A method for establishing indirect and/or dual connectivity between virtualized 5G gENBs and virtualized 4G eNodeBs for dynamic X2 is disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes virtualizing, with a HetNet Gateway (HNG), BBUs and home eNodeBs over a standard S1 interface; establishing the HNG as a macro interfacing an EPC on 3GPP standard interfaces; communicating with an MME over the S1 interface for control plane signaling; and communicating with SAEGW over a standard GTPU interface for a data plane.

An information transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: a first node sends a first data packet to a second node, the first data packet carrying at least one of the following information: first identifier information, first sequence number information, and first timestamp information, wherein the first identifier information is used for instructing the second node returns a second data packet after receiving the first data packet; the first sequence number information is used for identifying the first data packet; and the first timestamp information is used for instructing the first node to send time information of the first data packet.

An information transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: a first node sends a first data packet to a second node, the first data packet carrying at least one of the following information: first identifier information, first sequence number information, and first timestamp information, wherein the first identifier information is used for instructing the second node returns a second data packet after receiving the first data packet; the first sequence number information is used for identifying the first data packet; and the first timestamp information is used for instructing the first node to send time information of the first data packet.

A method and system for implementing a speech-enabled interface of a host device via an electronic mobile device in a network are provided. The method includes establishing a communication session between the host device and the mobile device via a session service provider. According to some embodiments, a barcode can be adopted to enable the pairing of the host device and mobile device. Furthermore, the present method and system employ the voice interface in conjunction with speech recognition systems and natural language processing to interpret voice input for the hosting device, which can be used to perform one or more actions related to the hosting device.

A method, computer readable media and system for providing X2 Gateway (GW) multi-cell support, comprising: are presented. In one embodiment a method includes providing a system having a Virtual Radio Unit (VRU) in communication with a Het Net Gateway (coordinating server); exchanging non-content X2 request messages between the VRU and the coordinating server; exchanging non-content X2 response messages between the VRU and the coordinating server; and wherein the non-content X2 request messages and the X2 response messages are used to communicate multiple cells served by the VRU to the coordinating server.

A method, computer readable media and system for providing X2 Gateway (GW) multi-cell support, comprising: are presented. In one embodiment a method includes providing a system having a Virtual Radio Unit (VRU) in communication with a Het Net Gateway (coordinating server); exchanging non-content X2 request messages between the VRU and the coordinating server; exchanging non-content X2 response messages between the VRU and the coordinating server; and wherein the non-content X2 request messages and the X2 response messages are used to communicate multiple cells served by the VRU to the coordinating server.

In selected embodiments, on-premises equipment of a cellular network provides local breakout functionality so that user plane data packets (PDNs/PDUs) are routed between the home/enterprise network and the Internet directly, bypassing a cloud-based core of the cellular network. The UE's control traffic is still routed to/from the core. The core may be an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in a 4G LTE network, or a 5G Core (5GC) in a 5G network. The UE's IP addresses may be assigned by the core, or locally, by the on-premises equipment. Providing the IP context from the on-premises network allows the UE to connect to local devices, e.g., printers, disc raids, gaming and streaming nodes, and other local devices. The local IP context also pushes the complexity of the EPC core deployment to the cloud while reducing the overhead of cloud processing that comes with user plane data processing.

In selected embodiments, on-premises equipment of a cellular network provides local breakout functionality so that user plane data packets (PDNs/PDUs) are routed between the home/enterprise network and the Internet directly, bypassing a cloud-based core of the cellular network. The UE's control traffic is still routed to/from the core. The core may be an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in a 4G LTE network, or a 5G Core (5GC) in a 5G network. The UE's IP addresses may be assigned by the core, or locally, by the on-premises equipment. Providing the IP context from the on-premises network allows the UE to connect to local devices, e.g., printers, disc raids, gaming and streaming nodes, and other local devices. The local IP context also pushes the complexity of the EPC core deployment to the cloud while reducing the overhead of cloud processing that comes with user plane data processing.

A system, device and method, for customer specific network slicing includes a VNO server, a first node, and a virtualized network. The VNO server executes computer instructions instantiating a solution manager engine which identifies a Solution, communicates the Solution to the first node, and upon acceptance of the Solution by the first node, instructs the virtualized network to couple the first node with a second node in accordance with the Solution. The virtualized network may include network function virtualization infrastructure and the Solution may include a slice of the virtualized network. The slice satisfies a Service Level Requirement (SLR), such as one that specifies a maximum latency for the slice. The SLR is specified in a Need received by the VNO server from the first node. The SLR is determined based upon an application program the first Node is at least one of currently executing and expected to later execute.

A method for an access and mobility management function (AMF) to register a user equipment (UE) and establish a session in a standalone non-public network (SNPN) is provided. The method includes receiving a registration request message from the UE through a base station, wherein the registration request message includes an onboarding indication, an onboarding subscriber concealed identifier (SUCI) set to “SNPN onboarding,” and default UE credentials, selecting a session management function (SMF) to establish a restricted protocol data unit (PDU) session for remote provisioning of the UE, transmitting a PDU session establishment request message to the selected SMF, receiving a PDU session establishment response message including information indicating PDU session establishment acceptance and a PDU session identifier (ID) from the SMF, and transmitting a message indicating UE registration and PDU session establishment acceptance to the UE through the base station.