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A method, apparatus and system are provided for acquiring an access point name for an application employing a local Internet protocol breakout service. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a user management subsystem (820) configured to initiate an Internet protocol application. The apparatus also includes a local breakout service monitoring subsystem (810) configured to monitor availability of a local Internet protocol local breakout service and to obtain an access point name from the local Internet protocol local breakout service when the local Internet protocol local breakout service is available. The apparatus also includes an access point name selection control subsystem (830) configured to bind the access point name to the Internet protocol application.

A home network system has a home appliance, a portable terminal to receive a control command associated with the home appliance, and an access point to allow the home appliance or the portable terminal to be connected to a wide area network (WAN), wherein the access point notifies the home appliance of the connection of the portable terminal if the portable terminal connects to the access point, so that the home application detects that a user returns home and performs a certain operation as a user connects to the access point when returning home.

A wireless data-oriented service provides toll free data access to wireless users, such as GSM or CDMA-based users, when accessing specified content. The content provider pays for (“sponsors”) access to specific content for wireless users, often in conjunction with advertisement campaigns. In one embodiment a separate access point name is used when making the request to distinguish between sponsored data and conventional data access requests. In another embodiment, a portal proxy is used and sponsored data is distinguished from conventional data by the address of the destination web site. Wireless users accessing the sponsored content are not billed for usage, but rather the content provider is billed for usage. A data session management platform generates appropriate call data records indicating the session usage and transmits the records to reconcile accounts between the mobile network operator and the content provider.

The invention discloses a method and a system for automatically connecting to WiFi (wireless fidelity) access points and a mobile communication terminal. The method includes setting a WiFi access point information list on a server, acquiring unique identification of the current WiFi access point by the mobile communication terminal, sending an access code request message to the server through a mobile data network, querying the WiFi access point information list through the server, acquiring the corresponding access code according to the unique identification of the current WiFi access point, and sending the access code to the mobile communication terminal, and finally receiving the access code by the mobile communication terminal and connecting to the current WiFi access point according to the access code. The WiFi access point information list is used for saving unique identifications and corresponding access codes of the WiFi access points; the access code request message includes the unique identification of the current WiFi access point.

The present invention relates to a method of balancing a load and method of setting up a call using the load balancing method in a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, which prevents a load from concentrating on a specific Gateway GPRS Supporting Node (GGSN) in the GPRS network, thus reducing a probability of failure in session establishment due to increased traffic. In the load balancing method, when a Service GPRS Supporting Node (SGSN) connected to a mobile node establishes a session, it selects a GGSN having a smallest number of established sessions among a plurality of GGSNs corresponding to an Access Point Name (APN) included in an Activate PDP Context Request message received from the mobile node and requests the selected GGSN to establish a session, thus solving a problem in which a load concentrates on a specific GGSN.

Disclosed is a method of controlling a LIPA (Local IP Access) service in a server taking charge of the control plane within a mobile communication network. The method of controlling a LIPA service may include receiving an initial message from Home (e)NodeB. The initial message may include at least one of LIPA related information and capability information. The LIPA related information may include at least one of APN (Access Point Name) for LIPA and information for a local gateway, and the capability information may include an indicator indicating whether the Home (e)NodeB supports a LIPA function, and the initial message may include an access request message by a terminal. The method of controlling a LIPA service may further include determining whether the terminal can use a LIPA service at the Home (e)NodeB by considering at least one of the LIPA related information within the initial message, the capability information within the initial message, and subscriber information of the terminal, upon receiving the initial message; storing a result of the determination; generating an access accept message including an indicator indicating whether the terminal can use a LIPA service at the Home (e)NodeB; and transmitting an initial setup message including the generated access accept message to the Home (e)NodeB.

The invention discloses a method of self-adapting configuration of APN on a mobile terminal, which comprises: collecting network setting information parameters of various network operators to generate a network parameter setting database and store the database in an internal memory of the mobile terminal; reading a file of network operator information stored in an SIM / USIM card used in the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal matching the obtained APN configuration information in the network parameter setting database according to the acquired network operator information; the mobile terminal automatically performing parameter configuration based on the obtained APN configuration information. The invention omits the trouble of manual APN configuration, even if a user changes the SIM / USIM card, the mobile terminal can automatically configurating the APN information corresponding to the new operator, thereby satisfying the request of the user for mobile net playing without changes.

A method and system that enhances the existing access barring mechanism as specified in the current 3GPP specification is disclosed. The method disclosed provides enhancing the access barring mechanism to accommodate application level barring between the User equipment (UE) and the network. The method disclosed individually restricts or permits access of network to every requesting application on the UE, based on granular category of the application and priority levels of the application within the granular category. The method disclosed also specifies handling of back-off timers; reject cause values and Access Point Name (APN) configuration by Access Stratum (AS) and Non Access Stratum (NAS) layer to support application level barring of UEs using the enhanced access barring mechanism. The enhanced access barring mechanism enables providing service to applications independent of other barred applications or priorities. The method disclosed provides a mechanism for access control for connected mode UEs.

The present invention refers to providing of a load balancing, by use of a gateway network element comprising a group of load balanced access points. In particular, the load balancing is performed by selecting of an access point from said group of load balanced access points by use of an access point name, which is derived from a packet data protocol context activation request, said packet data protocol context activation request being transmitted by a mobile subscriber or node, respectively, and received by the gateway network element.

A system and method for dynamically updating service information from a service provider to a data terminal in an access point network wherein an access point requests service information from a local server; in response, the access point receives service information from the local server. Subsequently, the access point maps the service information to a link-level communication Service Discovery Protocol (SDP). The access point then sends the mapped service information to a data terminal.

Techniques and systems for server farm load balancing and resource allocation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of load balancing can include: arranging servers into service groups; receiving an access request with information related to a differentiation between the service groups; selecting one of the service groups based on a mapping comparison to the information; and selecting one of the servers within the selected service group based on a hardware utilization comparison. The servers can include GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Gateway Support Node (GGSN) or Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) servers, for example. The information can include an Access Point Name (APN) or Calling Station ID, for example.

A method and apparatus for establishing data connections between multiple networks is provided. A portable, electronic device 300, such as a mobile telephone, includes a communication module 303 configured to initiate the data connection by transmitting an initiation request. The device 300 establishes the data connection, which may be a packet data protocol-context data connection in a general packet radio service environment, by transmitting an initiation request that includes a network identifier such as access point name to obtain an Internet protocol address. Upon determining available network channels suitable for establishment of the network connection, a processing module 304 selects a corresponding network identifier from a look-up table 305 of network identifiers and corresponding networks. The communication module 303 then transmits the data connection initiation request having the selected network identifier so as to establish a switched packet data connection with the selected network.

A method of initiating a service with an access point name (APN) of a wireless communication system for a mobile device in the wireless communication system is disclosed. The mobile device has a plurality of connections with the APN. The method comprises disconnecting at least one first connection of the plurality of connections from the APN, wherein the mobile device keeps at least one second connection of the plurality of connections connected; and initiating the service with the APN, after disconnecting the at least one first connection from the APN; wherein the APN is congested or overloaded.

A local breakout session establishment method and apparatus in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) is provided for an HeNB to efficiently route local IP packets. A local breakout service method for a wireless communication system including a macro evolved Node B (eNB) and a Home eNB (HeNB) having a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (PGW) and a serving gateway (SGW) includes selecting, at a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the PGW of the HeNB and transmitting a Create Default Bearer Request message to the HeNB in response to a local breakout service request message including a local breakout Access Point Name (APN); assigning, at the HeNB, an IP address to a user equipment transmitted the local breakout service request message and transmitting a Create Default Bearer Response message including a Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (TEID) to the MME; transmitting a Bearer Setup Request message including the TEID from the MME to the HeNB; and configuring, at the HeNB, a radio bearer with the user equipment and routing data transmitted by the user equipment through the radio bearer to an Internet Protocol (IP) network by means of the internal PGW.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and relevant apparatuses for supporting addressing by a user static Internet Protocol (IP) address in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The method includes: when a user attaches to a network, downloading, by a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), user subscription data including a user static IP address and information of a corresponding Access Point Name (APN) to a Mobility Management Entity (MME); sending, by the MME, the user static IP address and the information of the corresponding APN to a Serving Gateway (S-GW) through a Create Default Bearer Request message; sending, by the S-GW, the user static IP address, the information of the corresponding APN and an address of an S-GW serving the user to a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) corresponding to the APN which corresponds to the user static IP address; and establishing, by the P-GW, a default bearer according to the user static IP address, the information of the corresponding APN and the address of the S-GW serving the user. The present invention solves the packet data addressing problem of the user static IP address in a simple manner. The procedure is simple and convenient for use and has better applicability.

A mobile device receives from a first client application a request to exchange first data over a mobile communication network. The mobile device determines whether the first client application is associated with a first persona or a second persona of a user. Upon determining the first client application is associated with the first persona, the mobile device establishes a first data connection based on a first Access Point Name (APN) network identifier with the mobile communication network and routes the first data over the first data connection. The mobile device also receives from a second client device a request to exchange second data over the mobile communication network. Upon determining the second client application is associated with the second persona, the mobile device establishes a second data connection based on a second APN network identifier with the mobile communication network and routes the second data over the second data connection.

The invention discloses selection method and device of an access point. The selection method comprises the following steps of: triggering application which needs to use data service linkage by a user; and selecting an APN (Access Point Name for the application from the corresponding relation information of the application of a selection database with the multiple APN and the APN by a terminal according to the basic information of the application when the user does not start user custom setting on multiple APNs and the application does not need special APN. The data services are used by selecting different access points for the application for the linkage, thus the invention realizes the selection management of the multiple APN in a multimode terminal, achieves the purposes of meeting the optimum usage of the user on the data service application of an Android mobile phone, enhances the property of the data services, reasonably distributes the use flow of the data services and reduces the cost of the data services of the user, thereby further enhancing the user experience degree; and in addition, the invention can not only meet the customizing requirements on operators, but also enhance the property of the data services of a dual-mode terminal and reasonably distributes the use flow of the data services of the dual-mode terminal.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive configuration method and device for a mobile phone terminal, aiming at solving the technical problem that network parameters are required to be manually reconfigured when the terminal is switched among different operators. By acquiring the network parameters, recognizing the network operators and then acquiring operating parameters related to the network operators, the operating parameters such as emergency call numbers, short message centers, access point names, homepages and the like of the mobile phone terminal can be self-adaptively configured, the network self-adaptation of the mobile phone terminal can be realized, convenience is provided for users and the situation that certain functions of the terminal are unavailable because of setting errors can be avoided when the users roam among different countries, regions or operators.

The invention discloses a method for fast configuring a remote video monitoring system. The method comprises the steps that (1) a wireless network access module is arranged on a monitoring camera; (2) currently available wireless networks are scanned by a monitoring client, a wireless network is selected and a wireless network password is input; (3) after receiving authentication information of the monitoring client, a monitoring server sends a safety verification code to the monitoring client; (4) the monitoring client converts an access point name, the password, the safety verification code and the authentication information to a two-dimension code picture, and the two-dimension code picture is placed in a shooting area of the monitoring camera; (5) the two-dimension code picture is shot through the monitoring camera and is analyzed, the monitoring camera has access to the wireless network, and an equipment serial number, the safety verification code and the authentication information of the monitoring camera are then sent to the monitoring server; (6) authentication is conducted on the monitoring client by the monitoring server according to information sent by the monitoring camera, and when the certification is passed, the monitoring camera and the monitoring client are bound to enter a monitoring module.

There are provided measures for trustworthiness decision making for access authentication, for example relating to the trustworthiness of non-3GPP access networks within a 3GPP-compliant packet data system, exemplary comprising receiving an indication about a provisional trustworthiness of an access network, which provides packet data access for a roaming user, with respect to a visited network of said user from a network element of said visited network, determining the applicability of local breakout or home routing for each subscribed access point name of said user, and deciding about a final trustworthiness of said access network based upon the received provisional trustworthiness indication and the determined routing applicability for each subscribed access point name of said user.

The present invention relates to a method and a system with increased security for remote monitoring and mobile remote control of objects. The mobile system consists of at least one local system for monitoring (4), communication devices (8) for data transfer between at least one monitoring object (11) and at least one monitored object (12) and connection system (1). The connection system (1) is one private computer (2) and cellular (3) network of a mobile operator, which is capable of registering Access Point Name and has Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server with capability for reservation of static IP addresses. A method is discovered where controlled devices for communication and controlling devices for communication are connected to a private computer and cellular network of a single mobile operator.

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of mobile communications and provides a method for controlling a user terminal to access a wireless network. The method comprises the following steps: portable WIFI (Wireless Fidelity) hotspot equipment receives a network access request message from the user terminal, wherein the network access request message comprises the identifier information of the user terminal; and the portable WIFI hotspot equipment selects corresponding QoS (Quality of Service) parameters and a corresponding access point name (APN) according to the identifier information of the user terminal, so that the user terminal can access the network. According to the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding APN and the corresponding QoS parameters are selected according to the identifier information of the user terminal, so that the portable WIFI hotspot equipment controls to carry out different allocations of wireless link resources on the different user terminals, meanwhile, the requirements of the different user terminals on bandwidth are also met, and the bandwidth resources are maximally utilized.

An apparatus to identify an available access point (AP) includes a communication unit to detect one or more APs located within a reference proximity from the apparatus, a determination unit to determine an available state of the detected AP, and a display unit to display an AP scan list including available state of the accessible AP. A method for identifying an available AP of a wireless local area network (LAN) terminal includes detecting APs located within a reference proximity of the wireless LAN terminal, determining an available state of at least one of the detected APs, and displaying an AP scan list including the available state of the AP.

Embodiments are directed towards communicating using a mobile device that performs actions including. A mobile device may be provisioned with an access point such that a provisioning key and a provisioning token for each of the provisioned access points may be stored on the mobile device. The mobile device may be determined to be in the presence of a provisioned access point based on the provisioning key and an advertising nonce. The advertising nonce may be encrypted with the provisioning key. A communication channel between the mobile device and the access point may be established based on a session nonce, the advertising nonce, and the provisioning key. A session key may be generated based in part on the advertising nonce and a message counter. And, encrypted message packets that include a message and a message authentication tag may be communicated to the access point.

An authorization system and method for accessing networks. In one example class of embodiments, the APN (access point name) mechanism of GPRS / UMTS networks is extended to provide service authorization in an interworked WLAN. Example implementations include an external mapping function, and population of an existing authorization database of user profiles and APNs (such as a home location registry) with a global authorization indicator. The global authorization indicator is also preferably stored on a server or node that has authorization functions, which cross references with the user's subscriber profile to determine if WLAN authorization is proper. These innovations permit re-use of the subscriber profile database to perform WLAN authorization without requiring modifications to the 3GPP specifications of the nodes involved.

A group-based control method and a group-based control apparatus for Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes sending, when an attach request from an MTC device is received by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), an attach report to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), starting, upon reception of the attach report by the HSS, a timer lasting for a preset time duration, counting the number of MTC devices requesting attachment and the number of already attached MTC devices during the preset time duration, determining, upon expiration of the timer, by the HSS, an Access Point Name-Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) in consideration of a sum of the counted number of MTC devices requesting attachment during the preset time duration and the counted number of already attached MTC devices, and sending, by the HSS, the determined APN-ABMR to the MME.

A method for performing policy and charging control in different roaming scenarios includes: establishing multiple Packet Data Network (PDN) connections to the same Access Point Name (APN), and performing relocation of a Bearer Binding and Event Report Function (BBERF) after establishing multiple PDN connections to the same APN. This method implements the policy and charging control on multiple PDN connections established to one APN in the roaming scenarios of the home routed and local breakout.

The present invention provides a method and system for communication exchange to facilitate local data services for roaming users. The communication exchange includes an ecosystem of a plurality of operators, having one or more HPMN and VPMN operators. The communication exchange further includes a gateway for facilitating local data services for users, where the user is roaming in a visited network (VPMN) over existing roaming relationship between the VPMN and a home network (HPMN), by configuring an Access Point Name (APN) of the users. The communication exchange further includes an interface maintaining a bi-directional connection with the gateway to exchange information related to the roaming services, and a bi-directional connection with users via their mobile devices' user interface.