Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for providing DRX enhancements in LTE systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a system control module is provided for controlling communications via a communications interface. A processor is coupled to the system control module and is arranged to implement an inactivity timer and an on-duration timer for determining an active time for monitoring subframes on the physical downlink control channel for control signals, the processor further monitoring subframes after the active time.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communicative connection for a user device are disclosed. Based on a request for communicative connection, a communication facilitator identifies a set of candidate communications service providers (CSPs) to match the request, provides information regarding the set of candidate CSPs to the user device, receives an indication of selection, and causes establishment of communicative connection for the user device via a communications service provided by the selected CSP.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium for computing power routing, wherein the method includes: receiving a packet which comprises an IP message; inserting network information of a first switching device in the IP message and re-encapsulating it to obtain an encapsulated packet; a second switching device collecting network information in the encapsulated packet and sending the network information to a controller; subscribing to computing power resource information and sending the information to the controller; constructing a global network topology diagram which includes multiple nodes; planning a general routing table for each node with the network information; planning a computing power routing table for each node with the network information and the computing power resource information; matching a destination routing path for the packet with a request type, wherein the path is determined according to the general routing table or the computing power.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides example traffic routing methods, apparatuses, and systems. One example method includes determining, by a session management network element, a routing rule, where the routing rule indicates a first traffic steering entity to send a first traffic to a first function entity, or send a second traffic to a second function entity or an access device, where the first traffic is a traffic on which first traffic steering control is to be performed, and the second traffic is a traffic on which the first traffic steering control has been performed. The routing rule is sent by the session management network element to the first traffic steering entity in a session management process.

Abstract: Provided in the embodiments of the disclosure are a method and apparatus for determining a configuration parameter, and a terminal. The method includes that: a terminal determines, after entering from an inactive state to an idle state, to use a first extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) configuration parameter or a second eDRX configuration parameter to control a monitoring state of the terminal. The first eDRX configuration parameter is an eDRX configuration parameter corresponding to the inactive state, and the second eDRX configuration parameter is an eDRX configuration parameter corresponding to the idle state.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first network component, a sender shaper drop value based on the following: a maximum sequence number; a minimum sequence number; and a sender sequence counter number associated with the first network component. The method also includes determining, by the first network component, a wide area network (WAN) link drop value based on the sender sequence counter number associated with the first network component and a receiver sequence counter number associated with a second network component. The method further includes determining, by the first network component, whether to adjust a sender shaper rate based on the sender shaper drop value and the WAN link drop value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may measure quality of experience (QoE) metrics and transmit a QoE report that is formatted to be readable by a base station, such that a base station may receive the QoE report and independently perform adjustments associated with the service being utilized by the UE. A UE may receive a configuration message that includes a first configuration for reporting QoE measurements to a base station and a second configuration for reporting QoE measurements to a QoE server. The UE may measure one or more QoE metrics in accordance with the configuration message, and generate a first report for the base station based on the QoE measurements and the first configuration. Upon generating the report, the UE may transmit the first report to the base station in accordance with the first configuration.

Abstract: In order to appropriately control the reception of a CSI-RS, one aspect of user terminal of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a channel state information reference signal based on downlink control information; a transmitting section that transmits given information related to the minimum number of symbols between the downlink control information and the channel state information reference signal; and a control section that performs a control an operation of receiving the channel state information reference signal according to a value of the given information.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for streaming data between a user device and a remote computing environment via a “switchboard” service that enables interaction without the user device or the remote computing environment establishing additional connections. A first routing device receives a connection from a user device that requests routing a data stream to or from a remote computing environment. The first routing device processes the request by generating a token, which is passed to the remote computing environment along with the request. The remote computing environment passes the token to a second routing device, which decodes the routing token to identify the first routing device. The second routing device then passes the request token to the first routing device, which responds by establishing a route for streaming data between the connection made with the user device and the remote computing environment via the routing devices.

Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system method is described. A property of a first received reference signal from a first base station operating in a first mobile telecommunications system and a property of a second received reference signal from a second base station or a user equipment operating in a second mobile telecommunications system are measured. It is switched from the first base station to the second base station as a serving base station based on the property of the first received reference signal and on the property of the second received reference signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for reducing latency in 5G/NR are provided. One method may include determining, by a network node, to apply selective reordering of one or more data units received at a user equipment, and indicating the decision to apply selective reordering to the user equipment. The selective reordering temporarily alters packet data convergence protocol window behaviour in the user equipment such that a packet data convergence protocol layer in the user equipment is caused to deliver, to upper layer(s), the stored data units with an associated count value that is less than the count value associated with a data unit at the user equipment and/or the stored data units with consecutively associated count values starting from the count value associated with a data unit at the user equipment.

Abstract: According to an example aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, with the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to obtain information characterizing physical surroundings of the apparatus, transmit the information characterizing the physical surroundings to a network entity, and responsive to the transmission, receive provisioning information and associate the apparatus with the provisioning information.

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for latency evaluation and management resolution are provided. A fingerprint for traffic flow over a communication network from an application executing on a device to a multi-access edge (MEC) server instance hosted by a MEC platform may be identified. The fingerprint may be used to track the traffic flow between the application and the MEC server in order to measure round trip time latencies of the traffic flow. In response to a round trip time latency violating a latency management policy, segment latencies along segments of a communication travel path of the traffic flow from the device to the MEC platform may be measured. A management resolution function may be performed based upon one or more of the segment latencies exceeding a threshold.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for directional quality of service (QoS) targets of a user equipment (UE) for directional communications to multiple UEs in multiple directions. An application layer of the UE may provide data with multiple different directional QoS targets, that may be mapped to multiple QoS data flows that are each configured with different directional QoS targets such as direction and priority associated with the direction. The data may be duplicated for each of the multiple QoS data flows having different QoS parameters, and each QoS data flow may be transmitted in a different direction using a different beam.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a base station configured to communicate with at least one user device includes transmitting a reference signal to the at least one user device, receiving channel quality information from the at least one user device, and forming a beam based on the channel quality information received from the at least one user device.

Abstract: A communications device configured to transmit/receive signals to/from an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network includes a receiver, a transmitter, and a controller. The communications device is configured to: receive from a mobile communications network an indication listing narrowband carriers provided by one or more infrastructure equipment forming one or more cells of the mobile communications network, and an indication of type of the narrowband carriers; to measure a strength of signals received from each of the narrowband carriers, to select one of the narrowband carriers based on the type and a value of the measured strength of the signals received from the narrowband carriers, and to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment providing the selected narrowband carrier to inform the mobile communications network that the communications device can receive data from the mobile communications network via the selected narrowband carrier to reduce an uplink transmission power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for managing a roadside device in vehicle road cooperation, a cloud control platform and a system. The method includes: acquiring, by a cloudside device, a data packet from a roadside device, the data packet including at least one of state information of the roadside device and dynamic traffic information associated with the roadside device; and adjusting a packet transmission policy for a data link associated with the roadside device based on the data packet, the data link comprising at least one of a first downlink from the roadside device to a vehicle, a first uplink from the vehicle to the roadside device, a second uplink from the roadside device to the cloudside device, and a second downlink from the cloudside device to the roadside device, so that personalized management for roadside devices is achieved.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a mechanism to enable interworking between fifth generation system (5GS) network slicing and evolved packet core (EPC) connectivity. In an example, techniques are provided for existing packet data unit (PDU) sessions that provide connectivity to a network slice from a set of network slices. Connectivity to the network slice is in response to a user equipment (UE), that uses network slices, moving between a 5G network and a 4G network. The existing PDU sessions are connected to a dedicated EPC core network that supports the same services provided by the network slice.

Abstract: The techniques described herein enable the use of a time factor for traffic management and routing. A system is configured to analyze traffic for a service over a period of time and identify (e.g., learn) traffic patterns that reflect a substantial effect on traffic during a particular real-world event. Using the traffic patterns identified via the analysis, the system can provide valuable time-based traffic information to service providers. A service provider can then create a predefined time-based profile that is used by a traffic manager to switch from a current traffic routing configuration to a different traffic routing configuration that better accommodates an expected traffic load for various endpoints. The predefined time-based profile specifies a scheduled time at which the switch is to occur, and this scheduled time can correspond to a start time for a real-world event that is known to cause an increase or decrease in traffic.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adaptive channel and traffic shaping management in a network including configuring an element management control unit comprising a set of distribution (DU) and central units (DU/CU) for monitoring power and channel traffic at a plurality of cell sites in a network; transmitting and receiving by a scheduler unit, data traffic data of user equipment (UE); receiving control data, by the scheduler unit, about congested network channels in Uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmissions from the UE; applying channel management solutions, by the scheduler unit, at a cell site to choke off congested channels via a schedule schema based on the control data about the traffic amounts on a channel; applying, by a control unit coupled to the scheduler unit to manage network traffic at the cell site, adaptive traffic management solutions to shape network data traffic on select channels based on the control data of traffic type on the channel; and iteratively applying, by the control unit,