Adaptive UE Capability Reporting Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional UE capability reporting often results in oversized reports that exceed the designated size limit, leading to information loss or the need for non-standard network modifications, which increases complexity and costs for mobile network operators.
Innovation Solution
Adaptive UE capability reporting detects oversized reports and generates an adapted report within the size limit by prioritizing and truncating less critical information, using learning tools like AI and ML to determine preferred capabilities and optimize reporting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If UEs report all available capabilities including carrier aggregation and dual connectivity band combinations across multiple RATs, then the completeness of UE capability information is improved, but the size of the UE capability report exceeds the standardized limit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the UE capability report into multiple parts: a first capability report containing essential capabilities within the size limit, and a second capability report containing additional capabilities. This segmentation allows the network to receive critical information first while preserving access to complete capability data through the second report, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and report size constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and prioritizes essential UE capabilities into a first capability report that fits within the standardized size limit. Non-essential or less critical capabilities are extracted into a second capability report. This extraction approach ensures that the most important capability information is always transmitted within the size constraint while preserving access to complete capability data.
2Adaptability or versatility
If MNOs adhere to the standardized UE capability reporting size limit, then network compatibility and standard compliance are improved, but capability information is lost when reports exceed the limit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments capability reporting into multiple standardized-compliant reports. The first capability report adheres to the size limit while containing essential capabilities. The second capability report, also compliant with standards, contains additional capabilities. This segmentation allows MNOs to maintain standard compliance while avoiding information loss, as both reports together provide complete capability information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary prioritization of UE capabilities before reporting. Essential capabilities are identified and placed in the first capability report, ensuring they are always transmitted within the size limit. This preliminary action guarantees that critical capability information is preserved while maintaining standard compliance, and additional capabilities can be provided in a second report.
3Loss of information
If MNOs accept oversized UE capability reports, then complete capability information is received, but network equipment complexity and modification costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complete capability information into multiple standardized-size reports rather than requiring a single oversized report. This segmentation allows network equipment to use standard processing for each report, avoiding the need to modify equipment to handle oversized reports while still receiving complete capability information across the segmented reports.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary prioritization and organization of UE capabilities into essential and non-essential categories before reporting. This preliminary action allows the first capability report to contain only essential capabilities within the size limit, eliminating the need for network equipment to handle or process oversized reports while ensuring complete capability information is eventually received.
Data Source
AI summary
Adaptive user equipment capability reporting is disclosed. Continuing increases in the number of radio access technologies and more granular division of radio spectrum can result in a conventional user equipment capability report exceeding a threshold size, such as a threshold size set by a standards organization. In response, a conventional user equipment capability report can be truncated, which can result in loss of valuable user equipment capability information. The disclosed subject matter provides for generating an adapted user equipment capability report that can be smaller than the conventional user equipment capability reports in response to receiving an oversize user equipment capability report. The adapted user equipment capability report can intelligently comprise a preferred user equipment capability and can segregate reported capabilities by radio access technology. This can avoid loss of user equipment capability information corresponding to the preferred user equipment capability comprised in the adapted user equipment capability report.