There is provided mechanisms for quality of service differentiation between network slices. A method is performed by a prioritization entity. The method comprises obtaining relative priority values for the network slices from a network entity. The method comprises providing an access network entity with a relative priority value for a protocol data unit (PDU) flow as given by the relative priority value for the network slice used by that PDU flow, thereby causing differentiation of the quality of service for the network slices.

A hybrid 5G/DSL service provides an on-premises router device that monitors both wireless and wired data connections to provide optimized service using both connections. A 5G/DSL router can make use of “always available” bandwidth of a DSL connection to avoid overuse of more limited wireless bandwidth while augmenting and/or substituting with wireless bandwidth as needed. A hybrid 5G/DSL service may be especially convenient for rural customers who may not have access to fiber or cable-based data services. Moreover, the 5G/DSL hybrid service may provide a cost effective option for customers who simply want to augment DSL service in limited situations (e.g., for occasional media streaming) rather than paying for “always-available” higher bandwidth connections that remain largely underutilized much of the time.

A method performed by a network device of segmenting a corporate communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a plurality of client devices in the corporate communications network, a measured value of a connectivity performance metric of a communication link over which each of the plurality of client devices has transferred data to at least one other randomly selected client device, and mapping the client devices into segments of the corporate communications network based on the measured value of the connectivity performance metric of each communication link, where two client devices communicating over a communication link having a measured value exceeding a connectivity quality measure will be mapped into a same segment. Devices for segmenting a corporate communications network are also provided.

A method performed by a network device of segmenting a corporate communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a plurality of client devices in the corporate communications network, a measured value of a connectivity performance metric of a communication link over which each of the plurality of client devices has transferred data to at least one other randomly selected client device, and mapping the client devices into segments of the corporate communications network based on the measured value of the connectivity performance metric of each communication link, where two client devices communicating over a communication link having a measured value exceeding a connectivity quality measure will be mapped into a same segment. Devices for segmenting a corporate communications network are also provided.

Example embodiments may relate to web interfaces for a balloon-network. For example, a computing device may display a graphical interface that provides information related to a balloon network configured to provide service in a geographic area, where the graphical interface includes a map. The computing device may receive real-time bandwidth data related to balloons in the balloon network, where the balloons are each configured to change position via altitudinal movement and via horizontal movement with respect to the ground. Based at least in part on the received real-time bandwidth data, the computing device may display, on the map, a visual representation of bandwidth information corresponding to one or more regions in the geographic area, where the visual representation of bandwidth information updates from time to time based at least in part on a change in position of one or more balloons in the balloon network.

Embodiments of this application disclose a configuration method. A donor CU may configure a mapping rule of a data packet in advance, and then send the mapping rule to a donor DU. The donor DU maps, based on the mapping rule, a subsequently received data packet to a corresponding RLC channel for transmission. In a method in the embodiments of this application, the donor DU may configure mapping rules of two mapping processes for the donor CU. In the 1.sup.st mapping process, one or more mapping fields are first determined based on a value of one or more fields (where these fields are referred to as reference fields below for ease of description) in the data packet. In the 2.sup.nd mapping process, the RLC channel is determined based on a value of the one or more mapping fields.

The present disclosure is directed to a multi-level resource reservation system that obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. The multi-level resource reservation system creates, or modifies existing, peer-to-peer protocol(s) to complete a continuous chain of configured ports to support QoS feature(s), e.g., bound latency and guaranteed jitter, for a data flow that traverses an arbitrary sequence of bridges, routers, and virtual links.

The present disclosure is directed to a multi-level resource reservation system that obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. The multi-level resource reservation system creates, or modifies existing, peer-to-peer protocol(s) to complete a continuous chain of configured ports to support QoS feature(s), e.g., bound latency and guaranteed jitter, for a data flow that traverses an arbitrary sequence of bridges, routers, and virtual links.

Embodiments of this application disclose a packet processing method and a related device. When determining a first network resource based on dynamic information, a network device performs in-band flow measurement in a network domain in which the first network resource is used, to detect actual transmission quality of a packet of an application in the network domain. By comprehensively considering dynamic information, of the application, used when the packet of the application is forwarded by using the first network resource and a detection result of in-band flow measurement in the network domain, the network device obtains a second network resource for forwarding a packet of the application, and forwards a subsequent packet of the application for the application in the network domain by using the second network resource.

Embodiments of this application disclose a packet processing method and a related device. When determining a first network resource based on dynamic information, a network device performs in-band flow measurement in a network domain in which the first network resource is used, to detect actual transmission quality of a packet of an application in the network domain. By comprehensively considering dynamic information, of the application, used when the packet of the application is forwarded by using the first network resource and a detection result of in-band flow measurement in the network domain, the network device obtains a second network resource for forwarding a packet of the application, and forwards a subsequent packet of the application for the application in the network domain by using the second network resource.