Method of dynamically assigning storage locations starts with the processor updating first user's home location data. Processor selects communication session between first user and second user and determines second user's home location data. Processor determines a session location data that indicates current storage location that stores data of communication session received from first and second client devices. Processor identifies available data storage locations based on first user and second user's home location data and determines whether to update the session location data based on an average of a distance over network fiber using the first user and second user's home locations, current storage location, and available storage locations. In response to determining to update the session location data, processor updates session location data to indicate one of the available storage locations, and causes transfer of data of communication session to one of the available storage locations. Other embodiments are described.

Method of dynamically assigning storage locations starts with the processor updating first user's home location data. Processor selects communication session between first user and second user and determines second user's home location data. Processor determines a session location data that indicates current storage location that stores data of communication session received from first and second client devices. Processor identifies available data storage locations based on first user and second user's home location data and determines whether to update the session location data based on an average of a distance over network fiber using the first user and second user's home locations, current storage location, and available storage locations. In response to determining to update the session location data, processor updates session location data to indicate one of the available storage locations, and causes transfer of data of communication session to one of the available storage locations. Other embodiments are described.

The present invention discloses methods and systems for communicating at a cellular router between a first wireless communication module and a first subscriber identity module (SIM). The cellular router receives a first request from a first wireless communication module and encapsulates the first request in a first modified request. The cellular router then sends the first modified request to a first SIM card in a first communication apparatus and waits for a first modified reply. While waiting for the first modified reply the cellular router sends at least one halt message to the first wireless communication module after a first time threshold. After receiving the first modified reply, the cellular router decapsulates the first modified reply to retrieve a first reply and sends the first reply to the first wireless communication module where the first modified reply is a reply to the first modified request.

A system is disclosed for managing a communication network subscription identifier associated with a device. The system comprises a Core Network node configured to provide a subscription identifier for the device to a Device Management node with management responsibility for the device. The system further comprises a Verification node configured to receive from the Device Management node the subscription identifier and a characteristic of the device, and to bind the subscription identifier to the characteristic such that the subscription identifier is uniquely associated with the characteristic. The system further comprises a Network Access node configured to obtain the subscription identifier from the device. The Verification node, Network Access node and Core Network node are configured to cooperate to verify that the device from which the Network Access node obtained the subscription identifier is in possession of the characteristic that is bound to the subscription identifier.

A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Disclosed are a method and device for supporting mobility for a NWDAF in a wireless communication network. The method may comprise the steps of: deciding to transfer analytics subscriptions of a network function (NF); determining a target NWDAF to which the analytics subscriptions are to be transferred, on the basis of at least one among a terminal location, the analytics subscriptions, a consumer NF and a target area; transmitting, to the target NWDAF, a subscription transfer request message including first subscription information related to the analytics subscriptions; receiving, from the target NWDAF, a subscription transfer response message including second subscription information related to at least one analytics subscription, generated on the basis of the first subscription information; and, on the basis of the second subscription information, requesting, to a source NF, subscription cancelation of the corresponding analytics subscription among the at least one analytics subscriptions.

Disclosed are a method and device for supporting mobility for a NWDAF in a wireless communication network. The method may comprise the steps of: deciding to transfer analytics subscriptions of a network function (NF); determining a target NWDAF to which the analytics subscriptions are to be transferred, on the basis of at least one among a terminal location, the analytics subscriptions, a consumer NF and a target area; transmitting, to the target NWDAF, a subscription transfer request message including first subscription information related to the analytics subscriptions; receiving, from the target NWDAF, a subscription transfer response message including second subscription information related to at least one analytics subscription, generated on the basis of the first subscription information; and, on the basis of the second subscription information, requesting, to a source NF, subscription cancelation of the corresponding analytics subscription among the at least one analytics subscriptions.

A wireless backhaul link is established between the IAB node and an IAB donor node via a first Narrow-Band Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) carrier, in which the IAB donor node provides the IAB node with access to a wired backhaul connection that links to a core network of the wireless carrier network. One or more corresponding wireless backhaul links are further established between the IAB node and one or more additional IAB nodes via a one or more corresponding NB-IoT carriers. A wireless access link is then established between the IAB node and an NB-IoT user device or between the IAB donor node and the NB-IoT user device via a second NB-IoT carrier.

A 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A method may be performed by an intelligent controller may, and include obtaining first information related to user equipment (UE) identity of an open (O)-RAN from an E2 node, obtaining second information related to the UE identity from a network exposure function (NEF) of a 5th generation (5G) core network (5GC), generating an A1 policy message through comparison based on the first information and the second information, and transmitting the A1 policy message to a near-real time (RT) radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) via an A1 interface, the first information may include a general public subscription identifier (GPSI), an access and mobility management function (AMF) UE NGAP ID related to the 5GC and a globally unique AMF ID (GUAMI) related to the 5GC, and the second information may include an AMF UE NGAP ID related to the 5GC and a GUAMI related to the 5GC.

An approach for preventing electronic devices from repeatedly attempting to register or connect to a mobile network when they are not permitted to communicate using the mobile network. Embodiments determine whether the electronic device and/or associated SIM is permitted to communicate using the mobile network. In response to determining that the electronic device and/or SIM is not permitted to communicate using the mobile network, the contents of the SIM are modified to prevent the SIM from providing, to other components of the electronic device, communication data used to make a connection or authentication request to the mobile network.