Data collection configuration
User plane-based data collection configurations address the inflexibility in existing systems by allowing UEs to report authorized and supported data types and parameters, enhancing network performance and analytics through flexible data collection.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/133788
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-22
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-28
AI Technical Summary
Existing wireless communication systems lack flexibility and granularity in configuring data collection configurations for user equipment (UE), particularly in operator-managed data collection, where UEs can collect a wider variety of data report types and parameters than authorized, leading to restricted timing and content in data collection messages.
Implement systems and techniques for user plane-based data collection configurations, allowing UEs to collect specific data reports and parameters through control or user plane signaling, with network entities providing enhanced flexibility and granularity in data collection configurations.
Enhances flexibility and granularity in data collection configurations, enabling UEs to report authorized and supported data types and parameters efficiently over user or control planes, improving network performance and analytics.
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Description
DATA COLLECTION CONFIGURATIONINTRODUCTION
[0001] Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some implementations, examples are described for configuring one or more data report types and / or data parameters for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) .
[0002] Wireless communications systems are deployed to provide various telecommunication services, including telephony, video, data, messaging, broadcasts, among others. Wireless communications systems have developed through various generations, including a first-generation analog wireless phone service (1G) , a second-generation (2G) digital wireless phone service (including interim 2.5G networks) , a third-generation (3G) high speed data, Internet-capable wireless service, a fourth-generation (4G) service (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE) , WiMax) , and a fifth-generation (5G) service (e.g., New Radio (NR) ) . There are presently many different types of wireless communications systems in use, including cellular and personal communications service (PCS) systems. Examples of known cellular systems include the cellular Analog Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) , and digital cellular systems based on code division multiple access (CDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , time division multiple access (TDMA) , the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) , etc.SUMMARY
[0003] The following presents a simplified summary relating to one or more aspects disclosed herein. Thus, the following summary should not be considered an extensive overview relating to all contemplated aspects, nor should the following summary be considered to identify key or critical elements relating to all contemplated aspects or to delineate the scope associated with any particular aspect. Accordingly, the following summary has the sole purpose to present certain concepts relating to one or more aspects relating to the mechanisms disclosed herein in a simplified form to precede the detailed description presented below.
[0004] Disclosed are systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for performing wireless communication. According to at least one illustrative example, a network entity for wireless communication is provided. The network entity includes at a processing system, where the processing system is configured to: obtain information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) ; obtain capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and transmit, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.
[0005] In another example, a method for wireless communication is provided, the method including: obtaining information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) ; obtaining capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and transmitting, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.
[0006] In another example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to: obtain information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) ; obtain capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and transmit, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.
[0007] In another example, an apparatus is provided for wireless communication. The apparatus includes: means for obtaining information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) ; means for obtaining capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and means for transmitting, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.
[0008] In another illustrative example, a network entity for wireless communication is provided. The network entity includes at a processing system, where the processing system is configured to: transmit capability information associated with data collection corresponding to the network entity, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the network entity and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and receive a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the network entity include the one or more configured report types.
[0009] In another example, a method for wireless communication is provided, the method including: transmitting capability information associated with data collection corresponding to the network entity, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the network entity and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and receiving a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the network entity include the one or more configured report types.
[0010] In another example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to: transmit capability information associated with data collection corresponding to the network entity, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the network entity and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and receive a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the network entity include the one or more configured report types.
[0011] In another example, an apparatus is provided for wireless communication. The apparatus includes: means for transmitting capability information associated with data collection corresponding to the network entity, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the network entity and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and means for receiving a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the network entity include the one or more configured report types.
[0012] Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, wireless communication device, and / or processing system as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings and specification.
[0013] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conception and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages, will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purposes of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limits of the claims.
[0014] While aspects are described in the present disclosure by illustration to some examples, those skilled in the art will understand that such aspects may be implemented in many different arrangements and scenarios. Techniques described herein may be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and / or packaging arrangements. For example, some aspects may be implemented via integrated chip implementations or other non-module-component based devices (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, and / or artificial intelligence devices) . Aspects may be implemented in chip-level components, modular components, non-modular components, non-chip-level components, device-level components, and / or system-level components. Devices incorporating described aspects and features may include additional components and features for implementation and practice of claimed and described aspects. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals may include one or more components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antennas, radio frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, and / or summers) . It is intended that aspects described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, components, systems, distributed arrangements, and / or end-user devices of varying size, shape, and constitution.
[0015] Other objects and advantages associated with the aspects disclosed herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art based on the accompanying drawings and detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used in isolation to determine the scope of the claimed subject matter. The subject matter should be understood by reference to appropriate portions of the entire specification of this patent, any or all drawings, and each claim.
[0016] The foregoing, together with other features and aspects, will become more apparent upon referring to the following specification, claims, and accompanying drawings.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] The accompanying drawings are presented to aid in the description of various aspects of the disclosure and are provided solely for illustration of the aspects and not limitation thereof. So that the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.
[0018] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication network, in accordance with some examples;
[0019] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a design of a base station and a User Equipment (UE) device that enable transmission and processing of signals exchanged between the UE and the base station, in accordance with some examples;
[0020] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a disaggregated base station, in accordance with some examples;
[0021] FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating components of a user equipment (UE) , in accordance with some examples;
[0022] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system associated with data collection by one or more UEs or device management clients, in accordance with some examples;
[0023] FIG. 6 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process for data collection corresponding to a device management client and one or more network-based data collection functions, in accordance with some examples;
[0024] FIG. 7 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process for configuring network-controlled data collection associated with a UE, the configuration based on capability information indicative of supported report types and / or supported data parameters of the UE, in accordance with some examples;
[0025] FIG. 8 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process for configuring network-controlled data collection associated with a UE, the configuration based on a data collection request and a data collection response, in accordance with some examples;
[0026] FIG. 9 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process for configuring network-controlled data collection associated with a UE, where the configuration is provided from a radio access network (RAN) to the UE, in accordance with some examples;
[0027] FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of a process for wireless communication, in accordance with some examples; and
[0028] FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing system, in accordance with some examples.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] Certain aspects of this disclosure are provided below for illustration purposes. Alternate aspects may be devised without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Additionally, well-known elements of the disclosure will not be described in detail or will be omitted so as not to obscure the relevant details of the disclosure. Some of the aspects described herein may be applied independently and some of them may be applied in combination as would be apparent to those of skill in the art. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of aspects of the application. However, it will be apparent that various aspects may be practiced without these specific details. The figures and description are not intended to be restrictive.
[0030] The ensuing description provides example aspects only, and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the disclosure. Rather, the ensuing description of the example aspects will provide those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing an example aspect. It should be understood that various changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the scope of the application as set forth in the appended claims.
[0031] Wireless communication networks can be deployed to provide various communication services, such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, any combination thereof, or other communication services. A wireless communication network may support both access links and sidelinks for communication between wireless devices. An access link may refer to any communication link between a client device (e.g., a user equipment (UE) , a station (STA) , or other client device) and a base station (e.g., a 3GPP gNB for 5G / NR, a 3GPP eNB for 4G / LTE, a Wi-Fi access point (AP) , or other base station) . For example, an access link may support uplink signaling, downlink signaling, connection procedures, etc. An example of an access link is a Uu link or interface (also referred to as an NR-Uu) between a 3GPP gNB and a UE.
[0032] In some wireless communication systems, a wireless communications network may collect information to determine the network performance at various locations throughout the network coverage area. For example, the network (e.g., one or more network entities) may configure UEs operating in the network to perform data collection to obtain one or more collected data reports measuring various data parameters, and may further configure the UEs to perform data reporting to transmit the collected data reports to the network (e.g., to one or more network entities) . For example, the network may configure UEs to collect and report data indicative of performance and / or location information within the network, etc. In some examples, the network may use the reported information to train or develop machine learning models that may be used to enhance network performance. For example, the reported information (e.g., collected data reports and / or data parameters obtained during the UE data collection) may be used to update one or more aspects of the network configuration in at least some locations, such as through adjusting one or more parameter values or other settings, etc. In some cases, network-based UE data collection can be associated with data collection techniques including self-organizing network (SON) and / or minimization of drive testing (MDT) mechanisms or techniques. In some instances, to support the SON / MDT mechanisms or other similar mechanisms, UEs may report confidential or higher layer data to a base station or other network entities.
[0033] In various wireless communications systems and wireless communications networks, data processing tasks can include data collection and / or data reporting performed by a UE. In some examples, data collection and / or data reporting can be performed by a UE to obtain one or more data reports including respective measurements or values for configured data parameters of each data report. The data collection and / or data reporting can be provided to the network or one or more network entities thereof, for example associated with network performance monitoring or various other network analytics functions. In some examples, data collection and / or data reporting can be configured for one or more UEs associated with operator-managed data collection.
[0034] For example, operator-managed data collection can refer to data collection managed by the network and / or data collection associated with network analytics tasks. In some cases, operator-managed data collection can refer to data collection managed by the network or a network operator to provide data exposure for the network operator and one or more third party (e.g., external to the network, etc. ) services or entities. For example, the network can include a data collection controller configured to select a subset of UEs (e.g., included a plurality of UEs associated with the network) to perform a particular data collection. The selection can be performed based on corresponding UE identifiers (IDs) of the UEs within the selected subset. In some cases, the particular data collection can be performed for a third party or other data consumer, and the corresponding UE IDs of each UE included in the subset of UEs selected to perform the particular data collection can be obtained by the network from the data consumer. In some examples, the subset of UEs selected to perform a particular data collection can be determined by a radio access network (RAN) and / or by an operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) function associated with the network, for example based on an area configuration, etc. In some cases, the operator-managed data collection can be performed as UE data collection configured using a data collection application function (DCAF) included in the network.
[0035] In some cases, UE data collection may be configured, initiated, terminated, etc., based on application layer signaling between the network (e.g., one or more network entities) and the respective UEs associated with the data collection. For example, application layer signaling can be implemented between applications on a UE (e.g., a data collection client, etc. ) and various application servers or network functions associated with the network. Data collection configuration information and / or data collection control information can be transmitted using application layer signaling based on embedding the data collection messages within control plane protocols, such as radio resource control (RRC) messages between the network and the UE. Application layer signaling of data collection configurations and / or various other data collection messages can be associated with relatively low flexibility for initiating or terminating the data collection procedure (s) at one or more UEs, as the timing for transmitting or receiving the application layer data collection messages may be restricted to using the established timing for the RRC messages or other control plane protocol messages within which the data collection messages are embedded. There is a need for systems and techniques that can be used to provide improved granularity in the timing and / or content of data collection configuration messages, among various other data collection messages that may be associated with operator-managed data collection by one or more UEs. In some cases, a UE can be capable of collecting a wider variety of data report types and / or data parameters than may be authorized for the data collection corresponding to the UE. There is a further need for systems and techniques that can be used to provide increased flexibility for a network or network entity to indicate a particular set of data reports and / or data parameters for collection by the one or more UEs, where the particular set is a subset of a plurality of data report types and / or data parameters that are included in a capability of the one or more UEs.
[0036] Systems, apparatuses, processes (also referred to as methods) , and computer-readable media (collectively referred to as “systems and techniques” ) are described herein that can be used to provide one or more data collection configurations for user plane-based data collection by one or more UEs. For example, the systems and techniques can be used to configure a UE or other data producer device associated with and / or implementing a corresponding device management client associated with the UE data collection with information indicative of the particular data reports to be collected by the UE (e.g., the particular data reports or data report types for the UE data collection) . In some cases, the systems and techniques can be used to configure the UE or other data producer device with information indicative of the particular data parameters to be collected by the UE (e.g., the particular data parameters for the UE data collection) .
[0037] In some examples, the systems and techniques can be used to implement UE data collection, and configurations thereof, where the UE data collection can be performed over the control plane or the user plane. For example, data collection messages indicative of a data collection configuration for one or more UEs, data collection initiation messages configured to cause one or more UEs to start data collection, and / or data collection termination messages configured to cause one or more UEs to stop data collection, etc., can be transmitted as control plane or user plane signaling (e.g., can be transmitted as or within data traffic between the UE and the network) . The data collection messages can indicate a data collection configuration, where the data collection configuration indicates one or more configured report types and / or data parameters for the data collection. The one or more configured report types and / or data parameters can be collected by the UE and may be reported from the UE to the network over the user plane and / or control plane depending upon the report type. In some examples, the network can configure whether a report type is reported over the user plane or control plane. In some cases, a new control plane can be defined and / or configured between the network entity and the UE and may be used for one or more of data collection configuration, initiation, and / or reporting. In some examples, report types and / or data parameters not included in the one or more configured report types and / or data parameters are not collected by the UE and are not reported from the UE to the network.
[0038] In some cases, a data collection configuration for the UE data collection can be based on a RAN configuration corresponding to one or more of the configured data reports or configured report types. For example, a UE can be configured to collect different data reports and / or data parameters for various different RAN configurations. For example, a first RAN configuration can correspond to a first subset of data reports and / or data parameters of a plurality of data reports and / or data parameters available for collection by the UE. A second RAN configuration can correspond to a second subset of data reports and / or data parameters of the plurality of data reports and / or data parameters. In some examples, the first and second RAN configurations, and the corresponding first and second subsets, may be signaled (e.g., indicated) to the one or more UEs associated with the data collection using a single data collection configuration. For example, the data collection configuration can indicate the first subset of data reports and / or data parameters corresponding to the first RAN configuration, and can further indicate the second subset of data reports and / or data parameters corresponding to the second RAN configuration, etc.
[0039] In some examples, a processing system of a network entity can be configured to obtain information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a UE. For example, the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters can be obtained by a data collection controller associated with the network and / or associated with the operator-managed data collection. The data collection controller can obtain the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters from a data collection authorization function associated with a non-network entity. For example, the data collection authorization function may be associated with a UE vendor (e.g., a vendor or manufacturer corresponding to the UE) , and / or may be associated with a data consumer or third-party entity different from the network and / or network operator. In some cases, the one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection corresponding to the UE can comprise negotiated data parameters that are determined (e.g., negotiated between) the data collection controller and the data collection authorization function.
[0040] The data collection controller can transmit to the UE with a data collection configuration that is indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters for the data collection by the UE. In some examples, a device management client of the UE can be configured to perform registration with the data collection controller. In some cases, performing registration can include transmitting, from the UE and to the data collection controller, capability information associated with the UE. For example, the capability information can be indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and / or can be indicative of one or more supported data parameters supported for the data collection by the UE.
[0041] In some examples, the data collection controller can transmit to the UE a data collection configuration that indicates a selection of configured report types for the data collection. The configured report types for the data collection can be a subset of the data reports that are both authorized for the data collection by the UE (e.g., based on the authorized data reports including data parameters from the set of authorized data parameters) , and that are supported by the UE capabilities (e.g., based on the supported data reports including data parameters from the set of data parameters included within the UE capability information) . In some examples, the data collection configuration causes the UE to perform data collection of each data report and / or data parameter that is both authorized (e.g., by the data collection authorization function) and supported by the UE (e.g., based on the UE capability information) . In some cases, the data collection configuration causes the UE to perform data collection for a subset of the data reports and / or data parameters that are both authorized by the data collection function and supported by the UE capabilities.
[0042] As noted above, the systems and techniques can be used to configure a UE with one or more data reports and / or one or more data parameters for collection in the data collection by the UE. In some examples, the UE can receive information indicative of the set of authorized data parameters from the data collection authorization function, and can notify the data collection controller of the subset of authorized data parameters that are included within the UE capabilities. For example, the UE can notify the data collection controller based on including the subset within a data collection request or data collection notification transmitted from the UE to the data collection controller. In some cases, the data collection request or data collection notification does not include an indication of the subset of authorized and supported report types or data parameters, but includes the UE capability information. The data collection controller can use the capability information from the data collection request or data collection notification to determine the subset of data report types and / or data parameters that are authorized for collection by the UE and within the UE capabilities, and can transmit a data collection response to the UE indicative of the subset. In some examples, the UE can be configured to indicate the UE capability information for the data collection to the RAN or a RAN node. The RAN or RAN node can use the UE capability information to query the data collection controller. The data collection controller can transmit a data collection query response to the RAN indicative of subset of data report types and / or data parameters that are within the UE capabilities and also authorized for data collection by the UE. The RAN can use the data collection query response from the data collection controller to transmit a dedicated configuration to the UE indicative of the particular data report types and / or data parameters to be collected by the UE during the UE data collection operations. The dedicated configuration can be indicative of the subset of data report types and / or data parameters indicated in the data collection query response provided to the RAN from the data collection controller.
[0043] Further aspects of the systems and techniques will be described with respect to the figures.
[0044] As used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A” (where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like) shall be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.
[0045] As used herein, the terms “user equipment” (UE) and “network entity” are not intended to be specific or otherwise limited to any particular radio access technology (RAT) , unless otherwise noted. In general, a UE may be any wireless communication device (e.g., a mobile phone, router, tablet computer, laptop computer, and / or tracking device, etc. ) , wearable (e.g., smartwatch, smart-glasses, wearable ring, and / or an extended reality (XR) device such as a virtual reality (VR) headset, an augmented reality (AR) headset or glasses, or a mixed reality (MR) headset) , vehicle (e.g., automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, etc. ) , aircraft (e.g., an airplane, jet, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone, helicopter, airship, glider, etc. ) , and / or Internet of Things (IoT) device, etc., used by a user to communicate over a wireless communications network. A UE may be mobile or may (e.g., at certain times) be stationary, and may communicate with a radio access network (RAN) . As used herein, the term “UE” may be referred to interchangeably as an “access terminal” or “AT, ” a “client device, ” a “wireless device, ” a “subscriber device, ” a “subscriber terminal, ” a “subscriber station, ” a “user terminal” or “UT, ” a “mobile device, ” a “mobile terminal, ” a “mobile station, ” or variations thereof. Generally, UEs can communicate with a core network via a RAN, and through the core network the UEs can be connected with external networks such as the Internet and with other UEs. Of course, other mechanisms of connecting to the core network and / or the Internet are also possible for the UEs, such as over wired access networks, wireless local area network (WLAN) networks (e.g., based on IEEE 802.11 communication standards, etc. ) , and so on.
[0046] A network entity can be implemented in an aggregated or monolithic base station architecture, or alternatively, in a disaggregated base station architecture, and may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , a distributed unit (DU) , a radio unit (RU) , a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) , or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC. A base station (e.g., with an aggregated / monolithic base station architecture or disaggregated base station architecture) may operate according to one of several RATs in communication with UEs depending on the network in which it is deployed, and may be alternatively referred to as an access point (AP) , a network node, a NodeB (NB) , an evolved NodeB (eNB) , a next generation eNB (ng-eNB) , a New Radio (NR) Node B (also referred to as a gNB or gNodeB) , etc. A base station may be used primarily to support wireless access by UEs, including supporting data, voice, and / or signaling connections for the supported UEs. In some systems, a base station may provide edge node signaling functions while in other systems it may provide additional control and / or network management functions. A communication link through which UEs can send signals to a base station is called an uplink (UL) channel (e.g., a reverse traffic channel, a reverse control channel, an access channel, etc. ) . A communication link through which the base station can send signals to UEs is called a downlink (DL) or forward link channel (e.g., a paging channel, a control channel, a broadcast channel, or a forward traffic channel, etc. ) . The term traffic channel (TCH) , as used herein, can refer to either an uplink, reverse or downlink, and / or a forward traffic channel.
[0047] The term “network entity” or “base station” (e.g., with an aggregated / monolithic base station architecture or disaggregated base station architecture) may refer to a single physical transmit receive point (TRP) or to multiple physical TRPs that may or may not be co-located. For example, where the term “network entity” or “base station” refers to a single physical TRP, the physical TRP may be an antenna of the base station corresponding to a cell (or several cell sectors) of the base station. Where the term “network entity” or “base station” refers to multiple co-located physical TRPs, the physical TRPs may be an array of antennas (e.g., as in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system or where the base station employs beamforming) of the base station. Where the term “base station” refers to multiple non-co-located physical TRPs, the physical TRPs may be a distributed antenna system (DAS) (e.g., a network of spatially separated antennas connected to a common source via a transport medium) or a remote radio head (RRH) (e.g., a remote base station connected to a serving base station) . Alternatively, the non-co-located physical TRPs may be the serving base station receiving the measurement report from the UE and a neighbor base station whose reference radio frequency (RF) signals (e.g., or simply “reference signals” ) the UE is measuring. Because a TRP is the point from which a base station transmits and receives wireless signals, as used herein, references to transmission from or reception at a base station are to be understood as referring to a particular TRP of the base station.
[0048] In some implementations that support positioning of UEs, a network entity or base station may not support wireless access by UEs (e.g., may not support data, voice, and / or signaling connections for UEs) , but may instead transmit reference signals to UEs to be measured by the UEs, and / or may receive and measure signals transmitted by the UEs. Such a base station may be referred to as a positioning beacon (e.g., when transmitting signals to UEs) and / or as a location measurement unit (e.g., when receiving and measuring signals from UEs) .
[0049] As described herein, a node (which may be referred to as a node, a network node, a network entity, or a wireless node) may include, be, or be included in (e.g., be a component of) a base station (e.g., any base station described herein) , a UE (e.g., any UE described herein) , a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, an integrated access and backhauling (IAB) node, a distributed unit (DU) , a central unit (CU) , a remote unit (RU) , and / or another processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a network node may be a UE. As another example, a network node may be a base station or network entity. As another example, a first network node may be configured to communicate with a second network node or a third network node. In one aspect of this example, the first network node may be a UE, the second network node may be a base station, and the third network node may be a UE. In another aspect of this example, the first network node may be a UE, the second network node may be a base station, and the third network node may be a base station. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third network nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE, base station, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE, base station, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a network node. For example, disclosure that a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network node is configured to receive information from a second network node. Consistent with this disclosure, once a specific example is broadened in accordance with this disclosure (e.g., a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network node is configured to receive information from a second network node) , the broader example of the narrower example may be interpreted in the reverse, but in a broad open-ended way. In the example above where a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network node is configured to receive information from a second network node, the first network node may refer to a first UE, a first base station, a first apparatus, a first device, a first computing system, a first one or more components, a first processing entity, or the like configured to receive the information; and the second network node may refer to a second UE, a second base station, a second apparatus, a second device, a second computing system, a second one or more components, a second processing entity, or the like.
[0050] As described herein, a network entity (which may alternatively be referred to as an entity, a node, a network node, or a wireless entity) may be, be similar to, include, or be included in (e.g., be a component of) a base station (e.g., any base station described herein, including a disaggregated base station) , a UE (e.g., any UE described herein) , a reduced capability (RedCap) device, an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) device, an ambient internet-of-things (IoT) device, an energy harvesting (EH) -capable device, a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, an integrated access and backhauling (IAB) node, a distributed unit (DU) , a central unit (CU) , a remote / radio unit (RU) (which may also be referred to as a remote radio unit (RRU) ) , and / or another processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a network entity may be a UE. As another example, a network entity may be a base station. As used herein, “network entity” may refer to an entity that is configured to operate in a network, such as the network 100 of FIG. 1. For example, a “network entity” is not limited to an entity that is currently located in and / or currently operating in the network. Rather, a network entity may be any entity that is capable of communicating and / or operating in the network.
[0051] The adjectives “first, ” “second, ” “third, ” and so on are used for contextual distinction between two or more of the modified noun in connection with a discussion and are not meant to be absolute modifiers that apply only to a certain respective entity throughout the entire document. For example, a network entity may be referred to as a “first network entity” in connection with one discussion and may be referred to as a “second network entity” in connection with another discussion, or vice versa. As an example, a first network entity may be configured to communicate with a second network entity or a third network entity. In one aspect of this example, the first network entity may be a UE, the second network entity may be a base station, and the third network entity may be a UE. In another aspect of this example, the first network entity may be a UE, the second network entity may be a base station, and the third network entity may be a base station. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third network entities may be different relative to these examples.
[0052] Similarly, reference to a UE, base station, network node, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE, base station, network node, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a network entity. For example, disclosure that a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network entity is configured to receive information from a second network entity. Consistent with this disclosure, once a specific example is broadened in accordance with this disclosure (e.g., a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network entity is configured to receive information from a second network entity) , the broader example of the narrower example may be interpreted in the reverse, but in a broad open-ended way. In the example above where a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network entity is configured to receive information from a second network entity, the first network entity may refer to a first UE, a first base station, a first apparatus, a first device, a first computing system, a first set of one or more one or more components, a first processing entity, or the like configured to receive the information; and the second network entity may refer to a second UE, a second base station, a second apparatus, a second device, a second computing system, a second set of one or more components, a second processing entity, or the like.
[0053] As described herein, communication of information (e.g., any information, signal, or the like) may be described in various aspects using different terminology. Disclosure of one communication term includes disclosure of other communication terms. For example, a first network entity may be described as being configured to transmit information to a second network entity. In this example and consistent with this disclosure, disclosure that the first network entity is configured to transmit information to the second network entity includes disclosure that the first network entity is configured to provide, send, output, communicate, or transmit information to the second network entity. Similarly, in this example and consistent with this disclosure, disclosure that the first network entity is configured to transmit information to the second network entity includes disclosure that the second network entity is configured to receive, obtain, or decode the information that is provided, sent, output, communicated, or transmitted by the first network entity.
[0054] In some examples, the network entity 102 may include a processing system (e.g., such as the processing system 470 of FIG. 4 and / or the processing system 1102 of FIG. 11, etc. ) . Similarly, the network entity 180 (e.g., a millimeter wave (mmW) base station, etc. ) may include a respective processing system (e.g., such as the processing system 470 of FIG. 4 and / or the processing system 1102 of FIG. 11, etc. ) . A processing system may include one or more components (or subcomponents) , such as one or more components described herein. For example, a respective component of the one or more components may be, be similar to, include, or be included in at least one memory, at least one communication interface, or at least one processor. For example, a processing system may include one or more components. In such an example, the one or more components may include a first component, a second component, and a third component. In this example, the first component may be coupled to a second component and a third component. In this example, the first component may be at least one processor, the second component may be a communication interface, and the third component may be at least one memory. A processing system may generally be a system including one or more components that may perform one or more functions, such as any function or combination of functions described herein. For example, one or more components may receive input information (e.g., any information that is an input, such as a signal, any digital information, or any other information) , one or more components may process the input information to generate output information (e.g., any information that is an output, such as a signal or any other information) , one or more components may perform any function as described herein, or any combination thereof. As described herein, an “input” and “input information” may be used interchangeably. Similarly, as described herein, an “output” and “output information” may be used interchangeably. Any information generated by any component may be provided to one or more other systems or components of, for example, a network entity described herein) . For example, a processing system may include a first component configured to receive or obtain information, a second component configured to process the information to generate output information, and / or a third component configured to provide the output information to other systems or components. In this example, the first component may be a communication interface (e.g., a first communication interface) , the second component may be at least one processor (e.g., that is coupled to the communication interface and / or at least one memory) , and the third component may be a communication interface (e.g., the first communication interface or a second communication interface) . For example, a processing system may include at least one memory, at least one communication interface, and / or at least one processor, where the at least one processor may, for example, be coupled to the at least one memory and the at least one communication interface.
[0055] A processing system of a network entity described herein may interface with one or more other components of the network entity, may process information received from one or more other components (such as input information) , or may output information to one or more other components. For example, a processing system may include a first component configured to interface with one or more other components of the network entity to receive or obtain information, a second component configured to process the information to generate one or more outputs, and / or a third component configured to output the one or more outputs to one or more other components. In this example, the first component may be a communication interface (e.g., a first communication interface) , the second component may be at least one processor (e.g., that is coupled to the communication interface and / or at least one memory) , and the third component may be a communication interface (e.g., the first communication interface or a second communication interface) . For example, a chip or modem of the network entity may include a processing system. The processing system may include a first communication interface to receive or obtain information, and a second communication interface to output, transmit, or provide information. In some examples, the first communication interface may be an interface configured to receive input information, and the information may be provided to the processing system. In some examples, the second system interface may be configured to transmit information output from the chip or modem. The second communication interface may also obtain or receive input information, and the first communication interface may also output, transmit, or provide information.
[0056] An RF signal comprises an electromagnetic wave of a given frequency that transports information through the space between a transmitter and a receiver. As used herein, a transmitter may transmit a single “RF signal” or multiple “RF signals” to a receiver. However, the receiver may receive multiple “RF signals” corresponding to each transmitted RF signal due to the propagation characteristics of RF signals through multipath channels. The same transmitted RF signal on different paths between the transmitter and receiver may be referred to as a “multipath” RF signal. As used herein, an RF signal may also be referred to as a “wireless signal” or simply a “signal” where it is clear from the context that the term “signal” refers to a wireless signal or an RF signal.
[0057] Various aspects of the systems and techniques described herein will be discussed below with respect to the figures. According to various aspects, FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100. The wireless communications system 100 (e.g., which may also be referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN) ) can include various base stations 102 and various UEs 104. In some aspects, the base stations 102 may also be referred to as “network entities” or “network nodes. ” One or more of the base stations 102 can be implemented in an aggregated or monolithic base station architecture. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more of the base stations 102 can be implemented in a disaggregated base station architecture, and may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , a distributed unit (DU) , a radio unit (RU) , a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) , or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC. The base stations 102 can include macro cell base stations (e.g., high power cellular base stations) and / or small cell base stations (e.g., low power cellular base stations) . In an aspect, the macro cell base station may include eNBs and / or ng-eNBs where the wireless communications system 100 corresponds to a long-term evolution (LTE) network, or gNBs where the wireless communications system 100 corresponds to a NR network, or a combination of both, and the small cell base stations may include femtocells, picocells, microcells, etc.
[0058] The base stations 102 may collectively form a RAN and interface with a core network 170 (e.g., an evolved packet core (EPC) or a 5G core (5GC) ) through backhaul links 122, and through the core network 170 to one or more location servers 172 (e.g., which may be part of core network 170 or may be external to core network 170) . In addition to other functions, the base stations 102 may perform functions that relate to one or more of transferring user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity) , inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, RAN sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) , subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM) , paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations 102 may communicate with each other directly or indirectly (e.g., through the EPC or 5GC) over backhaul links 134, which may be wired and / or wireless.
[0059] The base stations 102 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 104. Each of the base stations 102 may provide communication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110. In an aspect, one or more cells may be supported by a base station 102 in each coverage area 110. A “cell” is a logical communication entity used for communication with a base station (e.g., over some frequency resource, referred to as a carrier frequency, component carrier, carrier, band, or the like) , and may be associated with an identifier (e.g., a physical cell identifier (PCI) , a virtual cell identifier (VCI) , a cell global identifier (CGI) ) for distinguishing cells operating via the same or a different carrier frequency. In some cases, different cells may be configured according to different protocol types (e.g., machine-type communication (MTC) , narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) , enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) , or others) that may provide access for different types of UEs. Because a cell is supported by a specific base station, the term “cell” may refer to either or both of the logical communication entity and the base station that supports it, depending on the context. In addition, because a TRP is typically the physical transmission point of a cell, the terms “cell” and “TRP” may be used interchangeably. In some cases, the term “cell” may also refer to a geographic coverage area of a base station (e.g., a sector) , insofar as a carrier frequency can be detected and used for communication within some portion of geographic coverage areas 110.
[0060] While neighboring macro cell base station 102 geographic coverage areas 110 may partially overlap (e.g., in a handover region) , some of the geographic coverage areas 110 may be substantially overlapped by a larger geographic coverage area 110. For example, a small cell base station 102' may have a coverage area 110' that substantially overlaps with the coverage area 110 of one or more macro cell base stations 102. A network that includes both small cell and macro cell base stations may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network may also include home eNBs (HeNBs) , which may provide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG) .
[0061] The communication links 120 between the base stations 102 and the UEs 104 may include uplink (e.g., also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE 104 to a base station 102 and / or downlink (e.g., also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station 102 to a UE 104. The communication links 120 may use MIMO antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication links 120 may be provided using one or more carrier frequencies. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to downlink and uplink (e.g., a greater or lesser quantity of carriers may be allocated for downlink than for uplink) .
[0062] Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., one or more of the base stations 102, UEs 104, etc. ) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming may be implemented based on combining the signals communicated via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating at particular orientations with respect to an antenna array experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antenna elements may include a transmitting device or a receiving device applying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device or receiving device, or with respect to some other orientation) .
[0063] A transmitting device and / or a receiving device (e.g., such as one or more of base stations 102 and / or UEs 104) may use beam sweeping techniques as part of beam forming operations. For example, a base station 102 (e.g., or other transmitting device) may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to conduct beamforming operations for directional communications with a UE 104 (e.g., or other receiving device) . Some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) may be transmitted by base station 102 (or other transmitting device) multiple times in different directions. For example, the base station 102 may transmit a signal according to different beamforming weight sets associated with different directions of transmission. Transmissions in different beam directions may be used to identify (e.g., by a transmitting device, such as a base station 102, or by a receiving device, such as a UE 104) a beam direction for later transmission or reception by the base station 102.
[0064] Some signals, such as data signals associated with a particular receiving device, may be transmitted by a base station 102 in a single beam direction (e.g., a direction associated with the receiving device, such as a UE 104) . In some examples, the beam direction associated with transmissions along a single beam direction may be determined based on a signal that was transmitted in one or more beam directions. For example, a UE 104 may receive one or more of the signals transmitted by the base station 102 in different directions and may report to the base station 102 an indication of the signal that the UE 104 received with a highest signal quality or an otherwise acceptable signal quality.
[0065] In some examples, transmissions by a device (e.g., by a base station 102 or a UE 104) may be performed using multiple beam directions, and the device may use a combination of digital precoding or radio frequency beamforming to generate a combined beam for transmission (e.g., from a base station 102 to a UE 104, from a transmitting device to a receiving device, etc. ) . The UE 104 may report feedback that indicates precoding weights for one or more beam directions, and the feedback may correspond to a configured number of beams across a system bandwidth or one or more sub-bands. The base station 102 may transmit a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) , a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) , etc. ) , which may be precoded or unprecoded. The UE 104 may provide feedback for beam selection, which may be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., a multi-panel type codebook, a linear combination type codebook, a port selection type codebook) . Although these techniques are described with reference to signals transmitted in one or more directions by a base station 102, a UE 104 may employ similar techniques for transmitting signals multiple times in different directions (e.g., for identifying a beam direction for subsequent transmission or reception by the UE 104) or for transmitting a signal in a single direction (e.g., for transmitting data to a receiving device) .
[0066] A receiving device (e.g., a UE 104) may try multiple receive configurations (e.g., directional listening) when receiving various signals from the base station 102, such as synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals. For example, a receiving device may try multiple receive directions by receiving via different antenna subarrays, by processing received signals according to different antenna subarrays, by receiving according to different receive beamforming weight sets (e.g., different directional listening weight sets) applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, or by processing received signals according to different receive beamforming weight sets applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, any of which may be referred to as “listening” according to different receive configurations or receive directions. In some examples, a receiving device may use a single receive configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving a data signal) . The single receive configuration may be aligned in a beam direction determined based on listening according to different receive configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have a highest signal strength, highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) , or otherwise acceptable signal quality based on listening according to multiple beam directions) .
[0067] The wireless communications system 100 may further include a WLAN AP 150 in communication with WLAN stations (STAs) 152 via communication links 154 in an unlicensed frequency spectrum (e.g., 5 Gigahertz (GHz) ) . When communicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the WLAN STAs 152 and / or the WLAN AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) or listen before talk (LBT) procedure prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 can include devices (e.g., UEs, etc. ) that communicate with one or more UEs 104, base stations 102, APs 150, etc., utilizing the ultra-wideband (UWB) spectrum. The UWB spectrum can range from 3.1 to 10.5 GHz.
[0068] The small cell base station 102' may operate in a licensed and / or an unlicensed frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the small cell base station 102' may employ LTE or NR technology and use the same 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum as used by the WLAN AP 150. The small cell base station 102', employing LTE and / or 5G in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage to and / or increase capacity of the access network. NR in unlicensed spectrum may be referred to as NR-U. LTE in an unlicensed spectrum may be referred to as LTE-U, licensed assisted access (LAA) , or MulteFire.
[0069] The wireless communications system 100 may further include a millimeter wave (mmW) base station 180 that may operate in mmW frequencies and / or near mmW frequencies in communication with a UE 182. The mmW base station 180 may be implemented in an aggregated or monolithic base station architecture, or alternatively, in a disaggregated base station architecture (e.g., including one or more of a CU, a DU, a RU, a Near-RT RIC, or a Non-RT RIC) . Extremely high frequency (EHF) is part of the RF in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHF has a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters. Radio waves in this band may be referred to as a millimeter wave. Near mmW may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100 millimeters. The super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave. Communications using the mmW and / or near mmW radio frequency band have high path loss and a relatively short range. The mmW base station 180 and the UE 182 may utilize beamforming (e.g., transmit and / or receive) over an mmW communication link 184 to compensate for the extremely high path loss and short range. Further, it will be appreciated that in alternative configurations, one or more base stations 102 may also transmit using mmW or near mmW and beamforming. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that the foregoing illustrations are merely examples and should not be construed to limit the various aspects disclosed herein.
[0070] In some aspects relating to 5G, the frequency spectrum in which wireless network nodes or entities (e.g., base stations 102 / 180, UEs 104 / 182) operate is divided into multiple frequency ranges, FR1 (e.g., from 450 to 6,000 Megahertz (MHz) ) , FR2 (e.g., from 24,250 to 52,600 MHz) , FR3 (e.g., above 52,600 MHz) , and FR4 (e.g., between FR1 and FR2) . In a multi-carrier system, such as 5G, one of the carrier frequencies is referred to as the “primary carrier” or “anchor carrier” or “primary serving cell” or “PCell, ” and the remaining carrier frequencies are referred to as “secondary carriers” or “secondary serving cells” or “SCells. ” In carrier aggregation, the anchor carrier is the carrier operating on the primary frequency (e.g., FR1) utilized by a UE 104 / 182 and the cell in which the UE 104 / 182 either performs the initial radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment procedure or initiates the RRC connection re-establishment procedure. The primary carrier carries all common and UE-specific control channels and may be a carrier in a licensed frequency (however, this is not always the case) . A secondary carrier is a carrier operating on a second frequency (e.g., FR2) that may be configured once the RRC connection is established between the UE 104 and the anchor carrier and that may be used to provide additional radio resources. In some cases, the secondary carrier may be a carrier in an unlicensed frequency. The secondary carrier may contain only necessary signaling information and signals, for example, those that are UE-specific may not be present in the secondary carrier, since both primary uplink and downlink carriers are typically UE-specific. This means that different UEs 104 / 182 in a cell may have different downlink primary carriers. The same is true for the uplink primary carriers. The network is able to change the primary carrier of any UE 104 / 182 at any time. This is done, for example, to balance the load on different carriers. Because a “serving cell” (e.g., whether a PCell or an SCell) corresponds to a carrier frequency and / or component carrier over which some base station is communicating, the term “cell, ” “serving cell, ” “component carrier, ” “carrier frequency, ” and the like can be used interchangeably.
[0071] For example, still referring to FIG. 1, one of the frequencies utilized by the macro cell base stations 102 may be an anchor carrier (or “PCell” ) and other frequencies utilized by the macro cell base stations 102 and / or the mmW base station 180 may be secondary carriers ( “SCells” ) . In carrier aggregation, the base stations 102 and / or the UEs 104 may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100 MHz) bandwidth per carrier up to a total of Yx MHz (e.g., x component carriers) for transmission in each direction. The component carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other on the frequency spectrum. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to the downlink and uplink (e.g., a greater or lesser quantity of carriers may be allocated for downlink than for uplink) . The simultaneous transmission and / or reception of multiple carriers enables the UE 104 / 182 to significantly increase its data transmission and / or reception rates. For example, two 20 MHz aggregated carriers in a multi-carrier system would theoretically lead to a two-fold increase in data rate (e.g., 40 MHz) , compared to that attained by a single 20 MHz carrier.
[0072] In order to operate on multiple carrier frequencies, a base station 102 and / or a UE 104 can be equipped with multiple receivers and / or transmitters. For example, a UE 104 may have two receivers, “Receiver 1” and “Receiver 2, ” where “Receiver 1” is a multi-band receiver that can be tuned to band (e.g., carrier frequency) ‘X’ or band ‘Y, ’ and “Receiver 2” is a one-band receiver tunable to band ‘Z’ only. In this example, if the UE 104 is being served in band ‘X, ’ band ‘X’ would be referred to as the PCell or the active carrier frequency, and “Receiver 1” would need to tune from band ‘X’ to band ‘Y’ (e.g., an SCell) in order to measure band ‘Y’ (and vice versa) . In contrast, whether the UE 104 is being served in band ‘X’ or band ‘Y, ’ because of the separate “Receiver 2, ” the UE 104 can measure band ‘Z’ without interrupting the service on band ‘X’ or band ‘Y. ’
[0073] The wireless communications system 100 may further include a UE 164 that may communicate with a macro cell base station 102 over a communication link 120 and / or the mmW base station 180 over an mmW communication link 184. For example, the macro cell base station 102 may support a PCell and one or more SCells for the UE 164 and the mmW base station 180 may support one or more SCells for the UE 164.
[0074] The wireless communications system 100 may further include one or more UEs, such as UE 190, that connects indirectly to one or more communication networks via one or more device-to-device (D2D) peer-to-peer (P2P) links (e.g., referred to as “sidelinks” ) . In the example of FIG. 1, UE 190 has a D2D P2P link 192 with one of the UEs 104 connected to one of the base stations 102 (e.g., through which UE 190 may indirectly obtain cellular connectivity) and a D2D P2P link 194 with WLAN STA 152 connected to the WLAN AP 150 (e.g., through which UE 190 may indirectly obtain WLAN-based Internet connectivity) . In an example, the D2D P2P links 192 and 194 may be supported with any well-known D2D RAT, such as LTE Direct (LTE-D) , Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi-D) , and so on.
[0075] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an example architecture 200 of a base station 102 and a UE 104 that enables transmission and processing of signals exchanged between the UE and the base station, in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. Example architecture 200 includes components of a base station 102 and a UE 104, which may be one of the base stations 102 and one of the UEs 104 illustrated in FIG. 1. Base station 102 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 104 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T≥1 and R≥1.
[0076] At base station 102, a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 for one or more UEs, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for each UE based on channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based on the MCS (s) selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI) and / or the like) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, and / or the like) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. Transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., the cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ) and synchronization signals (e.g., the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS) ) . A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and / or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. The modulators 232a through 232t are shown as a combined modulator-demodulator (MOD-DEMOD) . In some cases, the modulators and demodulators can be separate components. Each modulator of the modulators 232a to 232t may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme and / or the like) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator of the modulators 232a to 232t may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signals may be transmitted from modulators 232a to 232t via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively. According to certain aspects described in more detail below, the synchronization signals can be generated with location encoding to convey additional information.
[0077] At UE 104, antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from base station 102 and / or other base stations and may provide received signals to one or more demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. The demodulators 254a through 254r are shown as a combined modulator-demodulator (MOD-DEMOD) . In some cases, the modulators and demodulators can be separate components. Each demodulator of the demodulators 254a through 254r may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator of the demodulators 254a through 254r may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM and / or the like) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 104 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller / processor 280. A channel processor may determine reference signal received power (RSRP) , received signal strength indicator (RSSI) , reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , channel quality indicator (CQI) , and / or the like.
[0078] On the uplink, at UE 104, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports comprising RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, and / or the like) from controller / processor 280. Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals (e.g., based on a beta value or a set of beta values associated with the one or more reference signals) . The symbols from transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX-MIMO processor 266, further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and / or the like) , and transmitted to base station 102. At base station 102, the uplink signals from UE 104 and other UEs may be received by antennas 234a through 234t, processed by demodulators 232a through 232t, detected by a MIMO detector 236 (e.g., if applicable) , and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 104. Receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to controller (e.g., processor) 240. Base station 102 may include communication unit 244 and communicate to a network controller 231 via communication unit 244. Network controller 231 may include communication unit 294, controller / processor 290, and memory 292.
[0079] In some aspects, one or more components of UE 104 may be included in a housing. Controller 240 of base station 102, controller / processor 280 of UE 104, and / or any other component (s) of FIG. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with implicit UCI beta value determination for NR.
[0080] Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for the base station 102 and the UE 104, respectively. A scheduler 246 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink, uplink, and / or sidelink.
[0081] In some aspects, deployment of communication systems, such as 5G new radio (NR) systems, may be arranged in multiple manners with various components or constituent parts. In a 5G NR system, or network, a network node, a network entity, a mobility element of a network, a radio access network (RAN) node, a core network node, a network element, or a network equipment, such as a base station (BS) , or one or more units (or one or more components) performing base station functionality, may be implemented in an aggregated or disaggregated architecture. For example, a BS (e.g., such as a Node B (NB) , evolved NB (eNB) , NR BS, 5G NB, access point (AP) , a transmit receive point (TRP) , or a cell, etc. ) may be implemented as an aggregated base station (e.g., also known as a standalone BS or a monolithic BS) or a disaggregated base station.
[0082] An aggregated base station may be configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node. A disaggregated base station may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (e.g., such as one or more central or centralized units (CUs) , one or more distributed units (DUs) , or one or more radio units (RUs) ) . In some aspects, a CU may be implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs may be co-located with the CU, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs. Each of the CU, DU and RU also can be implemented as virtual units, i.e., a virtual central unit (VCU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual radio unit (VRU) .
[0083] Base station-type operation or network design may consider aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base stations may be utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open radio access network (O-RAN (e.g., such as the network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) ) , or a virtualized radio access network (e.g., vRAN, also known as a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) ) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network design. The various units of the disaggregated base station, or disaggregated RAN architecture, can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit.
[0084] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example disaggregated base station 300 architecture. The disaggregated base station 300 architecture may include one or more central units (CUs) 310 that can communicate directly with a core network 320 via a backhaul link, or indirectly with the core network 320 through one or more disaggregated base station units (e.g., such as a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 325 via an E2 link, or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC 315 associated with a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework 305, or both) . A CU 310 may communicate with one or more distributed units (DUs) 330 via respective midhaul links, such as an F1 interface. The DUs 330 may communicate with one or more radio units (RUs) 340 via respective fronthaul links. The RUs 340 may communicate with respective UEs 104 via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links. In some implementations, the UE 104 may be simultaneously served by multiple RUs 340.
[0085] Each of the units (e.g., the CUs 310, the DUs 330, the RUs 340, as well as the Near-RT RICs 325, the Non-RT RICs 315, and the SMO Framework 305) illustrated in FIG. 3 and / or described herein may include one or more interfaces or be coupled to one or more interfaces configured to receive or transmit signals, data, or information (e.g., collectively, signals) via a wired or wireless transmission medium. Each of the units, or an associated processor or controller providing instructions to the communication interfaces of the units, can be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units via the transmission medium. For example, the units can include a wired interface configured to receive or transmit signals over a wired transmission medium to one or more of the other units. Additionally, the units can include a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter or transceiver (e.g., such as a radio frequency (RF) transceiver) , configured to receive or transmit signals, or both, over a wireless transmission medium to one or more of the other units.
[0086] In some aspects, the CU 310 may host one or more higher layer control functions. Such control functions can include radio resource control (RRC) , packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) , service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) , or the like. Each control function can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other control functions hosted by the CU 310. The CU 310 may be configured to handle user plane functionality (e.g., Central Unit –User Plane (CU-UP) ) , control plane functionality (e.g., Central Unit –Control Plane (CU-CP) ) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CU 310 can be logically split into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units. The CU-UP unit can communicate bidirectionally with the CU-CP unit via an interface, such as the E1 interface when implemented in an O-RAN configuration. The CU 310 can be implemented to communicate with the DU 330, as necessary, for network control and signaling.
[0087] The DU 330 may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RUs 340. In some aspects, the DU 330 may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and one or more high physical (PHY) layers (e.g., such as modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation and demodulation, or the like) depending on a functional split, such as those defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . In some aspects, the DU 330 may further host one or more low PHY layers. Each layer (or module) can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 330, or with the control functions hosted by the CU 310.
[0088] Lower-layer functionality can be implemented by one or more RUs 340. In some deployments, an RU 340, controlled by a DU 330, may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or low-PHY layer functions (e.g., such as performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random-access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, or the like) , or both, based on the functional split, such as a lower layer functional split. In such an architecture, the RU (s) 340 can be implemented to handle over the air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 104. In some implementations, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control and user plane communication with the RU (s) 340 can be controlled by the corresponding DU 330. In some scenarios, this configuration can enable the DU (s) 330 and the CU 310 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.
[0089] The SMO Framework 305 may be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 305 may be configured to support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements which may be managed via an operations and maintenance interface (e.g., such as an O1 interface) . For virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 305 may be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (e.g., such as an open cloud (O-Cloud) 390) to perform network element life cycle management (e.g., such as to instantiate virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (e.g., such as an O2 interface) . Such virtualized network elements can include, but are not limited to, CUs 310, DUs 330, RUs 340, and Near-RT RICs 325. In some implementations, the SMO Framework 305 can communicate with a hardware aspect of a 4G RAN, such as an open eNB (O-eNB) 311, via an O1 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO Framework 305 can communicate directly with one or more RUs 340 via an O1 interface. The SMO Framework 305 also may include a Non-RT RIC 315 configured to support functionality of the SMO Framework 305.
[0090] The Non-RT RIC 315 may be configured to include a logical function that enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI / ML) workflows including model training and updates, or policy-based guidance of applications / features in the Near-RT RIC 325. The Non-RT RIC 315 may be coupled to or communicate with (e.g., such as via an A1 interface) the Near-RT RIC 325. The Near-RT RIC 325 may be configured to include a logical function that enables near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions over an interface (e.g., such as via an E2 interface) connecting one or more CUs 310, one or more DUs 330, or both, as well as an O-eNB, with the Near-RT RIC 325.
[0091] In some implementations, to generate AI / ML models to be deployed in the Near-RT RIC 325, the Non-RT RIC 315 may receive parameters or external enrichment information from external servers. Such information may be utilized by the Near-RT RIC 325 and may be received at the SMO Framework 305 or the Non-RT RIC 315 from non-network data sources or from network functions. In some examples, the Non-RT RIC 315 or the Near-RT RIC 325 may be configured to tune RAN behavior or performance. For example, the Non-RT RIC 315 may monitor long-term trends and patterns for performance and employ AI / ML models to perform corrective actions through the SMO Framework 305 (e.g., such as reconfiguration via O1) or via creation of RAN management policies (e.g., such as A1 policies) .
[0092] FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a processing system 470 of a wireless device 407. In some examples, the processing system 470 may also be referred to as a computing system. The processing system 470 may include and / or implement one or more components that are the same as or similar to respective components included in and / or implemented by the processing system 1102 of FIG. 11 (e.g., and the processing system 1102 of FIG. 11 may include and / or implement one or more components that are the same as or similar to respective components included in and / or implemented by the processing system 370 of FIG. 4) . In some cases, the wireless device 407 may also be referred to as a user computing device. The wireless device 407 may include a client device such as a UE (e.g., UE 104, UE 152, UE 190) or other type of device (e.g., a station (STA) configured to communication using a Wi-Fi interface) that may be used by an end-user. In some cases, the processing system 470 of the wireless device 407 can be implemented by one or more of the UEs 104 of FIG. 1. For example, the wireless device 407 may include a mobile phone, router, tablet computer, laptop computer, tracking device, wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, glasses, an extended reality (XR) device such as a virtual reality (VR) , augmented reality (AR) , or mixed reality (MR) device, etc. ) , Internet of Things (IoT) device, a vehicle, an aircraft, and / or another device that is configured to communicate over a wireless communications network.
[0093] The processing system 470 includes software and hardware components that may be electrically or communicatively coupled via a bus 489 (e.g., or may otherwise be in communication, as appropriate) . The processing system 470 may generally be a system including one or more components that may perform one or more functions, such as any function or combination of functions described herein. For example, one or more components may receive input information (e.g., any information that is an input, such as a signal, any digital information, or any other information) , one or more components may process the input information to generate output information (e.g., any information that is an output, such as a signal or any other information) , one or more components may perform any function as described herein, or any combination thereof. For example, the processing system 470 includes one or more processors 484. The one or more processors 484 may include one or more CPUs, ASICs, FPGAs, APs, GPUs, VPUs, NSPs, microcontrollers, dedicated hardware, any combination thereof, and / or other processing device or system. The bus 489 may be used by the one or more processors 484 to communicate between cores and / or with the one or more memory devices 486.
[0094] The processing system 470 may also include one or more memory devices 486, one or more digital signal processors (DSPs) 482, one or more SIMs 474, one or more modems 476, one or more wireless transceivers 478, an antenna 487, one or more input devices 472 (e.g., a camera, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch sensitive screen, a touch pad, a keypad, a microphone, and / or the like) , and one or more output devices 480 (e.g., a display, a speaker, a printer, and / or the like) .
[0095] In some aspects, processing system 470 may include one or more radio frequency (RF) interfaces configured to transmit and / or receive RF signals. In some examples, an RF interface may include components such as modem (s) 476, wireless transceiver (s) 478, and / or antennas 487. The one or more wireless transceivers 478 may transmit and receive wireless signals (e.g., signal 488) via antenna 487 from one or more other devices, such as other wireless devices, network devices (e.g., base stations such as eNBs and / or gNBs, Wi-Fi access points (APs) such as routers, range extenders or the like, etc. ) , cloud networks, and / or the like. In some examples, the processing system 470 may include multiple antennas or an antenna array that may facilitate simultaneous transmit and receive functionality. Antenna 487 may be an omnidirectional antenna such that radio frequency (RF) signals may be received from and transmitted in all directions. The wireless signal 488 may be transmitted via a wireless network. The wireless network may be any wireless network, such as a cellular or telecommunications network (e.g., 3G, 4G, 5G, etc. ) , wireless local area network (e.g., a Wi-Fi network) , a BluetoothTM network, and / or other network.
[0096] In some examples, the wireless signal 488 may be transmitted directly to other wireless devices using sidelink communications (e.g., using a PC5 interface, using a DSRC interface, etc. ) . Wireless transceivers 478 may be configured to transmit RF signals for performing sidelink communications via antenna 487 in accordance with one or more transmit power parameters that may be associated with one or more regulation modes. Wireless transceivers 478 may also be configured to receive sidelink communication signals having different signal parameters from other wireless devices.
[0097] In some examples, the one or more wireless transceivers 478 may include an RF front end including one or more components, such as an amplifier, a mixer (e.g., also referred to as a signal multiplier) for signal down conversion, a frequency synthesizer (e.g., also referred to as an oscillator) that provides signals to the mixer, a baseband filter, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) , one or more power amplifiers, among other components. The RF front-end may generally handle selection and conversion of the wireless signals 488 into a baseband or intermediate frequency and may convert the RF signals to the digital domain.
[0098] In some cases, the processing system 470 may include a coding-decoding device (or CODEC) configured to encode and / or decode data transmitted and / or received using the one or more wireless transceivers 478. In some cases, the processing system 470 may include an encryption-decryption device or component configured to encrypt and / or decrypt data (e.g., according to the AES and / or DES standard) transmitted and / or received by the one or more wireless transceivers 478.
[0099] The one or more SIMs 474 may each securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and related key assigned to the user of the wireless device 407. The IMSI and key may be used to identify and authenticate the subscriber when accessing a network provided by a network service provider or operator associated with the one or more SIMs 474. The one or more modems 476 may modulate one or more signals to encode information for transmission using the one or more wireless transceivers 478. The one or more modems 476 may also demodulate signals received by the one or more wireless transceivers 478 in order to decode the transmitted information. In some examples, the one or more modems 476 may include a Wi-Fi modem, a 4G (or LTE) modem, a 5G (or NR) modem, and / or other types of modems. The one or more modems 476 and the one or more wireless transceivers 478 may be used for communicating data for the one or more SIMs 474.
[0100] The processing system 470 may also include (and / or be in communication with) one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media or storage devices (e.g., one or more memory devices 486) , which may include, without limitation, local and / or network accessible storage, a disk drive, a drive array, an optical storage device, a solid-state storage device such as a RAM and / or a ROM, which may be programmable, flash-updateable, and / or the like. Such storage devices may be configured to implement any appropriate data storage, including without limitation, various file systems, database structures, and / or the like.
[0101] In various aspects, functions may be stored as one or more computer-program products (e.g., instructions or code) in memory device (s) 486 and executed by the one or more processor (s) 484 and / or the one or more DSPs 482. The processing system 470 may also include software elements (e.g., located within the one or more memory devices 486) , including, for example, an operating system, device drivers, executable libraries, and / or other code, such as one or more application programs, which may comprise computer programs implementing the functions provided by various aspects, and / or may be designed to implement methods and / or configure systems, as described herein.
[0102] As noted above, systems and techniques are provided for configuring user plane-based data collection corresponding to one or more UEs, based on a data collection configuration indicative of one or more data reports and / or one or more data parameters that are authorized for collection by the UE and included within a capability of the UE. In some aspects, the data collection configuration and the UE can be associated with an operator-managed data collection system (e.g., an operator-managed data collection system included within and / or associated with a wireless communication network, etc. ) .
[0103] For example, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system 500 that can be used to provide operator-managed data collection corresponding to a wireless communication network (e.g., data controller 520) , one or more data producers 590, and one or more data consumers 510. In some cases, the system 500 can be used for user plane-based data collection and / or control plane-based data collection. In some examples, user plane-based data collection can correspond to data collection performed by one or more UEs included in a plurality of data producers 590, where the one or more UEs are configured to perform the data collection based on information configured over the user plane by the data controller 520, the data consumer 510, and / or various combinations of the data controller 520 and the data consumer 510. In some aspects, control plane-based data collection can correspond to data collection performed by one or more UEs included in the plurality of data producers 590, where the one or more UEs are configured to perform the data collection based on information configured over the control plane by the data controller 520, the data consumer 510, and / or various combinations of the data controller 520 and the data consumer 510. In some cases, one or more configured report types and / or parameters can be collected by the UE, and may be reported from the UE to the network over the user plane, the control plane, or various combinations of the user plane and the control plane. For example, the data collection configuration can indicate whether a particular report will be reported over the user plane, control plane, or both. In some examples, the UE can select between the control plane and the user plane for transmission (e.g., reporting) of a particular report type and / or particular data parameter type, where the selection is based on the type of the report or the type of the data parameter. In some cases, the systems and techniques can define a new control plane between the network (e.g., a network entity, etc. ) and the one or more UEs configured for the data collection. The new control plane can be configured and used for one or more of data collection configuration, data collection initiation, and / or data collection reporting.
[0104] In some examples, data processing tasks performed by the system 500 can include data collection and / or data reporting performed by a UE or other data producer 590. As used herein, a UE may interchangeably be referred to as a data producer (e.g., such as data producer 590) , and the data producer 590 may interchangeably be referred to as a UE and / or referred to as one or more UEs, etc. In some cases, data collection and / or data reporting can be performed by a UE to obtain one or more data reports each including respective measurements or values for a set of configured data parameters selected for inclusion within each data report. The collected data obtained by the UE (e.g., obtained based on performing data collection for the configured data reports, data report type (s) , and / or data parameters, etc. ) can be provided to a data controller 520 associated with the wireless communication network and / or associated with an operator of the wireless communication network (e.g., a network operator) . In some cases, the data controller 520 can be hosted within (e.g., included in) the wireless communication network. In some examples, the data controller 520 can be hosted outside of (e.g., external to, not included in, etc. ) the wireless communication network.
[0105] The operator-managed data collection can be performed to provide data exposure of the collected data reports to the operator and / or network associated with the data controller 520, and / or to provide data exposure of the collected data reports to one or more data consumers 510. In some aspects, a data consumer 510 can include and / or can be associated with one or more network services 512 and / or one or more external services 516. For example, network services 512 can correspond to a data consumer 510 included in the same wireless communication network as the data controller 520 or other data collection controller (DCC) associated with the operator-managed UE data collection of system 500. In some cases, the external services 516 can correspond to a data consumer 510 that is not included in the same wireless communication network as the data controller 520 or other DCC. For example, the external services 516 of the data consumer 510 can include external services associated with a data consumer such as a UE vendor, etc. In some cases, the one or more data consumers 510 can be associated with or registered to the operator-managed data collection service corresponding to the data controller 520. In some examples, the one or more data consumers 510 can include one or more UEs, one or more network entities, one or more network functions or services (e.g., a network data analytics function (NWDAF) , etc. ) . In some cases, a data consumer 510 can be associated with training one or more machine learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI) models. For example, a data consumer 510 may be a model training logical function, a model training host, a model inference host, etc.
[0106] The data controller 520 can be used to configure and / or control the operator-managed data collection associated with one or more UEs and / or one or more data producers 590. For example, each data producer 590 can include a device management client 580 configured for user plane communications and / or control plane communications with the data controller 520. As noted above, in some cases, the device management client 580 can perform user plane communications or control plane communications based on a type of report and / or type of data parameter being collected and / or reported. In some cases, the device management client 580 can perform control plane communications using a new control plane defined between the network (e.g., network entity, etc. ) and the one or more UEs configured for the data collection. The new control plane can be configured and used for one or more of data collection configuration, data collection initiation, and / or data collection reporting. In some cases, the device management client 580 of a data producer device 590 can communicate with a cloud platform services 570 associated with or implemented by the data controller 520. The data producer 590 can be implemented by various devices, including a UE, a laptop computer, a user computing device, a smartphone, a wearable (e.g., smartwatch, smart-glasses, wearable ring, and / or an XR device such as a VR headset, an AR headset or glasses, or an MR headset) , a vehicle (e.g., automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, etc. ) , an aircraft (e.g., an airplane, jet, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone, helicopter, airship, glider, etc. ) , an Internet of Things (IoT) device, and / or an industrial IoT (IIoT) device, etc., among various others.
[0107] In one illustrative example, the data controller 520 can include a data collection engine 530 and a consent management engine 560. In some cases, the data controller 520 can be a network entity that is associated with a data collection engine 530 and / or a consent management engine 560 separate from the network entity and / or separate from the associated wireless communication network. In some cases, the data collection engine 530 can be used to implement one or more data collection services associated with the data collection by the data producer device (s) 590. For example, the data collection engine 530 can include a data collection authorization 532 configured to determine which data the UE (e.g., a data producer 590, etc. ) is authorized to report, based on device capabilities and / or a service level agreement (SLA) between the network operator and a data consumer 510, etc.
[0108] The data collection engine 530 can include a data collection controller (DCC) 534, which may also be referred to as a data collection campaign manager or a campaign manager. For example, the DCC 534 can be used to configure, control, and / or manage data collection operations performed for one or more particular data consumers 510, data collection operations performed by one or more particular data producers 590, and / or combinations thereof, etc. In some examples, the DCC 534 can be used to select or determine a subset of data producer devices from a plurality of data producer devices 590 associated with or registered to the data controller 520. For example, the DCC 534 can select the particular UEs or data producers 590 that are chosen to collect data for a respective data collection operation or data collection campaign associated with the data controller 520 and / or associated with one or more data consumers 510. In some cases, the DCC 534 can be used to configure the UEs or data producers 590 with information indicative of which data reports, data report types, and / or data parameters are to be reported or not reported to the data controller 520 and cloud platform services 570 thereof.
[0109] In some examples, the DCC 534 can be used to configure the UEs or data producers 590 with information indicative of how and / or when to report collected data to the data controller and / or cloud platforms services 570 thereof. The data collection engine 530 can include or be associated with one or more data storage entities 538, which may be used for storage of collected data that is reported from the data producers 590 to the data controller 520. In some cases, the one or more data storage entities 538 can also be referred to as a data lake, and can be configured for storage of various data, reports, etc., collected and / or obtained by the data producer devices 590.
[0110] The consent management engine 560 can be associated with management of user consent for data collection and / or access to user data collected by the data producer devices 590. For example, user consent can be indicated to or obtained by the consent management engine 560 on a per-user basis, a per-device basis, or both. In some cases, user consent can be managed by the consent management engine 560 on a per subscription basis. For example, a user of a data producer device 590 may subscribe, sign up to, or otherwise access a service and may grant access to user data as part of the subscription procedure. In some cases, the consent management engine 560 can be used to provide a mechanism supporting granular consent provisioning and management of user data across multiple services, using multiple devices, and the like. In some cases, the consent management engine 560 can be configured to provide users with the ability to update, revoke, grant, suspend, etc., the user’s consent for data access, etc.
[0111] The consent management engine 560 can include or be associated with a data governance service 562 (e.g., a data governance network service, a data governance client, etc. ) , configured to provide an interface to the user for managing user consent information and / or various other data governance procedures. In some examples, the consent management engine 560 can include or be associated with a user data storage entity 568, which can be different from the collected data storage entity 538 associated with the data collection engine 530. In some examples, a combined or single data storage entity can be used to implement the collected data storage entity 538 and the user data storage entity 568.
[0112] In some cases, the user data storage entity 568 can be used for storage of user subscription information, including user subscription information indicative of user consent management information. For example, the user data storage entity 538 can be used to host subscription information including a user consent profile for each respective user of a plurality of users of the data producer devices 590 and / or device management client 580. In some examples, the user data storage entity 538 can be implemented as a unified data management (UDM) network service or network function, where the UDM is configured within the network core and used to manage user data and / or subscriber information, etc. In some examples, the consent management engine 560 can be associated with a data governance client 585 running on the data producer devices 590. For example, the data governance client 585 can be included within or implemented by the respective device management client 580 of each data producer device 590. In some cases, the data governance client 585 and the device management client 580 can be implemented as two different (e.g., separate) client applications executing on each respective data producer device 590.
[0113] In some examples, the device management client 580 can be used to register a data producer device 590 with the data controller 520. For example, the device management client 580 can perform registration for data collection, and can be configured by (e.g., can receive and implement one or more data collection configurations from) the data controller 520. In one illustrative example, the device management client 580 can be configured for data collection by the data collection controller 534. For example, the device management client 580 can receive, from the data collection controller 534, data collection configuration information indicative of one or more addresses or network locations of the data storage entity 538 for reporting collected data from the data producer device 590. The device management client 580 can be used to report collected data from the data producer 590 to the data storage 538 of the data collection engine 530 and data controller 520, for example using a secure channel to the cloud platform services 570. The data reporting can be performed over the user plane, and the data collection configuration from the data collection controller 534 can be transmitted to the device management client 580 over the user plane.
[0114] FIG. 6 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process 600 for user plane-based data collection corresponding to a device management client and one or more network-based data collection functions, in accordance with some examples. For example, the process 600 can be performed by the system 500 of FIG. 5. In some aspects, the device management client 680 of FIG. 6 can be the same as or similar to the device management client 580 of FIG. 5. In some examples, the data storage 638 of FIG. 6 can be the same as or similar to the data storage 538 of FIG. 5, the data collection controller 634 of FIG. 6 can be the same as or similar to the data collection controller 534 of FIG. 5, etc. In some examples, the data collection authorization 632 of FIG. 6 can be the same as or similar to the data collection authorization 532 of FIG. 5, and the data consumer 610 of FIG. 6 can be the same as or similar to the data consumer 510 of FIG. 5. In one illustrative example, the data collection authorization 632 can correspond to an application service provider (ASP) of the network. In some aspects, the data consumer 610 can correspond to a network service (e.g., a network operator service, etc. ) of the wireless communication network. For example, the data consumer 610 can correspond to a network data analytics function (NWDAF) , a service management and orchestration (SMO) network entity, etc.
[0115] At 601, the device management client 680 can perform registration with the data collection authorization function 632.
[0116] At 602, based on the registration, the data collection authorization function 632 can transmit to the device management client 680 information indicative of an address or network location of the data collection controller 634. At 603, the data collection authorization function 632 can transmit to the device management client 680 information indicative of the authorized data reports, authorized data report types, and / or authorized data parameters that are authorized for data collection by the device management client 680 and corresponding data producer device 590. In some cases, the address information of the DCC 634 and the information indicative of the authorized data for collection can be included in an authorization configuration message transmitted from the data collection authorization function 632 to the device management client 680, in response to a successful device registration at 601.
[0117] At 604, one or more data consumers 610 can transmit a subscription request to the DCC 634, where the subscription request is indicative of a request from the data consumer 610 to subscribe to selected data collection obtained from one or more UEs or data producers corresponding to the device management client 680.
[0118] At 605, the DCC 634 can transmit to the device management client 680 a configuration for data collection and / or data reporting. For example, the configuration transmitted to the device management client 680 by the DCC 634 can be determined based on the data subscription received at 604 from the data consumer 610, where the transmitted configuration is indicative of at least a portion of the requested data report types or data parameters indicated in the data subscription request from the data consumer 610.
[0119] At 606, the device management client 680 can perform data collection based on the configuration received from the DCC 634. Performing the data collection can include obtaining corresponding measurements or values for each data parameter and / or data report type included or indicated to the device management client 680 within the configuration for data collection received from the DCC 634.
[0120] At 607, the device management client 680 can perform data reporting according to the data reporting configuration received from the DCC 634 at 605. For example, the data reporting of 607 can correspond to the device management client 680 transmitting the collected data from the data collection 606 to the data storage entity 638, using the address information of the data storage entity 638 indicated by the data collection authorization function 632 at 602.
[0121] At 608, the collected data that has been reported to and stored by the data storage entity 638 can be forwarded to the data consumer 610. For example, based on the data subscription request of 604, the data storage entity 638 can forward the corresponding collected data corresponding to the subscription request to the data consumer 610. In some examples, the data storage entity 638 can forward the collected data as received by the data storage entity 638 from the device management client 680. In some cases, the data storage entity 638 and / or the device management client 680 can perform one or more data processing operations on the collected data reports, and the data storage entity 638 can forward the processed collected data to the data consumer 610 at 608.
[0122] FIG. 7 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process 700 for configuring network-controlled data collection associated with a UE, where the configuration is performed by a data collection controller and is determined based on capability information indicative of supported report types and / or supported data parameters of the UE, in accordance with some examples.
[0123] In some aspects, the process 700 can be performed by the system 500 of FIG. 5. In some examples, the device management client 780 of FIG. 7 can be the same as or similar to the device management client 580 of FIG. 5 and / or 680 of FIG. 6. In some examples, the data storage entity 738 of FIG. 7 can be the same as or similar to the data storage entity 538 of FIG. 5 and / or 638 of FIG. 6, the data collection controller 734 of FIG. 7 can be the same as or similar to the data collection controller 534 of FIG. 5 and / or 634 of FIG. 6, etc. In some examples, the data collection authorization 732 of FIG. 7 can be the same as or similar to the data collection authorization 532 of FIG. 5 and / or 632 of FIG. 6, and the data consumer 710 of FIG. 7 can be the same as or similar to the data consumer 510 of FIG. 5 and / or 610 of FIG. 6. In one illustrative example, the data collection authorization 732 can correspond to an application service provider (ASP) of the network. In some aspects, the data consumer 710 can correspond to a network service (e.g., a network operator service, etc. ) of the wireless communication network. For example, the data consumer 710 can correspond to a network data analytics function (NWDAF) , a service management and orchestration (SMO) network entity, etc.
[0124] In one illustrative example, the process 700 can correspond to network-controlled data collection implemented by the DCC 734 and using a data collection configuration determined by the DCC 734 based on capability information obtained from the UE or data producer device associated with the device management client 780 (e.g., such as the data producer 590 of FIG. 5, etc. ) .
[0125] At 701a, the DCC 734 and the data collection authorization function 732 can determine a configuration for data collection to be performed by the device management client 780. For example, the DCC 734 and data collection authorization function 732 can determine information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a UE (e.g., a UE associated with the device management client 780, etc. ) . In some cases, the DCC 734 can obtain the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters from a data collection authorization function 732 associated with a non-network entity. For example, the data collection authorization function 732 may be associated with a UE vendor (e.g., a vendor or manufacturer corresponding to the UE) , and / or may be associated with the data consumer 710 or third-party entity different from the network and / or network operator. In some cases, the one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection corresponding to the UE can comprise negotiated data parameters that are determined (e.g., negotiated between) the data collection controller 734 and the data collection authorization function 732. In one illustrative example, the DCC 734 can negotiate with an ASP or other data collection authorization function 732 to determine one or more data parameters for the UE data collection. In some examples, the data parameters determined at 701a can be included in one or more data collection reports.
[0126] At 701b, the data collection authorization function 732 can use the determined (e.g., negotiated) data collection configuration from 701a to configure the device management client 780 with the authorized data for collection. For example, at 701b, the data collection authorization function 732 can transmit to the device management client 780 information indicative of the authorized data for collection.
[0127] At 702, the device management client 780 can perform registration with the DCC 734. For example, the device management client 780 can transmit registration information to the DCC 734, which can be the same as or similar to the registration information associated with the device registration 601 of FIG. 6. In one illustrative example, the device management client 780 is configured to transmit to the DCC 734 the registration information and UE capability information, where the capability information is indicative of one or more capabilities for data collection by the device management client 780 and corresponding UE or other data producer device 590. For example, in some aspects, performing registration at 702 can include transmitting, from the device management client 780 and to the DCC 734, capability information indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and / or can be indicative of one or more supported data parameters supported for the data collection by the UE. In some cases, the capability information can indicate one or more non-supported report types or non-supported data parameters, where the collection of data corresponding to the non-supported report types or non-supported data parameters is not within the UE capabilities to perform.
[0128] At 703, the data consumer 710 can perform consent verification, for example based on a consent profile corresponding to a user of the UE associated with the device management client 780. In some examples, the consent verification 703 can be performed using one or more of the consent management engine 560, the data governance service 562, the user data storage entity 568, and / or the data governance client 585 of FIG. 5.
[0129] Based on a result of the consent verification 703, at 704 the data consumer 710 can transmit an Event_Exposure_Subscribe message to the DCC 734. In some aspects, the Event_Exposure_Subscribe message 704 can be the same as or similar to the data subscription request 604 transmitted by the data consumer 610 of FIG. 6.
[0130] At 705, the DCC 734 can transmit a Data_Collection_Subscribe message to the data storage entity 738. In some aspects, the Data_Collection_Subscribe message 705 can be based on and / or may include the information of the Event_Exposure_Subscribe message 704.
[0131] At 706, the DCC 734 can be configured to verify which data reports, data report types, and / or data parameters are authorized for collection by the device management client 780 and corresponding UE. In one illustrative example, the verification of the authorized reports can be performed by the DCC 734 based on the UE capability information obtained at 702. In some cases, the verification 706 can be further based on the data collection configuration determined at 701a, and / or based on the authorized data for collection information determined at 701b.
[0132] At 707, the DCC 734 can configure the device management client 780 and corresponding UE with a data collection configuration indicative of one or more report types to be collected, where the indicated reports and / or data parameters for collection are based on the UE capabilities. For example, data reports or data parameters that are authorized for collection but are not included within the UE capabilities (e.g., indicated by the UE capability information of 702) are not included in the data collection configuration transmitted to the device management client 780 at 707, reducing the data collection and processing overhead at the device management client 780. In some aspects, the data collection configuration transmitted at 707 can comprise a data collection provisioning including or indicating the data report types and / or data parameters to be collected during the data collection corresponding the device management client 780 and associated UE (e.g., the UE running or executing the device management client 780) .
[0133] FIG. 8 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process 800 for configuring network-controlled data collection associated with a UE, the configuration based on a data collection request and a data collection response, in accordance with some examples. In some aspects, the process 800 can be performed by the system 500 of FIG. 5. In some examples, the device management client 880 of FIG. 8 can be the same as or similar to the device management client 580 of FIG. 5, 680 of FIG. 6, and / or 780 of FIG. 7. In some examples, the data storage entity 838 of FIG. 8 can be the same as or similar to the data storage entity 538 of FIG. 5, 638 of FIG. 6, and / or 738 of FIG. 7. The data collection controller 834 of FIG. 8 can be the same as or similar to the data collection controller 534 of FIG. 5, 634 of FIG. 6, and / or 734 of FIG. 7, etc. In some examples, the data collection authorization 832 of FIG. 8 can be the same as or similar to the data collection authorization 532 of FIG. 5, 632 of FIG. 6, and / or 732 of FIG. 7. In one illustrative example, the data collection authorization 832 can correspond to an ASP of the network.
[0134] In some aspects, a network subscription service 815 can be implemented by a UDM associated with the network, where the UDM may be the same as or similar to a UDM corresponding to the user data storage entity 568 of FIG. 5.
[0135] In the example process 800 of FIG. 8, the network-controlled data collection can be implemented without negotiation from the data collection authorization function 832 and the DCC 834 to determine the authorized data for collection by the UE corresponding to the device management client 880. For example, at 801, the device management client 880 can be directly configured by the data collection authorization function 832 with information indicative of a data collection configuration of authorized data for collection. In this example, the data collection authorization function 832 can transmit configuration information to the UE indicating the particular data reports, data report types, data parameters, etc., to be collected and / or reported, a time of transmission for the collected reports, a number of samples to be reported for each report or parameter, etc., a size of the collected reports, a size of the transmitted (e.g., reported) reports, etc. In some examples, the configuration information of 801 can be included in a data collection configuration transmitted directly to the UE and device management client 880 from the data collection authorization function 832, without involvement of the DCC 834.
[0136] At 802, the UE and device management client 880 can transmit a data collection request or data collection notification to the DCC 834, where the data collection request or notification indicates to the DCC 834 the UE capability information corresponding to supported data collection reports and / or parameters that can be collected by the UE, and / or corresponding to non-supported data collection reports and / or parameters that cannot be collected by the UE. In some aspects, the data collection request or notification 802 transmitted from the UE to the DCC 834 can include the UE capability information directly, or can be indicative of the UE capability information (e.g., based on including the supported and / or non-supported data collection reports and / or parameters of the UE) . In some cases, the data collection request or notification 802 transmitted from the UE to the DCC 834 can indicate a preferred reporting time of the UE, including a preferred or requested value of a reportingTime parameter corresponding to reporting of collected data reports by the UE implementing the device management client 880.
[0137] At 803, the DCC 834 can communicate with the network subscription service 815 (e.g., UDM, etc. ) to verify the data reports and / or data parameters that are authorized for collection by the device management client 880 and corresponding UE. In some aspects, the verification step 803 can be the same as or similar to the consent verification 703 of FIG. 7, and for example may be based on a consent profile corresponding to a user of the UE associated with the device management client 880. In some examples, the verification 803 can be performed using one or more of the consent management engine 560, the data governance service 562, the user data storage entity 568, and / or the data governance client 585 of FIG. 5.
[0138] At 804, the DCC 834 can transmit a data collection response message to the device management client 880 of the UE, where the data collection response message is indicative of the allowed and / or non-allowed data parameters and / or data reports for collection by the UE. For example, the data collection response 804 can indicate an allowed or authorized subset of the plurality of data reports or parameters that are authorized at 801 by the data collection authorization function 832. In some aspects, the data collection response 804 can indicate an allowed or authorized subset of the plurality of data reports or parameters that are requested in the data collection request transmitted to the DCC 834 by the UE and device management client 880 at step 802.
[0139] In one illustrative example, the DCC 834 can transmit to the UE (e.g., at 804) a data collection configuration that indicates a selection of configured report types for the data collection by the UE and device management client 880. The configured report types for the data collection can be a subset of the data reports that are both authorized for the data collection by the UE (e.g., authorized by the data collection authorization function 832 at 801) , and that are supported by the UE capabilities (e.g., based on the supported data reports including data parameters from the set of data parameters included within the UE capability information indicated in the data collection request or notification transmitted to the DCC 834 at 802) . In some examples, the data collection configuration causes the UE to perform data collection of each data report and / or data parameter that is both authorized (e.g., by the data collection authorization function 832) and supported by the UE (e.g., based on the UE capability information) . In some cases, the data collection configuration causes the UE to perform data collection for a subset of the data reports and / or data parameters that are both authorized by the data collection function and supported by the UE capabilities.
[0140] FIG. 9 is a signaling diagram illustrating an example of a process for configuring network-controlled data collection associated with a UE, where the configuration is provided from a radio access network (RAN) 950 to the UE, in accordance with some examples.
[0141] In some aspects, the process 900 can be performed by the system 500 of FIG. 5. In some examples, the device management client 980 of FIG. 9 can be the same as or similar to the device management client 580 of FIG. 5, 680 of FIG. 6, 780 of FIG. 7, and / or 880 of FIG. 8. In some examples, the data storage entity 938 of FIG. 9 can be the same as or similar to the data storage entity 538 of FIG. 5, 638 of FIG. 6, 738 of FIG. 7, and / or 838 of FIG. 8. The data collection controller 934 of FIG. 9 can be the same as or similar to the data collection controller 534 of FIG. 5, 634 of FIG. 6, 734 of FIG. 7, and / or 834 of FIG. 8etc. In some examples, the data collection authorization 932 of FIG. 9 can be the same as or similar to the data collection authorization 532 of FIG. 5, 632 of FIG. 6, 732 of FIG. 7, and / or 832 of FIG. 8. In one illustrative example, the data collection authorization 932 can correspond to an ASP of the network. The data consumer 910 of FIG. 9 can comprise an NWDAF or SMO associated with the network, and can be the same as or similar to one or more of the data consumer 510 of FIG. 5, 610 of FIG. 6, 710 of FIG. 7, etc.
[0142] In one illustrative example, process 900 can include block 995, which can comprise operations the same as 701a-706 of FIG. 7. For example, process 900 can include the transmission of the UE capability information at 901 after the end of block 995 (e.g., after the corresponding operation within block 995 corresponds to the verification of authorized reports at 706 in process 700 of FIG. 7, etc. ) .
[0143] The process 900 can correspond to network-controlled data collection configuration implemented by the RAN 950 for a UE associated with the device management client 980. For example, in some aspects, at 901, the UE can be configured to indicate the UE capability information for the data collection to the RAN 950 (e.g., a RAN node within RAN 950, etc. ) .
[0144] The RAN 950 can use the UE capability information to query the DCC at 902. The data collection query 902 can include or indicate one or more UE IDs that were included in the UE capability information or indication received by the RAN 950 at 901.
[0145] At 903, the DCC 934 can transmit a data collection query response to the RAN 950, indicative of subset of data report types and / or data parameters that are within the UE capabilities and also authorized for data collection by the UE.
[0146] At 904, the RAN 950 can use the data collection query response 903 from the DCC 934 to transmit a dedicated configuration to the UE indicative of the particular data report types and / or data parameters to be collected by the UE during the UE data collection operations. The dedicated configuration 904 can be indicative of the subset of data report types and / or data parameters indicated in the data collection query response 903 provided to the RAN 950 from the DCC 934. In some aspects, the UE capability information can be transmitted at 901 in examples where the wireless communication network is a 5G NR network, and the operations of 902 and 903 can be skipped (e.g., the RAN 950 can receive the UE capability information 901 and subsequently transmit the dedicated data collection configuration 904 based on receiving the UE capability information 901. In examples where the wireless communication network is a 6G network, the operations of transmitting the UE capability information to the RAN 950 at 901 can be skipped, and the RAN 950 can be configured to transmit the data collection query 902 to the DCC 934, and receive a data collection query response 903 from the DCC 934 that includes or indicates the corresponding UE capability information for each UE ID indicated within the data collection query 902.
[0147] In some aspects, the DCC 934 can communicate directly with the RAN 950, for example in implementations where the wireless communication network is a 6G network. In some examples, the DCC 934 can communicate with the RAN 950 through an AMF of the network, including in implementations where the wireless communication network is a 5G NR network.
[0148] FIG. 10 is a flowchart diagram illustrating an example of a process 1000 for wireless communication. The process 1000 may be performed by a network entity or network device (or apparatus) or a component (e.g., a chipset, codec, etc. ) of the network entity or device. The network entity may be a base station (e.g., an eNB, a gNB, etc. ) or a portion of a base station (e.g., one or more of a CU, a DU, a RU, a Near-RT RIC, and / or a Non-RT RIC, such as the CU 310, the DU 330, the RU 340, the Near-RT RIC 325, and / or the Non-RT RIC 315 of the disaggregated base station 300 of FIG. 3) , server device, or other network entity. The operations of the process 1000 may be implemented as software components that are executed and run on one or more processors (e.g., the transmit processor 220, the receive processor 238, the TX MIMO processor 230, the MIMO detector 236 of FIG. 2, the processing system 470 of FIG. 4, the processor (s) 484 of FIG. 4, the processing system 1102 of FIG. 11, and / or the processor 1110 of FIG. 11, or other processor (s) (e.g., (such as one or more other processors included within and / or associated with the processing system 470 of FIG. 4, the processing system 1102 of FIG. 11, etc. ) ) . Further, the transmission and reception of signals by the network entity in the process 1000 may be enabled, for example, by one or more antennas, one or more transceivers (e.g., wireless transceiver (s) ) , and / or other communication components (e.g., the transmit processor 220, the receive processor 238, the TX MIMO processor 230, the MIMO detector 236, the modulator (s) / demodulator (s) 232a through 232t, and / or the antenna (es) 234a through 234t of FIG. 2, the communication interface 1140 of FIG. 11, or other antennae (s) , transceiver (s) , and / or component (s) ) .
[0149] At block 1002, the network entity (or component thereof) can obtain information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) . For example, the network entity can be the same as or similar to one or more of the data controller 520 and / or the data consumer 510 of FIG. 5. In some examples, the UE can be included in the one or more data producers 590, and can be associated with a device management client 580 of FIG. 5.
[0150] In some cases, the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters can be included in negotiated data collection information, where the negotiated data collection information is associated with the network entity and an additional network entity. For example, the network entity can be the data collection controller 734 of FIG. 7, and the additional network entity can be the data collection authorization engine 732 of FIG. 7. In some cases, the negotiated data collection information can correspond to the determination of the data collection configuration at 701a of FIG. 7.
[0151] At block 1004, the network entity (or component thereof) can obtain capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters.
[0152] For example, the capability information can be the same as or similar to one or more of the capability information transmitted at 702 by the device management client 780 of FIG. 7, the capability information transmitted at 802 by the device management client 880 of FIG. 8, and / or the capability information transmitted at 901 by the device management clint 980 of FIG. 9, etc.
[0153] In some examples, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to receive, from the UE, registration information of the UE for the data collection, wherein the registration information includes the capability information. For example, the registration information can be the same as or similar to the device registration information 601 of FIG. 6, the registration information 702 of FIG. 7, etc.
[0154] In some cases, the network entity is a radio access network (RAN) network entity. For example, the network entity can be a RAN node, such as the RAN node 950 of FIG. 9, etc. In some cases, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to receive the capability information from the UE. For example, the RAN node 950 can receive the UE capability information 901 from the device management client 980 of FIG. 9, where the device management client 980 corresponds to the UE. In some examples, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to transmit a query indicative of an identifier of the UE, and receive a response to the query, where the response includes the capability information, and where the capability information is indicative of a capability of the UE for the one or more supported report types. For example, the query can be the data collection query 902 of FIG. 9, and the response can be the data collection query response 903 of FIG. 9. In some cases, the response includes the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters.
[0155] At block 1006, the network entity (or component thereof) can transmit, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.
[0156] For example, the data collection configuration can be the same as or similar to the configuration 605 of FIG. 6, the data collection provisioning 707 of FIG. 7, the data collection configuration 801 and / or the data collection response 804 of FIG. 8, and / or the configuration 904 of FIG. 9, etc. In some examples, to transmit the data collection configuration to the UE, the processing system is configured to transmit, to the UE, provisioning information corresponding to the data collection. For example, the provisioning information can be the data collection provisioning 707 of FIG. 7. In some cases, the provisioning information includes the data collection configuration and is configured to cause the UE to perform the data collection for one or more data parameters included in the plurality of supported data parameters and corresponding to the one or more configured report types.
[0157] In some cases, the processing system is configured to determine the data collection configuration based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters. In some examples, the one or more configured report types are a subset of the one or more supported report types of the UE. In some cases, the one or more configured report types correspond to a subset of data parameters of the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the plurality of supported data parameters includes the subset of data parameters. In some examples, the processing system is configured to compare the one or more authorized data parameters with the plurality of supported data parameters, and to determine the one or more configured report types based on the comparison.
[0158] In some examples, the processing system is configured to receive a data collection request indicative of a plurality of requested data parameters for collection by one or more UEs including the UE. For example, the processing system can receive the data collection request 802 of FIG. 8. The processing system can determine one or more verified data parameters from the plurality of requested data parameters, where the one or more authorized data parameters includes each verified data parameter of the one or more verified data parameters. The processing system can determine the one or more configured report types based on the one or more verified data parameters and the plurality of supported data parameters.
[0159] In some cases, the processing system is configured to receive, from the UE, a data collection request indicative of one or more requested data parameters, where the data collection request includes the capability information. For example, the processing system can receive the data collection request 802 of FIG. 8. The processing system can obtain, in response to the data collection request from the UE, the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters. For example, the information can be included in or associated with the verification 803 performed by the data collection controller 834 of FIG. 8. The processing system can transmit, to the UE, a data collection response including the data collection configuration, wherein the data collection response is responsive to the data collection request. For example, the data collection response can be the data collection response 804 of FIG. 8.
[0160] In some cases, the data collection response comprises provisioning information corresponding to the data collection by the UE. For example, the provisioning information can be the same as or similar to the data collection provisioning 707 of FIG. 7. In some examples, the provisioning information is indicative of an allowed portion of the data collection request, and wherein the allowed portion comprises a first subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes the first subset of requested data parameters. In some cases, the provisioning information is indicative of a non-allowed portion of the data collection request, wherein the non-allowed portion comprises a second subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters does not include the second subset of requested data parameters.
[0161] In some cases, the computing device or apparatus configured to perform the process 1000 may include various components, such as one or more input devices, one or more output devices, one or more processors, one or more microprocessors, one or more microcomputers, one or more cameras, one or more sensors, and / or other component (s) that are configured to carry out the steps of processes described herein. In some examples, the computing device may include a display, one or more network interfaces configured to communicate and / or receive the data, any combination thereof, and / or other component (s) . The one or more network interfaces may be configured to communicate and / or receive wired and / or wireless data, including data according to the 3G, 4G, 5G, and / or other cellular standard, data according to the WiFi (802.11x) standards, data according to the BluetoothTM standard, data according to the Internet Protocol (IP) standard, and / or other types of data.
[0162] The components of the computing device may be implemented in circuitry. For example, the components may include and / or may be implemented using electronic circuits or other electronic hardware, which may include one or more programmable electronic circuits (e.g., microprocessors, graphics processing units (GPUs) , digital signal processors (DSPs) , central processing units (CPUs) , and / or other suitable electronic circuits) , and / or may include and / or be implemented using computer software, firmware, or any combination thereof, to perform the various operations described herein.
[0163] The process 1000 is illustrated as a logical flow diagram, the operation of which represent a sequence of operations that may be implemented in hardware, computer instructions, or a combination thereof. In the context of computer instructions, the operations represent computer-executable instructions stored on one or more computer-readable storage media that, when executed by one or more processors, perform the recited operations. Generally, computer-executable instructions include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, and the like that perform particular functions or implement particular data types. The order in which the operations are described is not intended to be construed as a limitation, and any number of the described operations may be combined in any order and / or in parallel to implement the processes.
[0164] Additionally, the process 1000 and / or other process described herein, may be performed under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions and may be implemented as code (e.g., executable instructions, one or more computer programs, or one or more applications) executing collectively on one or more processors, by hardware, or combinations thereof. As noted above, the code may be stored on a computer-readable or machine-readable storage medium, for example, in the form of a computer program comprising a plurality of instructions executable by one or more processors. The computer-readable or machine-readable storage medium may be non-transitory.
[0165] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system for implementing certain aspects of the present technology. In particular, FIG. 11 illustrates an example of computing system 1100 including a processing system 1102, which may be for example any computing device making up internal computing system, a remote computing system, a camera, or any component thereof in which the components of the system are in communication with each other using connection 1105. Connection 1105 may be a physical connection using a bus, or a direct connection into processor 1110 (and / or one or more other processors included within and / or associated with the processing system 1102) , such as in a chipset architecture. Connection 1105 may also be a virtual connection, networked connection, or logical connection.
[0166] In some aspects, computing system 1100 and / or the processing system 1102 can be provided as a distributed system in which the functions described in this disclosure may be distributed within a datacenter, multiple data centers, a peer network, etc. In some aspects, one or more of the described system components represents many such components each performing some or all of the function for which the component is described. In some aspects, the components may be physical or virtual devices.
[0167] The example processing system 1102 includes at least one processing unit (CPU or processor) 1110 and connection 1105 that communicatively couples various system components including system memory 1115, such as read-only memory (ROM) 1120 and random access memory (RAM) 1125 to processor 1110. The processing system 1102 may include a cache 1112 of high-speed memory connected directly with, in close proximity to, or integrated as part of processor 1110 and / or one or more other processors included within and / or associated with the processing system 1102.
[0168] Processor 1110 may include any general-purpose processor and a hardware service or software service, such as services 1132, 1134, and 1136 stored in storage device 1130, configured to control processor 1110 and / or one or more other processors included within and / or associated with the processing system 1102, as well as a special-purpose processor where software instructions are incorporated into the actual processor design. Processor 1110 may essentially be a completely self-contained computing system, containing multiple cores or processors, a bus, memory controller, cache, etc. A multi-core processor may be symmetric or asymmetric.
[0169] To enable user interaction, processing system 1102 includes an input device 1145, which may represent any number of input mechanisms, such as a microphone for speech, a touch-sensitive screen for gesture or graphical input, keyboard, mouse, motion input, speech, etc. Processing system 1102 may also include output device 1135, which may be one or more of a number of output mechanisms. In some instances, multimodal systems may enable a user to provide multiple types of input / output to communicate with processing system 1102.
[0170] Processing system 1102 may include communications interface 1140, which may generally govern and manage the user input and system output. The communication interface may perform or facilitate receipt and / or transmission wired or wireless communications using wired and / or wireless transceivers, including those making use of an audio jack / plug, a microphone jack / plug, a universal serial bus (USB) port / plug, an AppleTM LightningTM port / plug, an Ethernet port / plug, a fiber optic port / plug, a proprietary wired port / plug, 3G, 4G, 5G and / or other cellular data network wireless signal transfer, a BluetoothTM wireless signal transfer, a BluetoothTM low energy (BLE) wireless signal transfer, an IBEACONTM wireless signal transfer, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) wireless signal transfer, near-field communications (NFC) wireless signal transfer, dedicated short range communication (DSRC) wireless signal transfer, 802.11 Wi-Fi wireless signal transfer, wireless local area network (WLAN) signal transfer, Visible Light Communication (VLC) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) , Infrared (IR) communication wireless signal transfer, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) signal transfer, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) signal transfer, ad-hoc network signal transfer, radio wave signal transfer, microwave signal transfer, infrared signal transfer, visible light signal transfer, ultraviolet light signal transfer, wireless signal transfer along the electromagnetic spectrum, or some combination thereof. The communications interface 1140 may also include one or more Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers or transceivers that are used to determine a location of the computing system 1100 based on receipt of one or more signals from one or more satellites associated with one or more GNSS systems. GNSS systems include, but are not limited to, the US-based Global Positioning System (GPS) , the Russia-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) , the China-based BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) , and the Europe-based Galileo GNSS. There is no restriction on operating on any particular hardware arrangement, and therefore the basic features here may easily be substituted for improved hardware or firmware arrangements as they are developed.
[0171] Storage device 1130 may be a non-volatile and / or non-transitory and / or computer-readable memory device and may be a hard disk or other types of computer readable media which may store data that are accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, solid state memory devices, digital versatile disks, cartridges, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, a hard disk, magnetic tape, a magnetic strip / stripe, any other magnetic storage medium, flash memory, memristor memory, any other solid-state memory, a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) optical disc, a rewritable compact disc (CD) optical disc, digital video disk (DVD) optical disc, a blu-ray disc (BDD) optical disc, a holographic optical disk, another optical medium, a secure digital (SD) card, a micro secure digital (microSD) card, a Memory card, a smartcard chip, a EMV chip, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, a mini / micro / nano / pico SIM card, another integrated circuit (IC) chip / card, random access memory (RAM) , static RAM (SRAM) , dynamic RAM (DRAM) , read-only memory (ROM) , programmable read-only memory (PROM) , erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) , electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) , flash EPROM (FLASHEPROM) , cache memory (e.g., Level 1 (L1) cache, Level 2 (L2) cache, Level 3 (L3) cache, Level 4 (L4) cache, Level 5 (L5) cache, or other (L#) cache) , resistive random-access memory (RRAM / ReRAM) , phase change memory (PCM) , spin transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) , another memory chip or cartridge, and / or a combination thereof.
[0172] The storage device 1130 may include software services, servers, services, etc., that when the code that defines such software is executed by the processor 1110 and / or one or more other processors included within and / or associated with the processing system 1102, it causes the system to perform a function. In some aspects, a hardware service that performs a particular function may include the software component stored in a computer-readable medium in connection with the necessary hardware components, such as processor 1110 (e.g., and / or one or more other processors included within and / or associated with the processing system 1102) , connection 1105, output device 1135, etc., to carry out the function. The term “computer-readable medium” includes, but is not limited to, portable or non-portable storage devices, optical storage devices, and various other mediums capable of storing, containing, or carrying instruction (s) and / or data. A computer-readable medium may include a non-transitory medium in which data may be stored and that does not include carrier waves and / or transitory electronic signals propagating wirelessly or over wired connections. Examples of a non-transitory medium may include, but are not limited to, a magnetic disk or tape, optical storage media such as compact disk (CD) or digital versatile disk (DVD) , flash memory, memory or memory devices. A computer-readable medium may have stored thereon code and / or machine-executable instructions that may represent a procedure, a function, a subprogram, a program, a routine, a subroutine, a module, a software package, a class, or any combination of instructions, data structures, or program statements. A code segment may be coupled to another code segment or a hardware circuit by passing and / or receiving information, data, arguments, parameters, or memory contents. Information, arguments, parameters, data, etc., may be passed, forwarded, or transmitted via any suitable means including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, or the like.
[0173] Specific details are provided in the description above to provide a thorough understanding of the aspects and examples provided herein, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the application is not limited thereto. Thus, while illustrative aspects of the application have been described in detail herein, it is to be understood that the inventive concepts may be otherwise variously embodied and employed, and that the appended claims are intended to be construed to include such variations, except as limited by the prior art. Various features and aspects of the above-described application may be used individually or jointly. Further, aspects may be utilized in any number of environments and applications beyond those described herein without departing from the broader scope of the specification. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. For the purposes of illustration, methods were described in a particular order. It should be appreciated that in alternate aspects, the methods may be performed in a different order than that described.
[0174] For clarity of explanation, in some instances the present technology may be presented as including individual functional blocks comprising devices, device components, steps or routines in a method embodied in software, or combinations of hardware and software. Additional components may be used other than those shown in the figures and / or described herein. For example, circuits, systems, networks, processes, and other components may be shown as components in block diagram form in order not to obscure the aspects in unnecessary detail. In other instances, well-known circuits, processes, algorithms, structures, and techniques may be shown without unnecessary detail in order to avoid obscuring the aspects.
[0175] Further, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.
[0176] Individual aspects may be described above as a process or method which is depicted as a flowchart, a flow diagram, a data flow diagram, a structure diagram, or a block diagram. Although a flowchart may describe the operations as a sequential process, many of the operations may be performed in parallel or concurrently. In addition, the order of the operations may be re-arranged. A process is terminated when its operations are completed, but could have additional steps not included in a figure. A process may correspond to a method, a function, a procedure, a subroutine, a subprogram, etc. When a process corresponds to a function, its termination may correspond to a return of the function to the calling function or the main function.
[0177] Processes and methods according to the above-described examples may be implemented using computer-executable instructions that are stored or otherwise available from computer-readable media. Such instructions may include, for example, instructions and data which cause or otherwise configure a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or a processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions. Portions of computer resources used may be accessible over a network. The computer executable instructions may be, for example, binaries, intermediate format instructions such as assembly language, firmware, source code. Examples of computer-readable media that may be used to store instructions, information used, and / or information created during methods according to described examples include magnetic or optical disks, flash memory, USB devices provided with non-volatile memory, networked storage devices, and so on.
[0178] In some aspects the computer-readable storage devices, mediums, and memories may include a cable or wireless signal containing a bitstream and the like. However, when mentioned, non-transitory computer-readable storage media expressly exclude media such as energy, carrier signals, electromagnetic waves, and signals per se.
[0179] Those of skill in the art will appreciate that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof, in some cases depending in part on the particular application, in part on the desired design, in part on the corresponding technology, etc.
[0180] The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented or performed using hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, or any combination thereof, and may take any of a variety of form factors. When implemented in software, firmware, middleware, or microcode, the program code or code segments to perform the necessary tasks (e.g., a computer-program product) may be stored in a computer-readable or machine-readable medium. A processor (s) may perform the necessary tasks. Examples of form factors include laptops, smart phones, mobile phones, tablet devices or other small form factor personal computers, personal digital assistants, rackmount devices, standalone devices, and so on. Functionality described herein also may be embodied in peripherals or add-in cards. Such functionality may also be implemented on a circuit board among different chips or different processes executing in a single device, by way of further example.
[0181] The instructions, media for conveying such instructions, computing resources for executing them, and other structures for supporting such computing resources are example means for providing the functions described in the disclosure.
[0182] The techniques described herein may also be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, firmware, or any combination thereof. Such techniques may be implemented in any of a variety of devices such as general purposes computers, wireless communication device handsets, or integrated circuit devices having multiple uses including application in wireless communication device handsets and other devices. Any features described as modules or components may be implemented together in an integrated logic device or separately as discrete but interoperable logic devices. If implemented in software, the techniques may be realized at least in part by a computer-readable data storage medium comprising program code including instructions that, when executed, performs one or more of the methods, algorithms, and / or operations described above. The computer-readable data storage medium may form part of a computer program product, which may include packaging materials. The computer-readable medium may comprise memory or data storage media, such as random access memory (RAM) such as synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) , read-only memory (ROM) , non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) , electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) , FLASH memory, magnetic or optical data storage media, and the like. The techniques additionally, or alternatively, may be realized at least in part by a computer-readable communication medium that carries or communicates program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed, read, and / or executed by a computer, such as propagated signals or waves.
[0183] The program code may be executed by a processor, which may include one or more processors, such as one or more digital signal processors (DSPs) , general purpose microprocessors, an application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) , field programmable logic arrays (FPGAs) , or other equivalent integrated or discrete logic circuitry. Such a processor may be configured to perform any of the techniques described in this disclosure. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor; but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. Accordingly, the term “processor, ” as used herein may refer to any of the foregoing structure, any combination of the foregoing structure, or any other structure or apparatus suitable for implementation of the techniques described herein.
[0184] One of ordinary skill will appreciate that the less than ( “<” ) and greater than ( “>” ) symbols or terminology used herein may be replaced with less than or equal to ( “≤” ) and greater than or equal to ( “≥” ) symbols, respectively, without departing from the scope of this description.
[0185] Where components are described as being “configured to” perform certain operations, such configuration may be accomplished, for example, by designing electronic circuits or other hardware to perform the operation, by programming programmable electronic circuits (e.g., microprocessors, or other suitable electronic circuits) to perform the operation, or any combination thereof.
[0186] The phrase “coupled to” or “communicatively coupled to” refers to any component that is physically connected to another component either directly or indirectly, and / or any component that is in communication with another component (e.g., connected to the other component over a wired or wireless connection, and / or other suitable communication interface) either directly or indirectly.
[0187] Claim language or other language reciting “at least one of” a set and / or “one or more” of a set indicates that one member of the set or multiple members of the set (in any combination) satisfy the claim. For example, claim language reciting “at least one of A and B” or “at least one of A or B” means A, B, or A and B. In another example, claim language reciting “at least one of A, B, and C” or “at least one of A, B, or C” means A, B, C, or A and B, or A and C, or B and C, A and B and C, or any duplicate information or data (e.g., A and A, B and B, C and C, A and A and B, and so on) , or any other ordering, duplication, or combination of A, B, and C. The language “at least one of” a set and / or “one or more” of a set does not limit the set to the items listed in the set. For example, claim language reciting “at least one of A and B” or “at least one of A or B” may mean A, B, or A and B, and may additionally include items not listed in the set of A and B.
[0188] Claim language or other language reciting “at least one processor configured to, ” “at least one processor being configured to, ” or the like indicates that one processor or multiple processors (in any combination) can perform the associated operation (s) . For example, claim language reciting “at least one processor configured to: X, Y, and Z” means a single processor can be used to perform operations X, Y, and Z; or that multiple processors are each tasked with a certain subset of operations X, Y, and Z such that together the multiple processors perform X, Y, and Z; or that a group of multiple processors work together to perform operations X, Y, and Z. In another example, claim language reciting “at least one processor configured to: X, Y, and Z” can mean that any single processor may only perform at least a subset of operations X, Y, and Z.
[0189] Where reference is made to one or more elements performing functions (e.g., steps of a method) , one element may perform all functions, or more than one element may collectively perform the functions. When more than one element collectively performs the functions, each function need not be performed by each of those elements (e.g., different functions may be performed by different elements) and / or each function need not be performed in whole by only one element (e.g., different elements may perform different sub-functions of a function) . Similarly, where reference is made to one or more elements configured to cause another element (e.g., an apparatus) to perform functions, one element may be configured to cause the other element to perform all functions, or more than one element may collectively be configured to cause the other element to perform the functions.
[0190] Where reference is made to an entity (e.g., any entity or device described herein) performing functions or being configured to perform functions (e.g., steps of a method) , the entity may be configured to cause one or more elements (individually or collectively) to perform the functions. The one or more components of the entity may include at least one memory, at least one processor, at least one communication interface, another component configured to perform one or more (or all) of the functions, and / or any combination thereof. Where reference to the entity performing functions, the entity may be configured to cause one component to perform all functions, or to cause more than one component to collectively perform the functions. When the entity is configured to cause more than one component to collectively perform the functions, each function need not be performed by each of those components (e.g., different functions may be performed by different components) and / or each function need not be performed in whole by only one component (e.g., different components may perform different sub-functions of a function) .
[0191] Illustrative aspects of the disclosure include:
[0192] Aspect 1. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising: a processing system configured to: obtain information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) ; obtain capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and transmit, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.
[0193] Aspect 2. The network entity of Aspect 1, wherein, to transmit the data collection configuration to the UE, the processing system is configured to: transmit, to the UE, provisioning information corresponding to the data collection, wherein the provisioning information includes the data collection configuration and is configured to cause the UE to perform the data collection for one or more data parameters included in the plurality of supported data parameters and corresponding to the one or more configured report types.
[0194] Aspect 3. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 2, wherein the one or more configured report types are a subset of the one or more supported report types of the UE.
[0195] Aspect 4. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 3, wherein the processing system is configured to determine the data collection configuration based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters.
[0196] Aspect 5. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 4, wherein the one or more configured report types correspond to a subset of data parameters of the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the plurality of supported data parameters includes the subset of data parameters.
[0197] Aspect 6. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 5, wherein the processing system is configured to: compare the one or more authorized data parameters with the plurality of supported data parameters; and determine the one or more configured report types based on the comparison.
[0198] Aspect 7. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 6, wherein the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters is included in negotiated data collection information, and wherein the negotiated data collection information is associated with the network entity and an additional network entity.
[0199] Aspect 8. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 7, wherein, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to: receive, from the UE, registration information of the UE for the data collection, wherein the registration information includes the capability information.
[0200] Aspect 9. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 8, wherein the processing system is configured to: receive a data collection request indicative of a plurality of requested data parameters for collection by one or more UEs including the UE; determine one or more verified data parameters from the plurality of requested data parameters, wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes each verified data parameter of the one or more verified data parameters; and determine the one or more configured report types based on the one or more verified data parameters and the plurality of supported data parameters.
[0201] Aspect 10. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 9, wherein the processing system is configured to: receive, from the UE, a data collection request indicative of one or more requested data parameters, wherein the data collection request includes the capability information; obtain, in response to the data collection request from the UE, the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters; and transmit, to the UE, a data collection response including the data collection configuration, wherein the data collection response is responsive to the data collection request.
[0202] Aspect 11. The network entity of Aspect 10, wherein: the data collection response comprises provisioning information corresponding to the data collection by the UE, wherein the provisioning information is indicative of an allowed portion of the data collection request, and wherein the allowed portion comprises a first subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes the first subset of requested data parameters.
[0203] Aspect 12. The network entity of Aspect 11, wherein: the provisioning information is indicative of a non-allowed portion of the data collection request, wherein the non-allowed portion comprises a second subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters does not include the second subset of requested data parameters.
[0204] Aspect 13. The network entity of any of Aspects 1 to 12, wherein the network entity is a radio access network (RAN) network entity.
[0205] Aspect 14. The network entity of Aspect 13, wherein, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to receive the capability information from the UE.
[0206] Aspect 15. The network entity of any of Aspects 13 to 14, wherein, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to: transmit a query indicative of an identifier of the UE; and receive a response to the query, wherein the response includes the capability information, and wherein the capability information is indicative of a capability of the UE for the one or more supported report types.
[0207] Aspect 16. The network entity of Aspect 15, wherein the response includes the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters.
[0208] Aspect 17. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising: a processing system configured to: transmit capability information associated with data collection corresponding to the network entity, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the network entity and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; and receive a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the network entity include the one or more configured report types.
[0209] Aspect 18. The network entity of Aspect 17, wherein, to receive the data collection configuration, the processing system is configured to: receive provisioning information corresponding to the data collection, wherein the provisioning information includes the data collection configuration and is configured to cause the network entity to perform the data collection for one or more data parameters included in the plurality of supported data parameters and corresponding to the one or more configured report types.
[0210] Aspect 19. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 18, wherein the one or more configured report types are a subset of the one or more supported report types of the network entity.
[0211] Aspect 20. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 19, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters.
[0212] Aspect 21. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 20, wherein the one or more configured report types correspond to a subset of data parameters of the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the plurality of supported data parameters includes the subset of data parameters.
[0213] Aspect 22. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 21, wherein the one or more configured report types are based on a comparison of the one or more authorized data parameters with the plurality of supported data parameters.
[0214] Aspect 23. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 22, wherein, to transmit the capability information, the processing system is configured to: transmit registration information of the network entity for the data collection, wherein the registration information includes the capability information.
[0215] Aspect 24. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 23, wherein the processing system is configured to: transmit, to an additional network entity, a data collection request indicative of one or more requested data parameters, wherein the data collection request includes the capability information; and receive, from the additional network entity, a data collection response including the data collection configuration, wherein the data collection response is responsive to the data collection request.
[0216] Aspect 25. The network entity of Aspect 24, wherein: the data collection response comprises provisioning information corresponding to the data collection by the network entity, wherein the provisioning information is indicative of an allowed portion of the data collection request, and wherein the allowed portion comprises a first subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes the first subset of requested data parameters.
[0217] Aspect 26. The network entity of Aspect 25, wherein: the provisioning information is indicative of a non-allowed portion of the data collection request, wherein the non-allowed portion comprises a second subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters does not include the second subset of requested data parameters.
[0218] Aspect 27. The network entity of any of Aspects 17 to 26, wherein the network entity is a user equipment (UE) .
[0219] Aspect 28. The network entity of Aspect 27, wherein, to transmit the capability information, the processing system is configured to transmit the capability information to an additional network entity associated with the UE.
[0220] Aspect 29. The network entity of any of Aspects 27 to 28, wherein, to transmit the capability information, the processing system is configured to: receive a query indicative of an identifier of the UE; and transmit a response to the query, wherein the response includes the capability information, and wherein the capability information is indicative of a capability of the UE for the one or more supported report types.
[0221] Aspect 30. The network entity of Aspect 29, wherein the response includes the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters.
[0222] Aspect 31. A method for wireless communication, comprising performing operations according to any of Aspects 1 to 16.
[0223] Aspect 32. A method for wireless communication, comprising performing operations according to any of Aspects 17 to 30.
[0224] Aspect 33. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations according to any of Aspects 1 to 16.
[0225] Aspect 34. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations according to any of Aspects 17 to 30.
[0226] Aspect 35. An apparatus for wireless communication comprising one or more means for performing operations according to any of Aspects 1 to 16.
[0227] Aspect 36. An apparatus for wireless communication comprising one or more means for performing operations according to any of Aspects 17 to 30.
Claims
1.A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:a processing system configured to:obtain information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for data collection corresponding to a user equipment (UE) ;obtain capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the UE and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; andtransmit, to the UE, a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the UE include the one or more configured report types.2.The network entity of claim 1, wherein, to transmit the data collection configuration to the UE, the processing system is configured to:transmit, to the UE, provisioning information corresponding to the data collection, wherein the provisioning information includes the data collection configuration and is configured to cause the UE to perform the data collection for one or more data parameters included in the plurality of supported data parameters and corresponding to the one or more configured report types.3.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the one or more configured report types are a subset of the one or more supported report types of the UE.4.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to determine the data collection configuration based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters.5.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the one or more configured report types correspond to a subset of data parameters of the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the plurality of supported data parameters includes the subset of data parameters.6.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to:compare the one or more authorized data parameters with the plurality of supported data parameters; anddetermine the one or more configured report types based on the comparison.7.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters is included in negotiated data collection information, and wherein the negotiated data collection information is associated with the network entity and an additional network entity.8.The network entity of claim 1, wherein, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to:receive, from the UE, registration information of the UE for the data collection, wherein the registration information includes the capability information.9.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to:receive a data collection request indicative of a plurality of requested data parameters for collection by one or more UEs including the UE;determine one or more verified data parameters from the plurality of requested data parameters, wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes each verified data parameter of the one or more verified data parameters; anddetermine the one or more configured report types based on the one or more verified data parameters and the plurality of supported data parameters.10.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to:receive, from the UE, a data collection request indicative of one or more requested data parameters, wherein the data collection request includes the capability information;obtain, in response to the data collection request from the UE, the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters; andtransmit, to the UE, a data collection response including the data collection configuration, wherein the data collection response is responsive to the data collection request.11.The network entity of claim 10, wherein:the data collection response comprises provisioning information corresponding to the data collection by the UE, wherein the provisioning information is indicative of an allowed portion of the data collection request, and wherein the allowed portion comprises a first subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes the first subset of requested data parameters.12.The network entity of claim 11, wherein:the provisioning information is indicative of a non-allowed portion of the data collection request, wherein the non-allowed portion comprises a second subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters does not include the second subset of requested data parameters.13.The network entity of claim 1, wherein the network entity is a radio access network (RAN) network entity.14.The network entity of claim 13, wherein, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to receive the capability information from the UE.15.The network entity of claim 13, wherein, to obtain the capability information, the processing system is configured to:transmit a query indicative of an identifier of the UE; andreceive a response to the query, wherein the response includes the capability information, and wherein the capability information is indicative of a capability of the UE for the one or more supported report types.16.The network entity of claim 15, wherein the response includes the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters.17.A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:a processing system configured to:transmit capability information associated with data collection corresponding to the network entity, wherein the capability information is indicative of one or more supported report types of the network entity and a plurality of supported data parameters supported for the data collection, wherein each supported report type of the one or more supported report types corresponds to one or more data parameters of the plurality of supported data parameters; andreceive a data collection configuration indicative of one or more configured report types for the data collection, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and information indicative of one or more authorized data parameters authorized for the data collection, and wherein the one or more supported report types of the network entity include the one or more configured report types.18.The network entity of claim 17, wherein, to receive the data collection configuration, the processing system is configured to:receive provisioning information corresponding to the data collection, wherein the provisioning information includes the data collection configuration and is configured to cause the network entity to perform the data collection for one or more data parameters included in the plurality of supported data parameters and corresponding to the one or more configured report types.19.The network entity of claim 17, wherein the one or more configured report types are a subset of the one or more supported report types of the network entity.20.The network entity of claim 17, wherein the data collection configuration is based on the capability information and the one or more authorized data parameters.21.The network entity of claim 17, wherein the one or more configured report types correspond to a subset of data parameters of the one or more authorized data parameters, and wherein the plurality of supported data parameters includes the subset of data parameters.22.The network entity of claim 17, wherein the one or more configured report types are based on a comparison of the one or more authorized data parameters with the plurality of supported data parameters.23.The network entity of claim 17, wherein, to transmit the capability information, the processing system is configured to:transmit registration information of the network entity for the data collection, wherein the registration information includes the capability information.24.The network entity of claim 17, wherein the processing system is configured to:transmit, to an additional network entity, a data collection request indicative of one or more requested data parameters, wherein the data collection request includes the capability information; andreceive, from the additional network entity, a data collection response including the data collection configuration, wherein the data collection response is responsive to the data collection request.25.The network entity of claim 24, wherein:the data collection response comprises provisioning information corresponding to the data collection by the network entity, wherein the provisioning information is indicative of an allowed portion of the data collection request, and wherein the allowed portion comprises a first subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters includes the first subset of requested data parameters.26.The network entity of claim 25, wherein:the provisioning information is indicative of a non-allowed portion of the data collection request, wherein the non-allowed portion comprises a second subset of requested data parameters of the one or more requested data parameters, and wherein the one or more authorized data parameters does not include the second subset of requested data parameters.27.The network entity of claim 17, wherein the network entity is a user equipment (UE) .28.The network entity of claim 27, wherein, to transmit the capability information, the processing system is configured to transmit the capability information to an additional network entity associated with the UE.29.The network entity of claim 27, wherein, to transmit the capability information, the processing system is configured to:receive a query indicative of an identifier of the UE; andtransmit a response to the query, wherein the response includes the capability information, and wherein the capability information is indicative of a capability of the UE for the one or more supported report types.30.The network entity of claim 29, wherein the response includes the information indicative of the one or more authorized data parameters.
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