A home appliance configured to be registered in a server, the home appliance includes: a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, based on the home appliance being registered in the server, communicatively connected to an access point (AP) and configured to periodically operate in an AP mode through a virtual interface, and a controller configured to control the Wi-Fi module to periodically operate in the AP mode. The Wi-Fi module is configured to generate a beacon signal to search for an unregistered home appliance based on the Wi-Fi module being operated in the AP mode.

A home appliance configured to be registered in a server, the home appliance includes: a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, based on the home appliance being registered in the server, communicatively connected to an access point (AP) and configured to periodically operate in an AP mode through a virtual interface, and a controller configured to control the Wi-Fi module to periodically operate in the AP mode. The Wi-Fi module is configured to generate a beacon signal to search for an unregistered home appliance based on the Wi-Fi module being operated in the AP mode.

When a land mobile radio connection is unavailable for a subscriber device, the subscriber device may use an alternative connection. A gateway may be used to allow the subscriber device to connect to the zone controller of a land mobile radio network via an alternative network. The gateway may be configured to perform remote scan and priority operations, similar to the scan operations the subscriber device would ordinarily perform locally. The gateway may receive a scan list from the subscriber device and call notifications from the zone controller. Using the scan list, the gateway may evaluate the call notifications, determine whether they should be sent to the subscriber device, and send them to the subscriber device over the alternative connection. The gateway may be able to adjust the remote scan and priority operations based on receiving different scan lists from the subscriber device or by generating different versions itself.

A notification server is provided for a multi-network wireless communication system. The notification server includes a processor and a memory having computer executable instructions stored therein. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive first device information from a mobile communication device wirelessly connected to a macro cell network of the multi-network wireless communication system. The instructions further cause the processor to determine, based on the received first device information, that a small cell network of the multi-network wireless communication system is available for communication with the mobile communication device. The instructions further cause the processor to transmit a notification to the mobile communication device to search for the small cell network for transition thereto.

A wireless infrastructure that communicates with a DHCP server and a wireless client that rotates its MAC address performs a method including: upon receiving, from the wireless client, a first request with a first MAC address, creating a session context including the first MAC address and a stable identifier, and relaying the first request to the DHCP server; relaying, from the DHCP server to the wireless client, a first DHCP reply that includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address bound to the stable identifier; upon receiving, from the wireless client, a second request with the IP address and a second MAC address, merging the second MAC address and the IP address into the session context, and relaying, to the DHCP server, the second request including the stable identifier; and relaying, from the DHCP server to the wireless client, a second DHCP reply including the IP address bound to the stable identifier.

Methods and systems are provided for supporting efficient and secure “Machine-to-Machine” (M2M) communications using a module, a server, and an application. A module can communicate with the server by accessing the Internet, and the module can include a sensor and/or an actuator. The module, server, and application can utilize public key infrastructure (PKI) such as public keys and private keys. The module can internally derive pairs of private/public keys using cryptographic algorithms and a first set of parameters. A server can authenticate the submission of derived public keys and an associated module identity. The server can use a first server private key and a second set of parameters to (i) send module data to the application and (ii) receive module instructions from the application. The server can use a second server private key and the first set of parameters to communicate with the module.

Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing extension of customer local area networks (“LANs”) and/or implementing isolated service overlays over a network. In some embodiments, a network service point that is located external to a demarcation point at each of a plurality of customer premises might establish a connection between a service provider network and a customer LAN, which has already been established within a customer premises. The system subsequently extends the customer LAN, via this connection, to span between the network service point and the customer premises. Alternatively, or additionally, the system might establish two or more isolated service overlays across the customer LAN between the network service point and the customer premises, each of the two or more isolated service overlays having network traffic that is isolated from network traffic transmitted along another of the two or more isolated service overlays.

In an example method, a first wireless access device establishes, based on disconnection from a second wireless access device, a connection to the second wireless access device by using stored first configuration information. The first wireless access device receives a first notification message from a server through the connection established to the second wireless access device. The first wireless access device re-establishes a connection to the second wireless access device based on the first notification message by using second configuration information. The first wireless access device can receive the notification message from the server through the connection established to the second wireless access device by using the first configuration information.

A method for obtaining enrichment information and a controller are provided. The method includes: querying, by an enrichment information handling circuit, whether a database stores a first enrichment information corresponding to a user device in response to the enrichment information handling circuit receiving a first creation request associated with the user device from an application; triggering, by the enrichment information handling circuit, the application to subscribe to the database for enrichment information corresponding to the user device in response to determining that the database stores the first enrichment information corresponding to the user device; and pushing, by the database, second enrichment information to the application in response to presence of the second enrichment information corresponding to the user device in the database.

An apparatus and system of adjusting network slice subnet instance (NSSI) resources in an open-radio access network (O-RAN) are described. The non-real time RAN Intelligent Controller (Non-RT RIC) framework of a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO), receives measurements from E2 nodes of a NSSI. The measurements are forwarded to an rApp in the SMO, which uses the measurements to determine whether one or more actions are to be executed to update NSSI resources on the E2 nodes based on an NSSI optimization model. The Non-RT RIC framework sends a modify Managed Object Instance (MOI) operation to the E2 nodes to adjust the NSSI resources.