A communication system includes a central cloud server that predicts a first travel path of a first edge device in motion. The first edge device is communicatively coupled to a first base station via a primary wireless connectivity option. The central cloud server determines a set of alternative wireless connectivity options to be made available to first edge device in advance for predicted first travel path. Each of the set of alternative wireless connectivity options includes a different specific initial access information. The set of alternative wireless connectivity options are pre-loaded at first edge device to cause first edge device to maintain a cellular connectivity with at least one of a plurality of base stations, where one or more alternative wireless connectivity options from the set of alternative wireless connectivity options are configured to be triggered along predicted first travel path bypassing an initial access-search at first edge device.

A communication system includes a central cloud server and a processor that periodically obtains sensing information from an edge device that is in motion at a travel path. The processor predicts formed whether an existing cellular connectivity of the edge device is about to become less than a threshold performance value, based on the obtained sensing information. If the existing cellular connectivity of the edge device is about to become less than the threshold performance value, an alternative wireless connectivity option is triggered at the edge device bypassing an initial access-search at the edge device to maintain the cellular connectivity.

A control apparatus includes a control section that determines, for each terminal, a method for a coordinated operation performed between a plurality of radio apparatuses for signal transmission to the terminal, and a transmission section that outputs control information on the method determined.

A method and apparatus for controlling an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are provided. The method is applied to the UAV, and includes: receiving flight path information transmitted by a UAV controller, wherein the flight path information represents a flight path set by the UAV controller for the UAV controlled by the UAV controller; and transmitting the flight path information to a base station that provides a network service for the UAV, such that the base station determines the flight path based on the flight path information.

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for dynamic selection of an aeronautical data provider. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to receive a first stream of real-time aeronautical data from a first aeronautical data provider, receive at least one second stream of real-time aeronautical data from at least one second aeronautical data provider simultaneously with the first stream, provide data from the first stream and the at least one second stream to a decision model for predicting which data has a higher accuracy, and switch using data from the first stream to data from one of the at least one second streams in response to the one of the at least one second streams having a higher predicted accuracy than the first stream.

A communication system includes a central cloud server that predicts a first travel path of a first edge device in motion. The first edge device is communicatively coupled to a first base station via a primary wireless connectivity option. The central cloud server determines a set of alternative wireless connectivity options to be made available to first edge device in advance for predicted first travel path. Each of the set of alternative wireless connectivity options includes a different specific initial access information. The set of alternative wireless connectivity options are pre-loaded at first edge device to cause first edge device to maintain a cellular connectivity with at least one of a plurality of base stations, where one or more alternative wireless connectivity options from the set of alternative wireless connectivity options are configured to be triggered along predicted first travel path bypassing an initial access-search at first edge device.

According to an aspect, there is provided a method of operating a first radio access network, RAN, node in a communication network. The first RAN node is configured to serve a plurality of regions of a first cell with respective beams. The method comprises providing (601) a region-specific beam configuration for each of the beams, wherein the region-specific beam configuration for abeam is set according to an expected speed of movement of wireless devices in said region.

A method includes a first module of a terminal device sends a first request message to a second module, obtains first information from the second module, and assists cell handover based on a first cell handover list. The first request message is used to request the first cell handover list corresponding to a first TAC, which is a TAC of a current cell of the terminal device, and the first information indicates the first cell handover list. The terminal device may store a cell list corresponding to each line in advance. When the terminal device moves on a line, the terminal device may determine, based on the first TAC, the cell list corresponding to the line to perform cell handover.

A computer implemented method (200) is disclosed for managing Conditional Handover of a UE in a cellular communication network. The method comprises receiving a report of radio resource measurements performed by a UE (210) and assigning a current radio location of the UE to a radio zone of the communication network on the basis of the contents of the report (220). A radio zone comprises a region of a multidimensional radio space over which the communication network extends that is defined by a particular combination of radio field characteristics (220a). Each cell of the communication network comprises a plurality of radio zones. The method further comprises updating, in a database, a trajectory of the UE through the radio space of the communication network with the radio zone to which the current radio location of the UE is assigned (230), and using the updated trajectory to calculate a probability of Handover of the UE to neighbor cells of the current serving cell of the UE (240). The method further comprises initiating a Conditional Handover procedure for Handover of the UE to neighbor cells for which the probability of Handover is above a first Handover threshold value (250).

Various embodiments relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate, beyond a 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments, a method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus supporting the same may be provided, and other various embodiments may be provided.