Abstract: Systems and methods of selectively routing a packet flow are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a first network node associated with a first network and operable to selectively route packet flows between the first network and a second network over first and second access nodes associated with corresponding first and second access networks. The method includes contemporaneously routing both a first packet flow through the first access node and a second packet flow through the second access node based on a network metric associated with the first or second access network, a user or device activity preference associated with the first network and a user or device activity associated with the first or second packet flow. Further, each access networks is operable to enable the first network node to access the second network over the corresponding access node.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a buffer status reporting and a terminal are provided. The method includes: when triggering a first Buffer Status Reporting (BSR) and a second BSR, determining a target BSR with a higher priority between the first BSR and the second BSR according to a target logic channel; sending the target BSR; where the target logical channel includes a logical channel related to the first BSR and/or the second BSR, the first BSR is a BSR of a first communication interface, and the second BSR is a BSR of a second communication interface.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a central cloud server that obtains a first type of telemetry information from a plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices and a second type of telemetry information from a master wireless access point device and service wireless access point devices. Based on the first type of telemetry information and the second type of telemetry information, a performance degradation is detected of the master wireless access point device operating in a primary gateway role in the wireless backhaul mesh network. A new master wireless access point device is elected from a plurality of network nodes based on defined election criteria when the performance degradation is detected beyond defined threshold. The new master wireless access point device previously operating in a network role different from the primary gateway role in the wireless backhaul mesh network is switched to operate in the primary gateway role.

Abstract: A base station of a cellular network determines that a mobile device is in an ON period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. The base station determines that a number of data units in a buffer corresponding to the mobile device is at least a threshold value. The threshold value is a number greater than one. In response to determining that the number of data units in the buffer is at least the threshold value and that the mobile device is in the ON period, the base station initiates transmission, to the mobile device over the cellular network, of at least some of the data units in the buffer. Some implementations include a latency timer that can trigger initiation of data unit transmission.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hybrid measurement gap operation. A network-side device may provide a hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration to a wireless device, the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration scheduling measurement operation of the wireless device in accordance with hybrid measurement gap patterns. The wireless device may receive the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration, and thus perform measurement operation based on the hybrid measurement gap patterns as scheduled.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for data collection for non-terrestrial networks (NTN). One aspect provides a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting an indication of a capability of the UE to connect to a network via both terrestrial network (TN) cells and non-terrestrial network (NTN) cells and transmitting one or more data collection reports in accordance with the indicated capability.

Abstract: Establishing a data plane session for a user equipment with a network using an access network requires the existence of a data path in or through a forwarding entity of the network. The forwarding entity is part of the access network or is an IP edge network node, wherein the data path within the forwarding entity corresponds to a programmed data path in or through a forwarding entity defined by means of data path configuration information being used to identify the user equipment and/or the data plane session using the data path, wherein in order to establish the session, the method includes establishing the data path within the forwarding entity as an at least partly programmed and/or pre-provisioned data path, including the data path configuration information, wherein establishing the session for the user equipment involves the session and/or the user equipment to be assigned to the existing pre-provisioned data path.

Abstract: In a data packet transmission method disclosed herein, a capability information value indicating an amount of data that can be supported by a data transmission end is determined. In response to determining that a data packet is not received correctly, a data packet to be retransmitted is determined and is retransmitted according to the capability information value.

Abstract: This application relates to a distributed software-defined network (“DSDN”) for dynamically configuring and managing a wireless communication network. A plurality of DSDN nodes are connected to each other via a plurality of communication paths. Each communication path directly connects two DSDN nodes. Each DSDN node can provide DSDN configurations across diverse and disparate networks by normalizing its data plane network traffic through translation and packet encapsulation. Furthermore, the DSDN node can provide an architecture tolerant of network interruptions and network system fluctuations. For example, in the case of any one of the DSDN node's network interruptions from other DSDN nodes, the DSDN can provide network reconfiguration using network configuration rules stored in a control plane of each DSDN node.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are described for improved edge network access for a UE. According to some aspects, a UE may receive a first Data Network Name (DNN) from an application and determine, based on a Data Network Name (DNN) Replacement Rule, the first DNN is associated with a second Data Network Name (DNN), where the first DNN and the second DNN are different. The UE may determine, based on the DNN Replacement Rule, to associate traffic from the application with a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Session, where the PDU Session may be used to send data from the application to a network and the PDU Session is associated with the second DNN.

Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.

Abstract: A network system is provided between at least a first client site and a second client site. A client site network component is implemented at least at the first client site, the client site network component aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure an aggregated connection that has increased throughput. At least one network server component may be configured to connect to the client site network component using the aggregated connection. A cloud network controller may be configured to manage the data traffic and a virtual edge providing transparent lower-link encryption for the aggregated connection between the client site network component and the network server component. The network server component includes a virtual control plane interface configured to establish a unicast path between the network server component and each of a plurality of remote network server components.

Abstract: This application relates to a distributed software-defined network (“DSDN”) for dynamically configuring and managing a wireless communication network. A plurality of DSDN nodes are connected to each other via a plurality of communication paths. Each communication path directly connects two DSDN nodes. Each DSDN node can provide DSDN configurations across diverse and disparate networks by normalizing its data plane network traffic through translation and packet encapsulation. Furthermore, the DSDN node can provide an architecture tolerant of network interruptions and network system fluctuations. For example, in the case of any one of the DSDN node's network interruptions from other DSDN nodes, the DSDN can provide network reconfiguration using network configuration rules stored in a control plane of each DSDN node.

Abstract: One embodiment according to the present specification relates to a method for constructing a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. According to various embodiments, a PPDU may comprise a first signal field and a second signal field. The first signal field may include first information about PHY version. The first information may be determined on the basis of whether the PPDU is an EHT PPDU. The second signal field may include second information about the transmission of the PPDU, which is set on the basis of the first information.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a multi-link device (MLD) operating in a plurality of links can receive a PPDU through a first link from among the plurality of links. The PPU can include a first information field related to a second link that is differentiated from the first link. The first information field related to a second link can include a second information field related to a link identifier of a second link and a third information field related to whether all pieces of element information related to a second link is included in the PPDU.

Abstract: A method for routing of data packets includes: in a first step, energy budget indication information is associated or applied to at least one specific data packet, wherein energy budget indication information or its information content is related to the energy intensity of the transmission of the at least one specific data packet; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, a routing and/or scheduling decision regarding a next hop is taken by a specific preceding network node in dependency on the energy budget indication information or its information content, indicating available and/or residual energy budget.

Abstract: A terminal according to the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives configuration information related to channel state information (CSI) reporting; and a control section that controls transmission of a plurality of pieces of wideband information each including at least one of information related to a plurality of delays and information related to a plurality of coefficients corresponding to the delays, based on the configuration information. Thereby, it is possible to prevent degradation of the reporting accuracy of CSI while suppressing the increment of the UL overhead.

Abstract: A communication system includes a central cloud server that decreases a gain of a currently active path, which corresponds to a primary communication path between a radio access network (RAN) node and one or more user equipment (UEs) via a first set of edge devices, until the currently active path becomes dormant. A gain of a dormant path, corresponding to a secondary communication path is increased until the dormant path becomes a new active path. Further, at least one edge device of the second set of edge devices is caused to transmit one or more beams of radio frequency (RF) signals in one or more specific directions towards one or more new neighboring nodes to establish the secondary communication path that is used as a backup communication path between the RAN node and the one or more UEs via a second set of edge devices different from the first set of edge devices.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for a UE scheduling grant based on a pro-scheduler implementation. A first UE may transmit a first sidelink grant transmission to a second UE with a resource reservation for a second sidelink grant transmission from the first UE. The second UE may select a sidelink resource that avoids an overlap with the resource reservation for the sidelink grant transmission from the first UE and transmit a sidelink transmission using the sidelink resource that avoids the overlap with the resource reservation. In further aspects, the second UE may transmit a sidelink transmission based on the first sidelink grant.

Abstract: A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises communicating, with a first infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network, signals representing data by a second infrastructure equipment over a first communications path via one or more other infrastructure equipment acting as relay nodes, the second infrastructure equipment being a child node and one of the one or more other infrastructure equipment acting as the relay nodes or the donor node being a parent node, the parent node being connected to the child node via a backhaul communications link and configured to allocate uplink communications resources to the child node.