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A communication network may be provided having a plurality of network nodes and which may be configured to enable instantiation of different network slices which represent virtual networks with different feature sets, e.g., providing different network functions and/or having different network characteristics.

A method of establishing a signalling connection between a remote User Equipment, UE, and a telecommunication network via a relay capable UE, wherein said relay capable UE has established user plane connectivity to an intermediate node comprised by said telecommunication network and is arranged for supporting establishment of said connection for said remote UE, said method comprising the steps of receiving a registration message over said user plane forwarded by said relay capable UE and originating from said remote UE for registering said remote UE to said telecommunication network, forwarding said registration message to a Mobility Management Function comprised by said telecommunication network and receiving a registration accept message from said Mobility Management Function for accepting registration of said remote UE to said telecommunication network, and forwarding said registration accept message to said remote UE via said relay capable UE.

The invention provides a streaming client with a streaming presentation of an event, with said presentation being obtained by dynamically switching between a plurality of media streams which represent different recordings of the event.

An interface may be provided between i) a selective forwarding unit (SFU) configured to, in real-time, receive a data stream from a sender via a first network link of a communication network and selectively forward the data stream to one or more receivers via respective second network links, and ii) one or more core network functions (PCF, PCRF, NSMF, CSMF) for establishing service guarantees for data flows in the communication network.

A first system (11) is configured to transmit an interest message, e.g. to a router (21).

A processor system processes image data for rendering a virtual environment for a user present in a real environment.

A method comprises listening (151) for transmission of a preamble by a transmitting device to a recipient and receiving (153) data in a second time interval upon receiving the preamble in a first time interval.

The system (1) of the invention is configured to receive information relating to relay devices (11,17-19) present in a certain spatial area and determine relay configuration information for the relay devices from the information.

A method and processor system are provided which analyze a depth map, which may be obtained from a range sensor capturing depth information of a scene, to identify where an object is located in the scene.

In a communication network, a network function may be provided for controlling Information Centric Networking (ICN) protocol-based traffic flow between a set of user equipment (UE).

A processor system and computer-implemented method are provided for generating a composite video stream which may include a non-volumetric video and a volumetric video, at least part of which is to be displayed in front of the non-volumetric video.

A system and method for rendering a video stream for display on a display device, which may comprise receiving the video stream by streaming and generating display data defining a visible display area to be displayed by the display device, wherein generating of display data comprises rendering the video stream in a sub-area of the visible display area.

A processor system and computer-implemented method may be provided for generating a composite video stream which may combine a background video and a foreground video stream into one stream.

In a communication network, a network function may be provided for controlling Information Centric Networking (ICN) protocol-based traffic flow between a set of user equipment (UE).

A method for requesting a plurality of chunks by a streaming client on the basis of a single request message is described, wherein said chunks are defined on the basis of a manifest file comprising chunk identifiers for determining at least one delivery node for delivering chunks defined by said chunk identifiers to said client, wherein said method comprises: determining on the basis of said manifest file a first request message for requesting a first plurality of chunks, said first request message comprising one or more first chunk template parameters and a first chunk template, preferably an URL chunk template, comprising one or more chunk template parameters fields; sending said first request message to a first network node, wherein said first network node is configured for determining a first plurality of chunk identifiers, preferably a first plurality of URLs, associated with said first plurality of chunks on the basis of said first chunk template and said one or more first chunk template parameters; and, receiving at least one response message comprising a chunk associated with one of said chunk identifiers that were determined on the basis of said first chunk template and said one or more first chunk template parameters.

A client device (13) is configured to transmit a relay request to a relay device (14).

Embodiments provide functionality for dynamic handling of network slice priorities.

The disclosure relates to a message distribution system configured to provide traffic messages received by at least one base station of a telecommunications network to at least one traffic control system capable of controlling traffic infrastructure.