Apple Inc.

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Qualcomm Incorporated

Vikram Bhaskara Yerrabommanahalli

Rohan C Malthankar

Prashant H Vashi

Arun Godfrey Mathias

Chandiramohan Vasudevan

Rafael L Rivera-Barreto

Li Li

Najeeb M Abdulrahiman

Raj S Chaugule

Krisztian Kiss

Madhusudan Chaudhary

Ajoy K Singh

Teck Yang Lee

Lakshmi N Kavuri

Thanigaivelu Elangovan

Rajesh Ambati

Sergey Sitnikov

Francisco J Gonzalez

Abhishek Sen

Viswanath Nagarajan

Matthew Scott Klahn

Avinash Narasimhan

Thomas Francis Pauly

Damien R Holzapfel

Muthukumaran Dhanapal

Cesar Perez

Faraz Faheem

Raghuveer Mallikarjunan

Harshit Chuttani

Ajay Singh

Samuel J Miller

Gahima S Mbonye

He Zheng

Srinivasan Nimmala

Swaminathan Balakrishnan

Bharath Narasimha Rao

Karthik Anantharaman

Jean-Marc Padova

Oleg M Moskalenko

Yogesh D Karandikar

Ameya R Kasbekar

Patrick L Coffman

Sarma V Vangala

Murtaza A Shikari

Farouk Belghoul

Sreevalsan Vallath

Anush G Nadathur

Sanjeevi Balasubramanian

Sriram Subramanian

Shiva Krishna Narra

Samy Touati

Juergen H Kreuchauf

Shivani Suresh Babu

Gregory Rourk Nelson

Clive Edward Rodgers

Sherman X Jin

Divyaprakash P Bhojkumar

Vivek Ramanna

Daniel P Ellis

Krishna Myneni

Brian H Cassidy

Swapna V Iyer

Kanuganti Rajeswar Reddy

Punit H Awatramani

Timothy M Sheridan

Kannan Jeyakumar

Navjot Thakral

Alex M Was

Bao Q Ho

Eduardo De Almeida Abrantes

Jianxiong Shi

Xiangying Yang

Yannick L Sierra

Robert D Watson

Christopher M Garrido

Nicholas Joseph Circosta

Francis Ming-Meng Ngai

Luciano Miguel Verger

Anish Kumar Goyal

Albert Riley Howard

Ian J Baird

Gregory Robert Burns

Christopher Aaron Volkert

Sang Ho Baek

Ariane Cotte

Ryan A Williams

Chandra S Chetty

Abdul-Munem Al-Khudairi

Thomas Chathoth Abraham

Saad Zaidi

Abhishek Walia

Imran Ahmed

Sarma V R K V Vangala

Daniel Henry Salek

This Application sets forth techniques for binding and dynamic provisioning of international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with cellular wireless service profiles, such as subscriber identity modules (SIMs) on physical SIM (pSIM) cards and electronic SIMs (eSIMs) on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device. When pSIMs and/or eSIMs change on the mobile wireless device, e.g., based on installation, activation, deactivation, de-installation, etc., IMEI binding logic accounts for the changes and maps IMEI values to pSIMs and/or eSIMs as required. IMEI values can be assigned based on a history of bindings between IMEI values and ICCID values of one or more eSIMS on an eUICC. A most recently used or a newly assigned IMEI value can be associated with an eSIM. Whether to assign an identical IMEI value to multiple eSIMs depends on requirements of associated cellular wireless service subscriptions.

IMEI binding and dynamic IMEI provisioning for wireless devices

This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to determine whether to display an indicator of millimeter wave cellular availability. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection that includes connectivity with a fifth generation new radio millimeter wave cell. The wireless device may determine to display an indication of millimeter wave cell availability. The wireless device may determine location status information and motion status information for the wireless device. The wireless device may determine when to cease displaying the indication of millimeter wave cell availability after the radio resource control connection is released or the millimeter wave cell is deconfigured based at least in part on the location status information for the wireless device and the motion status information for the wireless device.

Determining whether to display an indicator of millimeter wave cellular availability

Described are systems and methods for transferring calls between multiple stations. An exemplary system includes a first station and a second station that establishes a first communication session having a first call identification with the first station. The system further includes a third station and a network device that includes stored data indicating a relationship between the first station and the third station, the network device configured to receive the first call identification from the first station and transmit the first call identification to the third station based on the relationship, wherein the third station is configured to receive the first call identification and send an invite to the second station to replace the first communication session with the first station with a second communication session with the third station, the invite including the first call identification and a second call identification that identifies the second communication session.

System and method for transferring a call

A method is performed by a set of one or more servers and includes receiving, from a first user equipment (UE) to be activated with a cellular carrier for a user, and at the set of one or more servers, information identifying a second UE of the user and authentication information for authenticating the user with the cellular carrier. The method further includes authenticating the user using the authentication information; transmitting a password to the second UE at least partly in response to authenticating the user; receiving, from the first UE and at the set of one or more servers, the password; validating the password received from the first UE; and initiating a transfer of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) subscription, from the second UE to the first UE, at least partly in response to validating the password.

Integrated standalone flow for cellular subscription transfer

This Application sets forth techniques for provisioning and activating an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) as a primary SIM for a mobile wireless device that includes a limited functionality physical SIM (pSIM) associated with a particular mobile network operator (MNO) and installed in the mobile wireless device at a time of manufacture. An eSIM associated with the particular MNO is reserved during a sales order process and later activated during device activation after receipt by a user using a secure over-the-air (OTA) cellular connection enabled by the limited functionality pSIM, when a non-cellular connection or other Internet accessible connection is available. Dual SIM device configuration processes can be suppressed during activation of the eSIM. After successful attachment of the mobile wireless device to a cellular wireless network of the particular MNO using credentials of the eSIM, the limited functionality pSIM is disabled.

Primary eSIM activation for wireless device with physical SIM

A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit, to a cellular carrier, a request to activate the UE with the cellular carrier. The UE is also configured to, in response to receiving an authentication request for authenticating a user of the UE, transmit, to the cellular carrier, information identifying another UE and authentication information for authenticating the user ; prompt the user, via a display of the UE, to provide, to an input system of the UE, verification information transmitted to the other UE; transmit, to the cellular carrier, the verification information; and in response to validation of the verification information by the cellular carrier, receive an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) subscription transferred from the other UE.

A communications network may be used to convey Short Message Service (SMS) messages using the Internet Protocol (IP). User equipment may transmit an SMS-over-IP Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message to wireless equipment over a high-bandwidth communications link. The wireless equipment may route the SMS-over-IP SIP message to the ePDG. When the high-bandwidth link is unavailable, the user equipment may transmit a compressed message to the proxy server over a low-bandwidth communications link. The proxy server may convert the compressed message into an SMS-over-IP SIP message that is transmitted to the ePDG. The proxy server may serve as a proxy for the first user equipment from the perspective of the ePDG. This may allow SMS message data to continue to be conveyed through the communications network even when the high-bandwidth communications link becomes unavailable.

Communications network

This Application sets forth techniques for binding and dynamic provisioning of international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with cellular wireless service profiles, such as subscriber identity modules (SIMS) on physical SIM (pSIM) cards and electronic SIMs (eSIMs) on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device. When pSIMs and/or eSIMs change on the mobile wireless device, e.g., based on installation, activation, deactivation, de-installation, etc., IMEI binding logic accounts for the changes and maps IMEI values to pSIMs and/or eSIMs as required. IMEI values can be assigned based on a history of bindings between IMEI values and ICCID values of one or more eSIMS on an eUICC. A most recently used or a newly assigned IMEI value can be associated with an eSIM. Whether to assign an identical IMEI value to multiple eSIMs depends on requirements of associated cellular wireless service subscriptions.

Methods and devices for a user equipment (UE) device to utilize an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to provide backup cellular connectivity for essential services and security enhancements. A UE device receives user input to alter an operational state of the UE. The user input may include removing a physical subscriber identity module (SIM) card installed in the UE or attempting to power off the UE. In response to receiving the user input, an authorization process is initiated. In response to determining that the authorization process has failed, a security enhancement is implemented for the UE.

Backup cellular connectivity for essential services

Primary esim activation for wireless device with physical sim

This Application sets forth techniques for provisioning and activating electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for mobile wireless devices. An eSIM is reserved during a sales order process and later activated during device activation after receipt by a user. An option for eSIM installation in place of (or in addition to) physical SIM installation is provided when purchasing the mobile wireless device. The reserved eSIM can replace a previous SIM/eSIM or be a new eSIM. During device activation, installation and activation of the eSIM occurs. Activation of the eSIM can occur before or after deactivation of a transferred SIM/eSIM. The mobile wireless device accounts for propagation delay of eSIM activation through MNO servers by disabling and re-enabling the eSIM until initial attachment to an MNO cellular wireless network succeeds or a maximum number of retry attempts is reached.

Subscription activation for mobile wireless devices

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for high data mode operation in cellular networks. A UE may determine, for an interface to a high-speed cellular network, a categorization from a plurality of categorizations, determine availability of the high-speed cellular network, and select, based at least in part on the categorization and availability of the high-speed cellular network, the interface for a data connection to the high-speed cellular network. The categorization may be one of expensive or not expensive and/or one of a first level associated with a higher compression codec rate or a second level associated with a lower compression codec rate. The UE may receive, from one of the a low-speed cellular network or the high-speed cellular network, carrier plan information for a cellular data service carrier and analyze the carrier plan information to determine desirability of a switch, e.g., from the low-speed cellular network to the high-speed cellular network.

High data mode for enhanced user experience in cellular networks

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Vikram Bhaskara Yerrabommanahalli