Abstract: A method for controlling access to a system for supporting home control activities includes hierarchical authorization of the user. Access in an online mode, in which there is a connection between a central platform and a home control device, is granted by the central platform, in particular user rights are derived, and the user only has the right of access to the home control device if the right of access to the central platform is in place. In an offline mode, rights stored locally on the home control device control access. Access to the applications is granted by the home control device, in particular application-specific user rights are derived, and a user only has the right of access to the applications if the right of access to both the home control device and also to the central platform is in place.

Abstract: A method for transferring an assignment regarding an embedded universal integrated circuit entity within an electronic device from a first mobile network operator to a second mobile network operator includes: in a first step, the embedded universal integrated circuit entity is initialized, together with the electronic device, to be used with the first mobile network operator and a corresponding mobile communication network; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the assignment regarding the embedded universal integrated circuit entity is transferred from the first mobile network operator to the second mobile network operator.

Abstract: A method for protecting a mobile communication network from performance impacts includes determining whether to apply a forwarding functionality or an alternative treatment functionality for downlink data packets directed to the specific IP-address or to the specific range of IP-addresses of the user equipment, wherein the application of the forwarding functionality versus the alternative treatment functionality of the filter element is based on load conditions of the mobile communication network at a reception time of the downlink data packets at the core network; and providing the forwarding functionality or the alternative treatment functionality for the downlink data packets directed to the specific IP-address or to the specific range of IP-addresses of the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for prediction and/or adaptation of use of a telecommunications terminal includes: detecting, by the telecommunications terminal, use actions by a user carried out via a user interface of the telecommunications terminal and context information of the telecommunications terminal over a predetermined time interval; generating or altering, by the telecommunications terminal, at least one specific rules factor out of a plurality of rules factors based on an occurrence of a first event out of a plurality of events subject to the behavior of the user regarding the use actions carried out via the user interface and/or subject to the context information of the telecommunications terminal; and in case of the occurrence of the first event and/or in case of the occurrence of a second event, applying, by the telecommunications terminal, the at least one generated or altered specific rules factor subject to the context information.

Abstract: A method for detecting the direction of travel of and for determining travel in the wrong direction by a vehicle which is moving on a lane in a section of road. Identifiers are respectively emitted by an arrangement of radio beacons which are arranged along the lane. When the vehicle travels through the section of road, a radio receiver, in particular a cell phone device, which is arranged in the vehicle, successively receives the emitted identifiers of the radio beacons. The actual direction of travel of the vehicle is determined on the basis of the sequence of the successively received identifiers.

Abstract: The invention is a highly efficient simulator that is not necessarily dependent on the number of participants—it can scale out to a mass number of participants and still run on a single very low-end computer. The simulator populates itself with individuals and, in accordance with a model of the system that comprises rules that govern the behavior of the individual participants, generates and records signals related to the activities that each participant carries out in real time to create a simulation of how the actual system performs. The recorded signals are stored in a data base, which can be mined for decision making.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a discovery message for device to device communication from a first user equipment to a second user equipment includes: receiving or generating, by the first user equipment, a position information defining a geographical position; generating, by the first user equipment, the discovery message; and transmitting, by the first user equipment, the discovery message to the second user equipment using a common air interface of the first user equipment and the second user equipment. The discovery message comprises a position information part such that at least a part of the position information is transmitted from the first user equipment to the second user equipment.

Abstract: A method for transmission of environment-related information between a user equipment and a mobile communication network includes: transmitting measurement configuration information from a mobile communication network to a user equipment; obtaining local network information by conducting a requested measurement; and transmitting the local network information together with at least one other uplink transmission performed by the user equipment to the base station entity by using at least one radio interface of the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for enhanced tracing and/or monitoring of network nodes of a communication network includes tracing or capturing, by at least one tracing functionality agent corresponding to at least one virtual machine, first data packets being sent by at least one virtual machine and/or second data packets being received by the at least one virtual machine; and transmitting, by the at least one tracing functionality agent corresponding to the at least one virtual machine, the first data packets and/or the second data packets to a monitoring entity or to a data layer of the communication network.

Abstract: A method for transmitting data from a mobile unit to a backend system includes, when connectivity is present between the mobile unit and the backend system: receiving, by the mobile unit, a master index from the backend system, deleting, by the mobile unit, data of the local database which are contained in the master database based on a comparison of a local index with the master index and updating the local index, transmitting, by the mobile unit, data stored in the local database which are not yet contained in the master database, receiving and storing a new master index from the backend system, and deleting the transmitted data of the local database based on a comparison of the updated local index with the new master index and further updating the local index.

Abstract: A method for terminal device-based communications between a third-party application and an electronic wallet includes: the third-party application setting up a connection to an Internet service; the third-party application receiving a request and setting up a communication channel between the third party application and the electronic wallet within the terminal device via the On-Device API; verifying, by the electronic wallet, an access right of the request of the third party application; the third-party application forwarding the request to the electronic wallet if the access right is approved; the electronic wallet generating a corresponding response; forwarding the response via the On-Device API to the third party application, wherein the third party application forwards the response to the Internet service.

Abstract: A method for detecting an attack in a computer network having a plurality of computers includes: receiving a plurality of warning messages from the computers, the warning messages being based on different types of anomalies in the computer network; comparing a number of warning messages from the plurality of received warning messages with a predetermined event threshold, the number of warning messages being based on a single type of anomaly in the computer network; and outputting an alarm signal if the number of warning messages based on the same type of anomaly in the computer network falls below the event threshold.

Abstract: A remote control for one or more technical devices includes: a passive or active radiofrequency identification (RFID) transponder, configured to be triggered by a switching contact physically touched by a user, in order to transmit data to control the one or more technical devices.

Abstract: A method for setting up, operating and/or scaling a modular optically routed transport network includes: providing a quasi passive Optical Transport Network (OTN) core network according to ITU-T G.709 with N network nodes at the core network edge; providing at least one active component in each network node for the transmission of data over the core network; and changing at least one of the at least one active component in at least one network node for scaling the network. The at least one active component is an optical transceiver comprising digital signal processors (DSPs).

Abstract: Providing distanced audio from a remote location using mobile devices, which a change in the orientation of a destination mobile device to a pointing orientation, aimed to an object of interest, is detected using an exploration application that is installed in advance on the mobile device. The azimuth to which the mobile device is currently pointing is calculated and all point and/or of objects of interest which are within a predetermined range from the pointing device, are detected. Then the exploration application automatically connects to a remote server which continuously collects the current location information of any user of a mobile device and maps its location with respect to stationary object or points of interests, or to moving objects. The server provides via the application, one or more audio alerts to the user of the destination device that one or more object or points of interest are in range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell configuration method of a base station in a mobile communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) which includes configuring a first cell consisting of at least two sectors formed with different antennas to a terminal, configuring a second cell consisting of at least two sectors formed with different antennas to the terminal, and communicating with the terminal through the first and second cells, wherein one of the first and second cells consists of sectors using same Physical Cell Identifier (PCID) and the other consists of sectors using different PCIDs.

Abstract: A container for mailing a package or a small parcel to be sent or to be received, which container can be fastened to a door of a property, in particular without structural intervention, includes a base element, a lid element by which a mailing can be placed into the container or be removed from the container, and foldable side walls, by which the base element and the lid element are connected to each other. The lid element and the base element are movable against one another, at least in a vertical direction, by folding or at least partially unfolding the foldable side walls. The foldable side walls form a textile tube vertically extending between the base element and the lid element in the unfolded state, the textile tube defining an interior space with an at least substantially horizontal rectangular cross section.

Abstract: A method for enabling a charging of packet switched data transfer between an authorized customer and a network. The method includes transferring a total data volume via at least a first data path and a second data path between an equipment related to the authorized customer and a hybrid access aggregation point (HAAP) as an access to the network. Each of the at least a first data path and a second data bath use a different access technology for transferring its respective part of the total data volume. The total data volume is determined as a sum of the respective parts of the total data volume transferred in both the first path and the second path. The total data volume is used by a central charging unit for a charging.

Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) includes: at least one CDN origin node; and multiple CDN cache nodes connected to the at least one CDN origin node via an optical transport network (OTN). Deliveries and/or routing from the multiple CDN cache nodes to the at least one CDN origin node and/or vice versa is performed below layer 3 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.

Abstract: A method for estimating a geographical distance between at least two user equipments includes: generating, by a first user equipment, a discovery message, wherein the discovery message comprises a transmission power information; transmitting, by the first user equipment, the discovery message using a common air interface of the first user equipment and the second user equipment, using the level of transmission power; receiving, by the second user equipment, the discovery message comprising the transmission power information and determining a level of reception power; and determining, by the second user equipment, based on the received transmission power information and the determined level of reception power, an estimation related to the geographical distance between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, or to a range of the geographical distance out of a plurality of different ranges of the geographical distance between the first user equipment and the second user equipment.