A method and system of dynamically designing and operating an optimal communication network configuration is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) gathering a pre-saved data associated with communication network and/or network devices from a database, or a real-time data associated with at least one of the communication network and the network devices, (b) generating an optimal network configuration by selecting a first and a second network optimization parameters based on gathered data, designing an optimal network configuration to optimize the first network optimization parameter with respect to the second network optimization parameter based on gathered data, and generating network implementation instructions for implementing the designed optimal network configuration, and (c) adapting at least one network device to operate in compliance with the designed optimal network configuration based on the generated instructions by transmitting the instructions to the network devices and by executing the instructions at the network devices.

A network optimization method based on a wearable device and a wearable device are disclosed, where the method includes: detecting whether the wearable device is in a ping-pong handover network environment; if yes, monitoring a state of the wearable device, and obtaining state information of the wearable device; where the state information includes call state information, data network state information, screen state information, and positioning information; adjusting a network standard according to the state information; the network standard is a type of the data network; recording adjustment information of the network standard; the adjustment information includes adjustment time and adjustment effect indication information; adjusting an adjustment parameter group related to the network standard of the wearable device dynamically according to the adjustment information and obtaining a target adjustment parameter group, so as to adjust the network standard according to the target adjustment parameter group.

Predicting small cell capacity and coverage to facilitate offloading of macrocell capacity is presented herein. A system selects a group of candidate locations for placement of respective small cells to facilitate offloading, via the respective small cells, of traffic from respective macrocells corresponding to the candidate locations—the respective small cells including first transmission powers that are less than second transmission powers of the respective macrocells. Further, for each candidate location of the group of candidate locations, the system determines an estimated amount of traffic capacity of a small cell of the respective small cells that has been presumed to have been placed at the candidate location, and determines estimated signal strengths of respective signals that have been predicted to have been received from the small cell at respective portions of a grid of a defined signal coverage area corresponding to the candidate location.

Predicting small cell capacity and coverage to facilitate offloading of macrocell capacity is presented herein. A system selects a group of candidate locations for placement of respective small cells to facilitate offloading, via the respective small cells, of traffic from respective macrocells corresponding to the candidate locations—the respective small cells including first transmission powers that are less than second transmission powers of the respective macrocells. Further, for each candidate location of the group of candidate locations, the system determines an estimated amount of traffic capacity of a small cell of the respective small cells that has been presumed to have been placed at the candidate location, and determines estimated signal strengths of respective signals that have been predicted to have been received from the small cell at respective portions of a grid of a defined signal coverage area corresponding to the candidate location.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may receive an indication of a plurality of sets of reference signal identifiers, wherein each set of reference signal identifiers of the plurality of sets of reference signal identifiers identifies reference signals of candidate neighbor nodes associated with the set, and wherein each candidate neighbor node associated with the set is in a same operating mode, and transmit a measurement report based at least in part on measuring one or more reference signals identified in the plurality of sets of reference signal identifiers. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may receive an indication of a plurality of sets of reference signal identifiers, wherein each set of reference signal identifiers of the plurality of sets of reference signal identifiers identifies reference signals of candidate neighbor nodes associated with the set, and wherein each candidate neighbor node associated with the set is in a same operating mode, and transmit a measurement report based at least in part on measuring one or more reference signals identified in the plurality of sets of reference signal identifiers. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Example implementations relate to data connection switching. In some examples, a mobile computing device may include a memory resource comprising executable instructions to determine when a metric of a data connection of the first mobile computing device through an access point has exceeded a threshold. The mobile computing device may include a memory resource comprising executable instructions to instruct, responsive to the determination, a second mobile computing device to initiate an operation as a mobile hotspot. The mobile computing device may include a memory resource comprising executable instructions to switch from the data connection through the access point to a data connection through the mobile hotspot of the second mobile computing device.

A method may include storing, in a block chain ledger, information associated with an agreement between a first service provider associated with a first network and a second service provider associated with a second network. The method may also include receiving, by a device, first capacity information associated with slices in the first network, storing the first capacity information in the block chain ledger and receiving a message associated with a roaming handoff for a communication session in the first network. The method may further include determining, by the device whether adequate resources are available in the second network to support the communication session and sending, to the first service provider, a message indicating that adequate resources are available in the second network to support the communication session.

A method may include storing, in a block chain ledger, information associated with an agreement between a first service provider associated with a first network and a second service provider associated with a second network. The method may also include receiving, by a device, first capacity information associated with slices in the first network, storing the first capacity information in the block chain ledger and receiving a message associated with a roaming handoff for a communication session in the first network. The method may further include determining, by the device whether adequate resources are available in the second network to support the communication session and sending, to the first service provider, a message indicating that adequate resources are available in the second network to support the communication session.

Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure relates to a method of a session management function (SMF) entity in a communication system.