Bearer Setup Apparatus Load-Aware Experience Quality Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing bearer setup processes in communication technologies often ensure Quality of Service (QoS) requirements but fail to improve user experience, as actual service quality can still be poor due to inadequate resource matching and load status considerations.

Innovation Solution

A bearer setup method and apparatus that takes into account current load status and experience quality information to determine whether to accept and set up a bearer, ensuring that the established bearer meets the required experience level by matching network resources with the needed resources for the service, and includes an experience assurance negotiation mechanism to adjust quality levels based on available resources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a bearer is set up based on QoS description to ensure service quality, then the QoS requirement is met, but user experience remains poor due to inadequate resource matching

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveQoS requirementVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The base station performs preliminary assessment of current load status and available resources before accepting bearer setup requests. By evaluating resource availability in advance and setting thresholds for resource allocation, the system ensures that bearers are only established when resources are sufficient, thereby improving user experience while maintaining QoS requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If network resources are allocated to meet service requirements, then service quality is ensured, but network load increases and resource availability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice qualityVSAvoidavailable network resources
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts bearer setup decisions based on changing network conditions. By monitoring load status and resource availability in real-time, the base station adapts resource allocation parameters, accepting bearers when resources are abundant and rejecting or negotiating bearers when resources are scarce, thus balancing service quality with resource conservation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The base station implements a feedback mechanism by continuously monitoring current load status and resource availability after bearer establishment. This feedback loop enables the system to assess whether allocated resources are sufficient and to make informed decisions about subsequent bearer setup requests, optimizing the balance between service quality and resource utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If bearers are set up without considering current load status, then bearer setup is simple and fast, but service quality cannot be guaranteed under high load

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebearer setup speedVSAvoidservice quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The base station performs preliminary assessment of current load status and available resources before accepting bearer setup requests. By evaluating resource availability in advance and setting thresholds for resource allocation, the system ensures that bearers are only established when resources are sufficient, thereby improving user experience while maintaining QoS requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3145259B1Bearer setup apparatus and method
Publication Date: 2022.08.24 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention provide a bearer setup apparatus and method. Abase station provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a bearer setup request message sent by a mobility management entity MME, where the bearer setup request message is used to request to set up a bearer of a service, the bearer setup request message includes first experience quality information, the first experience quality information is an experience level related to the service, and the service is a service initiated by user equipment UE or a service initiated by a network-side device; and a processing module, configured to: determine, according to a current load status and the first experience quality information, whether the base station accepts the bearer setup request message, and if the base station accepts the bearer setup request message, set up a first bearer that is used to transmit the service. According to the embodiments of the present invention, user experience for a service is further improved.