Abstract: The disclosure is directed systems and methods for providing robust coexistence for LAA-LTE, including physical layer enhancements and options to support robust coexistence for LAA-LTE, and deployment and evaluation scenarios and methods.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for authenticating the identity of a caller. A mobile computing device receives, via a wireless communications network, an incoming call setup request initiated by a phone system of a caller, and executes an identity service application upon receipt of the incoming call setup request. The call includes a plurality of data packets. The mobile computing device extracts a caller identifier from the plurality of data packets. The caller identifier includes one or more bits at a first predetermined position within the plurality of data packets. The mobile computing device forwards the caller identifier to an identity service computing device. The identity service computing device determines an identity status of the caller. The mobile computing device receives, from the identity service computing device, an authentication token and the identity status of the caller. The mobile computing device displays the identity status of the caller.

Abstract: A method performed by user equipment (UE) includes receiving a request to access a service unavailable through a first network cell associated with the UE and informing a second network cell that the UE is requesting to obtain the service unavailable through the first network cell. The request may be received from a user of the UE or may be a paging message.

Abstract: A method for reducing radiofrequency interference in a mobile communications device. The method includes receiving, by a first mobile communications device, a frequency message including a frequency band of a second mobile communications device. The method further includes determining, by an electronic processor of the first mobile communications device, whether the frequency band of the second mobile communications device conflicts with an operating frequency band of the first mobile communications device. The method further includes generating, by the electronic processor, an interference message, including a proposed mitigation action, when the frequency band conflicts with the operating frequency band. The frequency band and the operating frequency band each may be a long-term evolution frequency band or a land-mobile radio frequency band.

Abstract: A request to establish a communication is received. For example a request to establish a voice communication is received. The request can be forked to a plurality of communication devices based on an address of record. The address of record is an address associated with multiple communication devices of the same user. The request to establish the communication is stored in a call log entry in a call log. An event associated with the call log entry is received. The event is based information associated with a calling device or a communication device that is not initially part of an established communication session. In response to receiving the event associated with the call log entry, the call log entry in the call log is updated based on the event. The updated call log or the updated call log entry is the sent to the plurality of communication devices.

Abstract: A mobile station (MS), a base station subsystem (BSS), and various methods are described herein that enable a positioning node (e.g., Serving Mobile Location Center (SMLC)) to improve the accuracy of estimating a position of the mobile station.

Abstract: When a cellular telephone is powered down, it sends a power-down message to a network it was previously registered with. If the network does not send, or if the cellular telephone does not receive, an acknowledgement of the power-down message from the network, a status bit referred to as a flag is set (or reset) in a non-volatile memory device in the cellular telephone. The power-down sequence is concluded by the cellular telephone and, the cellular telephone is shut off or put into a reduced power consumption state. When the telephone is turned back on, i.e., returned to its previous state, the flag is evaluated or “tested” to see if it was set (or reset) during the course of powering down.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to establishing data access for a mobile device in a foreign mobile network. An exemplary method comprises executing a first attach operation (e.g., an IMSI attach operation) for a mobile device, the first attach operation resulting in a successful first attachment for the mobile device; determining, for a particular period, non-execution of a second attach operation (e.g., a GPRS operation) for a second attachment for the mobile device; classifying, based on the successful first attachment and the non-execution of the second attach operation for the particular period, the mobile device as a silent roamer; and determining whether the mobile device is associated with a data package for establishing a first quota of data access.

Abstract: A method and device for discovering, identifying, and configuring a particular one of a plurality of devices to be administered is described. The method and device facilitate these steps by eliminating the need for an administrator to know a specific MAC address or unique identifier for the device to be administered, and by eliminating the need to identify that specific MAC address or unique identifier in a list of MAC addresses or unique identifiers.

Abstract: A method of facilitating dormant small cell discovery in a wireless communications network including at least a small cell and a second cell includes changing, at the small cell, an operating state of the small cell from an active state to a dormant state, the dormant state being a state in which the small cell transmits discovery signals and does not transmit DL broadcast or DL control channels, the discovery signals being signals through which user equipments (UE)s discover the dormant small cell; sending, from the dormant small cell, a notification, the notification identifying, for at least the second cell, a duty cycle with which the first small cell will periodically transmit the discovery signals; and transmitting, from the dormant small, the discovery signals using a periodic transmission pattern that includes active portions and non-active portions defined by the duty cycle.

Abstract: A short message processing method and apparatus, which analyzes a short message received from a mobile communication network and provides via a packet data service node (PDSN) a supplementary service such as a credit card settlement details notifying service, a contact point registration service, a spam filtering service, a schedule registration service, a message history management service, and so forth, based on the result of the analysis. The short message processing method and apparatus can execute a supplementary service corresponding to the short message received through a PDSN, in corporation with a platform such as WIPI or BREW.

Abstract: A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a network access method and a mobile communications terminal, said method comprising the following steps: if a current visited public land mobile network identifier is not present in a network log file of a mobile communications terminal, then obtaining said current visited public land mobile network identifier and storing same in a network log file of said mobile communications terminal; simultaneously adding to an equivalent public land mobile network list the current visited public land mobile network identifier and home public land mobile network identifier in the network log file of said mobile communications terminal; searching for a network according to said equivalent public land mobile network list, and if any network is found in said equivalent public land mobile network list, then executing a network registration operation for said mobile communications terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a network access method and a mobile communications terminal, said method comprising the following steps: if a current visited public land mobile network identifier is not present in a network log file of a mobile communications terminal, then obtaining said current visited public land mobile network identifier and storing same in a network log file of said mobile communications terminal; simultaneously adding to an equivalent public land mobile network list the current visited public land mobile network identifier and home public land mobile network identifier in the network log file of said mobile communications terminal; searching for a network according to said equivalent public land mobile network list, and if any network is found in said equivalent public land mobile network list, then executing a network registration operation for said mobile communications terminal.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for enabling and facilitating roaming of subscribers of a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) equipped with Long-Term Evolution (LTE) devices into LTE access network of a Visited Public Mobile Network (VPMN) under certain circumstances that are not supported by specifications promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) or the Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA). For example, a method for managing mobile device roaming is presented that includes receiving, at a gateway associated with the VPMN, a request message from an LTE device associated with the HPMN, wherein the request message requests wireless access to an LTE access network associated with the VPMN, enabling, at the gateway, registration of the LTE device to the LTE access network associated with the VPMN, and providing, at the gateway, an Internet Protocol (IP) connection to the LTE device.

Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) operations status with regard to a wireless access point may be changed for a user equipment (UE). A request, based on changing the WLAN operations status for the UE, may be sent to a base station. The request may cause the base station to send, to the UE, a first message based on the request. The first message may be received from the base station. A second message, based on the first message, may be sent to the base station. The second message may cause the base station to change availability of a radio service based on changing the WLAN operations status for the UE.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for coordinating resources between different operating networks. The method comprises determining whether coordination with a second operating network is triggered and transmitting a coordination request to the second operating network, in response to determining that the coordination is triggered. The method also comprises receiving a coordination response from the second operating network. The method further comprises determining blanking patterns by initiating a coordination procedure between the first and second operating networks to, in response to receiving an acknowledgement in the coordination response from the second operating network; and scheduling according to one of the determined blanking patterns in the first operating network.

Abstract: Described herein are techniques for reducing efficient LTE operation in the unlicensed band. For example, the technique may involve establishing a connection with a primary component carrier on the licensed communication band or the unlicensed communication band. The technique may also involve determining at least one metric associated with a constraint on a transmissions channel of the unlicensed communication band. The technique may also involve sending the at least one metric to the primary component carrier. The technique may also involve receiving a message for one of switching on or switching off a secondary component carrier (SCC) for transmissions on the unlicensed communication band in response to sending the at least one metric.

Abstract: It is provided a method for adapting a parameter being indicative for a trigger signal for starting measurements, by a first base station of a first radio access network of a first type of radio access technology, of a signal quality of signals being received from a second base station of a second radio access network of a second type of radio access technology. The method includes measuring by a user equipment, which is served by the second base station, the signal quality of signals being received from the first base station, reporting a signal being indicative for the measured signal quality from the user equipment to a network entity, and adapting, by the network entity, a parameter based on the measured signal quality, wherein the parameter is indicative for a trigger signal for starting measuring a further signal quality of signals being received from the second base station.

Abstract: A verification process is executed between a software-controlled communication device and a software-controlled server in a network to verify that an unconfirmed telephone number, which is transmitted to the server, corresponds to an actual subscription telephone number and that this subscription telephone number is assigned to the communication device. In the verification process, the server initiates a verification call to the unconfirmed telephone number from a selected calling telephone number. The communication device intercepts the verification call, identifies the originating telephone number, and transmits the originating telephone number to the server. The verification succeeds if the originating telephone number matches the calling telephone number.