Abstract: A terrestrial communications network for providing broadband internet access to aerial platforms is described. One set of embodiments describe systems and methods for assigning aerial platforms to cell sites, and imposing a network frequency reuse pattern over the assigned beams, such as to optimize a certain network performance metric. Another set of embodiments describe systems and methods to iteratively optimize the aerial platform to cell site beam assignment, and the associated network frequency reuse pattern, according to the specified network performance metric. In other embodiments, systems and methods are described for measuring exogenous interference, to be used in SINR estimation received from different cell sites at the aerial platform in order to choose the cell site from which highest data rate is received.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an on-vehicle emergency notification device for performing a notification to an external emergency call center, in the event of an emergency. The on-vehicle emergency notification device is configured to allow a vehicle body number (VIN) and an emergency notification phone number (CIM number) to be registered therein in the form of a set, so as to enable the notification to the emergency call center, wherein the on-vehicle emergency notification device is configured such that: during execution of a factory mode for performing the registration of the vehicle body number and the emergency notification phone number, rewriting of the vehicle body number is permitted; and, after the registration of the vehicle body number and the emergency notification phone number is completed and then the factory mode is shifted to a market mode, the rewriting of the vehicle body number is prohibited.

Abstract: A first network device receives a request associated with data notification for a user equipment (UE). When the UE is in a mode in which communication of mobile terminated data is restricted and the first network device detects that the UE is in a non-allowed area, the first network device rejects the request unless the data notification is for a regulatory prioritized service.

Abstract: A mobile device configured to share a phone number of another mobile device on a mobile communication system, the mobile device including: a controller configured to, after determining that a phone function of the another mobile device is deactivated, activate a phone function of the mobile device to which the phone number of the another mobile device is assigned; and a communicator configured to perform a mobile communication function using the phone number when the phone function of the mobile device is activated.

Abstract: A method for routing communication for a user, wherein the routing system comprises an onward calling device a receiving device, and a communication computing system. The onward user may place an onward call for a receiver user identification and the receiving user may receive the onward call using the receiving device. Once the onward calling device and the receiving device are connected, the connection may continue for a sufficient time period. If the connection is discontinued the onward user may make no further attempt to connect with the receiving user, or the communication computing system may generate a subscriber ID of the receiving user and mark the good quality route for future connections with the receiving user.

Abstract: An air interface for a terrestrial communications network for providing broadband internet access to aerial platforms is described. In some embodiments, systems and methods are described for efficient retransmission of data packets that are not received correctly. In other embodiments, systems and methods are described for determining the modulation constellation and error correction code rate used in transmitting a data packet to maximize data rates. In another set of embodiments, the retransmission scheme and modulation constellation and error correction code rate determination are jointly optimized to maximize data rates.

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless location are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for wireless location includes collecting signal strength values from one or more nodes (e.g., mobile devices) in an area over a time interval. The nodes receive wireless signals from one or more other transmitting nodes, where the signal strength values are representative of the signal strengths of the wireless signals. The method further includes normalizing the collected signal strength values and evaluating respective locations within the area of the nodes based on the normalized signal strength values. In a further aspect, the evaluated locations of the nodes may be used to execute an automated light show over the area, by instructing the nodes to display certain color or pattern at their locations in the area.

Abstract: A directed data plan service-launching system includes an intelligent communication terminal, a virtual operator directed data plan system, a virtual operator billing system and an application background server, wherein the intelligent communication terminal calculates and stores mobile network data usage, and periodically uploads the same to the virtual operator directed data plan system with a certain time period, the virtual operator directed data plan system performs bill integration on data of the data usage to form and send a directed data plan bill to the virtual operator billing system, and the virtual operator billing system performs a charge deduction or billing with a specific price on the directed data plan bill; a primary operator billing system performing a charge deduction or billing with a specific price on the directed data plan bill; and an application background service system providing a background service to an application client side.

Abstract: Systems and methods including mobile devices determining their locations using location determination units, such as GPS receivers. A computing device generates a statistical measurement of location pattern changes in relation to a predetermined region for a predetermined period of time. The measurement is generated from a difference between responses of exposed mobile devices and responses of non-exposed mobile devices, which devices are selected based on a cluster analysis to match the distributions of the exposed mobile devices and the non-exposed mobile devices in an attribute space. Each response of a mobile device can be computed based on applying, at a time instance, an anti-symmetric weight function having an exponential distribution to a time series of visitation measurements to generate a response corresponding to the time instance, and summing the responses corresponding to time instances falling within the predetermined period of time as the response of the mobile device.

Abstract: The pairing of an entity solely to a single subscription management service may simplify the deployment of an Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) profile management platform. The pairing includes selecting a subscription management service as a sole provider of eSIM profile management to an entity. The subscription management service may be provided by one or more subscription managers that execute on one or more computing devices, the one or more subscription managers including at least one of a Subscription Manager Data Preparation (SM-DP) or a Subscription Manager Secure Routing (SM-SR). Subsequently, the entity is mapped solely to the subscription management service to configure the eSIM management platform to route profile management communications for the entity between the entity and the subscription management service.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for categorizing mobile devices as rooted may include (1) gathering a set of metadata describing a plurality of rooted mobile devices that have been modified to allow a user to alter protected systems and an additional set of metadata describing a plurality of unrooted mobile devices that have not been modified to allow the user to alter the protected systems, (2) comparing the set of metadata with the additional set of metadata to determine at least one feature that differentiates the rooted mobile devices from the unrooted mobile devices, (3) determining whether the feature is present in metadata that describes an uncategorized mobile device, and (4) categorizing the uncategorized mobile device as a rooted mobile device based on the presence of the feature in the metadata that describes the uncategorized mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A communication control method, and network apparatus includes receiving a PLMN identifier and a first identifier from a first user terminal, where the first identifier is included in a discovery signal which the first user terminal has received from a second user terminal, determining, in response to receiving the first identifier, whether the first identifier is an identifier allocated in the first PLMN. In response to a determination that the first identifier is not the identifier allocated in the first PLMN, sending the first identifier to a second network apparatus belonging to a second PLMN, and receiving the information of an application used by the second user terminal, from the second network apparatus. In response to the controller determining that the first identifier is the identifier allocated in the first PLMN, transmitting, to the first user terminal, information of the application used by the second user terminal.

Abstract: Measurement configuring method and device for dual connectivity, measuring method and device for dual connectivity, scheduling method and device for dual connectivity, storage medium, base station and terminal are provided. The measurement configuring method includes: after an RRC connection is set up with a UE, a master base station sending master network measurement configuration to the UE; determining first secondary network measurement configuration for a secondary base station; sending to the secondary base station a dual connectivity configuration request which comprises the first secondary network measurement configuration; and receiving second secondary network measurement configuration and a secondary network measurement gap configured by the secondary base station, wherein the secondary network measurement gap is determined based on the first secondary network measurement configuration and the second secondary network measurement configuration.

Abstract: A mobile device configured to share a phone number of another mobile device on a mobile communication system, the mobile device including: a controller configured to, after determining that a phone function of the another mobile device is deactivated, activate a phone function of the mobile device to which the phone number of the another mobile device is assigned; and a communicator configured to perform a mobile communication function using the phone number when the phone function of the mobile device is activated.

Abstract: A plurality of sub-cells are defined within a cell area of a radio communication network by the intersection of a radio paths of a plurality of directional radio antennas. The plurality of directional radio antennas are arranged to broadcast radio signals simultaneously, and to receive radio signals simultaneously. This disclosure relates to determining of signal values transmitted by or received from the plurality of directional radio antennas in a radio communication network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a mobility management entity (MME) receives a downlink data notification (DDN) message sent by a serving gateway (SGW), where the DDN message carries an identity of user equipment, and the DDN message is used to instruct the MME to send a paging message to a base station in a tracking area list (TA list) of the user equipment. After enabling an aggregate paging function, the MME determines, according to the DDN message, whether a priority of the user equipment is higher than a preset level. If the priority of the user equipment is higher than the preset level, the MME directly sends the paging message to the base station. The present disclosure is applicable to a paging message sending process.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided herein for determining a synchronizing master for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a cellular network environment. In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) receives a discovery signal comprising a timing reference, and determines a transmitter of the discovery signal. In accordance with the determination of the transmitter of the discovery signal, the UE performs one of synchronizing to the timing reference in the discovery signal and transmitting a second discovery signal. The UE performs the synchronizing to the timing reference if the transmitter of the discovery is a cellular network. Alternatively, the UE transmits the second discovery signal upon determining that the transmitter of the discovery signal is a second UE that is out of coverage of a cellular network.

Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal to perform frequency measurement on the basis of a cell specific priority in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The terminal may be configured to: receive the cell specific priority and a frequency specific priority from a network; compare a cell specific priority of a first cell and a frequency specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs; determine whether to apply the cell specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs; and perform frequency measurement on the basis of the determined priority. The first cell is a cell for which a cell specific priority is set, and the cell specific priority may be set to be the same for each frequency.

Abstract: Context sensitive communication augmentation is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can receive a trigger related to determining a context of a UE. The trigger can be manual, automatic, or remote. In response to receiving the trigger, the context of the UE can be determined based on sensor data. The sensor data can be received from a sensor of the UE or another sensor. Based on the context of the UE, a metric related to a communication modality of the UE can be determined. The metric can be communicated to another device. Information related to the context of the UE, including location information, can be communicated to the other device. A communication modality can be selected based on the metric relate to the UE and communication modalities of the other device. The metric can be updated based on changes in the context of the UE, allowing for updating the communication modality.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for implementing a radio resource control protocol function, a macro base station, and a micro cell node. In the method, a macro base station configures control information and sends the control information to a micro cell node, so that the micro cell node forwards the control information to a user equipment. Therefore, the macro base station assists a micro cell node having no RRC function in completing generation and parsing of dedicated control information of the UE and cell common control information, so that a the user equipment can camp on or be handed over to the micro cell node.