Abstract: A session management function (SMF) may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations. The operations may include selecting a user plane function based on a device type of a wireless device, responsive to a session establishment request to establish a packet data unit (PDU) session for the wireless device. An indication of the device type may be provided with the session establishment request. The operations may also include sending, to the user plane function, reporting rules based on a charging policy received from a policy control function (PCF) responsive to a charging policy request to the PCF.

Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for integrating collaborative spreadsheet data into one or more network applications is presented. The method may include accessing an application data schema comprising a set of constraints on application data consumed by an application hosted by an application server. The method may further include accessing a spreadsheet having one or more data validation rules. The method may further include determining whether the one or more data validation rules include the set of constraints. In response to determining the one or more data validation rules include the set of constraints, application data consumed by the application is synchronized with spreadsheet data corresponding to the spreadsheet.

Abstract: A system includes at least one mobile communication network for granting user equipment (UE) subscribed to the network a corresponding data quota comprising a corresponding amount of mobile data the UE can exchange with the network it is subscribed to. The system further includes a broker platform for making available for at least one mobile communication network a corresponding set of further data quotas, the broker platform further receiving a data amount request of a corresponding additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding network. In response to the received data amount request, the broker platform selects a further data quota from the set of further data quotas corresponding to the network the UE is subscribed to, and provides the additional data quota to the UE through the network the UE is subscribed to by exploiting at least a part of the selected further additional data quota.

Abstract: A PDCCH monitoring method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The method includes: monitoring PDCCH according to PDCCH blind detection capability information of N scheduling cells which are in M cells configured for UE by a network device and further including X scheduled cells; PDCCH blind detection capability information is related to a cell parameter of M cells and indicates maximum processing capability of UE in performing PDCCH blind detection in each or N scheduling cells per unit time; M and N are positive integers greater than or equal to 1, X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 0, M=N+X.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to a method for controlling service flow transmission. One example method includes: a session management network element obtains a first TMBR of a service flow transmitted in a session by using a first access technology and a guaranteed bandwidth of a first GBR service flow, where the TMBR indicates a TMBR of service flows transmitted in the session by using the first access technology. The session management network element sends first information to a data plane network element, where the first information is used by the data plane network element to determine one or more of the following information of the session: a first AMBR, a second AMBR corresponding to the first access technology, and a second TMBR. A second AMBR indicates an AMBR of a non-GBR service flow transmitted in the session by using the first access technology.

Abstract: A batch of CRUD operations can be coupled with the resource discovery operation and directly conducted on the matched resources, without initiating new CRUD requests. New functionality at the Originator and Receiver can differentiate the resources for which criteria matching is applied from the resources included in the discovery/filtering results. Enhanced functionality at the Originator and Receiver can combine discovery with RESTful operations targeting a resource set different than but related the discovered resources. Other enhancements may be used to request discovery of resources in a specified relationship to those matching a filter, or to request group formation based on the result.

Abstract: A method is provided to anonymize the media access control (MAC) address of a client device. The method involves generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses for use by a client device in a network. Policies are defined that determine which one of the plurality of MAC addresses is to be used by the client device. The plurality of MAC addresses allocated for use by the client device are registered with a management entity in the network.

Abstract: An electronic board, a system and a control method for controlling the electronic board are disclosed. A system for controlling an electronic board includes: a display screen, a data receiving circuit, a control circuit and a communication circuit, wherein the data receiving circuit is configured to receive first board data, where the first board data is unique data of the electronic board, the control circuit is configured to generate to-be-displayed board content according to the first board data and the second board data, the second board data is background template data, and the board content is content in a picture format; the communication circuit is configured to send the board content generated by the control circuit to one or more electronic boards.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method performed by an AMF entity in a Visited Public Land Mobile Network, VPLMN, entity serving a roaming UE, the method comprises: obtaining, by the AMF entity, a subscribed UE-AMBR for the UE; sending, by the AMF entity, an Access Management, AM, Policy request message towards a Visited Policy Control Function, V-PCF, entity in the VPLMN to establish or update an AM Policy for the roaming UE; receiving by the AMF entity in response to sending the AM Policy request message, an AM Policy response message sent by the V-PCF entity and comprising Access and mobility related policy information that includes a serving network UE-AMBR for the UE decided by the V-PCF entity; and deploying the serving network UE-AMBR instead of the subscribed UE-AMBR by sending the policy control information including the determined UE-AMBR to a RAN node in the serving network.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling implementation of network policies in a system including a core network and an open radio access network (O-RAN). The method includes receiving a request for accessing one of multiple network components from an application at a centralized network policy controller. The method additionally includes evaluating the request at the central network policy controller to determine if the request is core related or RAN related and assigning the application to a selected one of the multiple network components based on the evaluation, wherein the selected one is a core component when the request is core-related and the selected one is a RAN component when the request is RAN-related.

Abstract: A method for performing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless communication system and a device for same are disclosed. Particularly, a method for a user equipment (UE) performing V2X communication with a PC5 interface in a wireless communication system includes: receiving from an upper layer a request for transmitting a V2X message; requesting radio resources, for V2X communication with a PC5 interface, to a base station or selecting radio resources for V2X communication with the PC5 interface; and performing transmission of V2X communication with the PC5 interface, wherein, if a UE has emergency packet data network (PDN) connection, an indication, indicating that transmission with the emergency PDN connection is a higher priority than the V2X communication with the PC5 interface, can be transmitted from the upper layer.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for the management of network access. Implementations may utilize a data service, such as a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN may be configured to detect the situations in which a user may be attempting to circumvent a local network restriction. If a local network Wi-Fi gateway restricts Internet access, but a user device circumvents that gateway to reach another network, such as the VPN, via a different local connection (e.g., via a neighbor's Wi-Fi gateway, or a cellular data connection), then notifications may be sent to a controlling device, such as a parental device, which in turn can be used to deny access. A local gateway and/or a network connection management application comprising a VPN module on the user device may also cooperate in the detection of this circumvention.

Abstract: System and method for initiating mass notification events. The notification events may include unidirectional or bidirectional messaging to a plurality of recipients. Events are provisioned to include a set of recipients and a message to be delivered to those recipients. The events are provided to a set of topic channels. Individual ones of communication method handlers are caused to subscribe to one or more of the topic channels.

Abstract: A method for notification reminder is provided. A notification is received in a do not disturb (DND) mode. A contact corresponding to the notification is identified. A notification interface corresponding to the notification is displayed when the contact belongs to a preset contact group. A mode type of the DND mode is acquired. When the mode type belongs to a first mode type including a sleep mode and/or a mute mode, perform the notification reminder through sound according to a first prompt tone parameter and/or vibration according to a first vibration parameter. When the mode type belongs to a second mode type including a game mode and/or a meeting mode, perform the notification reminder through sound according to a second prompt tone parameter and/or vibration according to a second vibration parameter. The notification reminder is skipped when the contact does not belong to the preset contact group.

Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call from a caller and destined for a callee, receiving a data message associated with the call, forwarding the data message to a call processing server, processing the data message to identify one or more call parameters, comparing the one or more call parameters to an active call scam model applied by the call processing server, determining a scam score for the call based on the comparing of the one or more call parameters to the active call scam model applied by the call processing server, and determining whether to notify the callee that the call is a scam based on the scam score.

Abstract: Location determination and telephone number distribution for emergency calls is enabled by a telephony system which maintains multiple pools of telephone numbers. Each pool corresponds to a different region such that the pools of telephone numbers are defined at the region-level rather than at the site-level. The telephony system determines the location of a calling device initiating an emergency call regardless of whether the calling device is at a known site. Based on the determined location of the calling device, one of the pools of telephone numbers which corresponds to that location is selected. The telephony system thereafter distributes a telephone number for the calling device to use for the emergency call from that selected pool of telephone numbers to facilitate an emergency call between the calling device and a local public safety answering point.

Abstract: A distributed ledger interworking architecture is described wherein a distributed ledger proxy interfaces with IoT service layer systems and distributed ledger systems. Service layer nodes may interact with the distributed ledger proxy to leverage functions provided by distributed ledger systems, such as to request that the distributed ledger proxy insert some service layer information into the distributed ledgers. A distributed ledger proxy can support multiple service layer nodes and may interface to multiple different distributed ledger systems.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically providing safe call back numbers to use to respond to an inbound communication, the method comprising parsing message records from a message server, analyzing the message records for untrustworthy phone numbers by comparing content of the message records to a reference data set that is retrieved from a database, the reference data set including genuine and fraud data wherein the genuine and fraud data includes entities and contact information corresponding to the entities, determining untrustworthy phone numbers in the message records from the analysis, and generating remedy actions based on the determination of the untrustworthy phone numbers.

Abstract: A PDCCH monitoring method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The method includes: monitoring PDCCH according to PDCCH blind detection capability information of N scheduling cells which are in M cells configured for UE by a network device and further including X scheduled cells; PDCCH blind detection capability information is related to a cell parameter of M cells and indicates maximum processing capability of UE in performing PDCCH blind detection in each or N scheduling cells per unit time; M and N are positive integers greater than or equal to 1, X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 0, M=N+X.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for providing for providing computer implemented services using managed systems are disclosed. To improve the likelihood of the computer implemented services being provided, a subscription based model may be used to manage the managed systems. The subscription model may utilize a highly accessible service to obtain information regarding capabilities of managed systems to present information regarding all potential solutions that the managed systems may provide. By presenting users with such information, the users may not need to be well versed in the underlying hardware and software components necessary for the solutions to be provided. As the hardware components of a managed system are changed over time, the compatible solutions may be continuously updated so that users may be continuously appraised of possible solutions that may be provided using the managed systems.

Abstract: A system, device, and method for implementing secure control over audio-visual (AV) equipment connected to an AV gateway is disclosed. The solution includes utilizing a user device to remotely control the AV gateway by connecting both the user device and the AV gateway to an Internet of Things (IoT) network, and facilitating communication between the user device and the AV gateway via messages using an MQTT broker or IoT cloud services.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing policy and charging control in an information-centric network are described. An interest packet is transmitted from a content consumer to a holder through a gNB, ICN-PoA and ICN-GW. The interest packet has a prefix identifying content to be retrieved and a type field indicating an interest packet. The ICN-PoA modifies the interest packet to include a type of service (TS) field having the identity of the consumer and then transmitted to the ICN-GW when the content is neither created nor cached inside the 5G network. A data packet that includes the prefix, a type field indicating a data packet and the TS field is returned from the ICN-GW. The data packet is modified by the ICN-PoA to remove the TS field and transmitted to the consumer. The interest and data packets are logged and reported to an ICN-CF for generation of charging records.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and method in a user equipment (UE) supporting registration using third generation partnership project (3GPP) access and using non-3GPP access, the method comprising storing, in a memory of the UE, first emergency information received using first registration procedures; receiving, by the UE, a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message using second registration procedures via non-3GPP access; and keeping, in the memory, the first emergency information after receiving the REGISTRATION ACCEPT message.

Abstract: One aspect provides a method performed by a network node implementing a network function repository function in a core network. A registration request message to register a CHF in a repository of network functions is received, the registration request message includes an indication of one or more sets of charging characteristics supported by the CHF and addressing information to reach the CHF. Each CHF in the repository is registered. A discovery request message including one or more search parameters for identifying a CHF, including at least an indication of a set of charging characteristics to be applied for the packet data connection is received. A CHF that supports the indicated set of charging characteristics is identified based on the one or more search parameters. A discovery response message comprising the addressing information to reach the identified CHF is transmitted.

Abstract: Systems and methods for setting up a telephony communication include an operating system of a user telephony device diverting a call setup request made via a native dialer of the user telephony device to a telephony software application on the user telephony device. The telephony software application then sets up the requested telephony communication using a telephony communication application programming interface (API). The telephony communication may be setup in a way that results in the called party not receiving information about the calling party or the calling party's telephone number.

Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for a group music sharing session during a video conference. A video conference may be displayed on a user interface of one or more endpoint devices. A group music sharing session may be initiated with two or more members of the video conference. Participants of the group music sharing sessions may select one or more songs. The selected songs and music information may be retrieved from a multimedia server. A playlist comprising the selected songs may be generated and displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants. A participant may select a song from the playlist. The selected song may be played simultaneously on the endpoint devices of the participants. The music information may be displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participation.

Abstract: A host establishes an up-to-date, an automated, secure, and Peer-Two-Peer (PSP) communication session with a peripheral. During the communication session, the host controls serialization, prioritization, and delivery of messages being passed. Each message providing command instructions and/or information for processing between the host and the peripheral.

Abstract: A network device receives, from a user equipment (UE), a Next Generation Mobile network attach request, wherein the Next Generation Mobile network attach request includes a Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) network attach request. The network device initiates attachment procedures, in response to receipt of the Next Generation Mobile network attach request and the VoLTE network attach request, to attach the UP to the Next Generation Mobile network and to a VoLTE network, and initiates establishment of a connection between the Next Generation Mobile network and the UE.

Abstract: Methods and systems may support dynamic, real-time or near-real-time processing, analysis, and processing of data to automatically identify and obtain coupons corresponding to consumer products such that, in response to receiving a request to purchase one or more products, qualifying coupons may be automatically identified, retrieved, and applied to the purchase.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling implementation of network policies in a system including a core network and an open radio access network (O-RAN). The method includes receiving a request for accessing one of multiple network components from an application at a centralized network policy controller. The method additionally includes evaluating the request at the central network policy controller to determine if the request is core related or RAN related and assigning the application to a selected one of the multiple network components based on the evaluation, wherein the selected one is a core component when the request is core-related and the selected one is a RAN component when the request is RAN-related.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to system to monitor and control data flow in a network. At least one device in a core network may be responsible for charging functions related to the data requests. During certain high usage scenarios (e.g., emergencies, special events, etc.), it may be possible for the charging system to be overwhelmed. For example, a policing system may be implemented in the core network to at least manage the flow of requests to the charging system. The policing system may monitor and control request flow to the charging system based on at least one policy. When a request is determined to violate a policy, the policing system may take corrective action to prevent the charging system from being overwhelmed. For example, the policing system may block the request, divert the request to another charging system that may have available capacity, etc.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically providing safe call back numbers to use to respond to an inbound communication, the method comprising parsing message records from a message server, analyzing the message records for untrustworthy phone numbers by comparing content of the message records to a reference data set that is retrieved from a database, the reference data set including genuine and fraud data wherein the genuine and fraud data includes entities and contact information corresponding to the entities, determining untrustworthy phone numbers in the message records from the analysis, and generating remedy actions based on the determination of the untrustworthy phone numbers.

Abstract: A communication method, apparatus, and system, the method including sending, by a policy control network element, policy control information to a network device, where the policy control information includes a trigger event for reporting transport network information, and where the trigger event triggers the network device to report the transport network information to the policy control network element, receiving, by the policy control network element, the transport network information from the network device, formulating, by the policy control network element, a control policy based on the transport network information, and sending, by the policy control network element, the control policy to the network device.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to wireless communications are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first access node in a first type of communication network, a request from a wireless device to establish a voice session with an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS); initiating, by the first access node, an IMS voice session establishment for the wireless device; configuring, by the first access node, a Quality of Service (QoS) for the IMS voice session using a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session modification request; and determining, in part based on one or more capabilities of the wireless device, to refrain from triggering a fallback to a second type of communication network for the IMS voice session establishment.

Abstract: A method is provided to anonymize the media access control (MAC) address of a client device. The method involves generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses for use by a client device in a network. Policies are defined that determine which one of the plurality of MAC addresses is to be used by the client device. The plurality of MAC addresses allocated for use by the client device are registered with a management entity in the network.

Abstract: A system, device, and method for implementing secure control over audio-visual (AV) equipment connected to an AV gateway is disclosed. The solution includes utilizing a user device to remotely control the AV gateway by connecting both the user device and the AV gateway to an Internet of Things (IoT) network, and facilitating communication between the user device and the AV gateway via messages using an MQTT broker or IoT cloud services.

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) receives, from an access and mobility management function (AMF): a request to establish at least one packet data unit (PDU) session for a wireless device; and a device type of the wireless device. The SMF sends to a policy control function: a request for at least one charging policy for the at least one PDU session; and the device type received by the SMF from the AMF. The SMF receives, from the policy control function, the at least one charging policy determined based on the device type. The SMF selects a user plane function based on the device type received by the SMF from the AMF. The SMF sends, to the user plane function, reporting rules based on the at least one charging policy.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for assisting an unregistered user device to access private network services and a communication system. The method includes steps as follows. A request to access a private service of a private network is sent by a user device. In response to determining that the user device not registered on the private network wants to access the private service, the user device is assisted to obtain a temporary user profile by a mobile edge computing server through an emergency type attachment procedure. In response to determining that the user device is registered on the private network through the emergency type attachment procedure, a regular attachment procedure is executed by the user device based on the temporary user profile. In response to determining that the user device executes the regular attachment procedure, the mobile edge computing server provides the user device with the private service.

Abstract: A managed Wi-Fi service network device can receive, from a cellular network device, an allowable throughput rate at which a user equipment is authorized to communicate via a managed Wi-Fi service network. Based on the allowable throughput rate, the managed Wi-Fi service network device can monitor a communication rate of the user equipment via the managed Wi-Fi service network. In response to the user equipment communicating via the managed Wi-Fi service network at a rate that exceeds the allowable throughput rate, the managed Wi-Fi service network device can facilitate reducing the communication rate of the user equipment. Also, a user equipment can receive from a cellular network device an allowable throughput rate at which the user equipment is authorized to communicate via the managed Wi-Fi service network. The UE can communicate via the managed Wi-Fi service network at a communication rate that does not exceed the allowable throughput rate.

Abstract: A data management platform for managing interconnected data and its derivatives is disclosed. For one example of the present disclosure, the data management platform receives data assets to a data management platform through an API gateway. The data assets are reformatted based upon a corresponding data model. A set of data management features are accessed through a corresponding API. The set of data management modules includes tagging, ownership, relationship, cataloging, discovery, lineage and provenance, and lifecycle. The management modules provide dynamic identification of interconnections between the data assets. Interconnections for the data assets are generated and the data assets and the interconnection data are stored based upon a format of the data.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically providing safe call back numbers to use to respond to an inbound communication, the method comprising parsing message records from a message server, analyzing the message records for untrustworthy phone numbers by comparing content of the message records to a reference data set that is retrieved from a database, the reference data set including genuine and fraud data wherein the genuine and fraud data includes entities and contact information corresponding to the entities, determining untrustworthy phone numbers in the message records from the analysis, and generating remedy actions based on the determination of the untrustworthy phone numbers.

Abstract: Techniques are described to provide traffic steering and policy combining in a mobile network. In one example, a method includes combining, by a policy function of a network, a user equipment (UE) access policy comprising UE access rules obtained from a UE with a network-based access policy associated with the network to generate a combined access policy, the combined access policy comprising combined access rules; communicating the combined access rules to the UE via a message, wherein the message comprises an indication that indicates that the UE is not allowed to override the combined access rules with the UE access rules; and communicating the combined access rules to a user plane function handling traffic for the UE.

Abstract: Exemplary of embodiments of the disclosure include a method which includes determining, by a first device, whether the first device has a current time and transmitting a request for the current time to a second device if the first device does not have the current time. The second device is in a local network. The method further includes receiving, by the first device, the current time from the second device, authenticating a certificate based on the current time received from the second device, and establishing a network connection to the local network based on the authenticated certificate.

Abstract: System and methods for providing calling party information are disclosed. In one implementation, a server for providing calling party information includes one or more processors configured to receive a query for calling party information from a carrier. The query includes an identifier associated with the calling party. The processors are further configured to determine a score based on one or more previously obtained queries, generate the calling party information based on the score, and transmit the calling party information to the carrier. The carrier transmits the calling party information to a device associated with the called party as a Caller ID Name (CNAM).

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for generating traffic class-specific congestion signatures and other machine learning models for improving network performance. In some embodiments, a network controller can receive historical traffic data captured by a plurality of network devices within a first period of time that the network devices apply one or more traffic shaping policies for a predetermined traffic class and a predetermined congestion state. The controller can generate training data sets including flows of the historical traffic data labeled as corresponding to the predetermined traffic class and predetermined congestion state. The controller can generate, based on the training data sets, traffic class-specific congestion signatures that receive input traffic data determined to correspond to the predetermined traffic class and output an indication whether the input traffic data corresponds to the predetermined congestion state.

Abstract: A device obtains a data structure from a computing device, and divides the data structure into data segments. The device obtains a list of user devices from the computing device and obtains, from one or more network devices, a respective location and a respective reachability of each user device. The device determines, based on the respective location of each user device, a set of user devices connected to a base station. The device determines a communication capability of the base station, and determines, based on the communication capability, a subset of the set of user devices and one or more sets of the data segments. The device sends, based on the respective reachability of each user device of the subset of user devices, the one or more sets of data segments to the subset of user devices via the base station.

Abstract: A desktop agent configured to execute on a computer includes a web-application interface and an agent communication port. The web-application interface receives an application launch request for an emergency service application from a web-based application executing in a browser. The emergency service application has a plurality of application communication ports. The agent communication port transmits a launch message to a selected port of the plurality of application communication ports, the selected port selected based on the application launch request. The agent communication port receives, from the selected port, information collected by the emergency service application responsive to the launch message. The desktop agent is configured to transmit the information collected by the emergency service application to a cloud-based computer aided dispatch system.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to customization of alerts using telecommunications services. A data-communications server is configured to provide a database with a set of virtual office features including client-specific call routing functions available to remotely-situated client entities based on a subscription. The server is configured to provide to the client entities, a set of instructions written in a first programming language, and to receive from each respective client entity, client-specific sets of control data written in a second programming language. The client-specific sets of control data may specify particular alerts and/or reminders to be provided to end-users of the respective client entity.

Abstract: A method for permitting unfamiliar call, applied to a communication device having a memory and a call-blocking app to provide an unfamiliar call, includes the steps of: configuring an area in the memory of the communication device as a storage unit; recording at least one password into a password-correlated table in the storage unit, each of the at least one password being related to a specific user of the communication device; as an unfamiliar call is received, asking a caller of the unfamiliar call to provide an answer for a trivial question immediately provided by the communication device; determining whether or not the answer matches any of the at least one password in the password-correlated table; forwarding the unfamiliar call to the user corresponding to the matched password listed in the password-correlated table if positive; and, blocking the unfamiliar call if negative.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically assign user devices to communicate to cell sites and antenna arrays using either a first wireless communication protocol or a second wireless communication protocol. User devices assigned to communicate with an antenna array are monitored to determine if they are located within a desired location of the sector. If the user device is located outside of the desired location, the number of quality of service class identifiers (QCI) is determined. If the number of QCIs exceeds one, the lower priority QCIs are disabled.