Abstract: Configuration data associated with data traffic of at least one user equipment at a geographical area may be obtained at a home public land mobile network. The configuration data may comprise a mapping of the data traffic to an identifier of at least one co-located public land mobile network configured to provide access to an edge application server at the geographical area. The home public land mobile network may cause routing of the data traffic to the co-located public land mobile network based on the configuration data.

Abstract: Described herein is a network node comprising a processor that executes instructions to receive a location service request for a user equipment (UE); transmit a reachability request for the UE to an access and mobility management function (AMF); receive a reachability response comprising reachability information of the UE from the AMF; determine whether to perform positioning procedures related to the location service request locally or to perform positioning procedures related to the location service request remotely based, in part, on the reachability information; based on a determination to perform the positioning procedures remotely, determine a distributed location management function (LMFd) to process the location service request based, at least in part, on the reachability information; transmit the location service request to the LMFd; receive a location service result from the LMFd; and transmit, responsive to the location service request, a UE position estimate determined based on the location servic

Abstract: A network function configured for operation in a mobile telecommunications network is provided. The network function is configured to obtain from a User Equipment (UE), a Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session request for establishment of a redundant PDU session and to determine said redundant PDU session to be established based on at least one network condition. The network function is configured to provide the UE the outcome of the determination if said redundant PDU session is to be established. Hereby a network function that can consider Network conditions to determine (initiate/reject) the redundant user plane feature for the URLLC services can be provided. By allowing the network to determine establishment of redundant user plane resource exhaustion can be avoided in that the UE is no longer controlling the establishment of a redundant user plane.

Abstract: A mobile network data analytics function node is described. The network data analytics function node obtains from a network function service consumer, a request for analytics of at least one load parameter for at least one network function service provider and obtains a load data from at least one network function service provider. The network data analytics function node performs filtering of the load data from the network function service provider to filter out load data responsive to said at least one load parameter, to determine the requested analytics of said at least one load parameter based on the filtered load data from the network function service provider, and provides, to the network function service consumer, the determined analytics of at least one load parameter for said at least one network function provider. The reporting message overhead and resource exhaustion can be reduced.

Abstract: Described herein is a network node comprising a processor that executes instructions to receive a location service request for a user equipment (UE); transmit a reachability request for the UE to an access and mobility management function (AMF); receive a reachability response comprising reachability information of the UE from the AMF; determine whether to perform positioning procedures related to the location service request locally or to perform positioning procedures related to the location service request remotely based, in part, on the reachability information; based on a determination to perform the positioning procedures remotely, determine a distributed location management function (LMFd) to process the location service request based, at least in part, on the reachability information; transmit the location service request to the LMFd; receive a location service result from the LMFd; and transmit, responsive to the location service request, a UE position estimate determined based on the location servic

Abstract: The invention relates to a network entity for geographically routing a data packet towards a mobile device over a communication network.

Abstract: A flow controller for controlling a data flow through a mobile communication network includes a processor configured to receive a request from a network entity, the request indicating interfaces of the network entity and a data flow destination, and determine at least one interface and a path from a data flow policy of the mobile communication network. The processor is also configured to send a reply to the network entity, the reply indicating at least one of the interfaces of the network entity to be used for the data flow and the path to be used for the data flow.

Abstract: A first Control Node (CNd) and a method therein, for selecting a serving CNd for a User Node (UNd) by communication with at least a second CNd. The first CNd is configured to receive an uplink beacon measurement report comprising at least one measurement of an UNd uplink beacon, from at least one Access Node (ANd) controlled by the first CNd. The first CNd is further configured to preliminarily select a serving CNd for the UNd, based on the received uplink beacon measurement report concerning the UNd; confirm the preliminarily selected serving CNd by communication with the second CNd; and, select serving CNd for the UNd when the preliminarily selected serving CNd is confirmed by the second CNd.

Abstract: A flow controller for controlling a data flow through a mobile communication network includes a processor configured to receive a request from a network entity, the request indicating interfaces of the network entity and a data flow destination, and determine at least one interface and a path from a data flow policy of the mobile communication network. The processor is also configured to send a reply to the network entity, the reply indicating at least one of the interfaces of the network entity to be used for the data flow and the path to be used for the data flow.

Abstract: A first Control Node (CNd) and a method therein, for selecting a serving CNd for a User Node UNd by communication with at least a second CNd. The first CNd is configured to receive an uplink beacon measurement report comprising at least one measurement of an UNd uplink beacon, from at least one Access Node ANd controlled by the first CNd. The first CNd is further configured to preliminarily select a serving CNd for the UNd, based on the received uplink beacon measurement report concerning the UNd; confirm the preliminarily selected serving CNd by communication with the second CNd; and, select serving CNd for the UNd when the preliminarily selected serving CNd is confirmed by the second CNd.

Abstract: The invention relates to a network entity for geographically routing a data packet towards a mobile device over a communication network.

Abstract: This method is applied to nodes of networks based on carrier sense measurements and defines as well as determines accurately the values of two quality metrics to characterize respectively the accuracy of a node in carrier sensing and the ability of said node to cope with a given workload of concurrent incoming and outgoing communication traffic. These two quality metrics characterizes the intrinsic losses of a node due to different hardware and software limitations, which generate unexpected traffic losses in the node and make experimentally obtained results not match with those obtained through theoretical models. A testing controlled scenario is provided for allowing to measure the values of the two quality metrics separately, detecting the presence of the maximum value measured for concurrent workload of the node under test in the measurement of the accuracy of said node in carrier sensing.

Abstract: This method is applied to nodes of networks based on carrier sense measurements and defines as well as determines accurately the values of two quality metrics to characterize respectively the accuracy of a node in carrier sensing and the ability of said node to cope with a given workload of concurrent incoming and outgoing communication traffic. These two quality metrics characterizes the intrinsic losses of a node due to different hardware and software limitations, which generate unexpected traffic losses in the node and make experimentally obtained results not match with those obtained through theoretical models. A testing controlled scenario is provided for allowing to measure the values of the two quality metrics separately, detecting the presence of the maximum value measured for concurrent workload of the node under test in the measurement of the accuracy of said node in carrier sensing.