Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to utilizing client mobile devices for wireless network monitoring. Link quality data for wireless networks are measured by a plurality of wireless client devices and are provided to a network controller. The link quality data is usable to manage a wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless networks include at least the WLAN and a cellular network. A recommendation for connection is provided to the wireless client devices, where the recommendation indicates if the cellular network is recommended or an access point of the WLAN.

Abstract: According to an example, signal transmissions by a first antenna apparatus and a second antenna apparatus connected to a central processing apparatus through an Ethernet switch may be synchronized with respect to each other. An Ethernet packet containing first data and second data may be generated, in which the first antenna apparatus is to wirelessly transmit the first data and the second antenna apparatus is to wirelessly transmit the second data. In addition, the Ethernet packet may be communicated to the Ethernet switch, in which the Ethernet switch includes a first port that is in communication with the first antenna apparatus and a second port that is in communication with the second antenna apparatus, and the Ethernet switch is to communicate the Ethernet packet through the first port and a copy of the Ethernet packet through the second port substantially simultaneously with respect to each other.

Abstract: According to an example, a cloud bandwidth modeling system may determine components for an application, create a vertex for each component in a graph representing a bandwidth model for the application, determine bandwidth requirements between each component, and create directed edges between the components to represent the bandwidth requirements.

Abstract: Data is transmitted over a wireless network by encoding data using a rateless code. A multi-cast signal is wirelessly transmitted to communicate the encoded data for any one or more receivers. The wireless transmission is performed in a manner that is agnostic as to a number of antennas that are utilized by each of the one or more receivers.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to networks having reduced power consumption characteristics and associated methods. In one aspect, a method for reducing power consumption in a multi-hop network can include receiving data at a plurality of primary nodes in a multi-hop network and transmitting the data from the plurality of primary nodes to a plurality of secondary nodes. Individual primary nodes have nearest neighbors at a defined distance and the secondary nodes are spaced at a distance that is greater than the defined distance away from individual primary nodes. Data is transmitted from a given primary node to a secondary node by skipping at least one intervening node and reducing power consumption of the wireless network.

Abstract: A wireless network with coordinated sectors to mitigate interference. An example of the network includes a plurality of antennas each having a directional gain pattern, at least one antenna located at as first access point and at least one antenna located at a second access point spaced apart from the first access point, at least one antenna at the first access point oriented with maximum gain in a first direction that defines as first sector and at least one antenna at the second access point oriented with maximum gain in a second direction that defines a second sector, and at least one transceiver coupled to the antennas In sequence any antennas oriented in the first sector separately from any antennas oriented in the second sector.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to utilizing client mobile devices for wireless network monitoring. Link quality data for wireless networks are measured by a plurality of wireless client devices and are provided to a network controller. The link quality data is usable to manage a wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless networks include at least the WLAN and a cellular network. A recommendation for connection is provided to the wireless client devices, where the recommendation indicates if the cellular network is recommended or an access point of the WLAN.

Abstract: Examples disclose a method, executable by a processor, to assign a metric of vulnerability to a virtual machine. Based on the metric of vulnerability, the method places the virtual machine into a detection phase. Additionally, the examples disclose the method is to receive an alert corresponding to the virtual machine and based this received alert, the method implements a countermeasure.

Abstract: A method for extrapolating channel state information (“CSI”) estimates from multiple packets sent over different channels to generate a combined CSI estimate for a MIMO-OFDM system is disclosed. Packets are received on an m×n×Wi channel configuration, wherein m is the number of receive antennas used to receive the packets, n is the number of transmit antennas used to transmit the packets, and Wi is the number of OFDM channels for a packet i in the MIMO-OFDM system. CSI estimates are generated for the received packets and the CSI estimates are extrapolated to generate a combined CSI estimate for an m×n×R channel configuration, wherein R>Wi.

Abstract: A wireless access point includes a wireless interface to send or receive frames in a cell in a wireless network. A storage device stores a cell ID that uniquely identifies the wireless access point. Processing circuitry inserts the cell ID in a physical layer header of a frame, and sends the frame to a client device in the cell via the wireless interface.

Abstract: A computing device can determine a radio frequency (RF) bandwidth in which one or more frames are to be transmitted by the computing device. The RF bandwidth is within the operating transmission bandwidth of the computing device. A signal interference having an interference bandwidth can interfere with the transmission of the one or more frames. In response to detecting the signal interference, one or more frames can be transmitted within the operating transmission bandwidth and not within the interference bandwidth.

Abstract: A method for extrapolating channel state information (“CSI”) estimates from multiple packets sent over different channels to generate a combined CSI estimate for a MIMO-OFDM system is disclosed. Packets are received on an m×n×Wi channel configuration, wherein m is the number of receive antennas used to receive the packets, n is the number of transmit antennas used to transmit the packets, and Wi is the number of OFDM channels for a packet i in the MIMO-OFDM system. CSI estimates are generated for the received packets and the CSI estimates are extrapolated to generate a combined CSI estimate for an m×n×R channel configuration, wherein R>Wi.

Abstract: Examples disclose a method, executable by a processor, to assign a metric of vulnerability to a virtual machine. Based on the metric of vulnerability, the method places the virtual machine into a detection phase. Additionally, the examples disclose the method is to receive an alert corresponding to the virtual machine and based this received alert, the method implements a countermeasure.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to transmitting information from wireless access points (WAP) sharing a same frequency channel that is part of an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) radio band. During a beacon transmit period (BTP), the WAPs transmit a beacon. Then, a first WAP is to collect information from at least one of the plurality of communication devices (CD) associated with the first WAP during a control access period (CAP). Next, the first WAP transmits the collected information during an open access period (OAP).

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to transferring control of a frequency channel between wireless access points (WAP) according to a sequence where the frequency channel is part of an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) radio band. Each of the WAPs transfers control of the same frequency channel according to a sequence. The transfer of control in the sequence occurs between adjacent WAPs, and the first and last WAPs in the sequence are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: According to an example, a classification framework to identify an application name may be managed by accessing network flow information collected at a client device by an agent installed on the client device, in which the network flow information is information corresponding to network traffic that is at least one of communicated and received by an application running on the client device, accessing flow features of a plurality of packets that are at least one of communicated and received by the application, and creating training data for a classifier based upon a correlation of the network flow information and the flow features of the plurality of packets.

Abstract: A method for extrapolating channel state information (“CSI”) estimates from multiple packets sent over different antennas to generate a combined CSI estimate for a MIMO-OFDM system is disclosed. Packets are received on m×ni×W channel configurations, wherein m is the number of receive antennas used to receive the packets, ni is the number of transmit antennas used to transmit the packet indexed with i, and W is the number of OFDM channels in the MIMO-OFDM system. CSI estimates are generated for the received packets and the CSI estimates are extrapolated to generate a combined CSI estimate for an m×q×W channel configuration, wherein q>ni for all i.

Abstract: A computing device can determine a radio frequency (RF) bandwidth in which one or more frames are to be transmitted by the computing device. The RF bandwidth is within the operating transmission bandwidth of the computing device. A signal interference having an interference bandwidth can interfere with the transmission of the one or more frames. In response to detecting the signal interference, one or more frames can be transmitted within the operating transmission bandwidth and not within the interference bandwidth.

Abstract: A priority queue assignment technique for quality-of-service (“QoS”) network flows in a network is provided. A network path is determined for an incoming flow including a plurality of network switches associated, with a plurality of priority queue levels. A priority queue level is determined for the incoming flow for at least one of the plurality of network switches in the network path based on priority queue levels of existing flows. The priority queue level of the incoming flow is adjusted, to dynamically balance flows over the plurality of priority queue levels for at least one of the plurality of network switches in the network path based on quality-of-service (“QoS”) requirements associated with the incoming flow.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to utilizing client mobile devices for wireless network monitoring. Link quality data for wireless networks are measured by a plurality of wireless client devices and are provided to a network controller. The link quality data is usable to manage a wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless networks include at least the WLAN and a cellular network. A recommendation for connection is provided to the wireless client devices, where the recommendation indicates if the cellular network is recommended or an access point of the WLAN.