18th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 90 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220141636 | EMERGENCY CALL METHOD AND USER TERMINAL - Embodiments of the invention discloses an emergency call method and a user terminal. The method includes: obtaining a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) and an equivalent HPLMN (EHPLMN) from a SIM card of a user terminal; receiving an emergency call operation of a user; receiving, in response to the emergency call operation, a public land mobile network (PLMN) list broadcast by an access network device, which is in a multi-operator core network (MOCN), and the PLMN list includes a plurality of PLMNs that share the access network device; when the PLMN list includes the HPLMN or the EHPLMN, determining that the HPLMN or the EHPLMN is an optimal PLMN; and making an emergency call through a core network of the optimal PLMN. Thus, an emergency call center can obtain a phone number of the user terminal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141637 | ENHANCCED COMMUNICATION FUCTIONS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS - Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for providing one or more of interagency communications, big text, area alert, and text or callback. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY CONTROLLING ACCESS FOR SYSTEM LOAD ADJUSTMENT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently controlling access for system load adjustment in mobile communication systems. A method for transmitting and receiving data by a terminal including a user equipment (UE) non access stratum (NAS) and a UE access stratum (AS) includes the steps of: receiving by the UE AE, information including emergency call-related information which includes barring information by type for the emergency call, from a base station; transmitting, by the UE NAS, a service request for the emergency call to the UE AS; and determining, by the UE AS, whether to bar the service request on the basis of emergency call-related information. During an emergency call transmission, network congestion can be easily controlled by enabling various types of emergency calls to be transmitted, and enabling access to be barred information according to the situation of a communication network and types of emergency calls. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141639 | V2X COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a V2X communication method, a first communication device obtains an identification set including one or more identifications, where a risk of collision between a moving subject corresponding to each identification and a first moving subject corresponding to the first communication device meets a preset condition. When a channel busy ratio is greater than a first threshold, the first communication device sends configuration information including the identification set to a second communication device. When the channel busy ratio is greater than a second threshold, the first communication device transmits a V2X message to the second communication device through the standby communication connection channel, where the second threshold is greater than the first threshold. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141640 | CONTENT PUBLISHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for publishing digital content is described which, in one embodiment, includes a beacon device associated with a first user configured to transmit identification information and information indicating its current position. A browsing device includes a display configured and adapted to display to a second user a representation of a local geographical area, and to selectively display to the second user content information associated with the first user, based at least in part on whether the location of the beacon device is within the local geographical area. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141641 | System and Process for Configuring a Dynamic Roaming Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) - A process and system for implementing a dynamic roaming public land mobile network (PLMN) for at least one wireless network and at least one wireless device includes determining with a processor that at least one wireless device would benefit from modification of a public land mobile network (PLMN) based on at least one of the following: the at least one wireless device having poor wireless service performance, a change in wireless service rates for a wireless service carrier, reduced wireless service from a wireless service carrier, and a change in geographic location of a user of the at least one wireless device. Thereafter, the process and system updating a public land mobile network (PLMN) for the least one wireless device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION OF ESIM PROFILES TO A PLURALITY OF ENTERPRISE ENDPOINT DEVICES - An information handling system operating an enterprise endpoint embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) provisioning system may comprise a processor, memory, and network interface device for transceiving data with an endpoint computing device having an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) capable of programmable selection among networks including at least one network in a 5G New Radio frequency band, the processor executing code of an enterprise client management (ECM) system for management of eSIM profiles for plural endpoint computing devices, the ECM system associating a unique hardware derived device IDentification based on hardware components of the endpoint computing device with a level of wireless service for the endpoint computing device based on enterprise allocation of service for the endpoint computing device via the ECM system, and the network interface device transmitting an eSIM profile to the endpoint computing device for implementation at the eUICC for the assigned level of service. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141643 | Hierarchical Database Architecture for Subscriber Credential Management in Enterprise Networks - A credential management system for enterprise networks (ENs) that allows credential storage in different levels and enables individual enterprises to manage the sets of credentials for the SIM cards used in their respective networks. Central management of credentials is provided by a remote cloud-based, centralized orchestration network (O-Net) that receives SIM cards from a SIM Provisioning Platform (SPP) and distributes the credentials to the ENs, which store the credentials in an enterprise global database and assign the SIM cards to the UEs. The credentials can be associated with specific policies and user groups so that the enterprise can control the type and quality of access allowed to UEs. Each EN may have a plurality of campus locations and at each location, a local credential database may be provided to act as a cache for quick efficient access to credentials by the UEs. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141644 | REMOTE SIM PROVISIONING - Various aspects include methods for supporting remote Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) profile provisioning that may be performed by a Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LwM2M) server and LwM2M client computing devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A LwM2M server may receive an indication of a SIM profile update for a LwM2M client computing device from a mobile network operator server, generating a remote SIM provisioning object for the LwM2M client computing device indicating that the SIM profile update for the LwM2M client computing device is available, and sending the remote SIM provisioning object to the LwM2M client computing device. A LwM2M computing device may receive a remote Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) provisioning object from a LwM2M server indicating that a SIM profile update for the LwM2M computing device is available, and download the SIM profile update in response to receiving the remote SIM provisioning object. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141645 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION BUNDLE OF SMART SECURE PLATFORM - The disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence between an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may apply to intelligence services on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The disclosure may apply to a technology of managing connection between a terminal supporting multiple SIMS and multiple activated telecom bundles, the terminal including a smart secure platform mounted therein. The method comprises enabling a first telecom bundle of a plurality of telecom bundles of the smart secure platform, generating a first pipe for a communication between the activated first commutation bundle and a modem of the terminal, and mapping the generated first pipe to a first SIM port of a plurality of SIM ports of the modem, based on an identifier of the first SIM port. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING SYSTEM MESSAGE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the application provide methods and apparatuses for obtaining system messages, the apparatuses including communication devices and storage media. A method for obtaining a system message includes: when a terminal includes at least two subscriber identification modules (SIMs), a predetermined system message received by the first SIM of the at least two SIMS is provided to at least one second SIM of the at least two SIMS. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141647 | GROUP DATA MANAGEMENT IN 5G CORE NETWORK (5GC) - Exemplary embodiments include a method for provisioning subscription data, for a plurality of subscribers, to one or more network functions, NFs, in a communication network. Such embodiments include storing group data, related to the plurality of subscribers, in association with at least a first group identifier, GID, but not in association with individual subscription data for the respective subscribers. Such embodiments also include sending, to the one or more NFs, the group data and the first GID. Such embodiments also include sending, to a particular one of the NFs, the first GID and individual subscription data for a particular one of the subscribers. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by network functions that receive subscription data in this manner, as well as various network functions and/or nodes, in a communication network, that are configured to perform various disclosed methods. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141648 | METHODS AND NODES FOR UE-TO-UE EVENT MONITORING - A network exposure node receives a reference identity for the network exposure node in a first monitoring message from a first network node. The network exposure node further retrieves, based on the reference identity for the network exposure node, an identity list of one or more subscriber UEs, which subscribed to monitoring of an event, and configuration information for the one or more subscriber UEs, which are stored in the network exposure node. The network exposure node then determines, based on the identity list and the configuration information, a second network node associated with a subscriber UE in the identity list. Next, the network exposure node transmits a report for the monitoring of the event in a second monitoring message to the determined second network node. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141649 | Use of a Communication Profile by a Plurality of Mobile Terminals - A mobile terminal includes a communication device to communicate with an external entity, a storage device to store an identifier, and a processing device. The processing device activates a communication profile, transmits a notification relating to the activation to an external entity, and stores an identifier of the activation in the storage device. The processing device further receives a deactivation request and an identifier from the external entity and deactivates the communication profile if the received identifier corresponds to the stored identifier. The identifier can be determined by the mobile terminal and transmitted from the mobile terminal to the external entity. The identifier can also be determined by the external entity and transmitted to the mobile terminal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141650 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALLOCATING TELEPHONE NUMBERS - A telephone number (TN) from a group of telephone numbers may be assigned/allocated to a user device (e.g., an internet-of-things (IoT) device, a computing device, a sensor, a smart meter, a tablet, a network device, a session initiation protocol (SIP) device, a web real-time communication (webRTC) enabled device, and/or any other device that is configured for communication (e.g., voice communication, video communication, signal communication, etc.) for a time period (e.g., the duration of timer, etc.) during which the TN may be used to make and/or receive calls. Once the time period expires the TN may be placed in a group of telephone numbers available to be assigned/reassigned to user devices. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141651 | Rapid Multi-Hop Message Transfer in 5G and 6G - A wireless data message in 5G/6G generally includes the destination address (such as MAC address) encoded in a field of the data message. A base station must receive the data message and decode the address before the core network can deliver the message to the recipient's cell. For faster communication, certain address messages are disclosed, by which the destination address may be disclosed before the data message is uploaded. Early disclosure of the destination address may enable the core network to deliver the data message to the recipient with fewer delays. In various configurations, the destination address may be provided concurrently with a scheduling request, or combined with a BSR (size) message, or delivered on a random access channel, among other possibilities. For faster uploads, a pointer or code representing the destination address can be specified, resulting in further delay reductions. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141652 | Remote SIM Provisioning - Various aspects include methods for supporting remote Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) profile provisioning that may be performed by a Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LwM2M) server and LwM2M client computing devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A LwM2M server may generate a remote SIM provisioning object for the LwM2M client computing device indicating that the SIM profile update for the LwM2M client computing device is available, and send the remote SIM provisioning object to the LwM2M client computing device. A LwM2M client computing device may receive a remote Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) provisioning object from a LwM2M server indicating that a SIM profile update for the LwM2M client computing device is available, and download the SIM profile update in response to receiving the remote SIM provisioning object. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141653 | REMOTE ENFORCEMENT OF RULES ON MOBILE DEVICES - Described herein are techniques for enabling remote implementation and enforcement of usage settings on one or more user devices. In some embodiments, a wireless carrier network maintains information on relationships between various user devices. Each relationship may be active under specified conditions (e.g., time and/or location) and is associated with usage settings that dictate one or more rules to be enforced while the relationship is active. In some embodiments, a set of usage settings may be generated for a particular user device based on all active relationships associated with that user device. The set of usage settings may be enforced by a mobile application installed upon a user device or by a wireless carrier network that blocks certain network traffic to and/or from the user device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141654 | Enhanced VoLTE PDCP Protection Using Hybrid Approach - Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing Voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) Packet Data Conversion Protocol (PDCP) protection. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: connecting a User Equipment (UE) Radio Resource Control (RRC); providing a VoLTE call; determining, when the VoLTE call has ended, if unused bearer values for a current key are used; and when unused bearer values for a current key are unused, allocating new bearer value for a next VoLTE call. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141655 | Moving Vehicle Control Method and Device Utilizing Identification Device - An embodiment method for operating a moving object to which an identification device is applied includes recognizing the identification device in response to the moving object being turned on, performing an authentication process with a network through the recognized identification device, and controlling the moving object based on the identification device in response to authentication being completed based on the authentication process. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141656 | HANDLING OF SLICES SUBJECT TO NETWORK SLICE SPECIFIC AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURE - Method and apparatus for blocking session management procedures for a network slice during an NSSAA procedure. The apparatus receives a network slice-specific authentication command for a network slice that is currently allowed. The apparatus determines that the network slice is being authenticated based on the received network slice-specific authentication command. The apparatus blocks session management procedures associated with the network slice based on the determination that the network slice is being authenticated. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141657 | SIGNALING TECHNIQUES USING FRAGMENTED AND MULTI-PARTITIONED UWB PACKETS - Techniques are provided for utilizing a hybrid of ultra-wideband (UWB) and narrowband (NB) signaling to provide more efficient operating range and operating efficiency. In one example, a first device may transmit a first packet via an NB signal to a second device, whereby the first packet comprises information indicating to the second device a time period for reception of a second (UWB) packet. In this example, the second packet may comprise a first partition and a second partition, whereby the first partition comprises a first plurality of fragments and the second partition comprising a second plurality of fragments. The respective fragments of each plurality of fragments may be transmitted via a UWB signal. The first device may then transmit the first plurality of fragments, and then subsequently transmit the second plurality of fragments to the second device, the first and second pluralities respectively being associated with different fragment types. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141658 | ONE-TIME WIRELESS AUTHENTICATION OF AN INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICE - Authentication of an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device comprises receiving, by a proxy application executing on a mobile device during a registration process, a device identifier associated with the IoT device. The proxy application transmits the device identifier to a router of the wireless network. The proxy application receives the device identifier from the router in response to the router receiving an authorization request with no network password from the IoT device for access to the wireless network, where the router forwards the device identifier to the proxy application. The proxy application prompts the user of the mobile device to enter the password, and transmits the entered network password to the router, such that the router validates the password and grants the IoT device access to the wireless network, the IoT device transmits the IoT device identifier to the router for subsequent network connection without a need for the mobile device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141659 | USING A CLIENT DEVICE FOR PROVIDING EXTRA LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR CRITICAL PARAMETERS - Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to client device for use with a network controller and an external server, the network controller being configured to manage a wireless network, to change a critical parameter of the wireless network, to transmit a request for a one time password (OTP). The external server being configured to generate the OTP in response to the request for the OTP, to provide a notification of the OTP and to transmit the OTP to the network controller. The network controller being configured to additionally receive the OTP from the external server. The client device including a memory having a data structure stored therein, the data structure including a list of configurable critical parameters of the wireless network, and including a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to receive a request to configure a configurable parameter of the wireless network. The client device also determines whether the configurable parameter of the wireless network matches a configurable critical parameter of the wireless network within the list of configurable critical parameters of the wireless network. The client device further transmits, when the configurable parameter of the wireless network matches a configurable critical parameter of the wireless network within the list of configurable critical parameters of the wireless network, the request for the OTP. The client device may also receive the notification of the OTP from the external server and access the OTP based on the notification and may transmit the OTP to the network controller. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141660 | AUTHENTICATION ENHANCEMENT WITH NEIGHBOR DEVICE - In embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for authenticating an access point. In the method, a request for joining a network is received from an access point. A neighbor authentication notification is transmitted to the access point for obtaining an authentication code from a neighbor access point that is connected in the network in accordance with a determination that the access point is verified. The authentication code that is generated by the neighbor access point is received from the access point. The access point is accepted to join the network in accordance with a determination that the authentication code is valid. Embodiments of the present disclosure present a safe and effective way for authenticating the access point that is requesting to join the network, which provides enhanced authentication and increases the security level of the network. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141661 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF HOME NETWORK KEY - The present disclosure provides a terminal including a memory; and a processor, comprising hardware, configured to perform a primary authentication between the terminal and a network in 5G for a third party service, derive a security key, K | 2022-05-05 |
20220141662 | ENABLING INTERACTIVE SERVICE FOR CLOUD RENDERTING GAMING IN 5G SYSTEMS - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing interactive services to a device. For example, a method may include determining service authorization information for a device, the service authorization information being associated with an interactive service on a wireless network. The method may also include determining device policies for the device based on the service authorization information. The method may also include transmitting the device policies to the device, wherein the device policies cause the device to select a cloud rendering server for the interactive service. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141663 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - An external device for wireless communication with an implantable medical device can include a memory having stored thereon instructions for a first application and authentication credentials specific to the first application; and a processor configured for transmitting the authentication credentials specific to the first application to an implantable medical device to authorize access to the implantable medical device by the first application. An external device for wireless communication with an implantable medical device can include a memory including authentication credentials stored thereon; and a processor configured for transmitting the authentication credentials to an implantable medical device to authorize access; receiving a request to facilitate authorization of the second device and receiving second authentication credentials from the second device; determining authentication or authorization of the second device; and transmitting a token or authorization credentials directing the implantable medical device to authorize access by the second device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141664 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN NETWORK SLICE ARCHITECTURE - A method and an apparatus may be applied to a network slice architecture. The method includes: a terminal sends, to an access network device, first data and indication information used to indicate a first slice corresponding to the first data, and the access network device may determine, based on a mapping relationship between a slice and a tunnel, a first tunnel corresponding to the first slice. In other words, different slices may correspond to different tunnels, that is, data corresponding to different slices may be transmitted through different tunnels. In this way, the access network device can reduce congestion caused because data is simultaneously transmitted through a same tunnel for communication, thereby helping improve communication efficiency. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141665 | OPENROAMING AUGMENTATION METHOD FOR EAP FAILURES - The presently claimed disclosure is directed to methods that may be implemented at a computer. Methods and systems consistent with the present disclosure may include extending protocols associated with authenticating client (i.e. supplicant) devices and with authorizing those supplicant devices to access a wireless network. These methods may include sending data relating to the failure of an authentication and/or an authorization process to a supplicant device attempting to access a wireless network. Methods discussed within may include securely sending failure codes or reasons to a supplicant device that identify why an authentication or authorization process failed. These methods may include sending messages between a supplicant device, an authenticator device, and an authentication and authorization server. After a first failure, the supplicant device may be able to access the wireless network after a reason or code of that failure has been reported to the supplicant device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141666 | GATEWAY DEVICE FOR SECURE MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods are provided herein for providing secure communication secure machine-to-machine communications between a client machine and a gateway device and to authenticate client machines. An example method may include retrieving client machine identification criteria and retrieving an identifier of a client machine. The method may determine whether the identifier of the client machine is within the client machine identification criteria. If the identifier of the client machine is not within the client machine identification criteria, the method drops the connection between the client machine and the gateway device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141667 | Secure URL Shortener For Character-Limited Messages - Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing secure shortened URLs in character-limited messages. A computing platform may receive one or more character-limited messages sent to a user device. The computing platform may detect a URL within the one or more character-limited messages for replacement and generate a shortened URL corresponding to the detected URL, wherein a domain of the shortened URL is hosted by the message security system. The computing platform may then modify the one or more character-limited messages by replacing the URL with the shortened URL, and then cause transmission of the modified one or more character-limited messages to the user device. Next, the computing platform may receive, from the user device, a request to access the shortened URL, and redirect the user device to the detected URL corresponding to the shortened URL. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141668 | SHARED SPECTRUM-CONTROLLER ENFORCEMENT OF A SANCTION CRITERION - During operation, a computer may receive information specifying a trusted identity of an electronic device in a network that uses a shared-license-access band of frequencies. Then, the computer may access a sanction criterion, which is stored in memory, where the sanction criterion comprises: a qualifying criterion in the shared-license-access band of frequencies associated with the electronic device, a disqualifying criterion in the shared-license-access band of frequencies associated with the electronic device, or both. Moreover, the computer may calculate compliance of the electronic device with the sanction criterion based at least in part on the trusted identity. Next, the computer may selectively perform a remedial action based at least in part on the calculated compliance. Notably, the computer may exclude the electronic device from operating or may allow the electronic device to operate in the shared-license-access band of frequencies in the geographic region or the network. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141669 | SIM swap scam protection via passive monitoring - Subscriber identity module (SIM) swap scam detection include receiving wireless network data based on passive monitoring of a wireless network; identifying a subscriber identity module, SIM, card change in user equipment, UE, based on changes in identifiers in the wireless network data; identifying a commercial user communication with the UE after the SIM card change; and detecting potentially fraudulent activity for the UE based on a combination of the SIM card change, the commercial user communication, and a time period therebetween. The steps can further include providing an alert of the potentially fraudulent activity identifying the commercial user communication as a possible SIM swap scam. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141670 | VIRTUALIZED BASE STATION AND ITS CONTROLLER - A base station is partitioned into a part executed on at least one virtualization platform and a plurality of Radio Transceiver Points (R-TPs). | 2022-05-05 |
20220141671 | BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station includes: an allocating circuit that allocates, to a resource set which is monitored by a terminal belonging to a group, a first control signal which contains information indicating the configuration of a slot and a second control signal which does not contain the information indicating the configuration of a slot; and a transmitter that transmits the first control signal and the second control signal to a terminal. The number of symbols to which the first control signal is allocated is made equal to the smallest number of symbols to which the second control signal is allocated. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141672 | WIRELESS BASE STATION INSTALLATION POSITION CALCULATION METHOD AND WIRELESS BASE STATION INSTALLATION POSITION CALCULATION DEVICE - A wireless base station setting position calculation method includes a step Si for assuming the setting area to be a rectangle, receiving an input of longitudinal and lateral lengths of a setting area and the number of wireless base stations to be set “s”, and determining one or more candidates of a number of divisions “d” of the setting area according to the number of wireless base stations “s”, a step S | 2022-05-05 |
20220141673 | PROVISIONING AN ACCESS POINT DEVICE USING AN EIRP MASK - An enhanced network environment is provided by provisioning a device to utilize the 6 GHz frequency band. The device requires provisioning so as not to interfere with legacy systems. The provisioning requires that the two-dimensional location of the device be obtained and sent to a topographical mapping network resource to obtain an accurate ground location for the terrain. The elevation is then modified based on an actual height from ground level of the device. The location of the device can then be sent to an automated frequency controller (AFC) resource to obtain an equivalent isotropically radiated power mask that can be used to provision the device so that the device can operate in the 6 GHz frequency band without causing interference with any other systems. Once provisioned, the device can be registered with the AFC resource. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141674 | COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT LEVEL SIGNALING AND EFFICIENT PACKING OF MTC SYSTEM INFORMATION - The present disclosure relates to transmitting and receiving of system information which includes controlling the transmission and/or the reception to transmit and/or receive system information including a coverage enhancement level indication for indicating enhanced coverage levels supported by the wireless communication system and to transmit and/or receive system information including a group of information elements common for different coverage enhancement levels and information elements specific for different coverage enhancement levels grouped for respective coverage enhancement levels. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141675 | REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR MULTI-BEAM OPERATION - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for using a same antenna port to transmit or receive reference signals on different beams. A network may determine different directional beams to use to transmit different data streams, and the network may transmit each data stream using a different directional beam. The network may also transmit reference signals with the different data streams using a same antenna port, and a user equipment (UE) may receive the reference signals with the different data streams using a same antenna port. Because a same antenna port may be used for transmitting or receiving reference signals with different data streams, the reference signals may occupy the same time and frequency resources, and the overhead of reference signal transmissions may be minimized. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141676 | User-Equipment Coordination Set Beam Sweeping - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for user-equipment coordination set (UECS) beam sweeping. In aspects, a user equipment (UE) receives an indication to coordinate beam sweeping with a UECS. The UE directs each UE in the UECS to perform a beam-training procedure by receiving a set of downlink beam transmissions, and forwards beam report information to a base station. In implementations, the UE receives an indication of one or more beam identities and one or more assigned time slots, and directs at least two UEs in the UECS to use specific beams indicated by the beam identities at specific time slots indicated by the assigned time slots, such as by transmitting a respective beam identity and a respective time slot to each UE of the at least two UEs. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141677 | COMBINED BEAM SWEEPING PROCEDURE - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information for both a first set of reference signals for a first beam sweeping procedure and a second set of reference signals for a second beam sweeping procedure. The UE may receive the first set of reference signals according to the configuration information, and may transmit a channel state information (CSI) report to the base station based on the received reference signals. After transmitting the CSI report, both the base station and the UE may autonomously update a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state based on the CSI report (e.g., using a preferred transmit beam indicated in the CSI report). The base station may transmit on the preferred transmit beam, and the UE may receive on various candidate receive beams, the second set of reference signals. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141678 | Location-Based Beamforming for Rapid 5G and 6G Directional Messaging - In 5G/6G wireless networks, a user device and a base station may transmit and receive messages unidirectionally, using directional antennas, and may thereby provide sufficient reception while saving energy and time. A user device can determine its own location and the location of the base station, calculate an angle toward the base station, and thereby transmit a narrow-beam message to the base station. The message may indicate the user device's location so that the base station can direct its transmission and reception beam toward the user device. The user device and the base station can then transmit and receive messages unidirectionally for improved energy efficiency, improved reception, and reduced interference generation. In addition, a mobile user device can indicate its speed and direction of travel, so that the base station or other user devices can calculate the changing angle and direction toward the other, and may thereby redirect their transmission and reception beams toward the other, without the need for frequent location messages or beam scanning. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141679 | EVENT-BASED MINIMUM DRIVE TEST (MDT) LOG - A mobile wireless communication device (mobile device) receives a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) configuration comprising criteria for performing event-based logging. The mobile device determines if the criteria have been met and, in response to a determination that the criteria have been met, performs an MDT in accordance with the MDT configuration. The MDT results are logged in the memory as an MDT log. The mobile device transmits, to a base station, a log availability indicator indicating the availability of the event-based MDT log. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141680 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING RESCHEDULING OVER WIRELESS CHANNEL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a communication circuit operably coupled with an external electronic device and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to determine one or more target-wake-time (TWT) parameters of at least one TWT service period based on at least one of the amount of data transmitted to the external electronic device, an amount of data received from the external electronic device, or a bandwidth, wherein at least one data frame is transmitted or received between the electronic device and the external electronic device during the at least one TWT service period; identify quality of service (QoS) for the at least one data frame transmitted or received during the at least one TWT service period; change at least one TWT parameter among the one or more TWT parameters based on the identified QoS; and control the communication circuit to transmit or receive at least one next data frame during the a next TWT service period based on the changed at least one TWT parameter. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141681 | PROVISIONING AN ACCESS POINT DEVICE USING AN EIRP MASK - An enhanced network environment is provided by provisioning a device to utilize the 6 GHz frequency band. The device requires provisioning so as not to interfere with legacy systems. The provisioning includes obtaining exterior multiple fixed power measurements to obtain a virtualized location and a virtualized power level. The elevation is then modified based on an actual height from ground level of the device. The location of the device and a virtualized equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) can then be sent to an automated frequency controller (AFC) resource to obtain an EIRP mask that can be used to provision the device so that the device can operate in the 6 GHz frequency band without causing interference with any other systems. Once provisioned, the device can be registered with the AFC resource. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141682 | COMMUNICATION NODE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE COMMUNICATION NODE, AND DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a communication node which comprises a signal monitoring device configured to receive a plurality of communication signals transmitted from two or more base stations, and to monitor a bandwidth of each of the received communication signals, a frame setter configured to reset a frame structure by merging at least some of blocks in a preset frame structure according to a result of the monitoring, and a framer configured to frame the plurality of communication signals into one frame by including the plurality of communication signals in a block corresponding to a bandwidth of each of the plurality of communication signals according to the reset frame structure. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141683 | TARGETED MESSAGE VALIDATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods are provided for using automated mobile computing device testing to ensure that a given targeted message is actually appearing in an intended manner for various types of intended recipients. The intended content or format of a target message to be presented by each of a plurality of mobile computing devices may be based on characteristics of each device. The targeted message may be sent to each device, and an indication of the actual content and/or format of the targeted message as presented by each device may be received and compared to the intended content or format of the targeted message for each device. Errors associated with the targeted message may be detected based on any discrepancies between the intended content and/or format of the targeted message for each device and the actual content or format of the targeted message as presented by each device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141684 | RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) TESTING USING ANDLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) - A system, method, and apparatus is provided for performing testing using arrival of angles (AOA). The system, method, and apparatus can receive a first test signal from a first cell; receive a second test signal from a second cell; and perform a test based on AOA of the first test signal and the second test signal. At least one of the first test signal and the second test signal can include a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) signal or a synchronization signal block (SSB) signal. The first test signal can include a different number of SSBs transmitted during an Measurement Timing Configuration (MTC) window when compared to the second test signal. The system, method, and apparatus can receive the first test signal and the second test signal in a time division multiple access (TDMA) manner. The first cell can include a serving cell and the second cell can include a neighboring cell of the serving cell. The system, method, and apparatus can receive the first test signal using a main lobe of an antenna and the second test signal using a side lobe of the antenna. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141685 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING LOW-LATENCY DATA COMMUNICATION BY AGGREGATING A PLURALITY OF NETWORK INTERFACES - The invention generally relates to a method and system for enabling low-latency data communication by aggregating a plurality of network interfaces, each network interface associated with a different network. The method and system measures in real-time, network performance capabilities associated with the networks via the respective network interfaces. The method and system then assigns two or more multi-threading processors in a multi-processor architecture configured to execute a plurality of threads for processing one or more data streams. The threading in each processor is interlinked with two or more network interfaces based on the measured network performance capabilities and network performance capability requirements of the one or more data streams, thereby enabling threading-based cooperation among multi-core processors in the multi-processor architecture and the plurality of network interfaces. The one or more data streams are then transmitted to the two or more network interfaces and thereon to the associated networks for transport. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141686 | SELECTIVE REFERENCE SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS - According to the disclosure there is provided an apparatus comprising means for performing: receiving a configuration for a distributed unit of the apparatus for transmitting reference signals using a time domain resource of the apparatus, in accordance with a time domain transmission pattern; and receiving a configuration for a mobile termination unit of the apparatus for reception of reference signals using the time domain resource of the apparatus, in accordance with a time domain reception pattern; and selectively measuring received reference signals in dependence on a determination of whether measurement of received reference signals is required. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141687 | TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION FOR INTERCELL UE TO UE CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT - A configuration for a UE that measures CLI to determine the reception timing of the CLI signal transmitted from a UE in another cell. Aspects of a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are presented herein that provide a solution to the problem of measuring CLI signals by improving the manner in which a wireless device determines the reception timing of a transmitted CLI signal. An apparatus receives a first downlink signal from a first base station. The apparatus receiving a second downlink signal from a second base station. The apparatus determines a CLI signal measurement from a second UE received at the first UE based on a propagation delay difference, the propagation delay difference being based on the first downlink signal and the second downlink signal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141688 | RADIO FRAME ANALYSIS SYSTEM, RADIO FRAME ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radio frame analysis system includes: an analysis unit that analyzes a network configuration by performing clustering processing on a frame feature value; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between clusters obtained by the clustering processing; a reliability determination unit that determines reliability of a result of the clustering processing based on the distance between the clusters; an output unit that outputs a result of the analysis performed by the analysis unit; and an output timing change unit that changes a timing at which the output unit outputs the result of the analysis by changing the number of samples of the frame feature value required to output the result in accordance with the reliability. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141689 | Providing Utilization Information for Intelligent Selection of Operating Parameters of a Wireless Access Point - Aspects of the disclosure are directed toward intelligently selecting the operating parameters of wireless access points (WAPs) deployed in a wireless environment so as to minimize or at least reduce interference in that wireless environment. A WAP continually measures the characteristics of the wireless channels used in the wireless environment and obtains measurements of channel metrics for those channels. The WAP stores the channel metric measurements as a channel metric history and analyzes the channel metric history to determine correlations between the channel metric measurements and various timeframes. The WAP selects one or more of its operating parameters based on the channel metric history and the correlations identified. Operating parameters include the radio frequency band and channel to transmit on. A centralized control server may also receive, store, and analyze channel metric histories from multiple WAPs and issue instructions to those WAPs identifying values for their respective operating parameters. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141690 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A transmission method includes: transmitting a PDCCH in a first CORESET, where the number of RBs in the first CORESET is less than or equal to the number of RBs in a second CORESET, and the second CORESET is configured by higher layer signaling in a PBCH. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141691 | USER APPARATUS - A user apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus, wherein the first base station apparatus is a master node in a New Radio (NR) radio communication system and the second base station apparatus is a secondary node in the NR radio communication system; a reception unit configured to receive from the first base station apparatus an instruction to measure a system frame number and frame timing difference (SFTD) representing a system frame number and frame timing difference between cells; a control unit configured to measure SFTD between a cell of the first base station apparatus and a cell of the second base station apparatus based on the instruction to measure SFTD; and a transmission unit configured to transmit to the first base station apparatus a measurement result including the measured SFTD. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141692 | MINIMIZATION DRIVE TEST FOR WIRELESS DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES (RATS) - A mobile wireless communication user equipment device (mobile device) simultaneously stores logs for two minimization drive tests (MDTs) where a first MDT is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second MDT is associated with a second RAT. The mobile device logs MDT data for both MDTs to generate two MDT logs. In response to a request, the mobile device transmits a requested MDT log where the MDT log may be transmitted to abase station of a RAT different from the RAT of the MDT log. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141693 | QUALITY REPORTING METHOD FOR CORESET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL USING METHOD - Provided in the present specification is a method by which a terminal transmits a control resource set (CORESET) measurement report in a wireless communication system, the method: receiving CORESET configuration information from a base station, wherein the CORESET configuration information includes information about one or more CORESETs; measuring each of one or more CORESETs; and transmitting the CORESET measurement report to the base station on the basis of the measurement result. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141694 | REPETITION CONFIGURATION FOR REMOTE INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT-REFERENCE SIGNAL (RIM-RS) TRANSMISSIONS - A network element for configuring a Remote Interference Monitoring Reference Signal (RIM-RS) is disclosed. The network element transmits RIM-RS resource configuration and Information of Things (IoT) measurement and reporting configuration information to a base station. The base station conducts the IoT measurement and ducting phenomenon detection according to the received configuration, and transmits the results to the network element. The base station determines the number of repetition and/or near-far indication based on the received information and transmits the number of repetition and near-far indication to the base station. The base station then transmits the RIM-RS according to the received repetition and near-far indication. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141695 | RESOURCE COUNTING RULE FOR DETERMINING MAXIMUM MEASURED REFERENCE SIGNALS - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a supported maximum total number of measurement resources configured to measure within a slot based at least in part on a rule, wherein the rule indicates how to count a measurement resource configured for multiple measurement usages. The UE may transmit capability information identifying the supported maximum total number of measurement resources. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the capability information and the rule, one or more measurement configurations. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A RACH PREAMBLE ON A WIRELESS NETWORK - A first configuration of a first set of random access channel occasions can be transmitted in a handover command message from a first cell. A second configuration of a second set of random access channel occasions of a second cell can be transmitted. The second set of random access channel occasions can be different from the first set of random access channel occasions. System information of the second cell can include the second configuration of the second set of random access channel occasions. A random access channel preamble can be received on a random access channel occasion. At least one selected from the first set of random access channel occasions and the second set of random access channel occasions can include the random access channel occasion. The first cell can be different from the second cell | 2022-05-05 |
20220141697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING LIST OF CELLS TO BE MEASURED IN RESELECTION OF CELL IN IDLE MODE IN NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. In addition, a method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: receiving idle-mode measurement configuration from a base station; performing idle-mode measurement, based on the measurement configuration; producing a measurement result, based on the result of performing the measurement; and reporting the measurement result to the base station, wherein another measurement result for a carrier frequency, which does not support subcarrier spacing (SCS) supported by the terminal, is not reported. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141698 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR RELAY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and device for relay wireless communications. A first node receives a first data unit set through a second logical channel; transmits a second data unit set through a first logical channel; determines a first link failure; as a response to the behavior of determining the first link failure, generates a first control message; and transmits the first control message; herein, the first control message is used to indicate that a third data unit set is not successfully transmitted; any data unit in the third data unit set belongs to the first data unit set; any bit in the second data unit set belongs to the first data unit set. In the relay transmission of the present disclosure, when a link fails, a relay node transmits a status report of packets not successfully transmitted to a source node, so as to reduce packet loss and shorten transmission delay. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141699 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINAL - An information processing method includes: sending first capability information to the network side device, where the first capability information includes a first capability and time division multiplexing information associated with the first capability. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141700 | CONGESTION CONTROL IN AMF AND SMF - A method implemented in an access and mobility management function, AMF, node that implements at least one congestion control process is provided. A message including a first indication that the message is exempt from the at least one congestion control process is received by a UE. The message is forwarded to the SMF either with the exempt indication or, if this is missing, an indication that the AMF applies a congestion control. The SMF, only when receiving the forwarded message with the additional information inserted by the AMF, carries out a validation of the message of the UE, thus preventing that a UE tags a message to be exempted from congestion control, when it should be not be exempt. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141701 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device, having a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with an external device, includes: a throughput measurement unit for measuring communication throughput with the external device; a throughput prediction unit for predicting future communication throughput by using at least data of the measured throughput; a communication control unit for controlling data communication with the external device based on the predicted throughput; a communication determination unit for determining a type of the data communication with the external device; and a priority setting unit for setting priorities of communications for a plurality of the data communications based on the determined type , in which the communication control unit is for limiting the throughput for the data communication for which the set priority is low, in comparison with the data communication for which the set priority is high, when the future throughput is below a predetermined threshold value. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141702 | SIDELINK ADMISSION CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR NEW RADIO SYSTEMS - A service device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or other network component) can operate to generate sidelink communications with peer UE vehicle-to-vehicle devices based on PC5 channel to enable a peer-to-peer communication as part of PC5 vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. An admission control scheme or a congestion control scheme can be enabled by determining a configured mapping based on various criteria, including a priority of V2X services, V2X packet Quality of Service (QoS) indications per packet, or other criteria. A UE can determine whether a packet is authorized via the sidelink channel based on the configured mapping. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141703 | QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) FLOW MANAGEMENT FOR OPTIMIZING USE OF QOS RESOURCES AND SUPPORTING QOS GUARANTEES IN A PRIVATE 5G NETWORK - In one illustrative example, a user plane function (UPF) may detect initial traffic for an application for a user equipment (UE) for which no current dedicated Quality of Service (QoS) flow is established. In response, the UPF may send, to a control plane function, a message which indicates a request for creating a dedicated QoS Flow for traffic for the application for the UE. The message may include flow metadata and an application identifier obtained in detecting the initial traffic. A QoS Flow may then be created for the traffic based on a selected QoS policy associated with the application identifier. Subsequently, the UPF may determine that a measured time period of traffic inactivity for the QoS Flow is outside a limit set by a threshold. Based on the determining, the UPF may send, to the control plane function, a message which indicates a request for deleting the QoS Flow. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AND INDICATING SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE - In some implementations, a network device may monitor a communication session associated with a user equipment and a network. The network device may determine a service-level identifier associated with a subscription of the user equipment, wherein the subscription is for a particular level of service that is to be provided by the network to the user equipment. The network device may determine that a performance metric associated with the communication session satisfies a performance threshold associated with the particular level of service. The network device may provide the service-level identifier to the user equipment based on the performance metric satisfying the performance threshold, wherein the service-level identifier enables an indication that the user equipment is receiving the particular level of service to be displayed by the user equipment. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141705 | Reflective QoS Enhancements - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Reflective Quality of Service (RQoS) enhancements. Methods may include enhancements for both UE behavior and network function behavior. Network function behaviors may include enhancements to UPF behavior and SPF behavior. Enhancements to RQoS may include methods for resetting an RQoS indicator (RQI) bit for downlink packets of a flow destined for a UE, methods for generating a flow ID to include in a SDAP header destined for a UE, methods for using the flow ID to limit L3 and L4 header parsing, methods for sending/receiving feedback regarding processing of the RQI bit, methods for maintaining a QFI mapping table, methods for skipping parsing of SDAP header fields, methods for specifying and signaling a QoS Flow Identifier (QFI) range to a UE, methods for limiting downlink header parsing, methods for updating a QFI, and methods for performing high efficiency RQoS processing. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141706 | CONTROLLING QUALITY OF SERVICE CLASS IDENTIFIER WEIGHTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS - The disclosed technology describes on-demand adjusting of the quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI) relative weight settings for different QCI classes associated with user devices. A QoS controller, which can be implemented in a standalone or a cloud configuration, updates the QCI weight settings as requested or needed to deal with changing network environments, such as growing traffic, different RF conditions, new devices, ratio of different service classes of user devices, to improve the overall performance of one or more cell sites. In one implementation, the QoS controller collects actual network statistics, and runs simulations based on those statistics with different groups of candidate QCI weight settings to generate multiple result sets. The QoS controller evaluates the result sets to determine which group of QCI weight settings meets desired performance objectives, and then applies those QCI weight settings to one or more NodeBs for use with actual data traffic. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141707 | DATA DUPLICATION OVER RADIO LINK CONTROL CHANNELS - This disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for efficient medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling that controls uplink data duplication. In one example, a method involves generating a message including a MAC CE for indicating an activation or deactivation status of one or more radio link control (RLC) channels associated with packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication. The method further involves encoding the message for transmission to a user equipment (UE). | 2022-05-05 |
20220141708 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORKING NAMES AT THE PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) - Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for compression and decompression of information centric network (ICN) names and/or ICN common fields at Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer. For example, an electronic device can include processor circuitry and radio front end circuitry coupled to the processor circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to receive a first information centric network (ICN) packet including an ICN name or an ICN common field and compress the ICN name or the ICN common field at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer. The processor circuitry can be further configured to provide the compressed ICN name or the compressed ICN common field to a lower protocol layer. The radio front end circuitry can be configured to transmit a second ICN packet including the compressed ICN name or the compressed ICN common field. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141709 | Multi-protocol Communication Network - A multi-protocol network and methods for operating the same are provided. The method begins with establishing a wireless-connection between a first transceiver in a first device and a second-transceiver in a second device using a wireless-protocol. First, wired-protocol packets and non-packet data are received and converted in the first device to second-packets compatible with the wireless-protocol by inserting synchronization-bits non-packet data in a preamble field of the packets. This is initiated by sensing arrival of the preamble without waiting for a start of data, thus lowering the latency of the propagation of the second-packets. The second-packets are transmitted from the first transceiver to the second, and converted to third-packets compatible with the wired-protocol by removing the synchronization-bits. Latency is improved by initiating/starting a packet to the wired controller before a data portion of the packet is received. The number of synchronization bits is selected so the second-packets are aligned and synchronized with wireless-protocol packets. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141710 | INTER-SYSTEM MEASUREMENT INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an inter-system measurement information transmission method and system. The method comprises: if there is no interface between a first base station and a second base station, the first base station determines a corresponding core network and a corresponding interface; if the corresponding core network is a first core network corresponding to the first base station, the first base station sends first measurement configuration information to a control plane entity of the first core network; the control plane entity of the first core network sends the first measurement configuration information to a control plane entity of a second core network; the control plane entity of the second core network sends the first measurement configuration information to the second base station; and the second base station determines inter-system measurement configuration information of a terminal within the coverage of the second base station for the first base station. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141711 | Application Adaptation with Exposure of Network Capacity - According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a communication network for negotiating a data transfer between an application service and a user equipment, UE, via the communication network. The method comprises: receiving ( | 2022-05-05 |
20220141712 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a wireless communication system that includes a transmission device configured to receives an input of group-addressed data transmitted from a specific source, convert the group-addressed data into wireless frames, and perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames; and a reception device configured to receive the wireless frames transmitted from the transmission device, and identify and receive the group-addressed data of the specific source, wherein a plurality of the transmission devices are provided, and each of the transmission devices is configured to perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames into which the group-addressed data is converted, and the reception device is configured to identify and receive the group-addressed data of the specific source from the wireless frames transmitted from the plurality of transmission devices, and perform diversity combining processing of combining the same pieces of group-addressed data. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF APPLICATION MAPPING FOR NETWORK SLICING USING GROUP SEGMENTATION - Systems and methods described herein use group segmentation of applications (referred to herein as “slicing classes”), based on common service requirements, to allow carriers to assign UE traffic to network slices. A UE stores slicing class definitions for use with UE Route Selection Policies (URSP). Each of the slicing class definitions include network quality of service (QoS) characteristics that are applicable to network traffic for multiple software applications. The UE maps the software applications to corresponding slicing class identifiers associated with the slicing class definitions. The UE also stores URSP rules for associating a slicing class identifier with a network slice identifier. A UE operating system sends, to a modem, one of the slicing class identifiers for an application that is requesting attachment to a wireless network. The modem sends a registration request with a selected network slice identifier based on the received slicing class identifier and the URSP rules. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141714 | IMPLEMENTING SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS IN AN IDENTITY FEDERATION - Embodiments herein describe techniques for dynamically negotiating an SLA between a roaming device and a VN in an identity federation. Instead of an IDP having to individually negotiate with a VN to decide on an SLA before a user device roams to the VN, the parties can dynamically negotiate the SLA after the user device has detected the VN (but before the device is permitted to connect or associate with the VN). In one embodiment, when a roaming user device comes within wireless range of a VN, the roaming device receives an advertisement from the VN that indicates the current SLA (or SLAs) offered by the VN. The roaming device can compare this offered SLA to a stored SLA in an identity profile the device received from the IDP to determine whether to accept the offer. In another embodiment, the SLA is instead negotiated between VN and the IDP. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141715 | Machine Learning-Based Network Analytics, Troubleshoot, and Self-Healing Holistic Telemetry System Incorporating Modem-Embedded Machine Analysis of Multi-Protocol Stacks - A novel machine learning-based network analytics, troubleshoot, and self-healing holistic telemetry system is configured to perform modem-embedded machine analysis of multi-protocol stacks (e.g. OSI model stacks) simultaneously from one integrated coherent diagnostic system alone, and identify sources of data network problems autonomously within an entire end-to-end network topology of a network operator, while not necessitating human diagnosis of the data network problems. This system uniquely embeds a smart universal telemetry (SUT) as a quality-of-experience (QoE) parameter collection agent in intermediary transport-level network equipment and each end-user modem, which in turn enables periodic or on-demand collection of robust diagnostic data from all end-user modems and intermediary transport level nodes in a data network. By executing a machine learning (ML)-based artificial intelligence (AI) analytical module in a cloud-computing resource, the system then achieves autonomous identification and source pinpointing of network problems, and in some cases, self-repairs machine-identified data network problems autonomously. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141716 | Sidelink Resource Allocation Enhancements - Various examples and schemes pertaining to sidelink (SL) resource allocation enhancements in New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications are described. A user equipment (UE) receives a first sidelink control information (SCI) carrying first assistance information indicating one or more reserved resources. The UE determines a disposition with respect to the first assistance information. In response to the disposition with respect to the first assistance information, the UE transmits a second SCI carrying second assistance information related to the first assistance information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141717 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A radio network ( | 2022-05-05 |
20220141718 | SELECTION OF SAME USER PLAN FUNCTION FOR USER EQUIPMENT MOVEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORKS - A mechanism is provided to ensure the same user plane anchor point is selected as a User Equipment (UE) moves across multiple access networks. The selected User Plane Function (UPF) identifier information, such as a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is passed to the UE anchor points. This will allow the UE anchor points to exchange the already selected user plane information so that the new UE anchor point can choose the same UPF. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141719 | FAST RETURN TO 5G SYSTEMS (5GS) AFTER HANDOVER TO EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM (EPS) DUE TO EPS FALLBACK FROM 5GS - Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for managing a fast return of a user equipment (UE) to 5G systems (5GS) after handover to Evolved Packet System (EPS) due to EPS fallback from 5GS. The method can include at least generating a handover request including an indication indicating a handover reason of no presence of quality of service (QoS) flow for a voice signal to the UE; receiving a handover command generated by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to transfer the UE from the 5GS to the EPS based on the handover request; transmitting the handover command to the UE for the UE to establish a connection with the EPS; and after the flow of the voice signal has terminated, reestablishing a connection with the UE to reconnect the UE to the 5GS, wherein the connection with the BS is re-established based on a target ID of the BS. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141720 | METHOD AND MULTI SIM UE FOR MANAGING DATA SESSION IN WIRELESS NETWORK - Embodiments herein disclose a method for managing a data session of a user equipment (UE) including multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMS) in a dual-connectivity wireless network. The method includes identifying, by the UE, initiation of a voice call over a first network on a first SIM of the multiple SIMs while at least one data session is ongoing on the first network associated with a second SIM of the multiple SIMS, the second SIM being connected with the first network and a second network included in the dual-connectivity wireless network. Further, the method includes shifting, by the UE, the at least one data session to the second network associated with the second SIM in response to identifying that the voice call over the first network on the first SIM is initiated, identifying, by the UE, whether the voice call over the first network initiated on the first SIM is ended, and shifting, by the UE, the at least one data session to the first network associated with the second SIM, in response to identifying that the voice call over the first network initiated on the first SIM is ended. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141721 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSFERRING RESTORATION CONTEXT DATA - Transferring context data from a first network functional set, NFS, to another. A method and apparatuses provide for transferring restoration context data from a first NFS toward a second NFS. This method includes receiving, at the first NFS from a context transfer requester, a transfer request indicating transfer of context data toward the second NFS; transmitting, from the first NFS toward a network repository function, NRF, a context transfer request indicating transfer of context data from the first NFS to the second NFS; transmitting, from the NRF toward the first NFS, a context transfer response indicating a status of the first NFS; notifying, from the NRF toward a network function, NF, service consumer, of transfer information related to the transfer of context data from the first NFS to the second NFS; transferring, from the first NFS toward the second NFS, restoration context data; and storing the restoration context data. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141722 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDOVER OF DUAL CONNECTIVITY USER EQUIPMENT - A system described herein may provide a technique for maintaining and transferring context information for a Dual Connectivity (“DC”)-capable User Equipment (“UE”) and a secondary Next Generation Node B (“gNB”) in situations where the UE is connected to a primary gNB and the secondary gNB and is handed over to an evolved Node B (“eNB”). The context information may be provided to the eNB without releasing resources or tearing down bearers at the secondary gNB, such that the UE may seamlessly continue communicating with the secondary gNB while a primary connection associated with the UE is handed over from the primary gNB to the eNB. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141723 | MULTI-SUBSCRIPTION MEASUREMENT REPORTING - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may tune away from a first wireless network associated with a first subscription of the UE to a second wireless network associated with a second subscription of the UE. The UE may transmit, after tuning back to the first wireless network, a measurement report, outside of a scheduled measurement reporting occasion for the first wireless network. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device through a mobile communication network, and comprises: a throughput measuring unit; a throughput predicting unit configured to predict a future communication throughput; a communication rate controller; a band information acquiring unit; a communication environment information storage unit by associating; and a detection unit configured to detect at least one of a handover execution and a communication band switching, wherein if the detection unit has detected at least one of a handover execution and a communication band switching, the communication rate controller switches from controlling the communication rate based on a future communication throughput predicted by the throughput predicting unit to controlling the communication rate based on band information acquired by the communication environment information storage unit and the band information acquiring unit. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141725 | Reporting of Successful Handover to a Target Cell - A method performed by a wireless device includes, in response to a successful handover procedure, compiling a successful handover report comprising state information of the wireless device. The successful handover report is transmitted to a target cell. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS RELATING TO SELF ORGANISED NETWORKS - Disclosed is a method of operating a telecommunication network comprising the steps of: a User Equipment, UE, collecting information related to a load that it imposes on a visited cell, wherein the load comprises a radio resource load and a virtual resource load; the UE reporting the information to a serving cell, in response to a request for the information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141727 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT MOBILITY USING RELAY DEVICES - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may determine whether the UE is inside or outside of a vehicle with a relay device. Techniques for determining whether the UE is inside or outside of the vehicle are described herein. The UE may determine whether to camp on a cell of the relay device based on whether the UE is inside or outside the vehicle. The base station may perform connected mode mobility for the UE based on whether the UE is inside or outside the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141728 | NETWORK NODE - A network node includes a control unit that sets an information element in a field included in an inter-network node message for configuring communication with a user apparatus when the field is mandatory in the inter-network node message; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to another network node, the inter-network node message including the field in which the information element is set, wherein, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the field is mandatory in the inter-network node message. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141729 | AUTOMATED ADDITION AND DELETION OF FREQUENCY RELATIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A computer-implemented method for automatically adding and/or deleting frequency relations in cells of a wireless communication network may include collecting a first list of frequencies broadcasted by a cell, neighboring co-site cells of the cell, and neighboring cells surrounding the cell. The method may further include collecting a second list of frequencies for defined frequency relations of the cell, and comparing the first list and the second list to determine if the second list is missing any of the frequencies of the first list and if the second list includes extra frequencies not present in the first list. The method may further include communicating a request to add frequency relations corresponding to any missing frequencies to the defined frequency relations of the cell, and communicating a request to delete frequency relations corresponding to any extra frequencies from the defined frequency relations of the cell. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141730 | Mobility between Cells in a Wireless Network - One aspect of the disclosure provides a method performed by a wireless device for performing handover from a source network node to a target network node. The method comprises: obtaining ( | 2022-05-05 |
20220141731 | WIRELESS DEVICE MOBILITY BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A wireless device suspends a connection with a first access network and enters an inactive state. While the connection with the first access network is suspended and the wireless device is in the inactive state, the wireless device camps in a specific area of a second wireless communication network that is included in a notification area within which the wireless device is allowed to move without notifying either the second wireless communication network or a first wireless communication network that includes the first access network. Upon camping in the specific area, the wireless device starts a timer. Responsive to expiry of the timer, the wireless device switches from the inactive state to an idle state and/or transmits to the second access network signaling indicating that the wireless device is in the specific area or that the wireless device requests a connection to the second access network. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING ASSISTANT INFORMATION - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving at a base station, assistant information for reestablishing a link for at least one access node associated with an integrated access and backhaul node. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141733 | CELL HANDOVER PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a cell handover processing method and device and an apparatus. The method includes: obtaining configuration information of a target handover cell and at least one of the following information: valid time of cell configuration information or a quantity of valid access times; performing cell handover according to the configuration information of the target handover cell within the valid time of cell configuration information and/or the quantity of valid access times. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141734 | NETWORK SWITCHING METHOD - A network switching method includes: in a case that a first terminal establishes a network connection to the network device through a second terminal, establishing a first network connection to the first terminal, and instructing the second terminal to release a second network connection to the first terminal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141735 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING MOBILITY INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and devices for providing feedback about radio link failure (RLF) events that includes information about directional beams. A user equipment (UE) may experience an RLF event and lose connectivity with a network. After the UE reestablish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the network, the UE may transmit an RLF report that include information about directional beams, information about a master node and a secondary node in a dual-connectivity procedure, information associated conditional handover procedures, or information about service time interruptions, or a combination thereof. One or more base stations may be configured to transmit at least portions of the information in the RLF report to other base stations as part of a message that may be an example of an RLF indication or a handover report. The message may be transmitted over an X2 interface or an Xn interface. | 2022-05-05 |