Abstract: A hybrid combination of analog RF beamforming and digital pre-coding is used to improve signal-to-noise ratio and mitigate interference as between an RF base station and a plurality of wireless receivers within a cell area of the base station. Feedback overhead for beamforming training may be reduced by using indices for identifying the preferred beams of each wireless receiver. Scheduling for channel training may be based on identifying non-colliding ones of the RF beams and assigning these to corresponding wireless receivers which can best use the assigned beams in shared transmission slots.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a session layer connection between two or more network endpoints. Session layer connections created and maintained using embodiments of the present disclosure use endpoint identifiers (EIDs) and allow for session layer continuity when a lower-layer connection is broken because of network failures or the movement of an endpoint from one network connection to another.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for preventing a drop event for a mobile device. Sensor data is collected from the mobile device using one or more sensors to determine a pattern and/or current behavior of a user. A potential drop event risk of the mobile device is then determined based on the pattern and/or the current behavior of the user, and a notification is sent to the user of the mobile device indicating the potential drop risk when the pattern and/or the current behavior of the user is determined to satisfy a threshold risk level.

Abstract: A method for resource and power allocation indication in a beam-based access system is provided. In an embodiment, a method for signaling power allocation in a beam-based access system includes determining, by a transmit point (TP), a relative effective transmit power offset between a control beam and a data beam. The method also includes signaling, by the TP, the relative effective transmit power offset to a user equipment (UE). The UE performs automatic gain control (AGC) on a control channel and a data channel according to the relative effective transmit power offset signaled by the TP.

Abstract: A routing technique provides a routing table which assigns weights in the process of selecting a next hop at a router, while still using an equal cost multipath selection process at the router. The routing table is configured to cross reference an IP address prefix set to a number of next hops which can be all, or fewer than all, available next hops. This occurs in each row of the table for a different IP address prefix set. Subsets of the next hops are identified in each row in a manner which results in the next hops being selected according to specified weights. An estimate of traffic to the different IP address prefix set is also considered. The routing table can be configured based on announce and withdraw messages received from a link weight translator of a controller.

Abstract: A processor implemented method of identifying a root cause of degraded network quality in a wireless network. The method includes accessing historical network performance data, the performance data including a time sequenced measure of performance indicators for the network. The method evaluates the historical performance data to determine regularly occurring associations between indicators to define a set of rules characterizing the associations of the wireless network, and stores the set of rules in a data structure. The wireless network is monitored by accessing analysis data reporting time sequenced performance indicator data. Next, anomalies are detected in a performance indicator in the analysis data and matched to at least one rule in the set of rules. The method outputs an indication of a cause of degradation in the wireless network resulting from the anomaly in the performance indicator.

Abstract: A method implemented by a service rendezvous point (SRP) comprises receiving, by a receiver of the SRP, a plurality of register messages from a plurality of service switch points (SSPs), each of the register messages comprising at least one of resource information or service information, each of the SSPs being associated with a different network domain, sending, by a transmitter of the SRP, a plurality of report messages to the plurality of SSPs, each of the report messages comprising resource allocation information for each of the network domains for a service, the resource allocation information including an amount of resources to be allocated at the each of the network domains for the service, and maintaining, at a memory of the SRP, a SSP database storing at least one of the resource allocation information of each of the network domains, the resource information of each of the network domains, and the service information of each of the network domains.

Abstract: A method comprising receiving a plurality of data records, storing the data records as data segments in a storage element, receiving a plurality of descriptors for each data segment, wherein each descriptor describes an aspect of data contained in the data segments, employing a first user-defined function to resolve a first minimum descriptor for each data segment and a first maximum descriptor for each data segment, composing a lightweight index for the data segments, wherein the lightweight index comprises the first minimum descriptor for each data segment and the first maximum descriptor for each data segment, and appending the lightweight index to the data segments in the storage element.

Abstract: A reference-less frequency detector circuit includes a sampling circuit that is configured to generate a frequency control voltage and a switch circuit control signal based on a frequency difference between a clock signal frequency and an input data rate. The frequency control voltage has a frequency down indication and a frequency up indication. A voltage-to-current converter circuit is coupled to the sampling circuit and is configured to convert the frequency control voltage to a frequency control current based on the switch circuit control signal. The voltage-to-current converter circuit includes an output switch circuit controlled by the switch control signal and is configured to have substantially equal respective latencies for the frequency down indication and the frequency up indication.

Abstract: A method for service function chaining across subnetworks includes receiving a packet at a virtual switch integration bridge from a first service function (SF) that is in a service function chain (SFC) and that is on a first subnetwork, determining a next SF in the SFC in a different subnetwork, and sending the received packet directly from the virtual switch integration bridge to the next SF.

Abstract: A method comprising receiving, by a network element, a data packet, searching, by the network element, the received data packet at a first hierarchical level to determine whether a substring of a string of a regular expression exists in the received data packet, searching, by the network element when the search of the received data packet at the first hierarchical level finds a match, the received data packet at a second hierarchical level to determine whether the string of the regular expression exists in the received data packet, and transmitting, by the network element, the received data packet to a next network element along an original path of the received data packet without searching the received data packet at a third hierarchical level when the search of the received data packet at the first or second hierarchical level does not find a match.

Abstract: A system and method for system and method for multiplexing control and data channels in a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communications system are provided. A method for transmitting control symbols and data symbols on multiple MIMO layers includes selecting a first set of codewords from Ncw codewords, distributing control symbols onto the first set of layers, placing data symbols of the first set of codewords onto the first set of layers, placing data symbols of the (Ncw-Ncw1) remaining codewords to remaining layers if Ncw>Ncw1, and transmitting the multiple MIMO layers. The first set of codewords is associated with a first set of layers from the multiple MIMO layers, and the Ncw codewords are to be transmitted simultaneously and the first set of codewords comprises Ncw1 MIMO codewords, where Ncw and Ncw1 are integers greater than or equal to 1. The remaining layers are MIMO layers from the multiple MIMO layers not in the first set of layers.

Abstract: The method provided in this embodiment improves the capabilities of automatic driving and ADAS of electric vehicles. The method can be applied to vehicle networking, such as V2X, LTE-V, V2X, etc. The method includes receiving, from the mobile device, an indication of a requirement for transmission resources, comprising at least an indication that the resources are required with a periodicity, transmitting, to the mobile device, an assignment of a first scheduling configuration for the device-to-device connection, transmitting, to the mobile device, an indication to begin use of periodically recurring radio resources, and handing over responsibility for providing radio resources for the device-to-device connection from the network node to a target network node such that the availability of radio resources with the periodicity is substantially maintained.

Abstract: A virtualized network function (VNF) life cycle management (LCM) method is disclosed that includes sending, by a virtualized network function manager (VNFM), a grant request for a VNF LCM operation to a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), wherein the grant request comprises a requested wide area network (WAN) connectivity requirement for connecting multiple sites that virtualized network function components (VNFCs) of the virtualized network function (VNF) instance are placed in, and the VNF comprises at least two VNFCs placed in different sites. In this embodiment the method also includes receiving, by the VNFM, a grant response from the network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), wherein the grant response comprises WAN Infrastructure Manager (WIM) information and a granted WAN connectivity requirement approved by the NFVO.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for predicting false sharing includes running code on a plurality of cores and determining whether there is potential false sharing between a first cache line and a second cache line, and where the first cache line is adjacent to the second cache line. The method also includes tracking the potential false sharing and reporting the potential false sharing.

Abstract: A method for scheduling multiple users for multi-user full duplex communications in a wireless network over a wireless channel. The scheduling may be based on base station beam indices, base station channel measurements, received UE capabilities, received UE measured channel conditions and/or received UE positional information. In another embodiment, the scheduling of the UE full duplex time slots may be updated based on base station channel interference measurements, received UE measured channel interference, the received UE measured channel conditions, and/or received UE positional information updates.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a storage and transfer apparatus for mass transfer of a plurality of data discs to trays of a plurality stacked disc drives. The storage and transfer apparatus may store a plurality of discs with the disc hold pins retracted and the telescopic sections collapsed over each other. In such a configuration, the stored discs may lie in contact with each other. The storage and transfer apparatus may transfer the plurality of discs to the trays of the plurality of stacked disc drives with the discs holding pins extended and the telescopic sections extended relative to each other.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for transmitting a first media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) includes determining a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a group of UEs and determining that a first MAC PDU is destined for multiple UEs in the group of UEs. The method also includes setting the first MAC PDU to indicate that the first MAC PDU is destined for multiple UEs in the group of UEs and transmitting, by a communications controller to the plurality of UEs, the first MAC PDU.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communications in a passive optical network (PON) system are provided. An optical line terminal (OLT) generates a PON downstream Physical Layer (PHY) frame comprising a downstream physical synchronization block (PSBd) that comprises a wavelength identification (ID) of at least one downstream wavelength of the plurality of downstream wavelengths. The OLT sends the PON PHY frame comprising the wavelength ID in the PSBd to ONU for confirming the at least one downstream wavelength.

Abstract: A network apparatus for a network software service layer (NSSL) service bus. The network apparatus includes a memory storing executable instructions and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing the executable instructions, where the processor is configured to receive a service description comprising a named service and a network identifier identifying a network node associated with the named service, select a service description according to the named service, and transmit a named service request to the network node according to the service description selected.