A method of controlling a household appliance including receiving a device connection request signal through ultra wideband (UWB) communication from a user terminal, obtaining location information of the user terminal based on the received device connection request signal, establishing a UWB communication channel between the household appliance and the user terminal based on the obtained location information. The method includes receiving network access information to access a network from the user terminal through the established UWB communication channel, and establishing a network connection for the household appliance to access the network based on the received network access information.

A method of controlling a household appliance including receiving a device connection request signal through ultra wideband (UWB) communication from a user terminal, obtaining location information of the user terminal based on the received device connection request signal, establishing a UWB communication channel between the household appliance and the user terminal based on the obtained location information. The method includes receiving network access information to access a network from the user terminal through the established UWB communication channel, and establishing a network connection for the household appliance to access the network based on the received network access information.

A control device receives information, e.g., network status information and network loading information, from a plurality of service provider networks and device capability information and status information, from a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices. UEs subscribe to multiple service provider networks. In some geographical regions, coverage is provided by more than one network. The control device generates and sends device profile to network mapping information to UEs on an individual UE basis, e.g., for geographic regions, e.g., 3D regions, where multiple networks are available. Device profile to network mapping information sometimes includes criteria, e.g. rules, parameter, limits, etc. An application on the UE uses the received device profile to network mapping information, along with position information, to select a network/profile to use at a given time. Altering the information provided to one or more UEs allows the control device to perform load balancing between networks.

A network device of a network may generate a network information container including information to be sent to a communication device. The network is a home network of the communication device that is served by a visited network. The network information container may be integrity protected and/or cipher protected. The network device may send, to the communication device via the visited network, a message including the network information container and a credential indicator indicating a type of credential used to protect the network information container. The type of credential may be a 3GPP or non-3GPP credential. The communication device may verify the network information container using one or more security parameters based on the type of credential, and obtain the information in the network information container when the verification succeeds, or discard the network information container when the verification fails.

The present discloses a method for operating a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a first global parameter to a plurality of terminals; determining a transmission scheme which is used by the plurality of terminals; transmitting the determined transmission scheme to the plurality of terminals; receiving, based on the determined transmission scheme, information on a local model parameter from the plurality of terminals; and updating the first global parameter to a second global parameter.

The present discloses a method for operating a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a first global parameter to a plurality of terminals; determining a transmission scheme which is used by the plurality of terminals; transmitting the determined transmission scheme to the plurality of terminals; receiving, based on the determined transmission scheme, information on a local model parameter from the plurality of terminals; and updating the first global parameter to a second global parameter.

This application discloses a network device accessing method and an apparatus, and relates to the wireless communication field, to control a number of reduced capability (reduced capability, REDCAP) terminals accessing a network device, and improve network transmission performance. The method includes: A terminal apparatus receives, from a network device, first information indicating whether a REDCAP terminal is allowed to access the network device, and determines, based on the first information, whether to access the network device. The REDCAP terminal includes a first-type REDCAP terminal and a second-type REDCAP terminal, the first-type REDCAP terminal and the second-type REDCAP terminal operate in a same frequency range, and a bandwidth of the second-type REDCAP terminal is less than that of the first-type REDCAP terminal and/or a number of receive antennas of the second-type REDCAP terminal is less than that of the first-type REDCAP terminal.

A communication method, a terminal, and a network side device are provided. The method includes: receiving first configuration information transmitted by a network side device, where the first configuration information is used for configuring a working area for signal transmission, and the working area is used for performing functions of a cell; and performing signal transmission in the working area according to the first configuration information.

A communication method, a terminal, and a network side device are provided. The method includes: receiving first configuration information transmitted by a network side device, where the first configuration information is used for configuring a working area for signal transmission, and the working area is used for performing functions of a cell; and performing signal transmission in the working area according to the first configuration information.

A configuration method includes: receiving, by a terminal, configuration information of a working area sent by a first network side device, where the working area is used for the terminal to perform a first operation; and performing, by the terminal, the first operation in the working area based on the configuration information.