Abstract: Techniques for securing an identifier of user equipment for a request external to a communication network are disclosed. For example, a method comprises receiving, at a network entity, a request for identification information for user equipment from an entity external to a communication network to which the network entity belongs. The network entity generates a secure identifier for the user equipment, wherein the secure identifier comprises an encrypted form of a public subscription identifier associated with the user equipment. The network entity sends the secure identifier to the external entity. The network entity receives the secure identifier in a subsequent request from the external entity. The network entity utilizes the received secure identifier to confirm the received secure identifier corresponds to the user equipment.

Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided an architecture for the support of user plane transactions over a mobile network between an User Equipment UE and an IP network, the mobile network comprising at least one node, referred to as control plane node, supporting control plane transactions between the UE and the mobile network over control plane bearer, the architecture includes the UE and the control plane node adapted to support user plane transactions over the mobile network between the UE and the control plane node, over control plane bearer, the control plane node adapted to support user plane transactions over the mobile network between the control plane node and the IP network without need of user plane bearer in the mobile network, the control plane node interfacing, with or without IP tunneling, with a gateway function interfacing with the IP network.

Abstract: Techniques for securing an identifier of user equipment for a request external to a communication network are disclosed. For example, a method comprises receiving, at a network entity, a request for identification information for user equipment from an entity external to a communication network to which the network entity belongs. The network entity generates a secure identifier for the user equipment, wherein the secure identifier comprises an encrypted form of a public subscription identifier associated with the user equipment. The network entity sends the secure identifier to the external entity. The network entity receives the secure identifier in a subsequent request from the external entity. The network entity utilizes the received secure identifier to confirm the received secure identifier corresponds to the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for support of mobile-terminated application services in a mobile system is provided. The method is based on a User Equipment UE subscription The method includes enabling triggering of at least one network Application associated with a given of one or more subscribed Access Point Name APN, upon said UE being reachable again after failure of a mobile network procedure to reach said UE via a Packet Data Network PDN connection established for said UE and said APN. A Home Subscriber Server HSS associated with the method is also provided. A Mobility Management Server MME, or a Serving GPRS Support Node SGSN associated with the method is also provided.

Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a method for support of mobile-terminated application services in a mobile system, said method comprising; —based on a User Equipment UE subscription, enabling, for one or more subscribed Access Point Name APN, triggering of at least one network Application associated with a given of said one or more APN, upon said UE being reachable again after failure of a mobile network procedure to reach said UE via a Packet Data Network PDN connection established for said UE and said APN.

Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided an architecture for the support of user plane transactions over a mobile network between an User Equipment UE and an IP network, said mobile network comprising at least one node, referred to as control plane node, supporting control plane transactions between said UE and said mobile network over control plane bearer, said architecture comprising: said UE and said control plane node adapted to support user plane transactions over said mobile network between said UE and said control plane node, over control plane bearer, said control plane node adapted to support user plane transactions over said mobile network between said control plane node and said IP network without need of user plane bearer in said mobile network, said control plane node interfacing, with or without IP tunneling, with a gateway function interfacing with said IP network.

Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a method for notifying a User Equipment UE (or a group of UE), over a mobile network, of an UE Application trigger request from a Network Application Server, said method comprising: sending UE Application trigger request information using a control plane path from the Network Application Server to the UE (or to an UE of the group) via a subscriber database (such as the HLR/HSS) and a node controlling UE access to the mobile network (such as a SGSN/MME).

Abstract: In order to manage at least one communications device (DC) implementing an application that uses a service offered by an application server (SA) over a telecommunications network (RT), the device (DC) comprising application data (DonA) specific to the application and communication data (DonC) related to communication parameters for the operation of the service over the telecommunications network, the communication data (DonC) being managed by a management server (SG), the application server (SA) and the device (DC) negotiate and save an encryption key (Kc), and exchange messages by means of the management server (SG), at least one of the messages comprising application data (DonA) which is encrypted with the key by at least one of either the device (DC) or the server (SA).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking determining method and a related device for determining a packet marking of packets of an incoming packet-flow, in order to keep the packets in conformance with a traffic policy. The determining is based on an actual value of a traffic reservation parameter, while the traffic reservation parameter is a measure of available network resources dedicated to packets of said incoming packet-flow having a pre-assigned priority. The determining further is based on the pre-assigned priority of the packets of the incoming packet flow. The marking method a first steps of holding a threshold value for the traffic reservation parameter, while the threshold value is lying between a minimum and a maximum value of the traffic reservation parameter.

Abstract: A method for marking data packets of a data transmission flow pertaining to an end-to-end connection within a packet network is disclosed. The priority value is calculated based on at least one service quality parameter attributed to the data transmission flow, and upon a network feedback parameter indicative of the state of congestion within the packet network. A marker device adapted for performing the method is described as well.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for use in a telecommunication system to generate an acceptance decision during a decision cycle that comprises whether to accept an incoming packet of a data stream or not in a buffer (BUF). The incoming packet (P) has a drop priority (DP) being one of a plurality of arranged drop priorities. The method comprises determining for a drop priority parameter (DPP) an actual drop priority parameter value (DPPact) out of the plurality of drop priorities; and comparing the drop priority parameter (DPP) with the drop priority (DP) of the packet (P) in order to generate the acceptance decision.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking determining method and a related device for determining a packet marking of packets of an incoming packet-flow, in order to keep the packets in conformance with a traffic policy. The determining is based on an actual value of a traffic reservation parameter, while the traffic reservation parameter is a measure of available network resources dedicated to packets of said incoming packet-flow having a pre-assigned priority. The determining further is based on the pre-assigned priority of the packets of the incoming packet flow. The marking method a first steps of holding a threshold value for the traffic reservation parameter, while the threshold value is lying between a minimum and a maximum value of the traffic reservation parameter.

Abstract: In a method for marking data packets of a data transmission flow pertaining to an end-to-end connection within a packet network, the priority value is calculated based on at least one service quality parameter attributed to the data transmission flow, and upon a network feedback parameter indicative of the state of congestion within the packet network. A marker device adapted for performing the subject method, is described as well.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for use in a telecommunication system to generate an acceptance decision during a decision cycle that comprises whether to accept an incoming packet of a data stream or not in a buffer (BUF). The incoming packet (P) has a drop priority (DP) being one of a plurality of arranged drop priorities. The method comprises determining for a drop priority parameter (DPP) an actual drop priority parameter value (DPPact) out of the plurality of drop priorities; and comparing the drop priority parameter (DPP) with the drop priority (DP) of the packet (P) in order to generate the acceptance decision.