Nokia Technologies Oy

Nec Corporation

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Vodafone Holding Gmbh

Nec Europe Ltd.

Nokia Solutions and Networks Gmbh & Co. Kg

Peter Rost

Vinh Van Phan

Frank Frederiksen

Christian Mannweiler

Borislava Gajic

Rakash Sivasiva Ganesan

Andreas Maeder

Ling Yu

Devaki Chandramouli

Cinzia Sartori

Zexian Li

Ingo Viering

Troels Emil Kolding

Anja Jerichow

Christian Markwart

Johannes Lessmann

Colin Leon Kahn

Konstantinos Samdanis

Xiang Xu

Athul Prasad

Markus Isomäki

Diomidis Michalopoulos

Gerhard P Fettweis

Anna Pantelidou

Jani Moilanen

Xavier Perez Costa

Long Le

Mark Doll

Pilar Andrés Maldonado

Maximilian Riegel

Dario Bega

Vladimir Vukadinovic

Simon Oechsner

Joerg Swetina

Marcus Schoeller

Patrick Marsch

Walter Nitzold

Shahid Khattak

Genevieve Mange

Daniel Fraunholz

Xavier PÉREZ Costa

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for exposure of 3GPP communications network connectivity and data network connectivity topology are provided.

Exposure of communications system connectivity and data network connectivity topology

An apparatus is provided for use by a network agent element or function to conduct link layer information related processing. The apparatus is caused to receive first link layer related information from a neighboring network element or function, forward second link layer related information to a communication network control element or function, receive third link layer related information from a communication network control element or function, and forward fourth link layer related information to a neighboring network element or function. The second and fourth link layer related information are generated using first and third link layer related information, respectively. The second and third link layer related information is received and forwarded via a wireless connection path of a wireless communication network. The apparatus is connected to or part of the/or communication element or function, a communication network control element or function and a communication network data element or function.

Integration of communication network in time sensitive networking system

Devices, methods and computer programs for a packet data unit session for machine learning exploration for wireless communication network optimization are disclosed. A client device detects a trigger condition being satisfied for machine learning exploration for wireless communication network optimization. In response, the client device initiates establishment of a packet data unit (PDU) session for the machine learning exploration. The PDU session for the machine learning exploration is associated with a machine learning exploration indicator that indicates that the PDU session is reserved for machine learning exploration.

Packet data unit session for machine learning exploration for wireless communication network optimization

An apparatus () comprising means for performing: receiving one or more forwarding tables from a centralized network configuration entity () of a time sensitive network, wherein the forwarding tables comprise entry information; and determining, based at least in part on the one or more forwarding tables, rules for mapping at least one uplink data stream of the time sensitive network to at least one of: a protocol data unit session () and a quality of service flow ().

Apparatus, method and computer program

It is provided a method comprising monitoring if a reservation request is received from a controller, wherein the reservation request requests to reserve resources for a data session having a first quality of service; translating the reservation request into a request for providing a data session of a wireless network having a requested quality of service corresponding to the first quality of service if the reservation request is received; forwarding the request for providing the data session to the wireless network; translating an indication of a provided quality of service of the data session comprised in a response to the request for providing the data session received from the wireless network into an indication of a reserved quality of service corresponding to the provided quality of service; responding to the reservation request by a reservation response; wherein the reservation response comprises the indication of the reserved quality of service.

Management and orchestration aided transparent of 3GPP network into TSN based industrial network

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for supporting precision timing protocol (PTP) based time sensitive network (TSN) applications are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node, a user equipment connection and user contexts for an industrial automation and control (IAC) system or configuring at least one time synchronized radio bearer for a user equipment. The method may also include determining synchronization configuration on the at least one time synchronized radio bearer for the industrial automation and control (IAC) system, and distributing the synchronization configuration periodically or on a need basis to one or more serving network nodes for the industrial automation and control (IAC) system.

Time-synchronized radio bearer for supporting precision timing protocol (PTP) based time sensitive network (TSN) applications

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a 3GPP bridge for time sensitive networks. In some example embodiment, there may be provided an apparatus causes to at least: receive at least one management object, the at least one management object comprising routing information between an ingress port at a 3GPP bridge and an egress port at the 3 GPP bridge; determine, for the ingress port and the egress port combination, at least one quality of service constraint to provide a delay guarantee towards a destination media access control address, the determination based on the received at least one management object and one or more bridge delays indicating a delay between the ingress port and the egress port; and cause a change, based on the determined at least one quality of service constraint, to a protocol data unit session carrying a time sensitive network flow.

Activation of PDU session and QOS flows in 3GPP-based ethernet bridges

An apparatus comprising: 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: identify () a stream gate instance associated with a quality of service flow; and determine () time sensitive communication assistance information for the quality of service flow based on one or more parameters defining operation of the stream gate instance.

Apparatus, method, and computer program for determining time sensitive communication assistance information in a mobile communication system

There is provided a method for a core network apparatus, the method including receiving data units from at least one network access apparatus, wherein each data unit is labelled with a respective priority level; and withholding from transmitting a data unit labelled with a relatively low priority level in accordance with a predetermined schedule, wherein the predetermined schedule is dependent on a slot timing for data arriving at the at least one network access apparatus for communication upstream and a predetermined delay time in forwarding the data from the at least one network access apparatus to the core network apparatus.

Communication system enabled to minimize negative communication effects

An apparatus comprising means for performing: storing information of a plurality of user equipment addresses, the user equipment addresses allocated to one or more network slices; partitioning the plurality of user equipment addresses in to two or more groups; providing information of each of the two or more groups to one or more network functions in a network or network slice; and updating the stored information of a plurality of user equipment addresses based on information of utilization of addresses.

It is provided a method, comprising triggering a terminal of a wireless network to establish a control session to a translator device via the wireless network; providing a control port to a station of a wireline network; forwarding at least one of a first message from the station received on the control port via the control session to the translator device and a second message received via the control session from the translator device to the station.

Transparent integration of 3GPP network into TSN based industrial network

A method including obtaining parameters for a flow from a first network through a second network, the parameters including: a maximum protocol data unit volume PDUVin the first network, a maximum flow bit rate MFBR in the second network, a guaranteed flow bit rate GFBR in the second network, and a maximum protocol data unit delay budget in the second network; deriving from the obtained parameters: a maximum delay a packet of the flow experiences in the second network, wherein the maximum delay is a sum of a maximum PDUVdependent contribution and a maximum PDUVindependent contribution, a minimum delay the packet experiences in the second network, wherein the minimum delay is a sum of a minimum PDUVdependent contribution and a minimum PDUVindependent contribution.

Supporting the fulfilment of E2E QoS requirements in TSN-3GPP network integration

A UE transmits a capability message to an access node in a wireless network, indicating capability corresponding to ML of the UE at a current time instance. The UE receives a configuration message for radio measurements, indicating set(s) of parameters to be measured. The UE receives a configured capability in a message and matches the configured capability with the capability of the user equipment at the current time instance. The UE measures the set(s) of parameters. The UE uses ML to infer value(s) for at least one of the parameters based on the measured set(s) of parameters and based on the received configured capability. The UE reports the inferred value(s) for the at least one parameter. An access node receives the capability message, determines and sends the configuration message and configured capability receives the reporting.

AI/ML data collection and usage possibly for MDTs

There is provided an apparatus comprising means for: translating between a first communication apparatus and a first wireless communication network operating as at least part of a bridge between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; determining that the first and/or second communication apparatus is undergoing or has undergone a mobility event; and executing at least part of a mobility procedure resulting from the mobility event.

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