Deutsche Telekom Patente

Techniques for providing and/or using services by a user equipment, the services being provided at least indirectly by a network operator, the method comprising the steps of: • Providing a communication link between a network of a network operator and a UE; • Transmitting a first communication address of a service controller of the network operator to the UE, wherein the service controller manages an access to services that can be used by the UE; • Requesting to access a particular service from the UE to the service controller by the UE sending the request to the provided first communication address of the service controller; • Transmitting a message comprising a second communication address of the service from the service controller to the UE; • Starting the service by the UE requesting the service by means of the provided second communication address of the service.

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Steuerung eines Sprachausgabesystem eines Fahrzeugs umfassend die folgenden Schritte:- einen ersten Schritt, bei dem zumindest ein Eingangssignal mittels einer Sensoreinheit erfasst wird,- einen zweiten Schritt, bei dem das zumindest eine Eingangssignal mittels eines Signalanalysators analysiert wird,- einen dritten Schritt, bei dem zumindest ein zur Ausgabe vorgesehenes Eingangssignal mittels einer Steuerungseinheit auf Grundlage der Analyse des Signalanalysators eine Priorität zugewiesen wird,- einen vierten Schritt, bei dem das zumindest eine zur Ausgabe vorgesehene Eingangssignal in Abhängigkeit von der zugewiesenen Priorität von einer Ausgabeeinheit akustisch ausgegeben wird.

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The invention relates to a method for operating a user equipment with a telecommunications network and/or for using different applicability criteria in connection with user equipment route selection policy rules,wherein the user equipment executes an application, wherein the application is causing traffic to be sent or to be received by the user equipment,wherein the application, the traffic generated by the application or the user equipment is associated or assigned to applicability criteria information, and wherein the user equipment applies user equipment route selection policy rules to traffic associated with or caused by the application,wherein the applicability criteria information is able to be structured in different hierarchical levels and/or in different groups and/or different sub-groups,wherein, in order to operate the user equipment with the telecommunications network, the method comprises the step of:matching and/or applying a specific user equipment route selection policy rule to traffic that is caused by a specific application, wherein such matching is based on the specific application or the respective traffic or the user equipment being associated or assigned to a specific piece of applicability criteria information, wherein the specific piece of applicability criteria information is referred to, by the specific user equipment route selection policy rule, either in a generalized manner and/or on a different hierarchical level and/or in a different group and/or in a different sub-group compared to the association or assignment to the specific application or to the traffic generated by the specific application or to the user equipment.

The invention relates to a method for transmitting and/or using user equipment route selection policy information when operating a user equipment in view of the user equipment having, or using, multiple connectivity towards, or involving, a plurality of radio access networks or a plurality of mobile communication networks, wherein the user equipment is associated with a, or its, home network, or comprises a subscription thereof, wherein furthermore, at a predefined location, the user equipment is connected, or able to be connected, to at least a specific first mobile communication network and a specific second mobile communication network,-- wherein either one of the specific first or second mobile communication networks corresponds to the home network of the user equipment,-- or wherein both specific first and second mobile communication networks are visited mobile communication networks to the user equipment,wherein, in order to use or to apply, by the user equipment, at least one multiple connectivity mode, the method comprises the following steps:-- in a first step, the user equipment comprises or receives, from its home network, a specific user equipment route selection policy information, wherein the specific user equipment route selection policy information comprises a multiple connectivity indication, wherein the multiple connectivity indication refers to, or indicates, the at least one multiple connectivity mode involving at least two mobile communication networks, wherein the multiple connectivity indication refers or is related to at least two networks or characteristics of networks out of the following:-- the specific first mobile communication network and/or-- the specific second mobile communication network and/or-- the usable or allowed (radio) access technologies of, or provided by, the specific first and/or second mobile communication networks and/or-- the usable or allowed (radio) access technology types of, or provided by, the specific first and/or second mobile communication networks and/or-- the usable or allowed mobile country code of the specific first and/or second mobile communication networks,-- in a second step, the at least one multiple connectivity mode is used or applied, by the user equipment, by means of using or applying the specific user equipment route selection policy information in case the multiple connectivity indication on the one hand, and the first and second mobile communication networks on the other hand match.

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The invention relates to a method for transmitting a service time interval or a service time information to a user equipment in a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network being or at least comprising a part corresponding to or being a non-terrestrial network, wherein the user equipment is served by a base station entity being part of that non-terrestrial network or that non-terrestrial network part, wherein the base station entity has or is provided with - in view of serving or providing radio coverage to the user equipment - at least an antenna entity or functionality being either a satellite-based antenna entity or functionality, or an antenna entity or functionality based on a high-altitude platform, the antenna entity or functionality moving relative to the earth surface along a direction of movement, thereby providing radio coverage to a moving area corresponding to an earth-moving radio cell,wherein the method comprises the following step:-- the base station entity transmits, and the user equipment receives, a reference location information and the service time information, the reference location information relating to the currently covered area or a part thereof, and the service time information relating to until when the base station entity likely stops serving the currently covered area.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft Techniken zur Wiederherstellung einer Sprachverbindung mit zufriedenstellender Sprachqualität umfassend die folgenden Schritte: • Messung von technischen Parametern eines VolP Sprachanrufs zwischen einem Sender und einem Empfänger der vermittels eines Kommunikationsnetzwerks durchgeführt wird, wobei die technischen Parameter einen Jitter des Anrufs und/oder einen Datenpaketverlust umfassen; • Übergabe der technischen Parameter an einen Sprachqualitäts-Algorithmus, • Berechnung zumindest eines Telefonie-Qualitäts-Scores TQS, der die Sprachqualität des Sprachanrufs charakterisiert mittels des Sprachqualitäts-Algorithmus basierend auf den Messwerten des Jitters und/oder des Daten paketverlusts; • Unterbrechung des Sprachanrufs zwischen dem Sender und dem Empfänger, falls der zumindest eine Score zumindest einen vordefinierten Schwellenwert unterschreitet und automatisierter Neuaufbau eines Sprachanrufs zwischen dem Sender und dem Empfänger.

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Examples relate to methods, computer programs, and apparatuses for user equipment and for a core network component and for enabling Quality of Service, QoS, in a multi-path communication session. The method (10) for enabling Quality of Service, QoS, in a multi-path communication session between two communication nodes in a communication network (400), the multi-path communication session comprises at least first and second communication paths, comprises configuring (12) a first QoS profile, when setting up the first communication path and configuring (14) a second QoS profile, which is different from the first QoS profile, when setting up the second communication path.

The invention relates to a method for using a user equipment with a mobilecommunication network and/or for an energy-saving operation of the user equipment with the mobile communication network, wherein the mobile communication network provides communication services to the user equipment using a radio access network that serves or provides radio coverage to the user equipment,wherein at least a part of the radio access network corresponds to a terrestrial radio access network that provides radio access network functionality to the user equipment, wherein additional, or complemental, radio access network functionality is able to be provided, to the user equipment, by means of a non-terrestrial radio access network, wherein the user equipment is able to switch or to be switched from being provided with radio access network functionality either by means of the terrestrial radio access network or by means of the non-terrestrial radio access network,wherein, in order to use or to operate the user equipment in a situation of low or inexistent radio access network functionality being provided or able to be provided by means of the terrestrial radio access network, the method comprises the following step:-- in a first step, the user equipment is served by the terrestrial radio access network and detects a loss of radio coverage provided by the terrestrial radio access network,-- in a second step, the user equipment applies a delay time interval prior to initiating a cell selection procedure at least with regard to the non-terrestrial radio access network,-- in a third step,-- in case that loss of radio coverage provided by the terrestrial radio access network is still detected upon expiry of the delay time interval, the user equipment initiates a cell selection procedure with regard to the non-terrestrial radio access network, and alternatively,-- in case that the user equipment regains radio coverage provided by the terrestrial radio access network, the user equipment continues to be served by the terrestrial radio access network.

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Examples relate to methods, computer programs, and apparatuses for user equipment and for a network node, for detecting duplicate and/or redundant warning messages, and for generating a warning message, and to a mobile communication system. The method (10) for user equipment, UE (300), of a mobile communication system (500) and for detecting duplicate warning messages comprises receiving (11) a first warning message using the mobile communication system (500) and determining (12) a first hash value for the first warning message, wherein the first hash value is determined based on a specific message content of the first message. The method (10) further comprises storing (13) for the first warning message information about the first hash value in a memory and issuing (14) a user notification about the first warning message. The method (20) further comprises receiving (15) a second warning message using the mobile communication system (500) or another mobile communication system and determining (16) a second hash value for the second warning message, wherein the second hash value is determined based on a specific message content of the second warning message. The method (10) further comprises storing (17) for the second warning message information about the second hash value in a memory and refraining (18) from issuing a user notification about the second warning message if the second hash value equals the first or other stored hash values.

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The invention relates to a method for transmitting and/or using a user equipment route selection policy information when operating a user equipment or when operating a user equipment connected to a telecommunications network, wherein the user equipment comprises or is able to access or to obtain energy-related information and wherein the user equipment route selection policy information comprises an energy-related information element, wherein, in order to transmit and/or to use a specific user equipment route selection policy information, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the user equipment comprises or receives the specific user equipment route selection policy information to be evaluated, wherein the specific user equipment route selection policy information comprises or is associated to a specific energy-related information element, -- in a second step, the specific user equipment route selection policy information is either applied or not applied, by the user equipment, depending on whether the specific energy-related information element of the specific user equipment route selection policy information corresponds to the energy-related information or not.

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Planung eines quantenoptischen Netzwerks mit einer optimalen Anzahl von quantenoptischen Systemen (130) für mindestens einen definierten Anwendungsfall, wobei die optimale Anzahl der quantenoptischen Systeme (130) auf Netzwerkknoten (110, 111-116, 410) eines Telekommunikationsnetzes verteilt und implementiert wird und die quantenoptischen Systeme (130) paarweise jeweils einer jeweiligen Netzwerkverbindung einer Auswahl von die jeweiligen Netzwerkknoten (110, 111-116, 410) verbindenden Netzwerkverbindungen (120, 420) operativ zugeordnet werden, wobei die paarweise zugeordneten quantenoptischen Systeme (130) über Quantenkanäle auf den ihnen jeweils zugeordneten Netzwerkverbindungen miteinander verbunden werden, wobei die optimale Anzahl der quantenoptischen Systeme (130) und die Auswahl der Netzwerkverbindungen (120, 420) bestimmt wird, indem für eine Kostenfunktion (200, 300) als Funktion mindestens der Anzahl der quantenoptischen Systeme (130) als erster Bezugsgröße ein globales Extremum, insbesondere ein globales Minimum, mit einem Optimierungsverfahren bestimmt wird. Ferner betrifft die vorliegende Erfindung ein entsprechendes System zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens und ein mit dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren geplantes quantenoptisches Netz.

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Techniques of route planning for a mobile radio-capable user device, in particular a UAV, which receives control signal and/or route information by means of a radio network, comprising the following steps:• Providing QoS requirements of the mobile user device, the starting point destination point of the user device by means of a communication interface to the radio network, in particular to a route planning unit of a 3GPP system;• Calculating a possible route between the starting point and the destination point, wherein the user device shall traverse radio cells along the route and communicate with these radio cells;• Requesting QoS capacities of the radio cells along the possible route;• Verification that the QoS capacities of each radio cell along the route meet the QoS requirements:o If any radio cell along the route meets the QoS requirements: Provide as output the possible route as the route to be taken by means of the communication interface of the radio network.

The invention relates to techniques to provide a customized response for users communicating with a virtual speech assistant,wherein the virtual assistant is configured to receive a request from the user and to forward the request via a communication network to a server that is configured to process the request by means of skills of at least two domain models and to deliver the response back to the virtual assistant, wherein the method comprises the following steps:• starting a selection process to select a suitable domain model regarding the text request, wherein the selection process comprises the following steps:o provisioning of a Matching-Score-Analyzer by each of the domain models, wherein the Matching-Score-Analyzers differ from each other;o using the text request as input for the Matching-Score-Analyzers and calculating a respective Domain-Matching-Score for the different domains;o comparing the resulting Domain-Matching-Scores and selecting the domain model that is associated to the highest Domain-Matching-Scores as the selected domain model to process the text request;• processing the text request with the selected domain model and transmitting the response to the virtual assistant.

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The invention relates to a method for operating a telecommunications network using a generic networking domain infrastructure together with a plurality of specific hardware elements or hardware nodes, the plurality of specific hardware elements or hardware nodes being connected to the generic networking domain infrastructure via a hardware control entity or functionality, and each one of the plurality of such specific hardware elements or hardware nodes being used for providing at least one specific task with respect to or within the telecommunications network,wherein the hardware control entity or functionality provides at least one generic interface towards the generic networking domain infrastructure and at least one hardware-specific interface towards each one of the plurality of specific hardware elements or hardware nodes,wherein, regarding a specific hardware element or hardware node having a specific hardware-specific interface, the method comprises the following steps:-- in a first step, the hardware control entity or functionality receives, from the generic networking domain infrastructure, at least one incoming request according to the at least one generic interface, and transmits, to the specific hardware element or hardware node, at least one corresponding hardware-specific command and/or configuration according to the specific hardware-specific interface, and-- in a second step, the hardware control entity or functionality receives, from the specific hardware element or hardware node, at least one hardware-specific event and/or piece of data according to the specific hardware-specific interface, and transmits, to the generic networking domain infrastructure, at least one corresponding outgoing event and/or piece of data according to the at least one generic interface.

Techniques to enable implementation within a network infrastructure of a network operator (550, 560) comprising the following steps: • providing and/or creating a Decentralised Identifier "DID", a private key, a public key and verifiable credentials "VC" for the network element (200, 425, 530, 810); • binding the VC to the DID resulting in a DID-bound VC (205) and add a digital signature of an issuer to the DID-bound VC (205); • providing the DID-bound VC and the private key to the network element (200, 425, 530, 810).

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A method for controlling resource instances is proposed, comprising the steps of: a) storing a declarative model (610) in a database (620), wherein the declarative model comprises a plurality of resource elements (100, 210-250, 311-352), each resource element representing a resource of a communication system, wherein each resource element is associated with a resource type, and wherein at least one resource element is modeled to provide a customer service (100, 710) consumable by a customer and the remaining resource elements are modeled to provide a service consumable by another resource element, b) controlling resource instances of a communication system by a set of controllers (640, 651, 652, 653) depending on the stored declarative model (610), wherein the set of controllers comprises - a type-specific controller (651, 652, 653) for each type of resource elements defined by the declarative model, wherein each type-specific controller is adapted to control resource instances of the respective associated resource type, and - a relationship controller (640) which is adapted to control service-related relationships between resource instances. Further, a system (600) for performing the method is proposed.