Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110141947 | INTEGRATED LAWFUL INTERCEPT FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) OVER EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC) - A method and a system provide integrated lawful intercept, for IMS over an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), for both packet data and session initiation protocol (SIP)-based applications. The system includes a device that receives a lawful intercept request from a law enforcement agency, and determines whether a packet data lawful intercept or a SIP-based applications (SBA) lawful intercept is requested by the lawful intercept request. The device also provisions, when a packet data lawful intercept is requested by the lawful intercept request, a policy control and charging rules function (PCRF) and a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW) for the packet data lawful intercept. The device further provisions, when a SBA lawful intercept is requested, a proxy call session control function (P-CSCF), a serving-CSCF (S-CSCF), and a session border controller (SBC) for the SBA lawful intercept. | 06-16-2011 |
20110300826 | REAL-TIME USAGE MONITORING FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A subscriber device receives a message from a network device external to the subscriber device, where the network device implements a first metering engine that meters usage of a network service by a subscriber using the subscriber device and where the message includes the subscriber's usage data. The subscriber device includes a second usage metering engine that receives the subscriber's usage data from the usage synchronization unit, and performs real-time metering of the subscriber's usage of the network service, based on the subscriber's usage data received from the network device and independently of the first metering engine of the network device, to generate real-time usage metering data. The second usage metering engine further outputs the real-time usage metering data to a display at the subscriber device. | 12-08-2011 |
20120002537 | BASE STATION FAILOVER USING NEIGHBORING BASE STATIONS AS RELAYS - A method performed by a base station in a network, includes detecting a malfunction associated with a backhaul link to the network; identifying one or more neighboring base stations located within a transmission range of the base station; selecting at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations based on one or more parameters, associated with the one or more neighboring base stations, in response to detecting the malfunction; receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station, a signal from a user equipment; and transmitting, by an RF transceiver associated with the base station, the signal to the selected at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005177 | AUTOMATED DEVICE REPORTING - A method performed by a device includes detecting a first condition to generate a report record associated with the device; generating the report record associated with the device, in response to detecting the first condition, where generating the report record includes recording environment conditions associated with the device, recording device conditions associated with the device, and recording signal conditions associated with the device; detecting a second condition to send the generated report record to a server device; and sending the generated report record to the server device, in response to detecting the second condition. | 01-05-2012 |
20120023360 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY FAILOVER - A method, performed by a first mobility management entity (MME) device in a network, includes receiving, from a second MME device, standby database information associated with user equipment (UE) registered with the second MME device; detecting that the second MME device has failed or lost connectivity; designating that the UEs registered with the second MME device will be registered with the first MME device, in response to detecting that the second MME device has failed or lost connectivity; detecting a request to activate a particular UE registered with the second MME device; and paging the particular UE to register with the first MME device, using the standby database information and in response to detecting the request to activate the particular UE. | 01-26-2012 |
20120149387 | DETECTING MOBILE DEVICE USAGE WITHIN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A device sends, to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network and receives, from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network. The device combines the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices and identifies, based on the combined location-based data and other location-based data, a localized area of congestion for the wireless access network. | 06-14-2012 |
20120163265 | AUTONOMOUS NETWORK ACCESS CONGESTION AND COLLISION CONTROL - A mobile terminal receives a class identifier and receives a broadcast message with a backoff period definition for multiple classes of mobile terminals. The mobile terminal applies the class identifier to the backoff period definition to determine a backoff interval for the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal sends, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request using the calculated backoff interval. Different backoff intervals are assigned to different classes of mobile terminals to control network access congestion at the base station. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163369 | LOW LATENCY CALL TRANSFER - A system is configured to receive, from a user device, voice traffic to be sent to another user device; determine whether the voice traffic is local traffic based on whether an eNodeB, associated with the user device, and another eNodeB, associated with the other user device, are served by a particular network device; forward the voice traffic, as non-local traffic, to another network device, associated with a packet data network, for processing when the eNodeB or the other eNodeB are not served by the particular network device; process the voice traffic as local traffic when the eNodeB and the other eNodeB are served by the particular network device; and forward, to the other user device via the other eNodeB, the voice traffic, as local traffic, where the forwarding is performed in a manner that does not include routing the voice traffic via the other network device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166617 | GLOBAL REAL-TIME NETWORK RESOURCE AND TIMER SYNCHRONIZATION - A device receives, from multiple network elements, status information for a user equipment (UE) connection associated with a wireless core network and updates, based on the status information received from the network elements, a database record for the UE connection. The device receives, from an application server, a request for information associated with the UE connection and constructs, based on the request and from the database record, a resource message that includes real-time information about the UE connection. The device sends the resource message to the application server. The device also provides a disconnect message to the application server and/or the network elements when the status information received from the network elements indicates that the UE has been disconnected from the wireless core network. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166622 | AUTOMATED SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK SELECTION USING A WIRELESS AIR-TIME AUCTION - A system is configured to store user preferences relating to selection of a network, from a group of networks, via which to establish a connection, where the user preferences includes information for selecting the network based on rates and information for selecting the network based on signal strength or quality levels; receive, from a server device that communicates with the group of networks, a set of rates associated with use of the group of networks; detect signals transmitted by the group of networks; determine, for the group of networks, signal strength or quality levels associated with the signals transmitted by the group of networks; select a particular network, of the group of networks, based on the user preferences, the set of rates, and the signal strength or quality levels; and establish a connection via the particular network. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173729 | WIRELESS NETWORK CLOUD COMPUTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A method, performed by a server device, may include receiving a request to activate an application session, the request being received from a user equipment on behalf of a particular application installed on the user equipment. The method may further include determining one or more application requirements associated with the particular application; determining conditions associated with one or more application servers; selecting a particular one of the one or more application servers based on the determined one or more application requirements and based on the determined conditions; and setting up the application session between the user equipment and between the selected particular one of the one or more application servers. | 07-05-2012 |
20120314568 | INTEROPERABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PRE-NEGOTIATION - A system configured to receive a request to identify a quality of service (QoS) policy to be used to process traffic that is received from a user device associated with another network; obtain an interoperable QoS policy, where the interoperable QoS policy identifies a first QoS level, associated with the other network, that corresponds to a type of traffic received from the user device; obtain, from the interoperable QoS policy, a second QoS level that corresponds to the first QoS level; and send, to a device, an instruction to process the traffic based on the second QoS level. | 12-13-2012 |
20130065632 | DYNAMIC HANDOFF PARAMETERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A mobile device may determine applications that are executed by the mobile device. The mobile device may further determine handoff parameters, relating to performance of a handoff operation in a cellular network. The handoff parameters may be determined based on the applications being executed by the mobile device. A handoff operation may be performed based on the determined handoff parameters. | 03-14-2013 |
20130115943 | LOCATION-BASED MICROCELL SEARCH - A network device may store information identifying a coverage area associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with the network device. The network device may receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device. The network device may compare the geographic location of the user device to one or more of the stored coverage areas. The network device may also determine, based on the comparing, that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells. The network device may further send, to the user device, and based on determining that the user device is located within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, an instruction for the user device to connect to the particular cell, where the user device is to attempt to connect to the particular cell in response to the instruction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130163464 | HANDING OVER A USER DEVICE FROM ONE TECHNOLOGY TO ANOTHER - A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology. | 06-27-2013 |
20130245939 | FOLLOW ME NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A first navigation device records first direction information as the first navigation device traverses a route from a first location to a second location, and transmits the first direction information to a second navigation device while the second navigation device is following the first navigation along the route. After recording the first direction information and while transmitting the first direction information, the first navigation device records second direction information as the first navigation device traverses the route from the second location to a third location. The first navigation device transmits the second direction information to the second navigation device. The first direction information and the second direction information include information that allows the second navigation device to follow the route traversed by the first navigation device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246564 | ADAPTIVE LOCALIZED CONTENT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION - A device receives, from a user device and via a first device, a first request for content, and determines whether the content is stored in memory. The device identifies first other requests for the content, received via the first device over a time period, and second other requests for the content, received via a second device over the time period, when the content is stored in the memory. The device identifies a first quantity of the first other requests and a second quantity of the second other requests, and determines whether the first quantity or the second quantity is greater than a threshold. The device transmits the content, to the user device and via the first device, when the first quantity is not greater than the threshold, and transmits, to the second device, an instruction to store the content when the second quantity is greater than the threshold. | 09-19-2013 |
20130287198 | AUTOMATIC RECONNECTION OF A DROPPED CALL - A system is configured to receive an indication that a connection with a user device is to be lost, the connection being associated with a call between the user device and another user device; provide an instruction, to one or more devices, to maintain the call when the connection is lost, the one or more devices being responsible for processing the call; detect that the connection is lost; provide, to the one or more devices, a first notification that the connection is lost, the first notification causing the one or more devices to maintain the call based on the instruction to maintain the call when the connection is lost; detect that the connection is re-established; and provide, to the one or more devices, a second notification that the connection is re-established, the second notification causing the one or more devices to re-establish the call. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301540 | PROVIDING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY BASED ON DEVICE MOBILITY - A device receives an attachment request from a user device, and determines whether the user device is a stationary device based on the attachment request. The device further establishes a connection between the user device and a network by using local components associated with the device when the user device is the stationary device. The local components perform functions performed by one or more of a remote mobility management entity (MME) device, a remote serving gateway (SGW), or a remote packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW) associated with the device. The device also transmits data from the network to the user device via the local components associated with the device after establishing the connection between the user device and the network. | 11-14-2013 |