A method comprising providing a plurality of links to a plurality of end-user devices communicatively coupled to a network system, a particular link of the plurality of links supporting control-plane communications between the network system and a particular end-user device of the plurality of end-user devices over one or more wireless access networks; receiving a message from a server communicatively coupled to the network system, the message comprising payload for delivery to the particular end-user device; generating an encrypted message comprising the payload and an identifier identifying a particular device agent of a plurality of device agents on the particular end-user device, the identifier configured to assist in delivering at least a portion of the payload to the particular device agent on the particular end-user device; and sending the encrypted message to the particular end-user device over the particular link.

Automated Device Provisioning and Activation

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to enable subscribers of mobile wireless communication devices to view, research, select and customize service plans; to create and manage device groups, share and set permission controls for service plans among devices in device groups; to manage communication services through graphical user interfaces; to sponsor and promote service plans; and to design, manage, and control communication services through application programming interfaces.

Service Plan Design, User Interfaces, Application Programming Interfaces, and Device Management

Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the network service usage activity to facilitate differential network access control for protecting network capacity.

Device-Assisted Services for Protecting Network Capacity

A method performed by an end user device associated with a service plan having a limit on usage of a network service, the method comprising storing one or more notification actions corresponding to one or more notification requests; performing a device action that reflects a past or intended use of the network service; receiving one of the one or more notification requests from a network element in response to the device action; performing one of the one or more notification actions in response to the notification request, the notification action causing the end user device to retrieve at least a portion of a notification message associated with a status of the use, the at least a portion of the notification message being separate from the one of the one or more notification requests; and presenting the notification message on a user interface of the end user device.

System and Method for Providing User Notifications

A wireless communication device comprising: one or more network modems enabling the wireless communication device to communicate over a first wireless network; one or more network modems enabling the wireless communication device to communicate with two or more end-point devices over a second wireless network; one or more processors configured to execute one or more instructions; and memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the one or more processors with the one or more instructions. The one or more instructions, when executed by the processors, cause processors to: establish a first connection between the wireless communication device and a first end-point device; establish a second connection between the wireless communication device and a second end-point device; apply a first control to traffic transmitted by or to the first end-point device; and apply a second control to traffic transmitted by or to the second end-point device.

Intermediate networking devices

A node information storage means stores an entry of node information in which at least an address and a record type are associated with a host name A search target record deciding means decides a record type of an entry of a search target from a received virtual record type based on a search rule that is a rule specifying a record type of a search target according to a virtual record type An entry searching means searches the node information storage means, and specifies an entry that corresponds to the entry specifying information received from the terminal device and has the record type decided by the search target record deciding means A search result transmitting means transmits node information included in the entry specified by the entry searching means to the terminal device

Name-database server, name-resolution system, entry-search method, and entry-search program

The present invention provides a network connection method which prevents connection by virus-infected communication devices or communication devices intended for unauthorized access to a network, and enables connection to the network in a simple manner. A user of a requestor communication device connects to a main network by inserting a cable of the communication device to a port of a network device. When the requestor communication device is connected one-on-one to a reception box by a check-in network inside the network device, check-in is performed using the reception box. When the reception box determines through check-in processing that the requestor communication device satisfies connection qualifications, the reception box switches the network, to which the requestor communication device will be connected, from the check-in network to the main network. The requestor communication device then makes a transition to actual use of the main network.

Communication system, network for qualification screening/setting, communication device, and network connection method

A registration agent system that registers information that must be registered to enable a node newly added to a network to commence communication. This registration agent system performs registration without a newly added node or a node manager of a newly added node having to know the location of a node managing structural information of the network or procedures for registration. Further, this registration agent system controls what information is registered and what information is not registered.

Registration agent system, network system and program therefor

Anycast is a new IPv6 feature that supports service-oriented address assignments in IPv6 networks. Because there are no protocol standards or even consensus on routing protocols, intersegment anycast communications are not yet available. In this paper, we propose two routing protocols for intersegment anycast to support anycast-oriented communication. Our proposed architecture (1) achieves the advantages of anycast communications, (2) takes the deployment scenario into the existing unicast network into consideration, and (3) maintains scalability. We also implement the proposed routing protocols in an experimental environment and verify that they work correctly.

Design, implementation and evaluation of routing protocols for IPv6 anycast communication

A communication network system has a plurality of interconnected sub-networks, at least one mobile node having a care-of address dependent on a sub-network currently connected thereto and a home address independent of the connected sub-network, and a home agent. Upon detection of a sub-network connected to the mobile node, the latter determines a security method corresponding to the sub-network held in a node-side security application management table as a security method for ensuring the security for user data communicated between the mobile node and a home agent associated therewith. Then, the sub-network is notified to the home agent through a mobile node network signal. The home agent determines a security method corresponding to the sub-network from among security methods held in an agent-side security application management table as a security method used for ensuring the security for user data communicated between the home agent and the mobile node managed thereby.

Hiroshi Kitamura

Papers

Name-database server, name-resolution system, entry-search method, and entry-search program

Communication system, network for qualification screening/setting, communication device, and network connection method

Registration agent system, network system and program therefor

Design, implementation and evaluation of routing protocols for IPv6 anycast communication

Automatic setting of security in communication network system