Abstract: An apparatus comprising a receiver configured to receive a first path computation request (PCReq) message from a path computation client (PCC) requesting path computation for a label switched path (LSP) in a network, wherein the PCReq message indicates a time interval scheduled for the LSP to carry traffic, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to compute a path in the network for the LSP by determining that the path satisfies a network constraint in the scheduled time interval, and reserve a network resource on a link along the path computed for the LSP, wherein the network resource is reserved in advance for the scheduled time interval, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to send a path computation response (PCRep) message to the PCC indicating the path computed for the LSP in the scheduled time interval.

Abstract: A method implemented in a network element (NE) configured to operate as an Ensemble Information Broker (EIB) within a distributed data and energy storage internet architecture comprising collecting energy data indicating a flow of energy, an amount of energy consumed and generated by devices; collecting human presence data; collecting human activity data; predicting future energy consumption requirements and generation by employing prediction algorithms and analyzing the collected data; generating a set of control commands based on the predicted future energy consumption requirements and energy generation as applied to a cost function; transmitting the set of control commands to the corresponding devices; transmitting a broadcast message to determine an external NE to establish as a friend connection based on a user preference; transmitting a request to establish a friend connection with the determined NE; and transmitting the human presence data to the external NE when the friend connection is established.

Abstract: A method for dynamically relaying data includes receiving an advertisement for dynamic relaying services from a relay device, establishing a first device-to-device (D2D) connection with the relay device in accordance with the advertisement, transmitting a data packet to the relay device using the first D2D connection, and releasing the first D2D connection automatically after transmitting the data packet.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for mining data in a database by recursively mining a conditional frequent pattern tree (FP-tree) for frequent items of each conditional pattern base for each node in an FP-tree to obtain frequent patterns. For each branch in the FP-tree, a single-item node table (NT) is generated for which a selected one of the frequent items appears in the node of the branch. The single-item NT including a list of all of the frequent items appearing in the FP-tree and a corresponding frequent item count. For each single-item NT of each branch generated for the selected one of the frequent items, the frequent item count of each frequent item is summed in the single-item NT formed for each branch to generate a combined single-item NT, and association rules based on the frequent patterns are generated for each of the frequent items and the combined single-item NT.

Abstract: A method for waking up a radio communications module (RCM) of a station with a wake-up receiver includes receiving a wake-up signal with the wake-up receiver, waking up the RCM from a sleeping mode, transmitting a second frame if a first frame is received within a specified time after waking up the RCM and if an integrity of the first frame is verified successfully, and placing the RCM into the sleeping mode and the wake-up receiver into an active mode if the first frame is not received within the specified time after waking up the RCM or if the first frame is received within the specified time after waking up the RCM but the integrity of the first frame is not verified successfully.

Abstract: A method for operating a receiving device includes receiving a first protocol data unit (PDU) of a first burst transmission, the first PDU includes a first transmission identifier (T_ID) associated with the first burst transmission, and the first PDU further includes a final PDU indication indicating that the first PDU is a final PDU of the first burst transmission, and releasing a first radio link control (RLC) resource associated with the first T_ID when the first RLC resource associated with the first T_ID exists.

Abstract: A stable virtual access point and a method for operating a stable virtual access point are disclosed. In embodiments a method for operating a logical endpoint of a stable virtual access point, wherein the logical endpoint includes an interface with a macro access point, wherein the stable virtual access point comprises a plurality of transmission points (TPs), and wherein the TPs provide a coordinated data transmission to a UE comprises storing, at the logical endpoint, a connection status of the UE, receiving, at the logical endpoint, information regarding the connection status of the UE from the macro access point, determining, at the logical endpoint, a change in the connection status of the UE and updating, at the logical endpoint, the connection status of the UE with respect to the change.

Abstract: A method for operating a first transmit-receive point (TRP) includes receiving a first measurement report from a user equipment (UE), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP, requesting a second measurement report from the UE, the second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, wherein the ANR information includes a beam specific information, receiving the second measurement report including a first subset of the ANR information, and determining a neighbor configuration with the second TRP in accordance with the first subset of the ANR information.

Abstract: A method for paging a first device by a second device includes sending, by the second device, a page message on a first path connecting the second device to the first device, and receiving, by the second device from the first device, a page response in response to the page message on a second path connecting the first device to the second device, wherein the first path and the second path are intentionally selected to be different in at least one of a number of hops in each path, radio access technology, cell or frequency carrier comprising each path, or width of beam pairs forming each path.

Abstract: An electrical circuit includes a configurable resistor and a reference resistor with a current source circuit coupled to provide a current to the configurable resistor and the reference resistor. An Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is configured to convert voltages from the configurable resistor and the reference resistor to digital values. A calculation circuit is configured to calculate an adjustment for the configurable resistor from a digital reference value obtained from a reference resistor voltage and two or more digital values obtained from two or more voltages corresponding to two or more configurations of the configurable resistor. A sequencer adjusts the configurable resistor based on the adjustment calculated by the calculation circuit.

Abstract: Interest packets are provided that include a dual control plane and forwarding plane function that avoids the asymmetry associated with traditional information centric networking. Interest packets are used to update the control plane for routing purposes, as well as to request data from the content caches and providers. Instead of identifying a return path, the interest packets include an identifier of other content advertised by the client device issuing the interest packet. An advertised content identifier is stored in a data structure with an identification of the corresponding client device. Data packets include the advertised content identifier of the corresponding interest packet, in addition to the name of the requested content. When a data packet is received for requested content, the advertised content identifier is used to determine where to route the data packet.

Abstract: Techniques are presented to improve the accuracy of and reduce the time required for calibration of an in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) transmission circuit. A measurement receiver measures the I/Q mismatch, where an RF phase shift is introduced to help distinguish between the transmitter and measurement receiver I/Q mismatches. Rather than assuming an amount of introduced phase shift, a measurement is used to estimate the phase shift. This phase estimate is then used to determine and correct the I/Q mismatch in the transmitter and measurement receiver. An iterative process can be used to improve the I/Q correction factors. Using simple signal processing to measure the phase shift during calibration and using it to carry out the image calibration calculations, the phase shifter requirements can be significantly relaxed, resulting in faster design time and reduced design area/cost.

Abstract: A method implemented by a mobile device for music recommendation to a user of the mobile device, the method comprising acquiring one or more measurements from at least one biometric sensor to obtain biometric information of the user, determining a music based at least in part on the biometric information, and recommending the music to the user for playing.

Abstract: A method and system provide determining whether to pursue grant free transmission in accordance with a size of at least one packet in a first buffer of at least one buffer and determining a size of a grant free transport block (GFTB) in accordance with a configuration of radio resources available for grant free transmission in instances where grant free transmission is to be utilized. The method also includes populating the GFTB with first data from at least one of the buffers to produce a populated GFTB and transferring the GFTB from a media access control (MAC) layer to a physical layer (PHY).

Abstract: A method implemented at a transmitter in a passive optical network (PON), the method comprising the transmitter fragmenting a data packet into multiple frames, with each frame of the multiple frames including a data packet preamble, with the data packet preamble including an indicator associated with at least one lane to be used to transmit the data packet and a logical link identifier (LLID), the indicator identifying a first lane selected from a plurality of lanes, identifying at least one frame transmitted over the first lane, and identifying the lane order of the plurality of lanes, and the transmitter transmitting the multiple frames over the plurality of lanes.

Abstract: A method for collision detection by a transmission device (TD) includes identifying one or more time periods of a signal generated by the TD. The one or more time periods correspond to periods during which the TD will not transmit energy on a shared channel. The method includes transmitting a subset of the signal. While a current time is within one of the one or more time periods, the transmitting the subset of the signal includes turning off a transmitter of the TD at a beginning of the time period, detecting energy received on the shared channel during a portion of the time period, turning on the transmitter of the TD before an end of the time period, and determining that the detected energy meets a collision threshold. Based on the detected energy meeting the collision threshold, the method includes determining that there is a transmission collision.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for monitoring the performance of a user device in a communication network. The techniques include detecting an anomaly in a performance measurement such as a key quality indicator (KQI) of the user device. The techniques include obtaining historical measurements of the KQI for user devices. The historical measurements are assigned to states to reflect whether the performance is good or bad, or somewhere in between. The states can be defined differently for different hours in the day so that the states represent the relative performance for that time of day. For each user device, a Markov model is provided indicating probabilities of transitions between the states. Additional measurements are obtained of the KQI for a selected user device, and the Markov model of the selected user device is used to detect an anomaly in the additional measurements.

Abstract: A method for operating a transmit-receive point (TRP) includes generating a different spatial domain to time domain transform (STT) symbol for each antenna element in an antenna array, and transmitting the STT symbols using the antenna array to sweep a beam along a first plane in the time domain.

Abstract: A method of coding is provided. The method includes comparing a cost between a bilateral reference block and each of a plurality of first and second reference block candidates in the first and second reference pictures to determine first and second refined motion vectors. The first and second reference block candidates are determined based on a step size selected from a plurality of available step sizes. The method also includes selecting a first refined reference block in the first reference picture based on the first refined motion vector and a second refined reference block in the second reference picture based on the second refined motion vector, determining a prediction block based on the first refined reference block and the second refined reference block, and displaying an image generated using the prediction block.

Abstract: A transmitting virtual reality (VR) content method is disclosed that includes receive, by a network element, VR content packets transmitted by a VR content server for a single VR content scene and quality of service (QoS) transmission priorities for the VR content packets, wherein the QoS transmission priorities comprise a first QoS transmission priority corresponding to a first plurality of the VR content packets and a second QoS transmission priority corresponding to a second plurality of the VR content packets. In this embodiment, the method also includes transmitting, by the network element, the first plurality of the VR content packets based on the first QoS transmission priority and the second plurality of the VR content packets based on the second transmission priority, wherein the second QoS transmission priority is different from the first QoS transmission priority.