5g link selection in non-standalone network

A system for link selection in a non-standalone (NSA) network including a base station and new radio (NR) stations, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• local data storage having stored thereon computer executable code, wherein the computer executable code includes program instruction executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method;
• a measurement module configured to obtain channel quality measurements of the NR stations in the NSA network;
• a training module configured to train a machine learning model using the channel quality measurements obtained by the measurement module;
• and
• a prediction module configured to deploy the machine learning model onto the NSA network for connecting user equipment (UE) to the NR stations.

A computer program product including computer readable storage media of mitigating unauthorized encryptions, having computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one computer cause the at least one computer to execute the instructions to:

• detect, on a non-standalone (NSA) network including a base station and new radio (NR) stations, a connection attempt by the UE;
• receive connection data from the UE;
• connect the UE to the base station;
• determine, by a prediction module, an NR station from the NR stations based on channel quality measurements relating to the NR stations and the connection data of the UE;
• and
• connect the UE to the NR station determined by the prediction module.