Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for multihop transmission are described. One example method includes receiving a scheduling request by a network device from a User Equipment (UE) for a multihop transmission. The network device sends a first message to one or more UEs in response to the scheduling request, wherein the first message indicates one or more sidelink resources and/or sidelink resource allocation information for the one or more UEs to perform a multihop transmission.

Abstract: A method for executing multipath communication at a target communication device includes obtaining, from a source communication device, data packets via two or more different paths, where a header of each data packet includes packet information, which is indicative of an association among the plurality of data packets. The packet information in each data packet at a source communication device is the same as packet information in each data packet at a target communication device irrespective of different radio access technologies, communication protocols, or radio links used in the two or more different paths. The plurality of data packets includes different data packets having different payload or duplicate data packets having a copy of the same payload. The method further includes identifying a first set of data packets received via a first path and a second set of data packets received via a second path based on the packet information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to providing a quality of service (QoS) function for the communication services in communication networks. The disclosure presents a device for providing a QoS function, for a communication service of an application entity in a communication network comprising a plurality of network entities. The device is configured to transmit a monitoring request to one or more of: the application entity, a network entity, and a user equipment (UE), obtain a monitoring response from one or more of: the application entity, the network entity, and the UE, determine a change in QoS of the communication service of the application entity, based on the obtained monitoring response, and transmit the determined change in the QoS to the application entity and/or at least one of the network entities in the communication network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the fields of mobile communication, connected driving, Internet of vehicles (IoV), self-driving car, and autonomous car. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to side-link communication and network slicing. The present disclosure provides a control unit for assisting side-link communication for at least one slice of a communication network, wherein the control unit is configured to obtain at least one of an upper layer requirement, and a session requirement; and to configure, for the at least one slice, at least one side-link resource pool based on the upper layer requirement and/or session requirement.

Abstract: Methods and related devices for performing congestion control in a decentralized way are provided, particularly for controlling interference among autonomous wireless communication links, such as sidelink communication. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, methods for performing congestion control comprise sending a cooperation message that includes a measured total interference and a cooperation mode indicator. Based on this cooperation message, other devices may voluntarily decide to join a coalition for perform congestion control.

Abstract: A control device configured for determining a data format for data to be sent via a V2X communication link between a vehicle and at least one device, wherein the control device is configured for receiving information regarding communication capacity and computation capacity of the vehicle and/or of the at least one device, the control device is configured for analyzing the received information based on the communication capacities and the computation capacities, the control device is configured for selecting, based on the analysis, a data format from a set of data formats for the V2X communication link, wherein the data formats of the set are differentiated with regard to the data volume of the data to be sent, and the control device is configured for sending to the vehicle and/or the at least one device an indication of the data format to be used for the data to be sent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service to one or more user equipments (UEs) in a cellular communication network using one or more user plane functions of a plurality of selectable user plane functions. The network entity includes processing circuitry configured to: receive a request for a multicast/broadcast service for the one or more UEs, wherein the request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the one or more UEs and/or one or more spatial regions the one or more UEs are located in; select one or more user plane functions of the plurality of selectable user plane functions on the basis of the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast service to the one or more UEs; and provide the one or more selected user plane functions with information about the multicast/broadcast service.

Abstract: According to a new generation mobile network, the generation of analytics information in the mobile network, and a network analytics tracing entity and network analytics training entity configured to obtain and perform one or more rollback actions, tracing an analytics ID or one or more analytics outputs for the analytics ID, an inference or training rollback for an unstable analytics ID or for at least one unstable analytics output for the analytics ID are concerned. To this end, a network analytics tracing entity configured to: obtain an indication with information to activate a tracing of one or more analytics outputs for an analytics ID, and/or a tracing of the analytics ID, and provide a rollback notification including one or more rollback actions related to the analytics ID, if an output for the analytics ID is unstable and/or if the analytics ID is unstable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to providing a quality of service (QoS) function for the communication services in communication networks. The disclosure presents a device for providing a QoS function, for a communication service of an application entity in a communication network comprising a plurality of network entities. The device is configured to transmit a monitoring request to one or more of: the application entity, a network entity, and a user equipment (UE), obtain a monitoring response from one or more of: the application entity, the network entity, and the UE, determine a change in QoS of the communication service of the application entity, based on the obtained monitoring response, and transmit the determined change in the QoS to the application entity and/or at least one of the network entities in the communication network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to providing a quality of service (QoS) function for communication services in communication networks. The disclosure presents a device for providing a QoS function, for a communication service of an application entity in a communication network comprising a plurality of network entities. The device is configured to transmit a monitoring request to one or more of: the application entity, a network entity, and a user equipment (UE), obtain a monitoring response from one or more of: the application entity, the network entity, and the UE, determine a change in QoS of the communication service of the application entity, based on the obtained monitoring response, and transmit the determined change in the QoS to the application entity and/or at least one of the network entities in the communication network.

Abstract: Controlling a vehicle-to-everything, V2X, service for one or more user equipments is described. An apparatus is, for example, configured to determine a requirement for the V2X service based on a network parameter of a network and/or an application requirement of a V2X application of the V2X service. The requirement includes at least one of the group consisting of: a quality of service (QoS), a mode of operation, and a resource requirement. The apparatus is configured to transmit an adaptation request message comprising the requirement for an adaptation to the requirement.

Abstract: A control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service for one or more user equipments in a cellular communication network is provided. The control plane network entity is configured to: receive a session setup request for a multicast/broadcast session for the user equipments, wherein the session setup request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the user equipments and/or one or more spatial regions the user equipments are located in; select one or more access and mobility management function entities of the cellular communication network based on the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast session to the user equipments; and send a user plane session setup request to the selected one or more access and mobility management function entities. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a user plane network entity and a radio access network node for anchoring and providing a multicast/broadcast service respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of wireless communications, and particularly to a procedure for dynamically updating a path selection policy for a UE in a wireless communication network. According to this procedure, a network entity detects a need to update the path selection policy based on data relating to a first communication path currently used in accordance with the path selection policy and at least one other communication path available in a wireless communication network. The data may comprise RRM measurements, Radio Channel measurements, QoS parameters, their statistics or predictions, and UE notifications of a success rate of the path selection policy. By using the data, the network entity dynamically updates the path selection policy by selecting, among the at least one other communication path, a second communication path to be used to support the communication service instead of the first communication path.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sidelink DRX operation in the UEs. One example method comprises: receiving by a first UE a first set of DRX configuration parameters from a network device, wherein the first set of DRX configuration parameters comprise: a set of cellular link DRX configuration parameters between the first UE and the network device, and a first set of sidelink DRX configuration parameters for device to device (D2D) communication; operating, by the first UE, in DRX mode on the sidelink communication according to the first set of DRX configuration parameters.

Abstract: The present application relates to a global communication management entity for managing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication parameters of a plurality of vehicular user equipments of a V2X communication network, the corresponding V2X communication network and vehicular user equipment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network entity for a communication network for providing a plurality of communication services to a plurality of mobile communication devices, the network entity comprising: a session manager configured to select a first geographical code from a plurality of geographical codes, wherein each geographical code is associated with a geographical region and wherein the first geographical code is associated with a first geographical region including or close to a current geographical position of at least one of the plurality of mobile communication devices; a encoder configured to encode on a MAC level and/or physical level at least a portion of a message intended for the at least one mobile communication device using the first geographical code; and a communication interface configured to send the message with the portion encoded with the first geographical code to the at least one mobile communication device.

Abstract: A method for executing multipath communication at a target communication device, includes obtaining, from a source communication device, plurality of data packets via two or more different paths, where header of each data packet comprises packet information which is indicative of association among the plurality of data packets. The packet information in each data packet at source communication device is same as packet information in each data packet at target communication device irrespective of different radio access technologies, communication protocols, or radio links used in the two or more different paths. The plurality of data packets includes different data packets having different payload or duplicate data packets having a copy of same payload. The method further includes identifying first set of data packets received via first path and second set of data packets received via second path based on the packet information.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mobile device configured to receive from a network a notification of a predicted change of a Quality-of-Service, QoS related to a local end-to-end data communication path; and configured to provide a report to the network, the report comprising at least one of the following information: location information, application layer information, mobile device status information, experienced QoS at mobile device side, radio channel conditions. The disclosure further relates to a network device configured to transceive communication data via a communication path, in particular a local end-to-end data communication path between a mobile device and another mobile device, based on a Quality-of-Service, QoS, requirement for the communication path; and configured to notify the mobile device about a predicted change of the QoS related to the communication path.

Abstract: A user equipment is configured to be connected to a first cellular communication network and a second cellular communication network. The user equipment comprises: a communication interface configured to transmit a first message to the second communication network, when the user equipment is connected to the first communication network and is triggered to connect additionally to the second communication network, wherein the first message comprises information about the first communication network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of mobile communication, connected driving, Internet of vehicles (IoV), self-driving car, and autonomous car. More specifically, the present invention relates to side-link communication and network slicing. The present invention provides a control unit 100 for assisting side-link communication for at least one slice 101 of a communication network, wherein the control unit 100 is configured to obtain at least one of an upper layer requirement 102, and a session requirement 103; and to configure, for the at least one slice 101, at least one side-link resource pool 104 based on the upper layer requirement 102 and/or session requirement 103.