Abstract: Concepts and technologies described herein provide for a lockable cable-actuated mechanism for latching and releasing aircraft and other stowage bins. According to various aspects, a cable-actuated coupling mechanism includes a handle assembly and a latch assembly. The handle assembly includes an exterior handle connected to a pivoting arm. The latch assembly includes a release mechanism configured to release the latch upon rotation of the release mechanism. A cable connects the pivoting arm of the handle assembly to the release mechanism such that rotation of the exterior handle applies tension to the cable, pulling the release mechanism of the latch assembly. According to other aspects, a locking mechanism may selectively disengage the pivoting arm from the exterior handle to prevent rotation of the pivoting arm when the exterior handle is rotated.

Abstract: In a communication network having computer systems communicatively coupled to each other with communication equipment, where the computer systems are executing network applications that send and receive either encrypted or unencrypted data packets over the communication network, a method for quantifying performance of the communication network. In one embodiment, between an application program interface and a protocol stack in a computer system, where the application program interface resides in an application layer of the computer system and the protocol stack resides in a kernel layer of the computer system, the present invention executes a process for identifying a network application, where the network application originates a request data packet and a response data packet. Second, in this embodiment the present invention records time-stamps when the request data packet and the response data packet are between the application program interface and the protocol stack in the computer system.