Method and apparatus for requesting and sharing network performance information (NPI)

摘要

Apparatus and methods that provide wireless communications, where a method for wireless communications includes determining network performance; and sharing NPI with a network node; wherein the NPI comprises information necessary for the network node to determine the performance available on a network.

主权项

1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
receiving a request, from a user terminal, to predict network performance information (NPI) based at least in part on adding at least one data flow in a connection between the user terminal and at least one of multiple networks over an access point; receiving performance information related to a backhaul of the access point; predicting, in response to the request and based at least in part on the performance information, the NPI of the at least one of the multiple networks based at least in part on one or more ongoing data flows existing for the connection between the user terminal and the at least one of the multiple networks over the access point and in response to the at least one data flow added to the connection between the at least one of the multiple networks and the user terminal over the access point; and sharing the NPI with one or more network nodes, wherein the NPI comprises information for the user terminal to determine a performance of communications associated with the user terminal and the at least one of the multiple networks over the one or more ongoing data flows and the at least one data flow, wherein the sharing is performed in response to addition of the at least one data flow to the connection.