Quality parameter transmission method, terminal, and network side device

• US 10,972,212 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2018
• Issued: 04/06/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ji, Li, Chen, Jun, Li, Zhiming
• Primary Examiner(s): Ebrahim, Anez C
• Application Number:
  US16/206,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20190097753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5067 Customer-centric QoS measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]

Abstract

A quality parameter transmission method includes: sending, by the network side device, a first request message to the terminal, where the first request message is used to request a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service; and after receiving the first request message from the network side device, sending, by the terminal, the quality parameter to the network side device. The network side device obtains, from the terminal, the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, and therefore can evaluate network operation quality by using the quality parameter, to facilitate network optimization, provide better network quality for the terminal, and improve user experience.

Claims

1. A quality parameter transmission method, wherein the method comprises:

sending, by a terminal, an indication message to a network side device, wherein the indication message indicates that the terminal is capable of reporting a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service, wherein the preset service comprises a streaming service and/or an interactive service;

after sending the indication message to the network side device, receiving, by the terminal, from the network side device, a request for the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service; and

in response to the request, sending, by the terminal, a value of the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service to the network side device;

wherein a protocol corresponding to the streaming service comprises at least one of the following;

a video protocol based on Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (DASH), a progressive download (PD) video protocol, or a video protocol based on HTTP Live Streaming (HLS);

wherein the quality parameter comprises at least one of the following;

a list of HTTP requests or responses, a list of switch events, an average throughput, an initial playout delay, a buffer data volume, a play information list, media presentation description (MPD) information, a web response delay, a first page opening delay, a whole page opening delay, or a page integrity indication.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication message further carries a service supported by the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the value of the quality parameter is sent to the network side device in at least one of the following reporting manners:

sending, by the terminal, the value of the quality parameter to the network side device periodically;

sending, by the terminal, the value of the quality parameter to the network side device when the value of the quality parameter meets a preset condition;

sending, by the terminal, the value of the quality parameter to the network side device when the preset service ends;

sending, by the terminal, the value of the quality parameter to the network side device in a specified time period or at a specified time;

or

sending, by the terminal, the value of the quality parameter to the network side device when a particular event occurs.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, second indication information from the network side device for informing the terminal of at least one reporting manner for sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device.

5. A quality parameter transmission method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a network side device, an indication message from a terminal, wherein the indication message indicates whether the terminal is capable of reporting a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service, wherein the preset service comprises a streaming service and/or an interactive service;

based on the indication message indicating that the terminal is capable of reporting the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, sending, by the network side device, a request to the terminal for the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service; and

after sending the request to the terminal for the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, receiving, by the network side device, a value of the quality parameter from the terminal;

wherein a protocol corresponding to the streaming service comprises at least one of the following;

a video protocol based on Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (DASH), a progressive download (PD) video protocol, or a video protocol based on HTTP Live Streaming (HLS);

wherein the quality parameter comprises at least one of the following;

a list of HTTP requests or responses, a list of switch events, an average throughput, an initial playout delay, a buffer data volume, a play information list, media presentation description (MPD) information, a web response delay, a first page opening delay, a whole page opening delay, or a page integrity indication.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the indication message further carries a service supported by the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the value of the quality parameter is received from the terminal in at least one of the following reporting manners:

receiving, by the network side device, the value of the quality parameter periodically sent by the terminal;

receiving, by the network side device, the value of the quality parameter sent by the terminal when the value of the quality parameter meets a preset condition;

receiving, by the network side device, the value of the quality parameter sent by the terminal when the preset service ends;

receiving, by the network side device, the value of the quality parameter sent by the terminal in a specified time period or at a specified time;

or

receiving, by the network side device, the value of the quality parameter sent by the terminal when a particular event occurs.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the network side device, second indication information to the terminal for informing the terminal of at least one reporting manner for sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device.

9. A terminal, comprising

a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon;

and

a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to facilitate;

sending an indication message to a network side device, wherein the indication message indicates that the terminal is capable of reporting a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service, wherein the preset service comprises a streaming service and/or an interactive service;

after sending the indication message to the network side device, receiving a request from the network side device for the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service; and

in response to the request, sending a value of the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service to the network side device;

wherein a protocol corresponding to the streaming service comprises at least one of the following;

a video protocol based on Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (DASH), a progressive download (PD) video protocol, or a video protocol based on HTTP Live Streaming (HLS);

wherein the quality parameter comprises at least one of the following;

a list of HTTP requests or responses, a list of switch events, an average throughput, an initial playout delay, a buffer data volume, a play information list, media presentation description (MPD) information, a web response delay, a first page opening delay, a whole page opening delay, or a page integrity indication.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the indication message further carries a service supported by the terminal.

11. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to facilitate sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device according to at least one of the following reporting manners:

sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device periodically;

sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device when the quality parameter meets a preset condition;

sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device when the preset service ends;

sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device in a specified time period or at a specified time;

or

sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device when a particular event occurs.

12. The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to facilitate:

receiving second indication information from the network side device for informing the terminal of at least one reporting manner for sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device.

13. A network side device, comprising:

a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon; and

a processor, configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to facilitate;

receiving an indication message from a terminal, wherein the indication message indicates whether the terminal is capable of reporting a quality parameter related to user experience of a preset service, wherein the preset service comprises a streaming service and/or an interactive service;

based on the indication message indicating that the terminal is capable of reporting the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, sending a request to the terminal for the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service; and

after sending the request to the terminal for the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service, receiving a value of the quality parameter related to user experience of the preset service from the terminal;

wherein a protocol corresponding to the streaming service comprises at least one of the following;

a video protocol based on Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (DASH), a progressive download (PD) video protocol, or a video protocol based on HTTP Live Streaming (HLS);

wherein the quality parameter comprises at least one of the following;

a list of HTTP requests or responses, a list of switch events, an average throughput, an initial playout delay, a buffer data volume, a play information list, media presentation description (MPD) information, a web response delay, a first page opening delay, a whole page opening delay, or a page integrity indication.

14. The network side device according to claim 13, wherein the indication message further carries a service supported by the terminal.

15. The network side device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to facilitate receiving the value of the quality parameter from the terminal according to at least one of the following reporting manners:

receiving the value of the quality parameter periodically from the terminal;

receiving the value of the quality parameter from the terminal when the value of the quality parameter meets a preset condition;

receiving the value of the quality parameter from the terminal when the preset service ends;

receiving the value of the quality parameter from the terminal in a specified time period or at a specified time;

or

receiving the value of the quality parameter from the terminal when a particular event occurs.

16. The network side device according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to facilitate:

sending second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information is for informing the terminal of at least one reporting manner for sending the value of the quality parameter to the network side device.