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20100284327 | Policy Enforcement Within an IP Network - A method and network node for generating and applying policy rules in an IP network. A Policy Enforcement Function (PEF) is implemented in a node such as a Gateway GPRS Service Node (GGSN) routing packet flows to and from network users. An Application Function (AF) determines source and destination addressing information for a packet flow and sends the information to a Policy and Charging Decision Function in a Policy and Charging Control Function (PCRF) having access to service and mobility policies for network users. The PCRF generates policy rules based on the addressing information and the appropriate service and mobility policies. The PCRF sends the policies rules to the PEF for application to the traffic flow. | 11-11-2010 |
20100323697 | NODE ALLOCATION WITHIN A CORE NETWORK COMPRISING LOCAL POOL AREAS - A method of allocating users to core network nodes of a cellular telecommunications System, where users access the core network via a radio access network and where the nodes of the core network are grouped into a plurality of local pool areas and the local pool areas are further grouped into one or more pool areas, and each local pool area corresponds to a geographic area covered by the access network. The method comprises allocating a user to a core network node of a local pool area corresponding to the geographic area within which the user is located, maintaining the core network node while the user moves within the local pool area, and, in the event that the user moves out of the local pool area but remains in the same pool area, maintaining said allocation at least temporarily. | 12-23-2010 |
20110040855 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REDUCING SIGNALING IN A NETWORK HAVING A DATABASE SERVER - In one aspect of the invention, a system and method reduce central database signalling. The system and method select a gateway in response to an event; determine whether to transmit a gateway identifier identifying the selected gateway to a central database; and indicate whether the gateway identifier has been transmitted to the central database. | 02-17-2011 |
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20110007632 | TECHNIQUE FOR ROUTE OPTIMIZATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A technique for route optimization in a communication network is provided. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of providing a first data element containing information about first data session between a mobile terminal and a first gateway node and further containing mobility management information regarding the mobile terminal, wherein the first data element is associated with a first network address, providing a second data element containing information about a second data session between the mobile terminal and a second gateway node and further containing mobility management information regarding the mobile terminal, wherein the second data element is associated with a second network address, and switching an association of network traffic with the first data element to an association of network traffic with the second data element in order to optimize the flow of network traffic within the communication network. | 01-13-2011 |
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20120076047 | MAINTAINING CURRENT CELL LOCATION INFORMATION IN A CELLULAR ACCESS NETWORK - A method, femto Base Station, and network service node for connecting a User Equipment UE, to local devices in a local network. The femtoBS includes a femtoBS part and a Packet Data Network Gateway, PDN-GW, part comprising a subset of PDN-GW functions. The UE sends a PDN connection request that includes a special Access Point Name, APN, which indicates the request ts for local IP access. The network service node, such as a Mobility Management Entity, MME1 includes a gateway selection mechanism that, based on the special APN1 selects the PDN GW part of the femtoBS device to serve the connection. A route optimization function in the femtoBS shortcuts the traffic between the femtoBS part and the PDN GW part, providing direct access to the local network. The UE may access the Internet through a residential gateway in the local network and a fixed access connection. | 03-29-2012 |
20120178416 | METHOD, ACCESS CONTROL NODE AND DOMAIN NAME SERVER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method in a access control node for selecting of a local gateway co-located with or near a home node is provided. The access control node receives ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120213165 | LIGHTWEIGHT DATA TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A method of sending user plane data between a user device and a network entity within a packet core network via a radio access network. The method comprises
| 08-23-2012 |
20120258740 | Access Control According to a Policy Defined for a Group of Associated Electronic Devices Comprising a Cellular Modem - Access control according to a policy defined for a plurality of electronic devices comprising a cellular modem and associated with the same user If an end user has two electronic devices, such as a fire alarm or an electricity meter, which both have a cellular modem and are allowed to operate in parallel under the same subscription, the end user can abuse this subscription by lending or selling one of the devices to another person. This abuse can be prevented by the present invention in that the network access is controlled according to a policy defined for the plurality of electronic devices operating under the same subscription. In particular, the policy defines a threshold distance between a primary electronic device and each additional electronic device belonging to said plurality of electronic devices operating under the same subscription which specifies the maximum distance from the primary electronic device which still allows to gain access to the network. | 10-11-2012 |
20130121206 | Telecommunications Method, Protocol and Apparatus for Improved Quality of Service Handling - A telecommunications network adapted to process data packets according to the client mobile internet protocol domain is extended to provide bearer capability, such that subsessions can be used to distinguish one portion of traffic from another. A different Quality of Service (QoS) can be assigned to each bearer. The bearers can be setup by a mobile node or a home agent in the telecommunications network. | 05-16-2013 |
20130172036 | Method and Network Node for Handling Beacon Signal Transmission - According to a first aspect of embodiments herein, the object is achieved by a method in a method in a network node for handling beacon signal transmission. The beacon signal transmission is for discovering devices for Device to Device, D2D, transmission. The network node is associated with a cellular communications network. The network node obtains ( | 07-04-2013 |
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20110007632 | TECHNIQUE FOR ROUTE OPTIMIZATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A technique for route optimization in a communication network is provided. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of providing a first data element containing information about first data session between a mobile terminal and a first gateway node and further containing mobility management information regarding the mobile terminal, wherein the first data element is associated with a first network address, providing a second data element containing information about a second data session between the mobile terminal and a second gateway node and further containing mobility management information regarding the mobile terminal, wherein the second data element is associated with a second network address, and switching an association of network traffic with the first data element to an association of network traffic with the second data element in order to optimize the flow of network traffic within the communication network. | 01-13-2011 |
20110105153 | AVOIDING EXCESSIVE SIGNALING DURING WIRELESS TERMINAL TOGGLING - A core network node ( | 05-05-2011 |
20120100848 | ENHANCED RELIABILITY OF SERVICE IN MOBILE NETWORKS - The technology described in this application increases the reliability of mobile networks. A radio communications node broadcasts a primary radio network code that indicates that subscribed mobile user equipment terminals may obtain service from a primary PLMN operator. In certain circumstances, the node may receive an instruction to broadcast a standby radio network code during a standby mode of operation. During the standby mode of operation, second mobile user equipment terminals that are not subscribed may obtain radio communications service from the primary PLMN operator. | 04-26-2012 |
20130121206 | Telecommunications Method, Protocol and Apparatus for Improved Quality of Service Handling - A telecommunications network adapted to process data packets according to the client mobile internet protocol domain is extended to provide bearer capability, such that subsessions can be used to distinguish one portion of traffic from another. A different Quality of Service (QoS) can be assigned to each bearer. The bearers can be setup by a mobile node or a home agent in the telecommunications network. | 05-16-2013 |
20130142093 | Mobile Layer 2 Virtual Private Network Over Internet Protocol Networks - The present disclosure relates to a technique for maintaining communication established between a mobile node ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130172036 | Method and Network Node for Handling Beacon Signal Transmission - According to a first aspect of embodiments herein, the object is achieved by a method in a method in a network node for handling beacon signal transmission. The beacon signal transmission is for discovering devices for Device to Device, D2D, transmission. The network node is associated with a cellular communications network. The network node obtains ( | 07-04-2013 |
20140059192 | Ethernet Based Local IP Access - An H(e)NB-LGW node of a wireless telecommunications network having UEs and an old H(e)NB-LGW node. The H(e)NB-LGW node includes a network interface unit which receives a context for a UE that has moved to the H(e)NB-LGW node. The H(e)NB-LGW node includes a processing unit which causes a MAC broadcast to be sent by the network interface unit to a local network that updates a mapping of an IP address of the UEs to a MAC address of the H(e)NB-LGW after mobility. The broadcast causes an old H(e)NB-LGW node to stop owning the IP address for the UE. An MME node of a wireless telecommunications network having UEs, a new H(e)NB-LGW node, a local network and an SGW. A method of an H(e)NB-LGW node of a wireless telecommunications network having UEs. Methods of an MME node of a wireless telecommunications network having UEs, a new H(e)NB-LGW node, a local network and an SGW. | 02-27-2014 |
20140080446 | Security Mechanism for Mobile Users - A wireless communication device for use in a cellular network. The device comprises a radio interface for enabling communication between the device and a base station of the cellular network over a radio link, and a transfer entity for exchanging user data packets with a core network node of said cellular network over a signalling connection within a Non Access Stratum, via said radio link. The device further comprises a data transmission verification entity for using a verifiable acknowledgement, received from said core network node over a signalling connection within a Non Access Stratum, to confirm delivery of a user data packet sent to the core network node over a signalling connection, the data transmission verification entity being configured to selectively include with a user data packet sent to said core network node across a signalling connection, a request to return to the device a verifiable acknowledgement for the sent user data packet. | 03-20-2014 |
20140120871 | Access Control According to a Policy Defined for a Group of Associated Electronic Devices Comprising a Cellular Modem - Access to a telecommunications network can be controlled according to a policy defined for a plurality of user equipment devices associated with the same user. When two user equipment devices are allowed to operate in parallel under the same subscription, the policy may define a distance between the user equipment devices. When the actual distance between the user equipment devices conforms with the distance defined in the policy, one or more network nodes serving one of the user equipment devices can be assigned to replace a network node serving the other user equipment device to prevent abuse of the end user's subscription or to optimize performance, so as to consolidate service. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122607 | Method and Radio Base Station in a Cellular Communications Network for Device-to-Device Communications - A method in a radio base station for establishing user equipment candidates for a wireless direct device to device connection is provided. The radio base station is comprised in a wireless communication network. The radio base station detects ( | 05-01-2014 |
20150043455 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING A SHORT-LIVED C-RNTI - A radio communication system and a method for assigning a short-lived Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) to a first user equipment performing random access to a radio network node are provided. The radio communication system registers the first user equipment as connected to the radio network node. A message for synchronizing the radio network node and the first user equipment with respect to the first time period is transferred. After the first time period has elapsed, the radio communication system maintains the first user equipment connected to the radio network node, and allows the short-lived C-RNTI to be assigned to a second user equipment. Furthermore, a first user equipment and method for enabling assignment of a short-lived C-RNTI to the first user equipment performing random access and a radio network node and method for assigning a short-lived C-RNTI to a first user equipment performing random access are provided. | 02-12-2015 |
20150055573 | CONTROLLING CONNECTION STATES OF A MOBILE TERMINAL BASED ON COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY - The invention refers to controlling a connection of a terminal ( | 02-26-2015 |