A network transferring method, a terminal, and a network-side device. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, a currently ongoing service on the terminal; releasing, by the terminal, the currently ongoing service on the terminal in a case that a target service is not present in the currently ongoing service on the terminal; and performing, by the terminal, network transferring of the terminal after releasing the currently ongoing service on the terminal.

Embodiments herein relate to a method performed in a first network node for handling one or more signaling procedures of a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The first network node, receiving a first message from a second network node indicating an initiation of a signaling procedure for the wireless device; selecting a processing module for handling the signaling procedure; retrieving context of the wireless device; storing the retrieved context on the selected processing module; assigning a TRID to the signaling procedure, pointing to the selected processing module, which TRID being valid for an interval; and transmitting a second message to the second network node and/or another network node, which second message is associated with the signaling procedure and comprises the assigned TRID.

Embodiments herein relate to a method performed in a first network node for handling one or more signaling procedures of a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The first network node, receiving a first message from a second network node indicating an initiation of a signaling procedure for the wireless device; selecting a processing module for handling the signaling procedure; retrieving context of the wireless device; storing the retrieved context on the selected processing module; assigning a TRID to the signaling procedure, pointing to the selected processing module, which TRID being valid for an interval; and transmitting a second message to the second network node and/or another network node, which second message is associated with the signaling procedure and comprises the assigned TRID.

A method and a network node device for auditing a Visitor Location Register (VLR) to manage communication device retention. The method comprises, when the age of a communication device's age in the VLR reaches or exceeds a first threshold, triggering a request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to notify the VLR of the communication device's activity. The method further comprises receiving a notification from the MME indicating the communication device's activity, and updating the communication device's aging information based on the notification.

A method and a network node device for auditing a Visitor Location Register (VLR) to manage communication device retention. The method comprises, when the age of a communication device's age in the VLR reaches or exceeds a first threshold, triggering a request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to notify the VLR of the communication device's activity. The method further comprises receiving a notification from the MME indicating the communication device's activity, and updating the communication device's aging information based on the notification.

Protocol agnostic wrapping (PAW) and/or data analytics engine (DAE) functions are embedded within a service capability exposure function (SCEF) entity for handling dynamic device triggering, event monitoring, and/or reporting of Internet of things (IoT) devices. The enhanced SCEF creates a dynamic mobility network infrastructure model for global IoT connectivity and new services delivery. The PAW function can be utilized for enhancing massive IoT devices connectivity with their respective application servers in the next-generation mobility network. By employing the PAW function, the SCEF can generate and securely expose flexible application programming interfaces (APIs) to the external network of various third party IoT application service providers, which in turn can utilize the APIs to access their targeted IoT devices via network elements and extract critical device and network capabilities on an event basis.

Protocol agnostic wrapping (PAW) and/or data analytics engine (DAE) functions are embedded within a service capability exposure function (SCEF) entity for handling dynamic device triggering, event monitoring, and/or reporting of Internet of things (IoT) devices. The enhanced SCEF creates a dynamic mobility network infrastructure model for global IoT connectivity and new services delivery. The PAW function can be utilized for enhancing massive IoT devices connectivity with their respective application servers in the next-generation mobility network. By employing the PAW function, the SCEF can generate and securely expose flexible application programming interfaces (APIs) to the external network of various third party IoT application service providers, which in turn can utilize the APIs to access their targeted IoT devices via network elements and extract critical device and network capabilities on an event basis.

A device may utilize a point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) and a point-to-point protocol (PPP) to register the device with a core network, and may establish a first packet data unit (PDU) session with the core network based on the PPPoE and the PPP. The device may configure the first PDU session, based on the PPPoE and the PPP, to provide a first service, and may generate first keep alive messages to maintain the first PDU session. The device may establish a second PDU session with the core network based on the PPPoE and the PPP, and may configure the second PDU session based on the PPPoE and the PPP, where the second PDU session is configured to provide a second service that is different than the first service. The device may generate second keep alive messages to maintain the second PDU session.

A device may utilize a point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) and a point-to-point protocol (PPP) to register the device with a core network, and may establish a first packet data unit (PDU) session with the core network based on the PPPoE and the PPP. The device may configure the first PDU session, based on the PPPoE and the PPP, to provide a first service, and may generate first keep alive messages to maintain the first PDU session. The device may establish a second PDU session with the core network based on the PPPoE and the PPP, and may configure the second PDU session based on the PPPoE and the PPP, where the second PDU session is configured to provide a second service that is different than the first service. The device may generate second keep alive messages to maintain the second PDU session.

An enhanced L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS) may include LDACS ground stations, and LDACS airborne stations configured to communicate with the LDACS ground stations. The enhanced LDACS may also include a Cloud-based network controller configured to allocate LDACS resources to the LDACS ground stations and the LDACS airborne stations based upon a number of LDACS airborne stations, respective flight paths of each LDACS airborne station, a respective type of each LDACS airborne station, and historical data on communication use for each LDACS airborne station.