Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including a 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: detect a condition to a change to a low activity state; inform a serving node on the change to the low activity state; carry out the change to the low activity state and maintain information on the serving node, and in the case a cell change is carried out, inform the serving node on the cell change as instructed by the serving node.
Abstract:
Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling towards a core network. For example, networks may benefit from reduced signaling towards a core network when a user equipment selects a new cell. A method includes receiving a request at a first network node from a user equipment in an inactive connected state to connect to a second network node. The method also includes establishing a tunnel between the first network node and the second network node. In addition, the method includes exchanging data between the first network node and a core network entity. The first network node operates as an anchor node after the user equipment has connected to the second network node.
Abstract:
A technique may include determining a congestion level for a cell, receiving, from a user device, data associated with a user device flow from the user device, determining one or more flow events for the user device flow, sending, from the base station, information, including the congestion level and the one or more flow events, to a quality of experience manager to allow the quality of experience manager to determine one or more updated quality of service profiles for the user device, receiving, by the base station from the quality of experience manager, an updated quality of service profile for the user device flow, sending, by the base station to the user device based upon the updated quality of service profile for the user device flow, instructions to the user device to cause the user device to adjust an uplink data rate of the user device flow.
Abstract:
Selective bearer splitting may be of benefit to various communication systems. For example, selective bearer splitting may beneficial to small cell systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) or similar systems. A method may include determining a capacity information regarding capacity of an interface between a first base station and a second base station. The method may also include selecting, on a per user equipment's bearer service basis, a data splitting point for at least one of a plurality of bearer services for a user equipment, based on the condition of the interface.
Abstract:
There are provided measures for assisted distributed gateway selection. Such measures exemplarily comprise (as control plane network entity functionality in a mobile network scenario where an access of a terminal to a network is movable between at least two base stations and routable in parallel via at least one local gateway and a centralized gateway) detecting movement of said access of said terminal from a first base station to a second base station, determining that a first network route which is a current network route from said terminal via a first local gateway which is a current local gateway of said at least one local gateway provides less network performance than a second network route from said terminal via a second local gateway of said at least one local gateway based on a result of said detecting, and deciding said second local gateway as a target local gateway for said terminal based on a result of said determining.
Abstract:
A technique is provided for detecting, by a base station (BS), a failure of an interface (e.g., S1 interface) between the BS and a core network (BS-core network interface), sending, by the BS, a notification message to one or more mobile stations (MSs) of a cell indicating the failure of the BS-core network interface, and selecting, by the BS, a new mode of operation for the BS. The new mode of operation for the BS may include at least one of the following: to cease operating or a non-operational mode; and to operate in a device-to- device (D2D) assistance mode of operation in which the BS assists direct MS-to-MS communications.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for handling user equipment (UE) context for dual connectivity in, for example, enhanced small cell networks are provided. One method includes associating small cell identifiers that are assigned by an anchor evolved node B (eNB) with a unique cell identifier related to the anchor eNB, and reporting user equipment (UE) history information in dual connectivity mode to a target evolved node B (eNB). The UE history information comprises at least the unique cell identifier of the anchor eNB.
Abstract:
An apparatus suitable for at least to: select a cell in a low activity state, and; in the case the selected cell is the same as a serving cell while carrying out a state change to the low activity state, transmit a radio connection resume request to the selected cell; or in the case the selected cell is another cell than the serving cell while carrying out a state change to the low activity state, transmit a radio resume request to the selected cell with information on the location of the user device provided the information on the location has not been transmitted in relation to a cell change carried out in the low activity state; receive, as a response to the radio connection resume request, a radio connection resume request response, and carry out a radio connection resume for the data transmission.
Abstract:
Improving user experience during handover. Transmitting by a source base station to a target base station a handover request message including a range of QoS profiles, receiving by the source bases station from the target base station a handover request acknowledge message indicating the radio resources or QoS profile selected from the range of QoS profiles, transmitting by the source base station station an identified resource gap between the selected QoS profile of the target base station and the currently used QoS profile in the source base station to an experience management entity.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to determine whether a bearer to be set up and used for a communication connection of a communication element is a bearer eligible for selected traffic offloading to a local gateway of a cell group when the local gateway is available, and in case the determination is affirmative, to provide an indication in a signaling to a communication network control element of the communication element, the indication indicates that the bearer to be set up is a bearer eligible for selected traffic offloading as soon as a local gateway is available.