Abstract: Examples include a method of determining a first traffic overload protection policy for a first service provided by a first virtual network function in a network of virtual network functions in a computing system and determining a second traffic overload protection policy for a second service provided by a second virtual network function in the network of virtual network functions. The method includes applying the first traffic overload protection policy to the first virtual network function and the second traffic overload protection policy to the second virtual network function, wherein the first traffic overload protection policy and the second traffic overload protection policy are different.

Abstract: Cross-layer sleep control in a wireless device. In an embodiment, parameter(s) are stored in association with a system component and each of a plurality of power-saving configurations. When a predetermined type of event is detected, a next event and a time span until the next event is anticipated to occur is determined. For each system component required for the next event, the parameter(s) associated with the system component are retrieved for each power-saving configuration, and one of the power-saving configurations is selected based on the retrieved parameter(s) and the time span. Each system component is then control to transition to its selected power-saving configuration.

Abstract: A method and device for feeding back downlink channel feedback information, and a method and device for user pairing. The method for feeding back downlink channel feedback information includes: calculating the multi-user channel quality indication error of a user, which error is used to reflect the difference in channel quality indication between the situation of multi-user multiple input multiple output transmission and the situation of single user multiple input multiple output transmission; adding the multi-user channel quality indication error into the downlink channel feedback information which includes a pre-coding matrix indication and a channel quality indication, and feeding the same back to a base station for scheduling. Therefore, the bit error rate of demodulation in the MIMO system can be reduced and the system performance can be improved.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for detection of reroute occurrences in segment routing enabled networks. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first node in a communications network, a test message comprising a header, where the header comprises one or more segment identifiers. This embodiment of the method further includes detecting a first indicator of a rerouted test path for the message and sending an outgoing message to a node determined using the header, where sending the outgoing message comprises including in the outgoing message a second indicator that the test message has been rerouted. An embodiment of a system includes a network interface adapted for data communication with one or more nodes of a communications network and a processor operably coupled to the network interface and adapted to implement an embodiment of the method.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a base station interface configured to receive a modulated signal in a first spectral segment directed to a mobile communication device, wherein the modulated signal conforms to a wireless signaling protocol. A transceiver is configured to: convert the modulated signal in the first spectral segment to the first modulated signal in a second spectral segment based on a signal processing of the modulated signal and without modifying the wireless signaling protocol of the modulated signal, wherein the second spectral segment is outside the first spectral segment; generate fault mitigation messaging in a control channel; and transmit the modulated signal in the second spectral segment and the control channel to another network device of the distributed antenna system.

Abstract: A transmitter network is provided with at least two transmitters which transmit in a same frequency range. In a unicast-transmission mode of the transmitter, the transmitters transmit unicast information packets (UC) in subsequent first time intervals. The at least two transmitters further simultaneously transmit in a broadcast mode or multicast mode, respectively, broadcast- or multicast information (BC/MC) in second time intervals that lie in between first time intervals, the broadcast information or multicast information, respectively, transmitted by the transmitters in a second time interval being substantially equal and being transmitted by the transmitters substantially time synchronous. The invention also relates to a transmitter and a receiver in the transmitter network.

Abstract: A wireless network may have two types of wireless services such as 4G and 5G. The 4G service may not be configured to communicate with wireless devices using multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) operating mode, while the 5G service can communicate using MU-MIMO. When a relay node is positioned such that it is within the coverage areas of both types of wireless service, the relay node is instructed to attach to the wireless service that is not capable of utilizing the MU-MIMO operating mode. Conversely, wireless devices within the coverage areas of both types of wireless service that are not configured as relay nodes may be instructed to attach to the wireless service capable of utilizing the MU-MIMO operating mode so that these wireless devices may receive the benefit of utilizing MU-MIMO.

Abstract: A network node in a wireless communication network generates configuration information that configures an extent to which a wireless communication device autonomously adapts a number of different receiver components that the wireless communication device uses under different conditions at the wireless communication device, subject to minimum receiver component requirements respectively specified for the different conditions. In some examples, the different conditions may be associated with correlation of propagation channels received at the wireless communication device. The network node transmits the configuration information to the device. Correspondingly, the device autonomously adapts the number of different receiver components that the wireless communication device uses in accordance with the configuration information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for efficiently servicing isochronous streams (such as media data streams) associated with a network. In one embodiment, an Isochronous Cycle Manager (ICM), receives multiple independent streams of packets that include isochronous packets arriving according to different time bases (e.g., where each stream has a different time base). The packets are sorted by the ICM into a buffering mechanism according to their required presentation time. Additionally the ICM calculates a launch time for each packet. The NIC transmits the packets from the queue according to an access scheme, such as a time division multiplexed (TDM) scheme where each of a plurality of cycles is subdivided into time slots. During appropriate time slots, the NIC transmits the packets in chronological order, as read out of the buffering mechanism.

Abstract: A method involves setting a link aggregation control protocol (LACP) link state for all links in a first service node to STANDBY to put at least one multiplexer in the first service node in a WAITING state to disable frame collection at the redundant service node and setting the LACP link state for all links in a second service node to SELECTED to put at least one multiplexer in the second service node in a COLLECTING/DISTRIBUTING state to enable frame collection at the primary service node.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for performing transmission control protocol segmentation on a server on a chip using coprocessors on the server chip. A system processor manages the TCP/IP stack and prepares a large (64 KB) single chunk of data to be sent out via a network interface on the server on a chip. The system software processes this and calls the interface device driver to send the packet out. The device driver, instead of sending the packet out directly on the interface, calls a coprocessor interface and delivers some metadata about the chunk of data to the interface. The coprocessor segments the chunk of data into a maximum transmission unit size associated with the network interface and increments a sequential number field in the header information of each packet before sending the segments to the network interface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a contention-based PUSCH in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information for configuring a CB grant for transmitting a uplink data from the eNB; triggering a BSR when the uplink data is received from an upper layer; triggering a SR due to the triggered BSR and preparing transmission of the uplink data using the CB grant at a same time; transmitting the uplink data using the CB grant while the triggered SR is pending; monitoring an ACK indication from the eNB in response to the transmission of the uplink data; and canceling the pending BSR and SR if the UE receives the ACK indication from the eNB while the triggered SR is pending.

Abstract: A method for transmitting system information. The method may include: determining an information type of system information to be transmitted, wherein the information type is configured to indicate a network device that triggers the system information; transmitting the system information to User Equipment (UE) within the coverage of a base station by broadcasting when the system information is first system information, wherein the first system information is triggered by the base station; and transmitting the system information to the UE by unicasting or broadcasting, wherein the second system information is triggered by the UE.

Abstract: Examples include a computing system having a load balancer circuitry to assign data units to destinations using a hash function having a plurality of hash bins, each hash bin being associated with a destination. The computing system includes a hash adjuster to assign a destination to each of the plurality of hash bins, sample assignment of data units to hash bins by the load balancer circuitry over a sample window, analyze the sampled assignments, and reassign destinations to the hash bins based at least in part on the analyzed sampled assignments. This results in increased system performance in processing of the data units by the load balancer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for mobility of mobile nodes in mesh networks are taught wherein the mobile mesh nodes choose an attachment point to another mesh node based on predetermined criteria, such as the characteristics of the attachment point's path to a reference destination, and other factors local to the attachment point, such as load and available capacity. The mobile nodes forward packets on each other's behalf. Static and mobile nodes and the links between them are treated differently from each other in view of their respectively different properties. A special metric is used for paths that include mobile links in addition to the static mesh links and wired mesh links. Mobility is handled completely transparently to any client devices attached to the mesh nodes, where this attachment could be wireless or wired.

Abstract: The disclosure of the present specification provides a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a low-capability (LC) or low-cost (LC) apparatus. The method may comprise a step of determining a search space for monitoring the downlink control channel, wherein the search space can be defined by a candidate of the downlink control channel according to a set level and a repetition level. Each candidate can be repeated on a plurality of consecutive subframes which start from a start subframe. The location of the start subframe can be determined by a value obtained from an RRC signal. The method may comprise a step of decoding each candidate of the downlink control channel repeated on the consecutive subframes.

Abstract: A method and corresponding system are described for monitoring a first node in a communications network by a second node, where the first node has a single-channel design and is designed to execute a safety-oriented application. The second node has a dual-channel design, and a safety protocol is used for a data transfer between the first and second node. The second node determines at each of two consecutive time points a time value based on an internal timer, and sends each determined time value to the first node. The first node in response to each receipt of the time values determines a further time value based on a further internal timer. The first node compares a difference between the two time values from the second node with a difference between the two further time values from the first node, and goes into an error state depending on the comparison.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that include an access point receiving a request from a device to join a first network defined by a first protocol, the access point allocating a slot of a superframe to the device, and the access point allocating remaining slots of the superframe to communication by the access point on a second network defined by a second protocol. Additionally or alternatively, some methods can include the access point enabling a first transceiver communicating via the first protocol and either, when the first transceiver receives first data from the device via the first protocol within a predetermined time of a beginning of the slot, receiving second data from the device via the first protocol for a remainder of the slot or, when the first transceiver module fails to receive the first data, the access point enabling a second transceiver for the remainder of the slot.

Abstract: Bits for acknowledgement (ACK) and/or negative acknowledgement (NAK) may be allocated based on whether a special subframe configuration in a TDD configuration permits downlink transmission. For carrier aggregation, ACK/NAK bits may be allocated only to special subframes in component carriers (CCs) which permit downlink transmission. Also, for example, ACK/NAK bits may be allocated to all CC special subframes if a single CC is configured to allow downlink transmission on one of its special subframes. ACK/NAK bits may also be allocated to all special subframes.

Abstract: A method allocates radio resources for a transmitting user equipment (UE) to perform direct communication transmissions over a direct sidelink connection to one or more receiving UEs. At least two sidelink grant processes are provided in the transmitting UE for the transmitting UE to handle at least two sidelink grants within the same transmission control period. Each one of the sidelink grant processes is associated with an identification and can be associated with one sidelink grant. The transmitting UE acquires at least two sidelink grants and associates each of the acquired sidelink grants with one sidelink grant process. For each sidelink grant, the transmitting UE allocates radio resources according to the respective sidelink grant to perform a direct communication transmission of sidelink control information and of data over the direct sidelink connection. The transmitting UE performs a direct communication transmission per acquired sidelink grant within the same transmission control period.