Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique to access a data source from a client using a driver. A data source name (DSN) is provided to connect to the data source using the driver. The driver is used to interface between the client and an implementation of a driver interface to access the data source based on the DSN.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for interference mitigation of an open-access node. The method includes determining, at the open-access node, whether uplink interference from a mobile entity is above a threshold. The method includes adjusting a transmission power to trigger a hand-in of the mobile entity in response to determining the uplink interference is above the threshold. The method includes handing-in the mobile entity from a first cell in response to adjusting the transmission power. The method includes redirecting the mobile entity to a second cell different from the first cell.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for socially-aware cloud-based control of a network device are disclosed. An embodiment includes operating the network gateway to provide, to a visitor, a first level of access to a network; determining at least one relationship between the visitor and an owner of the network gateway, wherein the relationship is determined between a cloud-based identity of the visitor and a cloud-based identity of the owner; and reconfiguring the network gateway to provide a second level of access to the network to the visitor, wherein the second level of service is based upon the determined at least one relationship.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of scanning channels of a white space zone in a wireless local area network is provided. A response frame includes a white space map including information about whether each white space channel in the white space zone is occupied by an incumbent user. Channels of the white space zone are scanned based on the white space map.

Abstract: A communicating device capable of transmitting packets to a destination device via any of a plurality of adjacent devices, has a first measuring unit for measuring a first quality of a link between the communicating device and the destination device for a first period of time, a second measuring unit for measuring a second quality of a link from the communicating device to the destination device for a second period of time shorter than the first period of time, a first selector for selecting an adjacent device from the plurality of adjacent devices based on the measured first quality when transmitting a new packet to the destination device, and a second selector for selecting an adjacent device from the plurality of adjacent devices based on the measured second quality upon failure of transmitting the new packet.

Abstract: A method for configuring an IP address to receive broadcast or multicast data flow which modifies the bind( ) Application Programming Interface (API) to survey available local interfaces to determine their ability to be configured to receive data from a particular IP address, configure a interface to receive the IP address if it is so configurable, bind the IP address to that interface. The modified bind*( ) API may interact with one or more interfaces to see if each interface is capable of being configured to the IP address. Alternatively, the modified bind*( ) API determines the configurability of interfaces by consulting the access control list. Policy based routing rules may be implemented so that the modified bind*( ) operation configures the highest priority interface based upon policy parameters.