In one embodiment, a portable, networked, computing device comprises a processor, a plurality of radios, and a memory. The device may be operable to pair, by at least one of the radios, with a device associated with a user. The device may then monitor, by one of the radios, a signal for a connection established with a first network. When the device determines that the signal for the first network has dropped below a threshold level of quality, it may enable access point mode for at least one of the paired devices by turning on a radio to establish a connection with a second network and thereby providing connectivity to the second network for the at least one of the paired devices. If multiple networks are available, the device may select an optimal network based on an assessment of one or more factors.

Apparatus and methods for extending and enhancing wireless networks. An exemplary wireless network configured according to the disclosure uses in-service Wireless Network Clients (WNCs), such as mobile phones, laptops, etc., to extend and enhance the wireless network coverage via peer-to-peer sub-networks. In one implementation, each WNC is configured to operate as a Service Access Node (SAN) to other wireless client devices in the same network. The SAN provides peer-to-peer communications capabilities (to communicate with wireless clients) and gateway functionality (to aggregate data traffic over its own uplink communications), thereby enabling wireless clients to piggyback their data link onto the WNC. Peer Control Manager (PCM) software on each WNC enables, disables, and controls the service functions for that WNC in accordance with an overarching Peer Controller (PC) entity operated by an Access Point Controller/Core Network.

In one embodiment, a portable, networked, computing device comprises a processor, a plurality of radios, and a memory. The device may be operable to pair, by at least one of the radios, with a device associated with a user. The device may then monitor, by one of the radios, a signal for a connection established with a first network. When the device determines that the signal for the first network has dropped below a threshold level of quality, it may enable access point mode for at least one of the paired devices by turning on a radio to establish a connection with a second network and thereby providing connectivity to the second network for the at least one of the paired devices. If multiple networks are available, the device may select an optimal network based on an assessment of one or more factors.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may establish a wireless communication link with a base station in accordance with a radio access technology (RAT), and an internet connection with the base station. The UE may identify a lack of support by a network that includes the base station for a type of voice calls associated with the RAT. The UE may transmit a discovery query for a gateway to a core network, and the UE may establish a connection with the gateway via the internet connection. The UE may initiate a voice call via a call path from the UE to the core network, where the call path may include the wireless communications link with the base station in accordance with the RAT and also may include the internet connection with the gateway.

Embodiments relate to a signaling processing method and user equipment. The signaling processing method includes: measuring a received signal level of user equipment with respect to a current cell, determining a camping parameter of the user equipment with respect to the cell according to the received signal level, making compensation for the camping parameter, and determining that the user equipment camps on the cell if the camping parameter after compensation is greater than a preset camping threshold.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for network assisted side-link resource configuration for unicast and/or multi-cast/groupcast communications in V2X networks. A UE may, after establishing an RRC connection with a base station, transmit, to the base station, V2X connection information. The V2X connection information may include a V2X identifier associated with the UE and a V2X identifier associated with a target UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a side-link configuration for data transmission with the target UE. The side-link configuration may include a resource allocation defined in time and frequency (e.g., a transmit/receive pool). The UE may communicate with the target UE using the resource allocation included in the side-link configuration.

Improved techniques of handover involving dual connectivity configuration with CHO include configuring a UE with a conditional fallback configuration (CFC) linked to M-RLF event at the source MN. Specifically, the MN prepares a fallback configuration along with the CHO configuration for the UE. This fallback configuration is provided to the UE as a conditional configuration, but this is not linked to measurement-event but rather to a radio link failure event. The condition is linked to MCG-RLF along with additional measurement criteria.

Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a C-V2X capable wireless device configured to operate according to a first sidelink mode where communication resources are allocated by a network and a second sidelink mode where communication resources are autonomously allocated by the wireless device. The wireless device detects a change in a coverage scenario associated with the first sidelink mode; performs resource sensing for the second sidelink mode; and based at least in part on detecting the change in the coverage scenario, transmits first communications using the second sidelink mode, wherein resources for transmitting the first communications are allocated based at least in part on the resource sensing.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of controlling a network, for example a peer-to-peer network, comprising a set of user equipment, UE, devices, including a first UE, is described. The method comprises determining, for example by the first UE, a first channel load metric, for example a channel busy ratio, CBR, of a set of channel load metrics of a first channel of a set of channels of the network; generating, by the first UE, a first message, for example a V2X message, of a set of messages according to the determined first channel load metric; and transmitting, by the first UE, the generated first message, optionally on the first channel. A network and a UE are also described.

The present disclosure provides a method for performing a handoff by a vehicle in an IP-based vehicular network, the method including: transmitting a first router solicitation (RS) message to a first road-side unit (RSU) to access the vehicular network, the first RS message including mobility information of the vehicle; and receiving a first router advertisement (RA) message from the first RSU as a response to the first RS message, the first RA message including a first prefix of the first RSU for configuring an address of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle performs a first address registration procedure based on the first prefix.