A communication system implemented providing a service based on ProSe under the management of a network operator. Processing based on a discovery request procedure for discovering a proximity terminal is performed based on authentication of a server device operated by the network operator. In addition, the network operator updates the processing based on the discovery request procedure in accordance with a policy of the network operator.

A communication system implemented providing a service based on ProSe under the management of a network operator. Processing based on a discovery request procedure for discovering a proximity terminal is performed based on authentication of a server device operated by the network operator. In addition, the network operator updates the processing based on the discovery request procedure in accordance with a policy of the network operator.

The present invention faces the issues of re-selection of another NF Service instance (103, 201) for a subsequent request (S-520, S-535) with a same data consistency (Consistency 1) as a previously selected NF Service instance (101). To solve this issue, the present invention provides for identifying at configuration, based on the deployment and on the Storage solution for the Session/context data, which instances (101, 103, 201) of the same service type have access with strong consistency to the same data, and provide this information to the consumer (40), so it is allowed to prioritize selection of an alternative NF service instance that supports strong consistency, whenever possible.

Disclosed embodiments relate to distributed, crowd-sourced Internet of Things (IoT) discovery using Block Chain. In one example, a method includes scanning a network and generating a signature based on IoT device traits discovered, determining whether the signature is already in a verified or an unverified Block Chain, when the signature exists in the verified Block Chain, providing a verified entry including at least the IoT device type, otherwise, when the signature exists in the unverified Block Chain, providing an unverified entry including at least the IoT device type, incrementing a count, and promoting the unverified entry to the verified Block Chain when the count reaches a threshold, and otherwise, when the signature is in neither Block Chain, using the traits to guess the IoT device type, generating a new entry including the IoT device type, a location, and a timestamp, and storing the new entry in the unverified Block Chain.

A method and apparatus a first network entity in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: identifying, in a ranging block, one or more ranging rounds to transmit a ranging control message (RCM) with a multiple message receipt confirmation request (MMRCR) for a transmission of at least one first message comprising at least one of a set of ranging messages or a set of ranging ancillary data messages; transmitting, to a second network entity, the RCM with the MMRCR; transmitting, to the second network entity, ranging ancillary data in at least one ranging round of one or more ranging rounds following the RCM, wherein the ranging ancillary data is associated with the MMRCR; and receiving, from the second network entity, a ranging multiple message receipt confirmation (RMMRC) corresponding to the transmission of the at least one first message.

A method and apparatus a first network entity in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: identifying, in a ranging block, one or more ranging rounds to transmit a ranging control message (RCM) with a multiple message receipt confirmation request (MMRCR) for a transmission of at least one first message comprising at least one of a set of ranging messages or a set of ranging ancillary data messages; transmitting, to a second network entity, the RCM with the MMRCR; transmitting, to the second network entity, ranging ancillary data in at least one ranging round of one or more ranging rounds following the RCM, wherein the ranging ancillary data is associated with the MMRCR; and receiving, from the second network entity, a ranging multiple message receipt confirmation (RMMRC) corresponding to the transmission of the at least one first message.

A facility for establishing a wireless connection between first and second devices is described. On the first device, the facility causes a one-time pairing code to be displayed, then wirelessly receives from the second device a wireless connection solicitation having contents. On the first device, in response to the receiving, the facility determines whether the contents reflect the one-time pairing code. In response to determining that the contents reflect the one-time pairing code, on the first device, the facility establishes the wireless connection between the first and second devices.

An exemplary method for indexing transceivers uses wireless ranging functionality. The method includes determining a ranging distance between at least one transceiver and each other transceiver in a plurality of transceivers, determining a transceiver spatial distribution based on the ranging distance between at least one transceiver and each other transceiver in the plurality of transceivers, and indexing each transceiver by applying the transceiver spatial distribution to a spatial distribution map using an electronic control unit (ECU).

Wireless communications systems and methods related to discovery signaling for sidelink communication are provided. In one aspect, a first user equipment (UE) transmits, to a second UE in a first slot and a first portion of a subband of a shared frequency band, a synchronization communication, where the synchronization communication indicates a location of a discovery signal in a second portion of the subband of the shared frequency band. The first UE also transmits, to the second UE in the first slot and in the second portion of the subband of the shared frequency band, the discovery signal.

According to an example embodiment, an electronic device may include: a communication module comprising communication circuitry configured to exchange data with an external device and at least one processor operationally connected to the communication module and configured to control the electronic device, wherein, through the communication module, the processor may be configured to: receive a scan command from a first main device using a first wireless communication link in a first frequency band, detect at least one external electronic device by performing a scan of a second frequency band based on the scan command, transmit a detection result of the external electronic device to the first main device using the first wireless communication link, receive an establishment command to establish a wireless link with the external electronic device from the first main device using the first wireless communication link, establish the wireless link with the external electronic device using the second frequency band based on the establishment command to establish the wireless link with the external electronic device, and transmit a result of the establishment of the wireless link to the first main device using the first wireless communication link, data may be exchanged between the first main device and the electronic device via the first wireless communication link and data may be exchanged between the external electronic device and the electronic device via the wireless link.