Blackberry Corporation

Research in Motion Corporation

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP

Xiaoming Zhao

Wei Wu

Zhijun Cai

James Earl Womack

David Stuart Furbeck

Jianrong Wang

Donald C Hjort

Mark Wardell

David Furbeck

Stefano M Faccin

Richard Charles Burbidge

Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker

Claude Jean-Frederic Arzelier

John-Luc Bakker

Xinhua Ling

Claude Jean Frederic Arzelier

Claude Jean Arzelier

Time-spaced messaging for network communications is facilitated. An example method may include receiving a plurality of messages at a message rate. The method may further include determining a number of the plurality of messages a network device is unable to process. The method may further include determining, based on the number, a miss rate associated with the plurality of messages. The method may further include determining whether the miss rate exceeds a threshold miss rate and, if the miss rate is determined to exceed the threshold miss rate, determining a time delay based on the miss rate and message rate, and applying the first time delay to at least one message received subsequent to the plurality of messages.

Time-spaced messaging for facilitating network communications

A method for optimizing group communication services, the method including determining a current location and an assigned home server for one or more devices associated with each of a plurality of group members, determining whether the one or more devices of the plurality of group members has moved to a visiting location, wherein the visiting location is a location outside of locations associated with the assigned home server based on the current location and assigned home server for the one or more devices, and assigning a group control application server associated with the visiting location to the to the one or more devices to serve as the assigned home server.

Group communication and service optimization system

Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to facilitate time-spaced messaging for network communications are disclosed. An example method may include receiving a plurality of messages at a message rate. The method may further include determining a number of the plurality of messages a network device is unable to process. The method may further include determining, based on the number, a miss rate associated with the plurality of messages. The method may further include determining whether the miss rate exceeds a threshold miss rate and, if the miss rate is determined to exceed the threshold miss rate, determining a time delay based on the miss rate and message rate, and applying the first time delay to at least one message received subsequent to the plurality of messages.

A method for optimizing group communication services, the method comprising instantiating an adaptive homing tool as a virtual network function, the adaptive homing tool communicating with a centralized database in a multiple region telecommunications network; storing a user identification for plural group members in the database; when a service request is made by at least one group member that has moved outside of connectivity with a group home server, receiving group member location data for the plural group members in real time; assigning a group control application server to at least one group member when a group member initiates a service request; wherein the common service tool assigns the group application control server based on at least one of the priority data, group member location data, least network resources used, best path performance, shortest path performance, and quality of service.

Methods and apparatus to provide packet switched service continuity during circuit switched fallback operation are described. One example method includes determining that a target system does not support packet switched handover; determining if non-3GPP access for packet switched service is available; and triggering handover to the non-3GPP access.

Methods and apparatus to provide packet switched service continuity during circuit switched fallback operation

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for indicating and responding to various congestion levels in a communication system, such as a wireless communication network. A congestion level in the network is determined, and a percentage of data packets to be transmitted to an endpoint, such as user equipment or another network endpoint serving the user, are marked to indicate the congestion level. The endpoint determines the congestion level at the network from the percentage of received data packets that are marked and may initiate an appropriate response behavior in response to the determined congestion level.

Congestion level indication with explicit congestion notification in communication systems

A method to promote connectivity between a user agent (UA) and a packet data network (PDN) is provided. The method comprises determining a quality of service class identifier (QCI) to associate with a service data flow, determining a sense of change in at least one of a priority, a packet delay budget, and a packet error loss rate of the QCI to associate with the service data flow, and sending a request to establish a service data flow treatment, the request comprising the QCI and a QCI extension encapsulating the sense of change of the QCI.

Mechanisms for evolved packet system quality of service class identifier extension

A system to promote connectivity for inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second radio access network (RAN) is provided. The system comprises a component configured such that for each access point name (APN) in communication with the first radio access network (RAN), the maximum bit rate (MBR) for each active non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer in the second radio access network (RAN) is determined based on each respective access point name's (APN's) used aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) and the number of active non-guaranteed bit rate(s) (non-GBR) bearers for the respective access point name (APN).

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A method is provided for measuring at least one radio condition of each of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs). The method includes specifying a sequence of the RATs, and measuring at least one radio condition of a first RAT in the sequence before measuring at least one radio condition of a second RAT in the sequence.

Measurement control for handover from one radio access technology to another

A system is provided for concurrently connecting a plurality of packet data network gateways to a serving gateway. The system includes a processor configured to evaluate an operational parameter related to a set of network components to which the serving gateway and the packet data network gateways belong. The operational parameter limits a quantity of packet data network gateways to which the serving gateway concurrently connects.

Long term evolution user equipment multi-packet data network parameter based connectivity control

Mechanism for 3rd generation partnership project multiple inter-network quality of service continuity

A system of a telecommunications network is provided. The system includes a processor configured to promote preventing a detachment of a user equipment (UE) from the network by preventing deactivation of at least one default bearer between the UE and the network when at least one bearer between the UE and the network is to be deactivated based on a quality of service parameter.

Evolved packet system quality of service enforcement deactivation handling to prevent unexpected user equipment detach

A method for communicating in a network is provided. The method comprises identifying a QoS threshold, and determining a difference between a first quality of service (QoS) parameter and a second QoS parameter. The method also comprises comparing the QoS threshold to the difference between the first and second QoS parameters. The method further comprises determining whether to use the second QoS parameter based on the comparison.

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Xiaoming Zhao