This disclosure proposes a network function node in a core network, comprising: means for receiving, from User Equipment, UE, a non access stratum, NAS, message including identity information for the UE, and a plurality of user identity information, each of which includes a user identifier for a user that uses the UE; and means for sending, to a policy control and charging function node in the core network, the plurality of the user identity information for creating a Policy and Charging Control, PCC, rule based on the plurality of the user identity information.

A process for authorizing wireless service includes providing a generally rectangular flat form factor card having a first surface and opposing second surface. The process further includes providing a machine-readable activation code arranged on the first surface, wherein the machine-readable activation code is configured to authorize the wireless service when provided to a system associated with a wireless service provider, receiving the machine-readable activation code in a server, the machine-readable activation code being captured by a wireless device, and provisioning the wireless service to the wireless device from a wireless network when the machine-readable activation code is provided to the system associated with the wireless network.

An MTC device is provided, including: a memory unit for storing a switching condition for switching at least any one of a SIM and a communication carrier in association with each of sets of the SIM and communication carrier; a measuring unit for measuring communication quality for a set of the SIM and the communication carrier currently in use; and a control unit for controlling the switching of at least any one of the SIM and the communication carrier, when the communication quality satisfies the switching condition associated with the set of the SIM and the communication carrier currently in use.

The present invention provides implementation and communication methods, an apparatus and a system of a virtual subscriber identity module. The implementation method includes: receiving a VSIM application request sent by a terminal, where the VSIM application request carries an identifier of a VSIM desired by the terminal; obtaining corresponding VSIM installation information according to the identifier of the desired VSIM; and sending the VSIM installation information to the terminal, so that the terminal installs the VSIM according to the VSIM installation information. The embodiments of the present invention effectively solve a problem where an existing mobile operator network does not support the VSIM, and provide an effective and convenient operation scheme for an existing domestic or international roaming service.

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 method of data communication service to a wireless communication device, comprising receiving a first communication session initiation message by a communication gateway from a wireless communication device, wherein the first communication session initiation message provides no access point name (APN) or provides a default APN, based on the first communication session initiation message providing no APN or providing a default APN, sending the first communication session initiation message by the communication gateway to an APN allocation server, parsing the first communication session initiation message by the APN allocation server to determine a destination identity of the first communication session initiation message and to determine an identity of the wireless communication device, looking up a communication policy by the APN allocation server, looking up by the APN allocation server an APN associated with the communication policy, sending the APN by the APN allocation server to the wireless communication device.

A method, computer readable media and a system are disclosed to identify a mechanism to be able to supply multiple “Failed Rule ID” in a single PFCP response message from User Plane (UP) to Control Plane (CP) via the Sx interface for 4G and via the N4 interface for 5G. In one embodiment, a method for operating a wireless network device including a User Plane (UP) and a Control Plane (CP) in communication with the UP, includes configuring, by the CP, multiple rules in the UP; identifying, by the UP, multiple failed rule Identifiers (IDs); supplying, in a single Packet Forwarding Control Protocol (PFCP) response message from the UP to a CP, the multiple failed rule IDs; and determining, by the CP, further action to be taken based on the failed rules.

An embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) bootstrap broker for eSIM based services is presented herein. A system generates and stores different international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) profiles corresponding to mobile devices to facilitate respective accesses of network services based on the different IMSI profiles, and sends portions(s) of the different IMSI profiles to an eSIM service. The eSIM service generates respective eSIM bootstrap profiles comprising the different IMSI profiles and allocates the respective eSIM bootstrap profiles to respective device manufactures of the mobile devices for storage of the respective eSIM bootstrap profiles in the mobile devices. In response to matching an IMSI profile that has been included in a request for an access of the network services that has been received from a mobile device with a stored IMSI profile of the stored IMSI profiles, the system enables the access for the mobile device.

The present invention provides implementation and communication methods, an apparatus and a system of a virtual subscriber identity module. The implementation method includes: receiving a VSIM application request sent by a terminal, where the VSIM application request carries an identifier of a VSIM desired by the terminal; obtaining corresponding VSIM installation information according to the identifier of the desired VSIM; and sending the VSIM installation information to the terminal, so that the terminal installs the VSIM according to the VSIM installation information. The embodiments of the present invention effectively solve a problem where an existing mobile operator network does not support the VSIM, and provide an effective and convenient operation scheme for an existing domestic or international roaming service.

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.