A method of performing cell selection, by a terminal, in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a control message including configuration information for a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, entering the RRC inactive state based on the configuration information; performing cell selection, and in response to a suitable cell not being found and an acceptable cell being found in the cell selection, entering an RRC idle state.

Apparatus and methods are provided for handover robustness. In novel aspect, the UE receives a conditional handover (CHO) command from a source gNB containing a set of candidate cells with corresponding triggering conditions; detects a handover conditions for a target gNB belonging to the set of candidate cells; and performs HO procedure towards the target gNB. In one embodiment, the conditional HO command further configures a validity timer that controls a validity of handover conditions for the set of candidate cells. The validity timer is started upon receiving the conditional HO command, the validity timer is stopped upon detecting at least one events comprising a handover condition is met and a normal handover command is received, and the conditional HO command is set to be invalid upon the expiration of the validity timer.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selecting a base unit in response to a handover condition being triggered. One method (1000) includes selecting (1002) a base unit of multiple base units for handover in response to at least one base unit of the multiple base units triggering a handover condition. The method (1000) includes transmitting (1004) a random access preamble to the base unit. The method (1000) includes performing (1006) a reestablishment procedure to establish communication with one base unit of the multiple base units in response to determining an inability to access each base unit of the multiple base units that meets the handover condition.

A terminal apparatus transmits capability information. The capability information includes a first capability parameter, a second capability parameter, and a third capability parameter. The first capability parameter indicates whether the terminal apparatus supports Semi-Persistent Scheduling in a primary cell. The second capability parameter indicates whether the terminal apparatus supports skipping of uplink transmission corresponding to a grant configured for a primary cell in a case that there is no available data for transmission in a buffer of the terminal apparatus. The third capability parameter indicates whether the terminal apparatus supports Semi-Persistent Scheduling in an LAA secondary cell, and whether the terminal apparatus supports skipping of uplink transmission corresponding to a grant configured for an LAA secondary cell in a case that there is no available data for transmission in the buffer of the terminal apparatus.

A method of performing cell selection, by a terminal, in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a control message including configuration information for a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, entering the RRC inactive state based on the configuration information; performing cell selection, and in response to a suitable cell not being found and an acceptable cell being found in the cell selection, entering a RRC idle state.

Systems and methods transfer execution of tasks executed on behalf of client devices between edge nodes operated by different operators. A request is received at a destination edge node deployed at a network edge to provide computing services to a client device currently served by an origin edge node. The origina edge node and the destination edge node are operated by different operators. An edge identifier of the origin edge node and task identifier(s) of task(s) executed by the origin edge node for the client device are received. The origin edge node is communicated with to obtain task information relating to the task(s) in one or more registries shared by the first and second operators to map task identifier(s) to respective tasks. A connection is made to the client device the task(s) are executed for the client device using the task information.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides methods and devices for handling conditional handover (CHO) in a wireless communication network.

Examples for authenticating applications to allow access to a service being offered by a service entity, are described. In one example, a request from an application for accessing services is received over a handshake session adhering to a security protocol. It is determined whether a root certificate corresponding to the application is installed in the service entity. Based on the determination, the request is authenticated to allow access to the services. The authenticating is performed in the handshake session.

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication that over come problems associated with conventional approaches including load balancing and handover efficiency issues. For example, in one aspect a wireless communication technique takes into account the load of a relay before a UE is switched from one relay to another. In another example, a wireless communication technique ensures that UEs are handed over to relays that will be able to serve the UE as the mobile relay continues to follow its expected path (such as streets or tracks), which may be known or determined.

Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for enabling L1 (physical layer) and L2 (medium access control (MAC) layer) inter-cell mobility. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, at least one of physical layer signaling or MAC layer signaling comprising information for a selected cell. The UE may performing an inter-cell mobility procedure in accordance with the information for the selected cell.