Abstract: A technique, comprising: creating at a management plane of a communication network a register of services and/or a register of producers of services in the communication network; and based on at least one of the registers, providing to a consumer information about one or more producers providing services associated with one or more service attributes indicated by the consumer and/or information about one or more services associated with one or more service attributes indicated by the consumer.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus configured to: receive, from a management service, location data associated with each of a plurality of transmitters; receive beam and/or antenna parameters associated with beams provided by the plurality of transmitters; use the received location data and received parameters to generate image data representing transmission ranges of the plurality of transmitters; and provide the generated image data to the management service.

Abstract: A trusted rating function in a communication network system obtains at least one verification information associated with at least one of an analytics function identifier, a service identifier and a service consumer identifier, receives, from a service consumer, rating information related to at least one rated service and consumer verification information associated with the service consumer, accepts the rating information based on a comparison between the obtained verification information and the consumer verification information, and updates a rating stored for the rated service based on the rating information.

Abstract: A transport network slice subset management entity is configured to provide an NSSMF of a TN, wherein the transport network slice subset management entity is configured to receive from or send messages to a network slice management entity and to provide configuration information to entities of a transport network. A method for interfacing with a transport network slice subset management entity, comprises the steps receiving, from a request originator, a message comprising a request relating to a network slice subset instance, updating a network slice database of a transport network, according to said request and configuring an entity of a transport network according to said request. A network slice management entity configured to provide an NSMF is configured to send messages to or receive messages from a transport network slice subset management entity.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for fulfillment of service requirements. In a method at a service provider, knowledge about a plurality of network and management domains is collected, and service requirements from a service consumer are determined. Based on the service requirements from the service consumer and the collected knowledge about the plurality of network and management domains, a set of access network domains is selected from a plurality of access network domains to provide a service area for the service consumer. At an access domain, mapping of at least a part service area to tracking areas is determined to fulfill the service requirements from the service consumer. Thus, the service provision for a service consumer may consider network characteristics such as mobility, load, performance, configurations, topology or the like, which is more efficient.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods and computer readable storage media for service provisioning to facilitate analysis of a service from a network function (NF). In example embodiments, one or more logs are received from at least one of a first NF, a network repository function (NRF) and a service communication proxy (SCP). The one or more logs are associated with a service from a second NF. Further, analysis of provision of the service from the second NF is facilitated based on the one or more logs.

Abstract: A method, comprising the steps of collecting, from an access network element, a plurality of time-related geospatial location information associated to a respective one out of a plurality of mobile devices, wherein the plurality of time-related geospatial location information indicates the respective mobile devices' geospatial locations at certain times; developing, based on the plurality of time-related geospatial location information, a time series cumulative distribution function, wherein the time series cumulative distribution function indicates a probability that a geospatial location defined by its coordinate values of a respective one out of the plurality of mobile devices has coordinate values less than or equal to a selected geospatial location's coordinate values; generating configuration information for the access network element, indicative of a time-related allocation of network resources to the plurality of mobile devices based on the time series cumulative distribution function; and providing t

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, determining, by an apparatus configured to operate as a network function a cellular communication system, at least two disjoint network paths, wherein the at least two disjoint network paths are different paths, and comprise different physical resources, transmitting, by the apparatus, a subscription request to an analytics function of the cellular communication system, to request notifications about attacks or risks of attacks on at least one network function on at least one of the at least two disjoint network paths, receiving from the analytics function, by the apparatus, information about at least one compromised network entity and/or at least one network entity having a risk of being compromised on said at least one of the at least two disjoint network paths and performing, by the apparatus, attack mitigation based on said information.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus comprising means for performing: obtaining data associated with network slice isolation performance: generating analytics information based on the data: and sending the analytics information.

Abstract: There are provided measures for realization of service level agreements in network slice scenarios joining multiple network capabilities. Such measures exemplarily comprise, as a slice management entity, receiving a network resource combination request, transmitting a request for at least one area base unit fulfilling, receiving, from said area base units repository, area base units fulfilling said at least one predetermined criterion out of stored area base units, generating at least one area base units join, selecting at least one selected area base units join of said at least one area base units join such that a combination of join geographical areas of said at least one selected area base units join covers said slice geographical area, and combining said at least one selected area base units join as a network resource combination.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: receive (600), from an analytics consumer, a request to produce paging analytics for a network region of interest, wherein producing the paging analytics include creating a list of one or more geographical areas within the network region of interest where a group of user equipment experience a paging issue; produce (602) paging analytics for the network region of interest; and send (604), to the analytics consumer, results of the paging analytics.

Abstract: A communication apparatus for facilitating setting up of a network slice for service provision in a time division duplex system includes a receiver configured to receive a request for a network slice for at least one service. A processor is configured to specify, for the requested network slice, at least one of an uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration and a reconfiguration timescale. A transmitter is configured to notify at least one of a communication entity of a radio access network and a communication entity of a core network of the UL/DL configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, in a user data holding entity, which comprises: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: holding analytics services information services information related to a user equipment or an application or application in the user data holding entity, and providing the analytic services information, which is related to the user equipment or to an application related to the user equipment, to a network element subscribed to the analytic services information related to the user equipment or application or to a network element such analytic services information related to the user equipment or application.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a network entity, at least one parameter associated with at least one network slice, and generating, by the network entity, at least one domain management data analytics service (MDAS) report based on the received at least one parameter. At least one MDAS report comprising at least one radio access network recommendation associated with one or more of the at least one network slices may then be transmitted.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to dynamic authorization. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a solution for dynamic access control to data is proposed. On receiving data registration from a data source, a first device checks the data types to be produced by the data source and adds policies for the data or updates existing policies for the data according to its property. It also serves as access control decision point to determine consumers' access rights based on centrally managed policies. Authorization for data access is granted/denied according to local attributes/policies. In this way, it achieves a dynamic, context-aware and risk-intelligent access control to different kind of data from various data sources (i.e., service producers).

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods and computer readable storage media for service provisioning to facilitate analysis of a service from a network function (NF). In example embodiments, one or more logs are received from at least one of a first NF, a network repository function (NRF) and a service communication proxy (SCP). The one or more logs are associated with a service from a second NF. Further, analysis of provision of the service from the second NF is facilitated based on the one or more logs.

Abstract: A server (12) comprising means (123) for: generating at least one updated set of model parameters based on at least one current set of model parameters received from at least one apparatus (100-n), the at least one updated set of model parameters being parameters of a machine learning model and being an update of the at least one current set of model parameters; sending the at least one updated set of model parameters to at least one apparatus (100-n).

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: It is provided a method, comprising generating a mobility ranking list based on received performance relevant information for a plurality of cells, wherein the performance relevant information indicates a performance of each of the cells of the plurality of cells, and the mobility ranking list indicates for each of the cells of the plurality of cells a respective priority for the respective cell to reserve a radio resource for a terminal; providing the mobility ranking list to at least one of the cells.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, determining, by an apparatus configured to operate as a network function a cellular communication system, at least two disjoint network paths, wherein the at least two disjoint network paths are different paths, and comprise different physical resources, transmitting, by the apparatus, a subscription request to an analytics function of the cellular communication system, to request notifications about attacks or risks of attacks on at least one network function on at least one of the at least two disjoint network paths, receiving from the analytics function, by the apparatus, information about at least one compromised network entity and/or at least one network entity having a risk of being compromised on said at least one of the at least two disjoint network paths and performing, by the apparatus, attack mitigation based on said information.