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Ericsson Ab

Hang Zhang

Peiying Zhu

Wen Tong

Mo-Han Fong

Jianglei Ma

Ming Jia

Xu Li

Nimal Gamini Senarath

Sophie Vrzic

Hua Xu

Dong-Sheng Yu

Derek Yu

Ngoc Dung Dao

Robert Novak

Aaron Callard

Shalini Suresh Periyalwar

David G Steer

Ho Ting Cheng

Petar Djukic

Hamidreza Farmanbar

Kelvin Kar-Kin Au

Alex Stephenne

Gamini Senarath

Israfil Bahceci

Dongsheng Yu

Karl D Mann

Ngoc-Dung Dao

Jun J Li

Jun Yuan

Jaya Rao

Evelyne Le Strat

Sarah Boumendil

Chengchao Liang

Geng Wu

Philippe Leroux

Tyrone T Chen

Jakub Mazur

Remziye Irem Bor-Yaliniz

Kaveh Shafiee

Wei Tan

Vipul Anil Desai

Peter J Ashwood-Smith

Vahid Tarokh

Mark Earnshaw

Bassam M Hashem

Yoon Chae Cheong

Ho-Ting Cheng

Mohammad Moshiur Rahman

Bidi Ying

Mohammadhadi Baligh

Liqing Zhang

Yunsong Yang

Feng Han

Sheng Sun

Yinghao Jin

Claude Royer

James Mark Naden

Bill W Gage

Glenn G Algie

Alauddin Javed

Curtis S Dodd

Taylor Gerard Carrigan

Osama S Aboul-Magd

Amine Maaref

Kwok Shum Au

Nathan De Vries

Wei Lu

Xixian Chen

Nicholas D Felton

Mazin Ali Al-Shalash

Lai King Tee

Jianming Wu

Hong Li

Ashvin H Chheda

Ke-Chi Jang

Eamon Francis Gilravi

Chung-Ching Wang

Patrice Hede

Robert Matyas

Wei Huang

Eman A Fituri

Jia Ming

Wenqi Sun

Guo-Qiang Q Wang

Yapeng Wu

Mark Andrew Hawryluck

Junghoon Suh

Ali Iraqi

James Weisert

Ruchi Goswami

Zhi-Quan Luo

Girish Kathalagiri Somashekariah

Curt Dodd

Nadia Fawaz

Osama Aboul-magd

Caleb Timothy Johnson

Mingyi Hong

Remziye Irem Bor Yaliniz

Zhongming Zheng

There is provided a system including a platform controller for managing artificial intelligence services, wherein the system includes a processor coupled with a memory, having stored thereon instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, configure the platform controller to receive an artificial intelligence (AI) service registration request from an AI controller controlling the AI service, the AI service registration request including information indicative of locations of the AI service and transmit an AI service registration response to the AI controller, the AI service registration response including routing information at least in part specifying how to reach a coordinator associated with the AI service, the coordinator corresponding to a location of the AI service and transmit a notification indicative of availability of the AI service to a device. When a request for access to the AI service is received from the device, the platform controller is configured to transmit a response to the device, wherein the response is indicative of whether the request is accepted.

System and methods for supporting artificial intelligence service in a network

A method and apparatus for estimating a location using a network function. In the method, at least one positioning apparatus registers to a management function by sending a registration message and transmit a location information message containing an indication of geographic location of said positioning apparatus; the management function gets the at least one positioning apparatus registered according to the received registration message, and sends a response message including information associated with a transmission of the location information message to the at least one positioning apparatus. The location information message is transmitted by the at least one positioning apparatus to a mobile device according to the information included in the response message.

Terrestrial positioning system

Methods and System for enhanced navigation and traffic management are provided. A controller obtains input indicative of conditions on a physical road, traffic status information associated with the physical road and requirements of a mobile device. Based at least in part on the input, one or more virtual lanes defining respective routes along the physical road are determined. The virtual lanes are communicated to mobile devices which follow them in place of painted lanes. The virtual lanes can be dynamically updated for example to avoid obstacles. Different lanes can correspond to different priorities of traffic.

System, method and apparatus supporting navigation

Methods and systems for data management in communication networks. An aspect provides a system including a first network function and a second network functions. The first network function is configured for collecting data and storing the collected data. The second network function is configured for removing private information from the collected data and producing privatized data. The first and the second network functions are separately controlled and operated by different providers. The first network function is operated by a first provider via a first controller. The second network function is operated by a second provider via a second controller. The separately controlled feature of such a network architecture enhances data privacy by ensuring different entities control the collection of data and the privatization of the collected data.

Methods and systems for data management in communication network

Method, system and device for obtaining location information of a mobile device coupled to a wireless network. A request for a location of the device at a first set of times is transmitted by the mobile device toward a first function. A location of the device at the set of times is determined. In response to receipt of the request, the first function replies with an indication of location of the device at the specified times. The mobile device then performs a local tracking operation to determine a location of the device at another time. The local tracking operation is based on the location of the device at the specified times and local input indicative of motion of the device between at least one of the set of times and the other time.

Method, apparatus and system for mobile device location determination

A network architecture and methods of managing packet data unit (PDU) sessions in a network are provided. The methods include PDU session establishment procedures, PDU session modification procedures, PDU session state transfer procedures, PDU session release procedures, and user equipment (UE) handover procedures.

System and methods for session management

There is provided a system, a method and an apparatus for managing network resources. The system includes a plurality of wireless entities including a mobile wireless entity and a fixed location wireless entity. The system further includes a plurality of computing devices, each of the plurality of computing devices including a processor and a memory storing instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the plurality of computing devices to provide a location based media access (LOMA) map manager and a LOMA path manager, the LOMA map manager configured to generate and maintain a plurality of LOMA map, each of the plurality of LOMA maps including a plurality of LOMA zones, wherein a plurality of wireless communications resources used for communication between the plurality of wireless entities are associated with each of the plurality of LOMA zones, the LOMA path manager configured to manage communications using the wireless communications resources between the wireless entities. A technical effect of the embodiment may be the provision of semi-static management of communication resources and dynamic autonomous access to communication resources.

System, method and apparatus for managing network resources

Application Function (AF) influenced routing for peer-to-peer (P2P) communications is provided. Core network elements correlate PDU sessions and optimize the UP path for peer-to-peer traffic. UP selection, reselection, configuration or reconfiguration can be performed in support of P2P traffic routing. P2P traffic between a pair of UEs is routed or rerouted through a bridge. The bridge may be established between the first UP and the second UP, and/or between associated RAN nodes. One or more application functions can be included along the bridge path. A policy control function (PCF) directs underlying resources to route P2P traffic via the bridge, for example in response to a trigger from the AF. A session management function (SMF) directs underlying resources to configure or reconfigure user plane data paths to route P2P traffic via the bridge. First and second SMFs of the first and second UPs can cooperate to establish the desired traffic routing. One or more UPFs can be configured to support P2P traffic detection.

Method and apparatus for traffic routing and path optimization for peer-to-peer communications

Methods and systems are provided for allocating resources including VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and Non-VoIP resources. In some embodiments, multiplexing schemes are provided for use with OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access) systems, for example for use in transmitting VoIP traffic. In some embodiments, various HARQ (Hybrid Automatic request) techniques are provided for use with OFDMA systems. In various embodiments, there are provided methods and systems for dealing with issues such as Handling non-full rate vocoder frames, VoIP packet jitter handling, VoIP capacity increasing schemes, persistent and non-persistent assignment of resources in OFDMA systems.

Multiplexing schemes for OFDMA

Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems to support QoS for unicast and groupcast casting types using sidelink radio bearers over the NR PC5 interface. Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems to configure and activate sidelink radio bearers using AS-level signaling between the Tx UE and Rx UEs over the NR PC5 interface. Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems to perform resource allocation and resource reservation in a platoon for sidelink transmissions.

System and method for supporting sidelink radio bearers

A method and apparatus for delivering a service to an end point, such as a UE or server, via a communication network, is provided. A virtual network is pre-configured to handle service packets and includes virtual routers for routing packets via logical tunnels. The end point pre-registers with the virtual network and/or service and receives operating parameters for use in service access. The end point location may be tracked following pre-registration. The end point subsequently transmits and/or receives service packets using the operating parameters via an edge node, such as an access node or gateway. The edge node transmits service packets using the operating parameters and, upon detecting operating parameter usage by the end point, forwards received service packets to the virtual network. Operating parameters may include an identifier included in the packet. The end point may use multiple different edge nodes to access the service.

End point to edge node interaction in wireless communication networks

The present invention provides systems and methods and apparatuses for user plane handling. An aspect of the disclosure provides a method of user plane handling. Such a method includes sending, by a first user plane entity, to a second user plane entity, a trigger message for changing the user plane handling for a protocol data unit (PDU) session. Another aspect of the disclosure provides a method of using a shared tunnel. Such a method includes receiving from a reception tunnel by a first user plane entity a tunnel packet including a tunnel header and a data packet. Such a method further includes routing, by the first user plane entity to a second tunnel using information in the tunnel header without processing the data packet.

Systems and methods for user plane handling

The present application provides a method and apparatus for supporting general registration of user equipment to facilitate MO only mode preferences.

Method and apparatus for supporting access control and mobility management

Systems and methods are provided for identifying an available infrastructure network topology consisting of a set of available network links and a set of available network nodes of a communication network. In the systems and methods, a network node of the communication network is operative to transmit a learning schedule to a plurality of network nodes interconnected by a set of network links of the communication network. The network node receives from each of the plurality of network nodes a communication node record including network performance observations observed by that network node based on the learning schedule transmitted to that network node. Based on the received communication node records, the network node identifies a set of available network links from the set of network links and the set of available network nodes corresponding to the set of available network links.

Systems and methods for communication network customization

In-ear sound pressure level, SPL, is determined that is caused by output audio being converted into sound by a headset worn by a user. The in-ear SPL is converted into a sound sample having units that are suitable for evaluating sound noise exposure. These operations are repeated to produce a sequence of sound samples during playback. This sequence of sound samples is then written to a secure database. Access to the database is authorized by the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Headset playback acoustic dosimetry

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