Abstract: Infrastructure equipment for transmitting data to and receiving data from a mobile device on a communications network is described. The infrastructure equipment comprising: transmitter circuitry configured to transmit the data to the mobile device; and controller circuitry configured to control the transmitter circuitry to transmit a first position reference signal in a first subframe and a second position reference signal in a second subframe, wherein the second position reference signal is a time adjusted version of the first position reference signal, the amount of time adjustment being determined by the sample time at which the mobile device samples the position reference signal.

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums which provide for a data management microservice which registers and manages data across multiple microservices to reduce data fragmentation and to ensure correct disposal of this data upon request. In some examples, the data management microservice may include an erasure service which ensures that all data corresponding to a data characteristic is deleted.

Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method therefor, according to various examples, can be configured to: detect an activation signal generated by the electronic device; activate a predetermined communication function in response to the activation signal; and receive a reference signal through the activated communication function.

Abstract: A communications system according to certain embodiments includes a mobile device and a second type of communications system, such as a landline telephone system, that share usage information. The shared information can include call logs of in-coming and out-going calls, missed calls, text messages, address book information, GPS data, internet browsing data, and the like.

Abstract: A position detection system (1) includes a plurality of receivers (3) that receive a radio wave from a transmitter (2) and a control unit (4) connected to these receivers (3). The control unit (4) estimates the presence position of the transmitter (2) using machine learning from advance data obtained beforehand. The advance data is data based on a radio wave received by the receiver (3) in a state where a transmitter (11) is placed at a position where its coordinates are clear within an area. The control unit (4) narrows down a presence range of the transmitter (2) in a step-by-step manner by the bisection method using data of the radio waves received by all the receivers (3) and determines one area from among a plurality of areas divided in advance within the area as the presence position of the transmitter (2).

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for handling multiple Secondary Cell Group (SCG) configurations in a wireless communications network is provided. The UE receives (1201) from a network node: a first SCG configuration of a first Secondary Node, SN, and an indication of whether or not the first SCG is to be configured as active or inactive, and a second SCG configuration of a second SN, and an indication of whether or not the second SCG is to be configured as active or inactive. The multiple SCG configurations comprises at least the first SCG configuration and the second SCG configuration. The UE then decides (1202) whether to handle each respective SCG configuration out of the multiple SCG configurations according to a first option or a second option based on its respective indication. The first option comprises when one or more out of the respective multiple SCG configurations are indicated to be configured as inactive, storing (1203) that particular SCG configuration.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamic location tracking. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of location records associated with a site, wherein each respective location record of the plurality of location records comprises respective location coordinates of a respective device associated with the respective location record. Embodiments include determining respective distances from a center point of the site to the respective location coordinates in each respective location record of the plurality of location records. Embodiments include determining a radius of a region definition for the site based on the respective distances. Embodiments include receiving a device location from a device associated with a user. Embodiments include performing, based on the device location and the region definition, one or more location-based operations.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may comprise: a communication circuit for supporting a call function; a memory for storing a database including contacts of a plurality of users, wherein the database contains a plurality of contact groups and a first user of the plurality of users belongs to a first contact group; and a processor configured to cause the communication circuit to transmit, to a user terminal of the first user, a request for a profile call, which comprises a contact of the first user and information on images corresponding to the first contact group, when a user input to send a call to the first user is received.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to device policy enforcement. In some examples, a computing device may comprise a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine readable instructions to determine when a location of a mobile device is within a geofence using global positioning system (GPS) coordinates received from the mobile device defining a location of the mobile device, determine when a distance of the computing device from the mobile device is within a threshold distance of the mobile device using proximity data received via a network relationship, and enforce a policy definition included in a computing device policy definition received from an external computing device based on the location of the mobile device and the distance of the computing device from the mobile device.

Abstract: A disclosed apparatus obtains emergency data for multiple device types from a plurality of emergency data sources and provides a jurisdictional map view to a plurality of emergency network entities, where each emergency network entity corresponds to a given geographic boundary. The jurisdictional map view corresponds to a respective emergency network entity's geographic boundary. The apparatus determines portions of the emergency data corresponding to emergencies occurring within each respective emergency network entity geographic boundary, and provides location indicators within each respective jurisdictional map view, with each location indicator corresponding to an emergency.

Abstract: A system may be configured to identify, from among a plurality of access points in an area in communication with a network, a plurality of edge access points associated with an edge of the area. In addition, the system may also be configured to determine first edge location-related data for a first edge access point and first interior location-related data for a first interior access point. Determining the first interior location-related data for the first interior access point includes exchanging ranging data indicative of a first relative distance between the first edge access point and the first interior access point. The ranging data may be based at least in part on fine timing measurements and/or time-of-flight-based measurements. Determining the first interior location-related data for the first interior access point may also include communicating the first edge location-related data from the first edge access point to the first interior access point.

Abstract: A method for the initial operation and personalization of a subscriber identity module in a mobile radio network, prior to its first initial operation in the mobile radio network, the subscriber identity module does not yet include an individual secret key and is being equipped with an individual, unique parameter data set only after its first initial operation in the mobile radio network. A mobile radio server takes on, from the subscriber identity module, an authentication message formed with a preliminary parameter data set comprising an individual, unique subscriber identification and a non-individual, non-unique preliminary secret key, and sends, after a verification, in response thereto an individual, unique final secret key to the subscriber identity module for programming into the subscriber identity module. The preliminary parameter data set is introduced into the subscriber identity module selectively during production or by an initializing step based on an initial parameter data set.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, apparatus, and system for matching users in connection with a Location-Based Service.

Abstract: According to one configuration, a base station controller monitors use of multiple wireless channels amongst multiple wireless base stations operating in a wireless network environment. In response to detecting under allocation of wireless channels between a first wireless base station and a first group of communication devices, the base station control allocates a supplemental wireless channel to the first wireless base station. In one embodiment, the base station controller de-allocates a wireless channel from a second wireless base station and assigns the de-allocated wireless channel to the first wireless base station as the supplemental wireless channel. The base station controller then transmits a channel allocation communication to the first wireless base station, the channel allocation communication indicating an identity of the supplemental wireless channel allocated for use by the first wireless base station.

Abstract: This application provides a computer-implemented method for providing notifications. The method includes a) creating a geofenced area associated with a mobile device and a healthcare facility, wherein the patient is associated with the mobile device, b) storing the geofenced area in a data store, c) determining when the mobile device has crossed or entered the geofenced area during an unscheduled visit to the healthcare facility by the patient, d) sending a notification to or retrieving the notification from the mobile device, wherein the notification includes the medical history of the patient, the type of healthcare facility associated with the geofenced area, the insurance network of the patient, the medical providers practicing at the healthcare facility, wait times at the healthcare facility, and the proximity to other healthcare facilities, and e) outputting the notification to the mobile device when mobile device is within the geofenced area.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a presence of an object in a volume of space can include a controller and a first electrical device coupled to the controller, where the first electrical device is disposed in the volume of space and includes a first receiver, where the first receiver has a first communication range. The system can also include an object having a beacon having an object communication range, where the beacon sends multiple signals that are received by the first receiver when the object communication range overlaps with the first communication range, where each signal includes an identification of the object. The controller can determine a first point in time when none of the signals is received, where the controller determines at the first point in time that the object is removed from a first location defined by the first communication range.

Abstract: A method for implementing edge computing of a network and being performed by a base station includes: transmitting a notification signaling to a terminal after obtaining a target result; and receiving a first obtaining request transmitted, in response to the notification signaling, by the terminal. The notification signaling can be used to notify the terminal of the target result and the target result is used to indicate network edge computing capabilities, provided by the base station, including a capability of serving current service of the terminal. The first obtaining request can be used to obtain service data corresponding to the current service; transmitting the service data to the terminal in response to the first obtaining request.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for caller authentication is disclosed. The method includes, responsive to receiving a call from a telephone unit, identifying a received encrypted identification object having information associated with an identity of a caller placing the call. A telephone number corresponding to the caller is identified and a decryption key associated with the call is generated by combining the telephone number with a decryption code. The identification object is decrypted using the generated decryption key and an identity of the caller placing the call from the second telephone unit is verified based on the decrypted identification object.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recording method for mobile terminal and a mobile terminal. The method includes: when the mobile terminal is in a call with a contact, obtaining information of the contact in the current call with the mobile terminal; determining whether the information of the contact in the current call is found in an automatic recording list preset in the mobile terminal; and activating call recording when the information of the contact in the current call is found in the automatic recording list in the mobile terminal.

Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems and methods for focusing wireless power transfer arrays are disclosed. One embodiment includes a wireless power generating unit (GU) including a processing system configured to focus the RF power sources by: sending control signals to the control circuitry to perform a plurality of sweeps using each of a plurality of different basis masks; receiving a message from a RU containing a report based upon received power measurements made by the RU; and sending control signals to focus the RF power sources based on the received message from the RU. Furthermore, each sweep includes performing a phase sweep across a phase sweep range at a plurality of phase step increments with respect to a first group of RF power sources identified in a basis mask, where the first group of RF power sources comprises a plurality of RF power sources.