H04W88/18

Methods and systems for intelligent AMF assignment to minimize re-direction

A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an access and mobility management function (AMF) assignment service is provided. A network device receives an assignment policy for selecting an AMF from a group of available AMFs, wherein the assignment policy includes network slice priorities for available network slices in the RAN; stores the assignment policy; receives, during a registration procedure initiated by an end device, Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI); identifies, from the NSSAI, multiple single-NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs); and selects, based on the assignment policy, an AMF for a highest priority S-NSSAI, of the multiple S-NSSAIs.

Managing radio-based private networks

Disclosed are various embodiments for managing radio-based private networks. In one embodiment, a cellular network comprises at least one cell that provides a radio-based private network coverage of a site of an organization. The system further comprises at least one computing device in a cloud provider network that implements one or more network functions for an associated core network of the radio-based private network.

System and method for optimized load balancing on 6 GHz radios using out-of-band discovery in a mixed AP deployment

Systems and methods are provided by which all APs in a particular deployment can be used to assist in the out-of-band discovery of 6 GHz radios by client devices. That is, a series of iterative operations can be performed to: (I) determine the state of 6 GHz radios in a zone/deployment area; (II) identify what radios can be considered near-neighbors to non-6 GHz radios for purposes of advertising one or more of the 6 GHz radios; (Ill) rank neighboring 6 GHz radios for a given non-6 GHz radio based on certain radio metrics; and (IV) ultimately determine those 6 GHz radios that can be advertised by the given non-6 GHz radio.

System and method for optimized load balancing on 6 GHz radios using out-of-band discovery in a mixed AP deployment

Systems and methods are provided by which all APs in a particular deployment can be used to assist in the out-of-band discovery of 6 GHz radios by client devices. That is, a series of iterative operations can be performed to: (I) determine the state of 6 GHz radios in a zone/deployment area; (II) identify what radios can be considered near-neighbors to non-6 GHz radios for purposes of advertising one or more of the 6 GHz radios; (Ill) rank neighboring 6 GHz radios for a given non-6 GHz radio based on certain radio metrics; and (IV) ultimately determine those 6 GHz radios that can be advertised by the given non-6 GHz radio.

METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT

A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, at a first infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network part of a wireless communications network, signals representing data from one or more others of infrastructure equipment, the data having been received at the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment from one or more communications devices or from other infrastructure equipment, and transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment, the data from the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment to the core network part of the wireless communications network. At least one of the infrastructure equipment uses at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique to receive the signals, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique allowing the at least one infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the backhaul communications link.

CELL SITE ARCHITECTURE THAT SUPPORTS 5G AND LEGACY PROTOCOLS
20230063941 · 2023-03-02 ·

In modern networks, RRU and BBU equipment of an access point site typically handles traffic from a single sector. An RRU-BBU pair process that traffic (often limited to a single spectrum from a single sector) according to implemented capabilities and other equipment located further upstream perform functions that rely on information from multiple sectors. An integrated device (e.g., white box) can integrate the functionality of multiple RRU (or NR in 5G) and the functionality of multiple BBU (or DU/CU splits in 5G), which can reduce implementation footprint, costs, and can provide related services more efficiently without going upstream.

DEVICE USING LOCAL SERVER FOR V2X SERVICE
20230117465 · 2023-04-20 · ·

A device for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service selects a first local V2X server from multiple local V2X servers on the basis of current location. The device transmits a V2X service-related subscription request to the selected first local V2X server.

METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE NSSAA PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5.sup.th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for managing network slice specific authentication and authorization (NSSAA) procedure in wireless communication network is provided.

SLEEPING CELL DETECTION
20220330053 · 2022-10-13 · ·

A computer implemented method of sleeping cell detection in a communication network. Performance indicator values of cells of the communication network are monitored and one or more of the following events are detected in a cell: no downlink data event, wherein it is detected that data is being transmitted in uplink direction and no data is being transmitted in downlink direction; no data transmission event, wherein requests to open data connections are detected and it is detected that no data is being transmitted in uplink or downlink direction; sudden traffic drop event, wherein it is detected that there is a sudden decrease in the amount of data traffic in the cell; and abnormal distribution event, wherein it is detected that data traffic distribution between uplink and downlink directions is abnormal. Responsively the cell is determined to be a sleeping cell.

TRANSPARENT RELOCATION OF MEC APPLICATION INSTANCES BETWEEN 5G DEVICES AND MEC HOSTS

Method, systems, and devices for transparent relocatable application instance deployment are described. A method performed by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit may comprise transmitting, to a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) system, a first message including a request to deploy the relocatable application instance at a target. The method may comprise receiving a second message including an indication to establish communication with the application instance and a Transparent Instance Relocation Session Identifier (TIRSI) and establishing, based on the second message, communication with the relocatable application instance at the target. The method may comprise transmitting a third message including a request for relocation of the application instance to another target. The method may comprise receiving a fourth message including an indication to establish communication with a relocated application instance at the another target and the TIRSI and establishing, based on the fourth message, communication with the relocated application instance at the another target.