A dual band LTE small cell base station communicates on both licensed bands and unlicensed bands. The small cell base station modifies the communication protocol utilized by the licensed band to enable communication over an unlicensed band. This modification involves replacing the physical (PHY) layer of the licensed band communication protocol with the PHY layer of a to-be-used protocol in an unlicensed band.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for creating a network slice section policy (“NSSP”) rule. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver for communicating with a network function in a mobile communication network. The processor receives a first request from the network function, the first request comprising a list of one or more application identifiers and a corresponding application profile and application provider for each application identifier. The processor determines one or more network slice identifiers for each application identifier using the corresponding application profile and application provider. The processor also creates a NSSP rule for each application identifier in the list of application identifiers, the NSSP rule containing the application identifier and the associated one or more network slice identifiers.

A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a network node for communicating with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: indicate a plurality of sets of parameters for IDLE/INACTIVE mode mobility parameters, and indicate one of the plurality of sets of parameters for the wireless device to implement.

A network entity may determine whether a network context of a device is stored in the device or in the network based, at least in part, on a preference or capability of the device, as reported by the device during attachment to the network entity. The context may be stored in, and retrieved from, a dedicated context storage function that is independent of the network entity. A context storage function may be partitioned, or separate storage functions used, to automatically group and track access network contexts, core network contexts, or network slice contexts. The context storage function may provide to the device an index, such as a link or other identifier to be used in retrieving the stored context information. The context storage function may further provide a token to secure re-attachment communications among the device, the network entity, and the context storage function.

A method performed by a first wireless device served by a first wireless access point in a first wireless communications network, the first wireless communications network being operated by a first network operator, comprises acquiring (202) a determination from a first reinforcement learning agent of whether to roam from the first wireless access point to a second wireless access point in a second wireless communications network, the second wireless communications network being operated by a second network operator. The method further includes roaming (204) from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point, based on the determination.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities.

A mobile cell (mCell) for use in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The mCell may include a wireless network cell node attached to a mobile carrier. The mCell may have one or more processors operable to: assign physical cell identity (PCI) and root sequence index (RSI) for allowing the mCell to join the network in a plug-and-play manner and to maintain connectivity with the system while moving; provide wireless application access for user equipment (UE) and wireless data relay and xHaul for neighboring cells nodes while the mCell is moving; and communicatively couple with other cells and network elements of the system, thereby forming a mesh network for extending and enhancing wireless communication within the system.

Antenna elements support RF communication over a communication link using frequency channels, RF processing circuits, and configuration circuitry to apply a selected configuration. Each configuration identifies processing circuit to antenna element couplings, and which frequency channel is allocated to each RF processing circuit. A reinforcement learning process is applied to dynamically alter which configuration to apply as a currently selected configuration. The reinforcement learning process maintains a future rewards record having entries that maintain, for an associated combination of link state and configuration, an estimated future rewards indication determined using a discounted rewards mechanism. A selection policy selects a configuration for a current link state, and then a new reward is observed that is dependent on how the selected configuration alters a chosen performance metric for the communication link. The estimated future rewards indication is updated by storing in the associated entry a predicted estimated future rewards indication generated by assuming, when using the discounted rewards mechanism, that all rewards that will be used in future to update the estimated future rewards indication in the associated entry will have the same value as the new reward.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, terminal, and base station, relate to the communications field, and can improve data packet transmission efficiency. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal in an idle state, a first resource sent from a base station, where the first resource is used by the terminal to send an uplink application layer data packet to the base station; and sending, by the terminal, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station. The data transmission method is applied to the data transmission system.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, terminal, and base station, relate to the communications field, and can improve data packet transmission efficiency. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal in an idle state, a first resource sent from a base station, where the first resource is used by the terminal to send an uplink application layer data packet to the base station; and sending, by the terminal, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station. The data transmission method is applied to the data transmission system.