Disclosed herein is an architecture for an edge computing platform based on an underlying wireless mesh network. The architecture includes nodes installed with equipment for operating as part of a wireless mesh network, including (1) a first tier of one or more Point of Presence (PoP) node, (2) a second tier of one or more seed nodes that are each directly connected to at least one PoP node via a PoP-to-seed wireless link, and (3) a third tier of one or more anchor nodes that are each connected to at least one seed node either (i) directly via a seed-to-anchor wireless link or (ii) indirectly via one or more intermediate anchor nodes, one or more anchor-to-anchor wireless links, and one seed-to-anchor wireless link, where at least one node in each of these tiers is further installed with equipment for operating as part of an edge computing platform.

Disclosed herein is an architecture for an edge computing platform based on an underlying wireless mesh network. The architecture includes nodes installed with equipment for operating as part of a wireless mesh network, including (1) a first tier of one or more Point of Presence (PoP) node, (2) a second tier of one or more seed nodes that are each directly connected to at least one PoP node via a PoP-to-seed wireless link, and (3) a third tier of one or more anchor nodes that are each connected to at least one seed node either (i) directly via a seed-to-anchor wireless link or (ii) indirectly via one or more intermediate anchor nodes, one or more anchor-to-anchor wireless links, and one seed-to-anchor wireless link, where at least one node in each of these tiers is further installed with equipment for operating as part of an edge computing platform.

Provided is a communication system including multiple communication terminals, which are layered in a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The communication system includes at least two first communication terminals provided in the first layer. The communication system includes multiple second communication terminals provided in the second layer and capable of directly communicating with the first communication terminals. The communication system includes multiple third communication terminals provided in the third layer and capable of directly communicating with some of the second communication terminals. The second communication terminals and the third communication terminals are provided in multiple separate areas. A third communication terminal from among the third communication terminals performs communication via one of the first communication terminals when communicating with one of the second communication terminals or one of the third communication terminals in an area different from an area where the third communication terminal is provided.

The present invention relates to the communications field, and discloses a data flow transmission method, a device, and a system, so as to resolve a problem of resource waste caused when a relay user equipment provides a relay service for a remote user equipment. A specific solution is as follows: A first network device triggers a first relay user equipment to establish a common data flow bearer with a second network device, and the first network device sends an identifier of a common data flow to a remote user equipment in a first group before or after the first network device triggers the first relay user equipment to establish the common data flow bearer with the second network device. The present invention is applied to data flow transmission.

Disclosed herein is an architecture for an edge computing platform based on an underlying wireless mesh network. The architecture includes nodes installed with equipment for operating as part of a wireless mesh network, including (1) a first tier of one or more Point of Presence (PoP) node, (2) a second tier of one or more seed nodes that are each directly connected to at least one PoP node via a PoP-to-seed wireless link, and (3) a third tier of one or more anchor nodes that are each connected to at least one seed node either (i) directly via a seed-to-anchor wireless link or (ii) indirectly via one or more intermediate anchor nodes, one or more anchor-to-anchor wireless links, and one seed-to-anchor wireless link, where at least one node in each of these tiers is further installed with equipment for operating as part of an edge computing platform.

A system includes domains comprising systems generating data from the cellular network system. The domains may include cellular towers; a core network located on a public network and comprising a central unit (CU); and a series of clusters that each comprise a distributed unit (DU) that communicates with the CU and the cellular towers. The system may further include a single collection module that collects data from all domains relating to the cellular network system and stores the collected data on a public network, and a data output module to output the data of the cellular network to a business domain on the public network.

A system for cellular system observability data collection includes systems generating data; an observability (OBF) layer configured to collect the data and store the data for a maximum threshold amount of time; and a long term storage layer. The long term storage layer is in communication with the OBF layer to store the data for a term greater than the maximum threshold amount of time. Use applications requiring data to be not older than the maximum threshold amount of time retrieve data directly from the OBF layer, while other use applications retrieve data from the long term storage layer.

A system includes domains comprising a radio access network (RAN), physical network functions (PNFs), and clusters, whereby the RAN comprises a core on a public network and DUs on different clusters in a private network; and a single collection module that collects data from all of the domains and centralizes the data in a single location on the public network.

Example embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for a fifth generation (5G) cloud-native wireless telecommunication network operated by a mobile network operator (MNO) implemented on a public cloud of a cloud computing service provider. Such a method may include the MNO operating telecommunication network functions (NFs) of the 5G wireless telecommunication network running within the public cloud. An indication may be received that one or more of the NFs of the 5G wireless telecommunication network running within the public cloud has a requirement to connect to another communication service provider (CSP) network different than the 5G cloud-native wireless telecommunication network operated by the MNO. Based on the indication, the system causes an autonomous system number (ASN) of the MNO to be used for network traffic from the one or more NFs to the other CSP network instead of an ASN of the cloud computing service providers.

The present technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication control method that make it possible to enhance the flexibility of a communication network.

A communication apparatus includes a monitoring section that monitors a status of a communication network having a hierarchical structure, a role setting section that sets a role in the hierarchical structure on the basis of the status of the communication network, and an operation control section that controls execution of operation of the role that has been changed. The present technology can be applied to a communication apparatus that performs wireless communication in a communication network, for example.