Abstract: A system for transforming data packets into pixels is disclosed. The system encodes each data packet into a respective encoded value, where each encoded value represents a unique transformation of a respective data packet. The system identifies data patterns within the data packets, where each data pattern indicates a respective data packet type. The system compresses each group of data packets that share a data pattern into a compressed format. The system determines a set of pixel attributes for each encoded, compressed data packet based on data packet attributes. The set of pixel attributes include a pixel color, a pixel color intensity, and a pixel location. The system generates an image comprising pixels based on the sets of pixel attributes.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a personalized cloud service requirement based on a user identity and proximity to a first location. A first edge network is configured based on the personalized cloud service requirement and the first location, and the user is provided with access to a personalized cloud service via the configured first edge network according to their proximity to the first location. A second, different location is determined, and a second edge network is configured based on the personalized cloud service requirement and according to the second location. The user is provided with access to the personalized cloud service via the configured second edge network according to their proximity to the second location. In this manner, the edge network may be reconfigured to effectively follow the user, thereby extending remote access to a consistent, personalized cloud service. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of collecting health check metrics for a network is provided. The method, at a deep packet inspector on a physical host in a datacenter, receives a copy of a network packet from a load balancer. The packet includes a plurality of layers. Each layer corresponds to a communication protocol in a plurality of communication protocols. The method identifies an application referenced in the packet. The method analyzes the information in one or more layers of the packet to determine metrics for the source application. The method sends the determined metrics to the load balancer.

Abstract: Approaches to use of ephemeral workloads to monitor compute environments are described.

Abstract: A regional network address translation gateway (RNG) is established for traffic of a virtual private cloud (VPC) of a customer of a cloud computing environment. In response to detecting that an application resource has been activated in an availability zone (AZ) of a region for which the RNG is established, and that the RNG does not include resources for processing traffic of that AZ, a set of resources is allocated to the RNG for traffic of the AZ. The set of resources of the RNG is used to cause a network address assigned to the RNG to be set as a source address of a packet originating at the application resource before the packet is delivered to a destination.

Abstract: The WTRU may determine that it has a need to request a NAS network service and may generate an application layer NAS message that comprises the request. The WTRU may determine, based on configuration information, one or more network nodes configured to provide NAS network services. The WTRU may determine, based on analytics data and policy data, a first network node in the one or more network nodes to which the application layer NAS message may be sent. The WTRU may determine, based on the policy data, one or more parameters for sending the application layer NAS message to the first network node. The WTRU may determine an endpoint address associated with the first network node. The WTRU may send the application layer NAS message to the first network node using the endpoint address and the one or more parameters.

Abstract: A network device may transmit network address assignment request messages on a plurality of network interfaces communicatively coupled to one or more network address assignment servers. The network device may store any network address assignment responses received from the one or more network address assignment servers within one or more response solicitation time periods and may attempt device provisioning based on the device provisioning priorities of the stored network address assignment responses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a message broker apparatus, method, and program product customizable through the use of externally administered and executed policy functions. The system uses user defined and controlled policy functions to programmatically customize the behaviors of a message broker's processing of messages and further allowing for that customization to take place on a per channel basis. This provides for greater functionality and flexibility to the users of a message system, especially when the users of the message system do not have administrative control over the message broker.

Abstract: Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists. In an example implementation, a system receives, from a mobile device, first GPS data indicating that the mobile device is located at a first physical location, wherein an application on the mobile device is registered with a particular user account of the cloud service. The system determines that the first physical location represented in the first GPS data corresponds to a location of a first business associated with one or more first playback devices within the cloud service. The one or more first playback devices are playing back first audio tracks. As each first audio track is at least partially played back, the system adds the respective first audio track to a location-based playlist associated with the particular user account of the cloud service. The computing system causes the mobile device to display an indication of the location-based playlist.

Abstract: In some implementations, a network device may establish a connection between a client and a server instance associated with a service. The network device may identify that a timer for transmitting a periodic disconnect peer request has expired. The network device may transmit the periodic disconnect peer request to the client based on an expiry of the timer, wherein the periodic disconnect peer request includes a value for graceful connection cycling, and the graceful connection cycling is to be applied to the connection based on the periodic disconnect peer request.

Abstract: The subject disclosure presents a device that intelligently manages network connectivity between a user device and a network edge cloud instance. The device monitors a key performance metric for the network path and determines if it falls below a defined threshold. If the metric is unsatisfactory, the device responds by adjusting a network parameter associated with that path, such as signal strength, packet loss, or bandwidth. This targeted adjustment helps maintain optimal communication and service quality between the user device and the edge cloud. By actively monitoring and adapting network parameters in response to real-time conditions, the device ensures reliable and efficient access to edge cloud services, offering a more responsive and robust solution compared to conventional approaches. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An online conference apparatus includes: a memory that stores management information for managing availability of sharing for an image; and a processor configured to: process a designation image designated as a sharing target by a participant of an online conference; and apply a sharing restriction to the designation image based on the management information.

Abstract: A method of rendering a web page that includes: receiving, by a client computing device, a first hint identifying a first web object transaction for obtaining a first web object of a plurality of web objects of the web page; and initiating, by the client computing device, the first web object transaction to obtain the first web object. The method further includes: receiving, by the client computing device, the web page; and rendering, by the client computing device, the web page utilizing the first web object.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for configuring logical routers of a logical network. The logical routers are implemented in a Kubernetes cluster as a first set of Pods that each perform logical forwarding operations for the logical routers and a second set of Pods that each perform L7 service operations for a respective logical router. From a Kubernetes control plane component, the method receives a notification that the first set requires scaling to include an additional Pod. The first-set Pods process data messages between the logical network and external networks. Within the network management system, the method defines at least one new interface for processing data messages between the logical network and external networks. The method configures the at least one interface on the additional Pod to communicate with external physical routers to receive traffic from the external networks and send traffic to the external networks.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device according to the present disclosure includes a processor, and a memory. The memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations: acquiring vehicle state information indicating a state of a vehicle, and sensor data measured by a sensor provided on the vehicle, compressing the sensor data at a compression rate varying depending on the vehicle state information, and transmitting the compression rate in association with the compressed sensor data. The vehicle state information includes at least vehicle speed of the vehicle. The compression rate is a value determined according to whether the vehicle speed is higher than a first threshold.

Abstract: Techniques for ensuring symmetric forwarding between disparate networks are described herein. In active/standby hub architectures, hub nodes may be configured to convert a preference order (e.g., indicating a preferred hub node), specified by an endpoint on a wide-area network (WAN)-side of a network, into a local-area network (LAN)-side-routing-metric that is distributed to datacenter router(s) on the LAN-side of the network. When an active hub node loses connection to all of the available routing controllers, the active hub may automatically manipulate the LAN-side-routing-metric to make the metric worse than the standby hub to indicate that the routes being advertised by the active hub are “stale,” such that the datacenter routers prefer the standby hub, avoiding traffic asymmetry as a result of the lost connection.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer-readable media are provided for monitoring access to one or more sites over a mobile communication network. One method is performed by a client network entity for monitoring access to one or more sites over a mobile communication network. The method includes: transmitting, to a network exposure entity of the mobile communication network, a request message for the network exposure entity to report instances of one or more wireless devices accessing one or more sites over the mobile communication network; and receiving, from the network exposure entity, a report of instances of one or more wireless devices accessing the one or more sites over the mobile communication network.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for detecting a positioning attack based on wireless position signaling. For example, a location server can determine a positioning reference signal having at least a first signal portion and at least a second signal portion. An indication of a positioning attack associated with the positioning reference signal can be obtained. The location server can provide, to a base station, a message of transmission preemption of the second signal portion of the positioning reference signal based on the indication of the positioning attack.

Abstract: A system for managing electronic data representing emergency alerts comprises a computing device associated with an asset and a server. The server receives threshold data from the computing device and one or more data records representing reports of an event. The server computes an anomaly metric based on a comparison of the event to recent events and, if the anomaly metric does not exceed a threshold, computes a trend metric based on the frequency of similar events over time. If either metric exceeds its respective threshold, the server transmits a control signal comprising an alert to the computing device. The system may apply natural language processing, machine learning, and knowledge graphs to evaluate event characteristics and generate contextual summaries. By filtering alerts based on relevance and context, the system conserves computing resources and enables early detection of emerging threats, improving the responsiveness and efficiency of emergency alert infrastructure.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for application-level data transportation in a distributed computing system. In particular, various embodiments described herein provide application-level protocol, encoding, and decoding methodologies for data transport via application-level messages, which can be implemented by a distributed software application operated on a distributed computing system.