Abstract: According to one method, the method occurs at a network node configured to relay network message information or derivative information to avoid resource contentions between user equipment (UE). The method includes receiving a first temporary UE identifier (TUEI) associated with a first UE for requesting a radio resource within a serving cell; assigning, using the first TUEI, the radio resource to the first UE; generating, using at least a conversion algorithm, a second value based on the first TUEI, wherein the second value has a higher entropy characteristic than the first TUEI, thereby reducing the likelihood of the second value including an encoded message decodable by a second UE when relayed by the network node; and broadcasting a message including the second value to a plurality of UEs including the second UE.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a test signal from a device under test (DUT) to a measurement instrument is disclosed. The apparatus includes a probe head configured to receive an electrical signal from the DUT. The probe head includes an electro-optic modulator. The apparatus also includes a control box, which includes an optical source. The optical source is configured to provide an input optical signal to the electro-optic modulator, which is configured to provide an output optical signal based on the electrical signal from the DUT. The control box also includes an optical bias control circuit. Only a bias control signal is provided to the electro-optic modulator.

Abstract: A method for configuring a network service system for performing a network service using AR comprises: at a user device executing an AR cabling application: communicating, to an AR cabling subsystem of the network service system, network service task identification information usable for identifying at least one testing or monitoring case (TMC) definition provisioned within the network service system; receiving, from the AR cabling subsystem of the network service system, cabling instructions based on the network service task identification information, wherein the cabling instructions is for instructing the user to perform a cabling task associated with the at least one TMC definition, wherein the cabling task involves connecting at least one cable to one or more physical ports of a physical resource of the network service system; and providing, via a display and using at least one AR element, the cabling instructions for instructing the user to perform the cabling task.

Abstract: A method for software-based emulation of media access control security (MACsec) includes generating, using a software-based emulated MACsec packet generator, a plurality of emulated MACsec packets, each of the emulated MACsec packets including a MACsec header having a packet number field value that remains fixed across the emulated MACsec packets. The method further includes configuring a device under test to accept plural MACsec packets with the same MACsec packet number field value. The method further includes transmitting the emulated MACsec packets to the device under test (DUT). The method further includes determining whether the DUT responds correctly to the emulated MACsec packets given a replay protection configuration of the DUT. The method further includes generating test output based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: A method for providing timing security in a time sensitive network (TSN), includes monitoring TSN times in timing synchronization packets exchanged between TSN network nodes. The method further includes monitoring TSN timing values calculated by TSN network nodes. The method further includes determining, using TSN times and TSN timing values, whether a timing attack is indicated. The method further includes, in response to determining that a timing attack is indicated, performing a timing attack effects mitigation action.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating a trigger signal from a radar signal received over the air from a radar under test. The method includes detecting power of the radar signal received from the radar under test at a radio frequency (RF) power detector, the radar signal including multiple bursts of RF energy in a burst pattern; identifying repeating radar frames from the burst pattern using the detected power of the radar signal, each radar frame having at least one burst; and creating trigger signals corresponding to the radar frames, respectively, by synchronizing to the at least one burst in each radar frame.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for proactive network testing. One method for proactive network testing includes receiving, by a test controller and via a network tap, at least one metric associated with live network traffic; determining, by the test controller and using the at least one metric and a threshold value associated with the at least one metric, that a network test is to be performed; configuring, by the test controller, a first test agent to execute the network test; and executing, by the first test agent, the network test.

Abstract: A system for measuring voltage includes a pulse-width modulator or voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) configured to receive an input voltage waveform from a DUT, and to output a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal or frequency modulated (FM) signal mapped to the input voltage waveform, respectively; an optical transmitter configured to be modulated by the PWM signal or the FM signal to output an optical pulse signal having pulse widths corresponding to pulse widths of the PWM signal or equal to the frequency of the FM signal, respectively; an optical receiver configured to receive the optical pulse signal over an optical link and to convert the optical pulse signal to an electrical current; a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) configured to convert the electrical current to a voltage signal; and at least one filter or detection circuit configured to recover the input voltage waveform or provide numeric values corresponding to the input voltage waveform.

Abstract: A system for testing vehicular radar is described. The system include a diffractive optical element (DOE) configured to diffract electromagnetic waves incident on a first side from a radar device under test (DUT). The system also includes a re-illumination element adapted to receive the electromagnetic waves diffracted from the DOE from a second side. The re-illumination element being adapted to transmit apparent angle of arrival (AoA) electromagnetic waves back to the DOE.

Abstract: A method is provided for dynamically determining measurement uncertainty (MU) of a measurement device for measuring a signal output by a device under test (DUT). The method includes storing characterized test data in a nonvolatile memory in the measurement device, the characterized test data being specific to the measurement device for a plurality of sources of uncertainty; receiving a parameter value of the DUT; measuring the signal output by the DUT and received by the measurement device; and calculating the measurement uncertainty of the measurement device for measuring the received signal using the stored characterized test data and the received parameter value of the DUT.

Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) for determining a wavelength of an input signal is disclosed. The PIC comprises: a substrate; a first Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) disposed over the substrate, comprising first optical waveguides having a first optical path length difference, and configured to receive a first output optical signal from a light source. The PIC also comprises a second Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) disposed over the substrate, comprising second optical waveguides having a second optical path length difference, which is greater than the first optical path length difference, and configured to receive a second output optical signal from the light source.

Abstract: A method and system measure a characteristic of a signal under test (SUT) using a signal measurement device. The method includes receiving the SUT through first and second input channels; digitizing first and second copies of the SUT to obtain first and second digitized waveforms; repeatedly determining first and second measurement trends to obtain measurement trend pairs; cross-correlating the first and second measurement trends in each measurement trend pair to obtain cross-correlation vectors; extracting zero-displacement values from the cross-correlation vectors, respectively; summing the zero-displacement values to obtain a sum of measurement products for the measurement trend pairs; divide the sum of zero-displacement values by a total number of measurement products to obtain an average value of the measurement products, corresponding to MSV of the measured SUT characteristic; and determining a square root of the average value of the MSV to obtain an RMS value of the measured SUT characteristic.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for threat simulation and threat mitigation recommendations. A method for threat simulation and threat mitigation recommendations includes performing a first threat simulation using at least one attack vector, wherein performing the first threat simulation includes generating simulated network traffic associated with the at least one attack vector and sending, via at least one intermediate node, the simulated network traffic to a test agent in a target network, wherein the test agent is configured to simulate at least one protected asset in the target network; determining, using simulated network traffic arrival metrics, at least one threat mitigation recommendation; and providing, via a user interface, the at least one threat mitigation recommendation to a user.

Abstract: A method of testing vehicular radar includes acquiring binary phase codes of transmitters in a radar DUT; acquiring desired FOVs and desired angular resolutions of the transmitters to determine target angles of emulated targets; calculating far field phases of a PMCW signal for binary phase states of the transmit array at each of the target angles to determine resultant phase symbol streams; calculating excess roundtrip time delay for each emulation delay, between the DUT and the emulated targets, and each setup delay between the DUT and each emulator receiver; time-shifting the resultant phase symbol streams by the excess roundtrip time delays; subtracting the time-shifted resultant phase symbol streams from the resultant phase symbol streams to obtain difference phase symbol streams; modulating a PMCW signal transmitted by the DUT by the difference phase symbol streams; and emulating the echo signals at the target angles in response to the modulated PMCW signal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical splitter configured to receive an optical signal and to split the input optical signal to provide a first and a second optical signal. The apparatus further includes an interferometer comprising a first arm and a second arm, with the first arm being configured to receive the first optical signal, and the second arm being configured to receive the second optical signal. Notably a portion of the first arm is exposed to a reference gas that attenuates light of a characteristic wavelength. The apparatus further includes an optical coupler configured to receive an output optical signal from the first arm, and an output optical signal from the second arm and to provide a third optical signal; and a photodetector configured to receive the third optical signal, and to provide a photocurrent. The photocurrent increases when the difference between the characteristic wavelength and the wavelength of the optical signals increases.

Abstract: According to one method, the method occurs at a first test device located inline between at least one traffic source and a network and/or system under test (NSUT), wherein the first test device is implemented using at least one processor and at least one memory. The method includes receiving, from a test controller, impairment rules generated from baseline metrics based on monitored live traffic for effecting traffic impairments; receiving traffic destined to the NSUT; impairing the traffic destined to the NSUT based on the impairment rules; sending the impaired traffic towards the NSUT, wherein the NSUT processes the impaired traffic; and sending, from the test device or a related tap, response information from the NSUT to the test controller for analyzing NSUT performance.

Abstract: A beamformer for providing signals from a device under test (DUT) and an emulator is disclosed. The beamformer includes: a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to receive a plurality of radio beams and convert a data stream comprising a plurality of radio beams from analog signals to digital signals; a radio samples processor configured to receive the digital signals, decouple data samples from the plurality of radio beams, and recombine the data samples to provide a single data stream to a corresponding single device used by an end-user; and a local processor adapted to dynamically adjust operational parameters in the radio samples processor of the single data stream.

Abstract: A MIMO target emulation system for testing a mmWave radar sensor having multiple radar transmitters and receivers includes a coupling probe antenna array for receiving radar signals from the radar transmitters and for sending emulated target echo signals to the radar receivers; emulator receivers for down converting and digitizing the radar signals; a processing unit that decouples the digital radar signals, retrieves target parameters corresponding to emulated targets, generates emulated target echo signals corresponding to the targets in response to the decoupled digitized radar signals using the target parameters, and pre-decoupling the emulated target echo signals; and emulator transmitters for performing digital to analog conversion of the emulated target echo signals and up converting frequencies of the analog emulated target echo signals.

Abstract: A multichannel interpolator has an input that receives input data that consists of interleaved channel data from a plurality of data channels. A block random access memory (BRAM) stores data samples from the input data received from the input. Input control logic receives the data samples from the input and places the data samples into the BRAM. Interpolator logic interpolates the data samples to produce output data. The output data is interpolated at an interpolation ratio programmed by a user. The interpolator logic includes a phase generator that calculates a value indicating the interpolation ratio, and a fractional template block that provides a fractional template used to interpolate the data samples to produce the output data, the fraction template block selecting, based on the value calculated by the phase generator. The fractional template is used to interpolate the data samples to produce the output data.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a declarative network monitoring environment. A method for providing a declarative network monitoring environment includes providing an available tool registry for storing tool information associated with networking monitoring tools that are available for use; providing a potential tool registry for storing tool information associated with networking monitoring tools that are potentially available for use; receiving declarative network monitoring input indicating a desire by a user to perform a monitoring related task; determining, using the declarative network monitoring input and the available tool registry and/or the potential tool registry, at least one set of tool configurations for configuring network monitoring tools to perform the monitoring related task; and providing the at least one set of tool configurations.