The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for establishing a positioning network. The positioning network includes a data processing center and at least one reference station, and one node in the positioning network represents one reference station. The method includes: determining, if a first historical positioning network capable of forming a new positioning network with a newly added node exists in a network list of the data processing center, whether the newly added node forms the new positioning network with the first historical positioning network; and determining, if the network list does not exist in the data processing center, whether the newly added node is capable of forming a new positioning network with nodes in a first node information list. Before network real-time kinematic (RTK) is formed, a user can use a single-baseline RTK positioning service. The network RTK is formed once a networking condition is met. A positioning network is gradually established, requirements of users may be satisfied with less investment when there are fewer users in the early stage, and the network is gradually formed with the increase of users, so that more users can be covered by using fewer base stations.

The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. An NWDAF according to an embodiment of the disclosure transmits analytics information or prediction information related to wireless access technology and a frequency band and, additionally, provides information for identifying service demand levels of each terminal. Therefore, a network operator or an entity in charge of same can cause terminals to use a specific wireless access technology or frequency band. Thus, the operator can reduce the power consumed by unnecessary base stations or resources, or can maximize the quality of service experienced by a user through a predicted result.

This application provides an application instance deployment method, apparatus, and a readable storage medium. In one embodiment, a data analysis network element receives a first message from a first network element, where the first message includes indication information used to indicate a first area. The first message is used to request first indication information that includes prediction information of a terminal device accessing an application instance of a target application in the first area. The data analysis network element determines the first indication information, and sends the first indication information to the first network element.

This application provides an application instance deployment method, apparatus, and a readable storage medium. In one embodiment, a data analysis network element receives a first message from a first network element, where the first message includes indication information used to indicate a first area. The first message is used to request first indication information that includes prediction information of a terminal device accessing an application instance of a target application in the first area. The data analysis network element determines the first indication information, and sends the first indication information to the first network element.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for closing open loops of a wireless mesh network are disclosed. One method includes determining a representation of a wireless mesh network including nodes, and wireless links between the nodes, identifying end-site nodes of the wireless mesh network, determining open loops of the wireless mesh network that include the identified end-site nodes, generating a list of potential nodes for closing each of the open loops with the identified end-site node, testing one or more of the potential nodes, comprising testing performance of a wireless connection between each end-site node and the one or more potential nodes, wherein the performance includes a number of wireless hops around each closed loop formed including the end-site node and each potential node, selecting a closing node based on the testing, and providing a wireless link connection between one or more of the end-site nodes and the closing node.

The present embodiments relate to connecting a network device to a wireless access point in a network environment based on an association affinity between the network device and the wireless access device. A wireless access point in a network environment can receive a request for a first network device to connect to any wireless access point in the network environment that includes a signal strength metric. The wireless access point can determine whether the first network device corresponds with a prioritized wireless access point using weighted averages based on a historical derived proximity of the wireless access points in the network environment and a historical connectivity to wireless access points in the network environment. A connection prioritization action can be performed to connect the first network device with the prioritized wireless access point in the network environment based on the determination of whether the first network device corresponds with the prioritized wireless access point.

The present embodiments relate to connecting a network device to a wireless access point in a network environment based on an association affinity between the network device and the wireless access device. A wireless access point in a network environment can receive a request for a first network device to connect to any wireless access point in the network environment that includes a signal strength metric. The wireless access point can determine whether the first network device corresponds with a prioritized wireless access point using weighted averages based on a historical derived proximity of the wireless access points in the network environment and a historical connectivity to wireless access points in the network environment. A connection prioritization action can be performed to connect the first network device with the prioritized wireless access point in the network environment based on the determination of whether the first network device corresponds with the prioritized wireless access point.

The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling network systems. For example, a method described herein can include receiving request data representative of a planning request for a network equipment project applicable to network equipment that is part of a network. Further, based on the request data and a logical inventory model of resources, the method can include identifying a logical process model for the network equipment project, corresponding to characteristics of service equipment applicable to the network equipment project. The method further includes transforming the logical process model into a physical process model that references the service equipment applicable to the network equipment project, and based on the request data and the physical process model, facilitating, for the network equipment project, the service equipment.

Methods and systems are provided for data-driven network roll-out planning. A mobile network that includes at least one sector with a plurality of cells may be rolled-out using carrier aggregation. The carrier aggregation based rolling out includes gathering data from a plurality of network counters associated with two or more cells of the at least one sector; detecting a network congestion situation (Cs), based on a minimal throughput level and an aggregate cumulative distribution function (CDF), where the aggregate CDF is based on the plurality of network counters; identifying one or more cells effecting the congestion situation among the two or more cells; and determining for each of the identified one or more cells whether a capacity or coverage pain point is associated with the congestion situation.

Methods and systems are provided for data-driven network roll-out planning. A mobile network that includes at least one sector with a plurality of cells may be rolled-out using carrier aggregation. The carrier aggregation based rolling out includes gathering data from a plurality of network counters associated with two or more cells of the at least one sector; detecting a network congestion situation (Cs), based on a minimal throughput level and an aggregate cumulative distribution function (CDF), where the aggregate CDF is based on the plurality of network counters; identifying one or more cells effecting the congestion situation among the two or more cells; and determining for each of the identified one or more cells whether a capacity or coverage pain point is associated with the congestion situation.