According to certain embodiments, a method is provided by a distribution node for location aware scheduling. The method includes determining information about a condition associated with a packet. At least one Quality of Service, QoS, parameter is adjusted based on the information about the condition associated with the packet. The at least one QoS parameter is used to schedule the packet for transmission to a receiver based on the at least one adjusted QoS parameter.

The present disclosure relates to a first type node (AP.sub.3) in a wireless communication system (1), wherein the first type node (AP.sub.3) is adapted to: —communicate with at least one other first type node (AP.sub.2) in the wireless communication system (1) over a corresponding backhaul channel (H.sub.32) by means of one of at least one type of signal relaying that employs decoding and encoding, and —communicate with a corresponding group of second type nodes (U.sub.31, U.sub.32) via a corresponding access channel (h.sub.31, h.sub.32), each group of second type nodes (U.sub.31, U.sub.32) comprising at least one second type node (U31, U32). In the case of a backhaul channel (H′.sub.32) between the first type node (AP3) and one other first type node (AP.sub.2) being determined to be blocked to a certain degree, the first type node (AP.sub.3) is further adapted to instruct at least one second type node (U.sub.31) of the second type nodes in the group of second type nodes (U.sub.31, U.sub.32) that is comprised in an over-heard sub-group, to communicate directly with an overhearing first type node (AP.sub.1) via a corresponding access channel (h.sub.31-1).

According to an aspect, a communication device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a base station and a plurality of access points having narrower communication ranges than the base station, a first acquirer configured to acquire vehicle information from equipment mounted in a vehicle, a second acquirer configured to acquire information about communication quality for each of the plurality of access points, a third acquirer configured to acquire a communication requirement for each piece of the vehicle information acquired by the first acquirer, and a selector configured to select an access point that transmits the vehicle information acquired by the first acquirer on the basis of the information about the communication quality acquired by the second acquirer and the communication requirement acquired by the third acquirer.

A method for distributing connections to mobility management node instances includes publishing IP addresses for receiving connection requests and ingress messages from RAN nodes. The method further includes maintaining connection loading measurements of the mobility management node instances, receiving a connection request message generated by a RAN node for initiating a connection with one of the mobility management node instances, applying a connection distribution algorithm to select a mobility management node instance to handle the connection request message, and creating an association between an IP address of the selected mobility management node instance and an IP address and port of the RAN node extracted from a source IP address and source port field of the connection request. The method further includes forwarding the connection request message to the selected mobility management node instance.

The disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communication system. A method for Network slice admission control for interworking with an Evolved Packet Core Network (EPC) in a wireless network by a Session Management Function-Packet Data Network Gateway (SMF-PGW-C) is provided. The method includes detecting that at least one UE transfers a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection or a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session from a N1 mode to a S1 mode during an intersystem change. Further, the method includes determining that an EPC counting is not required for a network slice of the wireless network. Further, the method includes transmitting a message to a Network Slice Admission Control Function (NSACF) in the wireless network to update or reduce a number of User Equipments (UEs) per network slice and a number of PDU sessions per network slice.

A method of operating a terminal device to establish a radio resource control connection with network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the terminal device is associated with a previously-allocated temporary identifier that identifies the terminal device within the wireless telecommunications network; the method comprising: transmitting a first message to the network infrastructure equipment comprising an indication of a first portion of the temporary identifier; and transmitting a second message, which is separate from the first message, to the network infrastructure equipment comprising an indication of a second portion of the temporary identifier.

A server is provided for determining a congestion level of a travel area and pedestrian's emotion in the travel area based on image data received from a personal mobility; A service area is adjusted based on the determined congestion level and the pedestrian's emotion. The server includes a communicator and a controller that determines a number of pedestrians detected for a preset time based on image data received from a personal mobility. The controller further determines a congestion level of an area on which the personal mobility is traveling based on the number of pedestrians and an average speed of the personal mobility and adjusts a service area for the personal mobility based on the congestion level.

Implementations relate to configuration of wireless communication signals between devices. In some implementations, a method includes determining a transmission scenario associated with transmission of wireless signals of a particular wireless communication protocol from a first device to a second device. The transmission scenario specifies one or more transmission characteristics for the signal transmission. A test message is sent wirelessly from the first device to the second device according to the transmission scenario, and a reply message is received from the second device in response to test message. The reply message includes one or more signal quality indicators that indicate a signal quality of the test message. The transmission scenario is selected as a designated scenario based on the signal quality indicators, and data is wirelessly transmitted from the first device to the second device according to the designated scenario.

Methods, nodes, computer programs and communication networks are disclosed. The disclosure provides a method performed by a network node for controlling traffic in a communications network, the communications network comprising a wireless access node adapted to serve a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprises obtaining network operation data for at least one of the plurality of wireless devices, the network operation data comprising location of the respective wireless device and performance data correlated with the location, the network operation data being indicative of a plurality of attributes corresponding to the operation of the respective wireless device in the communications network. The method also comprises grouping the at least one wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices by partitioning the network operation data into one or more service clusters wherein each service cluster defines a geographical area based on the obtained location. The method also comprises scheduling network traffic between the wireless access node and at least one wireless device depending on the location of the at least one wireless device relative to the one or more service clusters.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first network node may receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication to perform network coding for a communication. The first network node may selectively transmit, based at least in part on determining whether the network coding is to be performed by the first network node or a second network node, the communication using network coding. Numerous other aspects are described.