Section: 6.40.2.2 Requirements for direct device connection
Content: Based on user consent, operator policy and trusted 3rd party request, the 5G system shall support a means to authorize specific UEs to transmit data (e.g. AI-ML model data for a specific application,) via direct device connection in a certain location and time. Based on user consent, operator policy, and trusted 3rd party’s request, the 5G system shall be able to provide means for an operator to authorize specific UEs who participate in the same service (e.g. for the same AI-ML FL task) to exchange data with each other via direct device connection, e.g. when direct network connection cannot fulfil the required QoS. Based on user consent, operator policy and trusted 3rd party request, the 5G system shall be able to dynamically add or remove specific UEs to/from the same service (e.g. a AI-ML federated learning task) when communicating via direct device connection. Based on user consent and operator policy, the 5G system shall be able to provide means for the network to configure and modify remote UEs’ communication QoS, when a relay UE is involved, e.g., to satisfy end to end latency for proximity-based work task offloading. NOTE: for proximity-based work task offloading, the data packet size transmitted over the sidelink and Uu parts of the UE indirect network connection can be different. Subject to user consent and operator policy, the 5G system shall be able to support configuration of the QoS (e.g., latency, reliability, data rate) of a communication path using direct device connection, e.g., for AI-ML data transfer. Based on user consent, operator policy and trusted 3rd party request, the 5G system shall be able to support means to monitor the QoS characteristics (e.g. data rate, latency) of traffic transmitted via direct device connection or relayed by a UE, and 5G network expose the monitored information to the 3rd party. NOTE: The monitoring information doesn’t include user position-related data. Subject to user consent, operator policy and trusted 3rd party request, the 5G system shall be able to provide means the network to predict and expose QoS information changes for UEs’ traffic using direct or indirect network connection (e.g., bitrate, latency, reliability).The 5G system shall be able to support a mechanism for a trusted third-party to negotiate with the 5G system for a suitable QoS for direct device connections of multiple UEs exchanging data with each other (e.g. a group of UEs using the same AI-ML service). Based on user consent, operator policy and trusted 3rd party’s request, the 5G system shall be able to support and provision an aggregated QoS for multiple remote UEs served by a relay UE. Based on user consent, operator policy and trusted 3rd party’s request, the 5G system shall be able to support configuring specific QoS limitations applied to multiple UEs communicating via direct device connection (e.g. part of a joint AI-ML inference task). NOTE: the above requirement assumes unicast type of communication. Subject to user consent, regulation, trusted 3rd party’s request and operator policy, the 5G network shall be able to expose information to assist the 3rd party to determine candidate UEs for data transmission via direct device connection (e.g. for AIML model transfer for a specific application). NOTE: the information does not include user’s specific positioning and can include QoS information Subject to user consent, operator policy, regulation and trusted 3rd party’s request, the 5G network shall be able to expose information of certain UEs using the same service to the 3rd party (e.g. to assist a joint AIML task of UEs in a specific area using direct device communication) NOTE: the information does not include user’s exact positioning information. The 5G system shall be able to support charging mechanisms for multiple UEs exchanging data for the same service using the direct device connection (e.g. for AI-ML applications).