Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for allocating a User Equipment (UE) identifier, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: a preset functional entity or module allocates a UE identifier; the UE identifier is associated with an identifier of the UE in a wireless network system for information interaction between a network side device and the preset functional entity or module.

A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for the unambiguous identification of non-associated Wi-Fi devices, where upon receiving (102), by an access point (200), a probe request (202) from a Wi-Fi device (201) not associated to the access point (200), sending (104) a probe response (204) addressed to the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201), wherein the probe response (204) comprises a Hotspot 2.0 Indication element (206) including a ANQP Domain ID field (207) with a determined value; receiving (106), by the access point (200), an action frame (208) sent by the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201) in response to the Hotspot 2.0 Indication element (206) of the probe response (204); obtaining a static MAC address (209) of the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201) from the source address of the received action frame (208); and identifying (110) the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201) based on the obtained static MAC address (209).

A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for the unambiguous identification of non-associated Wi-Fi devices, where upon receiving (102), by an access point (200), a probe request (202) from a Wi-Fi device (201) not associated to the access point (200), sending (104) a probe response (204) addressed to the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201), wherein the probe response (204) comprises a Hotspot 2.0 Indication element (206) including a ANQP Domain ID field (207) with a determined value; receiving (106), by the access point (200), an action frame (208) sent by the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201) in response to the Hotspot 2.0 Indication element (206) of the probe response (204); obtaining a static MAC address (209) of the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201) from the source address of the received action frame (208); and identifying (110) the non-associated Wi-Fi device (201) based on the obtained static MAC address (209).

A method for a user equipment (UE) to monitor paging messages is provided. The method monitors, while the UE is in an Idle mode, a physical paging channel (PPCH) for receiving paging messages associated with the UE from a serving radio access network (RAN). The method receives one or more paging messages associated with the UE while monitoring the PPCH. The method then determines, whether the one or more paging messages are received during a small data transmission (SDT) procedure. The method further determines whether to terminate the SDT procedure or not after determining that the one or more paging messages are received during the SDT procedure.

Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for data indication in an MT-EDT procedure. In an embodiment of the present application, the method includes receiving DL data from a base station in an MT-EDT procedure; and determining whether to transmit UL data associated with the DL data in the MT-EDT procedure.

Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.

Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.

There are provided a method and apparatus for delivering transport characteristics of multimedia data. According to an aspect of the present invention, transport characteristics of media data that can be divided in a unit of a Media Processing Unit (MPU) are created in a unit of a predetermined number of MPUs, the created transport characteristics and a flag indicating presence or absence of the created transport characteristics are inserted into the media data, and the resultant media data is delivered. Accordingly, by using transport characteristics in units of media data unit groups, each media data unit corresponding to a short time length, it is possible to effectively control Quality of Service (QoS) in a dynamically changing transport environment, like a mobile network.

There are provided a method and apparatus for delivering transport characteristics of multimedia data. According to an aspect of the present invention, transport characteristics of media data that can be divided in a unit of a Media Processing Unit (MPU) are created in a unit of a predetermined number of MPUs, the created transport characteristics and a flag indicating presence or absence of the created transport characteristics are inserted into the media data, and the resultant media data is delivered. Accordingly, by using transport characteristics in units of media data unit groups, each media data unit corresponding to a short time length, it is possible to effectively control Quality of Service (QoS) in a dynamically changing transport environment, like a mobile network.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for de-registration of the wireless device from a first access type over a second access type. Methods also include procedures for maintaining state machines associated with both access types as well as procedures to determine a connection for re-transmitting a de-registration request and to avoid collisions between procedures associated with the first and second access types. Further, methods include an information element configured to indicate which access type has been de-registered.