An apparatus and method are provided for steering a PDU session associated with traffic routed to a selected UPF. The method includes receiving, from an AF entity, a first message including information for selecting a UPF entity for traffic routing of a terminal and information on a spatial condition associated with a location of the terminal; transmitting, to an SMF entity, a second message to receive information associated with the location of the terminal indicating that the terminal entered or left a specific area, the specific area being determined by the PCF entity based on the spatial condition; receiving, from the SMF entity, a third message including the information associated with the location of the terminal; and transmitting, to the SMF entity, a fourth message based on the information associated with the location of the terminal included in the third message, the fourth message including the information for selecting the UPF entity for traffic routing of the terminal.

Embodiments of a system and method for providing DRX enhancements in LTE systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a system control module is provided for controlling communications via a communications interface. A processor is coupled to the system control module and is arranged to implement an inactivity timer and an on-duration timer for determining an active time for monitoring subframes on the physical downlink control channel for control signals, the processor further monitoring subframes after the active time.

Embodiments of a system and method for providing DRX enhancements in LTE systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a system control module is provided for controlling communications via a communications interface. A processor is coupled to the system control module and is arranged to implement an inactivity timer and an on-duration timer for determining an active time for monitoring subframes on the physical downlink control channel for control signals, the processor further monitoring subframes after the active time.

To provide a low latency near RT RIC, some embodiments separate the RIC's functions into several different components that operate on different machines (e.g., execute on VMs or Pods) operating on the same host computer or different host computers. Some embodiments also provide high speed interfaces between these machines. Some or all of these interfaces operate in non-blocking, lockless manner in order to ensure that critical near RT RIC operations (e.g., datapath processes) are not delayed due to multiple requests causing one or more components to stall. In addition, each of these RIC components also has an internal architecture that is designed to operate in a non-blocking manner so that no one process of a component can block the operation of another process of the component. All of these low latency features allow the near RT RIC to serve as a high speed IO between the E2 nodes and the xApps.

To provide a low latency near RT RIC, some embodiments separate the RIC's functions into several different components that operate on different machines (e.g., execute on VMs or Pods) operating on the same host computer or different host computers. Some embodiments also provide high speed interfaces between these machines. Some or all of these interfaces operate in non-blocking, lockless manner in order to ensure that critical near RT RIC operations (e.g., datapath processes) are not delayed due to multiple requests causing one or more components to stall. In addition, each of these RIC components also has an internal architecture that is designed to operate in a non-blocking manner so that no one process of a component can block the operation of another process of the component. All of these low latency features allow the near RT RIC to serve as a high speed IO between the E2 nodes and the xApps.

Dynamic network resource slice partition size adjustment is provided herein. A method can include partitioning resources enabled via a communication network among network slices of the communication network, the network slices comprising an expandable network slice and a contractable network slice, obtaining a resource usage value for the expandable network slice, the resource usage value indicating a first proportion of the resources enabled via the communication network being used by the expandable network slice, and in response to the resource usage value being greater than a threshold, reallocating a portion of the resources enabled via the communication network from the contractable network slice to the expandable network slice, the portion of the resources being defined based on a function of a ratio of the first proportion to a second proportion of the resources enabled via the communication network being used by the contractable network slice.

Dynamic network resource slice partition size adjustment is provided herein. A method can include partitioning resources enabled via a communication network among network slices of the communication network, the network slices comprising an expandable network slice and a contractable network slice, obtaining a resource usage value for the expandable network slice, the resource usage value indicating a first proportion of the resources enabled via the communication network being used by the expandable network slice, and in response to the resource usage value being greater than a threshold, reallocating a portion of the resources enabled via the communication network from the contractable network slice to the expandable network slice, the portion of the resources being defined based on a function of a ratio of the first proportion to a second proportion of the resources enabled via the communication network being used by the contractable network slice.

A wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receives a first message sent by a first network device, the first message being used for determining a change in quality of service (QoS) related information; the terminal device determines, according to first condition information, a condition for changing the QoS related information.

A Quality of Service (QoS) control method is applied to a first terminal device. The first terminal device accesses a core network of the first terminal device through relay User Equipment (UE) and a first designated network element, and the first terminal device is in communication connection with the relay UE through a first interface. The QoS control method includes that: the first terminal device receives first information, the first terminal device determines traffic filtering information and QoS parameter information according to received first information, and the first terminal device sends the traffic filtering information and the QoS parameter information to the relay UE.

A system and method for managing interference between different enterprises operating over the same spectrum. The system includes a central unit of a first enterprise associated with a first cell site; a central unit of a second enterprise associated with a second cell site; and an interface for connecting the central unit of the first enterprise to the central unit of the second enterprise and configured to transmit load information; wherein a central unit of either enterprise is configured to share load information without requiring a standard form between each enterprise via the interface to minimize interference between each enterprise when both enterprises are operating in the same spectrum and an overlapping coverage region between each cell site.