Abstract: A method for controlling application access to network slicing service at a User Equipment (UE). The method includes: issuing an activation request for establishing network connectivity service for an application executing at the UE, the activation request including an application identifier of the application; determining a network slice for the application based on the activation request; performing a verification of the determined network slice, in accordance with network slicing operator policies; and upon successful verification of the determined network slice, creating a binding between the application identifier and the determined network slice.

Abstract: A method for controlling application access to network slicing service at a User Equipment (UE). The method includes: issuing an activation request for establishing network connectivity service for an application executing at the UE, the activation request including an application identifier of the application; determining a network slice for the application based on the activation request; performing a verification of the determined network slice, in accordance with network slicing operator policies; and upon successful verification of the determined network slice, creating a binding between the application identifier and the determined network slice.

Abstract: Food packaging and beverage packaging for use in home delivery. The food packaging includes a tray having first walls that define an outer profile of the tray and second walls that are arranged to form partitions. A height of the second walls is different than a height of the first walls. The packaging includes a sealing member and a beverage container having an open end and a sidewall. The sealing member includes a first panel and a second panel and also has a first end, a second end, and first and second sides that extend between the first end and the second end. The first and the second panels are connected one another along the first side, the second side, and the second end of the sealing member. The sealing member is attached to the container by a machine having a rotatable platform and an element for heating the member.

Abstract: Food packaging and beverage packaging for use in home delivery. The food packaging includes a tray having first walls that define an outer profile of the tray and second walls that are arranged to form partitions. A height of the second walls is different than a height of the first walls. The packaging includes a sealing member and a beverage container having an open end and a sidewall. The sealing member includes a first panel and a second panel and also has a first end, a second end, and first and second sides that extend between the first end and the second end. The first and the second panels are connected one another along the first side, the second side, and the second end of the sealing member. The sealing member is attached to the container by a machine having a rotatable platform and an element for heating the member.

Abstract: A method is provided for enabling a requesting access node to use at least one radio frequency associated to at least one wireless communication network having at least one connected access node. Such method includes the following acts executed by a frequency access manager in the wireless communication network: retrieving at least one piece of data related to the at least one connected access node and related to the requesting access node; determining a mutual interference information between the requesting access node and the at least one connected access node in function of the at least one piece of data related to the at least one connected access node and related to the requesting access node; and transmitting, to the requesting access node of a frequency access data in function of the determined mutual interference information.

Abstract: A method is provided for enabling a requesting access node to use at least one radio frequency associated to at least one wireless communication network having at least one connected access node. Such method includes the following acts executed by a frequency access manager in the wireless communication network: retrieving at least one piece of data related to the at least one connected access node and related to the requesting access node; determining a mutual interference information between the requesting access node and the at least one connected access node in function of the at least one piece of data related to the at least one connected access node and related to the requesting access node; and transmitting, to the requesting access node of a frequency access data in function of the determined mutual interference information.

Abstract: A Short Message Service (SMS) message is communicated to a mobile user equipment (MUE) over an Internet Protocol (IP) network using an IP communication. An SMS network includes a Short Message Service Centre (SM-SC), a gateway mobile switching centre (GMSC), the SMS network communicating SMS messages. An IP/SMS gateway communicates between the SMS and IP networks. A home location database maintains address data identifying a current location of a MUE. After interrogation by the GMSC, the home location database provides the GMSC an address of the IP/SMS gateway, stored in association with the subscriber identify number. The GMSC sends the SMS message to the IP/SMS gateway. The IP/SMS gateway retrieves an IP address corresponding to the mobile subscriber number pre-stored in an IP/SMS database associated with the IP/SMS gateway. The IP/SMS gateway communicates the SMS message to the MUE at the retrieved IP address via the IP network.

Abstract: A telecommunications system provides a facility for communicating a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a mobile user equipment using a subscriber identity number when the mobile user equipment is communicating via an Internet Protocol network using an Internet Protocol (IP) communication being terminated on the IP network. The system comprises an SMS network including a Short Message Service Center (SM-SC), a gateway mobile switching center (GMSC), the SMS network providing a facility for communicating SMS messages, and an Internet Protocol/SMS (IP/SMS) gateway for communicating between the SMS network and the IP network. The system also includes a home location database for maintaining address data identifying a current location of a mobile user equipment. The gateway mobile switching center is operable in response to the SMS message to interrogate the home location database for an address to which the SMS message should be sent.

Abstract: A telecommunications system provides a facility for communicating a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a mobile user equipment using a subscriber identity number when the mobile user equipment is communicating via an Internet Protocol network using an Internet Protocol (IP) communication being terminated on the IP network. The system comprises an SMS network including a Short Message Service Centre (SM-SC), a gateway mobile switching centre (GMSC), the SMS network providing a facility for communicating SMS messages, and an Internet Protocol/SMS (IP/SMS) gateway for communicating between the SMS network and the IP network. The system also includes a home location database for maintaining address data identifying a current location of a mobile user equipment. The gateway mobile switching centre is operable in response to the SMS message to interrogate the home location database for an address to which the SMS message should be sent.

Abstract: A cellular system uses dynamic repartitioning and channel packing to improve capacity without impacting quality. Dynamic repartitioning is employed to convert a carrier which operates, at one time, as an analog carrier to operate, at a later time, as a digital carrier in response to changes in offered traffic. Alternatively, a carrier which, at one time, operates as a digital carrier is converted to operate, at a later time, as an analog carrier in response to changes in offered traffic. The system also supports multiple digital protocols so that a carrier can also be converted to operate in any one of several different digital modes. Channel packing is used to allocate as many digital channels as possible to as few digital carriers as possible. In a preferred embodiment, both repartitioning and channel packing are implemented in response to a request for a channel allocation or deallocation.