Patent ID: 11910228
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) configured to support managing of traffic associated with a User Equipment (UE) by a User Plane Function (UPF) in a telecommunication network, the UPF associated with a Session Management Function (SMF) and the Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF), wherein the UPF is to have access to an observation space comprising a list of possible states the network may take, the NWDAF comprising:
receive circuitry configured to receive, from the UPF, a UPF Agent Register Request message to register the UPF in the NWDAF;
transmit circuitry configured to transmit, to the UPF, a UPF Agent Register Response message acknowledging the registration, wherein the UPF Agent Register Response message comprises the observation space;
wherein the NWDAF is configured to:
determine a state of the network, wherein the state of the network is comprised by the list of possible states;
determine a reward, wherein the reward indicates a degree of satisfaction of the network to be in the state; and
transmit, to the UPF, the determined state of the network and the reward.