System and method for forecasting availability of network services during flight is provided. The system of the disclosed invention utilizes flight plans and coverage data to provide users aboard aircraft with status of satellite Internet services. The system couples the flight plans with the coverage data to provide information regarding how the flight path of the aircraft will affect availability of Internet services during the flight. The method includes retrieving a flight plan to generate a flight path having one or more waypoints, transmitting one or more service coverage data from service providers, coupling the flight path with the service coverage data to determine portions of the flight path in which the network service is unavailable, and delivering to the users information about the service unavailable portions of the flight path.

A method to operate an apparatus comprises: receiving and/or determining (102) a plurality of condition information characterizing communication paths for communicating with at least one endpoint, wherein the communication paths differ at least in a respective radio channel; receiving and/or determining (104) an application information characterizing at least one communication property of an application; determining (106) a replication decision in dependence on the plurality of condition information and in dependence on the application information; and transmitting (110) a data packet associated with the application on one or a set of the different communication paths in dependence on the replication decision.

A method to operate an apparatus comprises: receiving and/or determining (102) a plurality of condition information characterizing communication paths for communicating with at least one endpoint, wherein the communication paths differ at least in a respective radio channel; receiving and/or determining (104) an application information characterizing at least one communication property of an application; determining (106) a replication decision in dependence on the plurality of condition information and in dependence on the application information; and transmitting (110) a data packet associated with the application on one or a set of the different communication paths in dependence on the replication decision.

A method of supporting establishment of a path from a source node to a destination node in wireless mesh network, said path comprising at least one intermediate node, said method comprising the steps of receiving, by an intermediate node, a synchronous notification message, from a neighbouring node, for synchronizing said intermediary node with said neighbouring node, and establishing, by said intermediate node, in response to said receipt of said synchronous notification message, a reciprocal path between said intermediate node and said neighbouring node, wherein said reciprocal path is used in a path between said source node and said destination node. A corresponding node device arranged for performing the method is also presented herein.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to monitor a second beacon signal output from a second electronic device at preset intervals through the communication circuit, to determine that a network state of the second electronic device is an inactive state based on the second beacon signal not being received during a designated time, and to broadcast a first beacon signal including first information indicating that the network state of the second electronic device is the inactive state to at least one other electronic device through the communication circuit.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to monitor a second beacon signal output from a second electronic device at preset intervals through the communication circuit, to determine that a network state of the second electronic device is an inactive state based on the second beacon signal not being received during a designated time, and to broadcast a first beacon signal including first information indicating that the network state of the second electronic device is the inactive state to at least one other electronic device through the communication circuit.

Systems and methods are disclosed for an augmented Service Capability Exposure Function (A-SCEF). The A-SCEF may receive upstream or downstream traffic and direct or process that traffic in accordance with policy profiles. The policy profiles may be associated with various entities that may have interrelationships. The policy profiles may allow a network operator to better control multiple entities on the network while simplifying use of the network for the customers, such as those associated with a large number of internet of things (TOT) devices.

Systems and methods are disclosed for an augmented Service Capability Exposure Function (A-SCEF). The A-SCEF may receive upstream or downstream traffic and direct or process that traffic in accordance with policy profiles. The policy profiles may be associated with various entities that may have interrelationships. The policy profiles may allow a network operator to better control multiple entities on the network while simplifying use of the network for the customers, such as those associated with a large number of internet of things (TOT) devices.

A network controller is configured to cause a network to implement a primary network configuration of a network and a secondary network configuration as a backup to the primary network configuration. The network controller may be configured to receive information from a plurality of nodes of a network and information related to the client data to be transmitted through the network. Based on the node information, the network controller is configured to determine available nodes and possible links in the network and then determine a topology of the network. The primary network configuration is determined based on the topology. The network controller then sends instructions to the plurality of nodes of the network to implement the primary network configuration and to switch to a secondary network configuration where a failure of the primary network configuration occurs, wherein the secondary network configuration implements mobile ad-hoc networking in the determined topology.

A method and a mesh node (200) for enabling communication of packets in a wireless mesh network with multiple mesh nodes. When receiving (2:2) an original advertisement message with a Bloom filter initiated by an original gateway (204), it is detected that a predetermined maximum fill rate is reached in the received Bloom filter. The mesh node (200) starts to act as an intermediate gateway and creates a new advertisement message (2:3) comprising a new initiated Bloom filter with a reduced fill rate. The new advertisement message is then transmitted (2:4) with the new Bloom filter while indicating that the new advertisement message originates from said original gateway (204).