Base stations and user devices (UEs) of this disclosure implement techniques for managing conditional configurations, which enable a UE to determine whether, when the UE receives a conditional configuration from a base station of a RAN, the UE should add the received configuration as a new configuration, or instead use the received configuration to modify an existing configuration. In different implementations, the RAN may provide the UE with configuration identifiers for this purpose, or may provide the UE with a full list of conditional configurations each time the RAN configures the UE for a conditional procedure.

User equipment according to an aspect performs cell reselection of selecting a serving cell by ranking a plurality of cells based on radio quality. Based further on whether a cell is a non-terrestrial cell, the non-terrestrial cell being formed by a radio transceiver of a satellite or an aircraft, the user equipment determines a rank of the cell in the cell reselection.

Distribution of traffic to cells in a communication network can be controlled. A distribution management component (DMC) can determine overall device traffic throughput for cells of a sector that satisfy a defined traffic throughput criterion relating to a harmonic mean of the device traffic throughput for the cells to desirably enhance or maximize the harmonic mean of the overall device traffic throughput. Based on the overall device traffic throughput for the cells, the DMC can determine whether to adjust a characteristic associated with a cell of the cells to facilitate adjusting distribution of device traffic among the cells of the sector to achieve desirable load balancing of traffic by the sector and in the network. Load balancing can be achieved by controlling respective parameters with regard to communication devices that are in idle mode or connected mode to facilitate directing communication devices and associated traffic to desired cells.

The disclosure relates to a communication method and a system for converging a 5.sup.th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for executing a handover by a UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipments (UE), from a source cell a handover configuration comprising an execution condition associated with at least one candidate target cell from a plurality of candidate target cells and a configuration associated with the at least one candidate target cell from a plurality of candidate target cells.

In one embodiment, a device in a wireless network receives telemetry data from a plurality of autonomous vehicles. The telemetry data is indicative of radio signal quality metrics experienced by the vehicles at a particular location over time. The device forms an array of wireless roaming thresholds by applying regression to the telemetry data. The device computes an optimum roaming threshold from the array of wireless roaming thresholds to be used by the vehicles when approaching the location. The device triggers, based on the computed optimum threshold, one or more of the autonomous vehicles to initiate access point roaming when approaching the particular location.

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety-related services, etc. on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. Disclosed in the disclosure is a method for measurement report/event operation and network signaling in an UE autonomous handover.

Examples include a method for operating a specific mobile device moving from a source cell to a destination cell. The method comprises using a source sidelink managed by a source base station, whereby the specific and following mobile devices are located within the source cell. The method also comprises switching from the source sidelink to a fallback link, the fallback link resources being managed independently from any base station. The method further comprises switching from the fallback link to a destination sidelink managed by a destination base station, whereby the specific device and the following device are located within the destination cell.

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a service-centric mobility-based traffic steering.

A wireless terminal comprises processor circuitry and receiver circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to establish a first radio connection with a master access node. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a re-configuration message comprising one or more conditional secondary cell configurations. Each of the conditional secondary cell configurations may comprise an identity of a candidate primary secondary cell, each of the conditional secondary cell configurations being associated with at least one triggering condition, the candidate primary secondary cell being used for Dual-Connectivity. The processor circuitry is further configured in accordance with the conditional secondary cell configurations to establish a second radio connection with a secondary access node serving the candidate primary secondary cell included in the each of the conditional secondary cell configurations in a case that the at least one triggering condition associated with the each of the one or more conditional secondary cell configurations is met.

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G systems such as LTE systems. The present invention of the present disclosure pertains to a method for handing over a terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the method is characterized by: receiving handover control reference information from a base station; determining whether to perform a handover on the basis of the handover control reference information and wireless signal information acquired through the measurement of a wireless signal; and transmitting a handover request message to the base station when it is determined that handover is to be performed.