Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for custom-defined network routing. In one implementation, a set of custom defined network flow rules is received at an edge router of a primary network, which is in communication with a customer network. The set of custom defined network flow rules correspond to network traffic associated with the customer network. The set of custom defined network flow rules is stored in a forwarding table on the edge router. A packet of data is received at the edge router. The packet of data is attributed to the customer network. The set of custom defined network flow rules is applied to the pack of data using the forwarding table.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for custom-defined network routing. In one implementation, a set of custom defined network flow rules is received at an edge router of a primary network, which is in communication with a customer network. The set of custom defined network flow rules correspond to network traffic associated with the customer network. The set of custom defined network flow rules is stored in a forwarding table on the edge router. A packet of data is received at the edge router. The packet of data is attributed to the customer network. The set of custom defined network flow rules is applied to the pack of data using the forwarding table.

Abstract: An embodiment method includes receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), a message, for a second UE, transmitted over a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) on behalf of a communications controller and determining a plurality of log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) in accordance with the received plurality of RBs. The method also includes transmitting, a subset of the determined LLRs to the second UE.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for controlling relay traffic by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting device to device (D2D) communication according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises checking whether received traffic is relay traffic; if the received traffic is the relay traffic, identifying a port number in each cluster of the relay traffic; determining the priority of the relay traffic according to the port number; and transmitting, to a relay terminal, a packet based on the determined priority.

Abstract: Conventional link error correction techniques in memory subsystems include either widening the I/O width or increasing the burst length. However, both techniques have drawbacks. In one or more aspects, it is proposed to incorporate link error correction in both the host and the memory devices to address the drawbacks associated with the conventional techniques. The proposed memory subsystem is advantageous in that the interface architecture of conventional memory systems can be maintained. Also, the link error correction is capability is provided with the proposed memory subsystem without increasing the I/O width and without increasing the burst length.

Abstract: A method for selecting a gateway node for a terminal which connects to its registered domain via an access domain and, in a predetermined scenario, an intermediate domain, the access domain having an associated domain name system arranged to return an address of a gateway node based on a domain name system query. The method includes using a first part of such a query to identify the registered domain of the terminal to the domain name system and a second part of the query to indicate to the domain name system that it should use a predetermined mapping to return the address of a gateway node based on the query, the predetermined mapping being one which returns an address of a gateway node either in the registered domain or in an intermediate domain based on the registered domain identified in the query and on the access domain.

Abstract: A capability is provided for reducing or even eliminating redundant traffic in cellular wireless networks. A method is provided for encoding a target packet in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in the target packet. The method includes identifying a region of the target packet that matches a region of a stored packet, removing, from the target packet, the identified region of the target packet from the target packet, and inserting, within the target packet, an encoding key comprising a hash of the stored packet. A method is provided for reconstructing a packet from an encoded packet that is encoded in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in a network. The method includes identifying an encoding key within the encoded packet, wherein the encoding key comprises a hash of a stored packet, retrieving the stored packet using the hash of the stored packet, removing the encoding key from the encoded packet, and inserting information from the stored packet within the encoded packet.

Abstract: A method for signaling an Integrated Messaging System (IMS) on an Internet Protocol (IP) based network to deposit a message, including the steps of sending a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) SIP INVITE request to the IMS indicating a message deposit action; receiving a corresponding SIP menage from the IMS agreeing to participate in the message deposit action; and sending an SIP acknowledge message to the IMS confirming receipt of the corresponding SIP message; and depositing the message in a destination mailbox. A method of signaling an IMS on an IP based network to retrieve a deposited message, the method including the steps of sending a SIP INVITE request to the IMS indicating a message retrieval action; receiving a corresponding SIP message from the IMS agreeing to participate in the message retrieval action; sending an SIP acknowledge message to the IMS confirming receipt of the corresponding SIP message; and retrieving the deposited message from a mailbox corresponding to known account information.

Abstract: A data communication method and a data communication apparatus are provided. The method mainly includes: receiving, by an adapter card, information elements sent by a first switching network board, in which a format of the information element is an information element format capable of being identified by the first switching network board; and performing, by the adapter card, format conversion on the information elements according to an information element format capable of being identified by a second switching network board, and sending the converted information elements to the second switching network board. In this manner, different types of switching network boards can be interconnected and communicate with each other, so as to implement data transmission between network devices having different structures.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing HTTP header is provided. The method may include receiving a suppression identifier list, wherein the suppression identifier list associates header identifier values with at least a portion of one or more header content items in an HTTP header, replacing the one or more header content items with the corresponding header field identifier from the suppression identifier list, and transmitting the data packet with the one or more header field identifiers replacing the corresponding one or more header content items.

Abstract: A capability is provided for reducing or even eliminating redundant traffic in cellular wireless networks. A method is provided for encoding a target packet in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in the target packet. The method includes identifying a region of the target packet that matches a region of a stored packet, removing, from the target packet, the identified region of the target packet from the target packet, and inserting, within the target packet, an encoding key comprising a hash of the stored packet. A method is provided for reconstructing a packet from an encoded packet that is encoded in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in a network. The method includes identifying an encoding key within the encoded packet, wherein the encoding key comprises a hash of a stored packet, retrieving the stored packet using the hash of the stored packet, removing the encoding key from the encoded packet, and inserting information from the stored packet within the encoded packet.

Abstract: A vital-signs patch for a patient monitoring system that includes a housing containing a sensor that makes physiological measurements of a patient, a transmitter, a receiver, a memory, and a processor. The processor periodically takes a measurement from the sensor, converts the measurement to a data record, and stores the data record in the memory. Upon receipt of a signal from another device, the processor retrieves at least a portion of the data record, converts the retrieved portion of the data record to a vital-sign signal, and causes the transmitter to transmit the vital-sign signal to the other device.

Abstract: A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based session setup method and an terminal thereof, wherein the SIP based session setup method, in a session setup process performed between terminals in a SIP based network which includes at least one or more of the terminals and at least one or more entities, comprises sending a SIP INVITE message from a first terminal to a second terminal, receiving and analyzing the SIP INVITE message by the second terminal, and including a certain service condition in a SIP RESPONSE message, by the second terminal, and sending the SIP RESPONSE message including the service condition to the first terminal.

Abstract: Data networks, nodes making up parts of data networks, and information are related to the characterization of paths taken by data travelling between nodes in the networks. Path characterization information is arranged to be conveyed to nodes such that it may be used by nodes subsequently forwarding data. In particular, the invention relates to nodes receiving such path characterization information from upstream nodes, deriving therefrom information indicative of characteristics of a path downstream of said nodes, and using such information to make informed decisions such as routing decisions when forwarding data onward in data networks.

Abstract: A network device includes an input circuit configured to receive a plurality of data streams. An output circuit is configured to transmit the plurality of data streams. A forwarding engine includes a plurality of different types of resources associated with transmission of the plurality of data streams and is configured to transfer data streams from the input circuit to the output circuit according to the plurality of different types of resources. A resource manager is configured to determine performance requirements for each of the plurality of data streams, determine whether the performance requirements for each of the plurality of data streams can be accepted, store data entries corresponding to the performance requirements in response to a determination that the performance requirements can be accepted, and program, for each of the plurality of data streams, the plurality of different types of resources based on the data entries.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus and a system for handling node failure. The method for handling node failure includes: sending, by an intermediate node, a context processing request message to a remote node when detecting that a first node occurs a failure, where the context processing request message is used to instruct the remote node to delete context information associated with the first node and the intermediate node; and deleting the context information associated with the first node and the intermediate node, by the remote node, according to the request message.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a high-priority link configured to transmit one or more high-priority packets that have a priority level greater than or equal to a given level; a plurality of low-priority links that are optically coupled to the same transmission destination as the high-priority link and are configured to transmit one or more low-priority packets that have a priority level less than the given level; a first distribution circuit configured to select the one or more high-priority packets from among input packets and distribute the selected one or more high-priority packets to the high-priority link; and a second distribution circuit configured to individually distribute one or more remaining input packets, which are the input packets that have not been distributed to the high-priority link by the first distribution circuit, to the plurality of low-priority links based on distribution information about distributing packets to the plurality of low-priority links.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a service flux allocation method, which includes the steps of: by establishing a usable single board information database (101), and according to the processing ability of each Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) service identifying single board stored in the usable single board information data base and the present flux (102), allocating the service flux which needed to be identified fairly to each DPI service identifying single board (103). The present invention also discloses a service flux allocation equipment, which includes a storage module and an allocation module. The method and the equipment of the present invention make the service flux which needed to be identified allocated fairly to each DPI service identifying single board.

Abstract: Embodiments describe a system and/or method for efficient classification of network packets. According to an aspect a method includes describing a packet as a feature vector and mapping the feature vector to a feature space. The method can further include defining a feature prism, classifying the packet relative to the feature prism, and determining if the feature vector matches the feature prism. If the feature vector matches the feature prism the packet is passed to a data recipient, if not, the packet is blocked. Another embodiment is an apparatus that includes an identification component that defines at least one feature of a packet and a classification component that classifies the packet based at least in part upon the at least one defined feature.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method and controller for controlling an information flow in a data transmission system including receiving a plurality of data packets. The method and controller also includes selectively discarding and/or selectively time-shifting the data packets in a predetermined manner to generate a modified information flow. The method and controller also includes selectively discarding and/or selectively time-shifting the data packets of the modified information flow to generate at least one further modified information flow. The further modified information flow may be obtained in a selected one of a plurality of parallel steps.

Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises: a memory unit which correlates a label assigned to a packet and an address of a source of the packet, and memorizes them as an entry; a receiving unit which receives a packet from a network; a learning unit which judges whether or not there exists an entry corresponding to the received packet in the memory unit, and in case there exists no entry corresponding to the received packet in the memory unit, stores a label assigned to the received packet and an address of a source of the received packet in the memory unit; and a processing unit which, in case there exists an entry corresponding to the received packet in the memory unit, assigns an address corresponding to the received packet to the received packet.

Abstract: A packet transmission device includes a receiver which receives an encapsulated packet obtained by adding a header to a packet which includes a user signal; a memory which stores an address of a transmission source of the user signal stored in the encapsulated packet with respect to an identifier that identifies a type of the user signal included in the header; a processor which controls a band, through which the encapsulated packet passes, based on a value obtained by multiplying a number of addresses of the transmission source stored in the memory with respect to the identifier by a guarantee band allocated for the identifier; and a transmitter which transmits the encapsulated packet to a first network based on the control by the processor.

Abstract: An apparatus for notifying of a circuit switched event over a packetized data network. The apparatus includes a packetized data modem and an interworking interface. The packetized data modem is configured to transmit and receive packetized data over a packetized data radio link. The packetized data modem has a tunneling link access control processor that is configured to encapsulate/decapsulate data for a subset of sub-layers corresponding to a link access control layer of a circuit switched network model. The interworking interface is operatively coupled to the packetized data modem via the packetized data network, and is configured to notify the packetized data modem of the circuit switched event. The interworking interface has a link access control/tunneling link access control processor that is configured to encapsulate/decapsulate the data when performing notification of the circuit switched event.

Abstract: Network policies that control the flow of traffic through a network may be implemented using a controller server that controls a network of switches. Based on network packet attributes, the controller server may identify network policies that are associated with the network traffic. The controller server may identify dependencies between the network policies based on priorities that are associated with the network policies and overlap between the network policies. The controller server may provide the switches with packet forwarding rules based on the identified dependencies between the network policies, network switch attributes, and network switch capabilities. The packet forwarding rules may implement network policies for current network traffic and future network traffic.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which a data traffic module executing on a network interface card receives a data packet initiated by a first virtual machine with a destination at a second virtual machine. The data traffic module identifies one or more physical path translations corresponding to a logical connectivity that is independent of physical topology constraints of a physical network. In turn, the data traffic module encapsulates the data packet with the one or more physical path translations and sends the encapsulated data packet to the second virtual machine over the physical network.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which a data traffic module executing on a network interface card receives a data packet initiated by a first virtual machine with a destination at a second virtual machine. The data traffic module identifies one or more physical path translations corresponding to a logical connectivity that is independent of physical topology constraints of a physical network. In turn, the data traffic module encapsulates the data packet with the one or more physical path translations and sends the encapsulated data packet to the second virtual machine over the physical network.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for distributing service domain reachability information across domain boundaries, thereby allowing domain management systems to determine routing for cross-domain services even when the domains have different technologies or administrators. A Service Domain Manager within each domain advertises to neighbouring domains which services it supports. A domain which receives such advertisements forwards the advertisement on to other domains. Each SDM builds a routing information table which specifies the service, the domain, the next hop, and optionally user defined metrics. The routing information table does not include end-point addresses, in order to keep the size of the table manageable. In this way, the NMS of each domain obtains an end-to-end view of service routes.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a two-way interface between a URC driver (URCD) and various Protocol Adaption Layer (PAL) drivers. The two-way interface can enable bandwidth to be shared and managed among multiple different PALs. The two-way interface can also be used to implement common radio functionality such as beaconing, channel selection, and address conflict resolution. In at least some embodiments, the two-way interface can be utilized for power management to place PALs in lower power states to conserve power and to support remote wake-up functionality. Further, at least some embodiments can enable vendor-specific PALs to interact with vendor-specific hardware.

Abstract: A “bump” occurs when two devices at the same place at the same time indicate their intention to establish a connection for transferring information. A process for validating bumps is described.

Abstract: A packet trace is received. The packet trace is transformed into a sequence of pulse signals in a temporal domain. The sequence of pulse signals in the temporal domain is transformed into a sequence of pulse signals in a frequency domain. Peaks are detected within relevant frequency bands in the sequence of pulse signals in the frequency domain. A fundamental frequency is identified within the peaks. The fundamental frequency, which represents the TCP flow clock, is returned.

Abstract: A capability is provided for reducing or even eliminating redundant traffic in cellular wireless networks. A method is provided for encoding a target packet in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in the target packet. The method includes identifying a region of the target packet that matches a region of a stored packet, removing, from the target packet, the identified region of the target packet from the target packet, and inserting, within the target packet, an encoding key comprising a hash of the stored packet. A method is provided for reconstructing a packet from an encoded packet that is encoded in a manner for reducing redundancy of information in a network. The method includes identifying an encoding key within the encoded packet, wherein the encoding key comprises a hash of a stored packet, retrieving the stored packet using the hash of the stored packet, removing the encoding key from the encoded packet, and inserting information from the stored packet within the encoded packet.

Abstract: A method for receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting signal receiver are disclosed. Even when a cell is changed while an emergency alert is output, the emergency alert can be continuously output using emergency alert table information included in the broadcasting signal and channel information of the cell. The emergency alert table information may include a cell identifier and the channel information of the cell may include virtual channel information of the cell.

Abstract: A radio communication system and transmission method using Multi-Radio Access (MRA) interfaces are provided. The radio communication system and method include a transmitter and a receiver having at least two Radio Access (RA) interfaces capable of communicating through different frequency spectrums, in which each of the transmitter and the receiver includes a multiple radio transmission layer for activating a multiple radio transmission entity for each upper layer service and transmitting data in packet units and an RA layer for activating at least one RA entity that manages the RA interface for the multiple radio transmission entity and dividing a packet into sub-packets for transmission and reception. In the transmission method, the multiple radio transmission entity of the transmitter receives a packet transmission success indicator for a specific packet from the RA entity of the transmitter and a next packet is transmitted upon receipt of the packet transmission success indicator.

Abstract: The disclosed method of processing a digital broadcast signal comprises generating one RS frame or two RS frames for a data group, forming the data group being divided to 5 data regions, wherein the 5 data regions include a first data region which is located at central of the data group, a second data region which is concentric about the first data region, a third data region which is concentric about the first and second data region, a fourth data region which is concentric about the first, second and third data region and a fifth data region which includes scalable amount of the mobile service data, wherein the fifth data region includes 5 extended data blocks, and wherein data in one of the 5 extended data blocks are merged into the data blocks of the first data region when the one RS frame is generated for the data group.

Abstract: The invention achieves carrier and clock frequency synchronization in QAD packet communications systems. The invention involves using frequency-hopping radio systems that use pseudo-noise data sequences to mark the beginning of data transmissions and carrier frequency switches. The invention involves transmitting in each of the quadrature channels at an initial carrier frequency a first signal over consecutive time intervals and after transmitting the first signal, transmitting in each of the quadrature channels at a second carrier frequency a second signal over consecutive time intervals.

Abstract: A system for using accelerometer-based detection of physical movement for document sharing provides easy and intuitive ways to securely share documents, even without passwords, between computing devices. The system of the present invention includes: at least two computing devices that each have a motion detection device capable of detecting sudden movements and generating a unique signature. The unique signature can then be used to generate signatures or shared secrets for controlling the transfer of data between devices. The motion detection device is capable of detecting sudden movement such as the tapping of the two computing devices together, tapping a stack of computing devices, tossing a computing device in the air. The system may optionally include an intermediary device such as a server for transferring the documents or files between computing devices such that only a small decryption key and file pointer is needed to share records between computing devices.

Abstract: The invention provides multicast communication using distributed topologies in a network. The control nodes in the network build a distributed topology of processor nodes for providing multicast packet distribution. Multiple processor nodes in the network participate in the decisions regarding the forwarding of multicast packets as opposed to multicast communications being centralized in the control nodes.

Abstract: A device facilitates offset independent message filtering, and receives a filter registration request from a control software element, where the filter registration request includes at least a field name and a filter value. The device also identifies an offset value associated with the received field name, and filters a message based on the filter value and the identified offset value.

Abstract: A method for receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting signal receiver are disclosed. Even when a cell is changed while an emergency alert is output, the emergency alert can be continuously output using emergency alert table information included in the broadcasting signal and channel information of the cell. The emergency alert table information may include a cell identifier and the channel information of the cell may include virtual channel information of the cell.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet via high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) are disclosed. At least one HSDPA medium access control (MAC-hs) service data unit (SDU) is segmented into a plurality of segments. MAC-hs protocol data units (PDUs) are generated from the segments wherein each MAC-hs PDU includes at least one segment. Each MAC-hs PDU may include one segment from a single MAC-hs SDU. The size of the segments may match to the size of the MAC-hs PDUs minus the size of the header of the MAC-hs PDU. The sizes of the segments may be determined based on the number of segments to which the MAC-hs SDU is segmented. Alternatively, each MAC-hs PDU may include a combination of segments from a plurality of MAC-hs SDUs or a combination of at least one segment from one MAC-hs SDU and at least one entire MAC-hs SDU.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, electronic devices and information blocks are provided that improve both efficiency of transmission and efficiency of segmentation by enabling an intelligent transport block size determination and a flexible segmentation scheme suitable for utilization with retransmission. One exemplary method involves steps of: determining a size of a transport block based on criteria including a size of at least one data block to be transmitted, wherein the transport block size is determined such that the transport block will include at least one segment of a data block of the at least one data block; segmenting the data block of the at least one data block into a plurality of segments including the at least one segment; and populating the transport block with at least the at least one segment.

Abstract: A method for receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting signal receiver are disclosed. Even when a cell is changed while an emergency alert is output, the emergency alert can be continuously output using emergency alert table information included in the broadcasting signal and channel information of the cell. The emergency alert table information may include a cell identifier and the channel information of the cell may include virtual channel information of the cell.

Abstract: A method of transmitting feedback information is disclosed. More specifically, a mobile station (MS) receives a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) which includes a Medium Access Channel (MAC) header from a base station (BS). Thereafter, the MS determines from the received MAC header whether an extended subheader group appears after the MAC header, and also identifies a feedback request extended subheader from the extended subheader group. Lastly, the MS transmits the feedback information according to the feedback request extended subheader.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for acceleration initiated association. A peripheral knock module receives a first knock command from a first accelerometer of a peripheral device. The first knock command comprises a plurality of peripheral time stamps for a plurality of peripheral device accelerations. A peripheral identifier module creates a peripheral identifier comprising time interval values of time intervals between the peripheral time stamps. A broadcast module broadcasts a discovery signal with a signal identifier that comprises the peripheral identifier.

Abstract: A control method for a composite apparatus having at least a printer function, and further having a controller adapted to control an entire apparatus, a network connector adapted to connect to a network to send and receive a packet, and a printer language processor adapted to process a printer language. First, contents of the packet inputted via the network connector is analyzed, then if the analyzed packet is print data, the packet is transferred to the printer language processor, and if the analyzed packet is not the print data, the packet is transferred to the controller.

Abstract: A method for surveilling a telecommunications network link includes disposing a link demarcation device (LDD) at a point on a network link, the LLD dividing the network link into a first network link section and a second network link section, the LDD being configured to perform self-monitoring and monitoring of the first a network link sections, operating the LDD to transmit one of a plurality of unique fault-indicating signals based upon a specific detected fault-indicating condition, wherein each of the unique fault-indicating signals corresponds to a detected fault-indicating condition, detecting the unique fault-indicating signal with a link delimiting device (LLD) communicatively coupled to the LDD by one of the first and second network link sections, and unambiguously identifying the unique fault-indicating signal with the LLD, wherein the unique fault-indicating signals are selected to be readily distinguishable by an existing detection and alarming capability of the LLD.

Abstract: A data transfer control device including: a link controller which analyzes a received packet transferred from a host-side data transfer control device through a serial bus; an interface circuit which generates interface signals and outputs the generated interface signals to an interface bus; and an internal register in which is set interface information for specifying signal types of the interface signals output from the interface circuit. The interface circuit includes first to Nth interface circuits (N is an integer greater than one), and each of the first to Nth interface circuits generates an interface signal of a signal type according to the interface information set in the internal register.

Abstract: A flexible substrate including: a first part provided with a first device DV1; a second part provided with a second device; a wiring part placed between the first part and the second part and including a plurality of wirings for coupling the first device and the second device; the first device including at least a first data transfer control unit, the second device including at least a second data transfer control unit, the first data transfer control unit and the second data transfer control unit transferring data by using a differential signal, and the plurality of wirings for coupling the first device and the second device including at least one differential signal line pair for transferring data by using a differential signal.

Abstract: A low complexity packet loss concealment method for use in voice-over-IP speech transmission calculates a cross-correlation of previous speech data to estimate the pitch period of the previous speech when speech frames have been lost. A tap interval used to calculate the cross-correlation is dynamically adapted, thereby reducing the computational complexity of the process. In addition, the pitch period estimation is bypassed completely when it is determined not to be necessary, as a result of the speech being unvoiced or silence. A waveform “bending” operation is performed into the current frame without inserting any algorithmic delay into each frame.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for scaling demodulated data symbols contained in a packet to generate scaled log-likelihood ratios for Turbo decoding are disclosed. A packet consists of one or more subpackets depending on the type of packet. Each subpacket is identified by a subpacket identification number. The payload size of the packet and the subpacket identification number may be determined by decoding a reverse rate indicator (RRI) channel. A scale factor which is associated with a specific subpacket identification number and a specific payload size results in a performance measure that is closest to an expected performance measure. The scale factor is used for scaling the demodulated data symbols to generate scaled log-likelihood ratios for Turbo decoding.