A method for providing updated network slice information to a network slice selection function (NSSF includes registering, by a network slice management function (NSMF) with a network function (NF) repository function (NRF), an NF profile corresponding to the NSMF and subscribing, by the NSMF with the NRF, for status updates corresponding to NF instances belonging to network slice instances created by the NSMF. The method further includes receiving, by the NSMF from the NRF, a notification message including one or more network traffic load level updates related to at least one of the NF instances, processing the one or more network traffic load level updates to generate network slice instance configuration information for at least one of the network slice instances, and providing, by the NSMF, the network slice instance configuration information to a NSSF managing the at least one of the network slice instances.

Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for supporting wireless device paging in a network, such as a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) (5GNR) network, etc. In various embodiments, a wireless device may determine whether to decode a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) paging message based at least in part on an indication in a received downlink control information (DCI) message.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, a user equipment (UE) may be scheduled to perform a first measurement or paging activity associated with a target cell operating according to a first target cell configuration that is different from a serving cell operating according to a first serving cell configuration of the UE. In some cases, the UE may determine that the UE has performed a previous measurement or paging activity associated with the target cell while being served by the serving cell, the cells operating according to previous cell configurations. The UE may compare at least one of the first and previous target cell configurations or the first and previous serving cell configurations, and may perform the first measurement or paging activity using a script, where the script is either reused or rebuilt based on comparing the cell configurations.

In a communications system including a base station capable of altering a frequency bandwidth which is used for transmitting broadcast data for providing point-to-multipoint broadcasting communications service and which is used for transmitting individual communications data for providing point-to-point individual communications service, and a mobile terminal capable of altering a receivable bandwidth which is used for receiving at least the broadcast data and the individual communications data transmitted from the base station, decision processing of making a decision as to whether the mobile terminal can receive reception-desired content it desires to receive among contents provided by the broadcasting communications service is executed in accordance with a frequency occupying bandwidth used for transmitting the reception-desired content. Thus, the mobile terminal becomes able to make a decision as to whether it can receive particular E-MBMS content considering its own UE position.

The present disclosure discloses a signal receiving and sending method, a node and a network side device. The information receiving method includes obtaining target information, wherein the target information includes first information and/or second information; obtaining wake-up information according to the target information, wherein the wake-up information obtained according to the first information includes at least one of area-level wake-up information, cell-level wake-up information, or node group-level wake-up information, wake-up information obtained according to the second information includes at least one of the node group-level wake-up information and node-level wake-up information; performing waking up or continuing to sleep according to indication of the wake-up information.

Disclosed are a method for transmitting a reference signal, a network device, and a terminal device. The method comprises: the network device determines target resources for transmitting the reference signal, the target resource being some of transmission resources which can be used for transmitting the reference signal, and the target resources comprising at least one of frequency domain resources, time domain resources, and space domain resources; the network device transmits the reference signal to the terminal device on the target resources. According to the method for transmitting the reference signal, the network device, and the terminal device of embodiments of the present invention, energy saving of the network device can be realized, and meanwhile, interference between cells is avoided.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit assistance information to request changes to discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters to improve performance of the UE and its connection to a wireless network. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes detecting one or more conditions; and transmitting, in response to the detection, a request to change a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) configuration to a first network.

Beam-related paging assistance information can be exchanged between a core network, radio access networks, and user equipment. Beam-related paging assistance information can enable more efficient paging operations at a base station. A centralized unit (CU) of a base station can exchange beam-related paging assistance information with a distributed unit (DU) of the base station to facilitate paging operations using the beam-related paging assistance information.

A method comprises transmitting, to a terminal (101), at least one synchronization signal burst (150) in a time-limited channel access interval (405) of an open spectrum (409). The method further comprises transmitting, to the terminal (101), at least one paging signal (4004, 4005) in the channel access interval (405) of the open spectrum (409).

A communication method, an apparatus, and a system in which a first session management function entity based on information of a terminal group determines user plane function entities accessed by terminals in a terminal group, and the first session management function entity determines a target user plane function entity based on the user plane function entities, where the target user plane function entity is used to perform communication between terminals in the terminal group. According to the method, the terminals in the terminal group are redirected to a same user plane function entity, namely, the target user plane function entity, so that communication between the terminals in the terminal group is locally implemented in the target user plane function entity. This shortens a communication path, and reduces a communication latency.