Deutschetelekom Ag

T-mobile International Ag

T-mobile International Ag & Co Kg

Karl-Heinz Nenner

Axel Klatt

Harald Schmitt

Dieter Jacobsohn

Sebastian Speicher

Sabine Demel

Frank Lehser

Dieter Gludovacz

Mari Melander

Georg Wegmann

Uwe Janssen

Michele Zarri

Uwe Michel

Stefan Koppenborg

Dieter Jacocsohn

Rene Ververgaert

Steffen Habermann

Daniela Schneider

Holger Debelts

Georg Schweflinghaus

A communication method for a user equipment includes: receiving, by the user equipment, at least one software component or software module or configuration information via a configuration and/or control channel between the user equipment and a telecommunications network and/or via a first set of communication capabilities of the user equipment, wherein the at least one software component or software module or configuration information is related to a second set of communication capabilities corresponding to enhanced and/or modified communication relative to the first set of communication capabilities, the second set of communication capabilities being related to access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to non-access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to other communication services of the user equipment; and activating the second set of communication capabilities.

Method for provisioning enhanced communication capabilities to user equipment

A method for handling communication between a telecommunications network and a user equipment includes using label information for indicating at least one service data flow such that any data packet belonging to the at least one service data flow and being transmitted in a direction from the user equipment to the gateway node or in a direction from the gateway node to the user equipment includes the label information and/or is transmitted with the label information. The label information indicates: a termination point of the at least one service data flow, both termination points of the at least one service data flow, and/or a quality-of-service level to be applied to the service data flow.

Method for handling communication between a telecommunications network and a user equipment

A method for transmitting small and infrequent communication data between, on the one hand, a plurality of internet-of-things communication devices, and, on the other hand, a mobile communication network includes: transmitting, by a base station entity, the small and infrequent communication data, at least partly, as part of a payload portion of an IP packet towards a network node of a core network.

Transmitting small and infrequent communication data between, on the one hand, a plurality of internet-of-things communication devices, and, on the other hand, a mobile communication network

A method for power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, a set of first radio resources is assigned, by a radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, power consumption information is obtained by the radio resource management entity, the power consumption information indicating that a current power consumption of the user equipment using the assigned set of first radio resources is above a predefined upper power consumption threshold or below a predefined lower power consumption threshold; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, a set of second radio resources is assigned, by the radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data.

Enhanced power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network, wherein different sets of radio resources are used in dependency of a power consumption information

A method for communication between a telecommunications network and a secondary communication device via or using a primary communication device includes: performing a discovery operation regarding the secondary communication device, the discovery operation being initiated either by the primary communication device, by the secondary communication device, or by the telecommunications network; and transmitting at least one control information, being related to the secondary communication device or being related to the result of the discovery operation, between, on the one hand, the telecommunications network, and, on the other hand, the primary communication device and/or the secondary communication device.

Enhanced and/or adaptive communication between a telecommunications network and at least one secondary communication device via or using a primary communication device

The invention relates to a method for providing roaming services, for a user equipment, within a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network comprising a core network and an access network, the access network of the mobile communication network comprising at least one radio cell being served by a base station entity, wherein the user equipment is able to be attached to the mobile communication network via the base station entity despite the user equipment being related to a further mobile communication network as the home public land mobile network of the user equipment, wherein the core network comprises a serving core network node and a home subscriber server functionality, wherein the serving core network node provides mobility management functionality regarding the base station entity and thereby provides mobility management functionality regarding the user equipment, wherein the further mobile communication network comprises a further core network, the further core network comprising a further home subscriber server functionality, the further home subscriber server functionality being able to provide subscription profile data regarding the user equipment, wherein upon attachment of the user equipment with the mobile communication network the method comprises the following steps: in a first step, the serving core network node requests, from the home subscriber server functionality and by means of a first request message, subscription profile data regarding the user equipment, in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the home subscriber server functionality requests, from the further home subscriber server functionality and by means of a second request message, subscription profile data regarding the user equipment, in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the further home subscriber server functionality transmits, by means of a first response message, first subscription profile data regarding the user equipment to the home subscriber server functionality, in a fourth step, subsequent to the third step, the home subscriber server functionality transmits, by means of a second response message, second subscription profile data to the serving core network node having requested subscription profile data by means of the first request message, the second subscription profile data corresponding at least in part to the first subscription profile data.

Provision of subscriber profile to a MME in case of roaming

A method for enhanced mobility management within a mobile communication network includes: generating, by the user equipment, information regarding a first radio cell and a second radio cell, and/or receiving, by the user equipment, information regarding the first radio cell and the second radio cell from the first radio cell and/or the second radio cell; and selecting, by the user equipment, either the first radio cell or the second radio cell, and/or requesting, by the user equipment, on-demand mobility support from the mobile communication network. The second step is performable by the user equipment both in case that the user equipment is in an idle state and in case that the user equipment is in a connected state.

Enhanced mobility management within a mobile communication network

A method for extending IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-oriented handling of telecommunications services within a telecommunications network for a subscriber using circuit switched (CS) connectivity, wherein an identification information of the subscriber is natively lacking an IMS identity and/or IMS profile within the telecommunications network, includes: generating, at least temporarily, by an identity management functionality of the telecommunications network, an IMS identity and/or IMS profile with respect to the subscriber.

Method and apparatus for extending the use of an IMS oriented handling of telecommunications services

A method for routing streams of traffic in IP networks, particularly in mobile IP networks. A plurality of streams of traffic to be transmitted are routed such that they are transmitted in one carrier/context. The streams of traffic having different destination networks are merged and are transmitted from a terminal via one carrier/context to a network access node in the IP network. They are routed from there to respective destination networks and devices.

Routing and quality decision in mobile IP networks

A method for guaranteeing the quality of services in packet-switching radio communications networks. The radio access network (RAN) and the core network (CN) use the quality of service information independently of one another, without signalling individual parameters, in order to guarantee the transmission of packets in the uplink and downlink according to the quality of service. This is achieved exclusively using local settings that have been configured for individual TCLs, permitting a radical reduction in complexity compared to conventional methods. The method is further simplified by the described interlinking of different tasks or the linking of such tasks to an existing data transmission.

Method for guaranteeing the quality of services in packet-switching wireless networks

The invention relates to a method for performing a paging call in a cellular mobile communications system, wherein a terminal device is operated in a first radio cell of the mobile communications system provided with radio signals from a radio transmission device, said terminal device being in an idle state, and data to be transmitted to the terminal device are present in a data transmission device of the mobile communications system. The invention is characterized in that upon detection of a loss of service or fault in the radio transmission device, measures for handling the loss of service/fault in said radio transmission device are taken, with the goal of restoring the accessibility of the mobile radio device for which said radio transmission device is the last known radio transmission device.

Method for ensuring the accessibility of mobile radio devices using an optimized paging mechanism

The invention relates to a method for establishing a communication link between a communication system and a remote station by means of a communication network, whereby, in the context of the communication link, a parameterized selection of a remote station is made from several available remote stations by utilizing the name resolution mechanism. The communication forms a logical name with the help of parameters used for selecting a remote station or embeds the parameters in a logical name and transmits the formed logical name to a name resolution mechanism located in the communication network. The name resolution mechanism selects a remote station on the basis of the afore-mentioned logical name and a selection function and feeds back the communication address thereof.

Parameterizable selection of a communication system on the basis of name resolution mechanisms

A common communication network with line- and packet-switching control is provided, with telecommunication services such as call-forwarding, being carried out by means of a link between a control device and a communication network. At least partially synchronized control is provided for both the line-switching and the packet-switching part of the communication system, and carries out the telecommunication services.

Communication network with line-and packet-switching control

The invention relates to a method for carrying out paging in a cellular mobile communication system. A terminal is operated in a first radio cell of the mobile communication system which is in an idle state, data is provided in a data transmission device of the mobile communication system for transmission to the terminal. According to the invention, the information is first transmitted to a radio transmission device supplying the first radio cell with radio signals, whereupon a paging is carried out or initiated by the radio transmission device in order to activate the terminal and to be able to transmit the data.

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Bornheim, Germany

Karl-Heinz Nenner