Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for user equipment power saving for v2x communications. An apparatus (400) includes a processor (405) that determines one or more destination layer-2 IDs for reception within vehicle-to-everything (“V2X”) configuration information received from the network, determines one or more quality of service (“QoS”) requirements for reception for each determined one or more destination layer-2 IDs, and provides the determined one or more QoS requirements for each determined one or more destination layer-2 IDs for reception to the application service (“AS”) layer.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing analytics feedback for a network function. One apparatus includes a network interface that receives a first request for a trained machine learning (“ML”) model from a network function (“NF”) that supports analytics generation. Here, the first request contains first information including an Analytic Identifier (“ID”). The apparatus includes processor that determines a first trained ML model based on the first information and provides the first trained ML model to the NF. The processor determines that the first trained ML model is invalid and notifies the NF that the validity of the first trained ML model has changed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for registering a personal Internet-of-Things (PIoT) network and PIoT device. One apparatus includes a first network interface that communicates with a PIoT network comprising at least one PIoT device. The apparatus includes a processor that detects a first PIoT device connecting to the PIoT network and determines a vendor of the first PIoT device. The processor sends a first request to a first PIoT server operated by the determined vendor, the first request enabling the first PIoT server to identify the first PIoT device as operating in the PIoT network, where the first request contains PIoT information which identifies a PIoT aggregation server associated with the PIoT network.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for collecting quality of experience (QoE) measurements. One apparatus includes a processor that generates a first configuration for QoE measurements, the first configuration including at least one parameter to set up QoE measurements for at least one service type and at least one reporting configuration for the at least one service type. The apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits the first configuration to a communication device. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives a reporting message from the communication device, the reporting message including QoE measurements collected in accordance with the first configuration.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for admission control based on registered user equipments. One method includes receiving, at a first network function (NF), an indication from a second NF to subscribe to notifications for an admission control mode of a network slice. The method includes determining a number of user equipments (UEs) registered with the network slice. The method includes sending a first request to the second NF to activate the admission control mode for the network slice based on the number of UEs registered with the network slice being greater than a threshold value. The method includes sending a second request to the second NF to deactivate the admission control mode for the network slice based on the number of UEs registered with the network slice being less than or equal to the threshold value.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for efficient data collection from an Operations, Administration and Management (“OAM”). One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that receives, from a first network function, a first request to provide data for at least one data type information. Here, the first request includes an indication that the data is to be available as historical data. The processor processes the data required according to the first request and sends a second request to a Data Repository Function (“DRF”). Here, the second request includes the data required and an indication that the data is to be available as historical data. The processor provides the data required to the first network function.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data connection establishment in response to a disaster condition. One method (600) includes receiving (602), at a first network function in a first mobile communication network, a first message from a second network function in the first mobile communication network. The first message includes a data connection establishment request from a remote unit and a disaster indication indicating that the data connection establishment request is in response to a disaster condition in a second mobile communication network, and the disaster condition disables the remote unit from connecting to the second mobile connection network. The method (600) includes determining (604) destination addresses in the second mobile communication network. The method (600) includes configuring (606) a data connection corresponding to the data connection establishment request to accept data traffic between the remote unit and the destination addresses.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to secure data collection via a messaging framework. An apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor that is configured to receive a subscription request from a data consumer function, the subscription request comprising a data tag associated with a data producer function, generate a security key for the data tag, generate a binding for the data tag between the security key, the data consumer function, and the data producer function, and transmit, for use in data transmissions between the data producer function and the data consumer function a service request message to the data producer function, the service request message comprising the data tag and the security key, and a data exposure response message to the data consumer function, the data exposure response message comprising the data tag and the security key.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining mobile network policy freshness. One method includes accessing a first policy associated with a first mobile network, a first policy identifier, and a freshness parameter. The method includes determining, based on the freshness parameter, whether the first policy is fresh. The method includes transmitting a registration message to a second mobile network. The registration message includes the first policy identifier in response to determining that the first policy is not fresh.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for handling security aspects for UAS in a 3GPP network. One apparatus contains a transceiver that receives a revocation indication message from a mobile communication network and a processor that deletes UAS-related authorization and security information corresponding to a UAV ID. The transceiver further transmits a revocation acknowledgement message to the mobile communication network.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a time to perform an update. One method (900) includes transmitting (902) first information indicating an initial value. The method (900) includes transmitting (904) second information indicating an update interval corresponding to the initial value. The method (900) includes updating (906) an identifier at a time determined based on the initial value and the update interval.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring a SIP register message. One method includes transmitting by a device to a network entity, a session initiation protocol (SIP) register message. The SIP register message includes: a first field of the SIP register message, wherein the first field of the SIP register message includes an identifier indicating a status for an identity; and a second field of the SIP register message. The second field of the SIP register message includes the identity. The method includes receiving an acknowledgement indicating that the device is registered.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for indicating a packet data unit session as unavailable. One apparatus includes a processor that determines that at least one packet data unit session is unavailable. The apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits information indicating that the at least one packet data unit session is to be released.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for user-plane congestion management are provided. Among these method, apparatuses and systems is a method, implementable by a base station (and/or a serving gateway), for mitigating user plane congestion. The method may include sending a congestion indication to a core network; receiving a general packet radio system (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) packet including an first internet protocol (IP) packet associated with a first flow within a bearer; obtaining, from a header of the GTP packet, an indicator indicative of a priority of the IP packet, wherein the indicator was inserted into the header of the GTP packet by the core network responsive to the congestion indication; and dropping any of the GTP packet and the first IP packet on condition that a priority of a second IP packet associated with second flow within the bearer takes precedence over the priority of the first IP packet.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for network slice attribute management. One method (800) includes receiving (805) a configuration comprising a quota for a network slice parameter for access control and receiving (810) a report for the network slice parameter from a network function. The method (800) includes determining (815) to update the status of the network slice parameter based on the report for the network slice parameter and sending (820) a response to the network function.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining an action for a network function based on network analytics. One apparatus includes a processor and a network interface that receives a first set of analytics from at least one network analytics function in a mobile communication network, the first set of analytics relating to a first KPI. The processor determines from the first set of analytics whether a first condition is met and determines a first set of actions when the first condition is not met. Via the network interface, the processor sends the first set of actions to at least one network function in the mobile communication network, each action in the first set of actions being sent to an associated network function.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for provisioning a subscription to access local services. One apparatus includes a network interface that receives a first request message from an application function associated with a first service, the first request message containing a second subscription that enables a UE having a first subscription to register with a second mobile communication network that is not accessible with the first subscription. The apparatus includes a processor that receives an indication that the UE has initiated communication with a remote server accessible via the first mobile communication network and sends a second request message to the UE, the second request message containing the second subscription and enables the UE to access a local server via the second mobile communication network, where the local server provides the first service.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for supporting delegated data connections. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that receives an access request indicating that a remote unit requires to access a first access network. The processor determines to establish a delegated data connection in a mobile communication network for the remote unit, the delegated data connection connecting the apparatus with an external data network. The processor enables the authentication of the remote unit by converting a first authentication signaling used by the mobile communication network to a second authentication signaling used by the first access network. The processor controls the transceiver to forward data traffic between the remote unit and the external data network over the delegated data connection, wherein the delegated data connection is reserved for use by the remote unit.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selecting a data connection based on digital certificate information. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor that receives a request to send a data packet and determines a first application identity used by a first application. The processor finds a first policy rule in the apparatus that matches the first application identity and determines whether the first application matches a digital certificate information. Here, the first policy rule contains the digital certificate information. Upon determining that the first application matches the digital certificate information, the processor applies the first policy rule to select a first set of data connection parameters and the transceiver transmits the data packet via a data connection using the first set of data connection parameters.

Abstract: Procedures, mechanisms, methods, and techniques are provided that trigger power saving mode (PSM) functionality in the at least one wireless transmit receive units, group of WTRUs or subset of the group of WTRUs. The trigger may be in response to an application layer request to set one or more predetermined PSM settings, wherein the trigger originates from one or more application servers (APs) directed to a core network by way of an interface such as an SCEF that may be included on a device (e.g., a gateway, computing device, and/or the like) and may be configured for enabling the application server to request enabling and disabling PSM functionality.