A method and system for transferring user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are provided. According to the method, a source core (CN) network determines to transfer a UE that it serves and sends a transfer instruction carrying UE transfer restriction information to the UE; an access network receives a transfer request that is sent by the UE according to the restriction information carried in the transfer instruction; the access network selects a target CN entity that is different from the source CN entity for the UE; and the UE is transferred to the target CN entity. The method and system provided by the disclosure are applicable to user transferring between CN entities in any communication network. The transferring is initiated by a network side entity, and a more preferable CN entity is selected for the UE to provide a better service.

The present disclosure provides a backhaul link establishment method, a base station, and a device. The method includes: sending, by a base station, an offloading bearer request message to a first LPN according to a backhaul offloading establishment request message; receiving, by the base station, an offloading bearer acknowledgement message sent by the first LPN; sending, by the base station, an offloading bearer configuration message to a first UE-relay; and sending, by the base station, a received ID of a service bearer and received second S1 configuration information of the service bearer to a core network element by using an MME. In this way, backhaul load on uplink/downlink resources of the base station is reduced.

In one illustrative example, a user plane (UP) entity for use in a mobile network may receive a data packet from a user equipment (UE) operative to communicate in one or more sessions via a serving base station (BS) (e.g. eNB or gNB) of the mobile network. The UP entity may detect, in a header (e.g. SRH) of the data packet, an identifier indicating a new serving BS or session of the UE. The identifier may be UE- or BS-added data (e.g. iOAM data) that is inserted in the header by the UE or BS. In response, the UP entity may cause a message to be sent to an analytics function (e.g. a NWDAF) to perform analytics for session or flow migration for the UE.

Provided are a location prediction method and apparatus, a node and a storage medium. The method includes: a server obtaining a measurement report message sent by a base station, where the measurement report message includes historical location measurement information reported by at least one UE and/or historical location measurement information of the at least one UE measured by the base station; and the server determining prediction location information of the at least one UE at a first time point or in a first time period according to the measurement report message, and sending notification information to the base station according to the prediction location information. By introducing measurement information in multiple dimensions, the accuracy of predicting the location of UE can be effectively improved.

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for flexible, security context management during AMF changes. One aspect of the disclosure is a mechanism for achieving backward security during AMF changes. Instead of passing the current NAS key to the target AMF, the source AMF derives a new NAS key, provides the new NAS key to the target AMF, and sends a key change indication to the UE, either directly or through some other network node. The UE can then derive the new NAS key from the old NAS key. In some embodiments, the AMF may provide a key generation parameter to the UE to use in deriving the new NAS key. In other embodiments, the target AMF may change one or more security algorithms.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC) device may receive, from a user equipment (UE) and via a first base station associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), a request for evolved multicast broadcast multimedia service (eMBMS) content. The BMSC device may transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) device, a redirection request or a handover request, associated with the UE, from the first base station to a second base station associated with a second RAT. The BMSC device may transmit, to the UE and based at least in part on the UE being redirected or handed over to the second base station, the eMBMS content via the second base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.

A network control method for handover in a mobile time-sensitive network (TSN) communication system is provided. The network control method includes: communicating of a user terminal within a wireless communication range of a first AP with an end system through the first AP; determining whether to handover to a second AP by determining communication strength between the user terminal and the first AP; requesting handover to a controller when the handover to the second AP is determined; reconfiguring a TSN communication operation after the handover, determining handover timing, and generating a handover command by a controller; transmitting the handover command to the first AP, the user terminal, and the second AP; and applying the reconfigured TSN communication operation to the second AP and the user terminal at the handover timing.

A method for providing synchronization information includes acquiring a first synchronization information from a synchronization source, and transmitting a second synchronization information derived from the first synchronization information when the UE experiences a coverage change.

The present disclosure provides a method for configuring a Random Access Response (RAR), a base station and a User Equipment (UE). The base station comprises a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) generation unit and a transmission unit. The MAC PDU generation unit is configured to generate a MAC PDU consisting of a MAC header and zero or more MAC Random Access Responses (RARs) corresponding to one or more Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource sets. The PRACH resource sets corresponding to the MAC RARs are distinguishable based on PRACH Resource Set Indices (PRIs) in the MAC PDU. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the generated MAC PDU on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The base station can further comprise a configuration unit configured to configure, via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, MAC signaling or Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), or by means of pre-configuration, resource allocation and other control information for the PDSCH carrying the MAC PDU and/or resource information for RAR M-PDCCH.

Methods and apparatus for controlling a radio access handover with respect to a user equipment, UE, in a radio access domain from a first radio access network, RAN, to a second RAN are described. A radio access node of the first RAN receives a first message (M10) information to keep a radio connection to the UE. In reaction to the first message, a movement of the UE to the second RAN is inhibited, during a certain time period.