Imei binding and dynamic imei provisioning for wireless devices

A method for dynamic international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) provisioning for a wireless device, the method comprising:

• by a processor of the wireless device external to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the wireless device:
• detecting a trigger condition for obtaining additional IMEI values for the wireless device;
• responsive to detection of the trigger condition, establishing a secure communication channel with a dynamic IMEI provisioning network-based server;
• obtaining, via the secure communication channel, one or more new IMEI values for the wireless device;
• and
• storing, in secure storage on the wireless device, the one or more new IMEI values to be available for subsequent binding to physical subscriber identity modules (pSIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) of the wireless device.

An apparatus configured for binding international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) on a wireless device, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor of the wireless device external to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the wireless device, the processor communicatively coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform actions that include:
• detecting a command to enable a first eSIM on the eUICC of the wireless device;
• when the first eSIM has not been previously associated with an IMEI value, obtaining from a network-based server an assigned IMEI value for the first eSIM;
• when the first eSIM has been previously associated with an IMEI value, selecting a most recently used IMEI value for the first eSIM;
• and
• sending a command to the eUICC to bind the assigned IMEI value or the most recently used IMEI value to the first eSIM.