Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method for a home subscriber server (HSS)+user data management (UDM) supporting a mobile terminated (MT) short message (SM) service for a UE that is registered to both of an evolved packet core (EPC) and a 5G core network (5GC) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: the HSS+UDM receiving information for MT SM routing from an access and mobility management function (AMF) and a mobility management entity (MME); determining a priority regarding which one of an SMSF connected to the AMF and the MME an MT SM would be transmitted to first, based on the information; and transmitting routing information including the determined priority to an SMS-related node, wherein the HSS+UDM may determine the priority according to whether a UE to receive the MT SM is in a state of being connected to 5GC or EPC.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request to permit equipment of a subscriber of a mobile service provider that provides a subscribed service via a licensed frequency spectrum to access the subscribed service via a wireless access terminal according to an unlicensed frequency spectrum. A radio adapted to provide access to the subscribed service via the licensed frequency spectrum is identified, wherein the wireless access terminal resides within a coverage area of the identified radio. A current utilization of the identified radio is determined and a response to the request is generated according to the current utilization of the identified radio, wherein access to the subscribed service via the wireless access terminal is conditional according to the response to the request, resulting in conditional access. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a Next Generation Core Control Function (NG-CCF) node for communication with a Next Generation Policy Control Function (NG-PCF) node. The method comprises: communicating network related parameters with the NG-PCF node via a direct interface between the NG-CCF node and the NG-PCF node.

Abstract: A method, system, and device to obtain a basic subcarrier spacing, or a channel bandwidth, or a maximum transmission bandwidth, or a usable subcarrier spacing set via a predefined mapping rule is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a network component to determine a system numerology includes determining, by the network component, one or more subcarrier spacing options from a candidate subcarrier spacing set that is associated with a carrier frequency band. The method also includes transmitting, by the network component, a signal indicating to one or more UEs one or more subcarrier spacing options from the candidate subcarrier spacing set.

Abstract: A system and method for preventing illicit use of a telephony platform that includes enrolling a plurality of accounts on a telecommunications platform, wherein an account includes account configuration; at a fraud detection system of the telecommunications platform, receiving account usage data, wherein the usage data includes at least communication configuration data and billing configuration data of account configuration and further includes communication history of the plurality of accounts; calculating fraud scores of a set of fraud rules from the usage data, wherein at least a sub-set of the fraud rules include conditions of usage data patterns between at least two accounts; detecting when the fraud scores of an account satisfy a fraud threshold; and initiating an action response when a fraud score satisfies the fraud threshold.

Abstract: An emergency event detection and response system detects an occurrence of an event associated with a user and initiates an emergency response flow. A user may be associated with a wearable device and have in his home a base station and portable or stationary wireless devices containing sensors capable of detecting an emergency event. The emergency event may be detected based on voice or non-voice audio input from the user, data monitoring by the wearable device, base station, and/or portable or stationary wireless device, or by physical button press. Responsive to determining that an emergency event has occurred, the system triggers an emergency response flow by notifying a call center and contacting one or more caregivers associated with the user. Caregivers may access a response system application to receive updates regarding the detected emergency and to contact the user and/or a provider associated with the call center.

Abstract: Systems and methods for causing messages to be presented to users involve updating and using geofencing data to determine whether and when to present a message to a user via a user computing device. Geofencing data that defines the closest relevant geofences to the current position of a user computing device can be provided to a software application on the user computing device on a periodic basis, or when the software application is loaded and run. The software application can then register the geofences with an operating system of the user computing device. When the user computing device determines that the user computing device has entered a geofence, this information can be used to determine whether to present the user with a message.

Abstract: A method for broadcasting an alert descriptive of a notification message to a wearer of a watch (1), the method comprising the following steps: reception (10) by a processing unit (2) of the watch (1) of data of information comprising a notification message relative to the identification of an event relating to a function of the watch (1), and sending (14) of a descriptive-alert signal relative to said received data of information to a touch-rendering interface (3) of the watch (1), said interface (3) being configured to transmit said descriptive alert to the wearer of the watch (1).

Abstract: A mobile application for integrating a location sharing event with a messaging platform such as a text messaging or email platform allows users to be prompted about location sharing when at least a part of the message includes location or time information. In one embodiment, the mobile application takes the form of an integrated location sharing application that parses the message to discern the relevant location or time information. The application may also provide a notification of a future event and may optionally generate a location sharing event based on the notification. In another embodiment, the application permits interactive route sharing between at least two computing devices.

Abstract: A method and system for determining system-based tumor burden is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining the medical image from a source, through an interface. Additionally, the method includes identifying a first region of interest in the medical image. The method also includes selecting from the first region of interest a second region of interest whose tumor burden is to be determined. Furthermore, the method includes defining a segmentation criterion for the second region of interest. The method also includes determining the tumor burden for the second region of interest.

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. One embodiment involves pairing a client device with a wearable device, capturing a first client location fix at a first time using the first application and location circuitry of the client device. The client device then receives content from the wearable device, where the content is associated with a content capture time and location state data. The client device then updates a location based on the available data to reconcile the different sets of location data. In some embodiments, additional sensor data, such as data from an accelerometer, is used is used to determine which location data is more accurate for certain content.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for Uplink MIMO reference signals and data transmission schemes communications systems operating according to 5G technologies. For example, one or more techniques for enabling PRG selection and conveying that selection are provided. In some cases, precoder selection techniques may be provided. Further, in some cases, techniques may be provided to distinguish OFDM and DFT-s-OFDM by using different ports.

Abstract: A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided.

Abstract: A server and a corresponding method for communicating over a network with a first mobile device that is registered on the network and configured to transmit, via the network, positional data of the first mobile device to the server. The server including circuitry that outputs an instruction to a first mobile device, computes a time delay incurred in commencing the instruction, authenticates identifying information from the first mobile device, monitors a location of the first mobile device, to determine a displacement of the location of the first mobile device with respect to the location of a second mobile device, updates a factor based on data received by the server from the first and second mobile devices. The server further determines, based on the factor being lower than a predetermined factor threshold, a second instruction to be sent to the first mobile device.

Abstract: A method comprising: detecting at a device associated with a first public land mobile network, a cell; receiving, for each of a plurality of public land mobile networks supported by the cell, an indication as to whether or not the cell is available for standalone access for that public land mobile network; and determining, in dependence upon the indications and based on the first public land mobile network, whether to request standalone access of the cell.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a paging method, a device, and a paging system, and relates to the field of wireless communications technologies. The method provided in the present invention includes: receiving, by a base station, a paging message of machine-to-machine user equipment; calculating a paging location of the user equipment; determining a coverage level of the user equipment; and sending an air interface paging message to the user equipment according to the coverage level of the user equipment, and sending, in the paging location, paging scheduling information, where the paging scheduling information is used to indicate a location in which the air interface paging message is sent, and the air interface paging message includes the paging message of the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a message sending method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a distributed node DU, a Radio Resource Control RRC message and indication information that are sent by a central node CU, and sending, by the DU, the RRC message based on the indication information.

Abstract: A location-tracking system that includes multiple detector units that are deployed in a region of interest. The detector units receive uplink signals from wireless terminals that are active in the region, and measure the strengths of the received uplink signals. The system computes the locations of the terminals based on the measured signal strengths and the known locations of the detector units. The location-tracking system receives and analyzes downlink signals from one or more of the base stations of the wireless network. The detector unit uses the downlink signal to recover and synchronize to the timing of the wireless network's air-interface. Based on the extracted uplink allocations, and having synchronized with the air-interface, the system is able to distinguish between the uplink signal components originating from each terminal, and thus compute the location of each terminal.

Abstract: A communications system comprising a core network, a radio access network and at least one user equipment device, wherein: the core network is configured for communicating with the user equipment device to form a first estimate of the location of the user equipment device; the radio access network is configured for communicating with the user equipment device to form a second estimate of the location of the user equipment device; and the core network is configured for forming a third estimate of the location of the user equipment device by synthesizing the first and second estimates.

Abstract: Provided are a method and system for processing image data, the method comprising: capturing raw image data of multiple images of one or more scenes under one or more lighting conditions; machine vision processing the raw image data to generate machine vision data; classifying the machine vision data according to a type of the machine vision data; and storing the classified machine vision data in a multi-tiered data structure according to the machine vision data type, configured to enable each of the tiers of data to be processed independently of each other.