A method for restricting multi-connectivity functionality of a user equipment (UE) includes: storing a mapping table on a memory of the UE, wherein the mapping table provides assignment information about a respective single access mode assigned to a service requestable by the UE, wherein the respective single access mode is one of multiple access modes; receiving service information about a requested service via a network interface of the UE; comparing, by a process of the UE, the service information to entries of the mapping table, and selecting a single access mode assigned to the requested service; wherein the multi-connectivity functionality of the UE is restricted by: a bypass entity redirecting data traffic associated with the requested service directly to the selected single access mode; or a multipath scheduler scheduling data traffic associated with the requested service to a communication link that corresponds to the selected single access mode.

Methods and apparatus are provided. In an example aspect, a method in a first network node for verifying availability of at least part of a communication link is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a first functional safety application, a plurality of first messages for verifying availability of a communication link between the first functional safety application and a second functional safety application according to one or more parameters associated with the communication link, wherein each first message includes one or more respective data. The method also comprises exchanging, with a second network node over at least part of the communications link, a plurality of second messages and a plurality of acknowledgements of the second messages for verifying availability of the at least part of the communications link, wherein the second messages and acknowledgements of the second messages are successively exchanged with the second network node in accordance with at least one of the one or more parameters associated with the communication link, and the second messages and the acknowledgements of the second messages do not include.

Methods and apparatus are provided. In an example aspect, a method in a first network node for verifying availability of at least part of a communication link is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a first functional safety application, a plurality of first messages for verifying availability of a communication link between the first functional safety application and a second functional safety application according to one or more parameters associated with the communication link, wherein each first message includes one or more respective data. The method also comprises exchanging, with a second network node over at least part of the communications link, a plurality of second messages and a plurality of acknowledgements of the second messages for verifying availability of the at least part of the communications link, wherein the second messages and acknowledgements of the second messages are successively exchanged with the second network node in accordance with at least one of the one or more parameters associated with the communication link, and the second messages and the acknowledgements of the second messages do not include.

A system and method for wireless synchronization on a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a wireless transceiver and processing circuitry. The wireless transceiver wirelessly receives synchronization information including a superframe from a first wireless, reader device, and wirelessly transmits the synchronization information to a second wireless, reader device and a portable wireless device, and to wirelessly detect a presence of a portable wireless device. The processing circuitry communicates synchronization information to the second wireless, reader device and portable wireless device. The superframe is used to synchronize a wireless data exchange between the third wireless, reader device and the portable wireless device.

A wireless quality degradation factor detection method according to an embodiment includes a spectrum generation step of generating a spectrum based on a received radio wave, a determination step of determining whether or not information based on the generated spectrum contains a factor that prevents maintenance of the quality of the received radio wave based on a determination criterion specified in advance, an identification step of identifying the factor that prevents maintenance of the quality of the received radio waves based on the result of the determination and the determination criterion, and an output step of outputting information representing the identified factor.

A method and apparatus for storing a computer location including the steps of initiating, by a user of a device, a capture sequence, wherein the device includes a processor and a display screen, obtaining, by the processor, visual data corresponding to an image displayed on the display screen at the time of the initiating step, obtaining, by the processor, location data corresponding to a computer location accessed by the device, and storing, by the processor, the visual data and the location data as associated data such that the visual data and the location data are associated with each other. A method and apparatus for sending the computer location further including the step of sending, by the first device, the associated data to a second device, wherein the second device includes a second processor and a second display screen.

Information for determining whether to evacuate or not is provided to a user by a computerized process. The process includes: acquiring a number of evacuees for each of a plurality of targets corresponding to a predetermined user; selecting a target of the plurality of targets based on the acquired numbers of evacuees for the plurality of targets and importance levels respectively set for the plurality of targets; and associating information on the selected target with information on the acquired number of evacuees for the selected target and outputting the information on the selected target and the information on the acquired number of evacuees for the selected target to the predetermined user.

A method includes receiving a request to provision an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile to an eSIM-enabled device. The request includes a proxy eSIM identifier (EID) prefix. The eSIM profile is associated with a service provider of a mobile communication service a user of the device subscribes to. The method also includes determining whether the proxy EID prefix includes an address of a target discovery server the device is configured to connect to, and when the proxy EID prefix includes the address the method includes extracting the address of the target discovery server from the proxy EID prefix. Using the extracted address of the target discovery server, the method also includes registering a discovery event with the target discovery server indicating that the service provider has reserved the eSIM profile to the proxy EID or an actual EID assigned to the device.

The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to capture one or more photo images of vehicle occupants and to perform boxed headcounts of humans in any given photo frame. The present invention uses biometric signature detection to confirm the boxed headcounts and a realness algorithm to further confirm the genuineness of any human image. Occupancy compliance can be communicated directly to an appropriate regulatory body.

A method of adapting radio resources based on physical conditions in a device for wireless communication is disclosed. The method comprises determining radio conditions, mapping the radio conditions to a metric, reporting the radio conditions to a handler of radio resources, and using the reported radio conditions and their mappings to the metric by the handler for radio resource operations. A device for wireless communication and a computer program are also disclosed.