| CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An access and mobility management function (AMF), configured to:
receive, directly from a unified data management (UDM), AMF-associated parameters, wherein the AMF-associated parameters comprise expected network configuration parameters;
receive, directly from a session management function (SMF), SMF-derived radio access network (RAN) parameters;
determine core network (CN) assisted RAN information corresponding to expected user equipment (UE) behavior based on the AMF-associated parameters or the SMF-derived RAN parameters, or both, wherein the CN assisted RAN information comprises a UE state transition pattern configured to reduce a number of UE state transitions; and
transmit, to a base station, the CN assisted RAN information.
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