Abstract: A Network Data Analytic Function (NWDAF)may assist an application server by determining a quality of server (QoS) or delivery timing requirements can be met at a location, e.g., along a route. The NWDAF may collect information from one or more cells near the location, e.g., an Operations and Management (OAM) system. Communications with the NWDAF may be facilitated by a Network Exposure Function (NEF) or an Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Request service operation. The NWDAF may indicate a potential QoS change at the location. The application server may be a V2X application server.

Abstract: Cellular devices are becoming more and more powerful, and may host a number of different non-cellular capabilities, such as cameras, accelerometers, and sensors. Today, these capabilities are used mainly to provide some service to the device or the device owner. Disclosed herein are methods and systems for enabling devices to register their device capabilities with a cellular network, providing a mechanism for Application Servers to discover non-cellular capabilities of the devices, providing a mechanism to have the Application Servers configure these non-cellular capabilities of the devices, and preparing the device and the network for cellular traffic generated as a result of the Application Server using these non-cellular capabilities.

Abstract: User equipment may be provisioned with information used to determine whether to send data via a user plane or a control plane. The information may be a management object comprising rules or polices, or uplink rate control information, for example. The user equipment may then respond to conditions autonomously, e.g., in response to congestion. An application or a service layer on user equipment may receive control plane/user plane (CPUP) selection policies. The application or service layer may then apply the CPUP selection policies to uplink traffic in determining whether uplink traffic should be sent over the user plane or control plane.