Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for test system agent deployment in a smartswitch computing environment are disclosed. One example method occurs at a test system, the method comprising: obtaining test information indicating a smartswitch or a data processing unit (DPU) of the smartswitch for testing in a smartswitch computing environment or at least one test system agent deployment factor, wherein the smartswitch includes a switch processor and DPUs; determining, using the test information and topology information about the smartswitch computing environment, at least one location for deploying at least one test system agent; and providing placement information indicating the at least one location for deploying the at least one test system agent to a target system or to a test system agent controller.

Abstract: The indirect querying of models to determine capabilities possessed by the model. Such indirect queries take the form of model input that potentially includes a natural language input user data. Such model input is structured such that the output of the model is either not natural language at all, or else is natural language that is not semantically responsive to the natural language input. Nevertheless, the output is evaluated to estimate or determine the capability possessed by the model. Thus, models may be more fully utilized to their better potential.

Abstract: A vision-assisted robotized depalletizer receives at a pallet station a pallet loaded with products and outputs on a conveyor unitized products aligned in a desired orientation. Such depalletizers include a vision system having one or more image acquisition sensors that are positioned relative to the pallet station so as to have a field of view covering a top portion of the pallet. The sensors send to a controller one or more image of the top portion of the pallet that the controller uses along to determine the position of each product in the top portion of the pallet. The depalletizer further includes a robot equipped with a depalletizing tool that is coupled to the vision system controller for receiving information indicative of the position of each product from the top portion and uses that information to pick and position on the output conveyor each product from the top portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing a system under test (SUT). An example system includes a fabric emulation device configured for emulating a data center switching fabric using emulated switch queues and for emulating one or more congestion control mechanisms for network traffic on the data center switching fabric from the SUT. The system includes a test execution manager configured for: executing a test case causing the fabric emulation device to invoke at least a first congestion control mechanism; logging one or more metrics characterizing the first congestion control mechanism in response to invoking the first congestion control mechanism, wherein logging the one or more metrics comprises logging at least one performance metric from at least one emulated switch queue of the fabric emulation device; and outputting a test report based on logging the one or more metrics.

Abstract: A system for managing deployment of quantum circuits is described. The system may include a web server configured to receive, from a consumer, a quantum computing request to perform a job using a given quantum application. The web server may generate a response based on execution of the quantum application and at least a portion of the quantum computing request and return the response to the consumer. The system may also include a deployment service configured to store quantum circuit definitions in a data store. The deployment service may receive, from the web server, a deployment request for executing a quantum circuit. The deployment service may generate a container for implementing the quantum circuit. The deployment service may configure a quantum application in the container for executing a job using the quantum circuit. The deployment service may provide the web server access to results of the execution of the job.

Abstract: One example method occurs at an impairment configuration manager of a network test system implemented using at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving impairment definition information for defining one or more impairments associated with a test session involving a test infrastructure connecting at least one test application and a system under test (SUT), wherein the impairment definition information includes information for indicating attributes of the one or more impairments using a common data model or data format; generating, using the impairment definition information, at least one set of instructions for configuring at least one impairment element to implement the one or more impairments during the test session; and providing the at least one set of instructions to the at least one impairment element or another entity.

Abstract: A method is disclosed to estimate energy consumed by a component in a microcontroller during operation including identifying “event” activities, where the energy consumed by the component may be determined by the number of events executed by the component, and “duration” activities, where the energy consumed may be determined by the duration of time required to execute of the activity, and determining the energy consumed by the component based on the number of events/duration of time and an energy coefficient which corresponds to the amount of energy consumed by the component to execute the activity, under given operating conditions. In an embodiment, data transfers at a bus interface may represent event activities. Apparatus to estimate the energy consumed is disclosed including bus monitors to receive signals representing data transfers at a bus interface and provide signals indicating the number of data transfers executed.

Abstract: An electrochemical sensor comprising a probe immersible in a measured medium and having at least two electrodes of a first electrically conductive material and at least one probe body of a second, electrically non-conductive material. The electrodes are at least partially embedded in the probe body and insulated from one another by the probe body, wherein the at least two electrodes are embodied of at least one conductive material and the probe body of at least one electrically insulating ceramic, wherein the electrodes are embodied of thin, measuring active layers of a conductive material and sit in an end face of the probe body of a ceramic material, and wherein the electrodes are electrically contacted via connection elements extending through the probe body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell including an electrode, a housing, a cell interior inside the housing, a temperature sensor, and a heat-conducting part which differs from the electrode, is entirely or partially disposed inside the housing of the battery cell, and is thermally connected to the temperature sensor.

Abstract: One example method occurs in a test environment comprising network emulation platforms (NEPs), wherein the NEPs implement an emulated switching fabric comprising emulated switches, wherein the NEPs are connected via at least one physical cable. The method includes determining, using a network test system controller, at least one routing path group for communications between the emulated switches, wherein each of the at least one routing path group includes or uses virtual links utilizing one or more lanes of the at least one physical cable; configuring, using the network test system controller, physical ports of the NEPs to assign traffic during a test session to one of the virtual links based on a routing path group identifier associated with the traffic; and initiating, using the network test system controller, the test session involving the test environment.

Abstract: One example method occurs at a testbed transpiler of a network test system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing a network system under test (SUT). An example system includes physical application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) switching resources and a switching environment emulator configured for emulating, using the physical ASIC switching resources, data center switching fabric comprising a plurality of data center fabric switching elements. The system includes a first control plane daemon implemented on at least one processor; the first control plane daemon is configured for processing control plane messages for a first data center fabric switching element. The system includes a first port for communicating at least a first control plane message for processing by the first control plane daemon.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for exposing data processing unit (DPU) traffic in a smartswitch are disclosed. One example method occurs at a smartswitch controller implemented using at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving connection information for communicating with an in-line traffic processing agent; generating, using the connection information, one or more switching rules for causing traffic associated with a target DPU of a smartswitch to be directed to the in-line traffic processing agent; and providing the one or more switching rules to the smartswitch or another entity.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing a network system under test (SUT). An example system includes physical application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) switching resources and a switching environment emulator configured for emulating, using the physical ASIC switching resources, data center switching fabric comprising a plurality of data center fabric switching elements. The system includes a first control plane daemon implemented on at least one processor; the first control plane daemon is configured for processing control plane messages for a first data center fabric switching element. The system includes a first port for communicating at least a first control plane message for processing by the first control plane daemon.

Abstract: A fault location system in a cable transport installation comprises a safety unit (10) and an end module (13) connected by an electrical safety line (11). The safety line (11) comprises a plurality of cable fault contacts (14) of the normally-closed type connected in series. The location system includes a plurality of location modules (20) distributed along the transport installation, each of which comprising a first test contact (21), of the normally-open type, for short-circuiting the safety line (11). Once a fault coming from one of the cable fault contacts (14) is detected, each location module (20) is capable of selectively closing its first test contact (21) so as to be able to locate said faulty contact (14) on the safety line.

Abstract: According to one method, the method occurs at a first impairment device comprising at least one programmable data plane processor. The method includes receiving, via an application programming interface (API) and from a test controller, command and control instructions for configuring a packet processing pipeline for facilitating traffic impairments; configuring, using the command and control instructions, the packet processing pipeline implemented using the at least one programmable data plane processor; and applying, via the packet processing pipeline, at least one impairment to one or more test packets for testing a system under test (SUT).

Abstract: A method and system for connecting a power tool with a mobile device. The mobile device receives a user request to connect to a power tool and transmits a short-range advertisement. The power tool receives the short-range advertisement and transmits a signal. The mobile device receives the signal from the power tool and determines a signal strength. The mobile device compares the signal strength to a predetermined signal strength value. When the signal strength value exceeds the predetermined signal strength value, the mobile device connects with the power tool.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for smart network interface card testing are disclosed. One example method occurs at a network interface card (NIC) comprising a network processing unit executing a monitoring agent for monitoring data traversing the NIC. The method includes obtaining, from a test system or a test traffic generator, at least one test packet; generating, using the monitoring agent, NIC processing information associated with processing the at least one test packet, wherein generating the NIC processing information includes monitoring application layer events, presentation layer events, session layer events, transport layer events, network layer events, driver layer events, kernel layer events, or other events involving the NIC and generating the NIC processing information using the monitored events; and storing or providing the NIC processing information for data analysis.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for smart network interface card testing are disclosed. One example method occurs at a network interface card (NIC) comprising a network processing unit executing a monitoring agent for monitoring data traversing the NIC. The method includes obtaining, from a test system or a test traffic generator, at least one test packet; generating, using the monitoring agent, NIC processing information associated with processing the at least one test packet, wherein generating the NIC processing information includes monitoring application layer events, presentation layer events, session layer events, transport layer events, network layer events, driver layer events, kernel layer events, or other events involving the NIC and generating the NIC processing information using the monitored events; and storing or providing the NIC processing information for data analysis.

Abstract: A method for customizing data plane pipeline processing to generate test packets using Berkeley packet filter (BPF) hook entry points is disclosed. The method includes receiving a program code script for customizing a performance of one or more stages of a multistage processing pipeline platform configured for conducting a network operation process, wherein the multistage processing pipeline platform includes one or more predefined hook entry points and compiling the program code script to generate a customized plug-in component that is deployed in at least one of the one or more predefined hook entry points of the multistage processing pipeline platform.