Abstract: A method for operating a first user equipment (UE) includes establishing an application layer connection with a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are indirectly coupled to each other by a communications network, detecting an occurrence of an event at the first UE, and sending a first notification of the event to the second UE over the application layer connection.

Abstract: A method for transmitting beamformed signals includes beamforming a synchronization signal in accordance with a first set of spatially separated transmission beams, thereby producing first beamformed synchronization signals, transmitting the first beamformed synchronization signals, determining if a first synchronization cycle is complete, and when the first synchronization cycle is not complete, rotating the first set of spatially separated transmission beams, and repeating the beamforming, the transmitting, and the determining until the first synchronization cycle is complete.

Abstract: A parent PCE controller comprising a memory comprising instructions executable by a processor and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions. Executing the instructions causes the processor to establish a parent-child relationship with at least a first child PCE controller controlling a first domain and a second child PCE controller controlling a second domain, receive a request to create an E2E tunnel from a source to a destination crossing the first domain and the second domain, compute a shortest path from the source to the destination through the first domain and the second domain, transmit a request message to the first child PCE controller for creating a first tunnel segment of the E2E tunnel through the first domain, and transmit a request message to the second child PCE controller for creating a second tunnel segment of the E2E tunnel through the second domain.

Abstract: A method of establishing a group trust relationship in an Internet of Things (IoT) system using a first IoT device within a group of IoT devices is provided. The method includes generating, by the first IoT device, a first set of keys corresponding to the first IoT device, deriving, by the first IoT device, a group set of keys corresponding the group of IoT devices, and discarding the first set of keys and storing the group set of keys after the first IoT device transmits data toward a base station and goes idle, wherein the group set of keys is used by each IoT device within the group of IoT devices for subsequent transmissions of data to the base station.

Abstract: A system and method for multiple point transmission in a communications system are provided. A method for multiple point transmission operation comprises modifying a configuration of a radio bearer for use in a multiple point transmission to a user equipment according to operating condition information of the user equipment, reconfiguring the radio bearer according to the modified configuration, and initiating a multiple point transmission to the user equipment using the reconfigured radio bearer.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment extended peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a host PCIe fabric comprising a host root complex. The host PCIe fabric has a first set of bus numbers and a first memory mapped input/output (MMIO) space on a host CPU. An extended PCIe fabric includes a root complex endpoint (RCEP) as part of an endpoint of the host PCIe fabric. The extended PCIe fabric has a second set of bus numbers and a second MMIO space separate from the first set of bus numbers and the first MMIO space, respectively.

Abstract: A method of link adaptation is described including establishing, using a first serving point, a multi-user full duplex mode wherein the multi-user full duplex mode enables a downlink to a first wireless device and an uplink from a second wireless device. The first serving point requests from the first wireless device a first channel quality indicator indicating channel quality between the serving point and the first wireless device in a full duplex time period and a second channel quality indicator indicating channel quality between the serving point and the first wireless device in non-full duplex time period. The full duplex mode is evaluated using the first and second channel quality indicators. At least one parameter of the full duplex mode is adjusted based on the evaluating.

Abstract: A method and a system for intelligent mobile function distribution are disclosed. An embodiment includes discovering, by an Intelligent Mobile Function Distribution (iMOD) entity, resources available in a mobile network and moving mobile functions across the mobile network in accordance with the discovered resources, thereby allowing the mobile network to adapt to changing conditions.

Abstract: A method of service capability notification including receiving a service capability of a representational state transfer (REST) client and a request for a service capability of a target client from an application server, sending the service capability of the target client to the application server in response to the request, and sending the service capability of the REST client to a notification server so that the notification server is able to provide the service capability of the REST client to the target client.

Abstract: A method implemented in a network element (NE) configured to operate in an information centric network (ICN) including receiving a test traffic flow as a copy of a traffic flow in a forwarding plane of the ICN during a defined interval, emulating the ICN at a state determined at an arrival time of the test traffic flow based on an active traffic flow in the ICN, measuring a first impact of a first candidate path for the test traffic flow in the emulated ICN to the active traffic flow, selecting the first candidate path based on the first impact measurement, and constructing a forwarding rule based on the state and the selection of the first candidate path.

Abstract: A method includes determining a first subframe on which to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) message and determining a second subframe on which to transmit a first information. The method also includes determining a delay between the first subframe and the second subframe and transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), the second subframe in accordance with the delay.

Abstract: An embodiment method for managing connections on a communications network having an optical network portion includes receiving a request for a first connection at a controller in signal communication with one or more reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) controlling an optical network portion of a communications network, wherein the controller is connected to the communications network. The controller determines a route on the communications network for the first connection according to conditions of the communications network, with the route comprising one or more first links of the optical network. The controller determines one or more first ROADMs controlling the one or more first links and sends commands from the controller to the one or more first ROADMs to allocate bandwidth on the one or more first links.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a cold storage system. The cold storage system includes a server having a plurality of host hub ports, a first Universal Serial Bus (USB) switch and a plurality of USB storage devices. The first USB switch has a plurality of downstream (DS) ports and a plurality of upstream (US) ports and is connected to the server via a first host hub port of the plurality of host hub port and a first US port of the plurality of US ports. Furthermore, the first USB switch has a controller configured to establish a connection between the first US port and a first DS port of the plurality of DS ports in response to a command identifying the first DS port from the server. The plurality of USB storage devices are respectively connected to the first USB switch via the plurality of DS ports and a first USB storage device the plurality of USB storage devices is connected to the first DS port of the first USB switch.

Abstract: A request to perform a transaction on a database in an online transaction processing system is accessed by a node. The sets of data in the database that the transaction is to act on are determined. The transaction is then separated into actions according to the data dependencies of the actions; an action is established for each set of data that is acted on by the transaction. The actions are communicated to the nodes that store the data that the respective actions depend on. The actions are then performed on the nodes to which they were routed.

Abstract: Augmented reality can be used to display previously captured images on a viewfinder of a camera as the camera's active position nears a position from which the picture was originally taken. A histogram file may associate the original image with positional information of the camera when the image was captured. When the cameras active position nears those coordinates, a transparent version of the digital image is displayed on the viewfinder of the camera. The positional information may include a spatial location of the camera (e.g., GPS coordinates, etc.) as well as an orientation of the camera (e.g., yaw, pitch, roll, etc.). Augmented reality can be used to guide the user to configure/re-configure the camera in order to correct (or avoid) an image quality issue/defect when re-taking a picture.

Abstract: An embodiment wireless communication device includes a circuit board and a cover having a back surface covering a portion of a first surface of the circuit board and an opening in the back surface. A top antenna is disposed within the cover and is electrically connected to the circuit board at a first feed point on a first edge of the circuit board. A secondary antenna disposed within the cover has a first antenna portion connected to the circuit board at a second feed point, and a second antenna portion of the second antenna extends laterally from a second edge of the circuit board over the first surface of the circuit board and between the back surface of the cover and the first surface of the circuit board such that at least a portion of the second antenna portion is exposed through the opening in the back surface.

Abstract: A structure for a core layer of a substrate and a method for fabricating a core layer of a substrate are disclosed. The core layer comprises a molding compound encapsulating a die or a plurality of dies, a dielectric layer on the surfaces of the molding compound, and a conductive layer on top of the dielectric layer. A through hole is formed through the dielectric layer and the molding compound, which may be filled with a metal plate. A laser via is formed similarly. Build-up layers may be assembled next to the core layer to form the substrate, which can be used to package dies.

Abstract: A method includes determining a transmission power level configuration of time slots of a shared channel using communications occurring within a first communications group and at a first transmission power level, and communicating with a second device in a time slot in accordance with the transmission power level configuration, wherein communications occurring during the time slot is at a second transmission power level, wherein the second transmission power level is lower than the first transmission power level.

Abstract: The disclosure relates converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal in a number of successive approximation cycles. A sampled analog input signal is received, and a decision node is loaded from a decision tree stored in memory, where each decision node in the decision tree stores an optimal threshold value and an address to one or more next decision nodes. The optimal threshold value, a first output flag and a second output flag associated with a currently loaded decision node is read from the decision tree in the memory, and the sampled first analog input signal is compared with the optimal threshold value and, based on a result of the comparison, a next decision node is loaded from the decision tree stored in memory according to the address associated with the currently loaded decision node or the digital output signal is output.

Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of path computation elements (PCEs) configured to communicate with an ingress node, jointly compute a core tree for an inter-domain point-to-multipoint (P2MP) tree across a plurality of network domains, and independently compute a plurality of sub-trees in at least some of the network domains, wherein the core tree connects the ingress node to a boundary node (BN) in each one of the network domains that have a destination node and each sub-tree connects the BN to a plurality of destination nodes in one of the network domains that have a destination node.