A network device communicates with a first terminal device by using a first communication link, the first terminal device communicates with at least one second terminal device by using at least one second communication link the network device receives a measurement report sent by the first terminal device, where the measurement report includes at least one piece of measurement data; and sends to the first terminal device, indication information of a communication link change policy determined based on the at least one piece of measurement data, where the indication information is used to instruct the first terminal device to perform change processing on a communication link based on the communication link change policy, where the communication link includes at least one of the first communication link or the second communication link.

A network device communicates with a first terminal device by using a first communication link, the first terminal device communicates with at least one second terminal device by using at least one second communication link the network device receives a measurement report sent by the first terminal device, where the measurement report includes at least one piece of measurement data; and sends to the first terminal device, indication information of a communication link change policy determined based on the at least one piece of measurement data, where the indication information is used to instruct the first terminal device to perform change processing on a communication link based on the communication link change policy, where the communication link includes at least one of the first communication link or the second communication link.

Adjusting backhaul and fronthaul communication links of wireless mesh networks are described. A wireless mesh network has a topology including fronthaul communication links and backhaul communication links. In one aspect, characteristics of network data packets transmitted within a wireless mesh network can be identified. Based on those characteristics, the topology of the wireless mesh network can change.

Adjusting backhaul and fronthaul communication links of wireless mesh networks are described. A wireless mesh network has a topology including fronthaul communication links and backhaul communication links. In one aspect, characteristics of network data packets transmitted within a wireless mesh network can be identified. Based on those characteristics, the topology of the wireless mesh network can change.

Systems and methods are provided for opportunistic load balancing across one or more communication links supported by one or more base stations. As part of the opportunistic load balancing process, a load balancer may measure a performance metric and an idle capacity metric for the one or more communication links. In some embodiments, the load balancer may directionally measure the performance metric and the idle capacity metric. Based on the measured metrics, the load balancer may determine a candidate base station for a network socket. The load balancer may then establish the network socket with the candidate base station. As a result, the load balancer may help alleviate network congestion.

An online learning-based smart steering system and method comprises an online kernel perceptron classifier. The smart steering approach/method performs learning sequentially at the cloud from the entire data of multiple mesh networks, and, operates at APs for steering; both of which are executed in real-time. The system and method uses network features such as current RSSI (received signal strength indicator), current cost, target RSSI and target cost for every steering action resulting in either success of failure. The system and method uses a classifier based on this data for obtaining a model in the feature space which predicts whether a steering action can succeed or not before it is issued.

A method for managing network traffic on a portable communication device including a processor, a memory, and a plurality of network interfaces configured to connect to a plurality of networks includes: processing network traffic of an application running on the processor via a first network of the plurality of networks, the first network being specified as a primary network by an operating system running on the processor; monitoring a plurality of network status information associated with the first network; detecting a problem of the first network when one or more parameters of the received network status information is outside of one or more threshold values; in response to detecting the problem in the first network, selecting a second network of the plurality of networks as the primary network; and processing the network traffic via the second network as the updated primary network.

A radio link detection method and apparatus and a communication system, the radio link detection apparatus being provided in a terminal equipment and including a detector, when a first timer related to radio link monitoring expires, the detector configured to determine that a radio link using an unlicensed frequency band fails, or, when a higher layer of the terminal equipment receives a random access problem indication and a second timer related to reestablishment is not running, the detector determining that a radio link using an unlicensed frequency band fails. Certain embodiments herein may provide for detecting a radio link failure using an unlicensed frequency band.

Systems and methods for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) optimized steering in Wi-Fi networks. The present disclosure contemplates operation in a multiple access point network utilizing OFDMA technology, e.g., IEEE 802.11ax, where clients are connected to the access points considering the effect on OFDMA operation depending on where the clients are connected. That is, the present disclosure considers OFDMA operation in the context of optimization in a distributed or multiple access point network. The optimization decision is based on capabilities of client devices and/or the access points, including OFDMA capability, MIMO capability, channel capability, etc. The optimization decision is used to select where client devices should connect, and optimization factors may include individual device throughput, joint load throughput (system capacity), fairness, etc.

A method for topology hiding is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a gateway, the gateway positioned between a core network and a radio access network, a configuration information request from a base station; analyzing, at the gateway, a topology of the radio access network, the radio access network including the base station; grouping, at the gateway, the base station into a first group based on the topology; sending, from the gateway to the base station, a grouping message to indicate that the base station be placed in the first group; and terminating connections from the core network to one or more base stations in the first group at the gateway as a back-to-back proxy, thereby hiding the topology of the radio access network from the core network.