A method and a system for forming a device network is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of network devices and a plurality of gateways in a physical environment, collecting position data of the plurality of gateways, selecting a network device out of the plurality of network devices, and selecting a first gateway based on the position data. The method further comprises connecting the network device to the first gateway, if the total number of the network devices connected to the first gateway does not exceed a predefined maximum number of network devices per gateway, and selecting a second gateway based on the position data and connecting the network device to the second gateway, if the total number of the network devices connected to the first gateway exceeds the predefined maximum number of network devices per gateway.

In a cellular telecommunications system, outage management is managed in respect of each cell B by a nominated neighbor cell A, the identity of which is recorded in a neighbor list for cell B. If a cell C, D, other than the nominated neighbor, detects a suspected outage in a cell B, the cell detecting the outage identifies the nominated neighbor A from the neighbor list of cell B, and transmits an outage report to the nominated neighbor cell A, which coordinates a handover and outage management process. This avoids multiple detections of the same outage resulting in conflicting attempts to manage the recovery process. Selection of the nominated neighbor of a cell B may be made autonomously by the cell itself or by a centralized processor, and may be done in such a way as to support network resilience by avoiding reciprocity between cells, selecting, for a cell B connected to a first backhaul system, a nominated neighbor A using a second backhaul system, and avoiding the use of cells E having intermittent or transient connections to the network.

A device and method for a user equipment side and a base station side in wireless communication is provided. The device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors. The processors are configured to obtain cell special dynamic offset information for wireless resource management of at least one of a serving cell and adjacent cell of a user equipment, wherein cell special dynamic offset relates to a transmission capacity of a corresponding cell, which comprises at least one of cell multi-antenna transmission performance gain and a load condition. The processors are configured to measure a reference signal of the serving cell and the adjacent cell. The processors are configured to perform cell reselection or measurement reporting based on the cell special dynamic offset and a measurement result for the serving cell and the adjacent cell according to a connection state of the user equipment.

The mobile communication device supports a plurality of RATs and includes a first wireless transceiver, a second wireless transceiver, and a controller. The first wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a first cellular network utilizing a first RAT. The second wireless transceiver obtains a non-cellular signal indicator. The controller determines whether the first RAT is a predetermined one of the plurality of RATs when the mobile communication device camps on the first cellular network, and if not, predicts whether there is a second cellular network available, which utilizes the predetermined RAT, based on the non-cellular signal indicator. In response to predicting that the second cellular network is available based on the non-cellular signal indicator, the controller further enables the mobile communication device to camp on the second cellular network via the first wireless transceiver.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE may be configured to transmit a message indicating an identifier (ID) associated with an application to a first edge computing system; receive first information associated with the application in response to transmitting the message, the first information indicating whether at least one second edge computing system configured to provide the application is accessible through at least one cell; and determine a set of cells through which the at least one second edge computing system is accessible based on the first information.

The disclosed methods and systems use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to model the usage and interference on each channel. For example, units of the system can measure channel interference regularly over the time of day on all radios. The interference information is communicated to the base unit or a cloud server for pattern analysis. Interference measurements include interference from units within the system as well as interference from nearby devices. The base unit or the cloud server can recognize the pattern of the interference. Further, connected devices have a number of network usage characteristics observed and modeled including bitrate, and network behavior. These characteristics are used to assign channels to connected devices.

The disclosed methods and systems use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to model the usage and interference on each channel. For example, units of the system can measure channel interference regularly over the time of day on all radios. The interference information is communicated to the base unit or a cloud server for pattern analysis. Interference measurements include interference from units within the system as well as interference from nearby devices. The base unit or the cloud server can recognize the pattern of the interference. Further, connected devices have a number of network usage characteristics observed and modeled including bitrate, and network behavior. These characteristics are used to assign channels to connected devices.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, and a communications apparatus and system. User equipment can communicate with the network device by using a plurality of beams, the plurality of beams include a first beam and at least one second beam, the first beam is a serving beam used by the user equipment to listen to control information, and the second beam is a beam other than the serving beam. The method includes: determining, by the user equipment, that the serving beam is blocked; and obtaining, by the user equipment, a first message from the network device by using the first beam or the second beam.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, and a communications apparatus and system. User equipment can communicate with the network device by using a plurality of beams, the plurality of beams include a first beam and at least one second beam, the first beam is a serving beam used by the user equipment to listen to control information, and the second beam is a beam other than the serving beam. The method includes: determining, by the user equipment, that the serving beam is blocked; and obtaining, by the user equipment, a first message from the network device by using the first beam or the second beam.

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.