Communication systems may benefit from a naming, traffic re-routing scheme based on application-layer traffic optimization services. A method may include sending a registration request to a first network element from at least two UE and receiving a registration response from the first network element to the at least two UE. The method may include sending an application registration to a second network element from the at least two UE and receiving an application list notification from the second network element to the at least two UE. The method may include exchanging an application-level message between the at least two UE. The method may include sending a request to anchor the at least two UE traffic to a third network element and receiving a unique identifier generated from the first network element to the at least two UE. The method may include exchanging application signaling and data between the at least two UE.

A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the UWB system to accommodate differences in animals, such as scheduling or attempting transmissions between the wearable device and the data management server in such a way as to increase the likelihood of a successful transmission.

The present disclosure includes a method, performed by a terminal, of using a location-based service. The method includes: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including protocol information related to a location of the terminal; obtaining location-related information of the terminal based on the RRC message; and transmitting, to the base station, a response message including the location-related information, wherein the protocol information is generated by a first location management function (LMF) having a logical connection inside the base station or a second LMF located in a core network, based on request information for a location-based service received from a client server.

This application provides a communication method, and a distance determining method and apparatus. A first terminal device sends a first signal. A second terminal device determines whether a location of the second terminal device is a specified area. When the location of the second terminal device is the specified area, the second terminal device sends feedback information. When the location of the second terminal device is not the specified area, the second terminal device does not send feedback information or sends less feedback information. This method is applicable to communication, for example, V2X communication or D2D communication, between terminal devices on a sidelink.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for obtaining user equipment UE information, including: obtaining identification information of UE on an access network; sending request information to a mobility management entity, where the request information includes the identification information of the UE on the access network, so as to request the mobility management entity to return the UE information according to the identification information of the UE on the access network; and obtaining the UE information returned by the mobility management entity. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose an apparatus for obtaining user equipment UE information. According to the present disclosure, UE information of one or some user equipments may be obtained, so that a core network can accordingly control user equipment, thereby improving system processing efficiency.

A method and a wireless device (100) for handling transmission of data. The cost for transmitting the data from the wireless device (100) can be reduced or even minimized by delaying (1:3) transmission until the transmission cost becomes lower, provided that the data can wait without becoming obsolete or useless at the receiving side. This is made possible by determining a delay tolerance of the data and determining a cost prediction for transmission (1:6) within said delay tolerance, e.g. when a cheaper connection (1:4) is used. Advantages may include reduced price to pay for the transmission, less energy consumption, and avoided usage of precious radio resources and network resources at times when the traffic load is high.

In embodiments of the present disclosure improved capabilities are described for increasing the bandwidth in a wireless communication network, where centralized optimization servers with publish-subscribe broker services are utilized in conjunction with a queuing service application that provides packet service continuity when a mobile device moves between different access control nodes of the wireless communication network, and wherein the queuing service application is connected to a publish/subscribe broker network to receive service packets matching the service packets directed to the mobile device, wherein the service application makes the matching service packets available to the mobile device to replace service packets that the mobile device did not receive during a time in which the mobile device is in transition between being connected to any of the access nodes.

A mobile station that communicates with a base station includes, a distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the mobile station and the base station, a reception power measurement unit that measures a reception power of a reception signal received from the base station; a rain state determination unit that determines a transmission-path quality on the basis of a reception-power theoretical value corresponding to the distance and a reception power measured by the reception power measurement unit and selects a communication parameter on the basis of the determined transmission-path quality, and a modulation unit that generates a transmission signal to be transmitted to the base station by using a communication parameter.

Technology for provisioning categories of applications on a mobile device is disclosed. A wireless network element can communicate Application Specific Congestion Control for Data Communications (ACDC)/Application and Service Access Control (ASAC) information to the mobile device. The ACDC/ASAC information can include a preconfigured list of application categories. Each application category can include a set of applications that are allowed to access a wireless network from the mobile device during at least one defined condition level. The wireless network element can activate ACDC/ASAC for one or more condition levels while a capacity threshold of the wireless network is exceeded. The wireless network element can allow a set of applications for a selected application category to communicate with the wireless network when the ACDC/ASAC is activated based on the one or more condition levels for the selected application category.

Method in and network node (700; 140a, 111a, 131a, 110a-c, 130a-c) of a wireless communications system (100a-c), for managing radio traffic load in a first cell (115a-c). The first cell (115a-c) is served by a first base station (110a-c) and is at least partly is covered by a second cell (135a-c) served by the first base station (110b) or a second base station (130a,c). Information is obtained (201, 601) about a future load of radio traffic in the first cell (115a-c). The future load is associated with a first group of wireless devices (120a-d) and generation of the future load is in response to an occurrence of a future event. It is then provided (202, 602), based on the obtained information, a change of serving cell so that at least one wireless device (121a) of a second group of one or more wireless devices (121a-b) being served in the first cell (115a-c) by the first base station (110a-c), instead become served in the second cell (135a-c).