159 results about "User identity module" patented technology

A method performed by a computer-implemented controller is provided. The method includes receiving a request for managing one or more user equipments (UEs); obtaining a user-specific security profile from a first service provider; obtaining a subscriber identity module (SIM) profile from a network node or a second service provider; obtaining a set of secure access service edge (SASE) instances from the network node; building one or more UE-specific bootstrap configurations based on the user-specific security profile, the SIM profile, and the set of SASE instances; and sending the one or more UE-specific bootstrap configurations to a third service provider. The one or more UE-specific bootstrap configurations are obtainable by the one or more UEs to establish a secured wireless communication channel through a zero-trusted network.

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 universal subscriber identity module (USIM). The UE may receive a rejection from the first wireless network and may switch from the first USIM to a second USIM based on the rejection. The UE may transmit a second attach request to the first wireless network based on the second USIM.

An electronic device including a receiver configured to receive a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM); a receiver configured to receive a second SIM; and circuitry configured to receive data from the first SIM; and send a request, to a first public land mobile network (PLMN), to register the electronic device to the first PLMN, wherein the request indicates that the electronic device is a multi-SIM device and the request includes multi-SIM assistance information, and wherein the multi-SIM assistance information informs the first PLMN of the electronic device's preference for multi-SIM operations.

A communication device mounted on a vehicle and an operation method of the communication device are provided. The communication device performs a connection with a communication terminal included in a vehicle stopped or driving in a vicinity of the vehicle via device-to-device communication, provide subscriber identity module (SIM) information to the connected communication terminal, request execution of a communication relay function from the communication terminal, and in response to a communication relay function acceptance signal being received from the communication terminal, transmit and receive data to and from the base station by using the communication terminal as a communication relay.

An electronic device including a receiver configured to receive a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM); a receiver configured to receive a second SIM; and circuitry configured to receive data from the first SIM; and send a request, to a first public land mobile network (PLMN), to register the electronic device to the first PLMN, wherein the request indicates that the electronic device is a multi-SIM device and the request includes multi-SIM assistance information, and wherein the multi-SIM assistance information informs the first PLMN of the electronic device's preference for multi-SIM operations.

A user equipment according to an aspect is registered with a first mobile network by using a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and registered with a second mobile network using a second SIM. The user equipment includes a processor. The processor executes a process of receiving, from the first mobile network, configuration information for configuring either a non-execution timing for not executing downlink transmission from the first mobile network to the user equipment or an execution timing for executing the downlink transmission. The processor executes a process of transmitting, to the second mobile network, identification information for identifying a timing configured according to the configuration information.

A method of facilitating network access for local Terminal Equipment (TE) involves utilizing a Mobile Terminal (MT) that is pre-equipped with a list of authorized TE identities and a user identity module. Upon receiving an identity authentication signal from the TE, the MT assesses the TE's identity against the authorized list through multifactor verification. If the TE is verified as authorized, the MT retrieves a unique identifier from the user identity module and conveys this identifier to the TE. Subsequently, the TE employs the provided identifier to access the network.

A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card feature-based Non-Fungible Token. SIM card features, such as communication features, software / hardware features, electrical features, SIM Card behavior features and / or the like are extracted from the SIM card of a user's mobile communication device and a SIM card feature-based NFT is generated and stored on a distributed trust computing network. The distributed trust computing network serves to verify the authenticity of the underlying SIM card features. The NFT is subsequently used as a means for authentication is resource exchange events and other events requiring user / mobile communication device verification.

This disclosure provides a remote attestation method and a related device, to verify a remote attestation report by using a symmetric key of a subscriber identity module (SIM), without depending on a digital certificate provided by a certificate authority (CA) server. This can improve reliability of a remote attestation report verification process. In the method, a first apparatus receives request information, where the request information is for requesting a remote attestation report, and the remote attestation report is for remote attestation of the first apparatus. The first apparatus sends first information based on the request information, where the first information includes the remote attestation report and verification information, the verification information is for verifying the remote attestation report, and the verification information is obtained by processing the remote attestation report based on a symmetric key of a SIM in the first apparatus.

Techniques are described for dynamically managing a shared deployed electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) for a wireless device. A shared (non-unique) provisioning eSIM is installed in the wireless device to provide limited function connections to services, such as for device activation and user eSIM provisioning. The shared provisioning eSIM includes a record of IMSI values organized into a plurality of sets of IMSI pools and a priority for selecting IMSI values for configuring the shared provisioning eSIM. A shared provisioning SIM / eSIM controller on a device residing on a cellular baseband processor of the wireless device selects an IMSI value based on the priority and based on a result of scanning for an available public land mobile network (PLMN) and configures the shared provisioning eSIM with the IMSI value. The shared provisioning eSIM may be reconfigured with different IMSI values selected from different IMSI pools until a successful registration with the configured provisioning eSIM occurs or a maximum number of retries occurs.

A user device (e.g., a mobile phone, user equipment (UE), a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) device, a multi-SIM multi-standby device (MSMS) device, a mobile device, a smart device, laptop, tablet, computing device, etc.) may dynamically determine configurations for preferred and / or offload networks and optimally switch connections between service provider networks.

An electronic device includes at least one embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) each storing at least one subscriber identification information, and at least one processor electrically connected with the eUICC. The at least one processor may be configured to control to transmit, to a first server, a first request message including information about an operation related to a subscription or a subscription transfer based on the eUICC and receive a first response message from the first server, in response to the transmission of the first request message. The first response message may include information indicating that a profile to be provided for the eUICC is not ready in response to the first request message.

An electronic device includes at least one embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) each storing at least one subscriber identification information, and at least one processor electrically connected with the eUICC. The at least one processor may be configured to control to transmit, to a first server, a first request message including information about an operation related to a subscription or a subscription transfer based on the eUICC and receive a first response message from the first server, in response to the transmission of the first request message. The first response message may include information indicating that a profile to be provided for the eUICC is not ready in response to the first request message.

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 device may include a processor configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE) device, a request to download an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) profile via a blanket code, wherein the blanket code is associated with a pool of available eSIM profiles. The processor may be further configured to determine that a confirmation code is required to download the eSIM profile; provide the confirmation code to an operations support system, in response to determining that the confirmation code is required to download the eSIM profile, wherein the operations support system is to provide the confirmation code to the UE device; receive the confirmation code from the UE device; and provide the requested eSIM profile to the UE device, in response to receiving the confirmation code from the UE device.

The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for selecting multi-radio access technology (RAT) in a user equipment (UE) during an initialization of subscriber identity module (SIM). The method includes reading capability information associated with the UE from a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) at the time of initializing the SIM, determining whether the UE includes a capability to connect to a first network having a first RAT based on the capability information, and registering the UE with the first network having the first RAT based on the UE capable of being connected to the first network.

Described herein are solutions for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) with maximum transmit power level (MTPL). A user equipment (UE) and / or baseband circuitry can operate with multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs). The UE can determine a lookup table (LUT) for adjusting an MTPL for a first SIM when a second SIM is to receive a paging message from the network. The adjusted MTPL can be based on one or more factors, such as an operating condition of the UE, a signal strength or condition between the UE and the network, etc. The MTPL for the first SIM can be decreased when the paging message is received and decoded, and then increased thereafter. These and many other features and examples are described herein.

A virtual telephony platform may establish at least one communication connection with one or more multiple modem array devices that are deployed in one or more geographical regions. The platform may be provided with access to multiple Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs). The platform may provision a unique device profile to a particular modem in a specific modem array device deployed in a particular geographical region through a communication connection. The platform may further provide the particular modem with a specific SIM profile of a particular SIM of the multiple SIMs through the corresponding communication connection, such that the particular modem is configured to use the specific SIM profile to access a base station of a wireless carrier in the particular region. The platform may further route telecommunication data between a client device and the wireless carrier network in the particular region through the particular modem.

Verification of a subscriber identity module (SIM), without requiring that the SIM be removed from a user equipment (UE, e.g., a cellphone), is provided in a UE self-initiated process. The UE scans a code (e.g., a QR code posted in a retail facility), or opens an app, to visit a verification website. The UE sends its IP address and / or the identifier (ID) of the SIM inside. If the verification website determines that the IP address of the UE or the SIM ID has a match in a SIM address list, which associates UE IP address and SIM IDs (e.g., integrated circuit card identifiers, ICCIDs), the UE is provided with a time-sensitive scannable code (e.g., QR code) that indicates the UE's SIM is verified. An employee of the wireless carrier scans the code with a terminal to identify the verification and grant access to make changes to the associated user account.

Disclosed is a method for a management of a subscriber identity module related data, the data at least defining a mode of the subscriber identity module, the method, performed by an apparatus, including: receiving data indicative of a behavior of a device; detecting a deviation in the behavior of the device provided with the subscriber identity module compared to the mode set for the subscriber identity module; generating, in response to the detection of the deviation, a control signal to reset the mode of the subscriber identity module to correspond to the behavior of the device. Also disclosed is an apparatus, to a communication system, and to a computer program.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first user-generated input, over a communication network, from a communication device that indicates a request to provision a ghost software application on the communication device, and provisioning, over the communication network, an anchor software application on a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with the ghost software application. Further embodiments can include receiving second user-generated input, over the communication network, from the communication device that indicates request to utilize the ghost software application, and identifying the anchor software application provisioned on the SIM of the communication device resulting in an identification. Additional embodiments can include provisioning, over the communication network, the ghost software application onto the communication network based on the identification, and removing the ghost software application from a server / database / device in which it was previously stored. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A user equipment (UE) that includes at least a processor and universal integrated circuit card (UICC) are described. The UE or a processor thereof can perform initializing a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) for communication with a cellular network, and registering with the cellular network using the USIM. The UE or processor provides, to the UICC, location information for a serving cell of the cellular network, where the location information including an identifier of a reduced capability serving cell or a private network cell. The UE or processor can then communicate with the serving cell according to a configuration that is based at least in part on the location information that is provided to the UICC.

An apparatus configured to participate in an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile delivery process to receive, at a target device executing a first operating system (OS), an eSIM profile from a source device executing a second OS to the target device, the first operating system (OS) implementing a first protocol stack associated with eSIM profile delivery, the second OS implements a second protocol stack related to eSIM profile delivery, wherein the first protocol stack and the second protocol stack are different; processing a token for delivering the eSIM profile based on a signal received from the source device; generating a request for the eSIM profile for transmission to an enabling server, wherein the request includes the token; and processing the eSIM profile based on a signal received from the enabled server.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In the context of a service-based wireless system, a user equipment (UE) may identify (e.g., via signaling from the network or based on a subscriber identity module (SIM)) a set of core network services offered by a service-based network that interfaces with a radio access network (RAN) associated with the network entity. Each of the respective core network services may be associated with a corresponding network address. The UE may transmit a service request to a network address associated with a core network service included within the set of offered core network services, and may receive a service context for communicating with the core network service in response to the service request. The UE may then communicate service messages with the core network service (via the network entity) in accordance with the received service context.

A method of power management in a User Equipment (UE) including a plurality of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs), includes: enabling, by the UE, one of plurality of SIMs as a primary SIM when the UE is in a location with no Terrestrial Network (TN) coverage, wherein the primary SIM performs a scanning for availability of the TN coverage; disabling, by the UE, one or more of the plurality of SIMs while the primary SIM scans for the TN coverage, wherein the one or more of the plurality of SIMs are different from the primary SIM; and enabling, by the UE, the one or more of the plurality of SIMs of the UE, based on detecting the availability of the TN coverage in response to the scanning performed by the primary SIM.

The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, device, and medium for security management of user-side devices. The method includes: when the user-side device CPE executes a power-on startup process, obtaining the device description information of the CPE and the identification area code of the network to which it belongs; when it is determined that the device description information meets the legal device conditions and the identification area code matches the authorized area code of the authorized user identity module SIM of the CPE, locking the CPE to control the CPE to only access the authorized SIM; when it is determined that the current area code of the target SIM inserted in the CPE is consistent with the authorized area code, obtaining the identity identification code of the target SIM; when it is determined that the identity identification code meets the legal identification code conditions, locking the target SIM to control the target SIM to only be accessible by the CPE. Through the technical solution of the present invention, the CPE and the target SIM can be locked, thereby improving the security of the CPE during use.

Prevention of SIM spoofing in mobile user plane. A method includes generating a border gateway protocol (BGP) flow specification based on a range of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with routes for one or more user equipment devices. The method includes, in response to receiving a packet from a node within a radio access network, verifying an inner IP packet encapsulation based on the BGP flow specification.

A user equipment (UE) may be equipped with multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMS) capable of supporting emergency calls. When an emergency call is detected, the UE may send emergency call requests to a network through the multiple SIMS. The UE may handle the emergency call through whichever SIM that receives the earliest successful response from the network. By utilizing multiple SIMS to establish the emergency call, both reliability and session response time may be enhanced.

A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) application management system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions thereon; and a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for: receiving a SIM application from a SIM application provider, obtaining a subscriber list including at least one subscriber from a mobile network operator; receiving an instruction directly from the SIM application provider; and customizing a SIM card of a mobile device associated with the at least one subscriber with the SIM application according to the instruction.