Uplink selection for wireless network based on network based on network cell weight and linkspecific weight for wireless links

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• receive, by a user device from a base station, a cell weight for each of one or more cells;
• determine, by the user device, one or more link-specific factors for each of a plurality of uplink wireless links;
• determine, by the user device, a link-specific weight for each of a plurality of uplink wireless links based on the one or more link-specific factors for the uplink wireless link;
• determine, by the user device, an overall link weight for each of the plurality of uplink wireless links based on the cell weight of a cell for the uplink wireless link and the determined link-specific weight for the uplink wireless link;
• and
• select, by the user device based on the overall link weight for each of the plurality of uplink wireless links, one or more uplink wireless links for transmitting data.

A method comprising:

• determining a cell weight based on one or more cell-specific factors, wherein the cell weight may be used by one or more user devices to select one or more uplink wireless links for performing uplink communication;
• determining a buffer threshold that triggers one or more user devices to perform uplink transmission via a plurality of uplink wireless links based on uplink multi-connectivity when an amount of data in the uplink buffer of the user device is greater than the threshold;
• transmitting the cell weight to one or more user devices;
• transmitting the buffer threshold to one or more user devices;
• and
• receiving data transmitted from one or more of the user devices.