Gemalto M2m Gmbh

Thales Dis Ais Deutschland Gmbh

Telit Cinterion Deutschland Gmbh

Nokia Siemens Networks Gmbh & Co Kg

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Thales Dis France Sas

Thales Dis France Sa

Nokia Solutions and Networks Gmbh & Co. Kg

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Thales

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Cinterion Wireless Modules Gmbh

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Volker Breuer

Dong Chen

Lars Wehmeier

Thomas Ulrich

Florian Denzin

Demian Martos-Riano

Osaid Khaliq

Uwe Dummann

Alexander Vesely

Meik Kottkamp

Joerg Gustrau

Frank Lamprecht

Bernd Rohl

Iavor Antonov

Thomas Malcolm Chapman

Frank Westerkowsky

Ronald Blum

Andre Ostheeren

Jörg Rook

Bernd Roehl

Ingo Viering

Jukka Tapio Ranta

Richard Waldhauser

Nicolas Chuberre

Armin Splett

Jean-Yves Fine

Gunter Wolff

Frederic Charpentier

David Randall

Norbert Kroth

Mireille Pauliac

Anne-Marie Praden

Joern Krause

Ly-Thanh Phan

Steffen Junghanns

Philip Booker

Frederic Delage

Markus Ali-Hackl

Toby Kier Proctor

Andreas Frey

Xu Zhu

Benoît Jouffrey

Mohamed El Jaafari

Rainer Dippel

David Bohaty

Stefan Fritze

Nobert Kroth

Jürgen Gröne

Frank Günther

André Ostheeren

Michael Schultz

Bernd Röhl

Ye Litao

Stéphane Botuha

Gilles Chene

The present invention relates a user equipment UE registered for Non-IP communication services performs an application function. For providing application data via a radio access network, a method involves receiving a paging message and a subsequent radio link control, RLC, message in accordance with a Non-IP communication protocol. The paging message and the RLC message are initiated by an application server associated with the application function. The UE retrieves a network address of the application server in accordance with an IP communication protocol stack, and activates use of the IP communication protocol stack. The UE then requests IP communication services from the core network via the wireless cellular network, obtains a dynamic network address in accordance with the Internet Protocol and uses its dynamic network address and the network address of the application server to providing the application data to the application server using the IP communication services via the wireless cellular network.

Method for initiating data transmission from a user equipment

Provided is a low capability device (UE) active in a communication system comprising a plurality of satellites (Si, Sj) insuring a temporally continuous communication coverage for the low capability device (UE), said satellites being further grouped in families (S1x), satellites of a same family (S1x) sharing same and common access information, said device (UE) comprises a power saving module to send to the serving satellite (S11), during a first data session, a next access request for a next or continued data session with time indications including at least a desired next time interval to be granted for communication. Other embodiments disclosed.

Power saving satellite connection for low capability device

Provided is a method to operate a base station of a cellular network, the base station being capable of supporting bandwidth limited operation of user equipments camping on said base station, comprising the step for said base station of broadcasting a set of system information items. The set of system information items additionally comprises a first system information item indicating that camping is allowed for at least one first user equipment supporting bandwidth limited operation only. The set of system information items comprise a second system information item indicating whether newly camping is allowed for at least one second user equipments supporting additionally other modes of operation than bandwidth-limited operation, under the condition that said second user equipment is intending to use at least one of the features specific to a base station supporting bandwidth-limited operation. Other embodiments disclosed.

Method for controlling access to a base station

A user equipment device for use in a cellular radio communication system, comprising a radio frequency, herein RF, front end, which is configured for RF communication with a base station node of the cellular radio communication system, a communication controller, which is configured to control operation of the RF front end wherein the communication controller is configured to establish an operative signalling connection with a first subscriber identity module, herein SIM, which comprises first subscriber identity information associated with a first subscriber identity, herein first identity to establish an operative signalling connection with a second SIM, which comprises second subscriber identity information associated with a second subscriber identity, herein second identity, that is different from the first identity upon establishing the operative signalling connection with the second SIM, to establish an instance of a protocol stack and to provide to the base station node identity-bundling capability information that is indicative of a shared communication capability provided by the user equipment device via the RF front end and associated with the first identity and with the second identity to subsequently control shared use of the RF front end and shared use of the established instance of the protocol stack in establishing, maintaining and terminating respective radio bearers associated with the first identity and with the second identity, respectively, via the base station node.

Bundling of communication capabilities for multiple subscriber identities in a cellular radio communication system

Provided is a method for a component of a cellular network for paging a plurality of user equipments being assigned to one of at least two paging groups, wherein each paging group is paged at a paging occasion defined for said paging group. The method comprises the steps of ascertaining at least one physical characteristics of said user equipment, assigning the user equipment to a paging group considering said at least one physical characteristic, and sending an information message related to paging at a defined paging occasion depending on the assigned paging group.

Method for paging user equipments in a cellular network

Provided is a method to operate a user equipment operating in a cellular network different from the user equipment's home cellular network, the user equipment being configured to carry out, following a periodic home network scan cycle, a measurement attempt to the home cellular network, the user equipment operating in a reduced activity mode, comprising reduced measurement activity time periods, comprising the step of comparing the periodic home network scan cycle with the reduced activity mode's reduced measurement activity time period, in case the periodic home network scan cycle is shorter than the reduced measurement activity time period, amending the periodic home network scan cycle.

Method for improved roaming of a limited-bandwidth user equipment

Provided is a method for data transmission from a user equipment to a remote server by means of a base station of a cellular network, wherein the user equipment is configured to carry out payload data transmission to said remote server. It comprises: carrying out a first signaling data transmission to the base station, determining a first power value representative of the power spent for said first signaling data transmission, maintaining the first power value as reference value, carrying out a second signaling data transmission to the base station, and determining a second power value representative of the power spent for said second signaling data transmission. In case said second power value exceeds said first power value by a predetermined threshold value, it delays the next payload data transmission for a predetermined time.

Method for power efficient data transmission

Provided is a method to operate a user equipment communicatively connected to at least two subscriber identity modules, which are at least assigned to a first and a cellular network, wherein the user equipment has assigned an independent paging identity in each of the first and second cellular networks for registration in said cellular networks. Other embodiments disclosed.

Method for co-ordination of paging in a user equipment

Provided herein is a system, components, and methods for a user equipment therein operating on a first base node of a cellular network, the first base node communicatively coupled to two core networks of said cellular network, the user equipment operating in an open data exchange session by means of a data exchange context terminating in selected one of the two core networks, the user equipment further maintaining a first device identity received from said selected core network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method and user equipment for selecting a core network

Provided is a method for a first base station operating with a cellular network, covering a first cell area and being connectively coupled to a second base station supporting beamforming, covering a second cell area, wherein a plurality of user equipments is located in said first cell area. It includes sending a message representative of an instruction to perform at least one automatic neighbor relation measurement to at least one of the plurality of user equipments located in said first cell area, receiving at least one automatic neighbor relation message from said at least one user equipment, and omitting said at least one user equipment from further considering for further automatic neighbor relation evaluation, when said automatic neighbor relation message indicates that said user equipment is located outside of the second cell area.

Method for network optimization of a cellular network

Provided is a method for a method to operate a base station being part of a cellular network, the base station being configured for conducting a preconfigured periodical uplink communication schedule with at least one user equipment. The base station negotiates with the user equipment for setting up the preconfigured periodical uplink communication schedule. A downlink data flag indicating if the user equipment is prepared to receive downlink data in conjunction with at least one preconfigured periodical uplink communication occasion is received. Network resources are allocated at a time synchronized with the preconfigured periodical uplink communication schedule of a data transmission as part of a preconfigured periodical uplink communication occasion. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method for optimization of dedicated uplink resource transmission

A method for selection of a network slice by a user equipment operating in a cellular network includes the steps of: receiving, from at least one of a plurality of base stations, a signalling indicating a set of quality of service values supported by at least one of the base stations, determining at least one supported network service for respective base stations, prioritizing the base stations by means of said determined supported network service in consideration of at least one out of the list of preferred network services, selecting one of the base stations considering said prioritization of frequencies, and to set up a preferred network service: sending a network slice selection message indicating a quality of service value relating to the network service, sending an attach request via the serving base station to the network mobility unit.

Method for selection of a network slice

The present invention relates to a method for data transmission from a first user equipment to a base station of a cellular network, where the first user equipment is camping on under coverage enhancement conditions, the first user equipment being communicatively connected to at least one second user equipment via a device-to-device communication channel, wherein for the data transmission of at least one data packet, the method comprises the steps for the first user equipment of: transmitting the at least one data packet to the at least one second user equipment via the device-to-device communication channel, instructing the at least one second user equipment to transmit the at least one data packet time-synchronized with the first transmission to the base station.

Method for power optimized data transmission in a wireless cellular network

A method for operating a user equipment in a cellular network, the cellular network comprising a plurality of base stations, wherein at least one base station is configured to maintain neighbor relation data, wherein the user equipment is operating with an active base station in narrowband communication category, the method including, for the user equipment—receiving from the active base station a measurement instruction message, the measurement instruction message containing at least one restriction parameter relating to at least one of a reporting time indication and a minimum power level indicator, —receiving a connection release message, —measuring signals from at least one neighbor base station considering the at least one restriction parameter, and, on occasion of a reconnection—transmitting at least one neighbor measurement report to the active base station.

Method for operating a user equipment supporting self organizing networks

The present invention relates to a method for operating a user equipment with a base station assigned to at least two core networks in co-existence mode of a cellular network, the user equipment operating in a data communication mode with direct connection termination in the at least one core network, the method comprising the steps for the user equipment of:—camping on a base station with access to at least two core networks of different technology standards, —receiving a transmission from said base station indicating available radio resources of the first and of the second core network, —selecting the core network which is appropriate for said envisaged connection, —sending a connection request for envisaged connection to the base station using parts of said indicated radio resources belonging to the selected core network, —receiving a response indication from the base station.

Method for operating user equipment with a base station of cellular network

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