Abstract: A method for prefetching and caching data onto a device is disclosed. An association of a user with a travel to a destination location is determined. Data network availability in at least a portion of a likely future travel path from a current location of the user to the destination location is analyzed. Based on the analysis of the data network availability, a segment of the likely future travel path where data network is likely unreliable is identified. Data likely desired by the user when the user travels in the identified segment is predicted. A device of the user is caused to obtain and cache the predicted data.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate data stream routing and entitlement for Internet of Things (IoT) data streams. In one example, a method is provided that may include causing an IoT device to connect to a plurality of access networks based on a data stream policy; directing, based on the data stream policy, an IoT gateway to transmit a plurality of output data streams to a plurality of destinations in which the plurality of output data streams are based on a source data stream obtained by the IoT gateway from the IoT device via one or more of the plurality of access networks. The method may further include determining a degradation for at least one access network and, upon determining the degradation, causing a remediation action to be performed by at least one of the IoT device and the IoT gateway based on the data stream policy.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise skill-based wagering games, systems and devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the configuration of a skill-based game is dependent upon the skill level of the player or players. In one embodiment, the game is configured so that the odds of winning the game, and thus the payout for a winning outcome, depends upon the player's skill level. In other embodiments, the payouts or awards offered to players are fixed and the difficultly level for achieving a winning outcome is adjusted based upon the skill levels of the players.

Abstract: A posting right giving device acquires region information indicating a region designated by an establisher requesting creation of a community. The posting right giving device stores the acquired region information and community identification information for identifying the community in association with each other in a storage. The posting right giving device acquires positional information indicating a position of a terminal device used by a user different from the establisher. The posting right giving device executes, when the position indicated by the acquired positional information is included in the region indicated by the stored region information, processing for giving the user a right to post information to the community identified with the community identification information stored in association with the region information. The right to post information allows the user to post the information regardless of whether the terminal device is located within the region.

Abstract: A method, a structure, and a computer system for location-driven social network boosting. The exemplary embodiments may include generating a network graph corresponding to a user of a social network and identifying a destined location of the user that differs from a current location of the user. The exemplary embodiments may further include identifying one or more gaps in the social network of the user at the destined location and augmenting the social network to fill the one or more gaps at the destined location.

Abstract: Provided in the present specification is a method by which a user device performs a handover in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method by which a user device performs a handover comprises the steps of: connecting by Bluetooth with a first target device on the basis of first authentication information; measuring a first link state between the user device and the first target device; measuring a second link state between the user device and the second target device; determining whether to perform a handover for the second target device on the basis of the first link state and the second link state; and performing a Bluetooth connection procedure with the second target device when performance of the handover for the second target device is determined, wherein second authentication information for the Bluetooth connection procedure with the second target device is the same as the first authentication information for the Bluetooth connection with the first target device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for EPS fallback status report by the modem to the upper layers. In one embodiment, the mobile terminal (MT) initiates a 5G voice call, detects an EPSFB triggered by the wireless network, identifies one or more EPSFB status and sends one or more EPSFB status indicators to at least one upper layer based on the identified one or more EPSFB status. In one embodiment, the EPS fall back is a redirection procedure. In another embodiment, the EPS fallback is a handover procedure. In yet another embodiment, the one or more EPSFB status indictors comprising a redirection to EPS started indicator, a handover to EPS started indicator, a redirection to EPS failed indicator, a handover to EPS failed indicator, a redirection to EPS success indicator, and a handover to EPS success indicator. In one embodiment, the MT sends EPSFB status indicators using AT command.

Abstract: A wireless User Equipment (UE) is configured to hand over to a roaming network. The wireless UE comprises a radio and processing circuitry. The radio wirelessly transfers UE capabilities to a home wireless network and receives performance information for the wireless networks from the home wireless network. The radio measures signal strengths for the roaming wireless networks. The radio transfers the performance information and signal strengths to the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines candidate roaming networks based on the signal strengths. The processing circuitry determines performance differentials between the home network and the candidate roaming networks based on the performance information.

Abstract: An architecture to avoid handover ping-pong for aerial user equipment (UE) operational in terrestrial fourth generation (4G) and/or fifth generation (5G) long term evolution (LTE) networks. A method can comprise receiving a request to connect to the network equipment from aerial user equipment; based on the request to connect, retrieving subscription data; based on the subscription data, determining that the aerial user equipment is aerial equipment; determining that the aerial user equipment is engaged in a ping-pong handover event with terrestrial based network equipment situated within a defined geographic area; and transmitting instructions to the aerial user equipment to confirm the ping-pong handover event, wherein the instruction comprises a delay value representing a back off time value for the aerial user equipment to refrain from gathering measurement data within the defined geographic area.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards proactive content placement for low latency mobile access. Digital content requested by a mobile device can be sent to network nodes proactively, so that the network nodes have the digital content before it is requested by the mobile device. Mobile device travel predictions can be made to predict future locations of the mobile device. The future locations can be used to determine network nodes for proactive digital content delivery. The digital content for delivery to a network node can also be predicted based on current digital content in use at the mobile device and estimated arrival times of the mobile device into service areas of next network nodes.

Abstract: Implementations generally relate methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing automatic access point registration. In some implementations, a method includes receiving an indication of automatic device on-boarding activation. The method further includes receiving a selection of one or includes identification more reference devices. The method further includes determining one or more detectable devices of the one or more candidate devices to be onboarded that are detectable by at least one of the one or more reference devices. The method further includes obtaining one or more automatic configuration parameters from one or more of the reference devices. The method further includes configuring one or more of the detectable devices to be onboarded with the one or more automatic configuration parameters.

Abstract: 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. A method and a system for supporting flexible user equipment (UE) bandwidth by the UE during a random access are provided.

Abstract: A method for selecting a gateway node to support handover when a user equipment (UE) attaches to a 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network may include receiving a prediction from a machine learning engine predicting whether the UE is more likely to handover between the 4G LTE network and a 3G network or between the 4G LTE network and a 5G network based on handover data in the UE's location area. The method may further include selecting a first gateway node if the prediction indicates that the UE is more likely to handover between the 4G LTE network and the 3G network, and selecting a second gateway node if the prediction indicates that the UE is more likely to handover between the 4G LTE network and a 5G network. The first gateway node may support 4G and 3G sessions, and the second gateway node may support 4G and 5G sessions.

Abstract: A wireless communication network controls handovers based on comparative Quality-of-Service (QoS). Wireless access nodes wirelessly deliver wireless data services that have QoS Flow Identifiers (QFIs). The wireless access nodes determine performance metrics for individual QFIs. A handover controller compares the performance metrics for source/target access node pairs on a per-QFI basis to determine QFI offsets for the QFIs and QFI combinations. The source access nodes select the QFI offsets that correspond to the QFIs used by the user device. The source access nodes apply the selected QFI offsets to target signal strengths to reject or perform the handovers.

Abstract: When a second mobile station detects quality deterioration of a signal received from a first mobile station at a second frequency, the second mobile station transmits a quality deterioration notification to a relay station at a first frequency. Upon receiving the quality deterioration notification, the relay station transmits a response at the second frequency to the second mobile station that has transmitted the quality deterioration notification, receives a signal from the first mobile station, and transmits the received signal to the second mobile station at the first frequency. Upon receiving the response from the relay station, the mobile station changes the communication mode so as to receive a signal that is from the first mobile station from the relay station.

Abstract: This application provides a user authentication method and an apparatus. Before establishing, for a terminal device, a session used to transmit service data, an SMF entity receives a session establishment request message; determines, based on the session establishment request message, to perform user authentication on a user using the terminal device; and sends a session establishment message to a UPF entity, where the session establishment message is used to establish a first session for the terminal device, and a session attribute of the first session is: a session used to transmit only a user authentication message. Subsequently, the terminal device and an AAA server transmit the user authentication message through the first session, to complete user authentication.

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for mitigation of secondary cell failures. A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a macro cellular base station. The UE may perform a signal quality measurement of a small cell base station and compare the signal quality measurement to a threshold. Based on the signal quality measurement exceeding the threshold, the UE may attempt to additionally connect to the small cell base station. In response to a radio link failure of the second base station, the UE may modify the first threshold. In response to subsequent failures to additionally connect to the small cell base station using the modified first threshold, the UE may disable connections to the small cell base station.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.

Abstract: Provided are a method of estimating mobility state of UE and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: receiving information on neighbor cell from a serving cell, wherein the information informs to which group the neighbor cell belongs; performing cell change from the serving cell to the neighbor cell; when the neighbor cell belongs to a first group, counting the cell change; when the neighbor cell belongs to a second group, skipping counting the cell change; and reporting a number of counted cell change for estimating mobility state of the UE, wherein the first group and the second group are configured based on altitude of the UE.

Abstract: An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device.