Method for provisioning a secure element with a profile
Method for provisioning a secure element with a profile, said secure element cooperating with a M2M terminal and being connected to the network of a first MNO thanks to a first profile, including requesting by a M2M service provider a second profile to the network of a second MNO; provisioning by said second MNO said second profile in the network of said second MNO; sending from said network to a subscription manager an order to download said second profile; terminating said first profile to the network of said first MNO; barring by said first MNO said subscription in the network of said first MNO; performing by said secure element a Fall-Back procedure; attaching said secure element to a provisioning HLR by using said provisioning profile; downloading from said subscription manager to said secure element said second profile; and enabling said second profile to become an operational profile.
1 . A method for provisioning an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) of a User Equipment (UE), with a profile, called second profile, said eUICC cooperating and communicatively coupled with a Machine to Machine (M2M), terminal and connected to a network of a first Mobile Network Operator (MMO), with a first profile, said method comprising the steps of:
requesting, by a M2M service provider, a profile, called second profile, to the network of a second MNO;
provisioning, by said second MNO, said second profile in its network;
sending from said network of said second MNO to a subscription manager an order to download said second profile;
terminating by said M2M service provider, said first profile, to the network of said first MNO;
barring by said first MNO said first profile in its network;
receiving, by said eUICC, a network rejection event from said network of said first MNO, in accordance with a Fall-Back procedure as defined by GSMA specification SGP.01 v4.2 Fall-Back Mechanism/SGP.02 v4.2.1 Fall-Back Activation Procedure for activating a provisioning profile on said eUICC and disactivating said first profile on said eUICC, thereby replacing a SMS push mechanism by a signaling mechanism that informs the eUICC to perform a polling request to the Subscription Manager as a remote provisioning action;
attaching said eUICC to a provisioning Home Location Register (HLR), according to said provisioning profile, said provisioning HLR communicatively coupled and cooperating with said subscription manager to perform said remote provisioning action; and
after opening an OTA/http session with said subscription manager, downloading from said subscription manager to said eUICC said second profile, and enabling said second profile, as an operational profile for operators deploying NB-IoT that do not support SMS and SMS roaming, thereby providing an alternative to what is specified in SGP.02 which is not compatible with most NB-IoT available services.
2 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the step-H—of opening an OTA/http session also comprises deleting said first profile, in said UICC.