Abstract: A system and method for managing virtual queues with user-level targeted interactions. A cloud-based queue service manages a plurality of queues hosted by one or more entities. The queue service is in constant communication with the entities providing queue management, queue analysis, and queue recommendations. The queue service is likewise in direct communication with queued persons. Sending periodic updates such as targeted interactions in the form of products, services, and callback opportunities based on analysis of entity data, user-specific data, and data associated with all persons or groups at a given location, both physical or virtual.

Abstract: A method for deleting user equipment devices UEs in batches, where the method includes: A control device sends a delete instruction to a virtual broadband remote access server (vBRAS)-control plane (CP), where the delete instruction includes a target attribute, and where the vBRAS-CP instructs vBRAS-user plane (UP) devices to delete all user equipment devices meeting the target attribute according to the delete instruction.

Abstract: A single platform for controller functionality for each of security, monitoring and automation, as well as providing a capacity to function as a bidirectional Internet gateway, is provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by virtue of a configurable architecture that enables a user to adapt the system for the user's specific needs. Embodiments of the present invention further provide for remote access to the configurable controller, thereby providing for remote monitoring of the state of a dwelling and for remote control of home automation. Embodiments of the present invention further provide for reporting to a provider those sensors and other hardware used by the configurable architecture, enabling the provider to track inventory of such items.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to federated learning in a telecom system. For a service request from a service requester, an intelligent service provider serves as a master intelligent service provider to perform federated learning in coordination with at least one additional intelligent service provider as slave intelligent service provider, and then merge the service-related information obtained from the at least one slave intelligent service and the service-related information of the master intelligent service provider so as to provide intelligent service for the service requester, or provide merged service-related information to slave intelligent service provider.

Abstract: A device may receive network data identifying a topology of network devices of a network, quality of service (QoS) rules for user equipment (UEs) and application flows associated with the network, QoS profiles for a radio access network (RAN) of the network, and service data flow (SDF) templates. The device may process the network data, with a model, to calculate a network device service level agreement (SLA) score, for each of the network devices on a sliding window, to generate network device SLA scores, and may aggregate the network device SLA scores to generate an end-to-end SLA score on the sliding window. The device may generate QoS configuration data based on the end-to-end SLA score, and may implement the QoS configuration data.

Abstract: A system for monitoring quantized signals in a bidirectional data stream and alerting a networked device of metric divergence by georegion includes a computing system that automatically, for each of multiple user entities, receives input signals and stores corresponding records, associated with the user entity, each representing a quantized input event. The computing system increments a resource of the user entity by a respective input quantity. Georegion-specific attributes associated with a respective georegion are discriminated, and the input records are associated with georegion. The computing system measures user-specific georegion-specific metrics for each georegion and determines whether the metrics diverge from a georegion-specific index. An alert is sent across a network for display on a user device upon determining a user-specific georegion-specific metric diverges from a georegion-specific index.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device obtains path probe data between one or more end-user sites and an online application. The device makes, based on the path probe data, a prediction as to whether a direct Internet access path or a backhaul path would offer better application performance for the online application. The device generates, based on the prediction, a split tunnel policy for a particular end-user site. The device causes a particular end-user site to connect to the online application in accordance with the split tunnel policy.

Abstract: A method for controlling deployment of network configuration changes includes receiving, by centralized network management system executed by a processor and memory, configuration change instructions to alter a configuration of a network; computing, by the centralized network management system, a weighted impact of the configuration change instructions; determining, by the centralized network management system, whether the weighted impact of the configuration change instructions exceeds a threshold impact level; and in response to determining that the weighted impact does not exceed the threshold impact level, executing the configuration change instructions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to using maintenance mode to upgrade a distributed system. One method includes determining that a first host of a cluster of a software-defined datacenter (SDDC) is to be upgraded as a part of a rolling upgrade of the hosts of the cluster, wherein the first host is executing a process instance of a cluster store, demoting the process instance to a proxy, creating a replica of the process instance using a different proxy on a second host of the cluster, instructing the first host to enter a maintenance mode, upgrading the first host, and instructing the first host to leave the maintenance mode.

Abstract: An apparatus including a display circuit, a requestor circuit, a request provisioning circuit, an Internet of Things Universal Identification (IoT UID) processing circuit, and an IoT UID provisioning circuit. The display circuit generates a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to receive one or more user input command values corresponding to device property data for one or more Brownfield devices. The requestor circuit generates a registration request that includes the device property data. The request provisioning circuit transmits the registration request to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server. The Internet of IoT UID processing circuit interprets one or more IoT UIDs generated by the IoT device registrar server in response to the registration request. The IoT UID provisioning circuit at least one of: transmits the one or more IoT UIDs; or displays the one or more IoT UIDs on an electronic display.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for network communication. A method comprises determining a link between an edge device of a second network and the first edge device of the first network is failed or the edge device of the second network is failed or an identifier of an Ethernet segment corresponding to the edge device of the second network has been changed; and advertising a first message including withdrawal of the Ethernet segment corresponding to the edge device of the second network and a corresponding substitution Ethernet segment of the second network, wherein the corresponding substitution Ethernet segment of the second network can be used by one or more other edge devices of the first network receiving the first message to switch routes associated with the Ethernet segment corresponding to the edge device of the second network to the corresponding substitution Ethernet segment of the second network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique for merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate than a beyond 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, small businesses, security- and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A controller node is disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques and technologies for an IP address management (IPAM) system to monitor the usage of IP addresses across regions in one or more networks of resources. The IPAM system may be used to allocate IP addresses to resources in networks and track what IP addresses are being used by resources or available for allocation. The IPAM system may periodically obtain usage information that indicates actual, current IP address usage by the resources in the networks, identify differences between the current IP address usage and an inventory maintained by the IPAM service, and reconcile the differences. Additionally, the IPAM system may further respond to network administrator queries about their resource and IP address usage. Further, the IPAM system may emit various utilization metrics to the network administrators which may be tied to alarms or alerts around non-compliant resources or IP addresses.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a service receives telemetry data collected from a plurality of different networks. The service combines the telemetry data into a synthetic input trace. The service inputs the synthetic input trace into a plurality of machine learning models to generate a plurality of predicted key performance indicators (KPIs), each of the models having been trained to assess telemetry data from an associated network in the plurality of different networks and predict a KPI for that network. The service compares the plurality of predicted KPIs to identify one of the plurality of different networks as exhibiting an abnormal behavior.

Abstract: A system and methods for mobile device active callback prioritization with predictive outcome scoring, utilizing an enhanced callback prioritization engine operating on a user's mobile device for integration through the operating system and software applications operating on the device, wherein the enhanced callback prioritization engine receives intercepted data or voice messages sent to the mobile device, retrieves and aggregates data related to the assigned messages, inputs the assigned data message and aggregate data into prioritization model wherein the prioritization model may analyze the input data, the results of the analysis may be used to compute a priority score for the assigned data message. An outcome model may be present and configured to produce outcome scores for a callback recipient based on the context of the data or voice message. System generates a callback list from the computed prioritization score and outcome score.

Abstract: A frame is received at an agent. The frame is analyzed to determine that the frame is associated with a first known pod. IP information is reported to a backend process. The backend process is configured to stitch the IP information with other IP information reported by one or more additional agents to identify a second pod.

Abstract: A method performed by a network node, for handling an outgoing media call of a user associated with multiple User Equipment, UEs, in a communications network is provided. The network node receives (402) a request for the outgoing media call to be set up from a first UE out of the multiple UEs. The request is obtained as a voice instruction 5 from the user via a Digital Assistant, DA, device. The voice instruction comprises a personalized name associated with the first UE. The network node further identifies (403) among the multiple UEs, the first UE and its associated IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, identifier based on the personalized name received in the voice instruction. The network node further sends (404), to an IMS node, the identified IMS identifier of the first UE and a 10 request to whether or not the first UE is registered in the IMS node and supports media of the outgoing media call.

Abstract: Non-volatile memory may contain definitions of: (i) a plurality of message queue implementations respectively associated with different queue behaviors, the different queue behaviors specified by corresponding sets of modes, and (ii) an application programming interface (API) through which applications can access one or more message queues. One or more processors may be configured to: create a message queue of a particular message queue type, supported by a corresponding message queue implementation, by specifying a set of modes corresponding to a queue behavior; receive, from a producing application and by way of the API, one or more messages for the message queue; store the one or more messages in a data structure associated with the message queue; receive, from a consuming application and by way of the API, a request to read from the message queue; and provide a message from the message queue to the consuming application.

Abstract: A system and method to distribute traffic flows among a plurality of applications in a data center system. An apparatus is operable with a plurality of applications connected through a programmable switch and is configured to select traffic flows to ones of the plurality of applications. The apparatus is also configured to monitor and collect statistics for the traffic flows to determine rule level statistics, and move at least one traffic flow of the traffic flows from a network interface to a different network interface based on the rule level statistics.

Abstract: A method for detecting an IPv6 aliased prefix based on fragmented fingerprint includes: generating a plurality of pseudo random addresses in a target prefix space; determining the target prefix as an active prefix; and determining that the plurality of the pseudo random addresses and the active prefix are configured on the same host, so as to identify the active prefix as the aliased prefix. This method may effectively discover a network host, reduce the cost of network detection, and provide more effective data support for network measurement, network surveying and mapping and security research.