A method of transmission scheduling for one or more process devices in an industrial application, such as a sensor, an actuator and/or a process controller, capable of wireless communication, implemented by a radio control unit, is proposed, the method comprising: determining with respect to the industrial application whether a licensed shared access spectrum is available and assigning to the one or more process devices, based on a traffic type of the data to be transmitted by the one or more process devices, an access spectrum within the licensed shared access spectrum.

In order to suppress any increase in the load of a server that accepts safety information, this notification device comprises an acquisition means for acquiring an occurrence timing at which a disaster occurs, a specification means for specifying a terminal at which abandoned calls occurred at and after the occurrence timing, and a transmission means for transmitting a notification that indicates that the acceptance means has begun to accept safety information to the specified terminal earlier than to other terminals among a plurality of terminals.

In a Fifth Generation (5G) network having an enhanced SBA (eSBA) architecture, a message with a header used to signal binding information (e.g. HTTP custom header for 3gpp-Sbi-Binding) may be received at a recipient NF (service) instance in a direct communication or via a service communication proxy (SCP) in an indirect communication. A binding indication comprising an address of an NF (service) instance may be obtained from the header. One or more alternative binding indications comprising one or more alternative addresses of one or more alternative NF (service) instances may also be obtained from the header. The one or more alternative NF (service) instances may be equivalent NFs (services) of the same NF (Service) Set as the NF (service) instance. The address may be used for communication of messages to the NF (service) instance, and the one or more alternative addresses may be used for load balancing or backup failure.

A system and method for managing interference between different enterprises operating over the same spectrum. The system includes a central unit of a first enterprise associated with a first cell site; a central unit of a second enterprise associated with a second cell site; and an interface for connecting the central unit of the first enterprise to the central unit of the second enterprise and configured to transmit load information; wherein a central unit of either enterprise is configured to share load information without requiring a standard form between each enterprise via the interface to minimize interference between each enterprise when both enterprises are operating in the same spectrum and an overlapping coverage region between each cell site.

Systems and methods for multi-links software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) using phone mobile hotspots include a network device that receives, from a client, a request to establish a connection with a data source. The network device may select, responsive to receiving the request, a connection between the network device and one of the first registered cellular device or the second registered cellular device via which the network device is to transmit network traffic corresponding to the request, the first registered cellular device and the second registered cellular device registered with the network device and having a respective cellular connection. The network device may transmit network traffic corresponding to the request from the client via the connection to the data source.

Systems and methods for multi-links software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) using phone mobile hotspots include a network device that receives, from a client, a request to establish a connection with a data source. The network device may select, responsive to receiving the request, a connection between the network device and one of the first registered cellular device or the second registered cellular device via which the network device is to transmit network traffic corresponding to the request, the first registered cellular device and the second registered cellular device registered with the network device and having a respective cellular connection. The network device may transmit network traffic corresponding to the request from the client via the connection to the data source.

Methods and systems for providing an enhanced proximity services. The method includes monitoring, by a proximity controller provisioned in a preferred network, dual subscriber identification module (SIM) dual subscriber (DSDS) devices operating in the preferred network, detecting, by the proximity controller, a DSDS device operating in a non-preferred network, wherein the DSDS devices and the DSDS device are configured to switchably operate in one of the preferred network or the non-preferred network based on coverage, locating, by the proximity controller, from the monitored DSDS devices a DSDS device proximate to the DSDS device operating in the non-preferred network, and enabling, by the proximity controller, the proximate DSDS device and the DSDS device operating in the non-preferred network to establish a sidelink communication channel between the proximate DSDS device and the DSDS device operating in the non-preferred network for offloading data communications from the non-preferred network to the preferred network.

Some embodiments provide a method of transmitting data in a logical network with multiple branches and a hub cluster with multiple hubs of a first category of hubs and multiple hubs of a second category of hubs. The method, for each of the multiple branches (1) assigns a first hub of the first category of hubs to the branch (2) assigns a second hub of the second category of hubs to the branch, and (3) provides a set of application based policies to the branch. The application based policies direct the branch to route different types of network traffic of the application through the first hub than through the second hub. Each hub of the first category of hubs, in some embodiments, includes a set of resources equivalent to a set of resources of each other hub of the first category of hubs.

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses related to mobile network systems. In an implementation, a method comprises configuring, by an application function (AF) of an apparatus in a mobile network system, a policy control function (PCF) to provide a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) levels for a session related to an application or a service; and requesting, by the AF, the PCF to configure the plurality of QoS levels, wherein a QoS flow is associated with a plurality of QoS profiles for configuring the plurality of QoS levels in response to the QoS flow being established.

A network node and method performed thereby, for enabling determination, by a prediction function network node, of a change in QoS of a communication session of a UE. The method includes obtaining information related to the UE communication session, the information including an ID of the UE and an ID of the communication session. The method further comprises determining the target serving cell of the UE and providing the obtained information and an ID of the determined target serving cell to the prediction function network node, thereby enabling the prediction function network node to determine new QoS of the UE communication session when being served by the target serving cell. A prediction function network node and a method performed thereby, and a user equipment and a method performed thereby are also disclosed.