Abstract: A server device can, in response to a mobile device request, facilitate presentation of a login page via a mobile device. The login page can prompt for access credentials to a user account associated with mobile communications services and associated with a user identity, wherein a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enabled the mobile device to request the login page. Based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, the server device can facilitate displaying a prompt, via the mobile device, for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link. The server device can receive a submitted code from the mobile device, and in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.
Abstract: A method for managing a working environment of a worker who moves in a workplace includes: a measuring process in which a mobile device worn by the worker carries out environment measurement with use of a sensor; a location identifying process in which the mobile device identifies a location at which the measuring process has been carried out; and a transmitting process in which the mobile device transmits, to a management device, (i) a measurement value that has been obtained in the measuring process and (ii) positional information indicative of the location that has been identified in the location identifying process, in association each other.
Abstract: A network element selection method and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by a first network element in a first communications system, a first message from a terminal device, wherein the first message is used to request to establish a session; and in response to the first message, determining, by the first network element in the first communications system, a target session management function network element based on a capability of the terminal device and third subscription information of the terminal device. According to the method, a terminal device that supports a 4G system and a 5G system and that has no interworking requirement can properly select a network element.
Abstract: Example methods for communicating based on route prediction and pre-preparation in a wireless network are provided. One example method includes determining, by a network entity, a predicted time of entering and a predicted duration of stay of a user equipment (UE) in each cell of a plurality of cells according to a predicted route of the UE, the predicted route including predicted UE locations at corresponding predicted times. The network entity can then determine mobility prediction information according to the predicted time of entering and the predicted duration of stay of the UE in each cell of the plurality of cells. The network entity can then transmit the mobility prediction information to the UE.
Abstract: A method of registering to slices with mapped S-NSSAI alone in a 5GS is described. The method can include, upon a UE entering a VPLMN, the UE having a first PDN connection or a first PDU session that is to be transferred to the VPLMN and associated with a first HPLMN S-NSSAI, determining whether the UE has a first VPLMN S-NSSAI applicable in the VPLMN corresponding to the first HPLMN S-NSSAI. If not, a registration request message can be transmitted to register to a slice of the VPLMN for transferring the first PDN connection or the first PDU session to the VPLMN. The registration request message can include the first HPLMN S-NSSAI as a first mapped S-NSSAI for indicating the slice of the VPLMN to which the UE intends to register for transferring the first PDN connection or the first PDU session.
Abstract: A positioning and tracking system is disclosed. The positioning and tracking system includes positioning sensors disposed in a space, wherein the positioning sensors are all movable and all have functions of sensing distance, angle and time, and the positioning sensors communicate with each other to sense relative distances, relative angles and relative times between every two positioning sensors of the positioning sensors. when at least one of the positioning sensors moves in the space, the positioning sensors re-communicate with each other to instantly update the relative distances, the relative angles and the relative times between every two positioning sensors of the positioning sensors.
Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards automated cell parameter updates in cellular networks. A network automation platform architecture is disclosed which includes elements configured to automatically analyze, recalculate, and deploy cell parameters such as PCI and RSI parameters, for cells of a cellular communication network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 1, 2022
Assignees:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
Abstract: In an aspect, a UE estimates channel state(s) of channels(s) between the UE and network node(s) based on DL RS(s) for positioning that are scheduled and transmitted on DL resources from network node(s). The UE may apply TR filter(s) derived based on the estimated channel state(s) to a UL-RS for positioning. The UE may transmit the TR filtered UL-RS on UL resources which are associated with the DL resources of the DL-RS(s) and which are scheduled by the network node(s). The association between the UL resources and the DL resources may be indicated to the UE by the network node(s).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2022
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventors:
Weimin Duan, Alexandros Manolakos, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Jay Kumar Sundararajan, Gokul Sridharan
Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications, and provides an information configuration method to configure an association relationship between an AMF group and network slice information for an NSSF, a default AMF, or an NRF, so that the NSSF, the default AMF, or the NRF can select an AMF group meeting a service requirement. The method includes: determining, by a first management unit, an association relationship between information about an AMF group and network slice information, where the association relationship is used to instruct to select the network slice information based on the information about the AMF group or select the information about the AMF group based on the network slice information; and sending, by the first management unit, the association relationship to a first network unit or a management unit of a first network unit; or storing, by the first management unit, the association relationship.
Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for supporting flexible radio access network (RAN) node identifiers in a network are provided. In one technique, a cell identity of a cell associated with a base station in a network is determined. An identifier of the base station is determined from the cell identity based on a partitioning of an identifier space used for identifying cells in the network. A message that includes at least one of the identifier of the base station or the cell identity associated with the base station is transmitted. In another technique, a user equipment may determine whether to take one or more actions while transitioning from operating in an inactive mode to operating in a connected mode based on the identifier of the base station.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2022
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventors:
Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes, Gavin Bernard Horn, Xipeng Zhu
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of enabling a provision of public warning system, PWS, messages to a user equipment, UE, device via a non-3GPP radio network, the method comprising establishing an internet protocol security, IPSec, tunnel connection from the UE device to a non-3GPP interworking function, N3IWF, via a non-3GPP, N3GPP, radio access technology, requesting from a first core network, CN, entity a provision of public warning system, PWS, messages; and providing the first CN entity with information about a location of the UE device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2022
Assignee:
IPCOM GMBH & CO. KG
Inventors:
Andreas Schmidt, Martin Hans, Achim Luft, Maik Bienas
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to network management methods. One example method includes obtaining, by a network slice selection function (NSSF), a configuration parameter sent by a network slice management and orchestration module (NSMAO), where the configuration parameter includes a correspondence, the correspondence includes at least one of a correspondence between single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) and a network slice instance identifier (NSI ID) or a correspondence between the S-NSSAI and a network slice subnet instance identifier (NSSI ID), and the configuration parameter instructs the NSSF to select, based on the configuration parameter, at least one of a network slice instance (NSI) or a network slice subnet instance (NSSI) for S-NSSAI provided by user equipment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2022
Assignee:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Shuigen Yang, Wenqi Sun, Wei Lu, Wei Tan
Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting or receiving a deregistration-related message to or from a user equipment (UE) by an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a deregistration request message from a UE by a first AMF; and in response to the deregistration request message, transmitting a deregistration accept message to the UE by the first AMF, wherein the deregistration accept message includes a first 5G-globally unique temporary identifier (5G-GUTI) allocated by the first AMF.
Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating operation of a system for implementing fifth generation (5G) or other next generation networks. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method described herein can include identifying, by a device comprising a processor, predicted resource usage of a first antenna covering a geographic zone. Further, the method can include selecting, by the device, a group of geographic siting locations within the geographic zone for potentially siting ones of a group of second antennas. In addition, selecting, by the device, a spatial arrangement in relation to the first antenna, of a subset of the group of geographic siting locations can occur, with a selected spatial arrangement including an arrangement to maintain the predicted resource usage in the condition.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5th generation (5G) communication system or a pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation (4G) system such as long-term evolution (LTE), and to a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. Various embodiments may provide a method for managing context of a terminal in a mobile communication system.
Abstract: A location relationship obtaining method includes recording, as a reference location point corresponding to a searched terminal, a location point for obtaining a wireless signal having greatest strength, obtaining at least two reference location points, setting either of the at least two reference location points as a benchmark location point, and obtaining a reference location relationship between the other reference location points and the benchmark location point, where the reference location relationship indicating a location relationship between a searched terminal corresponding to the other reference location points and a searched terminal corresponding to the benchmark location point.
Abstract: A distribution device includes an information acquisition part configured to acquire the device identification information to identify a communication device and the base-station identification information to identify a base station attributed to the communication device among a plurality of base stations over a wireless communication network from the communication device, a determination part configured to determine a sequence of distributing software to a plurality of communication devices connectible to the base station based on the device identification information and the base-station identification information with respect to each base station, and a distribution part configured to distribute the software from the base station to a threshold number or less of communication devices according to the sequence determined by the determination part.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to managing a process in a factory while employing a communication method suitable to various kinds of data that should be transmitted. A wireless communication apparatus configured to manage a process in a factory includes an interface connected to a device and usable to receive data from the device, a first wireless communication portion, a second wireless communication portion, and a controller configured to, to wirelessly transmit the data received via the interface, select one of the first wireless communication portion and the second wireless communication portion according to this data. The first wireless communication portion is configured to carry out communication at a higher speed and with a larger capacity than the second wireless communication portion. The second wireless communication portion is configured to carry out more reliable communication than the first wireless communication portion.
Abstract: An information transmission method apparatus, where the method includes determining, by a network device, first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a configuration of a second resource, the second resource transmits retransmission data including retransmission data of first data, the first data is received from a first terminal device using a first resource unit, the first resource unit belongs to a preconfigured first resource, the first resource and the second resource are both grant-free resources and are different from each other, and the first indication information is determined by the network device based on a receiving status of the first data, and sending, by the network device, the first indication information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 23, 2021
Assignee:
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Zhenguo Du, Hongcheng Zhuang, Zhiming Ding
Abstract: A method for testing at least one transmitting antenna of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, using a test computer and an electronic key.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 23, 2021
Inventors:
Cédric Boudet, Xavier Bressan, Vincent Jamart