Abstract: A system for routing a service request in a network includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive a service request at a first service communication proxy (SCP), receive quality of service (QOS) requirements of the service request, and process, at the first SCP, the service request to determine a virtual path to route the service request from a first network function to a second network function within the network. The service request is received from the first network function and the first network function is associated with a data center of the first SCP. The virtual path is determined based on QoS parameters of the network and the QoS requirement of the service request.

Abstract: There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for spatial audio encoding configured to: determine an error of fit measure (408) between a plurality of spatial direction component values (402) from a plurality of audio frames and a curve fitted (405) to a data set comprising the plurality of spatial direction component values; compare the error of fit measure to a threshold value; and depending on the comparison, either use a method of non-prediction for generating at least one spatial direction component value for each remaining audio frame of the interval of audio frames, or use a method of prediction for generating the at least one spatial direction component (406) value for each remaining audio frame of the interval of audio frames.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a router comprises at least one processor; memory storing at least one of a secured anti-theft password or a configuration file; and a computer-readable medium, storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the router to determine whether a first input password matches the secured anti-theft password, and control at least one of accessing or modifying of the configuration file and configuration of the router based on whether the first input password matches the secured anti-theft password.

Abstract: There are provided measures for measurement relaxation change based on the total received power, in particular on an indicator of the total received power. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a terminal in a radio resource management measurements relaxation mode having a reduced radio resource management measurements activity within a first relaxation mode scope as a relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode, the terminal being served by a radio cell in a frequency band, achieving information on a parameter indicative of a total power received by said terminal at said frequency band, and deciding on a change of said relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode based on said information on said parameter indicative of said total power received by said terminal at said frequency band.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for configuring a dual-mode SL LCH with simultaneous mode 1 and mode 2 transmission are provided. One method may include configuring one or more dual-mode sidelink (SL) logical channels (LCHs) to at least one user equipment to enable simultaneous sidelink mode 1 and sidelink mode 2 transmission. The method may also include receiving, from the at least one user equipment, at least one sidelink (SL) buffer status report (BSR) that may optionally comprise buffer status for one or more of the configured dual-mode logical channels (LCHs) according to a network configuration, and transmitting, to the at least one user equipment, a resource allocation that can be applied for the dual-mode logical channels (LCHs) according to the network configuration.

Abstract: A method for automatically creating an equipment inventory from a plurality of images of a site. The method includes receiving, by a processor, the plurality of images of the site, labeling, by the processor, equipment present in each image of the plurality of images of the site, creating, by the processor, an overlap curve for neighboring images of the plurality of images of the site, determining, by the processor, a useful image of each side of the site based on the overlap curve, the useful image including a subset of the plurality of images, creating, by the processor, an overlay of equipment in the useful image of each side of the site, counting, by the processor, equipment present in the overlay of each side of the site, and generating, by the processor, the equipment inventory by adding a number of equipment counted in the overlay of each side of the site.

Abstract: An apparatus has means for causing a random access message to be transmitted from a communications device to a target cell while the communications device is connected to a source cell and for receiving from the source cell information indicating that the random access message has been received by the target cell.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement comprising: a conductive element comprising three slots radially extending from a common center void; and a first feed and a second feed wherein the first feed is a single line feed and the second feed is a single line feed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selecting the ingress node for a multicast distribution session are provided. One method may include receiving a request to join a multicast session, and checking a database to determine whether an ingress node for the multicast session has already been assigned or configured to handle a corresponding multicast distribution session by passing received data towards radio nodes within the multicast distribution session.

Abstract: A network entity of a communication network receives a first message from a user equipment, the first message including at least first information regarding a domain name server query. In accordance with a first handling rule, the first message is processed by including second information regarding a subnet option into the first message, and the processed first message is forwarded to a domain name server. The network entity receives a second message from the domain name server, the second message including a response to the domain name server query and the second information. In accordance with a second handling rule, the second message is processed by replacing the second information, and the processed second message is forwarded to the user equipment.

Abstract: There is provided a method for a user equipment for detecting a beam failure on at least one transmission/reception point, TRP, the UE being configured to communicate with a plurality of TRPs; based on the detecting, encoding a beam failure indication data to a beam failure recovery, BFR, media access control, MAC, control element, CE, wherein the beam failure indication data indicates the beam failure on the at least one TRP; and transmitting the BFR MAC CE to a network element of a wireless communication network.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for restrictions for a radio access network based notification area (RNA) update procedure during a small data transmission (SDT) procedure. In example embodiments, the first device initiates the SDT procedure. Then, the first device restricts performing of the RNA update procedure during the SDT procedure.

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a user device in a wireless network, at least two physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) allocations overlapping in time domain and corresponding to at least two PUSCH transmissions for use in transmitting at least one uplink control information (UCI); and mapping, by the user device, the at least one UCI to at least one of the following: one of the at least two PUSCH allocations; separately to each of the at least two PUSCH allocations; or across the at least two PUSCH allocations; wherein the mapping is based on at least one of: one or more configured or pre-defined rules, or at least one an indication received by the user device from a network node, and wherein each of the at least two PUSCH allocations includes resources allocated to the user device for a PUSCH transmission.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including circuitry configured for performing: receiving radio transmission parameters for a set of base stations to transmit at least one data packet over same time-frequency physical resource blocks to the apparatus, the apparatus located in a first cell which is adjacent to a cell of at least one base station of the set of base stations; and receiving, in a data session, the at least one data packet at the apparatus; using the at least one data packet and the radio transmission parameters for interference cancellation for data signals received at the apparatus from user devices in the first cell.

Abstract: A base station selects, in response to a location request for a UE, RIS(s) to use for positioning purposes for the UE. The base station performs a process with the selected RISs to determine information used to configure the UE with RS configuration for using the selected RIS(s) for the positioning purposes. The base station sends the RS configuration to the UE. An RIS receives signals including RSs to be used for positioning purposes for a UE. The RIS time stamps the signals with the RSs and reflects signals including the RSs and corresponding time stamps. A UE receives a reference signal configuration for using RIS(s), receives RSs based on the configuration, and receives signals comprising RSs that have been reflected from the RIS(s). The UE performs timing estimates based on the received signals and sends indication of the timing estimates toward the base station.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a lithium niobate (LN) layer, and a planar electro-optical modulator having at least one hybrid optical core segment formed of a portion of the LN layer and an optical guiding rib. The optical guiding rib may be located in a top silicon layer of a silicon photonics (SiP) chip, to which a thin-film LN chip is flip-chip mounted, and may be coupled to optical waveguide cores in a first silicon core layer of the SiP chip. One or more drive electrodes are disposed between a substrate of the SiP chip and the LN layer. In some embodiments hybrid optical core segments may include silicon nitride core segments and may form an MZM configured to be differentially or dual-differentially driven.

Abstract: There are provided measures for network-assisted fallback to contention-based random access.

Abstract: A technique, comprising: creating at a management plane of a communication network a register of services and/or a register of producers of services in the communication network; and based on at least one of the registers, providing to a consumer information about one or more producers providing services associated with one or more service attributes indicated by the consumer and/or information about one or more services associated with one or more service attributes indicated by the consumer.

Abstract: Control of fiber sensing is provided for optical fiber networks. A Bidirectional Sensing Control Devices (BSCD) is placed at each of one or more selected locations in the network. The BSCD uses a directionally selective optical coupling element to separate the two propagation directions of a bidirectional fiber, so that on the side of the coupling element distal to the bidirectional fiber, one unidirectional fiber will carry transmissions inbound to the coupling element, and another unidirectional fiber will carry transmissions outbound from the coupling element. Sensing control can then be effectuated on one or both of the unidirectional fibers without interrupting communication in either propagation transmission direction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to hybrid beamforming. A plurality of time delay elements is used to perform analog beamforming. Each time delay element is configured to apply the same time delay at different frequencies. The plurality of time delay elements is coupled to at least one RF chain to receive signals. Each antenna in an antenna array is configured to be selectively connected to one of the plurality of time delay elements based on a target configuration of a connection between the plurality of time delay elements and the antenna array. In operation, the target configuration is determined based on time delay information concerning the plurality of time delay elements and channel information concerning a physical channel over which the signals are to be transmitted.