Abstract: A method for establishing a roaming connection over a bootstrap server includes: transmitting, by a communication terminal, a registration request to a network access entity of a visited communication network, wherein the registration request comprises an identification of the communication terminal; forwarding, by the network access entity, the registration request to a bootstrap server of the visited communication network; transmitting, by the bootstrap server, network access data for accessing the visited communication network to the communication terminal based on the identification of the communication terminal, wherein the network access data indicates capabilities of the visited communication network; and establishing, by the communication terminal, the roaming connection via the visited communication network based on the network access data.

Abstract: A communication method for a user equipment includes: receiving, by the user equipment, at least one software component or software module or configuration information via a configuration and/or control channel between the user equipment and a telecommunications network and/or via a first set of communication capabilities of the user equipment, wherein the at least one software component or software module or configuration information is related to a second set of communication capabilities corresponding to enhanced and/or modified communication relative to the first set of communication capabilities, the second set of communication capabilities being related to access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to non-access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to other communication services of the user equipment; and activating the second set of communication capabilities.

Abstract: A method for user-oriented information search and information gathering using a backend system and a frontend system includes: providing a search query element to the frontend system; generating, initializing, or instantiating an information queue element related to at least one type of relevant information element associated with the search query element; feeding the content of the information queue element to at least one queue consumer element related to the information queue element, wherein potentially relevant information elements are gathered or searched by the at least one queue consumer element related to the information queue element; and feeding the potentially relevant information elements to a processing element. The processing element, by using information stored in a database element, performs a validation on the potentially relevant information elements to obtain relevant information elements.

Abstract: A method for establishment of a service path within the central office point of delivery within a broadband access network of a telecommunications network. The method to establish the service path includes: in a first step, identity information of the at least one network termination node is transmitted to the first line termination node, in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the identity information of the at least one network termination node is transmitted to the at least one repository node, and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, a first service edge node of the plurality of service edge nodes is selected or determined, based on the identity information of the at least one network termination node, and the service path for the at least one network termination node is thereby established.

Abstract: A user equipment is connected to a telecommunications network comprising or associated to an IMS network. The user equipment comprises a memory for storing request timer information related to a request timeout time interval. A method for handling an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) conversational service of the user equipment includes: storing, by the user equipment, the request timer information in the memory of the user equipment; and attempting, by the user equipment, to register to the IMS network and/or to initiate the IMS conversational service while the request timeout time interval has not expired.

Abstract: A first packet data conversion device for a sender includes a data interface and a converter. The data interface is configured to provide first packet data according to a first network protocol, in particular according to a Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP), wherein each packet of the first packet data comprises a first packet header. The converter is configured to convert the first packet data into second packet data. The conversion is based on rearranging contents of the first packet header, wherein the rearranged first packet header indicates that the second packet data is generated according to a second network protocol, in particular according to a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or a UDP-Lite protocol. A length of the rearranged first packet header is equal to a length of the first packet header.

Abstract: A multipath transmission system includes a first network device and a second network device. The first network device is configured to convert an input data stream into a bundle of sub flows for transmission over a multipath transmission medium. The second network device is configured to reconvert the bundle of sub flows received via the multipath transmission medium into an output data stream. The reconversion comprises reassembling the sub flows to provide the output data stream. The conversion and reconversion are based on a network protocol that provides congestion control. The network protocol is based on non-reliable and out-of-order delivery of the bundle of sub flows. The network protocol is a multipath extension of a Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP).

Abstract: A reorder queue device for a multipath receiver includes a reorder queue and a reorder queue controller. The reorder queue is configured to queue data packets numbered in sequence which are received over multiple paths of a multipath channel. The reorder queue controller is configured to reorder the data packets in the reorder queue according to a reorder criterion, wherein the reorder criterion is based on at least one of the following: path-specific sequence numbering of the data packets, overall sequence number comparison across the multiple paths, or path-specific characteristics of the multiple paths. The data packets are numbered in a path-specific sequence and in an overall specific sequence. The reorder queue controller is configured to detect a packet loss on a specific path based on determining the overall sequence numbers and/or the path-specific sequence numbers of at least two packets of the specific path.

Abstract: A method for operation of a telecommunications network with a broadband access network includes: in a first step, a specific network termination node is connected to a specific line termination node and activated, wherein a walled garden access is provided, to the specific network termination node, to access a provider infrastructure control center of the telecommunications network; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the walled garden access is used, by the specific network termination node or by a client device connected to the specific network termination node, to access a provider-specific server environment of the specific provider; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the specific network termination node is authenticated and federated with the specific provider.

Abstract: A method includes: providing cable modem identification information of a specific cable modem device and infrastructure identification information of a specific coaxial infrastructure access point is provided to an operations support system of a telecommunications network; transmitting the cable modem identification information, the infrastructure identification information, and line identification information to an access orchestrator entity of the telecommunications network; and performing or triggering attachment to the broadband access network using the specific coaxial infrastructure access point and a specific hybrid fiber coaxial network equipment.

Abstract: A method for enhanced use of a switching fabric within a central office point of delivery of a broadband access network of a telecommunications network includes: transporting data packets to or from a specific remote access node using a pseudo wire, wherein the pseudo wire spans at least the specific remote access node and the switching fabric. Using the pseudo wire comprises using first header label information for a data packet to be received by the specific remote access node and using second header label information for a data packet sent from the specific remote access node. Segment routing of the data packets is used involving third header label information for the data packet to be received by the specific remote access node and involving fourth header label information for the data packet sent from the specific remote access node.

Abstract: Data is transmitted between an application server and at least one internet-of-things (IoT) communication device using a mobile communication network. A method for the data transmission includes: the at least one IoT communication device attaching to the mobile communication network via transmitting at least a first portion of first communication data between the at least one IoT communication device and the IoT gateway entity; and the at least one IoT communication device transmitting payload data to the application server via transmitting at least a second portion of the first communication data between the at least one IoT communication device and the IoT gateway entity, and at least part of the second communication data between the IoT gateway entity and the application server.

Abstract: A method includes: a controller node receiving, via a message sent on a first segment of a control session path, identity information of at least one specific network termination node, or of an access node port of a specific line termination node used by the at least one specific network termination node; upon a lookup request message being sent to at least one repository node or repository functionality by the controller node, a lookup response message being sent by the at least one repository node or repository functionality, based on the identity information, the lookup response message comprising an indication of a specific external service edge node; and based on the indication of the specific external service edge node, set up or establishment of a second segment of the control session path towards the specific external service edge node being performed.

Abstract: A test system for testing a particular computer of a particular computer system in a test network includes: a simulation server configured to emulate a test object; and a control entity for controlling the simulation server, wherein the control entity is configured to instruct the simulation server to generate a virtual test object for emulating the test object, and to instruct a test entity to test the virtual test object generated by the simulation server.

Abstract: A method for improved service creation within a telecommunications network includes the following steps: in a first step, a resource-up-message is received by a corresponding specific central access port of at least one point of delivery; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, a lookup request is transmitted to at least one central database, the lookup request comprising port identification information of a specific physical access resource and/or device identification information and/or subscriber identity module identification information and/or user identification information; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, database response information is received by the at least one point of delivery, the database response information being related to customer identification information and/or to service attributes information of a communication service or a plurality of communication services to be configured.

Abstract: A method for establishing a communication connection of a communication terminal via a communication network includes receiving an identification of the communication terminal by a first identification entity of a first subnetwork, wherein the identification of the communication terminal identifies the communication terminal.

Abstract: A method for initiating a roaming communication link with a user equipment in a visited communication network comprises: transmitting a registration request by the UE to a network entity of the visited communication network; detecting by the network entity of the visited communication network that the registration request is related to a roaming communication with the UE; determining by the network entity of the visited communication network a home communication network of the UE; retrieving, by the network entity of the visited communication network, subscriber-specific data of the UE from a routing data layer entity of the visited communication network for roaming the UE in the visited communication network, wherein the RDL entity is coupled to the home communication network of the UE via a data base interface; and initiating the roaming communication link with the UE based on the subscriber-specific data of the UE received via the RDL entity.

Abstract: A communication network comprises a plurality of subnetworks including a first subnetwork and a second subnetwork. Each subnetwork is assigned at least one predefined Quality of Service class according to at least one Service Level Agreement. The Quality of Service classes of the subnetworks are managed by a central Quality of Service manager. The communication network further comprises a radio access network with a plurality of radio access entities. A method for controlling radio access resources in the communication network includes: transmitting, by the central Quality of Service manager, information relating to a Quality of Service class of the first subnetwork to a first radio access entity for radio access to the first subnetwork.

Abstract: A method for handling of multicast data streams within a broadband access network of a telecommunications network includes: a specific service edge node receiving a join request message from or through a specific customer premises equipment; an activation request message being transmitted, by the specific service edge node, to a multicast controller node within the broadband access network; and the multicast controller node generating and/or replicating multicast data stream-related data packets and injecting these multicast data stream-related data packets, using a corresponding session identifier information, into a point-to-point-protocol connection or tunneling protocol connection between the specific service edge node and the specific customer premises equipment.

Abstract: There are provided a plurality of methods for detecting a scene change in a streamed video, the streamed video comprising a series of pictures. An example method comprises calculating, for a plurality of positions, a difference between the costs of coding macro-blocks at the same position in successive pictures. The method further comprises identifying a new scene when the sum of the differences for a plurality of positions meets a threshold criterion. There is further provided a method of determining the perceptual impact of a packet loss on a streamed video the method comprising: identifying a packet loss; and determining if the lost packet contained information relating to a picture at the start of a new scene, wherein a new scene is detected using one of the methods disclosed herein.