A method for activation or deactivation, for a terminal, of a virtual subset of a telecommunications network referred to as a “network slice”, dedicated to a service. The telecommunications network includes a plurality of network slices. The method includes: acquiring at least one piece of context data of a user; and activating or deactivating at least one network slice among the plurality of network slices on the basis of the previously acquired piece of context data.

A method and system to dynamically reassign RF spectrum from a first access node to a second access node, where the first access node provides service on a first carrier having a carrier bandwidth. An example method includes (i) selecting a frequency portion of the carrier bandwidth to reassign, the selecting being based on the frequency portion having higher determined noise than one or more other frequency portions of the carrier bandwidth, and (ii) based on the selecting, reassigning the selected frequency portion from the first access node to the second access node to be used by the second access node as at least part of a second carrier on which to provide service. Upon reassigning of the selected frequency portion, the second access node could then provide service on the reassigned portion and the first access node could continue to provide service on a remainder of the first carrier.

Mechanisms for selecting TDD patterns for DL and UL communication in TDD slots on CCs in a cell. A method is performed by a network management node. The method includes performing selection of the TDD patterns for DL and UL communication on CCs in the cell. According to the selection of the TDD patterns, at least one of the CCs is configured with a first TDD pattern, and at least one of the CCs is configured with a second TDD pattern. There is a higher fraction of DL TDD slots in the first TDD pattern than in the second TDD pattern.

A cell configuration method includes: determining, by a first base station corresponding to a first cell, system information of a second cell; and notifying, by the first base station, a second base station corresponding to the second cell of the system information, so that the second base station sends and receives signals according to the system information. According to solutions provided in embodiments of the present application, system information of a cell may be dynamically or semi-statically adjusted according to user equipment distribution and service distribution.

A cell configuration method includes: determining, by a first base station corresponding to a first cell, system information of a second cell; and notifying, by the first base station, a second base station corresponding to the second cell of the system information, so that the second base station sends and receives signals according to the system information. According to solutions provided in embodiments of the present application, system information of a cell may be dynamically or semi-statically adjusted according to user equipment distribution and service distribution.

The present invention relates to a device and method for transmitting or receiving media resource identification (MRI) information for managing traffic of a service in a communication system. A method for transmitting information associated with content provision in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring content configuration information and transmission scheme information for a content; generating media resource identification information including scheduling information and the transmission scheme information according to each content type on the basis of the content configuration information and the transmission scheme information; and transmitting the media resource identification information.

The present invention relates to a device and method for transmitting or receiving media resource identification (MRI) information for managing traffic of a service in a communication system. A method for transmitting information associated with content provision in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring content configuration information and transmission scheme information for a content; generating media resource identification information including scheduling information and the transmission scheme information according to each content type on the basis of the content configuration information and the transmission scheme information; and transmitting the media resource identification information.

A method and a device for determining deployment information of a network are disclosed. The method for determining deployment information of a network includes: receiving, by a first network entity, a first message sent by a second network entity, where the first message carries first deployment information, and the first deployment information is deployment information of a network component; and determining, by the first network entity, second deployment information based on the first deployment information, where the second deployment information is deployment information of a network, and the network includes at least one network component. The foregoing solution can improve accuracy of determining deployment information of a network.

Methods and apparatus for monitoring and controlling access to coexisting first and second networks within a venue. In one embodiment, the first network is a managed content delivery network that includes one or more wireless access points (APs) in data communication with a backend controller which communicates with a dedicated background scanner. The background scanner scans for coexisting networks within the venue, and reports this to the controller. In one variant, the controller dynamically adjusts transmit characteristics of the AP(s) to manage interference between the coexisting networks. In another variant, the controller causes the energy detect threshold of a client device to be lowered so that the device may detect WLAN signals in a scenario where a coexisting RAT (for example, LTE-U or LTE-LAA) occupies the same channel and/or frequency.

In one implementation, a wireless communication terminal includes a sense antenna module configured to sample an interference signal. The wireless communication terminal also includes a primary antenna module configured to receive a desired signal. The sense antenna module has a first polarization type, and the primary antenna module has a second polarization type, substantially orthogonal to the first polarization type of the sense antenna module. In addition, the wireless communication terminal includes at least one signal combiner configured to receive output from the sense antenna module and output from the primary antenna module. The at least one signal combiner is configured to mitigate interference with the desired signal by shifting the phase of the output from the sense antenna module by substantially 180 degrees and combining the phase-shifted output from the sense antenna module with the output of the primary antenna module to produce an interference mitigated signal.