166 results about "Mobile network operator" patented technology

Methods and systems for providing network connectivity are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for providing network connectivity involves receiving from a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) an access ID, an IP address, and an Access Point Name (APN) at a SASE domain, wherein the access ID, the IP address, and the APN correspond to a wireless device, updating IP address-to-tenant mappings at the SASE domain in response to the access ID, the IP address, and the APN, and forwarding traffic received at the SASE domain from the wireless device via the MNO according to the updated IP address-to-tenant mappings.

The present invention provides systems and methods for cellular network performance monitoring and optimization, enabling SIM-based devices to dynamically adapt to changing network conditions for improved connectivity. The invention introduces a process that includes determining baseline path performance through detailed probing of network metrics, continuously assessing current path performance via real-time monitoring, and instructing the SIM to switch from its current connected mobile network carrier to an alternate carrier when predefined performance thresholds are not met. Switching instructions are securely delivered Over-The-Air (OTA) to the SIM, ensuring seamless transitions to the most efficient and reliable network path. The system leverages both active and passive application layer observations to optimize latency, throughput, and reliability while supporting diverse applications, including IoT devices, industrial systems, and consumer devices.

Conditions are identified in a telecommunications network. Data is collected that comprises live data indicative of conditions in the telecommunications network. Skills are configured to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and detect anomalies in the telecommunications network and localizations of the anomalies based on the KPIs. Based on metadata indicative of the KPIs and the localization, a data store is searched to identify associated incident reports and documentation related to design and requirements knowledge of the telecommunications network or portions thereof. Based on the skills, identified incident reports, and troubleshooting knowledge base, a prompt is generated for input to a large language model (LLM).

A method performed by a first network node for performing human identification authentication is disclosed. In one example, the method includes receiving a human identification authentication inquiry from a first content host, wherein the human identification authentication inquiry includes a subscriber phone number and a requested content category parameter corresponding to a subscriber user device. The method further includes sending a human identification authentication request to a first authentication network node wherein the request includes the subscriber phone number and requested content category indicator corresponding to the subscriber user device, and receiving a human identification authentication response that includes an indication of a successful authentication or a rejected authentication of a human identifier with respect to the requested content category parameter. The method also includes sending, to the first content host, a human identification authentication reply message that includes the indication of the successful authentication or the rejected authentication.

There is provided mechanisms for performance degradation handling between a first radio access network node that operates in a first frequency band and provides network access for subscribers of a first mobile network operator and a second radio access network node that operates in a second frequency band and provides network access for subscribers of a second mobile network operator. A method is performed by the first radio access network node. The method comprises identifying performance degradation impacting the network access for the subscribers of the first mobile network operator. The performance degradation is identified as originating from a particular direction relative the first radio access network node and as caused by the second radio access network node. The method comprises providing, towards the second radio access network node, an indication of the performance degradation. The indication specifies the particular direction and identifies the second radio access network node as causing the performance degradation.

A mobile device having multiple applications installed determines that a first communication network associated with a mobile network operator of the mobile device is unavailable. The device receives network information from a second communication network indicating that the second communication network is available. In response to determining that the second communication network is available, the device connects to the second communication network. The device determines, based on the network information, that the second communication network is a non-terrestrial communication network. The second communication network is associated with a bandwidth less than a threshold bandwidth. In response to determining that the second communication network is a non-terrestrial communication network, the mobile device is configured to operate in a non-terrestrial mode. At least one application is rendered inoperable while the mobile device is operating in the non-terrestrial mode. The application requires at least the threshold bandwidth to operate.

The described embodiments set forth techniques for transferring an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) with the same integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value from a source mobile wireless device to a target mobile wireless device directly with a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server. The target mobile wireless device downloads the eSIM from the MNO provisioning server after deletion of the eSIM on the source mobile wireless device and reassignment of the eSIM with the same ICCID value to the target mobile wireless device.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, modifying one or more components of a connected vehicle communication system of a vehicle, the connected vehicle communication system operative to communicate vehicle data with network equipment of a service provider over a mobile network of a mobile network operator, confirming operational connectivity among the one or more components of the connected vehicle communication system, communicating to the network equipment of the service provider, information confirming a successful modification of the one or more components of the connected vehicle communication system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

There is provided a method and apparatus including computer code to cause a processor or processors to generate, by a trusted distribution network of a mobile network operator (MNO), at least one 5G Media Downlink Streaming instance configured to deliver at least part of a content to a user equipment including a 5GMSd-aware application and a 5GMSd client, the at least part of the content comprising video data, obtain obtaining, by the trusted DN, a presentation manifest published by a 5GMSd Application Provider of an external DN that is external to both the trusted DN and the UE, and perform a conversion, between a visual media file of the content and a bitstream of a visual media data of the content according to a format rule, and at least one of streaming the content to the UE and playing the content by the UE based on the conversion.

A disclosed method may include (i) receiving, by a graphical user interface at a mobile virtual network operator, a request to verify whether a network switch is available for the mobile virtual network operator to switch a client from a source mobile network operator that is serving the client for the mobile virtual network operator to a target mobile network operator that is serving clients for the mobile virtual network operator and (ii) outputting automatically, by the graphical user interface at the mobile virtual network operator based on an analysis of attributes of at least the client and the target mobile network operator, a positive answer.

A disclosed method may include (i) receiving, at a mobile virtual network operator, a request for the mobile virtual network operator to perform a network switch by porting a phone number of a client of the mobile virtual network operator from a source network infrastructure of a source mobile network operator to a target network infrastructure of a target mobile network operator that is serving clients for the mobile virtual network operator, (ii) porting out, by the mobile virtual network operator in response to the request, the phone number from the source network infrastructure of the source mobile network operator, and (iii) porting in, by the mobile virtual network operator in response to the same request, the phone number into the target network infrastructure of the target mobile network operator such that the mobile virtual network operator provides telecommunication service to the client through the target network infrastructure.

Technologies and techniques for providing specific connectivity quality of service along a route of a vehicle comprises, for at least one vehicle: transmitting route information and a definition of a minimum required connectivity quality of service to a service management server by user equipment of the vehicle; managing and reserving the required connectivity quality of service along the route by allocating communication resources using the service management server, which interfaces with a plurality of mobile network operators; and providing feedback to the user equipment regarding the availability of the required connectivity quality of service. The system includes a service management server and user equipment configured to execute the method. This system ensures specific connectivity quality of service, enabling advanced applications, such as remote driving, by dynamically managing resources based on vehicle routes and operator availability.

A method, a system, and a computer program product for data routing in communications systems. A data packet is received and an internet protocol (IP) address of the data packet is determined based on the source of the data packet. A forwarding route for transmission of the data packet is determined. The forwarding route is selected from a specific IP route for a content offload network interface or a default route for a mobile network operator packet data network gateway. The data packet is transmitted based on the determined forwarding route.

A disclosed method may include (i) detecting, by a mobile virtual network operator, that an improvement in telecommunication service would result from performing a network switch that switches a home network of a client of the mobile virtual network operator from a first network infrastructure of a first mobile network operator that is serving clients for the mobile virtual network operator to a second network infrastructure of a second mobile network operator that is also serving clients for the mobile virtual network operator and (ii) detecting, by the mobile virtual network operator, that the network switch is prohibited at least in part by detecting that the client has failed to satisfy a condition that is controlled at least in part by the client and that is necessary for performing the network switch successfully.

A subscriber identity module (SIM) application management system includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions and a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to: receive a SIM application from a SIM application provider, obtain a subscriber list including at least one subscriber from a mobile network operator, receive instructions directly from the SIM application provider, and customize a SIM card of a mobile device associated with the at least one subscriber with the SIM application in accordance with the instructions.

A disclosed method may include (i) receiving, at a mobile virtual network operator, a request for the mobile virtual network operator to perform a network switch by porting a phone number of a client of the mobile virtual network operator from a source network infrastructure of a source mobile network operator that is serving the client for the mobile virtual network operator to a target network infrastructure of a target mobile network operator that is serving clients for the mobile virtual network operator, (ii) generating, by the mobile virtual network operator in response to receiving the request to perform the network switch, a new account identifier for the client after the network switch, and (iii) invoking a port in application programming interface to port the phone number of the client onto the target network infrastructure of the target mobile network operator using the new account identifier.

A system for classifying, allocating and managing mobile phone numbers based on usage type via a central portal / agency, characterized by the following technical features: a. The server system includes at least one processing unit and a network communication connection for electronic communication with telecommunications operators and external authorities; b. an access and interface unit configured to provide secure access to a country-specific interface for the allocation of mobile phone numbers; c. one or more data storage units that store the following: i. a categorization register data structure that includes predefined user categories and associated category identifiers (Cat_IDs) that can be selected by an applicant, ii. Allocation rules for verification authorities that link regulated categories to independent government or authorized external verification bodies, and iii. a centrally managed numbering resource comprising numbering blocks provided by telecommunications authorities and / or algorithmically generated numbering sequences, independent of mobile network operators' holdings; d. an online application module that is executed by the processing unit and is configured to receive an allocation request, capture a user-selected category, and provide interfaces for uploading documents for KYC and category-dependent verification documents; e. a verification interface module configured to send verification requests to an associated verification authority and receive a response confirming authorization; f. an allocation manager configured to select or generate an available mobile phone number from the centrally managed numbering resource after successful authorization confirmation and to link the corresponding Cat_ID to the number through a numbering plan-compliant digit encoding and / or metadata linking; and g. a tamper-proof audit ledger module that is stored in the data storage unit and records the category selection, verification result and provisioning events for activation and unlocking in order to retrieve and transmit them to an interface of the regulatory authority.

A method, carried out by a mobile network operator (MNO) core component, is described for supporting connection signaling between a user equipment and core network components of a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The method includes receiving an update location answer (ULA) message that specifies a leased IMSI value of the user equipment. The MNO core component determines that the leased IMSI value of the user equipment falls within a range of the IMSI block allocated to the MVNO. The MNO core component generates a modified ULA including a changed access point name (APN). The modified ULA is forwarded to a mobility management entity (MME) component that uses the modified ULA to generate a create session request (CSR) message, and the changed APN of the modified ULA causes the MME component to send the CSR message to a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) proxy of the primary MNO.

The invention relates to a method for providing a specific connectivity quality of service along a route of a vehicle (50-x), said method comprising: for at least one vehicle (50-x):-sending, by a user equipment (3-x) of said vehicle (50-x), route information (4-x) and a definition (5-x) of a minimum required connectivity quality of service along said route to a service management server (2); managing and retaining the required connectivity quality of service along the route of the vehicle (50-x) by allocating communication resources along the route by the service management server (2); the service management server (2) is configured to allocate communication resources of a plurality of mobile network operators (10-x) by interfacing and communicating with these mobile network operators (10-x); -providing and sending feedback information (6-x) to the user equipment (3-x) regarding the availability of the required connectivity quality of service along the route. The invention also relates to a system (1) for providing a specific connectivity quality of service along a route of a vehicle (50-x).

A closed loop carrier sense multiple access multiuser request to send and clear to send handshaking system is provided to efficiently allocate licensed and unlicensed spectrum for a plurality of mobile devices and across different base stations and mobile network operators. A user equipment device can be connected to a base station device via a first frequency in licensed spectrum, and a second frequency in unlicensed spectrum. The air interface on the first frequency can then be used to coordinate physical and virtual carrier sensing on a second frequency among a plurality of user equipment devices. Moreover, carrier sensing results from a plurality of UEs can be reported a base station device via the first frequency in licensed spectrum. The base station device can then schedule multiple user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmissions to a plurality of UEs on the second frequency in unlicensed spectrum.

The application discloses a kind of waste sorting equipment remote control methods based on wireless communication, it is related to industrial internet of things intelligent control technical field, including, remote control center receives sorting task work order, obtains optimal resource allocation strategy by multi-agent reinforcement learning framework, and generates task resource demand list using stochastic optimization algorithm;Based on task resource demand list, remote control center generates network slice instantiation request and sends to mobile network operator, obtains the access identifier and configuration parameter of special network slice matched with sorting task;Remote control center issues the access identifier and configuration parameter of special network slice to waste sorting equipment to execute sorting task, obtains the network environment access state customized for sorting task.The application realizes the accurate matching of sorting task demand and network computing resources, solves the cross-domain resource collaborative optimization problem existing in traditional static resource configuration, and reduces resource allocation error rate.

A disclosed method may include (i) configuring multi-homing by assigning a first network function in a radio access network of a mobile network operator for telecommunication service to both a primary instance of a second and distinct network function in the radio access network and a secondary instance of the second and distinct network function in the radio access network, and (ii) determining, by a component of the radio access network of the mobile network operator for telecommunication service applying a multi-homing switching policy, that a level of load is sufficiently low such that a switch should be performed to switch from the primary instance of the second and distinct network function serving the first network function to the secondary instance of the second and distinct network function serving the first network function.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for network interface management for Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) deployments, e.g., in LTE and / or 5G NR systems and beyond, including methods for coarse selection of CBRS networks and fine selection of CBRS networks as well as support for multiple CBRS networks. Coarse selection of CBRS networks may include various triggers for automatic CBRS profile enabling and / or disabling, user management and overriding of system selections, tiered hierarchy for CBRS network enabling and / or disabling, as well as mechanisms to avoid ping-ponging between network selection. Fine selection of CBRS networks may include data slot switching between mobile network operators (MNOs, e.g., LTE / NR macro cells) and CBRS eSIM as well as prioritization of CBRS networks over Wi-Fi networks. Multiple CBRS networks support may include CBRS network identifier (NID) matching for unique identification as well as user-ranked CBRS priority.

A method for restoring default settings on a connected device while roaming, the connected device comprising a secure element associated with a mobile network operator (MNO) operating a first network, wherein the method includes connecting, by the connected device, to a second network; detecting, by the connected device, that the second network is not associated with the MNO so as to place the connected device in a roaming mode; adding the second network to a list of networks on the secure element; and refreshing the connection of the device to the second network.

A disclosed method may include (i) receiving, at a mobile virtual network operator, a request for the mobile virtual network operator to perform a network switch by porting a phone number of a client of the mobile virtual network operator from a source network infrastructure of a source mobile network operator that is serving the client for the mobile virtual network operator to a target network infrastructure of a target mobile network operator that is serving clients for the mobile virtual network operator and (ii) cloning, by the mobile virtual network operator in response to receiving the request to perform the network switch, a plurality of values for respective fields of a user profile of the client.

The invention relates to a method for switching a communication module installed in a motor vehicle between different mobile network operator profiles. First, the mobile network operator-specific network coverage is determined at a current (2) and / or at least one future (4) location of the motor vehicle. If better network coverage is available from a mobile network operator other than the one currently used and / or one of the stored mobile network operators (7), the mobile network operator profile with the better network coverage is dynamically loaded, and the communication module is switched to this mobile network operator (7), whereby the switching only occurs when a predefined switching criterion is met.

The present invention discloses a method, system and computer program for characterising geographic areas. The method comprises accessing user data from a mobile network operator, said data being associated with active and / or passive network events from the connections established between user mobile devices and mobile network operator towers; calculating a set of user parameters using said accessed data, the calculation of the parameters comprising: calculating a visit parameter, calculating points of interest of each user, and obtaining web browsing data from mobile devices based on obtaining network traffic from each device in the network; and determining a characterisation profile of a geographic area by calculating a socio-demographic profile of the temporary and permanent resident users in said geographic area.

The described embodiments set forth techniques for recovering one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) previously deleted from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a mobile wireless device. Prior to deletion of an eSIM, the mobile wireless device uploads first eSIM subscription information to a cloud network services server and stores second eSIM subscription information in a secure memory of the eUICC. The mobile wireless device can subsequently download the first eSIM subscription information to verify matching to the second eSIM subscription information stored in the eUICC before displaying an option for recovering the eSIM. The mobile wireless device sends to a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server an eSIM recovery request notification that includes at least a portion of the first eSIM subscription information, and the MNO provisioning server provides an eSIM recovery response message indicating approval and a network address to download the eSIM.

An interface (400) couples a mobile network (110) of a mobile network operator to an access network (210) of a fixed network operator, to allow user equipment connected to the mobile network to access a private or public target network via the access network. The interface includes, on the mobile network side, a protocol stack (410) comprising: i) an Ethernet link layer (411, ETH), and ii) a mobile network protocol layer (413, GTP) incorporating UE identification data (10) produced by the mobile network (100). The interface includes, on the access network side, a protocol stack (420) comprising an Ethernet link layer (421) with a virtual MAC address (VETH).The virtual MAC address (VETH) is generated by incorporating a unique identifier specific to the UE, specifically the MSIN identifier of the UE user's IMSI obtained by the mobile network and incorporated into the mobile network protocol layer (413, GTP) of the protocol stack (410) on the mobile network side.