Embodiments of a system and method for providing DRX enhancements in LTE systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a system control module is provided for controlling communications via a communications interface. A processor is coupled to the system control module and is arranged to implement an inactivity timer and an on-duration timer for determining an active time for monitoring subframes on the physical downlink control channel for control signals, the processor further monitoring subframes after the active time.

Disclosed is an improved implementation of a flood fill mesh radio network that utilizes probability forwarding for rebroadcasting network messages. The forwarding probability may be determined based on analyzing a neighbor topology map constructed by each network node relative to its neighbor nodes on the network and derived from state information supplied in synchronization frames. The forwarding probability may comprise a statistical probability that a message frame received by a network node will be forwarded to the intended destination network node by one or more of the network node's neighbor network nodes. The forwarding probability may also be based on constructing a heat map of hot nodes that are identified as those originating nodes in originating node/forwarding node pairs that are the first to forward message frames along paths in the network relative to duplicate message frames received from different originating/forwarding node pairs along different paths.

Techniques and mechanisms for coordinated scanning in a mesh cluster. An organization of a wireless mesh cluster having at least one mesh portal, at least one mesh point is determined. For each of the at least one mesh points, a beacon offset value corresponding to each mesh point is determined. Off-channel scanning is coordinated for the mesh points utilizing the beacon offset value for the mesh points. During the off-channel scanning the mesh point discontinues transmission on a home channel and scans at least one other channel.

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a first communication circuit configured to support a first communication protocol; a display; and at least one processor operatively connected to the first communication circuit and the display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: configure a cluster with at least one external electronic based on the first communication protocol device through the first communication circuit, receive through the first communication circuit, from the at least one external electronic device, information identifying at least one short-range communication device connected to the at least one external electronic device via a second communication protocol, and control the display to display at least one indicator of the at least one short-range communication device based on the information received from the at least one external electronic device.

A method for performing a handover operation includes using one or more processors of a non-terrestrial node to initiate communication with a first terrestrial node of a network, the terrestrial node having a first unique node identifier and a cell identifier and store a mapping that associates the first unique node identifier with the cell identifier. The method also includes using the one or more processors to receive an indicator that the mapping is subject to change and update the mapping to associate a second unique node identifier of a second terrestrial node of the network with the cell identifier based on the received indicator.

Apparatuses, methods and infrastructures for interacting with SNDs and SLANs are described. In one embodiment, a network arrangement comprises: a plurality of access points that are part of one or more existing networks and operable to individually address and communicate with each other to form a local area network (LAN) to transfer data between two or more of the plurality of access points using point-to-point links independent of their function in the one or more existing networks, wherein each access point of the plurality of access points is associated with a cache to store content that may be forwarded, via one or more direct point-to-point transfers between access point pairs of the plurality of access points, to other access points in the plurality of access points in response to transfer request messages to transfer the content; and wherein each access point has a mapping indicative of a first set of one or more access points of the plurality of access points, if any, for which said each access point is to repeat messages and, for each access point in the first set, a first list of one or more access points in the plurality of access points from which the messages are to be forwarded once received if necessary, with no two access points in the plurality of access points that are directly connected to a third access point repeating a same message to the third access point.

A communication method and apparatus usable in, a wireless communication scenario supporting a frequency hopping technology. The method includes a first terminal device receives first channel quality reporting information sent by a second terminal device. Herein, a format of the first channel quality reporting information is one of at least two preset formats, and precision of channel quality parameters of target channels included in first channel quality reporting information in different formats is different. The first terminal device parses the first channel quality reporting information, to obtain a channel quality parameter of at least one target channel. According to the method in some embodiments, flexibility of channel quality reporting is improved.

This application introduces a first network node obtains a topology positioning identifier used to indicate a location of the first network node in a network topology of a first network slice; the first network node obtains a first resource identifier used to indicate a first processing resource corresponding to the first network slice, where the first processing resource is used to process a data packet to be transmitted in the first network slice; and the first network node generates, based on the topology positioning identifier and the first resource identifier, a first segment identifier including the topology positioning identifier and the first resource identifier, and advertises the first segment identifier.

This application provides a route configuration method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: After a first terminal moves out of a service scope of a UPF that currently provides a service for the first terminal, a first SMF inserts a first I-UPF into a user plane path of the first terminal, and configures, for the first I-UPF, a first routing rule corresponding to a second terminal. The first routing rule is used to send a packet whose destination address information is address information of the second terminal to a second A-UPF. Therefore, a packet whose destination address information is the address information of the second terminal can be directly forwarded by the first I-UPF to the first A-UPF, instead of being forwarded by the first I-UPF to the second A-UPF through the first A-UPF.

A session management function (SMF) receives, from a wireless device, time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge parameter comprising port information of a TSN bridge. The SMF sends, to a policy and charging function (PCF), a request for policy information, the request comprising the TSN bridge parameter. The SMF receives, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising policy information for the wireless device.