Abstract: A wireless communication network manages a wireless access node. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with wireless User Equipment (UEs) and exchanges the user data with one or more network elements. The wireless access node generates status indicators that characterize wireless access node operation during the user data exchanges. An Element Management System (EMS) determines EMS load based on EMS operation and transfers load data that indicates the EMS load for delivery to the wireless access node. The wireless access node receives the load data transferred by the EMS. The wireless access node identifies individual priorities for individual ones of the status indicators. The wireless access node determines individual reporting times for the individual ones of the status indicators based on the load data and the individual priorities. The wireless access node transfers the individual ones of the status indicators to the EMS per the individual reporting times.

Abstract: A wireless communication network manages a wireless access node. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with wireless User Equipment (UEs) and exchanges the user data with one or more network elements. The wireless access node generates status indicators that characterize wireless access node operation during the user data exchanges. An Element Management System (EMS) determines EMS load based on EMS operation and transfers load data that indicates the EMS load for delivery to the wireless access node. The wireless access node receives the load data transferred by the EMS. The wireless access node identifies individual priorities for individual ones of the status indicators. The wireless access node determines individual reporting times for the individual ones of the status indicators based on the load data and the individual priorities. The wireless access node transfers the individual ones of the status indicators to the EMS per the individual reporting times.

Abstract: A wireless access network element wirelessly exchanges user data with wireless User Equipment (UEs) and exchanges the user data with other network elements. The wireless access network element generates status indicators that characterize the wireless access network element during the user data exchanges. The wireless access network element identifies priorities for the status indicators. The wireless access network element receives load data from a network element manager. The wireless access network element processes the load data and the priorities to determine individual reporting times for the status indicators. The wireless access network element transfers the individual status indicators to the network element management system per the individual reporting times.

Abstract: A wireless User Equipment (UE) attaches to a Fifth Generation New Radio (5GNR) gNodeB in a wireless communication network. The wireless communication network receives a Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) request for the UE. In the wireless communication network, a Policy Control Function (PCF) efficiently invokes an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and a Session Management Function (SMF) to effectively serve the GBR request. The AMF signals the UE and the 5GNR gNodeB to initiate the GBR service over the Long Term Evolution eNodeB. The SMF signals a data gateway to initiate the GBR service with the LTE eNodeB. The UE attaches to the LTE eNodeB. The LTE eNodeB and the data gateway deliver the requested GBR service to the UE.

Abstract: A wireless relay attaches to a wireless base station and broadcasts a wireless hop count. Another wireless relay receives the wireless hop count and attaches to the wireless relay. The other wireless relay increments the wireless hop count and broadcasts the incremented wireless hop count. The wireless relays receive attachment requests from User Equipment (UEs) responsive to their wireless hop counts. The wireless relays exchange user data with the UEs after the attachments.

Abstract: A wireless relay attaches to a wireless base station and broadcasts a wireless hop count. Another wireless relay receives the wireless hop count and attaches to the wireless relay. The other wireless relay increments the wireless hop count and broadcasts the incremented wireless hop count. The wireless relays receive attachment requests from User Equipment (UEs) responsive to their wireless hop counts. The wireless relays exchange user data with the UEs after the attachments.

Abstract: A data communication network to provide hop count data for User Equipment (UE) selection of a wireless relay. The data communication network comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve UEs. The wireless relays receive a hop count, and in response, increment their individual hop count and wirelessly broadcast individual relay Long Term Evolution (LTE) System Information Blocks (SIBs) indicating their individual hop counts. The wireless relays receive wireless UE attachments responsive to the relay LTE SIB broadcasts of their individual hop counts.

Abstract: A method of operating User Equipment (UE) in a data communication network that comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve the UE to select a communication session type based on a hop count. The method comprises UEs that attach to one of a plurality of wireless relays and determine a hop count for the attached wireless relay. The UEs select a session type based on the hop count and initiate a communication session of the selected session type with the attached wireless relay.

Abstract: A wireless communication system connects User Equipment (UE) to Mobility Management Entities (MMEs). The wireless communication system receives a connection message from the UE. The wireless communication system connects the UE to a first MME responsive to the connection message. The wireless communication system performs MME re-selection for the UE responsive to the connection message. The wireless communication system connects the UE to a second MME responsive to the MME re-selection.

Abstract: A first Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives a tracking area update from the User Equipment (UE) indicating a first tracking area for the wireless relay that serves the UE and indicating a second tracking area for the evolved NodeB (eNodeB) that serves the wireless relay. The first MME determines if the first tracking area and the second tracking area are different responsive to the tracking area update, and if the first tracking area and the second tracking area are different, then determines if the wireless relay is controlled by a second MME that also controls the eNodeB. If the wireless relay is not controlled by the second MME that also controls the eNodeB, then the first MME transfers UE context data to the second MME that serves the eNodeB. The second MME selects the Serving Gateway (S-GW) for the UE based on the second tracking area for the eNodeB.

Abstract: A data communication network to provide hop count data for User Equipment (UE) selection of a wireless relay. The data communication network comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve UEs. The wireless relays receive a hop count, and in response, increment their individual hop count and wirelessly broadcast individual relay Long Term Evolution (LTE) System Information Blocks (SIBs) indicating their individual hop counts. The wireless relays receive wireless UE attachments responsive to the relay LTE SIB broadcasts of their individual hop counts.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for preventing release of a wireless traffic channel before update process completion. In a particular embodiment, a method provides establishing a wireless traffic channel between the wireless communication device and a wireless access point of a wireless communication network. The method further provides identifying an event that triggers release of the wireless traffic channel by the wireless communication device and, upon identifying the event, preventing the release of the wireless traffic channel until a background update process that uses the wireless traffic channel is completed. Upon completion of the background update process, the method provides allowing the release of the wireless traffic channel.

Abstract: Multiple mobile devices can request or wait for acknowledgement from a device associated with a mobile telecommunications network. Embodiments of the present invention include creating and broadcasting a single acknowledgment to multiple mobile devices. Mobile devices can be associated with identifiers that include sets of characters. In order to acknowledge more than one device with one broadcast, subsets of characters from more than one identifier can be included in one value. One acknowledgement is broadcast to multiple devices. The devices are able to identify the unique subsets of characters and compare them to portions of identifiers. Multiple devices can recognize acknowledgement based on a shared value that is broadcast to the devices.

Abstract: A wireless relay wirelessly receives user data from User Equipment (UE) using a UE uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) configuration. The wireless relay wirelessly transfers the user data using a relay uplink. The wireless relay determines available Power Headroom (PHR) for the relay uplink and translates the available PHR into a new UE uplink CA configuration. The wireless relay wirelessly receives additional user data from the UE using the new UE uplink CA configuration.

Abstract: A wireless communication system connects User Equipment (UE) to Mobility Management Entities (MMEs). The wireless communication system receives a connection message from the UE. The wireless communication system connects the UE to a first MME responsive to the connection message. The wireless communication system performs MME re-selection for the UE responsive to the connection message. The wireless communication system connects the UE to a second MME responsive to the MME re-selection.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for providing data quotas based a quota query load. In one example, a method of operating a communication system includes transferring a quota request for a wireless communication device from a packet data network gateway to an online charging server. The method further includes, in the online charging server, receiving the request, identifying a data quota based on a quota query load, and transferring the data quota to the packet data network gateway to be implemented for the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system to perform a Mobility Management Entity (MME) reselection for a User Equipment (UE). The LTE communication system receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection message for a communication session from the UE. The LTE communication system assigns a MME to the UE. The LTE communication system transfers a request for a user profile associated with the UE. The LTE communication system receives the user profile associated with the UE. The LTE communication system performs the MME reselection based on the user profile to determine another MME to serve the UE. The LTE communication system transfers indication of the other of MME the UE. The LTE communication system receives signaling indicating the other MME transferred from the UE. The LTE communication system assigns the UE to the other MME for the communication session.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for operating a wireless communication device are provided herein. In a first example, a method of operating a wireless communication device is provided. The method includes receiving user content and advertising content over a wireless link from a wireless communication network, and responsive to user input on the wireless communication device, altering a first resource portion associated with the wireless communication device for handling of the advertising content and altering a second resource portion associated with the wireless communication device for handling of the user content.

Abstract: A Long Term Evolution (LTE) Serving Gateway (S-GW) to indicate mode transitions of a wireless communication device comprises a communication transceiver and a processing system. The communication transceiver is configured to establish a default bearer between the LTE S-GW and an LTE Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) for the wireless communication device, establish a bearer channel between an LTE access node and the LTE S-GW, and exchange data over the bearer channel responsive to the wireless communication device entering an active mode. The processing system is configured to release the bearer channel between the LTE access node and the LTE S-GW responsive to the wireless communication device entering an idle mode, generate mode transition records indicating idle-to-active mode transitions and indicating active-to-idle mode transitions of the wireless communication device, and direct the communication transceiver to transfer the mode transition records.

Abstract: A Mobility Management Entity (MME) system and method to disable Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station (BS) are provided. The MME system in one example includes a data communication interface configured to receive VoLTE performance metrics and transmit and receive signaling messages over a communication network and a processing system configured to process VoLTE performance metrics obtained through the data communication interface to determine if VoLTE service on the LTE BS should be disabled, and if VoLTE should be disabled and if a create bearer request obtained through the data communication interface has a Quality-of-Service Class Identifier (QCI) value indicating a VoLTE session for a UE, transfer a reject message for delivery to the UE instructing the UE to use a different BS for voice service.