Abstract: A method for cell selection and/or cell reselection handling includes: performing, by a user equipment, a cell selection and/or cell reselection procedure wherein both a first radio cell and a second radio cell fulfill a cell selection criterion with the first radio cell being prioritized relative to the second radio cell; attempting, by the user equipment, to connect to a public land mobile network using a random access channel of a first base station entity, and failing to connect to the public land mobile network using the random access channel of the first base station entity; and performing, by the user equipment, a modified cell selection and/or cell reselection procedure, under unchanged radio conditions, whereby the user equipment attempts to connect to the public land mobile network using a random access channel of the second base station entity.

Abstract: A method includes: a) provisioning, at an end user device which is located in a cell of a wireless network, at least one latency critical application and a service layer radio application (SLRA) for communication with a scheduler associated with a base station of the wireless network, the base station serving the cell; b) transferring transmission specific data in real time between the at least one latency critical application and the scheduler via the SLRA, wherein the SLRA is implemented on both the end user device and the scheduler; and c) optimizing allocation of resources in the cell by taking into account current status and operation requirements of the at least one latency critical application and/or optimizing current use of the resources in the cell by using the transmission specific data for adapting the at least one latency critical application in real time to current conditions on the cell.

Abstract: A method for completing a transaction includes: a backend server connected to a communication network executes an application backend of a transaction application; a first terminal device connected to the communication network via a first connection executes a first application frontend of the transaction application; the first application frontend transmits a transaction request indicating the transaction to be started and a second application frontend and comprising transaction data associated with the indicated transaction to the application backend via the first connection; a second terminal device connected to the communication network via a second connection executes the second application frontend of the transaction application; the application backend transmits an authorization request to the second application frontend via the second connection; the second application frontend authorizes the requested transaction and transmits a transaction authorization to the application backend via the second conn

Abstract: A system for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) of an object in an area includes: at least one base station; at least one user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with the at least one base station; and at least one object to be localized. Each object of the at least one object comprises an identification (ID) tag. The at least one UE and/or the at least one base station is configured to localize a respective object via a respective ID tag. The at least one base station is configured to localize the at least one UE in the area based on 5G communication. The at least one UE is configured to localize the object based on the respective ID tag and configured to transmit a relative position of the respective object with respect to the at least one UE to the at least one base station.

Abstract: A detection unit for discovering cascaded multi-connectivity scenarios in a communication network includes: an interface configured to communicate with the communication network, wherein one or multiple multi-connectivity devices of the network are designed to send type-of-transmission signals to the interface; and an evaluation unit programmed with a cascaded multi-connectivity detection algorithm, wherein the evaluation unit is provided with the type-of-transmission signals and analyzes the occurrence and/or a possible occurrence of cascaded multi-connectivity usage within the communication network based on the type-of-transmission signals.

Abstract: A method for transmitting digital subscriber connection signals to an interface of an end user via a coaxial cable includes: supplying, by a distribution point unit (DPU), first balanced subscriber connection signals to the coaxial cable by a first transformation; coupling unbalanced subscriber connection signals into the coaxial cable into a lower frequency range of an overall frequency range; attenuating, by means of a filtering device, a reflection of the unbalanced subscriber connection signals in the coaxial cable; a second transformation of the unbalanced subscriber connection signals into second balanced subscriber connection signals by means of a balun device assigned to the interface, wherein the input impedance of the filtering device is adjusted with respect to reflections from the direction of the customer terminal output; and separately making the second balanced subscriber connection signals available at the customer terminal output.

Abstract: Adapted positioning information is provided towards at least one consuming application regarding a plurality of objects. In a first step, the position of at least one specific object is detected using at least one sensor of a sensor layer or functionality, thereby generating at least one piece of preliminary positioning information. In a second step, subsequent to the first step, a positioning middleware functionality generates at least one piece of adapted positioning information, based on the at least one piece of preliminary positioning information, and based on a priori knowledge. In a third step, subsequent to the second step, the at least one piece of adapted positioning information is provided to the at least one consuming application.

Abstract: A method for estimating blockiness in a video frame of transform-based video encoding includes: obtaining a bitstream of a transform coded video signal, the signal being partitioned into video frames and all operations being performed on a per frame basis, wherein coefficients constituting transforms encoded in the bitstream of the video frames are read; averaging the coefficients of the transforms encoded in the bitstream into one averaged transform matrix per transform block size i; generating or making available one weighting matrix per averaged transform of block size i; computing intermediate weighted average transform matrices; processing all members of each weighted and averaged transform matrix into a single value per transform of block size i, to obtain intermediate signals; and computing a single value by weighting values of the intermediate signals according to an area in the respective video frame and adding up the weighted values of the intermediate signals.

Abstract: A method includes a preparation step and a key agreement step. In the preparation step, a first quantum key distribution (QKD) device at a first location and a second QKD device at a second location distant from the first location together create a quantum secured key according to a QKD protocol, and a first encryption device at the first location and a second encryption device at the second location together create a symmetrically encrypted channel between the first location and the second location using the quantum secured key. In the key agreement step, a first key agreement device at the first location and a second key agreement device at the second location together create an encryption key via the symmetrically encrypted channel.

Abstract: A method for ensuring secure wireless communication of a first device in a communication system includes: retrieving information about a type of trustiness of a first communication link of a first access technology and about a type of trustiness of a second communication link of a second access technology, wherein a second device and the first device are configured to communicate data with each other via the first communication link and the second communication link; determining, by a processor of the first device and/or a processor of the second device, security levels based on the information about the type of trustiness of the first communication link and about the type of trustiness of the second communication link.

Abstract: A system includes: a user equipment (UE); at least two Internet access providers; a multi-connectivity provider backend; a home network (HN); and a data network (DN). The UE comprises at least two access interfaces. Multi-connectivity is provided between the UE and the HN. The multi-connectivity provider backend is configured to establish a connection to the HN, and to provide the UE with access to the HN.

Abstract: A method for an emulation or interworking functionality between a first mobile communication network and a second mobile communication network includes: transmitting a specific modification within one of the first and second mobile communication networks regarding a corresponding plurality of network functions or services or network elements to an emulation function; and translating the specific modification within the one of the first and second mobile communication networks regarding the corresponding plurality of network functions or services or network elements to or into a corresponding specific modification of a first interface or second interface of the emulation function.

Abstract: A method for reducing the energy consumption of a mobile device includes: measuring condition values of the mobile device by a measuring unit associated to the mobile device; comparing the measured condition values of the mobile device to entries of a condition listing, wherein the condition listing is stored in a memory unit of the mobile device; and initiating an energy saving program of the mobile device upon detecting a match of the measured condition values and an entry of the condition listing. The entries of the condition listing comprise the following measuring condition values of the mobile device: a display state, an activity state, a traffic consumption value, a traffic stream value, an SSID state, a BSSID state, an ESSID state, authentication information, and/or access type information.

Abstract: A method for operation of a broadband access network of a telecommunications network includes: in a first step, a program or configuration information is provided to or received by an orchestrator node or functionality; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, at least one piece of program or control information is provided or transmitted to at least one programmable network node; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the at least one piece of program or control information is activated to be executed by the at least one programmable network node.

Abstract: A method for an improved and simplified operation and architecture of a broadband access network of a telecommunications network and/or for providing fixed mobile convergence (FMC) and/or fixed mobile interworking (FMI) access and functionality to a plurality of residential gateways being connected to the broadband access network includes: in a first step, a unique identifier information is transmitted, by the specific residential gateway, to the broadband access network; in a second step, the unique identifier information is used, by the broadband access network, to decide whether or not the broadband access network is able or configured to provide 5G network access to the specific residential gateway and/or whether the specific residential gateway is able or configured to receive or to accept or to process 5G network access; and in a third step, the FMC access gateway function node or instance is dynamically configured or generated.

Abstract: A data traffic control device for controlling different data traffic includes: a first access interface; a data memory; and at least one control unit. The at least one control unit is configured to: store, on the data memory, first data traffic in a first transmission queue, second data traffic in a second transmission queue and third data traffic in a third transmission queue, wherein different priorities are assigned to the first, second and third transmission queues; read out the first data traffic, the second data traffic and the third data traffic stored on the data memory according to the priorities assigned to the first, second and third transmission queues; and transmit, via the first access interface, the first data traffic, the second data traffic and the third data traffic in an order as read out.

Abstract: A method for allocating a spectral resource of a radio cell of a mobile communication network to a mobile application includes: establishing, by the mobile application, a wireless connection to an application backend via a radio access point of the radio cell of the mobile communication network; and allocating, by a scheduler of the mobile communication network, the spectral resource of the radio cell to the established wireless connection. An optimization service requested by the scheduler determines a minimum of an overall cost function, the overall cost function summing a plurality of cost values, wherein each cost value is related to a respective mobile application connected to the radio access point. The scheduler allocates the spectral resource depending on the determined minimum of the overall cost function.

Abstract: Data analytics reporting (DAR) of a Radio Access Network (RAN) key performance indicator (KPI) from a data extraction entity (DEE) to a data analytics entity (DAE) in a data analytics process (DAP) is performed via an interface. The DEE is comprised in a gNB-Distributed Unit (gNB-DU) or a function therein. The DAE is comprised in a gNB-Centralized Unit (gNB-CU) or a function therein. A dataset regarding said KPI is transmitted from the DEE to the DAE. Said dataset comprises at least one empirical statistical moment mi determined by the DEE. Each of the at least one empirical statistical moment mi is determined by the DEE based on the following equation: m i = 1 N S ? ? n = 1 N S s n i . sn is a data sample of the KPI, and NS is a number of samples contributing to the respective moment mi.

Abstract: A terminal device transmits, upon a launch of an application frontend of a distributed application, a lookup request based on a predetermined fully qualified domain name associated with an application backend of the distributed application to a domain name server via a communication network. Upon receipt of the fully qualified domain name, the domain name server transmits an IP address associated with the fully qualified domain name to the application frontend. Upon receipt of the IP address, the terminal device transmits application data to the transmitted IP address via a connection provided by the communication network. Upon transmission of the application data, the core server selects a quality service for the distributed application, which is then applied by the communication network for operation of the distributed application.

Abstract: A 5G system (5GS) includes a Network Function (NF) Service Consumer and a functional entity, wherein the functional entity includes binding information stored therein and the binding information includes: Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions information and a list comprising one or more subscribers identities (IDs) and/or Policy Control Function (PCF) instance IDs. A method for querying PCF binding information for an address range in the 5GS includes: querying, from the NF Service Consumer to the functional entity, based on one or a combination of query parameters, for all binding information matching the query parameters; and notifying, from the functional entity to the NF Service Consumer, any binding information that matches the query parameters.