Abstract: A method for radio network synchronization of a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, a first base station entity is the serving base station entity for a user equipment and requests the user equipment to execute a handover towards a second base station entity; in a second step, during the handover procedure of the user equipment towards the second base station entity, timing information is transmitted from the second base station entity—via the user equipment—to the first base station entity, wherein the timing information is indicative of the local timing reference of the second base station entity; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the timing information is used by the first base station entity to adjust the local timing reference of the first base station entity.

Abstract: A method to establish a roaming connection of a communication terminal of a foreign communication network in a visited communication network includes receiving a roaming connection request from the communication terminal of the foreign communication network by a first identification entity of a first sub-network of the visited communication network, the roaming connection request having an identifier of the communication terminal. The method further includes identifying the communication terminal based on the identifier of the communication terminal, receiving a foreign sub-network identifier by the first identification entity of the visited communication network; verifying, on a basis of the foreign sub-network identifier, whether a respective sub-network of the visited communication network corresponds to the foreign sub-network; and sending a configuration request for a configuration of the foreign sub-network.

Abstract: A method for providing network connectivity to at least one client device includes: connecting the at least one client device to an access gateway device to create a local area network of the access gateway device; and connecting the access gateway device to an internet protocol edge function. The at least one client device is connected to a telecommunications network via the access gateway device and the internet protocol edge function. In order to provide the network connectivity to the at least one client device, a network connectivity link is provided, the network connectivity link comprising: a local area network-segment between the at least one client device and the access gateway device, and a wide area network-segment between the access gateway device and the internet protocol edge function.

Abstract: A method for enhanced overload protection in a telecommunications network includes: receiving, by a serving gateway entity, a plurality of downlink data packets for a subset of user equipments from at least one packet data network; assigning, by the telecommunications network, a first traffic priority information to a first part of the plurality of downlink data packets and a second traffic priority information to a second part of the plurality of downlink data packets, the first traffic priority information being associated with a lower traffic priority than the second traffic priority information; throttling, by the serving gateway entity, during an overload time interval, first downlink data notification (DDN) requests to the mobility management entity; and transmitting, by the serving gateway entity, during the overload time interval, second DDN requests to the mobility management entity.

Abstract: A method for communication between at least a first telecommunication terminal and a second telecommunication terminal includes: in the event that a charge state of the energy store of the first telecommunication terminal is below a predetermined reference charge state, transmitting a message comprising energy transmission information from the first telecommunication terminal to the second telecommunication terminal, the energy transmission information comprising a request to transmit additional energy to the energy store of the first telecommunication terminal; and increasing the charge state of the energy store of the first telecommunication terminal, or transmitting at least one message between a telecommunication network and the second telecommunication terminal, for the first telecommunication terminal.

Abstract: A method for handling of emergency calls in a roaming scenario includes: initiating, by a user equipment, a voice call using a specific emergency call telephone number, wherein the specific emergency call telephone number is a valid emergency call telephone number in a visited telecommunications network, and wherein the voice call is initiated via transmitting a first message comprising the specific emergency call telephone number to a second network node of a home telecommunications network; initially handling, by the user equipment, the voice call as a normal voice call; detecting the specific emergency call telephone number as being a valid emergency call telephone number within the visited telecommunications network in relation to the voice call; and generating, by the home telecommunications network, a second message, the second message being transmitted to the user equipment, the second message comprising an indication, to the user equipment, to trigger an emergency call procedure.

Abstract: A system and method for pseudonymizing digital data records sent from a source system to a destination system, using an identity protector client system and an identity protector master system, includes the steps of receiving, at the identity protector client, person-specific data from a source system provided with a source identifier. The digital data records are pre-pseudonymized by the identity protector client, and the processed digital data records are marked with a source identifier which references the source file in the source system. The pre-pseudonymized digital data records are transmitted to the identity protector master. For every data record, a pseudonym is created by the identity protector master from the pre-pseudonym, the source identifier, and at least one other value generated from an erratic value and a time value. The pseudonym is transmitted to the destination system.

Abstract: A system for scheduling mobile augmented reality tasks performed on at least one mobile device and a workspace includes: a mobile device, comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU); a Network Profiling Component, configured to gather network related context data; a Device Profiling Component, configured to gather hardware related context data; an Application Profiling Component, configured to gather application related context data; and a Scheduling Component, configured to receive the network related context data, the hardware related context data, and the application related context data, and to schedule tasks between the CPU, the GPU and the workspace.

Abstract: A profile server provides a communication profile for communication via a communication network. The communication profile is assigned to a subscriber identity module. The profile server includes: a database, configured to store a plurality of subscriptions comprising a plurality of identifications, wherein an identification is assigned to each subscription, and wherein each subscription comprises subscription data for generating a communication profile; a communication interface, configured to receive an identification from the subscriber identity module; and a processor, configured to call up a subscription from the database, wherein the subscription is assigned to the received identification, to extract subscription data from the called up subscription, and to generate the communication profile based on the extracted subscription data.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a network resources brokering system, comprising: a communication network comprising at least one network resource; and a brokering entity, configured to receive requests from a plurality of network entities for accessing the at least one network resource within a charging period, each request comprising an electronic bid value competing with other network entities for accessing the at least one network resource, wherein the brokering entity is configured to select a network entity from the plurality of network entities, the selected network entity being associated with a bid value fulfilling a selection rule, and to grant the selected network entity access to the at least one network resource within the charging period.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting a quality defect in a video sequence, the apparatus comprising: a receiver arranged to receive a video bitstream representing a video sequence; and a defect module arranged to determine a measure of quantization parameter for each picture of the video sequence, the defect module further arranged to identify a quality defect when an abrupt change in the measure of quantization parameter occurs.

Abstract: An access portal for controlling communication between a building-external communication server of a building-external communication network and a building-internal communication entity of a building-internal communication network includes: a memory for storing authentication data for initiating a communication connection to the communication server; a first communication interface for establishing communication with the building-external communication server using the stored authentication data, wherein the first communication interface is configured to monitor the communication connection to the building-external communication server and, in the event of a fault in the communication connection, to generate a fault message; and a second communication interface for communicating with the communication entity, wherein the second communication interface is configured to send the stored authentication data to the building-internal communication entity in response to receiving the fault message in order to initia

Abstract: A method for communication between a telecommunications network and a secondary communication device via or using a primary communication device includes: performing a discovery operation regarding the secondary communication device, the discovery operation being initiated either by the primary communication device, by the secondary communication device, or by the telecommunications network; and transmitting at least one control information, being related to the secondary communication device or being related to the result of the discovery operation, between, on the one hand, the telecommunications network, and, on the other hand, the primary communication device and/or the secondary communication device.

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.

Abstract: A radio communication network includes: a network orchestration entity, configured to orchestrate a plurality of network resources to set up at least one logical network of a plurality of logical networks based on a logical network-specific service level agreement (SLA); a radio scheduler, configured to schedule radio resources of the at least one logical network based on a scheduling strategy; a monitoring entity, configured to monitor performance information from the at least one logical network; and a controller, configured to: determine an SLA metric for the at least one logical network based on the monitored performance information from the at least one logical network; detect a threshold violation of the SLA metric with respect to a set of thresholds associated with the at least one logical network; and adjust the scheduling strategy based on the detected threshold violation.

Abstract: A method for providing communication services of a mobile communication network to a plurality of telecommunication devices includes: establishing a connection or initiating an exchange of data between the mobile communication network and the plurality of telecommunication devices; and prior to or upon establishing the connection or initiating the exchange of data, sending service capability information to one or more telecommunication devices of the plurality of telecommunication devices.

Abstract: A method for improving overall network performance and/or overall quality of service of a mobile communication network by assigning physical cell identifier information to a plurality of radio cells includes: in a first step and for each of a plurality of coverage area elements of a common radio coverage area, generating a set of handover likelihood information; in a second step, calculating, based on elements of the sets of handover likelihood information, an overlap score value indicative of the overlap between at least one source radio cell and at least one target radio cell; and in a third step, assigning the physical cell identifier information to the at least one source radio cell and/or the at least one target radio cell dependent on the overlap score value.

Abstract: A method is provided for handling Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services in a roaming scenario of a user equipment. The user equipment is assigned to a home mobile communication network, and the user equipment is connected to a visited mobile communication network. The visited mobile communication network comprises at least one specific first network node among a plurality of first network nodes of the visited mobile communication network. In order to provide IMS services to the user equipment while roaming in the visited mobile communication network, the at least one specific first network node communicates with a second network node of the home mobile communication network. The method comprises: relating the user equipment to the at least one specific first network node in order to provide IMS services to the user equipment while roaming in the visited mobile communication network.

Abstract: A method for coordinated scheduling with transmission point blanking of a plurality of radio resources includes: a) calculating a first metric value for each combination of a mobile station of a network and each of a plurality of radio resources; b) calculating a second metric value for each combination under the assumption that at least one of the at least two base stations which is not connected to the respective mobile station using a concerned radio resource is muted; c) selecting the highest calculated metric value; d) determining whether or not to assign the radio resource to the mobile station corresponding to the highest metric value; e) setting the other metric values corresponding to the radio resource to a predefined metric value; and f) repeating steps c) to e) for the next highest metric value until all metric values are set to the predefined metric value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing roaming services, for a user equipment, within a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network comprising a core network and an access network, the access network of the mobile communication network comprising at least one radio cell being served by a base station entity, wherein the user equipment is able to be attached to the mobile communication network via the base station entity despite the user equipment being related to a further mobile communication network as the home public land mobile network of the user equipment, wherein the core network comprises a serving core network node and a home subscriber server functionality, wherein the serving core network node provides mobility management functionality regarding the base station entity and thereby provides mobility management functionality regarding the user equipment, wherein the further mobile communication network comprises a further core network, the further core network comprising a