The present application is at least directed to a networked apparatus. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon for processing a discovery request message for a resource on the network. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, configured to perform a set of instructions. One instruction includes receiving the discovery request message from an originator including filter criteria. Another instruction includes checking whether any resources match the filter criteria in the discovery request message. A further instruction includes preparing a discovery response. The present application is also directed to a method for processing a discovery request message for a resource on the network. The present application is further directed an apparatus and method for performing discovery of a common service entity.

Methods and systems for routing data are disclosed. In one aspect, service management can be implemented on one or more computing devices located between at least one router and one or more nodes. The one or more computing devices can be a default gateway for a plurality of user devices. In another aspect, the disclosed methods and systems can use a tag in routing a data block (e.g., service data) via a predefined route. For example, a device can transmit a request for a tag to a network node for routing a data block via a predefined route. Upon receiving the request, the network node can allocate a tag and create an interface. The interface can be associated with the tag and communications between the network node and the device for routing the data block.

In one embodiment, a device in a channel hopping, communication network independently maintains a slot counter, and computes a channel identification (ID) based on a function having inputs of a unique feature of the device, ii) a current slot of the slot counter, and iii) a set of possible channel IDs. Accordingly, the device configures its radio to receive on the computed channel ID for the respective current slot. In another embodiment, the device may determine, for a neighbor device, a current neighbor slot and unique neighbor feature, and correspondingly computes a neighbor channel ID based on the function using the unique neighbor feature, the current neighbor slot, and the set of a possible channel IDs. As such, the device configures its radio to transmit on the computed neighbor channel ID for the respective current neighbor slot.

A method for a wireless router to adjust a state of a wireless network provided by the wireless router, includes: monitoring whether the state of the wireless network satisfies an adjusting condition of adjusting the state of the wireless network; when the state of the wireless network satisfies the adjusting condition, sending an adjusting prompt to a wireless terminal, the adjusting prompt being configured to ask for user permission to adjust the state of the wireless network; and if the wireless router receives from the wireless terminal an acceptance instruction to accept the adjusting, adjusting the state of the wireless network.

Certain aspects of the disclosure provide techniques for signaling port information of user equipment (UE) ports in a wireless communication system including a radio access network. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication. The method includes receiving, at a network node, port information of one or more ports of one or more UEs. The method further includes deriving a network topology indicating connectivity between devices comprising the one or more UEs based on the port information of the one or more ports.

The disclosure is directed to a device to device (D2D) mobility management method applicable to a network entity and a user equipment and related apparatuses. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a device to device (D2D) mobility management method used by a network entity. The method would include not limited to transmitting a service request message which includes an application identifier (ID) and a traffic type ID, receiving a first measurement report including a signal quality measurement which is measured based on the service request message, determining a topology type ID and a communication type ID in response to receiving the first measurement report, transmit an access request message which comprises the topology type ID, the communication type ID, and the traffic type ID, and receive an authorization of a network slice in response to transmitting the access request message.

Methods and apparatus for wireless communications in regional networks, e.g., ad hoc peer to peer networks, are described. Wireless communications devices transmit and monitor for presence indicator signals broadcast from other peer communications devices in its local vicinity. A wireless communications device maintains a list of discovered devices in its vicinity. A first wireless communications device transmits a paging signal directly over an airlink to a second communications device, which is on its list and to which it desires to send data units, e.g., user data in a peer to peer traffic segment. In response to a received paging response signal from the second device, the first device transmits data units, intended for the second device, to a third device, which acts as an intermediary node. The power level for the data unit signal is controlled to be lower than the power level used for the paging signal. FIG. 4

Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes transmitting, from a first communication device, a relay search query to a plurality of relay candidates; receiving a relay search query response indicating a relay that provides at least a threshold device-to-relay-to-device (DRD) capacity for communications between the first communication device and a second communication device; and communicating with the second communication device through the indicated relay based at least in part on the relay search query response.

An apparatus which transfers information transmitted from a master node or addressed to the master node, comprises a generation unit that generates an assessment value representing logical proximity to the master node; a transmit unit that sends/receives the assessment value to/from other apparatuses; and a communication unit that, when this apparatus is an apparatus that is logically closest to the master node within a communication range, transmit information having the master node as a transmission source to other apparatuses or receive information addressed to the master node from the other apparatuses; otherwise, transmit information addressed to the master node to the logically closest apparatus or receive information having the master node as a transmission source from the logically closest apparatus.

A device and service discovery method and a piece of device middleware are provided. The method includes that a user terminal device broadcasts its own device information and service capability information, and searches for information about a surrounding service network, information about a device not joining the service network and service capability information about the device; if it is discovered that a service network, which has a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish a service, exists in the surrounding area, the user terminal device is configured to join the service network, and interact with a central node of the service network to accomplish the service; and if the service network is not discovered, the user terminal device selects a central node from devices which do not join a service network and have a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish the service, is configured to generate a service network according to the selected central node, and interact with the selected central node to accomplish the service. A ubiquitous service can be provided through discovery, acquisition and networking of surrounding available service resources.