Techniques for managing access combinations for multiple access protocol data unit (PDU) sessions are described. A communication device may receive control signaling indicating a configuration for a multiple access PDU session associated with a plurality of access links. The plurality of access links may be associated with a first type of access, a second type of access, or a combination thereof. The communication device may select a mode for allocation of a data flow associated with the multiple access PDU session to the plurality of access links based at least in part on the received control signaling. The communication device may allocate the data flow associated with the multiple access PDU session to the plurality of access links based at least in part on the selected mode, and transmit the allocated data flow over the plurality of access links associated with the two types of access.

A data transmission method includes receiving, by a radio access network (RAN), a first sensing service control message sent by a first network element, where the first sensing service control message includes at least tunnel information of the first network element; and establishing, by the RAN, a sensing service shared channel, where the sensing service shared channel corresponds to the tunnel information of the first network element, and the sensing service shared channel is used for transmitting at least one piece of sensing measurement data corresponding to a first sensing service.

According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method comprising determining, by an apparatus, a cellular communication network providing at least one service flow for the apparatus, receiving by the apparatus, from the network, energy-related information about the network, wherein said energy-related information is associated with the at least one service flow and determining by the apparatus, based at least in part on said information, whether to adapt the at least one service flow.

An apparatus for use by a communication network control element or communication network control function acting as an operation and maintenance entity of a communication network, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to obtain energy type data related to an energy supply of at least a part of the communication network, to conduct a first mapping process of mapping the obtained energy type data to at least one network element or network function of the communication network or to at least one communication operation conducted in the communication network, and to process a result of the first mapping process for conducting a report operation or network optimization operation based on the energy type data.

Embodiments herein disclose, e.g., a method performed by a network node, in a wireless communications network, for charging a rechargeable power source in the network node. The network node obtains an operational parameter to an operation of the network node, wherein the operational parameter is based on an output of a computational model. The computational model is based on a state of charge of the rechargeable power source, a parameter related to outage of a power grid, and a QoS parameter relating to radio communication in the wireless communications network. The network node further applies, during a charging of the rechargeable power source, the operational parameter to the operation of the network node.

A method and an apparatus for adjusting a running status of a network device and a related device are disclosed. A second network device sends, to a first network device, first traffic information of traffic processed by the second network device in a first time period. The first network device predicts, based on the first traffic information, second traffic information corresponding to the second network device in a second time period. The first network device determines, based on the second traffic information, energy consumption corresponding to each energy saving policy, and determines, as a target energy saving policy, an energy saving policy corresponding to energy consumption that meets a preset condition. The first network device sends the target energy saving policy to the second network device, to enable the second network device to be run based on a configuration parameter in the target energy saving policy.

Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized location management framework for deterministically managing, controlling and/or configuring. energy and/or network availability, consumption and/or usage by devices at the location. The disclosed framework operates to find and leverage green hours at a location based on the network usage of the devices operating at and/or providing the network for the location (e.g., smart phones connected to a Wi-Fi network at the location and/or an access point (AP) device providing the Wi-Fi network, for example). Accordingly, such identified green hours can be identified and leveraged to reduce the location's carbon footprint as well as optimize the network for improved network availability and usage via the connected devices.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory configured to store a learning model, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain data related to a network situation of a base station from the communication circuit, calculate a performance indicator value related to network performance according to a performance indicator, based on the data related to the network situation, train the model, based on the performance indicator value calculated according to the performance indicator, determine an off threshold of traffic for turning off a cell, based on the trained model, and transmit the determined off threshold to the base station via the communication circuit.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory configured to store a learning model, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain data related to a network situation of a base station from the communication circuit, calculate a performance indicator value related to network performance according to a performance indicator, based on the data related to the network situation, train the model, based on the performance indicator value calculated according to the performance indicator, determine an off threshold of traffic for turning off a cell, based on the trained model, and transmit the determined off threshold to the base station via the communication circuit.

A processing system may apply a data set comprising utilization metrics of a cells of a cell sector to a throughput prediction model to obtain a first predicted throughput for the cell sector for a designated future time period and for all cells being in an active state. The processing system may generate a first modified data set simulating a first cell being placed in an inactive state, by distributing utilization metrics of the first cell over at least one additional cell, and may apply the first modified data set to the throughput prediction model to obtain a second predicted throughput. The processing system may then determine that the second predicted throughput meets a threshold throughput that is based on the first predicted throughput, and transmit at least one instruction to place the first cell in the inactive state for the designated future time period in response to the determining.