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Remote provision of a subscriber entity

US10952064B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Qiang Li · Beijing, CN
Thomas Bergenwall · Espoo, FI
Tomas Holm · Alvesta, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/042
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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