DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SLICE-COMPLIANT HANDOVER CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20200022033A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16580948

    申请日:2019-09-24

    Abstract: The invention relates to a network entity configured to control a handover of a user equipment from a serving base station to a candidate target base station of a mobile communication network, wherein the serving base station provides at least a first slice of a first slice type and the candidate target base station provides at least a second slice of a second slice type, wherein the user equipment is registered to the first slice of the serving base station. The network entity comprises a processor configured to control, in response to a handover trigger, the handover of the user equipment on the basis of a requested slice type and the second slice type provided by the candidate target base station. Moreover, the invention relates to a corresponding target base station.

    Entities for providing an external service to a network

    公开(公告)号:US12010642B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17404624

    申请日:2021-08-17

    CPC classification number: H04W60/00 H04W48/16

    Abstract: A method supports transfer of service traffic between an external network entity and a second network entity. The method includes: sending, by the second network entity, a first transfer request to a first network entity, wherein the transfer request includes first service traffic; receiving, by the first network entity, the first transfer request from the second network entity, and sending, by the first network entity, a second transfer request to the external network entity, the second transfer request including the first service traffic; and receiving, by the second network entity, a fourth transfer request from the first network entity, the fourth transfer request including second service traffic.

    Providing multicast/broadcast services in 5G networks

    公开(公告)号:US12010591B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17176920

    申请日:2021-02-16

    CPC classification number: H04W4/06 H04W4/50 H04L12/189

    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.

    Entities for providing an external service to a network

    公开(公告)号:US11963124B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US17404709

    申请日:2021-08-17

    CPC classification number: H04W60/00 H04W8/18

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to external services provided to a network. For example, the disclosure proposes network entities that are involved in at least one of registration of an external network entity or registration of one or more services provided by the external network entity, and entities that are involved in transfer of service traffic from an external network entity providing one or more services to another network entity consuming the one or more services. For instance, the disclosure proposes a network entity for supporting at least one of registration of the external network entity or registration of one or more services of the external network entity at another network entity.

    DATA HANDLER
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220070071A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17521665

    申请日:2021-11-08

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a data handler being configured to handle monitoring data among network entities, wherein the data handler is configured to: obtain a first data request from a first network entity, the first data request comprising a first data identifier, the first data identifier relating to monitoring data; obtain one or more second data identifier from one or more other network entities, wherein the one or more second data identifier is related to the monitoring data to be collected from one or more other network entities; generate association information based on the first data identifier and the one or more second data identifier; and determine, based on the association information, whether the monitoring data to be collected is already available at the data handler, or determine whether the monitoring data to be collected should be collected from the one or more other network entities by the data handler.

    Location tracking
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10667233B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US16283383

    申请日:2019-02-22

    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.

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