Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sk Telecom Company, Ltd.

Jonghan Park

Duckey Lee

Hyewon Lee

Sangsoo Lee

Sujung Kang

Kangjin Yoon

Sangsoo Jeong

Youngsun Ryu

Songyean Cho

Taesun Yeom

Yong-seok Choi

Youngkyo Baek

Hoyeon Lee

Sunghoon Kim

Sangjin Kim

Jinkyu Han

Joohyun Park

Seonghun Kim

Sanghwi Lee

Heejeong Lee

Jungje Son

Jonghoe Koo

Heetae Ahn

Taesun Yeoum

Kibeom Nam

Ashish Billore

Sergey Dyasli

The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for the convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate after the 4G system and the IoT technology. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retain business, security and safety-related service) based on the 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for supporting a profile transfer between terminals and methods and apparatus for supporting easy use of a communication product.

Method and apparatus for supporting transfer of profile between devices in wireless communication system

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A terminal includes a transmission/reception unit, and at least one processor for controlling the terminal so as to receive a movement request of the profile from a user, confirm profile movement information, transmit, to a profile server, a message for requesting an activation code, receive the activation code and a profile deletion need from the profile server, delete the profile, transmit the deletion result of the profile to the profile server, transfer the activation code to another terminal, receive the activation code from another terminal, transmit a message for requesting the profile to the profile server by using the activation code, receive a profile package from the profile server, and install the profile package.

Method and device for changing EUICC terminal

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that combines a 5G communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond 4G system with IoT technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services. Disclosed is a method for causing a cellular network itself to receive provisioning of a SIM profile to make it possible to use a normal cellular network service.

Method and apparatus for accessing cellular network for SIM profile

A method and an apparatus for selecting a core network in a mobile communication system are disclosed. According to some aspects of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus are provided for selecting a core network which is appropriate to the type of user's subscribed service in a mobile communication system, without the need for re-routing.

Method and apparatus for selecting core network in mobile communication system

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by which a terminal receives a profile for a communication service in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving, from a query server by the terminal, first download information for receiving a second bootstrap profile by using a first bootstrap profile, which is one of a plurality of bootstrap profiles installed in the terminal; downloading the second bootstrap profile from a first profile server by using the first download information and installing the second bootstrap profile in the terminal; and installing a user profile in the terminal on the basis of the second bootstrap profile and user selection, and accessing a mobile network by using the user profile.

Method and device for efficiently providing profile for communication service based on multiple bootstrap profiles

Profile between devices in wireless communication system

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for securely providing a profile to a terminal in a communication system.

Method and apparatus for discussing digital certificate by ESIM terminal and server

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method comprising the steps of: receiving a first control signal transmitted from a base station; processing the received first control signal; and transmitting, to the base station, a second control signal generated on the basis of the processing. In addition, disclosed are a method and a device for installing a profile again when changing an eUICC terminal, and a terminal for managing a profile for a network connection by using an eUICC in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment, comprises a transmission/reception unit, and at least one processor for controlling the terminal so as to receive a movement request of the profile from a user, confirm profile movement information, transmit, to a profile server, a message for requesting an activation code, receive the activation code and a profile deletion need from the profile server, delete the profile, transmit the deletion result of the profile to the profile server, transfer the activation code to another terminal, receive the activation code from another terminal, transmit a message for requesting the profile to the profile server by using the activation code, receive a profile package from the profile server, and install the profile package.

A method, performed by a terminal, of negotiating an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) version in a wireless communication system includes: establishing a hypertext transfer protocol over secure socket layer (HTTPS) connection with a server transmitting eUICC information including information about the eUICC version to the server through the HTTPS connection; and receiving server information corresponding to the eUICC information from the server, wherein the information about the eUICC version includes a minimum eUICC version and a maximum eUICC version that are available when the terminal accesses the server.

Method and apparatus for negotiating EUICC version

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. A method and an apparatus for enabling inter-device profile movement using only two devices without separately carrying out identity verification or ID authentication verification are provided. The method includes receiving an input for moving a first profile installed in a first terminal, deleting the first profile on a first eUICC, generating, for data including first profile information, digital signature data of the first eUICC, and displaying data including the first profile information and the corresponding digital signature data as a QR code on a screen of the first terminal.

Device changing method and apparatus of wireless communication system

A method for downloading a profile of an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving profile information from a profile information transfer server, transmitting a profile request to an identified profile providing server based on the profile information, and receiving a profile installable in a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the electronic apparatus from the profile providing server, and an electronic apparatus. Further, the present disclosure may provide a profile information providing server providing the profile information to the electronic apparatus and an operation thereof, and a profile providing server providing a profile to the electronic apparatus and an operation thereof. Further, the present disclosure may provide a method for swapping a profile between apparatuses, a method for acquiring profile information using code information, a method for modifying a profile providing server, and an apparatus performing the same.

Method and apparatus for managing a profile of a terminal in a wireless communication system

Provided is a terminal for managing a profile by using an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) in a wireless communication system. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and at least one processor configured to: receive, from a first server, a command code including event download information for downloading an event related to a profile; perform verification for processing the command code; when the verification is successful, generate a message requesting downloading of the event, by using the event download information, and transmit the same to a second server; and receive, from the second server, the event in response to the message requesting the downloading of the event.

Method and device for managing eUICC profile installation rights

The disclosure provides a method of processing communication service provider information by a terminal, the method including identifying a type of a secure element installed in the terminal; obtaining communication service provider information in the secure element through an application corresponding to the identified type of the secure element; and displaying the obtained communication service provider information.

Method and apparatus for processing communication company information in wireless communication system

Provided are a method and apparatus. A method, performed by a primary terminal, of providing a communication service may include: identifying and accessing, by performing a discovery process, an Internet of Things (IoT) terminal operating as an access point, transmitting, to the IoT terminal, authentication information for performing a second embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) setup process following a first eSIM setup process while performing the first eSIM setup process on the IoT terminal, disconnecting first connection with the IoT terminal after terminating the first eSIM setup process, performing second connection with the IoT terminal based on the authentication information, in response to an access request from the IoT terminal and performing the second eSIM setup process as a subsequent procedure to the first eSIM setup process.

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Bucheon-si, South Korea

Jonghan Park