Abstract: The invention to provides an improved controller for providing a location-based service to an area, wherein the controller comprises a memory and a transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to: obtain a location of a mobile device associated with a person; obtain sensor data from at least one sensor arranged for monitoring the person in the area when the obtained location of the mobile device is within the area; store the sensor data in the memory; forward, via the transceiver, the stored sensor data to the mobile device when the obtained location of the mobile device is no longer within the area, and subsequently delete the sensor data from the memory. The invention further provides related systems for providing a location-based service to an area and related methods.

Abstract: A control device of a mobile object is configured to execute a function using communication. The control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire communication quality on a planned movement route of the mobile object, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the acquired communication quality, whether or not the planned movement route includes a position that does not satisfy communication quality required for execution of the function.

Abstract: This application provides a positioning method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a positioning apparatus, information about a transmission environment of each channel in a plurality of channels for a terminal device; determining, by the positioning apparatus, a target channel from the plurality of channels based on the information about the transmission environment of each channel; and locating, by the positioning apparatus, the terminal device based on positioning measurement information of the target channel. The positioning method and apparatus provided in this application helps improve positioning accuracy.

Abstract: Techniques are described for controlling a first device that operates in a first mode. In an example, the first device receives, while it is operating in a first mode, a secret from a second device. The first device is capable of wireless data reception and incapable of wireless data transmission in the first mode. The first device determines that the secret is valid. Based at least in part on the secret being valid, the first device performs at least one of: switching an operational mode of the first device from the first mode to a second mode, or performing, while operating in the first mode, a command indicated by the second device. The first device is capable of the wireless data transmission in the second mode.

Abstract: A system and method allows for communication between mobile devices running a communication application. The mobile devices include a host device and a plurality of client devices. When there is limited connectivity to other networks, the host device creates a host network and the client devices are transitioned to the host network. After the client devices are transitioned to the host network, communication can occur between the host device and the client devices, through the communication application and over the host network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, device and computer readable medium for protecting MAC addresses. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device may obtain a set of virtual MAC addressed from a network device and may connect with a further network device (for example, Wi-Fi AP or Bluetooth devices) using the virtual MAC addresses. In this way, tracking the terminal device with MAC address is prevented so that user privacy protection could be enhanced.

Abstract: A relay device operable to relay emergency information to a plurality of mobile terminals. The device includes: a receiver configured in use to receive a broadcast signal, the broadcast signal being in a first format and containing the emergency information; a transmitter configured in use to connect to the plurality of mobile terminals using a communication channel; and a processor configured in use to provide the emergency information received in the broadcast signal to the plurality of mobile terminals in a second format using the transmitter, wherein the second format is different to the first format.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques for discovery and handling of regulatory requirements for non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF) selection, e.g., to access a standalone non-public network (SNPN). In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may determine the local requirement in a country using a domain name system (DNS) query with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) associated with the N3IWF. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for network sliced based billing. In one example, a control center obtains, from a charging system, a charging data record that includes an indication of a network slice associated with a chargeable telecommunications event. Based on the indication of the network slice, the control center identifies a charging rate for the chargeable telecommunications event and applies the charging rate to the chargeable telecommunications event.

Abstract: A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a registration to a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Specifically, the UE performs a registration to a first public land mobile network (PLMN) via a first base station, receives an disaster related message applied to the first PLMN or applied to an area in which the UE is located when there is no service provided from the first PLMN, transmits a registration request message to a second PLMN providing an disaster roaming service based on the disaster related message, and receives, from the second PLMN, a response message to the registration request message. The UE is subscribed to the first PLMN, and the second PLMN is configured to provide the disaster roaming service to the UE based on a disaster applied to the first PLMN or applied to the area in which the UE is located.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing and reconciling data traffic utilization information from a variety of sources including client devices and service provider networks are described. The methods take into consideration that wireless devices tracking usage data may not accurately reflect the amount of usage measured by network devices. This may be because of overhead the client devices are not aware of or because different measurement techniques or accounting metrics are used by the service provider network. The methods and apparatus may and sometimes do take into consideration that while some client devices, e.g., android devices, may trach and report usage aid/or location information through the use of an application which provides such information to the network service provider, such information may not be readily available from other devices such Apple iOS devices. The described data tracking and location assignment methods are used in some embodiments to determine base station placement.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses and methods for resource management in a multi-carrier system wherein a plurality of component carriers (CCs) is defined per cell. According to a method in an apparatus corresponding to a radio base station, a message is assembled comprising information on the structure of the cell served by the radio base station; the information including one or more CCs used in the cell that is/are available for a user equipment for performing initial access in the cell. The method also comprises, transmitting the assembled message to the user equipment and indicating to the user equipment to what resources to use for random access in the cell. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention also relates to a method in the user equipment, to a radio base station and to a user equipment.

Abstract: Systems and methods for notification forwarding may include forwarding all or selected notifications generated by one or more applications running on a wireless mobile device to a television receiving device that is connected to the television. This forwarding may occur over the short-range wireless network or on a home wireless local area network on which the television receiving device is also present. The receiving device may cause the forwarded notifications to be displayed on the television while the television is also displaying other programming received from various other sources. The particular location on the presentation device to display the forwarded notification and the size, color and appearance of the notification may be selected by the user via a graphical user interface of the wireless mobile device and/or the television receiving device.

Abstract: A communication method of a network entity for a network equipment includes the steps of: receiving a request message of entering a mobile initiated connection only (MICO) mode from a user equipment (UE); determining a time length of a delay timer of the MICO mode according to the request message; and paging the UE when the delay timer of the MICO expires.

Abstract: A network node (300a) receives, over an interface between the network node (300a) and a further network node (300b), a message comprising paired user equipment (UE) identifiers for UE identification over the interface to the network node (300a) and further network node (300b), respectively. Responsive to determining that the identifier for UE identification to the network node (300a) uniquely identifies a UE (150) to the network node (300a), the network node (300a) validates the message irrespective of whether the identifier for UE identification to the further network node (300b) uniquely identifies the UE (150) to the further network node (300b).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a service processing method, an information transmission method and relevant devices. The service processing method includes: acquiring related information about service processing; and performing relevant processing on a target service at least in accordance with the acquired related information about the service processing.

Abstract: When data transmitted from devices is processed by servers in a shared manner, the data is processed in a constantly stable manner when the devices move. Based on information indicating installation positions and processing capabilities of the servers, information on installation positions of base stations, and acquired location information of the devices, the coverage area control apparatus performs, at a certain time interval, a clustering calculation for obtaining an optimum coverage area for the servers that satisfies the requirements that the communication distances between the servers and the respective devices be minimized and the servers not be overloaded. Based on the information indicating the optimum coverage area obtained by the clustering calculation, assignments of the base stations to the servers are updated.

Abstract: A method includes a step 1 of performing processing for determining wireless terminal stations that are inside cover areas of existing wireless base stations, and excluding the existing wireless base stations and the wireless terminal stations inside the cover areas from a wireless base station installation area, a step 2 of performing processing for optimizing, with respect to each first wireless terminal station that is outside the cover areas of the existing wireless base stations and has been left in the processing for excluding in the step 1, a combination of the first wireless terminal station and the closest additional wireless base station from which received power is the largest, and optimizing installation positions of additional wireless base stations, a step 3 of determining, with respect to the combinations of the additional wireless base stations and the first wireless terminal stations that were optimized in the step 2, whether wireless terminal stations are inside or outside cover areas of the

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing for providing a 5G mobile network. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a first base station having a first coverage area for a first Radio Access Network (RAN); providing a second base station having a second coverage area, the second coverage area within the first coverage area of the first base station for an overlay RAN; providing a 5G base station having a third coverage area, the third coverage area within the first coverage area and within the second coverage area and part of the overlay RAN; and determining, by a 5G Interworking Function (IWF) device, which subscribers are to be serviced by the overlay RAN and which subscribers are to be serviced by the first RAN.

Abstract: A computing system for presenting on a mobile device pieces of content each connected to a geographic location is described. The facility plots visual indications of the pieces of content in a two-dimensional display with respect to an origin point representing a user geographic location. In particular, for each piece of content, the facility plots a visual indication at a point that is (1) in a direction from the origin point that corresponds to a compass direction from the user geographic location to the geographic location to which the piece of content is connected, and (2) at a distance from the origin point that corresponds to a predicted amount of time to travel from the user geographic location to the geographical location to which the piece of content is connected.