The present disclosure relates to a network entity for a communication network for providing a plurality of communication services to a plurality of mobile communication devices, the network entity comprising: a session manager configured to select a first geographical code from a plurality of geographical codes, wherein each geographical code is associated with a geographical region and wherein the first geographical code is associated with a first geographical region including or close to a current geographical position of at least one of the plurality of mobile communication devices; a encoder configured to encode on a MAC level and/or physical level at least a portion of a message intended for the at least one mobile communication device using the first geographical code; and a communication interface configured to send the message with the portion encoded with the first geographical code to the at least one mobile communication device.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a group communication method and an apparatus. A base station is provided, including: a processor, configured to determine to start scheduling PTM transmission in a first cell, where the scheduling PTM transmission is used to enable UE in the first cell to receive data on a scheduling PTM transmission resource; and a transmitter, configured to: send configuration information of the scheduling PTM transmission to the UE in the first cell, where the configuration information is used to enable the UE in the first cell to receive data according to an indication of the configuration information; and send, on the scheduling PTM transmission resource, data according to the indication of the configuration information.

A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.

Methods and systems for managing Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service continuity include, with a source node in a communication system, providing an MBMS, processing an event that indicates that a User Equipment (UE) being serviced by the source node is to be transferred to one of a number of candidate nodes, receiving a congestion bit from each of the candidate nodes, and providing data to the UE that causes the UE to be serviced by a target node selected from the candidate nodes based at least in part on values of the congestion bits from each of the candidate nodes.

A mobile communication method is a method for distributing MBMS data to a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system including a general cell supporting a broadcasting of the MBMS data and a specific cell not supporting the broadcasting of the MBMS data, comprising: a step A of determining whether or not to continue a reception of the MBMS data in the general cell, based on at least one of an operation state of the general specific cell and a state of service with which the mobile terminal is provided by the general cell, when the mobile terminal receives, in a connected state, the MBMS data broadcasted from the general cell in a connected state.

A UE receives a list of neighboring cells of a serving cell serving the UE, and a list of SAIs. The list of neighboring cells may be included in a first system information message and the list of SAIs may be included in a second system information message. The first and second messages may be the same message, e.g., SIB15, or may be different messages SIB4/SIB5 and SIB15. The list of SAI includes those SAI supported by at least one of the serving cell and the neighboring cells. At least one of the SAIs is formatted to include mapping information that maps the SAI to one or more of the neighboring cells included in the list of neighboring cells. The UE processes the at least one SAI to determine the one or more neighboring cells that support the SAI.

The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a SMF (110) for handling a UEs (101) access to a DN (130) in a 5G communications system. The SMF (110) obtains at least one anycast address supported at a DN/I (130/I) which is accessible by the UE (101) from its location. The SMF (110) sends instructions to a UPF/c (105/c) to report usage of the at least one anycast address. The SMF (110) receives, from the UPF/c (105/c), information that usage of the anycast address has been detected. When usage of the anycast address has been detected, the SMF (110) determines that future usage of the anycast address should be routed to the DN/I (130/I) via the UPF/I (105/I).

A radio tuning method for a vehicle includes sensing that the vehicle is traveling out of a terrestrial broadcast range of a radio station that a radio of the vehicle is currently tuned to. The radio station broadcasts first content. An internet location streaming second content that is substantially similar to the first content broadcasted by the radio station is identified. An estimated period of time remaining until the vehicle exits the terrestrial broadcast range of the first radio station is indicated to the user. A user of the vehicle is provided with an option to switch tuning of the radio from the radio station to the internet location that is streaming the second content.

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for supporting broadcast data in a wireless communication system, the method for a base station for transmitting data in a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprising the steps of: generating a system information block comprising a first item of hysteresis information for a first type terminal and a second item of hysteresis information for a second type terminal; and broadcasting the generated system information block.

A cell reselection method applied to a base station, includes: configuring a measurement parameter adjustment rule to be used by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in cell reselection, the measurement parameter adjustment rule including at least one UAV altitude level and each UAV altitude level corresponding to at least one altitude adjustment parameter; and sending the measurement parameter adjustment rule to the UAV.