Abstract: There are provided measures for location based network access management. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a rejection message indicative of rejection of access of said mobile terminal to a first mobile network, checking for a cause of said rejection of access of said mobile terminal to said first mobile network, and affecting, if said cause of said rejection of access of said mobile terminal to said first mobile network is indicative of that said mobile terminal is not allowed to access to said first mobile network from a determined location of said mobile terminal, a selection of a second mobile network to be accessed based on a content of said rejection message.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a media delivery application transmits encoded chunks of a media title to a playback application. In operation, the media delivery application receives, via a media channel, an encoded chunk request that has been transmitted over a TCP connection. The media delivery application also receives, via a side channel, a pacing specification that is associated with the encoded chunk request and has been transmitted over the TCP connection. As per the encoded chunk request, the media delivery application retrieves encoded chunk content. The media delivery application sets a parameter associated with the TCP connection equal to a parameter value based on the pacing specification. Subsequently, the media delivery application causes TCP segments corresponding to the encoded chunk content to be transmitted, via the media channel, over the TCP connection in accordance with the first parameter value.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving an indication of an identifier of a group comprising one or more user equipments, providing the indication of the identifier of the group to a first network function and selecting a second network function for use by a user equipment of the group based on the indication of the identifier of the group.

Abstract: Techniques for preventing denial of call transfer are provided. For example, a method, comprises: indicating, in an apparatus, that a call pull is initiated; categorizing, in the apparatus, an access attempt occurred for the call pull as a mobile-terminated access attempt; and making, in the apparatus, the access attempt to a network by transmitting a message to enable a process for the call pull, wherein the message includes a cause value set according to the categorization of the access attempt. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE).

Abstract: In various embodiments, a media delivery application transmits encoded chunks of a media title to a playback application. In operation, the media delivery application receives, via a media channel, an encoded chunk request that has been transmitted over a TCP connection. The media delivery application also receives, via a side channel, a pacing specification that is associated with the encoded chunk request and has been transmitted over the TCP connection. As per the encoded chunk request, the media delivery application retrieves encoded chunk content. The media delivery application sets a parameter associated with the TCP connection equal to a parameter value based on the pacing specification. Subsequently, the media delivery application causes TCP segments corresponding to the encoded chunk content to be transmitted, via the media channel, over the TCP connection in accordance with the first parameter value.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for performing: receiving, from a first client, a call request comprising address information for calling at least one second client, the address information comprising a Functional Alias, wherein the Functional Alias is activated by the at least one second client; in response to receiving the call request at the apparatus, sending, to a server, a request to re-solve the Functional Alias to at least one Mission Critical Push to Talk Identifier of the at least one second client that has activated the Functional Alias; receiving, at the apparatus from the server, the at least one Mission Critical Push to Talk Identifier of the at least one second client; sending, from the apparatus, a call request to the at least one second client using the at least one Mission Critical Push to Talk Identifier of the at least one second client.

Abstract: A server receives a call request for a mission critical, push to talk (MCPTT) call. In response to receiving the call request, the server accesses a mapping of an MCPTT identifier of a user equipment with an interworking identifier that is formed according to an address format implemented in Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) for Railways (GSM-R). The server then forwards the call request from the server based on the mapping. In some cases, the MCPTT identifier is a uniform resource identifier (URI) and the interworking identifier is represented in an e164 format.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing IMS level awareness of high latency device are provided. One method, when a UE attaches to EPC, receiving, at a network node, an indication that the UE is a high latency device. The method may also include assigning, to the UE, an IP address selected from a special IP address range that is designated specifically for high latency devices. When the UE performs IMS registration, the method may include determining that the UE is a high latency UE based on the UE's IP address provided with the IMS registration request and assigned during the EPC attach procedure.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring, for each of plural attempts of a web identity to register for an internet protocol multimedia service, if the respective attempt is received; generating, for each of the plural attempts if the respective attempt is received, a respective private user identification based on the web identity and a respective distinguishing identifier, wherein probability that two of the private user identifications have a same value is less than a predefined limit; providing the respective private user identification in response to the respective attempt.

Abstract: A server receives a call request for a mission critical, push to talk (MCPTT) call. In response to receiving the call request, the server accesses a mapping of an MCPTT identifier of a user equipment with an interworking identifier that is formed according to an address format implemented in Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) for Railways (GSM-R). The server then forwards the call request from the server based on the mapping. In some cases, the MCPTT identifier is a uniform resource identifier (URI) and the interworking identifier is represented in an e164 format.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a User Equipment UE, configured to: support access, via a serving network referred to as local network including an IMS network accessed by a PS domain, without user authentication, to services referred to as Local Services, including non-emergency services.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for data storage (DS) function selection are provided. One method includes obtaining, from a network node, an address of a DS function that contains user equipment (UE) context information for at least one UE. The method may further include accessing, by a client, the DS function to register for the UE context information.

Abstract: A scenario may arise in which a circuit switched (CS) bearer reservation is successful but a voice media switching from packet switched (PS) to CS performed by a mobile switching center (MSC) server fails. Certain embodiments provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for recovery from such a scenario. A method, for example, can include determining whether session transfer of a user equipment is possible in response to a request from a network element to initiate session transfer of the user equipment and reporting to the requesting network element either a generic or specific indication that the transfer is not possible, when it is determined that the session transfer is not possible.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for data storage (DS) function selection are provided. One method includes obtaining, from a network node, an address of a DS function that contains user equipment (UE) context information for at least one UE. The method may further include accessing, by a client, the DS function to register for the UE context information.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in accordance with example embodiments in order to provide methods, apparatuses, and/or systems that reduce and/or eliminate network inefficiencies caused by the persistence of user-equipment-specific associations with network interfaces and elements, including but not limited to user-equipment-specific associations on at least N2. In some example implementations, an AMF may assign a temporary ID containing particularized identification information to a UE in a manner that allows for selection by a (R)AN of a AMF and that enables an AMF to process an N1/N2 transaction, such as may occur when a UE enters an idle mode and/or transitions from an idle mode to a connected mode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a User Equipment UE, configured to: support access, via a serving network referred to as local network including an IMS network accessed by a PS domain, without user authentication, to services referred to as Local Services, including non-emergency services.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from the transfer of sender or receiver communication parameters. For example, such transfer of sender communication parameters may be useful in connection with single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) and reverse SRVCC. A method can include receiving, at an intermediate entity from a first entity, signaling including at least one parameter describing a user plane payload format that the first entity wants to receive and an encoding that the first entity wants to receive. The method can also include forwarding, by the intermediate entity, the at least one parameter in signaling to a second entity.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising supervising if an information in a registration request is received from a registrar of a network domain, wherein the information comprises an application identity of a user of a terminal device and a network identity; storing, based on the received information, a binding between the application identity and the network identity; determining the network identity based on the binding and a received first request for establishing a communication to the terminal device; providing, based on the received first request, to the network domain, a second request for establishing the communication towards the terminal device, wherein the second request is based on the determined network identity.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing IMS level awareness of high latency device are provided. One method, when a UE attaches to EPC, receiving, at a network node, an indication that the UE is a high latency device. The method may also include assigning, to the UE, an IP address selected from a special IP address range that is designated specifically for high latency devices. When the UE performs IMS registration, the method may include determining that the UE is a high latency UE based on the UE's IP address provided with the IMS registration request and assigned during the EPC attach procedure.

Abstract: There is proposed a method and corresponding apparatuses allowing a change from a packet switched communication domain to a circuit switched communication domain. When a user equipment as a connection terminating point receives a connection initialization message with a media flow, such as audio, which cannot be delivered by the packet switched access, it sends a specific response rejecting the connection via the packet switched access to an application server for service centralization and continuity. In the application server, it is checked whether several conditions are met in order to determine whether the communication connection comprising the media flow is allowed to be changed to the circuit switched domain. If yes, the communication connection is changed from the packet switched communication domain to the circuit switched communication domain.