Described are techniques for determining metric data associated with a network by providing interrogatory data to the network in-line, using an existing connection. The interrogatory data may request metric data regarding one or more devices. Response data may be received responsive to the interrogatory data and may include at least a portion of the requested metric data and destination network element data indicative of one or more devices within the network. The metric data may be stored in association with the destination network element data and the communication type corresponding to the communication conducted over the existing connection. Stored metric data from previous communications may be used to determine a quality metric to facilitate selection of a network for the initiation of a subsequent communication.

Methods and systems for identifying intended recipients of remarks from a speaker in a communications session established among a plurality of participant devices are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for identifying intended recipients of remarks from a speaker in a communications session established among a plurality of participant devices may include receiving an indication of a first participant to whom remarks are to be addressed; determining identification information associated with the first participant; and transmitting the identification information associated with the first participant to one or more of the plurality of participant devices.

A Machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal (11) comprises a radio communication unit (111) and a controller (112). The radio communication unit (111) is configured to communicate with a base station (13). The controller (112) is configured to change at least one of a cell selection operation, a cell reselection operation, and a handover operation according to whether a specific coverage enhancement processing is required or according to whether the specific coverage enhancement processing is supported by at least one of a cell (13) in which the M2M terminal (11) camps on and a neighbouring cell (14) of the cell (13) which the M2M terminal (11) camps on. It is thus possible to provide an improved technique for allowing the M2M terminal that is supporting a special coverage enhancement processing for M2M terminals to camp on an appropriate cell.

A mobile device determines whether the mobile device is docked with a docking station that connects to a VoIP network, where the mobile device is capable of receiving calls to a cellular telephone number and calls to a VoIP telephone number. The mobile device notifies, if the mobile device is docked with the docking station, a call handling node in a cellular network to forward calls destined for the cellular telephone number to the VoIP telephone number at a VoIP call server. The mobile device receives a call forwarded from the VoIP call server, where the call was originally destined for the cellular telephone number.

In a method carried out by a first and second policy and charging rules functions (PCRF) (201, 202), the first PCRF receives (s10), from a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF) (100), an IP-CAN session establishment indication, determines (s20) first policy decision information, causes (s30) a database (300) accessible by both PCRFs to store, in association with a session identifier, session information comprising the session data and the first policy decision information; and provides (s40), to the PCEF, the first policy decision information. Later, the second PCRF receives (s50), from the PCEF, a session modification indication, obtains (s60) therefrom the session identifier, retrieves (s70), from the database, the session information, determines (s80) second policy decision information; causes (s90) the database to store session information comprising the modified session data and second policy decision information; and provides (s100), to the PCEF, the second policy decision information. The invention also relates to a system putting into practice such method.

VoIP networks and methods are disclosed for distributing media resources in a VoIP network for providing services. VoIP endpoints, media gateways, and/or other network nodes in the VoIP network report available media resources (i.e., available processing capacity) that are able to provide services, such as providing announcements, DTMF digit collection, etc, to a distributed resource server. The distributed resource server then assigns the available media resources among the VoIP endpoints and/or media gateways to perform services for calls in the VoIP network in order to distribute the tasks of performing services among different nodes of the VoIP network.

A system and method are disclosed herein for managing conference bridge communication sessions. The system and method involves receiving a plurality of calls containing user media from users into a conference bridge, then connecting the plurality of calls via a load balancer to a plurality of conference servers on a network. A master broker dynamically selects a master conference server from among the plurality of conference servers to which the calls are connected. Once the master conference server is selected, the master broker directs all other conference servers to bridge the user media for the calls that are connected to the master conference server. The master conference server receives the user media from each of the connected conference servers. The master conference server is able to organize and mix the various user media and return this mixed media to each of the connected conference servers and thereby back to each user.

A network device stores one or more mobile applications. The network device receives a message from another network device, where the message specifies multiple mobile devices to which the one or more mobile applications should be uploaded. The mobile devices include cellular telephones. The network device sends a notification to the multiple mobile devices that the one or more mobile applications are available for download from the network device. The notification includes a short message service (SMS) text message. The network device sends the one or more mobile applications to the multiple mobile devices based on receiving replies to the notification from the multiple mobile devices.

Provided are a method and apparatus for a UE (user equipment) to provide reference signal feedback in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, from a base station, CSI-RS configuration information for configuring CSI-RS (channel state information reference signal) patterns, the CSI-RS configuration information containing usage information; performing a first measurement for radio resource management on all CSI-RS patterns configured based on the CSI-RS configuration information; and performing a second measurement only on CSI-RS patterns corresponding to the usage information, the second measurement being determined by the usage indicated by the usage information.

In some cases, a scanner of a handheld electronic device may be used to capture a registration identifier (e.g., a registration barcode), and connection information (e.g., one or more wireless credentials) may be determined by scanning the registration barcode. In some cases, the connection information may be stored in a memory of the handheld electronic device and may be used to establish a Wi-Fi connection with a wireless access point (WAP). In some cases, the registration barcode may be translated into multiple screen frames that may be presented in a screen frame sequence via a user interface displayed via a display of an electronic device that is different from the handheld electronic device. The scanner may directly capture the individual frames in the sequence via the display of the other electronic device.