38 results about "Universal subscriber identity module" patented technology

A user equipment (UE), comprising at least one processor may be configured to transmit a first attach request to a first wireless network based on a first subscriber identity module. The UE may determine that the first attach request was unsuccessful and may automatically activate a switching application to switch the UE from the first subscriber identity module to a second subscriber identity module based on the determination. The first and second subscriber identity modules are stored on a common universal integrated circuit card (UICC) associated with the UE. The UE may then transmit a second attach request to the first wireless network based on the second subscriber identity module.

A method implemented by a wireless communications device utilizing at least two Universal Subscriber Identity Modules, USIMs, and at least two uplink transmitters, UL Tx, and configured to communicate with a first public mobile network, PLMN, and a second PLMN is provided. The method includes transmitting first data to the first PLMN using a first USIM and the at least two UL Tx. The method further includes transmitting a first power headroom report, PHR, to the first PLMN. The method further includes transmitting second data to the second PLMN using a second USIM and one of the at least two UL Tx. The method further includes in response to using the second USIM and the one of the at least two UL Tx to transmit the second data to the second PLMN, transmitting a second PHR to the first PLMN without waiting for an active PHR configuration timer to expire.

The disclosure relates to 5th generation (5G) and / or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method is provided of operating a user equipment (UE) with multi universal subscriber identity module (M-USIM) capability in a wireless communication system. The method includes performing a registration procedure with respect to a connected telecommunication network if the UE is in a non-allowed area and encounters or receives a trigger for a network access stratum (NAS) procedure related to an M-USIM feature.

The application provides an ePDG information customization synchronization method, a terminal, a USIM and a medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and is used for solving the problem that the ePDG information customization synchronization cannot be realized between a USIM and a terminal in the prior art, and the method comprises the following steps: acquiring current ePDG selection behavior information; judging whether the ePDG selection behavior information satisfies a customized ePDG information synchronization condition; if yes, sending the ePDG selection behavior information to a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) so that the USIM acquires customized ePDG selection behavior information. The application realizes the customization synchronization of the ePDG selection behavior information between the terminal and the USIM, and improves the maneuverability and flexibility of the ePDG information synchronization between the terminal and the USIM.

The present disclosure relates to a 5th-Generation (5G) or 6th-Generation (6G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates. A User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a method performed by a terminal (Multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) UE (MUSIM UE)) supporting a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) and a second USIM are provided. The method includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message from a base station to configure the UE to provide preferences for multiple universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) gaps and MUSIM gap priorities; in one embodiment, whether to initiate a transmission of a UE assistance information message to provide first preference information about MUSIM gap priority or second preference information indicating that all conflicting MUSIM gaps are reserved is identified based on a timer T346h, and if the timer T346h is not running, the transmission of the UE assistance information message is initiated to provide the first preference information or the second preference information.

Examples pertaining to handling of multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) gaps collision in mobile communications are described. A multiple-Universal Subscriber Identity Modules (MUSIM) user equipment (UE) applies different priorities with respect to MUSIM gaps and legacy measurement gaps (MGs). The UE performs wireless communications such that a collision between MUSIM gaps and legacy MGs is handled.

This invention discloses a radio device that communicates with a first network and a second network, and has a first connection to the first network. The radio device can receive paging from the second network and determine whether to establish a second connection with the second network, then notify the first network of this selection. The first network can then notify the device to release or suspend the first connection. The device can send release and / or suspension preferences to the first network, such as preferences for processing in idle or inactive modes, paging preferences, and a preferred identifier for the device. The device can then establish the second connection and, for example, monitor paging from the first network during a given paging timing and paging frame.

The device may be a multiple universal subscriber identity module (MUSiM) device. The apparatus may send a first registration request to a first network, e.g., to enable an unavailable time period feature with a second network. The enrollment request may indicate a first unavailable duration. The apparatus may determine that an unavailable event is triggered. The device may determine that the device will be unavailable during a period of time. The device may receive a first enrollment response, such as a first enrollment acceptance message. The first enrollment response may indicate a first enrollment duration. The apparatus may determine a second unavailable duration. The apparatus may send a second registration request to a second network, e.g., indicating a second unavailable duration. The device may receive a second enrollment response. The second registration response may be a second registration acceptance message. The second enrollment response may indicate a second enrollment duration.

The apparatus can be a multi-universal subscriber identity module (MUSiM) apparatus. The apparatus can send a first registration request to a first network, e.g., to enable an unavailable time period feature with a second network. The registration request can indicate a first unavailable duration. The apparatus can determine that an unavailable event is triggered. The apparatus can determine that the apparatus will be unavailable during a time period. The apparatus can receive a first registration response, e.g., a first registration accept message. The first registration response can indicate a first registration duration. The apparatus can determine a second unavailable duration. The apparatus can send a second registration request to a second network, e.g., indicating the second unavailable duration. The apparatus can receive a second registration response. The second registration response can be a second registration accept message. The second registration response can indicate a second registration duration.

There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: at a user equipment, the user equipment having a first universal subscriber identity module, USIM, associated with a first network and at least one second USIM associated with a second network, provide an indication from the at least one second USIM to the second network that paging notifications for the second network are to be provided to the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network, receive a paging notification for the second network at the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network and provide the paging notification from the first USIM to the second USIM in the user equipment.

A controlling method for a wireless communication device is provided. The controlling method for the wireless communication device includes: attaching a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network; determining whether a second USIM is camped on the LTE network; detecting whether a paging collision is happened, if the second USIM is camped on the LTE network; generating a requested International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) offset for the second USIM, if the paging collision is happened, wherein the requested IMSI offset is 1 or min(T, nB)−1, T is a default paging period and nB is a number of paging occurrences within the default paging period; transmitting an attach request with the requested IMSI offset to the LTE network for the second USIM; receiving a negotiated IMSI offset from the LTE network; and attaching the second USIM to the LTE network with the negotiated IMSI offset.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for responding to paging by a multi-universal subscriber identity module (multi-USIM) device. A method that can be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes camping on a first cell associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM), where the UE has the first USIM and a second USIM, receiving a paging message from the first cell, and in response to the paging message, sending a first response message indicating that the UE requests to enter an idle or inactive mode on the first cell.

The invention discloses a parameter configuration error processing method and device and related equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication, and the parameter configuration error processing method comprises the steps that a terminal executes target operation under the condition that parameters for calculating a signing encryption identifier SUCI are not correctly configured; wherein the SUCI is used for a first wireless access technology, and the target operation comprises at least one of the following items: an invalid universal subscriber identity module (USIM); the first radio access technology is prohibited; generating the SUCI using a null algorithm; registering by using the emergency service; and informing the network side equipment of calculating that the parameters of the SUCI are not correctly configured.

Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for indicating capability restricted information. A method in a user equipment comprises establishing or resuming a second service with a second network according to a second subscription; and indicating to the second network that the user equipment has different capabilities for the second service than capabilities previously indicated to a radio access technology node.

The application provides an authentication processing method and device and related equipment, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a user concealed identifier (SUCI) and a packaged first key sent by a terminal; wherein the length of the first key is greater than the length of a second key, and the second key is a key stored in a universal subscriber identity module (USIM); decrypting the SUCI to obtain a user permanent identifier (SUPI); and obtaining authentication information according to the packaged first key in the case that the USIM of the terminal does not support a first encryption algorithm through the SUPI. The scheme of the application achieves the purpose of improving the security of the authentication process.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from an access management function (AMF) entity via a base station, a configuration update command message in case that the UE supporting a multi universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) feature is not registered for an emergency service, and disabling the MUSIM features based on the received configuration update command message. The configuration update command message includes registration result information indicating that the UE supporting the MUSIM features is registered for the emergency service.

In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is disclosed receiving, with a first multi universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) of more than one MUSIM of a first user equipment of a first network, a connection request from a second user equipment of a second network, sending or receiving, with or from the MUSIM of the first user equipment towards a network node of the first network, assistance information comprising an indication that the first user equipment needs to leave one carrier of the first network for a MUSIM operation, and in response to the assistance information, receiving from or sending by the network node of the first network, a gap configuration for a MUSIM operation; and based thereon, sending or receiving the gap configuration towards the second user equipment for use by the second user equipment to establish a radio resource control connection with the second network.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed. In an example, a method is disclosed for a wireless communication device equipped with a plurality of Universal Subscriber Identity Modules (USIMs) to manage paging conflicts between a first communication network and one or more second communication networks. Each of the first communication network and the one or more second communication networks is associated with a respective first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) of the plurality of USIMs, the USIM, and the one or more second USIMs. The method includes receiving, from a first communication network, a first paging configuration message indicating a first upcoming paging occasion, and receiving, from one or more second communication networks, one or more second paging configuration messages indicating a second upcoming paging occasion. The method further includes, when a first number of paging occasion conflicts between the first upcoming paging occasion and the second upcoming paging occasion and / or a second number of paging occasion non-conflicts between the first upcoming paging occasion and the second upcoming paging occasion satisfy a paging occasion condition, determining that the paging occasion is not conflicted between the first upcoming paging occasion and the second upcoming paging occasion. A procedure is triggered with at least one of the first communication network and the one or more second communication networks for reducing paging occasion conflicts. Each of one or more paging occasion conflicts between a first upcoming paging occasion and a second upcoming paging occasion includes a first duration of a paging occasion associated with a first communication network and a second duration of a paging occasion associated with one or more second communication networks that are not temporally flushed the time period between the first duration and the second duration is shorter than a switching time for the wireless communication device to switch from the first USIM to one of the one or more second USIMs.

The invention discloses a method and a system for automatically configuring parameters of a USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card based on equipment identification, and relates to a method and equipment for processing data of the USIM card. The method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring equipment information of target equipment and completing identification for determining an application range of an operator and a regional strategy; s2, a target USIM parameter set matched with the equipment and the operator strategy of the equipment is retrieved in a preset parameter database; the parameter database is used for storing the mapping relation between the template and the rule and can support tenant-level strategy isolation. And S3, generating a USIM parameter configuration instruction sequence for remotely managing the USIM card based on the target USIM parameter set, and forming a configuration task. And S4, issuing the instruction sequence through a secure transmission channel and automatically writing the instruction sequence into the USIM card. And S5, reading the state of the USIM card, verifying a configuration result, and executing retry and alarm when the judgment is failed.

An example method performed by a User Equipment (UE) supporting a Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM), the method comprises connecting a first SIM of the UE with a primary cell. The method comprises receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message of the primary cell including information on candidate cells for a conditional handover, a conditional Primary Secondary (PS) cell addition, or a conditional PS cell change. The method comprises identifying that a RRC reconfiguration message of each of the candidate cells comprises at least one of leave assistance information or gap assistance information. The method comprises performing prioritizing at least one candidate cell of the candidate cells that supports MUSIM assistance information, in response to identifying that the RRC reconfiguration message comprises at least one of the leave assistance information or the gap assistance information.

Disclosed are wireless communications systems and techniques. For example, a wireless communication device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) compares a first key identifier (generated from a key stored in a first storage unit, such as a universal subscriber identity module) to a second key identifier (stored in a second storage unit, such as non-volatile memory) to identify a mismatch between the key identifiers. Based on the mismatch, the device replaces, in the second storage unit, the second key identifier. In some examples, the device verifies integrity of a message using the key, replaces the second key identifier with the first key identifier, and updates a counter based on the message. In a second illustrative example, the device replaces the key with a replacement key, replaces the second key identifier with the third key identifier based on the replacement key, and resets a counter.

The application provides an access control initiation method, a terminal, a USIM and a medium, and relates to the technical field of communication, and is used for solving the problem of how to initiate access control to guarantee the security of terminal access to the USIM in the case that the USIM cannot provide access control rules, and the method comprises the following steps: sending a remote access control initiation request to a universal subscriber identity module (USIM); receiving a first response from the USIM, wherein the first response is used for specifying an initiation device of remote access control according to the remote access control initiation request; and providing access information of the remote access control to the initiation device, so that the initiation device initiates the remote access control according to the address and the access information after the address of a remote access control platform provided by the USIM is acquired. The application provides a new access control initiation method, and the method can ensure the security of terminal access to the USIM.

The invention provides a USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card edge encryption write-in and dual-channel verification method and system, and the method comprises the steps: a server generates USIM card personalized data according to a card writing request, and issues the USIM card personalized data to a card writing terminal; before a card writing terminal writes data into a USIM card, edge encryption operation is executed at the moment when an APDU command is constructed and sent, the encryption operation generates a dynamic secret key based on a secure session established between the terminal and the USIM card, data to be written are encrypted, and meanwhile an integrity verification label is generated; the identity of the card writing terminal equipment and the integrity of the data to be written are verified in parallel through a dual-channel verification mechanism, and the data can be written after verification is passed; and after writing, successful writing is confirmed through read-back and integrity label comparison. The method improves the security and reliability of the USIM card writing process, has the technical advantages of a dynamic key mechanism and a parallel authentication mechanism, and is suitable for card writing scenes with high security levels in the fields of telecommunication and mobile communication.

Accordingly, the embodiment herein is to provide a method for coordinating tune away event of a Multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module User Equipment (MUSIM UE) (100), where the MUSIM UE (100) includes a plurality of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) (150). The method includes receiving, by a second SIM (150B) of the MUSIM UE (100), data in a Downlink (DL) message from a network device (200) over an air interface, where the data includes a follow-on indication. Further, the method includes decoding, by the second SIM (150B) of the MUSIM UE (100), the received data. Further, the method includes coordinating, by the second SIM (150B) of the MUSIM UE (100), the tune away event of the MUSIM UE (100) based on the decoding of the received data.

A user equipment (“UE”) can handle registrations of the UE in different wireless communication networks. The UE can obtain information indicating whether a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (“USIM”) of the UE supports storing multiple different Non-Access Stratum (“NAS”) security contexts of the UE associated with the different wireless communication networks. The UE can further determine whether the USIM supports storing the multiple different NAS security contexts of the UE associated with the different wireless communication networks based on the obtained information.

Techniques for improving user equipment logout and registration behavior under discontinuous coverage overload conditions in mobile communications are described. When a timer is running, a device (e.g., a user device) may be turned off. The user equipment performs an action when turned on according to values of the first time and the second time, while a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) in the user equipment remains unchanged. The first time (t1) represents an amount of timeout time remaining on the timer when the user equipment is turned off. The second time (t) represents an amount of time elapsed between turning off and turning on the user equipment.

The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data rate. Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method may include: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information associated with the UE to leave a radio resource control (RRC) connection state for a multi-universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) operation; based on the configuration information, transmitting, to the BS, information indicating a preferred RRC state when the UE leaves the RRC connection state, and starting a timer; and transitioning to an RRC idle state when the timer expires.

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a system information block 1 (SIB1) from a base station, determining whether the UE has a temporary capability restriction, and if the SIB1 includes information allowing transmission of an indicator related to the temporary capability restriction and the UE has the temporary capability restriction, transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) message including the indicator to the base station, wherein the indicator indicates a temporary capability limit associated with multiple universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) operation.

There is provided an apparatus comprising means for, upon insertion of a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) in a mobile device, generating a first identifier based on a first authentication key stored at the USIM; comparing the first identifier with a second identifier stored at the mobile device, wherein the second identifier is generated based on a second authentication key; and based on the comparison, providing an indication to the core network to cause an authentication procedure between the mobile device and the core network.