H04W48/17

Apparatus and method for configuring a communication link

Antenna elements support RF communication over a communication link using frequency channels, RF processing circuits, and configuration circuitry to apply a selected configuration. Each configuration identifies processing circuit to antenna element couplings, and which frequency channel is allocated to each RF processing circuit. A reinforcement learning process is applied to dynamically alter which configuration to apply as a currently selected configuration. The reinforcement learning process maintains a future rewards record having entries that maintain, for an associated combination of link state and configuration, an estimated future rewards indication determined using a discounted rewards mechanism. A selection policy selects a configuration for a current link state, and then a new reward is observed that is dependent on how the selected configuration alters a chosen performance metric for the communication link. The estimated future rewards indication is updated by storing in the associated entry a predicted estimated future rewards indication generated by assuming, when using the discounted rewards mechanism, that all rewards that will be used in future to update the estimated future rewards indication in the associated entry will have the same value as the new reward.

System and method for IMS PDN recovery

A system and method, for identification of the user equipment with IMS PDN connectivity issues, and proactively recovering the PDN connectivity for said user equipment is disclosed. The disclosure provides triggering the System initiated detach with re-attach required request, to user equipment by checking the current IMS PDN state of said VoLTE user equipment to recover the IMS PDN connectivity. The present disclosure provides a novel automatic method for maintaining IMS PDN connection providing continuous voice call connectivity and improving the overall connectivity and user experience of the wireless network.

PACKET GATEWAY SELECTION BASED ON DEVICE CAPABILITIES
20230046624 · 2023-02-16 ·

Methods, apparatus, and systems for selecting appropriate gateway servers for user devices with different device capabilities are disclosed. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes provisioning multiple wireless electronic devices of a user with a first access point name, and receiving, from a wireless electronic device of the multiple wireless electronic devices of the user, a request for establishing a data session. The method also includes determining, in part based on a capability of the wireless electronic device, a second access point name that is different from the first access point name and selecting a packet gateway server corresponding to the capability of the wireless electronic device using the second access point name. The method further includes establishing the data session between the packet gateway server and the wireless electronic device.

NETWORK SERVICE PLAN DESIGN

A technique involves modular storage of network service plan components and provisioning of same. A subset of the capabilities of a service design system can be granted to a sandbox system to enable customization of service plan offerings or other controls.

COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATED WITH EDGE COMPUTING
20230094062 · 2023-03-30 · ·

A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing, by a visited public land mobile network-policy control function (V-PCF), communication using edge computing. The method comprises the steps of: establishing UE policy association with a home public land mobile network-policy control function (H-PCF); receiving a first subscription message from the H-PCF; and transmitting a second subscription message to a visited public land mobile network-unified data repository (V-UDR). The first subscription message is a message that requests a notification, according to edge application server (EAS) information being updated or modified, the second subscription message is a message that requests a notification, according to the EAS information being updated or modified, the second subscription message is based on the first subscription message, and the EAS information may be information that is generated by an application function (AF) and transmitted to the V-UDR.

WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF A PER-STATION PROFILE AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION
20230030195 · 2023-02-02 ·

A management frame is generated which comprises a per-station profile of an access point (AP) affiliated with a AP multilink device (MLD) having a non-transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) AP. The per-station profile is carried in two or more elements, each element comprising an element identifier, a length, and an information field which carries a respective fragment of the per-station profile and the two or more elements are not in a multiple BSSID element. The management frame is transmitted to a station, wherein a non-AP of the station associates with the AP MLD based on the management frame.

Method and apparatus for backhaul link selection
11490321 · 2022-11-01 ·

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method comprises: receiving, at a communication device, a first broadcasting message from a base station, the first broadcasting message including a first information for backhaul link selection; determining a channel quality between the communication device and the base station; and determining to access either the base station or a candidate node according to the first broadcasting message and the channel quality.

MANAGEMENT OF ROUTING
20230090407 · 2023-03-23 ·

The invention relates to a solution for controlling a routing of data traffic of a roaming terminal device (140) with data network (150), the method comprises: detecting (210) if the terminal device (140) is served by a private network (130), and in accordance with a detection result performing one of: selecting (220) a network node (135) of the private network (130) for managing the routing if the roaming terminal device (140) is served by the private network (130); or selecting (230) a network node (115; 125) of a mobile communication network (110; 120) for managing the routing if the terminal device (140) is not served by the private network (130), the method further comprising: generating (240) a control signal to a respective network (130; 110; 120) the selected network node (115; 125; 135) resides for assigning a responsibility for managing the routing.

TUNNEL INITIATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

One aspect provides a method performed by a radio access network node in a telecommunications network. The method comprises: responsive to detection of a trigger event associated with a wireless device having a connection to the telecommunications network via the radio access network node or seeking to establish a connection to the telecommunications network via the radio access network node, transmitting a message directly to a user plane core network node providing functionality for the connection via the radio access network node, the message comprising one or more of: an indication of an identifier of the wireless device; and an indication of an identifier of a session for the wireless device. The user plane core network node has access to a data storage layer shared between a plurality of user plane core network nodes, the data storage layer storing respective contexts for the sessions of a plurality of wireless devices, including the wireless device.

Application Triggered Setup of Distributed Anchor for Edge Computing

Embodiments describing methods performed by a system comprising Network functions including at least a Session Management Function and a User Plane Function for performing a UPF re-anchoring for an application triggered at a User Equipment over an established Packet Data Unit (PDU) Session, where when the system receives the initial trigger for a service triggered by the application (e.g., a DNS request or an application level request), a determination is made by the system based on the information related to the application that re-anchoring of the UPF for that application into a local UPF closer to the UE is required. When re-anchoring of the UPF is successful, the initial trigger is discarded, and the UE is instructed to establish a new PDU session over the local UPF for that application.