Load manager performance management for 5g or other next generation network

Abstract

To increase network efficiency, a user equipment (UE) can be appointed as a local manager to coordinate the allocation of resources used by other UEs. For example, the network can promote the UE as a local manager and assign the local manager a resource pool. The local manager can then broadcast synchronization signals to let the other UEs associate themselves with the local manager. After the other UEs are synced with the local manager, the local manager can allocate resources to the other UEs. Based on report data regarding the local managers management procedures, the network can maintain the UE as the local manager or demote the UE from local manager status.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 assigning, by network equipment comprising a processor to a first user equipment, of user equipment, that has been promoted from being a non-management user equipment to being a management user equipment for the user equipment, a resource pool associated with a resource to be allocated to a second user equipment of the user equipment;   based on a condition having been satisfied, receiving, by the network equipment from the second user equipment, indication data indicative of the condition being satisfied, wherein the condition having been satisfied comprises exceeding a threshold value representative of a number of the user equipment failing to have received the resource, of the resource pool, from the first user equipment; and   in response to receiving the indication data, demoting, by the network equipment, the first user equipment from being the management user equipment to being the non-management user equipment.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 promoting, by the network equipment, the first user equipment from being the non-management user equipment to being the management user equipment, wherein promoting the first user equipment comprises conferring a management capability to the first user equipment to manage the second user equipment.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 conferring, by the network equipment, a management capability to the first user equipment, wherein the management capability comprises a capability to assign the resource of the resource pool to the second user equipment.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the condition having been satisfied comprises a failure of the first user equipment to have allocated the resource of the resource pool to the second user equipment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the condition having been satisfied comprises the condition having exceeded a time duration associated with a failure of the first user equipment to have allocated the resource of the resource pool to the second user equipment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 in response to demoting the first user equipment to being the non-management user equipment, promoting, by the network equipment, a third user equipment to being the management user equipment.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the condition is satisfied as a function of a number of failed scheduling requests from the user equipment. 
     
     
         8 . A first user equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on capability data representative of a network capability to manage user equipment comprising the first user equipment, sending, to other user equipment of the user equipment other than the first user equipment, a synchronization signal to indicate the network capability to the other user equipment; 
 in response to sending the synchronization signal, receiving, from a second user equipment of the other user equipment, a scheduling request; 
 based on the scheduling request, allocating a resource to the second user equipment; 
 in response to allocating the resource, sending, to network equipment, resource usage data associated with the resource; and 
 in response to the network equipment receiving failure data, from the second user equipment, indicative of the first user equipment having failed to allocate a resource to the second user equipment, receiving, by the first user equipment, an indication that the network capability to manage the user equipment has been revoked. 
   
     
     
         9 . The first user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the network capability comprises a management capability to manage the second user equipment. 
     
     
         10 . The first user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein receiving the indication that the network capability to manage the user equipment has been revoked is based on a result of the network equipment comparing the resource usage data to the failure data. 
     
     
         11 . The first user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the resource usage data comprises scheduling data representative of a schedule for allocation of the resource to the second user equipment. 
     
     
         12 . The first user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving the capability data to be utilized to allocate the resource to the second user equipment.   
     
     
         13 . The first user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the resource usage data comprises a group of the user equipment for which the first user equipment comprises the network capability to manage. 
     
     
         14 . The first user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the resource usage data comprises an estimated traffic volume associated with the user equipment. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on a condition, associated with a resource allocation function that allows a mobile device to allocate a network resource to mobile devices comprising the mobile device, being determined to have been satisfied, facilitating, by the mobile device, receiving indication data indicative of the condition being satisfied, wherein the condition being satisfied comprises a threshold value being exceeded that is representative of a number of the mobile devices failing to have received the network resource, of a resource pool, from the mobile device; and   based on the indication data, removing a network management function from the mobile device to prevent the mobile device from management of the mobile devices.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the condition evaluates a number of failed scheduling requests from the mobile devices. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to receiving the indication data, facilitating, by the mobile device, reporting the indication data to network equipment, resulting in reported data.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 assigning the network management function to the mobile device, wherein the network management function comprises the resource allocation function.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 reporting the indication data to network equipment, wherein the indication data comprises power data representative of power of a second mobile device of the mobile devices.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 reporting the indication data to network equipment, wherein the indication data comprises resource allocation data representative of a resource allocation based on the resource allocation function.