Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring internet traffic, identifying a portion of the internet traffic associated with a plurality of gaming activities, and prioritizing at least a segment of the portion of internet traffic to reduce latency in processing at least a portion of the plurality of gaming activities. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of accounting nodes, each accounting node being associated with a service node of a communication network, each accounting node being configured to collect data usage information for a network segment of the communication network including an associated service node, and an accounting server in data communication with accounting nodes of the plurality of accounting nodes, the accounting server configured to receive from the accounting nodes the data usage information for each service node and determine billing for data usage of each network segment. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system configures one or more robots to perform tasks in an establishment, and assigns to the robots privileges and/or priorities in accordance with a policy. The method also includes detecting a situation in the establishment requiring performance of a task; facilitating the performance of the task by at least one of the robots; and dynamically reprogramming at least one of the robots in response to the situation to perform a specialized task to address the situation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a need to verify an identity of a particular user in the metaverse, obtaining a particular hash/encoding associated with the particular user, wherein the particular hash/encoding is generated based on processing of a video, image, voice recording, or biometric information associated with the particular user, retrieving a second hash/encoding from a user profile of a first user, wherein the second hash/encoding corresponds to a second user and is generated based on processing of a video, image, voice recording, or biometric information associated with the second user, performing a comparison of the second hash/encoding and the particular hash/encoding, and based on a determination that there is a match, identifying that the particular user corresponds to the second user, resulting in a verification of the identity of the particular user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Automatic neighbor relationships (ANR) can be implemented within a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), which receives load information from network nodes and user equipment measurements from user equipment. The RIC can create and maintain real-time load information and leverage slicing knowledge of neighbor cells during mobility to direct the user equipment to various network slices. Thus, an enhanced radio access network (RAN) neighbor relationship that utilizes slicing information can provide slice level RAN neighbor visibility on top of physical ANR relationships to enable enhancements for mobility management optimization.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first information indicative of one or more historical operating characteristics of a network; obtaining second information indicative of one or more current operating characteristics of the network; comparing, via a first computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the first information to the second information to make a prediction of a potential future network event, resulting in a predicted future network event; classifying, via a second computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the predicted future network event into one of a plurality of classes of network events; and responsive to the classifying, facilitating, via a third computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, an action to at least partially avoid an occurrence of the predicted future network event. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an image of a location that includes a wireless access point; analyzing the image to determine a potential signal interference from an object that has moved into a position with respect to the wireless access point; and generating routing instructions for wireless communications according to the potential signal interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, constructing a vehicle record for a driverless vehicle that indicates capabilities of the vehicle for responding in an emergency; receiving an alert regarding an incident; analyzing a database to identify available vehicles for responding to the incident; selecting a vehicle from the available vehicles in accordance with selection criteria including a current vehicle location and capabilities of the vehicle; directing the selected vehicle to the incident location; directing the selected vehicle to perform one or more actions to respond to the incident; receiving data from the selected vehicle regarding performance of the actions; analyzing the data to evaluate the performance; and generating a report of the incident including an indication of the performance. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: detecting that a 911 call had been made on a carrier network by the device, the device having associated therewith a telephone number; responsive to the detecting that the 911 call had been made, sending a token to the carrier network, the token causing the carrier network to disable call blocking to the telephone number. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory, machine-readable medium, including executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations of: receiving signals from a brain-computer interface to authenticate a user of the brain-computer interface through a user interface; responsive to successful authenticating the user, permitting the user to operate a target computer system by the brain-computer interface; and monitoring the user to ensure an integrity of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to guidance rule-based compliance management. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an integrated technology catalog system (“system”) can provide an interface through which a technology catalog can be accessed to view a technology product and evaluate the technology product in a given context. The system can receive, via the interface, a request to evaluate the technology product in the given context. In response to the request, the system can identify whether at least one guidance rule is applicable to the technology product in the given context. In response to identifying that the at least one guidance rule is applicable to the technology product in the given context, the system can generate a report for the technology product. The report can include all applicable guidance rules for the technology product. The system can output the report.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a processing system including a processor via a satellite, an emergency communication that was transmitted from an end user device to the satellite; and determining, by the processing system, a legitimacy of the emergency communication according to an analysis based on various information such as a diligence query or challenge sent to the end user device by the satellite, a history of emergency communications associated with the end user device, a location of the end user device, a location of an emergency event associated with the emergency communication, a number of other emergency communications from other end user devices that are associated with the emergency event, a time period of the other emergency communications, locations of the other end user devices, or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example analyzing emergency communications that were transmitted from end user devices; determining that a group of the emergency communications that corresponds to a group of the end user devices is associated with an emergency event; extracting descriptions of the emergency event from the group of the emergency communications; retrieving mapping data of a location associated with the emergency event; and generating a graphical representation of the emergency event based on a machine learning model being applied to the mapping data and the descriptions, where the machine learning model is trained on historical emergency events. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example: obtaining first network performance data characterizing a first wireless network that uses one technology, wherein the first wireless network provides one or more users of a plurality of users access to a collection of servers that enable services; obtaining first service performance data characterizing a first service of the services that are enabled by the collection of servers; obtaining first service requirements of the first service; obtaining second service performance data characterizing a second service of the services that are enabled by the collection of servers, wherein the second service is a different service than the first service; obtaining second service requirements of the second service; and responsive to a first user of the plurality of users indicating a preference to utilize the first wireless network, selecting one of the first service or the second service as a selected service for the first user, wherein the selecting of the s

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: directing a ping message via a private core network to a public safety answering point (PSAP); determining whether a ping response is received from the PSAP, resulting in a determination; and responsive to the determination being that a ping response is not received from the PSAP, determining an alternate communication path via which an emergency communication can be transmitted to the PSAP. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first user-generated input, over a communication network, from a communication device that indicates a request to provision a ghost software application on the communication device, and provisioning, over the communication network, an anchor software application on a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with the ghost software application. Further embodiments can include receiving second user-generated input, over the communication network, from the communication device that indicates request to utilize the ghost software application, and identifying the anchor software application provisioned on the SIM of the communication device resulting in an identification.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving data associated with network equipment operating in a communication system, determining from the data inferential parameters that describe operations of the network equipment; and determining, from the inferential parameters, one or more behavioral profiles of one or more network elements of the network equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Synchronized satellite communications can include receiving, at a computer having a processor, a data request that identifies a requesting device, data to be received by the requesting device, and a time at which the data is to be received by the requesting device. The processor can determine a geographic location of the requesting device and locations of a plurality of satellites; identify, based on the geographic location of the requesting device and the locations of the plurality of satellites, satellites that are to provide the data to the requesting device; generate instructions for loading network requirements to the satellites; and provide, to at least one of the satellites, the instructions. Additionally, embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein can be used to provide the same data and/or different data to multiple devices at the same time.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards locating and counting unused nodes, such as free Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address blocks. A hierarchical structure of nodes is created from an origin block to a specified lower level, and the hierarchical structure is processed using mapping and eliminating to locate free nodes. A first node group comprises node(s) in use, a second node group identifies intermediate subnets between the first node of the first node group and the specified origin block, and a third node group identifies any subnets hierarchically below node(s) in use. Unused (free) node count information is obtained based on nodes below the origin block that are not in the first node group, the second node group, or the third node group.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.