Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to service function chaining in wireless networks. A communications system may include a communication control function to select one or multiple communication service functions associated with establishing service function chaining (SFC) services for telecommunications; a service orchestration and chaining function (SOCF) to establish the SFC services; and a service orchestration exposure function (SOEF) to expose the SFC services to an application function (AF) of the system.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques to enable communication between a user equipment (UE) microservice and a microservice of a wireless cellular network via service mesh. A first solution is described, in which the service mesh is in the network, and the network includes a service mesh proxy to communicate with the UE. A second solution is also described, in which the UE is part of the cellular network service mesh and includes a service mesh proxy in the UE. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to registering a user equipment (UE) with a wireless network based on a blockchain identity (BI) of the UE. In embodiments, the BI, or a derived key thereof, may be used to sign a cryptographic challenge provided by the network, wherein the challenge is based on the BI. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to sensing authorization. A device may transmit a request for sensing services to a network, the request including one or more parameters related to sensing. The device may receive an authorization response from the network based on a UE's subscription status and privacy settings. The device may execute sensing functions locally on the UE upon receiving authorization from the network. The device may transmit sensing data to the network for exposure to authorized clients. The device may update a UE's privacy profile related to sensing data via a communication with a network function.

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for uplink data integrity protection in a communication system including a radio access network (RAN) serving a user equipment (UE) operating in an Early Data Transmission (EDT) configuration. In one example, a method involves generating a hash marker based on a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) control protocol data unit (PDU) or service data unit (SDU). The method also involves transmitting a message including the hash marker to the RAN.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for providing data query and manipulation services. A wireless communications network service-based architecture for providing data query and manipulation services may detect a request from a service consumer, received at a GraphQL interface of a network function, to query or manipulate data; and provide, using the GraphQL interface, a response to the request.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to RAN compute QoS modeling. A device may decode a compute task request message received from a user equipment (UE), the compute task request message comprising an indication of a compute task to be offloaded to the RAN and data of the compute task. The device may establish a RAN compute service function (SF) based on support initiated by a service orchestration and chaining function (SOCF). The device may establish a RAN compute bearer based on RAN compute QoS flow with the UE, wherein the RAN compute QoS flow spans between the UE, the RAN, and the RAN compute SF.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein are directed to remote direct memory access (RDMA) support in cellular networks. In particular, some embodiments may relate to enhancements to RDMA over cellular network (RoCN) protocols.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein are directed to radio access network (RAN) computing service support with distributed units (DUs). In particular, some embodiments are directed to to the architecture and corresponding control plane functions and protocols for RAN-based computation offloading using compute resource at a next-generation NodeB (gNB) DU. Other embodiments be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to service function chaining classification in wireless networks. A communications network system may include a first cellular network device configured to: receive service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) data from a user equipment (UE) device, the SDAP data comprising a SDAP header; identify a service chaining function (SFC) service identifier of the SDAP header; determine that the SFC service identifier is indicative of a SFC service profile, the SFC service profile indicative of quality of service (QOS) traffic characteristics; identify a SFC traffic flow associated with the SFC service identifier; and transmit the SDAP data to a second cellular network device; and wherein the second cellular network device is configured to: receive the SDAP data from the first cellular network device; and transmit the SDAP data to a service function of the system.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to service function chaining in wireless networks. A communications system may include a communication control function to select one or multiple communication service functions associated with establishing service function chaining (SFC) services for telecommunications; a service orchestration and chaining function (SOCF) to establish the SFC services; and a service orchestration exposure function (SOEF) to expose the SFC services to an application function (AF) of the system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to control traffic accessing a public land mobile network service (PLMN) at a non-public network to perform local breakout for selected traffic.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques for handover and false base station detection in a wireless communication network are described. A described technique performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a source base station of a wireless network, a handover command to indicate a handover to a target base station for communication in the wireless network; receiving information from the target base station; determining whether the target base station is a legitimate base station of the wireless network based on the information from the target base station and handover information included in the handover command; and performing a handover based on the handover command and a determination that the target base station is the legitimate base station.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to sixth generation (6G) system architecture and functions. For example, embodiments may relate to one or more of: Design principle and system architecture; Orchestration frontend service; Dynamic device-network computing scaling; RDMA over radio; Cloud workload offloading to network; Computing-embedded air interface; Service chain aware transport; and/or Enabling Al capabilities. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to allowing unauthenticated UEs to gain restricted access to an operator network to access network access subscription service. Once the unauthenticated UE successfully downloads a subscription profile for accessing the operator network, the unauthenticated UE can disconnect and can, thereafter, authenticate to the operator network using the subscription profile. Embodiments disclosed herein can perform one-way authentication to the operator network for obtaining a limited connectivity to reduce DoS attacks on the operator network. More specifically, these embodiments can support unauthenticated UEs to allow unauthenticated UEs to access the operator network for RLOS while minimizing DoS attack.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices authenticate mobile network cellular cells using asymmetric/public-key cryptography algorithms (e.g., Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)) through integrity protecting the cellular cells broadcasted messages (e.g., paging and/or system information blocks (SIBs) system information broadcast messages) by message authentication code (MAC).

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques for discovery and handling of regulatory requirements for non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF) selection, e.g., to access a standalone non-public network (SNPN). In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may determine the local requirement in a country using a domain name system (DNS) query with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) associated with the N3IWF. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to control traffic accessing a public land mobile network service (PLMN) at a non-public network to perform local breakout for selected traffic.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to a cellular network. Specifically, a cyber attack detection function (CDAF) of the cellular network may be configured to: identify operation state data from an analytics logical function (AnLF), wherein the operation state data corresponds to an analytics output of the AnLF; identify, based on the operation state data, a cyber-attack of at least one element of the cellular network; and transmit, based on the identification of the cyber-attack, a report that includes an indication of the cyber-attack. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to control traffic accessing a public land mobile network service (PLMN) at a nonpublic network to perform local breakout for selected traffic.