Nokia Corporation

Comptel Oy

Antti Koskela

Stephen Lacey

Mauri Kangas

Kyösti Koivisto

Simon Osbourne

The invention relates to an electronic arrangement for dynamically and automatically controlling the usage of software components in connection with a network function virtualization (NFV) platform in a communications network comprising a mobile network, the arrangement comprising at least one data interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: obtaining first information indicative of instantiated virtualized network functions (VNF) and licences associated therewith, and second information indicative of a VNF licence that is available for allocation to an instance of a related VNF in accordance with terms and conditions as stipulated by the VNF licence; determining, based on the obtained first and second information, whether a licence currently allocated to an existing instance of a VNF, or the existing VNF instance itself, is to be replaced with the available licence, or with a new instance of said related VNF associated with the available licence, respectively, wherein a number of selected criteria are utilized to compare the currently allocated licence with the available licence having regard to the concerned terms and conditions as well as network resource information including usage information regarding the existing instance of the VNF based on data obtained from the network; and responsive to a positive determination, allocating the available licence to the existing VNF instance or to said new instance of said related VNF that is instantiated, the licence currently allocated to the existing VNF instance being released and in the latter case also the existing VNF instance being de-instantiated.

Method and arrangement for licence management in NFV network environment

An incoming call is detected from a calling entity. If the incoming call is associated with a subscription to presence information media data associated with the subscription can be output through an output unit in the telephone terminal. If the incoming call is determined to be associated with a subscription to presence information, it is determined whether the media data is present in the terminal, and if the media data is present in the terminal, the media data is output through an output unit in the telephone terminal.

Mobile communications terminal and method

In a telephone terminal an incoming call is detected from a calling entity followed by determining a caller identity of the calling entity. Then it is determined whether the caller identity is associated with a subscription to presence information associated with the calling entity, where the presence information includes media data for output through an output unit in the telephone terminal. If the caller identity was determined to be associated with a subscription to presence information, it is determined whether the media data is present in the terminal, and if the media data is present in the terminal, the media data is output through an output unit in the telephone terminal.

A system and method is disclosed for enabling individualized software functions in a device. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention software is distributed as omnibus installations containing various software modules that are initially turned off. The user gains access to the turned off modules by requesting a certificate from a system provider. The system provider creates and transmits a certificate containing the information required to enable the desired module. The device can then use the certificate to access the desired software.

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Helsinki, Finland

Antti Koskela