Abstract: A method for facilitating a CAG selection in an NPN is provided. The method includes transmitting a first indication to a UE. Upon the UE receiving the first indication, the UE is enabled to: in a case that an AS layer of the UE receives a request from a NAS layer of the UE and the CAG identity is determined by the UE to be included in the allowed CAG list, report, by the AS layer, the first indication and the CAG identity to the NAS layer, in a case that the CAG identity is determined not to be included in the allowed CAG list, report, by the AS layer, the first indication to the NAS layer to allow a manual selection of the CAG identity, and perform a cell selection or reselection procedure according to the CAG identity and the first indication.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to method and network elements for external assisted application mobility for edge computing. A method at a first network element for assisting a user equipment (UE) in mobile edge host switching comprises: setting up one or more geofences, one for each of one or more mobile edge hosts, based on topology information of a network comprising the one or more mobile edge hosts; detecting whether the UE moves across the boundary of a first geofence of the geofences; and transmitting, to a second network element, a message comprising a first indicator indicating a first host switching event for the UE in response to detecting that the UE moves across the boundary of the first geofence.

Abstract: A terminal device includes a sound output device and a middle frame with a first through hole and a second through hole. The display module is mounted on the middle frame, and the sound output device is located on a side of the middle frame. The terminal device is provided with a first sound output hole set and a second sound output hole set. The sound output device is fixed to the middle frame by a bracket provided with a first groove section, a second groove section, and a third groove section. The sound output device is in communication with the first sound output hole set through the first groove section and the first through hole, and the sound output device in communication with the second sound output hole set through the first groove and the second through hole.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure there is provided a method of data transfer, comprising: receiving data at an ingress interface of a device, the received data comprising pay load data and ingress destination data, assigning received data to one of a plurality of logical data streams based on the ingress destination data, the device removing the ingress destination data associated with the payload data and adding egress destination data to the payload data, for each logical data stream, wherein egress destination data added depends on the logical data stream, outputting data at an egress interface of the device, the output data comprising the pay load data and the egress destination data, wherein data flow between the ingress interface and the egress interface of the device is unidirectional.

Abstract: Parsing of C-plane messages is described using transmission blanking, e.g., C-plane messages that are communicated from an open RAN distributed unit (O-DU) to an open RAN radio unit (O-RU) to determine whether a particular symbol that is to be subsequently communicated via U-plane messages is blank (e.g., no physical resource blocks (PRB)) or not blank (e.g., at least one PRB). A bitmap can be constructed by the O-RU having a bit length equal to the number of symbols to be communicated, where each bit of the bitmap corresponds to one of the symbols and indicates whether the corresponding symbol is blank. Such can be determined from counters that can count the number of blank PRBs within a given symbol. During blank symbols, some devices can be powered down to conserve power on a symbol-by-symbol basis in a manner that is compliant with Open RAN specifications and does not presume the same vendor for O-RU and O-DU.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising adjusting one or more timers associated with uplink synchronization based at least partly on at least one of: a velocity of the apparatus, a velocity of a satellite, a movement direction of the apparatus, a movement direction of the satellite, a relative speed between the apparatus and the satellite, an accuracy of ephemeris information associated with the satellite, an orbit propagator model associated with the satellite, a first elevation angle between the apparatus and the satellite, a second elevation angle between a base station and the satellite, an accuracy of location information provided by a global navigation satellite system, an accuracy requirement for timing advance estimation performed by the apparatus, and/or a common timing advance broadcast rate.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: camping on a first cell by a terminal device. The method further includes: determining, by the terminal device, to access a second cell in response to: receiving a paging message from the first cell, determining that there is to-be-transmitted uplink information, or determining that there is a to-be-transmitted non-multicast service. A frequency of the first cell is different from a frequency of the second cell. The terminal device may not perform uplink transmission or may receive only a multicast service in the first cell so that energy consumption of cell measurement and beam selection is reduced. In addition, resource utilization of a communication system can be improved through flexible deployment.

Abstract: Aspects of the present application relate to mobile communication devices having active device components and passive device components and, more particularly, to operation of the passive device components to form a backscatter signal from a received forward signal. Forming the backscatter signal may include generating the backscatter signal from the received forward signal without decoding a plurality of sub-signals in the received forward signal, the backscatter signal being a time-domain function of a contiguous subset of the time-domain plurality of sub-signals in the received forward signal. Upon receipt of the backscatter signal, a reception point may obtain information about the mobile communication device that contains the passive device components. Such information may relate to timing, position and identity.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing adaptive cell searching. In one example, a method for a user equipment (UE) includes determining that the UE has entered an out of coverage (OOC) status and, in response, configuring a cell search pattern that defines a series of scheduled search instances for each of one or more frequency sets. A timing of the series of scheduled search instances is based on a time at which the UE entered OOC status and the cell search pattern is configured to cause performance of a respective minimum search rate of respective frequency sets. The frequency sets are searched based on the configured cell search pattern.

Abstract: A cell determination method is performed by a terminal, and includes: receiving slice-related information from a non-access stratum through an access stratum; and performing at least one of a cell selection or a cell reselection based on the slice-related information.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced location services in 5G are provided. One method may include storing, at a network node, at least one of data network access identifier(s) (DNAIs), an indication of serving area(s), and/or slice information that is supported by a location management function (LMF) with or in a LMF profile. The method may also include transmitting, to a consumer network function (NF), the LMF profile with the at least one of DNAIs, indication of serving area(s), or slice information supported by the LMF.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a communication circuit and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, where the processor may be configured to receive location information of the electronic device, identify whether an amount of the location information is greater than or equal to a reference amount, and change a geofence configuration based on a location accuracy radius of the location information, in case that the location information amount is equal to or greater than the reference amount, and the location accuracy radius may be determined based on a probability that the electronic device is actually located in a specific area.

Abstract: A cellular communication system supports network slicing and has a network relay function (140) for managing the indirect connections. A mobile device (110) may send a request message to a relay device (120), the request message including a slice to access. A response message indicates available slice(s) and relay device(s). The device selects a slice and/or relay device in dependence of the response message. The relay device receives the request message and sends a transfer request message to the cellular communication system indicating a request to transfer data via an indirect connection and including the requested slice, and sends the response message.

Abstract: The invention relates to using a message modification attribute value to indicate restrictions on lines of communication that may be used for a particular device. In some aspects, a network node of a telecommunications network receives a request to deliver a SMS message from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The network node determines that the first mobile device is eligible to receive SMS messages but not instant messages. Therefore, the network node generates a message modification attribute value indicating the communication channel via which messages are to be delivered to the first mobile device. The network node sends the SMS message to the second mobile device modified by the message modification attribute value. The second mobile device receives the message and, based on the message modification attribute value, acknowledges to use SMS communication with the first mobile device for a first duration of time.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support enhanced burst transmission operations. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, a signaling message indicating a burst transmission, the burst transmission including one or more sets of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The method also includes transmitting or receiving, by the wireless communication device, at least one set of PDSCH or PUSCH transmissions of the one or more sets of PDSCH or PUSCH transmissions of the burst transmission based on the signaling message. The method further includes transitioning, by the wireless communication device, to a power saving mode based on the signaling message. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Provided are a data sending method and apparatus, a data receiving method and apparatus, a first node, and a second node. The data sending method includes that in the case of the inactive state or in the case where the radio resource control state is the idle state, data is sent to a second node through a first uplink channel; and that downlink control channels in a first search space are detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solution for controlling a routing of data traffic of a roaming ter-minal device with data network, the method includes: detecting if the terminal device is served by a private network, and in accordance with a detection re-sult performing one of: selecting a network node of the private network for managing the routing if the roaming terminal device is served by the private network; or selecting a network node of a mobile communication network for managing the routing if the terminal device is not served by the private net-work, the method further including: generating a control signal to a respective network the selected network node resides for assigning a responsibility for managing the routing.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed a 5G mobile network. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a 5G standalone (SA) base station; providing an Interworking Function (IWF) in communication with the 5G SA base station; providing an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in communication with the IWF; and functioning, by the IWF, as an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) to the 5G SA base station and functioning as a Mobility Management Entity (MME) towards the EPC.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for dynamic control of power amplifier back off for repeaters. The apparatus uses a channel model to model a first signal at a channel output. The channel model models a channel between a receiver and a transmitter. The apparatus performs a PAPR reduction on the first signal at the receiver to generate a second signal having a reduced PAPR. The apparatus inputs the second signal through an inverse channel model to generate an output signal. The apparatus outputs the output signal to the receiver, such that the PAPR of the output signal is reduced at an input of the receiver.

Abstract: By a wireless communication control device, a wireless communication device, a wireless communication control method, a predicted travel route of a vehicle is identified, access point information for identifying a position of an access point and a communication range is acquired. estimation information for estimating a transit time in a section on the identified travel route is acquired, a transit time required for the vehicle to pass through a communication range of the access point connectable to the wireless communication device on the identified travel route is estimated, and the access point causing the estimated transit time to be equal to or higher than a threshold is determined.