Abstract: Disclosed herein are public safety systems and methods for providing private network access to a user device. An exemplary public safety system is configured to communicate with a plurality of private networks and a communications network. The exemplary public safety system is configured to receive an emergency notification identifying a first private network of the plurality of private networks. The exemplary public safety system is configured to select the first private network. The exemplary public safety system is configured to provision the first private network to accept a configuration credential. The exemplary public safety system is configured to send through the communications network the configuration credential to a user device, thereby provisioning a subscriber identification module (SIM) in the user device to access the first private network.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are public safety systems and methods for providing private network access to a user device. An exemplary public safety system is configured to communicate with a plurality of private networks and a communications network. The exemplary public safety system is configured to receive an emergency notification identifying a first private network of the plurality of private networks. The exemplary public safety system is configured to select the first private network. The exemplary public safety system is configured to provision the first private network to accept a configuration credential. The exemplary public safety system is configured to send through the communications network the configuration credential to a user device, thereby provisioning a subscriber identification module (SIM) in the user device to access the first private network.

Abstract: A method and network element are provided that manage bearers in a wireless communication system. The method and network element receives a bearer request associated with a user equipment (UE) and a service data flow (SDF). In response to determining that a value of a first quality of service parameter associated with the SDF is the same as a value of the corresponding first quality of service parameter of a bearer currently allocated to the UE, and that a value of the second quality of service parameter associated with the SDF is different than a value of the corresponding second quality of service parameter of the bearer currently allocated to the UE, the method and network element modifies the value of the second quality of service parameter of the bearer currently allocated to the UE to produce a modified bearer and maps the SDF to the modified bearer.

Abstract: A method and network element are provided that manage bearers in a wireless communication system. The method and network element receives a bearer request associated with a user equipment (UE) and a service data flow (SDF). In response to determining that a value of a first quality of service parameter associated with the SDF is the same as a value of the corresponding first quality of service parameter of a bearer currently allocated to the UE, and that a value of the second quality of service parameter associated with the SDF is different than a value of the corresponding second quality of service parameter of the bearer currently allocated to the UE, the method and network element modifies the value of the second quality of service parameter of the bearer currently allocated to the UE to produce a modified bearer and maps the SDF to the modified bearer.

Abstract: A method of Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) registration and a user equipment (UE) enable dynamic assignment of a Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network-Number (MSISDN) to the UE. An input identifying a user of the UE is received at the UE. One or more credentials based on the input are transmitted from the UE to an identity management system. User data comprising a MSISDN attribute corresponding to the user are received at the UE from the identity management system. An IP Multimedia Private Identity (IMPI) associated with the UE and an IP Multimedia Public Identity (IMPU) based on the MSISDN attribute are then transmitted from the UE to a registrar.

Abstract: A method and network element are provided that manage bearers in a wireless communication system. The method and network element receives a bearer request associated with a user equipment (UE) and a service data flow (SDF). In response to determining that a value of a first quality of service parameter associated with the SDF is the same as a value of the corresponding first quality of service parameter of a bearer currently allocated to the UE, and that a value of the second quality of service parameter associated with the SDF is different than a value of the corresponding second quality of service parameter of the bearer currently allocated to the UE, the method and network element modifies the value of the second quality of service parameter of the bearer currently allocated to the UE to produce a modified bearer and maps the SDF to the modified bearer.

Abstract: A network component in a broadband network receives dynamic status information associated with a user accessing the broadband network with a first user equipment. The network component also retrieves stored priority attributes associated with the user and identifies whether another user equipment is associated with the user. The network component determines access network policy for all user equipment associated with the user by using the dynamic status information and the stored priority attributes, associates the access network policy with each user equipment associated with the user; and forwards the access network policy to a policy component. The access network policy is used in determining priority and quality of service policy for each user equipment associated with the user.

Abstract: A method and network element are provided that perform admission control in a wireless communication system by, in response to receiving a new bearer request associated with a user equipment (UE), can free up bearers currently allocated to the UE when the UE's bearer limit is reached. In response to receiving a bearer request associated with the UE, the method and network element determines a number of bearers currently allocated to the UE, wherein the UE is limited to a maximum number of bearers, and when the UE currently is allocated its maximum number of bearers, determines a priority associated with the bearer request, compares the determined priority to a priority associated with each bearer currently allocated to UE to produce one or more comparisons, and based on the one or more comparisons, determining whether to preempt a currently allocated bearer to admit the requested bearer.

Abstract: One determines (101, 102) that a given wireless mobile two-way communications platform is updating its network location (using, for example, an 802.16(e)-compatible protocol) at a time when there is no downlink traffic to provide to the platform and at a time when the platform should conduct at least one of an authenticator relocation process and an Internet Protocol address renewal process. In response to such determinations, one then automatically provides (103) to the platform, as part of updating the network location for the platform, an indication (such as, for example, a downlink traffic pending (DTP) flag) that the platform has pending downlink traffic notwithstanding that there is, in fact, no downlink traffic to provide to the wireless mobile two-way communications platform. Subsequent to this, one can then automatically cause (104) the platform to effect at least one of the authenticator relocation process and the Internet Protocol address renewal process.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described for facilitating network mobility in communication networks with an aim toward enhancing the scalability of MIP. Generally, in most of these embodiments, a network node (121) sends a message to a network device (131) to establish a data path for a remote unit (101) served by the network node. This message comprises a source link layer address which is associated with the remote unit. The message may or may not be sent in response to receiving signaling to facilitate wireless connectivity of a remote unit via the network node. In addition, the network device to which the message is sent may be an access router (AR) or a foreign agent (FA) of the remote unit.

Abstract: One determines (101, 102) that a given wireless mobile two-way communications platform is updating its network location (using, for example, an 802.16(e)-compatible protocol) at a time when there is no downlink traffic to provide to the platform and at a time when the platform should conduct at least one of an authenticator relocation process and an Internet Protocol address renewal process. In response to such determinations, one then automatically provides (103) to the platform, as part of updating the network location for the platform, an indication (such as, for example, a downlink traffic pending (DTP) flag) that the platform has pending downlink traffic notwithstanding that there is, in fact, no downlink traffic to provide to the wireless mobile two-way communications platform. Subsequent to this, one can then automatically cause (104) the platform to effect at least one of the authenticator relocation process and the Internet Protocol address renewal process.

Abstract: A method (500) and a system (300) for implementing point-to-point communications. The method can include identifying at least a first portion (348, 350) of a prefix (344, 346) of a network address, the prefix corresponding to a particular topological region (326, 328) of a communications network (302). The method further can include generating a unique prefix (360, 362) by updating the prefix with an identifier (356, 358) that is unique within the topological region of the communications network, and assigning the unique prefix to a node (304-314) of the communications network.

Abstract: A method, base station, and wireless communication system provide seamless mobility in a time division duplex system. The method includes determining a mobility capability of the wireless communication device (104). In response to determining that the mobility capability of the wireless communication device (104) may involve a network address change for a new sub-network (204), an identification of at least one neighboring base station (208) is provided to the wireless communication device (104) that the wireless communication can select to be handed into.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described for facilitating network mobility in communication networks with an aim toward enhancing the scalability of MIP. Generally, in most of these embodiments, a network node (121) sends a message to a network device (131) to establish a data path for a remote unit (101) served by the network node. This message comprises a source link layer address which is associated with the remote unit. The message may or may not be sent in response to receiving signaling to facilitate wireless connectivity of a remote unit via the network node. In addition, the network device to which the message is sent may be an access router (AR) or a foreign agent (FA) of the remote unit.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for creating a reverse tunnel in a communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining an authentication key from an entity in the communication system. The method further includes manipulating a registration request message (402) sent by a mobile station (106) to a local agent (110) at an external agent (112) and re-calculating a digital signature of the registration request message using the authentication key. This manipulation is performed by using the authentication key. Thereafter, the registration request message is sent (516) from the external agent to the local agent for creating the reverse tunnel.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for creating an Internet Protocol (IP) based reverse tunnel is described. The method includes receiving at an external agent (112) a registration request message from a mobile station (106). The method further includes sending from the external agent, an extension with the registration request message indicating support for creation of the reverse tunnel. Further, the method includes sending an extension together with registration reply from the local agent (110) to the external agent allowing the creation of the reverse tunnel if the extension from the external agent indicates that the reverse tunnel is supported by the external agent.

Abstract: A packet data communication system (100) that includes a plurality of communication units and a fixed infrastructure comprising a packet data routing system (101, 103) and a plurality of base sites (111-119), emloys a method and apparatus for paging a communication unit (110). The fixed infrastructure (101, 103, 111-119) transmits a paging message to a communication unit (110) of the plurality of communication units. In response to receiving the paging message, the communication unit (110) transmits an acknowledgment. If the fixed infrastructure (101, 103, 111-119) fails to receive the acknowledgment within a certain waiting period, the fixed infrastructure (101, 103, 111-119) waits at least until the expiration of a backoff period before again transmitting a paging message, wherein the length of time of the backoff period is based on a metric of known system behavioral patterns.