A method for WTRU autonomous resource selection may comprise receiving a TX resource pool for D2D communication from a base station. The WTRU may sense one or more resources of the TX resource pool and determine resources for transmission of control information and D2D data, based on the sensing. The WTRU may then transmit, to another WTRU, the control information and the D2D data on the determined resources.

A method (100) for managing resource usage across domains in a communication network is disclosed. The communication network comprises a radio access domain, a core domain and a transport domain providing connectivity between the radio access domain and the core domain. The method comprises receiving from the core domain an indication of load status of gateway nodes in the core domain (110), receiving from the transport domain an indication of load status of transport resources in the transport domain (120), normalising across the core and transport domain a cost of using resources in each domain (130), calculating, on the basis of the normalised costs, optimal chains of resources in the core and transport domains for providing a service from different radio access nodes to different possible Access Point Names (APNs) (140), and sending to the core and transport domains information about the calculated optimal resource chains (150). Also disclosed are methods for managing resource usage in a core domain, a transport domain and a radio access domain of a communication network, together with cross domain, core domain, transport domain and radio access domain control elements.

A method (100) for managing resource usage across domains in a communication network is disclosed. The communication network comprises a radio access domain, a core domain and a transport domain providing connectivity between the radio access domain and the core domain. The method comprises receiving from the core domain an indication of load status of gateway nodes in the core domain (110), receiving from the transport domain an indication of load status of transport resources in the transport domain (120), normalising across the core and transport domain a cost of using resources in each domain (130), calculating, on the basis of the normalised costs, optimal chains of resources in the core and transport domains for providing a service from different radio access nodes to different possible Access Point Names (APNs) (140), and sending to the core and transport domains information about the calculated optimal resource chains (150). Also disclosed are methods for managing resource usage in a core domain, a transport domain and a radio access domain of a communication network, together with cross domain, core domain, transport domain and radio access domain control elements.

A communication apparatus that operates as an access point constructing a wireless LAN receives a selection instruction for operating as a controller configured to control another access point in a network including at least one or more access points and determines, based on comparison between a controller selection method used in the selection instruction and a controller selection method used in another communication apparatus already operating as a controller, whether to change an apparatus that is to operate as the controller from the other communication apparatus to the communication apparatus.

A communication apparatus that operates as an access point constructing a wireless LAN receives a selection instruction for operating as a controller configured to control another access point in a network including at least one or more access points and determines, based on comparison between a controller selection method used in the selection instruction and a controller selection method used in another communication apparatus already operating as a controller, whether to change an apparatus that is to operate as the controller from the other communication apparatus to the communication apparatus.

Systems and methods for splitting cells in a network of Internet of Things (IOT) may evaluate a network metric such as receives signal strength indicator (RSSI) for end devices to determine a general network activity level. When the network metric falls below a predetermined threshold, the cell splitting controller may cause the cell to split in such a manner as to offload some portion of the end devices on an adjacent gateway and/or change frequencies to reduce the likelihood of collision. By splitting cells in this fashion, the density of end devices served by a single gateway is reduced, fewer collisions occur statistically, and the user experience may be improved.

Systems and methods for splitting cells in a network of Internet of Things (IOT) may evaluate a network metric such as receives signal strength indicator (RSSI) for end devices to determine a general network activity level. When the network metric falls below a predetermined threshold, the cell splitting controller may cause the cell to split in such a manner as to offload some portion of the end devices on an adjacent gateway and/or change frequencies to reduce the likelihood of collision. By splitting cells in this fashion, the density of end devices served by a single gateway is reduced, fewer collisions occur statistically, and the user experience may be improved.

In one embodiment, a supervisory service for a wireless network obtains frequency-time Doppler profile information for an endpoint node attached to a first access point in the wireless network. The supervisory service uses the frequency-time Doppler profile information for the endpoint node as input to a machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained to output an action for the endpoint node with respect to the wireless network. The supervisory service causes the action for the endpoint node with respect to the wireless network to be performed.

An Access Point (AP) connection device establishes a virtual Inter-Process Communication (IPC) connection with each of a plurality of APs. The AP connection device establishes a Controlling and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) tunnel connection with a wireless Access Controller (AC).

In an example, an aggregation router encapsulates a first Console command as a control packet in an Ethernet format, determines a target branch router of the control packet, and transmits the control packet to the target branch router via an Ethernet link between the aggregation router and the target branch router, so that the target branch router can decapsulate the control packet to obtain and execute the first Console command. The aggregation router receives a feedback packet from the target branch router via the Ethernet link between the aggregation router and the target branch router, wherein the feedback packet comprises an output result obtained by the target branch router through executing the first Console command.