The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method according to an embodiment of the disclosure is a control method in an edge enabler server (EES) of a mobile edge computing system, and may include subscribing to a user plane path change event at an edge application server (EAS); determining an application context relocation (ACR) based on receiving a user plane path management event notification from the mobile communication network in case of subscribing to the user plane path change event for the EAS; transmitting an ACR request message to the EAS; receiving an EAS response message from the EAS; and transmitting an application function (AF) acknowledgment message to a first node of the mobile communication network in response to receiving the EAS response message from the EAS.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing deterministic network experience to application-level services are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method includes providing a set of interfaces to an application-level service deployed in part on a user device. The set of interfaces is configured to provide a notification to the application-level service regarding a real-time change in network conditions relevant to the application-level service. The method also includes receiving a registration request from the application-level service to register for the notification, estimating the network conditions based on physical layer information, and notifying the registered application-level service of the change in the network conditions based on the estimated network conditions.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing deterministic network experience to application-level services are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method includes providing a set of interfaces to an application-level service deployed in part on a user device. The set of interfaces is configured to provide a notification to the application-level service regarding a real-time change in network conditions relevant to the application-level service. The method also includes receiving a registration request from the application-level service to register for the notification, estimating the network conditions based on physical layer information, and notifying the registered application-level service of the change in the network conditions based on the estimated network conditions.

An apparatus that receives service provider location data of one or more service provider mobile devices comprising first global positioning system (GPS) data from the one or more service provider mobile devices, and retrieves, from a wireless carrier system, consumer location data based at least in part on second GPS data associated with a plurality of consumer mobile devices, wherein the one or more geographic regions are associated with the plurality of consumer mobile devices that are located at a same given location or within a threshold distance of the same given location. The apparatus further transmits push notifications alerting at least a subset of the plurality of consumer mobile devices based on at least in part on the determination that the service provider location data is within the one or more geographic regions.

A system and method are provided in accordance with the various aspects of the invention that enhance the information regarding a caller and a call location. Such calls are typically sent to a dispatcher that handles urgent or emergency calls. The information provided can be in the form of a message that is includes specifics about the call initiator and the nature of and/or reason for the call; a message that is converted to verbal form from text-to-speech; and/or the message may include location information, especially as it relates to representing a wireless device as a landline location based on nearby communication options, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth beacons.

Methods and systems for managing a premises are disclosed. The premises may comprise a premises system and a gateway in communication with the premises. The gateway may send, to a remote device, premise data received from the premises system.

Systems and methods of a smart and efficient agent integrated with an agile software architecture to collect and present telemetry data from a field deployed device. The collected telemetry data from the field deployed device is streamed to the service provider's streaming and analytics platform, where it is analyzed and presented to a hierarchical color-coded dashboard that is available to both the customer associated with the field deployed device, and the service provider's care agent associated with the field deployed device.

Systems and methods of a smart and efficient agent integrated with an agile software architecture to collect and present telemetry data from a field deployed device. The collected telemetry data from the field deployed device is streamed to the service provider's streaming and analytics platform, where it is analyzed and presented to a hierarchical color-coded dashboard that is available to both the customer associated with the field deployed device, and the service provider's care agent associated with the field deployed device.

Techniques for applying context-based security over interfaces in O-RAN environments in mobile networks are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for applying context-based security over interfaces in O-RAN environments in mobile networks includes monitoring network traffic on a mobile network at a security platform to identify a GTP-U tunnel session setup message associated with a new session; extracting a plurality of parameters from the GTP-U tunnel session setup message and from F1AP traffic to extract contextual information at the security platform; and enforcing a security policy at the security platform on the new session based on one or more of the plurality of parameters to apply context-based security to the network traffic transported between O-RAN Distributed Unit (O-DU) and O-RAN Centralized Unit Control Plane (O-CU-CP) nodes in an O-RAN environment in the mobile network.

This application discloses communications methods, apparatuses, and systems. In one implementation, a method includes: performing a function of a control-plane protocol layer, wherein the control-plane protocol layer comprises a first protocol layer of the network node corresponding to a first protocol layer of a relay node, the first protocol layer is on an interface between the network node and the relay node, and the network node is a donor base station or a centralized unit of a donor base station; and sending, from the first protocol layer of the network node, a first message to the first protocol layer of the relay node, wherein the first protocol layer of the network node and the first protocol layer of the relay node are F1 application protocol layers, and the first message is a F1AP message that comprises one or more of context management information of a terminal device served by the relay node or a radio resource control message of the terminal device.