Abstract: A data forwarding method and a controller are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a controller, first identification information of a terminal, where the first identification information includes terminal capability information, service type information, and quality of service QoS information of the terminal (501); determining N functional modules in L network nodes from M network nodes according to the first identification information, where the N functional modules are configured to process a data stream that corresponds to a service of the terminal (502); and configuring, for the L network nodes, corresponding forwarding entries for forwarding the data stream, where the forwarding entries are used to enable the L network nodes to process the data stream by using the N functional modules (503).

Abstract: A relay device for operating in a communication system that comprises at least two individual networks. The networks may be “individual” in the sense that they are different from each other. Different networks comprise different functionalities. In particular, different networks will tend to operate in different spectrum, have separate authorization and/or authentication procedures and/or apply different transmission technologies. Each network comprises a network device and a remote device that are configured to wirelessly transfer data between them. The relay device is configured to receive data transmitted by a device in a first one of the networks over a first section of radio spectrum. It is also configured to transmit that data to a device in a second one of the networks over a second section of radio spectrum that is different from the first section of radio spectrum.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a Radio-resource management (RRM) configuration device, and corresponding method, for a network comprising a plurality of access nodes. The device is configured to divide the plurality of access nodes of the network into clusters, and to select at least one access node of each cluster as RRM controller. Further, the device is configured to determine the non-selected access nodes of each cluster as slave nodes, and to select, for each cluster, an RRM split between each slave node and the at least one RRM controller of the respective cluster. The device is also configured to transmit, to each access node, information about its cluster, the at least one RRM controller of the cluster, and the selected RRM split.

Abstract: A communications system comprising a core network, a radio access network and at least one user equipment device, wherein: the core network is configured for communicating with the user equipment device to form a first estimate of the location of the user equipment device; the radio access network is configured for communicating with the user equipment device to form a second estimate of the location of the user equipment device; and the core network is configured for forming a third estimate of the location of the user equipment device by synthesizing the first and second estimates.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, a forwarding information update method, a communications device, and a controller. The communications device includes: a forwarding module and one or more interfaces, where the forwarding module receives a data packet sent to a receive end; determines, according to a correspondence between data filtering template information of the data packet and interface information in forwarding information maintained by the forwarding module, an interface for forwarding the data packet to the receive end, where if data packet transmission is performed by using a specific radio access technology between the communications device and a next hop to which the communications device forwards the data packet, the interface is an interface corresponding to the radio access technology; and forwards the data packet to the interface; and the interface receives the data packet sent by the forwarding module, and forwards the data packet.

Abstract: Disclosed are a protocol stack adaptation method and apparatus, where a network transmission optimization technology can be deployed in a wireless network, thereby optimizing a wireless transmission network. The method includes acquiring a first wireless transmission protocol packet, and detecting, by using a first preset detection rule, whether the first wireless transmission protocol packet carries user data. If the first wireless transmission protocol packet carries user data, the method includes adapting the first wireless transmission protocol packet to a corresponding first standard Internet Protocol (IP) data packet; sending the first standard IP data packet to a network transmission optimization (NTO) device; receiving a second standard IP data packet sent by the NTO device; and, adapting the second standard IP data packet to a corresponding second wireless transmission protocol packet.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and device for processing air interface information. An enhanced base station includes: a receiver, configured to receive, through an open interface, an air interface control policy sent by a radio access network controller having an air interface control function of a radio access network; and a processor, configured to process air interface user plane data according to the air interface control policy. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention implement separation of a control plane and a user plane of the radio access network through the radio access network controller and the enhanced base station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a data transmission method and a communications device. The communications device includes: a memory, a processor, and a communications interface. The memory is configured to store mapping information between a data flow identifier and a physical layer transmission technology identifier.

Abstract: A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) virtualization method, device and a virtualization policy and charging system are provided. The device includes: at least two virtual machine; where each of the virtual machine correspondingly realizes at least one function of the PCRF device; and the virtual machines are connected to each other through an Internet Protocol (IP) rout. According to the technical solution of the embodiments of the present disclosure, when a function of a PCRF VM is expanded, the VM can be configured flexibly, thereby reducing the cost and improving the performance price ratio.

Abstract: The present application provides a control method in a communications network, a centralized controller, and a wireless communications network system, where the method includes: generating a to-be-confirmed processing type list according to a service type of a service flow and a data path type template, where the to-be-confirmed processing type list includes all processing function types that may be needed by the service flow; then filtering the to-be-confirmed processing type list, and generating a processing type list, where the processing type list includes processing function types that are essential to the service flow; further, sequentially selecting a working policy and a working parameter for each processing instance, generating a full path policy, and sending the full path policy to an instance of each function node. Therefore, a corresponding service flow path is selected according to a service type corresponding to a different service flow, network resource utilization is improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for processing network protocol stack data. The method includes: extracting, from a to-be-processed data packet, an identifier used to indicate a data flow to which the to-be-processed data packet belongs; when a pre-generated rule matching table includes the identifier, processing, according to a protocol-stack layer jump processing policy that is corresponding to the identifier and that is in the rule matching table, the to-be-processed data packet on a target layer indicated by the protocol-stack layer jump processing policy. By using the method and apparatus in the present disclosure, unnecessary processing may not be performed on some data packets that do not need to be processed on all protocol-stack layers, so as to reduce or even avoid unnecessary consumption of computing resources and transmission resources.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose a multiple-communications-standard transmission method and apparatus. The method includes when both a WLAN communications standard and a wireless cellular communications standard are available, sending, by a transmit end supporting multiple communications standards by preferentially using the WLAN communications standard, a service flow of a service session to a receive end supporting multiple communications standards. The method also includes in response to that a first switch condition is met, switching, by the transmit end at a data link layer, to using the wireless cellular communications standard for continuous transmission of the service flow, where the first switch condition includes at least that a WLAN communication link fails in communication.

Abstract: A wireless network system includes: a single network controller (SNC) that is configured to perform a centralized control function, an ingress network element that is configured to perform matching on a data flow processing rule, and a function node network FNN that is configured to perform a user plane function. The FNN includes at least one function node FN, both the ingress network element and the FN are communicatively connected to the SNC, and at least two FNs are connected to each other directly or through an Internet Protocol IP network. The SNC is specifically configured to implement a control plane function of the wireless network system; the ingress network element is specifically configured to perform rule matching and mark a data packet with a label. The FN is specifically configured to perform one or a combination of data processing and data forwarding according to the label.

Abstract: A method and a terminal device for keeping a subscriber identity module card in a standby state, where the method for keeping a subscriber identity module card in a standby state includes receiving, by a terminal device, an enabling request, where the enabling request is used for requesting simultaneous standby of a first subscriber identity module card and a second subscriber identity module card; invoking a third-party invocation interface provided by an operating system of the terminal device; performing interaction with a subscriber identity module card control module, so as to complete a network access process of the first subscriber identity module card on the basis of a data file of the first subscriber identity module card; and keeping the first subscriber identity module card and the second subscriber identity module card in a standby state at the same time according to the enabling request.

Abstract: A method for processing presence information is disclosed. Presence information includes different values of a presence element, classes corresponding to the values and presentity information. Authentication configuration information of a presentity is obtained according to the presentity information. A right rule is obtained by resolving the authentication configuration information. The right rule includes a correlation configured by the presentity between a watcher identity and a class of a group that the watcher identity pertains to. A value of the presence element is sent to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resource allocation method and system on a Software Defined Protocol SDP network. The method includes: receiving, by a resource allocator, a resource request message sent by a protocol stack deployment node, where the resource request message carries information about a protocol stack deployed on the protocol stack deployment node; determining, by the resource allocator, information about an available resource on an SDP network, where the available resource is used for resource allocation of the protocol stack; determining, by the resource allocator according to the information about the protocol stack and the information about the available resource, a resource allocated to each protocol layer in the protocol stack; and sending, by the resource allocator, a resource feedback message to the protocol stack deployment node, where the resource feedback message carries the information about the resource allocated to each protocol layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication control method, a controller, a user equipment, and a function instance that can meet quality of service requirements of services with different requirements. The communication control method includes: obtaining, by a controller, a first slice identifier corresponding to a first service; determining, by the controller according to the first slice identifier, a first function instance corresponding to the first slice identifier; and separately sending, by the controller, to a first user equipment (UE) and the first function instance, instruction information for setting up a bearer, where the bearer is used to transmit a data packet of the first service corresponding to the first UE, the bearer corresponds to the first slice identifier, and the instruction information carries an identity of the first UE and an identity of the first function instance.

Abstract: A method and a terminal device for keeping a subscriber identity module card in a standby state, where the method for keeping a subscriber identity module card in a standby state includes receiving, by a terminal device, an enabling request, where the enabling request is used for requesting simultaneous standby of a first subscriber identity module card and a second subscriber identity module card; invoking a third-party invocation interface provided by an operating system of the terminal device; performing interaction with a subscriber identity module card control module, so as to complete a network access process of the first subscriber identity module card on the basis of a data file of the first subscriber identity module card; and keeping the first subscriber identity module card and the second subscriber identity module card in a standby state at the same time according to the enabling request.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and a related apparatus, which are used to implement compression of data transmitted on a backhaul to increase throughput of the backhaul. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: parsing a received Internet Protocol (IP) data packet to obtain a transmission network protocol header, a transmission tunneling protocol header, a user data protocol header, and user application layer data; compressing the transmission tunneling protocol header, the user data protocol header, and the user application layer data to obtain a compressed transmission network protocol payload; using the transmission network protocol header to encapsulate the compressed transmission network protocol payload to obtain a compressed IP data packet; and sending the compressed IP data packet to a decoding device in a core network or in a base station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an access network system, and a data packet processing method and apparatus. The system includes: a controller, configured to perform configuration a flow table for a switching module and a protocol function for at least one functional module; the switching module, configured to send a first data packet to a first functional module of the at least one functional module according to the flow table configured by the controller, where the first functional module is a functional module first indicated in the flow table to process the first data packet; and the at least one functional module, configured to process the first data packet according to the protocol function configured by the controller.