DYNAMIC BOOTSTRAP eSIM MANAGEMENT FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE

A network-based server configured to provide a bootstrap rules service, the network-based server comprising:

• one or more processors communicatively coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the network-based server to:
• receive, from a bootstrap server, a bootstrap selection rule request, the bootstrap selection rule request including a device identifier (ID) uniquely identifying a wireless device and a use case type indicating a purpose for which the wireless device requests a bootstrap international mobile subscriber identity (b-IMSI) value;
• obtain, from an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) discovery server based on the device ID, an indication of pending eSIMs for the wireless device;
• obtain, from a logistics data server based on the device ID, sales channel information for the wireless device;
• determine, based on the indication of pending eSIMs and the sales channel information, a bootstrap selection rule including one or more parameters for selection of the b-IMSI value by the bootstrap server for the wireless device;
• and
• send, to the bootstrap server, the bootstrap selection rule.

A wireless device comprising:

• wireless circuitry comprising one or more antennas;
• an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) storing a bootstrap electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM);
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless circuitry, to the eUICC, and to a memory storing instructions that configure the wireless device to:
• establish a first connection with a local cellular wireless network using credentials of the bootstrap eSIM configured with an initial international mobile subscriber identity (i-IMSI) value selected from a pool of i-IMSI values stored in the wireless device;
• send, via the first connection to a bootstrap server, a bootstrap IMSI (b-IMSI) request for a b-IMSI value, the b-IMSI request including a unique device identifier (ID) for the wireless device and a use case type, where the use case type indicates a purpose for which the wireless device requests the b-IMSI value;
• receive, via the first connection from the bootstrap server, the b-IMSI value;
• reconfigure the bootstrap eSIM using the b-IMSI value;
• establish a second connection with the local cellular wireless network or with another cellular wireless network using credentials of the bootstrap eSIM configured with the b-IMSI value;
• download, from a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server via the second connection, a user eSIM;
• install and activate the user eSIM on the eUICC;
• and
• establish a third connection with a cellular wireless network associated with the MNO using credentials of the user eSIM.