An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to receive a connection request with a short-range communication device through the communication circuit in a state registered with a first account in a location finding service, to request configuration information related to the location finding service to the short-distance communication device, to receive configuration information stored based on a second account of the short-range communication device from the short-range communication device, to identify whether group account information corresponding to the first account and group account information corresponding to the second account match, and to establish a connection with the short-range communication device while maintaining the second account of the short-range communication device in response to matching of group account information of the short-range communication device and the electronic device.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to receive a connection request with a short-range communication device through the communication circuit in a state registered with a first account in a location finding service, to request configuration information related to the location finding service to the short-distance communication device, to receive configuration information stored based on a second account of the short-range communication device from the short-range communication device, to identify whether group account information corresponding to the first account and group account information corresponding to the second account match, and to establish a connection with the short-range communication device while maintaining the second account of the short-range communication device in response to matching of group account information of the short-range communication device and the electronic device.

Electronic devices are disclosed herein. Each device includes a display, communication circuitry and a processor. For each device, the respective processor executes registering a geographic locale indicator for the electronic device via a universally unique identified (UUID), equipment identity register (EIR) or manufacturer information. For a first device, a setup mode is executed, including transmitting the UUID, EIR, or manufacturer information to a second device, which may then determine is communication is possible with the first device based on the geographic locale indicator. The first device may receive a response indicative of whether the locales between the devices match. Based on the same, the first and/or second device may also display an indication as to whether communication is possible with the second device.

Electronic devices are disclosed herein. Each device includes a display, communication circuitry and a processor. For each device, the respective processor executes registering a geographic locale indicator for the electronic device via a universally unique identified (UUID), equipment identity register (EIR) or manufacturer information. For a first device, a setup mode is executed, including transmitting the UUID, EIR, or manufacturer information to a second device, which may then determine is communication is possible with the first device based on the geographic locale indicator. The first device may receive a response indicative of whether the locales between the devices match. Based on the same, the first and/or second device may also display an indication as to whether communication is possible with the second device.

Communication devices and methods for multi-link secured retransmissions are provided. One exemplary embodiment provides a multi-link device (MLD) configured to operate with a first plurality of affiliated STAs, comprising: circuitry, which in operation, sets up a robust security network association (RSNA) with a second MLD that is configured to operate with a second plurality of affiliated STAs, wherein two or more links have been established between STAs of the first plurality of affiliated STAs and corresponding STAs of the second plurality of affiliated STAs, wherein the circuitry constructs an Additional Authentication Data (AAD) and a Nonce that are used for cryptographical encapsulation of a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) to form an encapsulated MPDU, wherein the AAD includes an Address 1 (A1) field, an Address 2 (A2) field, an Address 3 (A3) field and a Sequence Control (SC) field, and the Nonce includes an Address 2 (A2) field, wherein the SC field of the AAD is based on a SC field of the MPDU, and transmitter, which in operation, transmits the encapsulated MPDU to the second MLD on a first link as an initial transmission, and upon failure of the initial transmission, retransmits the encapsulated MPDU on a second link without reperforming the cryptographical encapsulation.

Communication devices and methods for multi-link secured retransmissions are provided. One exemplary embodiment provides a multi-link device (MLD) configured to operate with a first plurality of affiliated STAs, comprising: circuitry, which in operation, sets up a robust security network association (RSNA) with a second MLD that is configured to operate with a second plurality of affiliated STAs, wherein two or more links have been established between STAs of the first plurality of affiliated STAs and corresponding STAs of the second plurality of affiliated STAs, wherein the circuitry constructs an Additional Authentication Data (AAD) and a Nonce that are used for cryptographical encapsulation of a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) to form an encapsulated MPDU, wherein the AAD includes an Address 1 (A1) field, an Address 2 (A2) field, an Address 3 (A3) field and a Sequence Control (SC) field, and the Nonce includes an Address 2 (A2) field, wherein the SC field of the AAD is based on a SC field of the MPDU, and transmitter, which in operation, transmits the encapsulated MPDU to the second MLD on a first link as an initial transmission, and upon failure of the initial transmission, retransmits the encapsulated MPDU on a second link without reperforming the cryptographical encapsulation.

A UE transmits a PDU session establishment request message including an S-NSSAI and a PDU session ID, and receives a PDU session establishment accept message including the S-NSSAI, the PDU session ID, a first cause value, a first back-off timer value, a first Session-AMBR IE, and a second Session-AMBR IE. The UE establishes a PDU session corresponding to the S-NSSAI, configures a back-off timer corresponding to the S-NSSAI to the first back-off timer value, and applies a data rate indicated by the second Session-AMBR IE to the PDU session while the back-off timer is running. In a case that the UE receives a PDU session modification command including the PDU session ID, a second cause value, a second back-off timer value, and a third Session-AMBR IE before expiration of the back-off timer, the UE, in a case that the second back-off timer value indicates other than 0, updates the back-off timer to the second back-off timer value, applies the data rate indicated by the third Session-AMBR IE to the PDU session, and updates, after expiration of the back-off timer, the data rate applied to the PDU session to the data rate indicated by the first Session-AMBR IE. This allows for provision of a communication unit for implementing a function related to management of a maximum number of UEs and/or a maximum number of PDU sessions connected for each network slice in a 5GS.

A method disclosed herein includes registering, by a UE, with a same PLMN over a 3GPP access and a non-3GPP access. The method includes receiving, by the UE, a notification message from a CN of the PLMN over the non-3GPP access, in response to at least one communication service pending to be delivered to the UE over the 3GPP access. The method includes sending, by the UE, a notification response message to the CN over the non-3GPP access, in response to the received notification message. In order to avoid delay in acquiring downlink communication services, the method includes triggering, by the UE, the registration procedure with the CN to receive communication services over the 3GPP access in response to the UE entering the coverage of the 3GPP access.

Techniques are provided for utilizing sidelink communications in response to a timing source outage. An example method for utilizing sidelink communications in response to a timing source outage according to the disclosure includes detecting the timing source outage associated with a first node, determining a second node experiencing a loss of services due to least in part on the timing source outage in the first node, determining a third node with a valid timing source, determining one or more relay nodes based at least in part on a location of the second node and a location of the third node, and providing one or more services to the second node via the one or more relay nodes.

Techniques are provided for utilizing sidelink communications in response to a timing source outage. An example method for utilizing sidelink communications in response to a timing source outage according to the disclosure includes detecting the timing source outage associated with a first node, determining a second node experiencing a loss of services due to least in part on the timing source outage in the first node, determining a third node with a valid timing source, determining one or more relay nodes based at least in part on a location of the second node and a location of the third node, and providing one or more services to the second node via the one or more relay nodes.