Efficient device capabilities enquiry for 5g or other next generations wireless network

Abstract

Information used for establishing an initial connection with a network device is optimizable. For example, a system can comprise transmitting a service request to a network node device to establish a connection, receiving a device capability request message comprising a group of configuration parameters that comprise a bandwidth class, a component carrier parameter and a band type parameter, and in response to the receiving the device capability request message, transmitting a device capability report generated based on the group of configuration parameters.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Network equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving a service request from a user equipment to establish a connection; 
 transmitting, to the user equipment, a device capability enquiry comprising a group of configuration parameters that comprises a bandwidth class parameter, a component carrier parameter and a band type parameter, wherein respective values for the bandwidth class parameter, the component carrier parameter, and the band type parameter are selected by the network equipment to prevent a size, of a device capability message from the user equipment, from exceeding a maximum size of the device capability message supported by a network protocol associated with a network comprising the network equipment; and 
 receiving, from the user equipment, the device capability message generated based on the group of configuration parameters, wherein the size of the device capability message does not exceed the maximum size. 
   
     
     
         2 . The network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise configuring the band type parameter to indicate a contiguous band type or a non-contiguous band type. 
     
     
         3 . The network equipment of  claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to configuring the band type parameter to indicate the contiguous band type, receiving the device capability message comprising combinations of available bandwidth capabilities based on contiguous bandwidth associated with a bandwidth class indicated by the bandwidth class parameter. 
     
     
         4 . The network equipment of  claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to configuring the band type parameter to indicate the non-contiguous band type, receiving the device capability message comprising combinations of available bandwidth capabilities based on non-contiguous carriers associated with a bandwidth class indicated by the bandwidth class parameter. 
     
     
         5 . The network equipment of  claim 4 , wherein the device capability enquiry comprises a spectrum size of the non-contiguous carriers, and wherein a total number of the non-contiguous carriers is based on a number of component carriers indicated by the component carrier parameter. 
     
     
         6 . The network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise configuring a band type of the band type parameter based on a geographic region in which the user equipment is operating. 
     
     
         7 . The network equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise configuring a band type of the band type parameter based on a network operator identity associated with the network on which the connection is to be established. 
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by network equipment comprising a processor, a service request from a user equipment to establish a connection via a network comprising the network equipment;   communicating, by the network equipment to the user equipment, device capability enquiry comprising a group of configuration parameters that comprise a bandwidth class parameter, a component carrier parameter and a band type parameter, wherein respective values for the bandwidth class parameter, the component carrier parameter, and the band type parameter are selected by the network equipment to prevent a size, of a device capability message from the user equipment, from exceeding a defined size of the device capability message supported by the network; and   receiving, by the network equipment from the user equipment, the device capability message generated based on the group of configuration parameters, wherein the size of the device capability message does not exceed the defined size.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising setting, by the network equipment, the band type parameter to indicate a contiguous band type or a non-contiguous band type. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising, in response to setting the band type parameter to indicate the contiguous band type, receiving the device capability message comprising combinations of available bandwidth capabilities based on contiguous bandwidth associated with a bandwidth class indicated by the bandwidth class parameter. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising, in response to setting the band type parameter to indicate the non-contiguous band type, receiving, by the network equipment, the device capability message comprising combinations of available bandwidth capabilities based on non-contiguous carriers associated with a bandwidth class indicated by the bandwidth class parameter. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the device capability enquiry comprises a spectrum size of the non-contiguous carriers, and a total number of the non-contiguous carriers is based on a number of component carriers indicated by the component carrier parameter. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising setting, by the network equipment, a band type of the band type parameter based on a geographic region in which the user equipment is operating. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising setting, by the network equipment, a band type of the band type parameter corresponding to a type set by a network operator associated with the network. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of network equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 obtaining a service request from a user equipment to establish a network connection;   sending, to the user equipment, a device capability request message comprising a group of configuration parameters that comprise a bandwidth class parameter, a component carrier parameter and a band type parameter, wherein respective values for the bandwidth class parameter, the component carrier parameter, and the band type parameter are selected by the network equipment to prevent a size, of a device capability response message from the user equipment, from exceeding a specified size of the device capability response message supported by the network equipment; and   obtaining the device capability response message generated based on the group of configuration parameters, wherein the size of the device capability response message does not exceed the specified size.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise configuring the band type parameter to indicate a contiguous band type or a non-contiguous band type. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to configuring the band type parameter to indicate the contiguous band type, receiving the device capability response message comprising combinations of available bandwidth capabilities based on contiguous bandwidth associated with a bandwidth class indicated by the bandwidth class parameter. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to configuring the band type parameter to indicate the non-contiguous band type, receiving the device capability response message comprising combinations of available bandwidth capabilities based on non-contiguous carriers associated with a bandwidth class indicated by the bandwidth class parameter. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the device capability request message comprises a spectrum size of the non-contiguous carriers, and a total number of the non-contiguous carriers is based on a number of component carriers indicated by the component carrier parameter. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise configuring a band type of the band type parameter based on a geographic region in which the user equipment is operating.