Remote provision of a subscriber entity
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsQiang Li, Thomas Bergenwall, Tomas Holm
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Abstract
There is provided mechanisms for remote provision of a subscriber entity to a PLMN in a communications network. A method is performed by the subscriber entity. The method comprises obtaining a first list of PLMN IDs in the communications network for which a signal quality criterion is fulfilled. The method comprises providing the first list of PLMN IDs and eUICC ID of the subscriber entity to a network server. The method comprises receiving a third list of PLMN IDs from the network server, wherein the third list of PLMN IDs is based on the first list of PLMN IDs. The method comprises selecting, when the third list of PLMN IDs is a non-empty list, one PLMN from the third list of PLMN IDs to remotely provision the subscriber entity.
Claims7
A method for enabling remote provision of a subscriber entity to a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a communications network, the method being performed by a network server, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the subscriber entity, a first list of PLMN identities (IDs) in the communications network for which a signal quality criterion is fulfilled for the subscriber entity and an Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) ID of the subscriber entity;
- determining a second list of PLMN IDs based on the eUICC ID of the subscriber entity;
- determining a third list of PLMN IDs consisting of those PLMN IDs the first list of PLMN IDs and the second list of PLMN IDs have in common;
- and
- providing the third list of PLMN IDs to the subscriber entity for remote provision of the subscriber entity to one PLMN in the third list of PLMN IDs.
A network server for enabling remote provision of a subscriber entity to a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a communications network, the network server comprising:
- processing circuitry;
- and
- a computer program product storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the network server to:
- receive, from the subscriber entity, a first list of PLMN identities (IDs) in the communications network for which a signal quality criterion is fulfilled for the subscriber entity and an Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) ID of the subscriber entity;
- determine a second list of PLMN IDs based on the eUICC ID of the subscriber entity;
- determine a third list of PLMN IDs consisting of those PLMN IDs the first list of PLMN IDs and the second list of PLMN IDs have in common;
- and
- provide the third list of PLMN IDs to the subscriber entity for remote provision of the subscriber entity to one PLMN in the third list of PLMN IDs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.