Disclosed herein is a system comprising a set of wireless communication nodes that are configured to operate as part of a wireless mesh network. Each respective wireless communication node may be directly coupled to at least one other wireless communication node via a respective short-hop wireless link, and at least a first pair of wireless nodes may be both (a) indirectly coupled to one another via a first communication path that comprises one or more intermediary wireless communication nodes and two or more short-hop wireless links and (b) directly coupled to one another via a first long-hop wireless link that provides a second communication path between the first pair of wireless communication nodes having a lesser number of hops than the first communication path. A fiber access point may be directly coupled to a first wireless communication node of the set of wireless communication nodes.

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5.sup.th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4.sup.th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of managing a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of: obtaining data representing an operational parameter from the at least one of a plurality of network elements comprising a plurality of base stations and at least one terminal, determining mapping information for connection between the at least one terminal and one of the plurality of base stations based on the data representing the operational parameter, and transmitting, to the at least one terminal, the mapping information.

A method for access control is performed by a base station. The method includes: sending, by a base station, an access control configuration for a multi-modal service, the access control configuration being used for controlling an access initiation of a terminal which is based on the multi-modal service. Another method for access control is performed by a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, an access control configuration for a multi-modal service, the access control configuration is configured to control an access initiation of the terminal, wherein the access initiation of the terminal which is based on the multi-modal service.

A method for access control is performed by a base station. The method includes: sending, by a base station, an access control configuration for a multi-modal service, the access control configuration being used for controlling an access initiation of a terminal which is based on the multi-modal service. Another method for access control is performed by a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, an access control configuration for a multi-modal service, the access control configuration is configured to control an access initiation of the terminal, wherein the access initiation of the terminal which is based on the multi-modal service.

An operation method of a first cell in a communication system may include: receiving, from a first communication node that is an upper node of the first cell, a first signal including second cell configuration information of a second cell connected with the first communication node and a second communication node that is a lower node of the first cell; identifying, based on the first signal, that the first cell and the second cell are jointly operated by the first communication node as coordinative PCells; transmitting, to the second communication node, a second signal including information on joint operations of the coordinative PCells by the first communication node; and performing communication with the first communication node and the second communication node based on the joint operations of the coordinative PCells.

An operation method of a first cell in a communication system may include: receiving, from a first communication node that is an upper node of the first cell, a first signal including second cell configuration information of a second cell connected with the first communication node and a second communication node that is a lower node of the first cell; identifying, based on the first signal, that the first cell and the second cell are jointly operated by the first communication node as coordinative PCells; transmitting, to the second communication node, a second signal including information on joint operations of the coordinative PCells by the first communication node; and performing communication with the first communication node and the second communication node based on the joint operations of the coordinative PCells.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coverage assessment system operable to receive, via a network, coverage parameter data from a user device, where the coverage parameter data includes location data generated by the user device. The coverage assessment system is further operable to generate coverage assessment data based on the coverage parameter data. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A network node carries out operations for use in coordinating data transmissions to user equipments in a wireless communication network and, in at least one embodiment, the network node obtains signal strength values indicating antenna relationships between respective user equipments and respective antennas among two or more antennas involving at least two access nodes in the network. The network node arranges the user equipments into groups, based on the antenna relationships, and, based on the antenna relationships, associates each group of user equipments with a sub-set of the two or more antennas. Still further, the network node coordinates data transmissions performed by the at least two access nodes to each group of user equipments, using the associated sub-set of the two one or more antennas.

A method for and apparatus for supporting a control plane (C-plane) and a user plane (U-plane) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers is provided. A wireless device configures a cell for the U-plane to receive and transmit data, determines to enable a User Plane Reception Period (U-RP) corresponding to the cell for the U-plane, and determines to receive and transmit data with the cell for the U-plane during the enabled U-RP. The cell for the U-plane includes at least one or more serving cells, and the cell for the U-plane has a different frequency from a cell for the C-plane.

The present specification discloses a mobile communication system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using a plurality of carriers in a mobile communication system.