A managed Wi-Fi service network device can receive, from a cellular network device, an allowable throughput rate at which a user equipment is authorized to communicate via a managed Wi-Fi service network. Based on the allowable throughput rate, the managed Wi-Fi service network device can monitor a communication rate of the user equipment via the managed Wi-Fi service network. In response to the user equipment communicating via the managed Wi-Fi service network at a rate that exceeds the allowable throughput rate, the managed Wi-Fi service network device can facilitate reducing the communication rate of the user equipment. Also, a user equipment can receive from a cellular network device an allowable throughput rate at which the user equipment is authorized to communicate via the managed Wi-Fi service network. The UE can communicate via the managed Wi-Fi service network at a communication rate that does not exceed the allowable throughput rate.

A control plane function node may be used in a Fifth Generation (5G) Non-Standalone (NSA) architecture having Radio Access Network (RAN) level interworking between a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) RAN and a 5G New Radio (NR). The node obtains usage report data which are based on traffic of a user equipment (UE) via primary and secondary Radio Access Technologies (RATs). The node also obtains secondary RAT usage report data which are based on traffic of the UE via the secondary RAT. The node constructs a message which indicates a request for charging based on the usage report data and the secondary RAT usage report data. In constructing the message, the node populates, in association with a corresponding rating group and usage data of the UE, an identifier of a flow or bearer associated with secondary RAT usage, together with the secondary RAT usage report data.

This application provides a router. The router includes a processor and a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive collaboration information that is sent by a mobile terminal and used for collaboratively establishing a plurality of data transmission channels. The processor is configured to: run a multipath transmission protocol; identify, based on the multipath transmission protocol, the collaboration information received by the transceiver; and send matching information to the mobile terminal. The transceiver is configured to receive and identify matching acknowledgment information sent by the mobile terminal. The processor is configured to establish the plurality of data transmission channels to the mobile terminal based on the successfully identified matching acknowledgment information. The transceiver is configured to receive data sent by the mobile terminal through the plurality of data transmission channels. The processor is configured to remove redundancy from or aggregate the data to obtain single data.

Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to prioritizing access by first user equipment (UEs) connected to a first radio access technology (RAT) type over access by second UEs connected to a second RAT type responsive to a failure of a core network node. A node of the core network, such as a session management node, may determine that another node of the core network has failed based on a negative response or no response from that other node. The node may then prioritize access based on RAT types of requesting UEs.

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing backhaul wireless services using a plurality of different Radio Access Technologies. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: determining a set of routes for the communication of data from a first wireless base station to a destination wireless base station over wireless backhaul communications links, the first wireless base station being an Integrated Access and Backhaul donor, receiving data of a first flow at the first wireless base station for communication to a first wireless user equipment device attached to the destination wireless base station; and selecting, at the first wireless base station, one or more of the routes of the set of routes from the first wireless base station to the destination wireless base station, the selection being based on multi-Radio Access Technology (multi-RAT) capability of wireless base stations of which a route is comprised.

Disclosed herein is an integrated core network of 5G and ATSC 3.0. The integrated core network of 5G and ATSC 3.0 includes multiple control plane entities and a user plane entity, and further includes an ATSC 3.0 gateway, thereby enabling multimedia content transmitted from the ATSC 3.0 gateway to the user plane entity under the control of the control entity to be delivered to user equipment over an ATSC 3.0 terrestrial network. The ATSC 3.0 gateway may include an ATSC 3.0 Control Plane Gateway (CP-GW) connected between the user plane entity and the multiple control plane entities and an ATSC 3.0 User Plane Gateway (UP-GW) connected to the user plane entity.

In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, a multi-link single radio (MLSR) station (STA) is an STA that cannot perform transmission and reception simultaneously on different links, and the MLSR STA may comprise a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit. The MLSR STA may transmit preferred link information related to a second link to an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) on a first link. The MLSR STA may receive an initial control frame from the AP MLD through the first receiving unit on the second link. The MLSR STA may receive a data frame from the AP MLD through the first and second receiving units on the second link.

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The method for operating a primary base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a secondary base station, an addition request message, wherein the addition request message carries information of a secondary cell group (SCG) split bearer; and receiving, from the secondary base station, a response message of the addition request message.

Present disclosure may relate to an apparatus comprising: memory to store ran access network (RAN) load indicator information or user equipment (UE)-specific RAN condition indicator information; and processing circuitry, coupled with the memory, to: retrieve the RAN load indicator information or UE-specific RAN condition indicator information from the memory; and encode a measurement report message for transmission that includes the RAN load indicator information or UE-specific RAN condition indicator information.

Methods, apparatus, and systems that can be implemented to associate User Datagram Protocol (UDP) based connection identifiers with appropriate Quality of Service (QoS) flows are disclosed to enable Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting functionality at lower layers and to allow accurate measurements of Round-Trip Time for all traffic on a session. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes determining, by one or more nodes in a core network for a session that comprises at least one QoS flow, at least two identifiers identifying two connections associated with the at least one QoS flow. The two connections are established according to a UDP based protocol. The method also includes establishing, by the one or more nodes in the core network, a mapping between the at least two connection identifiers and the at least one QoS flow.