Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards methods for data latency evaluation. The techniques disclosed herein can provide useful information about when a data consumer can expect to receive data. Methods can create and compare data latency cumulative probability distributions comprising probabilities associated with different latency values, at various different levels of completeness.

Abstract: Examples of services described herein expose an application programming interface (API) which may return the run-time configuration information. In this manner, software external to the service (e.g., an orchestrator) may query the service to determine the run-time configuration information, then provide both the initial configuration information known to the external software and the run-time configuration information to an Internet-facing gateway. Examples described herein may accordingly avoid or reduce instances of an upgrade dependency. When the service is upgraded, the run-time configuration information may be obtained by calling the API without a need to also upgrade the software external to the service.

Abstract: A home automation (HA) system may include, within a senior living facility, a cloud server, HA operation devices and HA user interface devices for respective users. Each HA user interface device may wirelessly communicate with the HA operation devices and the cloud server. HA hub devices may provide communications for the HA user interface devices, the HA operation devices, and the cloud server. A caregiver interface device may cooperate with the cloud server to display contextual information for a respective user. The cloud server may cooperate with the caregiver interface device to determine when the caregiver interface device is within a room in the senior living facility associated with the respective user, and when so, determine a current operation of a given HA operation device, determine the contextual information based upon the current operation of the given HA operation device, and communicate the contextual information to the caregiver interface device.

Abstract: A method and network node are provided for dimensioning a network service (NS). The method comprises calculating, based on given capacity requirements of the NS, a required number of virtual network functions component (VNFC) instances of each of a plurality of virtual network function (VNF) in the NS; selecting a VNF deployment flavor (VnfDf) for each of the plurality of VNFs in the NS, based on the calculated required number of VNFC instances; generating a network service deployment flavor (NsDf) including the selected VnfDfs; and onboarding a network service descriptor (NSD), which includes the NsDf, for use for instantiating the dimensioned NS.

Abstract: Methods and systems for network verification are described. An input binary decision diagram (BDD) is defined to represent an input header space to query for a network property of interest. The input BDD is provided as input to a device-level BDD representing a source device in a logical topology representing connections among devices of the network. Each device in the network is represented by a respective device-level BDD in the logical topology. An output BDD is calculated, representing an output header space outputted by a destination device in the logical topology. The output BDD is calculated by sequentially applying, to the input BDD, each device-level BDD in a logical path from the source device to the destination device. The output BDD is then reported, and the reported output BDD is compared with an expected output BDD, to verify the network property of interest.

Abstract: A medical data communication apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire medical data of a subject output from a medical device from the medical device, the medical device being connected for communication with the medical data communication apparatus without an external network intervening therebetween; a modification unit configured to modify the medical data based on a modification instruction received from a server, the server being connected for communication with the medical data communication apparatus through an external network, the modification instruction being for modifying specific information in the medical data; and an output unit configured to output the medical data modified by the modification unit to the external network based on a request from the server.

Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a system for infrastructure discovery and service offering. The method includes discovering configuration information of components on an IT infrastructure of an enterprise. The method also includes discovering components, resources, and workload characteristics based on the configuration information. The method further includes analyzing the configuration information, components, resources, and workload characteristics to determine predictive need analytics and discovering applications operating within the IT infrastructure. The method also includes comparing the applications and predictive need analytics to cloud-based services to detect service compatibilities, and generating a decision-making chart based on the service compatibilities, wherein the decision-making chart indicates migratable components and applications in the IT infrastructure.

Abstract: A method for calculating a communication time between a first and second devices includes: adding, to a first packet, first timer information indicating an elapsed time from activation of the first device, and transmitting the first packet; transmitting notification information including the first timer information and second timer information indicating an elapsed time from activation of the second device; transmitting a second packet including the first and second timer information, third timer information indicating an elapsed time from activation of the second device, and first time information indicating a time in the second device; and calculating a communication time from the first device to the second device based on the first timer information, the second timer information, the third timer information, and the first time information, fourth timer information indicating an elapsed time from activation of the first device, and second time information indicating a time in the first device.

Abstract: Executable code comprising a local file system is stored at a collaboration system server for downloading. The remote collaboration system responds to a message from a user device to download the local file system. The local file system to be downloaded is configured to operate on the user device so as to issue requests from the user device to perform an initial access to server-side collaboration data. The collaboration system responds to such requests by predicting interests of the user, which predictions are used to retrieve additional server-side collaboration data. The additional server-side collaboration data is sent to the user device and stored on the user device in an area for locally-stored collaboration system information. The user provides search terms for searching the locally-stored collaboration system information, and results are displayed on the user device. The results are displayed without the need to perform additional communications with remote collaboration system.

Abstract: A method for bundling network functions as a single microservice in a cloud environment. A service deployment manager may acquire subscriber location information associated with a subscriber or a subscriber profile associated with the subscriber. Moreover, the service deployment manager may utilize the subscriber location information or the subscriber profile to select a cloud location. For example, the cloud location may be based on load, geographical proximity, service profile, etc.

Abstract: A method may include generating a set of instructions for a set of devices in software-defined network (SDN) to monitor a set of characteristics. The method may also include sending the set of instructions to the set of devices in the SDN via a control plane that is isolated from a packet forwarding path. The method may further include receiving monitor data via the control plane from at least one device of the set of devices in the SDN. The method may also include determining a change to a set of parameters of the SDN. The method may include generating a policy based on the change to the set of parameters of the SDN. The method may include sending the policy to the set of devices in the SDN.

Abstract: A network design apparatus, a network design method, and a network design processing program design a network configuration for a network in which a transfer apparatus is disposed at each of a plurality of communication hubs, and the communication hubs are connected via a link by a link portion apparatus in the transfer apparatus. In design of the network configuration, the optimal path candidates of each of the lines minimizing a total cost value in the overall network is calculated. In the calculation of the optimal path candidates of each of the lines, only a path candidate of each of the lines can be selected, and a combination candidate of link portion apparatuses for each of the links is derived uniquely from the selected path candidate of each of the lines.

Abstract: A method of dynamic staging in a client device includes: receiving, at the client device, a staging profile identifier definition; generating a staging profile identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of staging data files stored at a server, by: detecting a dynamic field in the staging profile identifier definition; retrieving a set of prompt definitions according to the dynamic field; presenting prompts via an output assembly of the client device according to the prompt definitions; receiving input data corresponding to the prompts via an input assembly of the client device; retrieving a selected parameter corresponding to the input data; and replacing the dynamic field with the selected parameter to generate the staging profile identifier; and retrieving the one of the plurality of staging data files by transmitting a request to the server including the staging profile identifier.

Abstract: With a network design apparatus, a network design method, and a network design processing program, a network configuration is designed for a network in which a transfer apparatus is disposed at each of a plurality of communication hubs and the communication hubs are connected via a link by a link portion apparatus in the transfer apparatus. In design of a network configuration, a threshold value of an inter-end delay and the number of redundant paths are calculated for each line on the basis of topology information, line information, and design parameter information. A path candidate set is calculated for each line on the basis of the threshold value of the inter-end delay and the number of redundant paths.

Abstract: With a network design apparatus, a network design method, and a network design processing program, a network configuration is designed for a network in which a transfer apparatus is disposed at each of a plurality of communication hubs and the communication hubs are connected via a link by a link portion apparatus in the transfer apparatus. In design of a network configuration, an optimal combination candidate of a link portion apparatus for each link for minimizing a total cost value in an overall network is calculated on the basis of a combination candidate set of link portion apparatuses. The combination candidate set of the link portion apparatuses is configured using only combination candidates with a cost-effectiveness indicating a ratio of a total capacity to a total cost value of the link portion apparatus higher than a predetermined reference.

Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for providing a service to a user equipment connected to a first operator network. The second operator network comprises a register containing subscription information of the user equipment. The method comprises a number of steps. One of these steps is receiving from the first operator network a service request of the user equipment, the service request being associated with the service. Another step is obtaining a service-deployment-specification for the second operator network comprising at least one network function associated with the service on the basis of the service request. Yet another step is converting the service-deployment-specification for the second operator network into a generic specification, the generic specification enabling execution of the at least one network function in the first operator network for providing the service to the user equipment. Yet another step is transmitting the generic specification to the first operator network.

Abstract: Embodiments for managing distribution of online content by one or more processors are described. Content posted to an online channel is detected. The content is viewable by a first number of viewers. A maturity score for the content is calculated. If the calculated maturity score is above a predetermined threshold, the content is caused to be viewable by a second number of viewers. The second number is greater than the first number.

Abstract: A method for data transmission between subscribers in a transportation vehicle communication network of a transportation vehicle, wherein at least one subscriber of the transportation vehicle communication network is a transportation vehicle subscriber arranged in the transportation vehicle, wherein a subscriber of the transportation vehicle communication network forms or provides a notification manager of the transportation vehicle communication network, wherein a notifying subscriber of the transportation vehicle communication network transmits notification data to the notification manager, wherein the notification manager transmits at least one part of the notification data to at least one subscriber to be notified in the transportation vehicle communication network.

Abstract: The present technology relates to managing workload within a storage system. A quality of service parameter proposal associated with managing incoming network traffic is generated and provided to a plurality of nodes. The generated quality of service parameter proposal to manage the incoming network traffic is modified based on a response received from the nodes. The incoming network traffic is serviced using the data from the modified quality of service parameter proposal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling access for a user equipment to at least one local device via an intermediary system that is configured to connect to a local network and to a public network. The user equipment is connected to the public network and the at least one local device is connected to the local network. The method comprises a number of steps in the intermediary system. One of these steps is storing one or more location conditions for access for the user equipment to the at least one local device. Another step is receiving first location information of the user equipment over the public network, the first location information indicating a location of the user equipment. Yet another step is controlling access for the user equipment to the at least one local device by verifying whether the first location information satisfies the one or more location conditions. The invention further relates to the intermediary system used in the method.