Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to use a value tag in conjunction with transmission and/or processing of system information in a wireless communication network, specifically in conjunction with second type system information or non-essential type system information. An access node may initiate broadcasting second type system information when the second type information content is updated, in order to avoid multiple on-demand delivery requests from wireless terminals. The access node may compress second type system information to be delivered by broadcast.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes providing a door that selectively opens to allow access to a cavity and selectively closes to block access to the cavity, using a lock to selectively lock and unlock the door when the door is closed, and electrically charging a user device in the cavity when the door is closed and locked. The method also includes unlocking the door based on a first input provided by a first user, the first user removing the user device, electrically charging the user device in the cavity when the door is closed and locked after the first user returns the user device, and unlocking the door based on a second input provided by a second user, the second user removing the user device.

Abstract: A device may determine a coverage area associated with a base station. The device may determine a handover weight associated with one or more user equipments (UEs) connected to the base station in the coverage area, wherein the handover weight indicates a degree of mobility of the one or more UEs. The device may identify a geographic region associated with the coverage area and may determine information concerning the geographic region that includes information concerning one or more roads in the geographic region. The device may determine a mobility rating associated with the coverage area based on the handover weight or the information concerning the geographic region. The device may select a beam management profile based on the mobility rating and may send the beam management profile to a different device to allow the different device to control the base station according to the beam management profile.

Abstract: A communication system supports communication between an end node (101) of a vehicle (103) and a remote correspondent node (105) via a fixed network (107) which comprises a plurality of wireless access points (109) with a directional antenna arrangement for mm wave radio communication using directional beams. A vehicle (103) comprises wireless modems (111, 113, 701, 703) employing electronically steerable beamforming directional antennas for establishing mm wave radio communication links to the access points (109). The air interface communication may use a frequency channels selected from a set of available frequency channels and using a transmission scheme from a set of available transmission schemes. The access points (109) transmit a first beacon data set in a frequency channel using a common transmission scheme and a second beacon data set using a different transmission scheme which is also used for data communication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of how the serving base station notifies UE of the encryption information used in the re-establishment process, how the serving base station finds the UE context information and authenticates the UE, in the 5G architecture. By means of the method of the present invention, the message between the RRC message and the base station can be optimized, the UE is correctly authenticated, and the re-establishment failure is avoided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a display of a SIM card function menu, the method including: uninstalling a default function module in a system corresponding to a preset function; determining whether a preset command corresponding to a preset function is received from the SIM card; when the preset command from the SIM card corresponding to the preset function is received, loading a function module in the SIM card corresponding to the preset function and displaying a menu corresponding to the preset function. The present disclosure further provides a device having a storage function.

Abstract: Systems and methods for accurately and securely assembling, storing, and leveraging travel data are provided. A method may include detecting a travel event of a user. The method may include recording the travel event in a travel map that is stored in a database. The travel map may be a temporal- and spatial-based record of one or more travel events of the user. The travel map may be stored as a blockchain ledger. The method may include tokenizing sensitive information associated with the user in the database, and calculating a hazard vector. The method may include updating, based at least in part on the hazard vector, a status index associated with the user, and providing the user and a system administrator access to the travel map and the status index. Access may be provided via an online portal configured to be viewed via an application running on a mobile device.

Abstract: An iris or other object detection method and apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises sending image data to a display of a device that is captured with a first camera of the device with an indication to guide a user to position a body part of the user with respect to the display while the image data is being sent to the display, providing feedback to the user to indicate to the user that the body part is in position so that an image of the body part can be captured by a second camera of the device, capturing an image of the body part with the second camera, and performing recognition on the body part using the image.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic net for security during transportation, whereas the net body of electronic net is knitted with a braided wire which has a conductive wire inside, or even it is formed by multiple subnets and the conductive wires between subnets are connected in series. Both metal ends of conductive wire of the net body are connected to electronic lock. If the conductive wire in the braided wire is disconnected due to the damage of net body, the electronic lock rapidly detect the error. Even though the disconnected conductive wire is reconnected again, the error record in the electronic lock cannot be eliminated. Therefore, once the goods finish the X-ray security check, it is covered with the electronic net and locked to the bottom plate with fixing belt, and then identify it with the strap before transportation.

Abstract: A method for performing automatic license plate recognition includes: performing character detection on a to-be-processed image; when a number of character objects constituting characters of a license plate are detected, obtaining a representative point for each character object; calculating a pattern line with respect to the character objects; calculating a skew angle defined by the pattern line and a preset reference line; rotating each character object based on the skew angle to obtain an adjusted image; and performing character recognition on the adjusted image to obtain a recognized character for each character object.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive system information associated with a set of neighboring cells included in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The UE may be connected to or camped in a current cell included in the NTN. The current cell may be associated with a current platform. The UE may monitor a neighboring cell, of the set of neighboring cells, based at least in part on the system information. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A change in state is identified of cargo that, at least for a time period, is carried by a vehicle. Spatiotemporal data indicative of a time and a place at which the change in state of the cargo occurs are assembled. The spatiotemporal data are recorded in a distributed electronic ledger. An occupant of the vehicle is alerted of the change in state of the cargo.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for watermark security. An apparatus includes a watermark module configured to generate a digital watermark to be presented as part of a graphical interface based on data presented on the graphical interface. A digital watermark verifies an authenticity of data to be presented in a graphical interface. An apparatus includes a presentation module configured to embed the digital watermark into the graphical interface prior to the data being presented in the graphical interface such that the digital watermark is graphically imperceptible to a user, dynamically update the digital watermark during runtime in response to detecting a change in the at least a portion of the data that is encoded into the digital watermark, and re-embed the digital watermark into the graphical interface in response to the digital watermark being updated.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) terminal deriving location information by means of receiving a global positioning system (GPS) signal in a wireless communication system. The method, for deriving location information, comprises the steps of: receiving a GPS signal; determining, on the basis of information received from a fixed node, whether or not the GPS signal has been spoofed; and, if the GPS has not been spoofed, deriving location information from the GPS signal, wherein the information received from the fixed node is one of GPS signal reception-related information of the fixed node, location information of the fixed node and time stamp information of the fixed node.

Abstract: A central entity determines a physical cell identifier (PCI) change of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node from a first PCI to a second PCI and sends the second PCI to the IAB node. In response to receiving the second PCI from the central entity, the IAB node changes from using the first PCI to using the second PCI for the IAB node.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and/or preventing intrusions in a wireless network based on location information of wireless devices are provided. According to one embodiment, a database is maintained by a wireless network security system that includes historical location information and a media access control (MAC) address for multiple wireless devices observed by wireless access points (APs) of a wireless network of an enterprise. Information regarding one or more probe signals originated by a wireless device of the multiple wireless devices is received by the wireless network security system from the multiple APs. A location of the wireless device is determined by the wireless network security system based on the information. A potential attack being conducted by the wireless device or in which the wireless device is involved is identified based on one or more of behavior exhibited by the wireless device, the location and the database.

Abstract: A control signaling processing method, a device, and a system relate to the field of communications technologies, to perform integrity protection on control signaling exchanged between a DU and UE in a CU-DU separated access network architecture. The method includes: determining, by a DU, integrity protection parameters and an integrity protection algorithm, where the integrity protection parameters and the integrity protection algorithm are used to perform integrity protection on a signaling radio bearer between the DU and UE; determining, by the DU, a message authentication code MAC-I based on the integrity protection parameters and the integrity protection algorithm; and receiving, by the DU, control signaling sent by an RRC layer of the DU, and sending, to the UE, the control signaling carrying the MAC-I.

Abstract: A mobile device position estimation system includes: an in-vehicle device that includes at least three in-vehicle antennas that transmits an electric wave; and a mobile device. The mobile device includes a reception intensity detection portion that detects a reception signal of the electric wave. The in-vehicle device or the mobile device includes a sensitivity error decision portion that decides a reception sensitivity error to cause multiple mobile device detection areas to be closest to a state where the multiple mobile device detection areas intersect at one point while deciding mobile device detection areas, an annular area decision portion that decides multiple annular areas where the mobile device exists, and a mobile device area estimation portion that estimates an overlapping area where the multiple annular areas overlap as a mobile device existence area.

Abstract: Provided is a portable control device (100) comprising: a storage unit (105) for storing control data that includes a program for controlling a system and data used for the program; and a position control unit (104) for acquiring the position of the device itself. The portable control device (100) includes a main control unit (103) for deleting control data from the storage unit (105) when the position acquired by the position control unit (104) is outside a first area.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining an evacuation destination for an evacuee. The method comprises generating a plurality of clusters for a geographical region based on data received from a plurality of mobile devices and determining the demographics for the geographical region based on generated plurality of clusters. Receiving a request for an evacuation destination from an evacuee mobile device and selecting the evacuation destination from a plurality of evacuation destination based on the demographics of the evacuee and the demographics of the geographical region. Transmitting the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device.