a configuration of a network. One embodiment includes UE for a telecommunication network. The UE includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station of a mobile operator network comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core, and a controller. The controller is able to identify one or more applications residing on the UE, to determine a configuration for the mobile operator network that indicates how one or more elements of the mobile operator network will provide services for applications identified as residing on the UE, to generate a signaling message that describes the configuration, and to transmit the signaling message to the base station to implement the configuration at the mobile operator network for setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN).

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

User Equipment (UE) for a telecommunication network, the UE comprising;

a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station of a mobile operator network comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core; and

a controller configured to;

identify one or more applications residing on the UE, to determine a configuration for the mobile operator network that indicates how one or more elements of the mobile operator network will provide services for respective ones of the one or more applications identified as residing on the UE,

generate a signaling message that describes the configuration, and

transmit the signaling message to the base station to implement the configuration at the mobile operator network for setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN).

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration indicates a mobility anchor to be used by the mobile operator network for the UE.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether to predictively cache content from the PDN at the UE.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether packets are transferred between the UE and the PDN without reserving a radio channel between the UE and the base station.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether a congestion avoidance scheduling technique will be used to communicate with the UE.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the controller is configured to include a profile within the signaling message, wherein the profile indicates the configuration.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the signaling message names a profile stored at the network; and

the profile indicates the configuration.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration includes at least one network setting selected from the group consisting of;

a mobility anchor setting, a security setting, a device content caching setting, a battery saving mode setting, a congestion avoidance scheduling setting, a quality of service setting, and a reliability setting.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a network control element of a mobile operator network that comprises a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core, the network control element comprising;

an interface configured to receive a signaling message for a User Equipment (UE) via a base station; and

a controller configured to;

identify the UE that generated the signaling message,

analyze the signaling message to determine a requested configuration for the mobile operator network indicating how one or more elements of the mobile operator network will provide services for an identified application residing on the UE, and

program the one or more elements of the network to implement the requested configuration for the UE at the mobile operator network, thereby setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN).

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the configuration indicates a mobility anchor to be used by the mobile operator network for the UE.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether to predictively cache content from the PDN at the UE.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether packets are transferred between the UE and the PDN without reserving a radio channel between the UE and the base station.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether a congestion avoidance scheduling technique will be used to communicate with the UE.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the signaling message includes a profile that indicates the configuration.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the signaling message names a profile stored at the network; and

the profile indicates the configuration.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the configuration includes at least one network setting selected from the group consisting of;

a mobility anchor setting, a security setting, a device content caching setting, a battery saving mode setting, a congestion avoidance scheduling setting, a quality of service setting, and a reliability setting.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving a signaling message for a User Equipment (UE) via a base station of a mobile operator network that comprises a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core;

identifying the UE that generated the signaling message;

analyzing the signaling message to determine a requested configuration for the mobile operator network indicating how one or more elements of the mobile network will provide services for an identified application residing on the UE; and

programming the one or more elements of the network to implement the mobility anchor for the UE at the mobile operator network, thereby setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN).

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the configuration includes at least one network setting selected from the group consisting of;

a mobility anchor setting, a security setting, a device content caching setting, a battery saving mode setting, a congestion avoidance scheduling setting, a quality of service setting, and a reliability setting.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether to predictively cache content from the PDN at the UE.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the configuration indicates whether packets are transferred between the UE and the PDN without reserving a radio channel between the UE and the base station.