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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yugeswar Deenoo, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Ghyslain Pelletier, Montreal, CA;
Ping Hsuan Tan, Montreal, CA;
Martino M Freda, Montreal, CA;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems, procedures, and instrumentalities are disclosed for distributed control in wireless systems, such as 5G flexible radio access technology (RAT) (5gFLEX). Example procedures are provided for WTRU and network operation associated with a distributed control plane architecture, connectionless data transfer and dedicated system information acquisition. Distributed control may be provided, for example, by replicating a plurality of access control functions (ACFs) using a plurality of instances in a plurality of different transmission/reception points (TRPs) with multi-connectivity. The plurality of TRPs may concurrently provide control services to a WTRU. Centralized control functions may manage core network connectivity and/or a plurality of user plane instances for the WTRU and/or may facilitate coordination between the plurality of ACF instances for the WTRU in the plurality of different TRPs of the WTRU's configuration.