Patent ID: 11902128
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A system comprising:
a first network device in a core network, the first network device configured to:
receive, from an application function (AF) in a data network, a quality of service (QoS) monitoring request for a QoS flow supporting a protocol data unit (PDU) session, wherein the QoS monitoring request authorizes closed loop QoS management; and

a policy control function (PCF) device in the core network, the second network device configured to:
receive a QoS monitoring report based on QoS monitoring by an access station, wherein the QoS monitoring report includes data for one or more parameters for network services in a default QoS flow supporting the PDU session;
determine, based on the QoS monitoring report, if the default QoS flow supports a required service level for the PDU session; and
automatically activate, based on the QoS monitoring request, a dedicated QoS flow with a unique identifier to support the PDU session with the required service level, when it is determined that the default network slice does not support a required service level for the PDU session, wherein activating the dedicated QoS flow with the unique identifier includes creating a unique 5G QoS Identifier (5QI) for the dedicated QoS flow.