Abstract: An apparatus to filter electromagnetic waves includes a cavity and one or more tuning circuits. The cavity is configured to receive the electromagnetic waves and has a resonant frequency. The one or more tuning circuits are disposed proximate to or in the cavity. The one or more tuning circuits and the cavity are configured to filter the electromagnetic waves and the resonant frequency of the cavity is based on the one or more tuning circuits.

Abstract: A method for operating an access point includes receiving information from a first station configured to operate in a non-traffic-indication-map (non-TIM) mode, and determining if downlink data intended for the first station is available at the access point. The method also includes transmitting at least one of the downlink data intended for the first station to the first station, a data indicator indicating that the downlink data intended for the first station is available at the access point, information indicating downlink data is available for the first station, and a time indicator indicating a specific time when the downlink data intended for the first station will be sent to the first station.

Abstract: A network element (NE) comprising a memory device configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions by dividing a first plurality of data packets of a data flow into a first plurality of sub-flows, and causing the first plurality of sub-flows to be transmitted to a second NE via a network, wherein the first plurality of sub-flows are transmitted using a first Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) security association (SA) cluster comprising a plurality of parallel sub-SAs. The disclosure also includes a NE comprising a processor configured to create an IPsec SA cluster comprising a first plurality of sub-SAs between the NE and a second NE using an internet key exchange (IKE) or an IKEv2, wherein the first sub-SAs are unidirectional, and wherein the first sub-SAs are configured to transport a first plurality of data packets in a common direction.

Abstract: A digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) configured to couple to a first subscriber line and a second subscriber line, wherein the DSLAM comprises at least one transmitter configured to transmit a first signal onto the first subscriber line in a first time slot, transmit a second signal onto the second subscriber line in the first time slot, wherein the first and second signals are linearly related and are intended for a first customer premise equipment (CPE), transmit a third signal onto the second subscriber line in a second time slot, and transmit a fourth signal onto the first subscriber line in the second time slot, wherein the third and fourth signals are linearly related and are intended for a second CPE.

Abstract: A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising initiating a synchronization window, and promoting the transmission of a frame comprising a control symbol, wherein the control symbol delineates a beginning of the frame, and wherein the control symbol is offset from the beginning of the synchronization window. Also disclosed is a system comprising an upstream node in communication with a downstream node, wherein the upstream node transmits a data stream comprising a plurality of frames to the downstream node, wherein the data stream is organized into a plurality of synchronization windows, and wherein the frames float within the synchronization windows. Included is a method comprising transmitting an Ethernet data stream comprising an Ethernet control symbol, wherein the Ethernet control symbol is transmitted within a synchronization window and delineates a start of a packet within the synchronization window.

Abstract: A system and method for mobility management in a wireless communications system are provided. A method for proxy server operations includes determining if a communications device is capable of performing an operation, forwarding a transmission to a destination of the transmission if the communications device is capable of performing an operation, and responding to the transmission on behalf of the communications device if the communications device is not capable of performing an operation.

Abstract: A converter comprises an input stage coupled to a power source, wherein the input stage comprises a plurality of power switches, a resonant tank coupled to the plurality of power switches, a transformer coupled to the resonant tank, an output stage coupled to the transformer, an efficiency point tracking indicator coupled to the converter, a detector coupled to the efficiency point tracking indicator and a control circuit configured to receive an efficiency point tracking signal from the detector and adjust a switching frequency of the power switches based upon the efficiency point tracking signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for accessing data in an enterprise data storage system. The apparatus includes memory for storing data, a storage controller, a secure hypervisor, and an interface. The storage controller is coupled to the memory and is configured for managing data stored in the memory. The controller is also configured to receive a command from a client device to access specified data in the memory. The secure virtualized hypervisor within the memory is configured for deploying an operating system of the storage controller for purposes of secure operation by the storage controller. The interface is configured for communicating with the storage controller and initiates the storage controller to perform the command on the specified data that is fetched into the secure virtualized hypervisor, wherein results of the command is transmitted over a network to the client device.

Abstract: Network traffic is sent via alternate paths in cases of network link or node failure. An alternate node responds to U-Turn traffic from a primary neighbor to select a further alternate. An algorithm for determining the alternate paths is provided to select loop-free neighbors.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processor configured to: process, automatically and in real time, segmentation of a video object from a portion of a video, wherein the video object is a foreground of the video, and wherein a remaining portion of the video is a background of the video; and remove the background.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a service network, and a plurality of Layer 2 sites connected by the service network via a plurality of gateways, wherein the gateways are configured to map a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of a plurality of hosts under a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs) in a plurality of Layer 2 sites to a plurality of addresses (e.g. MAC or others) of the corresponding gateways inform the other gateways in the other Layer 2 sites of the mapped IP addresses under each of the VLANs in the local Layer 2 sites, and forward data frames originated from the hosts in the local Layer 2 sites to the other gateways in the other Layer 2 sites when the data frames' destinations are residing in the other Layer 2 sites.

Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a media stream, wherein the apparatus comprises a memory module, a processor module coupled to the memory module, wherein the memory module contains instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the following: receive a media stream comprising a segment signaling information and a plurality of segments, wherein the plurality of segments comprises encoded and unencoded segments, wherein the segment signaling information comprises identification of at least two segment groups each comprising at least one segment, identify at least one segment group using the segment signaling information in the media stream, identify at least one segment decoding algorithm for the at least one segment group, identify at least one decoding key for the at least segment group, and decode each encoded segment within the at least segment group using the at least segment decoding algorithm and the at least one decoding key.

Abstract: A network component comprising a traffic manager (TM) configured to assign a unique identifier (ID) to a received packet, a splitter module configured to separate a header and a payload of the received packet, the splitter module further configured to attach the unique ID to each of the header and the payload, and a merger module configured to assemble an outgoing packet using the header and the payload.

Abstract: A system and method for transmitting control information are provided. A method for communications controller operations includes combining control data for each relay node of at least one relay node into a control channel data stream, mapping a plurality of transmission resources for the control channel data stream into a plurality of physical resource blocks using a distributed virtual resource mapping rule, and transmitting the plurality of physical resource blocks to the set of at least one relay node. The plurality of transmission resources are mapped to physical resource blocks that are non-contiguous in a frequency domain.

Abstract: In an embodiment method, a first central controller of a wireless system selects a first common reference signal (“CRS”) pattern for muting on a first type of control channel by the first central controller, wherein the first type of control channel is formed with resource elements (“REs”), and selects a second CRS pattern for muting on a first data channel by the first central controller, where the first CRS pattern and the second CRS pattern are separately configured. The central controller identifies a set of subframes including the first type of control channel, where the set of subframes has REs that overlap the first CRS pattern for muting, and mutes the overlapping REs in the first type of control channel when the set of subframes are not multicast broadcast single frequency network subframes, and frequency-division multiplexes the first type of control channel with the first data channel.

Abstract: A system and method for coordinating different types of base stations in a heterogeneous communications system are provided. A method of communications controller operations includes signaling an indicator of a subset of a plurality of communications resources controlled by a communications controller to a user equipment, and receiving a report comprising channel information associated with a measurement of signals transmitted in the subset from the user equipment.

Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided for asynchronous event notification and message handling in dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH). The embodiments includes sending in a segment file, from a network server to a client, a message box that is configurable for encryption, for scheduling a callback from the client, and with one or more arguments according to a messaging scheme of the message box. The network server further sends a message handling descriptor to the client for reloading a media presentation description (MPD) for obtaining a DASH event. The client then configures a universal resource locator (URL) for the MPD using the message box and the message handling descriptor, and sends the URL back to the network server. After receiving the URL, the network server sends the MPD to the client, which then uses the MPD to request segments of an asynchronous event.

Abstract: A converter comprises an input stage coupled to a power source, wherein the input stage comprises a plurality of power switches, a first resonant tank coupled to the input stage, wherein the first resonant tank is of a first Q value, a second resonant tank coupled to the input stage, wherein the second resonant tank is of a second Q value, a transformer coupled to the input stage through the first resonant tank and the second resonant tank and an output stage coupled to the transformer.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided herein for a system and methods for real-time video (or other real-time traffic) delivery, e.g., for cellular or wireless networks. The schemes herein address real-time video delivery by a joint design of the radio resource scheduler and the video encoder at the network side, and of the decoder at the users' terminals. The system design reduces frame loss and hence improves user quality of experience. In an embodiment, a radio node detects a frame of a real-time traffic flow. Upon determining that a transmission deadline corresponding to a rate for real-time traffic flow does not support a size of the frame, the transmission deadline is extended according to the size of the frame and a size of a next frame. The frame and the next frame are scheduled for forwarding within the extended transmission deadline.

Abstract: A method for resource allocation in a wireless communications network and the respective wireless communications system are provided. The method includes providing an access network; providing an access terminal; joining the access terminal into a group of the access network, wherein access terminals in the group share a group of resources; and setting a maximum usable channel size for the access terminal, wherein the maximum usable channel size limits a maximum number of leftover resources used by the access terminal.