Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

T-mobile Innovations LLC

Sprint Spectrum L.p.

Sprint Communication Cômpany L.p.

Mark J Bonn

Dominick Mangiardi

Abdolreza Asghari

James D Kirby

John Tayag Susbilla

Kenneth V George

Kosol Jintaseranee

Ehtesham Khan

Sara Gatmir-Motahari

Muhammad Nauhman Bashir Gora

Heesook Choi

Sean Patrick Hoelzle

Cory A Yang

ShouJei Cheng

Raymond Emilio Reeves

Rajil Malhotra

Simon Youngs

Mark Douglas Peden

Gary Koller

Bryce Alan Jones

Michael Patrick McMullen

Mark Evans

Gerald Ray Jordan, Jr

Quang B Doan

Stephen Douglas Williams

Sal Cerda

Kuncheng Richard Yang

Victor M Gress

Raghava V Nidraghatta Karanam

Timothy J Stechert

Michael Patrick Finegan

Lei Zhang

Systems and methods are provided for mitigating undesirable service disruptions in a communications network. Based on a determination that an access failure rate exceeds a threshold, it may be determined that a particular service is degraded or that a requesting user device is not authorized to access the service. One or more mitigation protocols may be used to block subsequent attempts by the requesting user device, a set of user devices associated with the requesting user device, or an area associated with the requesting user device to request access to the service.

Mitigating denial of service attacks on telecommunication services

A wireless User Equipment (UE) generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message that comprises a SIP header and a user message. The SIP header indicates a priority QoS and the user message indicates a message destination. The wireless UE wirelessly transfers the SIP message to a wireless network and the wireless network transfers the SIP message to a message network. In response to the priority QoS indicated in the SIP header, the message network generates and transfers another SIP message using the priority QoS. The other SIP message comprises another SIP header and the user message.

Wireless messaging with high-priority quality-of-service

Systems and method are provided for mitigating hacking of restricted access telecommunication services. In response to an authentication response from a user device, an authentication failure type and authentication failure frequency may be determined. Based on the authentication failure type and authentication failure frequency, the user device is blocked from accessing the telecommunication service for a predetermined period of time, preventing the service from being congested by recurring unauthorized users.

Mitigating authentication-based hacking of access restricted telecommunication services

A wireless communication device transfer a high-priority message with a high-priority Quality-of-Service (QoS). Device circuitry receives a request for the high-priority message, and in response, signals a radio to wirelessly attach to a wireless network using a high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The circuitry generates a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message that includes the high-priority message and that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly attaches to the wireless network using the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly transfers the SIP message that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause and that includes the high-priority message to the wireless network. The wireless network transfers the SIP message to a message network using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause used for wireless attachment. The message network transfers the high-priority message using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause in the SIP message.

In a wireless communication network, provisioning circuitry transfers a QoS code to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) in wireless User Equipment (UE). The UE receives a user message, and in response, retrieves the QoS code from the SIM. The UE wirelessly transfers a network message having the user message and the QoS code to messaging circuitry. In response to the QoS code, the messaging circuitry adds a QoS header to the network message. The messaging circuitry handles the network message with the enhanced QoS responsive to the QoS header. The messaging circuitry generates a new network message having the QoS header and the user message. The messaging circuitry handles the new network message with the enhanced QoS. The messaging circuitry transfers the new network message having the QoS header and the user message for delivery to the destination.

Wireless messaging using an enhanced quality-of-service (QoS)

A wireless data communication network authorizes Wireless Priority Service (WPS) communications. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server transfers a WPS authorization code to a WPS communication device. The WPS communication device transfers a WPS SIP message to a SIP server. The WPS SIP message has the WPS authorization code and a WPS session request. The SIP server authorizes the WPS SIP message based on the WPS authorization code. When the WPS SIP message is authorized, the SIP server system identifies network addressing based on the WPS session request. The SIP server system transfers a response message to the WPS communication device that identifies the network addressing. The WPS communication device wirelessly transfers WPS data over the WPS session using the network addressing.

Wireless priority service (WPS) authorization

An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) receives a media session invite having a Wireless Priority Service (WPS) prefix over a non-Long Term Evolution (LTE) network for a User Equipment (UE). The IMS identifies the WPS prefix and adds a Resource Priority Header (RPH) indicating that the media session invite is for a WPS call. The IMS transfers an authentication request to a WPS Application Server to authenticate the UE for the WPS call based on a UE identifier and receives an authentication response indicating that the UE is authenticated. The IMS determines that the media session invite was transferred over the non-LTE network and transfers an instruction to the UE indicating that the UE should re-originate the media session invite over the LTE network. The UE receives the instruction and transfers the media session invite having the WPS prefix to the IMS over the LTE network.

Data communication system to direct a user equipment to re-originate a media session invite having a wireless priority service (WPS) prefix over a long term evolution (LTE) network

An ePDG is configured to receive an attachment request transmitted from a priority wireless communication device over an internet communication network and responsively transfer a create session request to a P-GW. The P-GW is configured to receive the create session request and responsively transfer a credit control request to a PCRF. The PCRF is configured to receive the credit control request and responsively determine that the priority wireless communication device has a priority modification requirement, generate modified priority data for the priority wireless communication device based on the priority modification requirement, and transfer a credit control answer with the modified priority data to the P-GW. The P-GW is configured to receive the credit control answer with the modified priority data and responsively create a default bearer between the ePDG and the P-GW for the priority wireless communication device with priority service based on the modified priority data.

Evolved packet data gateway priority services

Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software to validate calls to end telephone numbers. In one implementation, a method of operating a call state service includes obtaining and storing call state information for one or more communication in at least one data structure. The method further provides receiving a call state request for a communication of interest, wherein the request includes relevant call state information. The method also provides determining whether the relevant call state information matches a communication in the one or more communications based on the at least one data structure, and, if a match is identified, returning a call state match notification to the requesting end service.

Caller validation for end service providers

A wireless access node to facilitate increased quality of service in consideration of medical information comprises a wireless communication transceiver and a processing system. The wireless communication transceiver is configured to receive medical data transmitted from a wireless communication device served by the wireless access node, wherein the wireless communication device senses the medical data from a user of the wireless communication device. The processing system is configured to determine a quality of service level for the wireless communication device based on the medical data, and implement the quality of service level for the wireless communication device.

Quality of service level based on medical data for a wireless communication device

A directory assistance (DA) application server to facilitate directory assistance lookup requests involving a web real-time communication (WebRTC) engine comprises a communication transceiver and a processing system. The communication transceiver is configured to receive a first session initiation protocol (SIP) information message comprising a request for directory assistance data, wherein the request is expressed in an extensible markup language (XML) format. The processing system is configured to query a directory assistance database to retrieve the directory assistance data and process the directory assistance data to generate a second SIP information message comprising the directory assistance data expressed in the XML format. The communication transceiver is further configured to transfer the second SIP information message for delivery to the WebRTC engine.

Information exchange between a directory assistance application server and a web-RTC engine

A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server comprises a signaling data system that receives a first SIP message having a Session Description Protocol (SDP) data set. The signaling system responsively stores the SDP data set in association with a session segment identifier and transfers a session request having the session segment identifier and not the SDP data set. The SIP server has a session data system that receives the session request having the session segment identifier and not the SDP data set. The session data system responsively authorizes the session request and transfers a session instruction having the session segment identifier. The signaling data system receives the session instruction having the session segment identifier and responsively identifies the SDP data set with the session segment identifier and transfers a second SIP message having the SDP data set.

Session initiation protocol (SIP) server to efficiently handle session description protocol (SDP) data sets

Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for monitoring wireless communication devices within a geographic area of interest. In one example, a method of operating a location analytics system includes identifying a geographic area of interest. The method further includes identifying wireless sectors within the geographic area of interest, and identifying wireless communication devices within the wireless sectors. The method also includes generating mapping information for the geographic area of interest based on the identification of the wireless communication devices, and providing the mapping information to emergency action system to provide information to the devices.

Sector based wireless device management

A communication system to route telephony signals based on OLI. The communication system includes a telephony signaling system and a call processing system. The telephony signaling system receives a first signaling message over an originating line indicating a telephony number and in response, generates and transfers a second signaling message indicating the telephony number and the OLI for delivery to a call processing system. The call processing system receives the second signaling message, and in response, processes the telephony number to identify a RespOrg. The call processing system processes the OLI based on the identified RespOrg to select a CIC. Call processing system generates and transfers a third signaling message indicating the selected CIC for delivery to the telephony signaling system. The telephony signaling system receives the third signaling message, and in response, generates and transfers a fourth signaling message for delivery to a telephony network based on the selected CIC.

Communication system to route telephony signals based on originating line information

Systems, methods, and software for identifying dormant wireless communication devices in wireless communication systems are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes providing wireless access to communication services to wireless communication devices, where the wireless communication devices are associated with at least a first paging zone. The method also includes instructing the wireless communication devices associated with the first paging zone to associate with a temporary paging zone identifier and responsively receiving indications of the temporary paging zone identifier transferred by at least a portion of the wireless communication devices. The method also includes identifying dormant ones of the wireless communication devices based on which of the ones of the wireless communication devices transfer the indications, and instructing the wireless communication devices associated with the temporary paging zone identifier to resume association with the first paging zone.

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Mark J Bonn