A network slice selection method includes, in response to an update in configuration information of a user of a media service, determining first information indicating updated configuration information of the user of the media service. The first information indicates an updated selection of a first network slice from at least two network slices. The method further includes transmitting, by the media service, the first information to an entity of a 5G Core network.

A method and a classification configuration module for managing a classification configuration for traffic, related to a service, in a software defined network are disclosed. The classification configuration module receives the classification configuration from a service related module. The classification configuration includes a first indication indicating a traffic treatment for the traffic, and a second indication identifying the traffic to be treated according to the first indication for traffic treatment. The classification configuration module determines, based on the classification configuration, a set of traffic filters for use by a software defined network controlling module to determine a list of service functions implementing the traffic treatment for the traffic. The classification configuration module transmits information relating to the set of traffic filters to the software defined network controlling module.

Embodiments of this application disclose an information reporting method, an information processing method, an apparatus, and a device. The method in embodiments of this application includes the network device obtains a routing prefix included in local routing information, and information about a neighboring peer set corresponding to the routing prefix, and sends a local route monitoring message including the routing prefix and the information about the neighboring peer set to a first device. The neighboring peer set includes a source peer set and/or a destination peer set, the source peer set includes one or more source peers, the source peer is a peer that advertises original routing information including the routing prefix to the network device, the destination peer set includes one or more destination peers, and the destination peer is a peer to which the network device advertises destination routing information including the routing prefix.

This application provides a slice authentication method and an apparatus. One example method includes: initiating, by a first network function (NF), slice authentication between a terminal device and an authentication server for a slice; sending, by the first NF, identification information of a first network, identification information of the slice, and identification information of the terminal device to the authentication server, wherein the first NF is an NF in the first network; and receiving, by the first NF, a slice authentication result for the slice, the identification information of the slice, and the identification information of the terminal device from the authentication server.

A method for delivering quality of service to a moving user equipment in a computer network, the method including: identifying a moving user equipment on the computer network; predicting a path of travel for the user equipment; determining a load of a cell in the path of travel; determining a traffic action response based on the load of the cell; and providing the traffic action. A system for delivering quality of service to a moving user equipment in a computer network, the system including: a location module configured to identify a moving user equipment on the computer network; an analysis module configured to predict a path of travel for the user equipment; a load module configured to determine a load of a cell in the path of travel; and a traffic action module configured to determine a traffic action response based on the load of the cell and provide for the traffic action.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems of how an application function can request the Fifth Generation (5G) core network to perform a specific action, when a network slice quota reaches a maximum limit or when the behavior of the UE(s) falls outside the expected communication behavior.

Some embodiments provide a local controller on a set of host computers that reduce the volume of data that is communicated between the server set and the set of host computers. The local controller executing on a particular host computer, in some embodiments, receives a portion of the namespace including only the policies (e.g., opcode) that are relevant to API-authorization processing for the applications executing on the particular host computer provided by a local agent executing on the computer to authorize the API requests based on policies and parameters. The local controller analyzes the received policies (e.g., policy opcodes) and identifies the parameters (e.g. operands), or parameter types, needed for API-authorization processing (e.g., evaluating the policy opcode upon receiving a particular API request) by the local agent. In some embodiments, the local controller performs this analysis for each updated set of policies (e.g., policy opcodes).

Disclosed are embodiments for injecting sidecar proxy capabilities into non-sidecar applications, allowing such non-sidecar applications to communicate with a service mesh architecture. In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request to instantiate a proxy for a non-sidecar application at a service mesh gateway (SMG). The SMG then instantiates the proxy in response to the request and broadcasts network information of the non-sidecar application to a mesh controller deployed in a containerized environment. Finally, the SMG (via the proxy) transmits data over a control plane that is communicatively coupled to the mesh controller.

Provided are a wireless communication method, a network device and a terminal device. The method includes: after acquiring a PSI parameter of a terminal device, a first network device determines whether to update policy information of the terminal device, wherein the PSI parameter is used for identifying a part of policy information for the terminal device under a subscribed user. In an implementation of the present disclosure, after acquiring a Policy Section Identifier (PSI) parameter of a terminal device, a first network device directly determines whether to update policy information of the terminal device.

A master node, a local node, a service assurance system, and a respective method performed thereby for predicting one or more metrics associated with a communication network are provided. The method performed by the master node operable in the communication network comprises receiving prediction(s) based on training data from local nodes in the communication network; and determining weight parameter(s) associated with the local nodes based on the current received prediction(s) and past received predictions. The method further comprises adjusting a respective local reporting policy for one or more local nodes based on the determined weight parameter(s).