Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing an IP multimedia services or subsystem (“IMS”) within a communication network. One system may include a server configured to facilitate multimedia communication services via the IMS. The server may include a memory storing an integrated IMS function and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The electronic processor may be configured to receive, with the integrated IMS function, a request to establish a multimedia communication session for a user equipment (“UE”) device over the communication network; and establish and control, with the integrated IMS function, the multimedia communication session for UE device over the communication network.

Abstract: A method for allowing a user to respond to a pop-up message sent by an online banking application. The method includes displaying a task message on a user device, providing a selection in the task message for performing a task, providing a selection in the task message that allows the user to be reminded about performing the task at a later time, and providing a time message that allows the user to determine when to receive the task message again and be reminded to perform the task if the user selects the selection for being reminded about performing the task. The method can also provide a no show selection in the task message that allows the user to prevent the task message from being shown again and provide a no show time message that allows the user to set an earliest date that the task message can be shown again.

Abstract: A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving context information from infrastructure equipment and selecting a SLAP quadrant for MAC address allocation. The selecting may be based on the context information received from the infrastructure equipment, which may be a bootstrapping server for the WTRU. The method may further comprise transmitting, to a DHCP server, a DHCP message indicating the selected SLAP quadrant. In response to the transmitted DHCP message, a MAC address may be received and configured to the WTRU. Context information includes, but is not limited to, a number of nodes in a network, a type of network deployment, a type of network, a mobility configuration, a type of device management, a battery lifetime, a location or privacy configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for sidebar communication threads forked from, or related to, a principal thread. Messages in the sidebar communication thread may include a history of the principal thread, including one or more messages from the principal thread, and may include a proposed principal thread message that is the subject of the sidebar thread discussion. The sidebar thread may also include sidebar thread messages that carries the conversation of the sidebar thread participants. Once a termination condition is reached for the sidebar thread, the sidebar thread terminates and either the proposed principal thread message (as potentially modified by participants of the sidebar thread) becomes an accepted principal thread message and it is posted to the principal thread as if it was sent by the sidebar initiator or no message is posted (e.g., the proposed principal thread message is rejected).

Abstract: In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes receiving, by a systems management console, a network address of a device in a virtual environment, and determining a network address associated with a virtual environment management console based on the received network address of the device in the virtual environment. The method also includes sending, by the systems management console via a systems management agent to the virtual environment management console using the determined network address associated with the virtual environment management console, a request for network addresses of virtual machine (VM) host servers and VMs in the virtual environment. The method also includes receiving, by the systems management console via the systems management agent from the virtual environment management console, the network addresses of the VM host servers and the VMs in the virtual environment and providing a notification of the discovered VM host servers and VMs.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for establishing access to vehicles is provided. The embodiment may include identifying at least two devices, including a requesting device and a target device. The embodiment may also include identifying one or more networks, including at least one alternative network. The embodiment may further include evaluating each network from the one or more networks to determine a best network. The embodiment may also include establishing access from the requesting device to the target device over the determined best network.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of for measuring and assuring performance in networked applications where edge computing is utilized, which may comprise determining or improving network and computational performance by the use of edge probing. Edge probing enables rapid measurement and assessment of networking and computational performance, where performance comprises speed latency, for a device using an edge compute node. Edge probing can be used to assess performance of and assign converged networking and computing infrastructure to applications and devices.

Abstract: A highly versatile process control or factory automation field device is configured with an interface and communication connection structure that enables the field device to operate as a data server that communicates with and supports multiple different applications or clients, either directly or indirectly, while simultaneously performing standard process and factory automation control functions. Moreover, various different process control and factory automation network architectures and, in particular, communication architectures, support the versatile field device to enable the versatile field device to simultaneously communicate with multiple different client devices or applications (each associated with a different system) via a common communication network infrastructure, using the same or different communication protocols.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a provisioning service, such as a broker provisioner service (BPS), for provisioning a device (e.g., such as a control device and/or a mobile device) to one or more remote servers. The device may send a connection request message to the BPS to be provisioned with the remote servers (e.g., one or more services offered by the remote servers). The BPS may determine one or more services and/or brokers associated with the corresponding remote servers with which the device may be provisioned, e.g., based on provisioning rules. The BPS may apply the provisioning rules to determine the appropriate services and/or brokers and the corresponding remote servers with which the device may be provisioned. The BPS may send a provision message to the device. The device may establish communications with the provisioned services and/or brokers and/or the corresponding remote servers.

Abstract: A device comprises processing circuitry configured to configure an edge device to collect telemetry flow data output by a plurality of network devices and to generate processed telemetry flow data based on the collected telemetry flow data. The processing circuitry is further configured to receive the processed telemetry flow data from the edge device and store an indication of the processed telemetry flow data.

Abstract: A link aggregation load balancing apparatus includes a flow monitoring circuit and an initial allocation circuit. The flow monitoring circuit is arranged to monitor flows of a plurality of member ports belonging to a link aggregation group, for performing classification upon the plurality of member ports to generate a member port classification result. The initial allocation circuit is arranged to refer to the member port classification result for selecting a target member port from the plurality of member ports to act as a forward port of a data flow.

Abstract: Operating a hierarchical-context area network includes receiving a first protocol data unit from an end user device via a virtual private network tunnel by a first virtual private network server, obtaining the first protocol data unit from the first virtual private network server, by a second virtual private network server as a current point of egress for transporting the first protocol data unit through the hierarchical-context area network, identifying, by the second virtual private network server, available data transport pathways for transporting the first protocol data unit through the hierarchical-context area network, pseudo-randomly identifying, by the second virtual private network server, an available data transport pathway from the available data transport pathways as a current data transport pathway, and sending, by the second VPN server, to the external device, via the data transport pathway, the first protocol data unit.

Abstract: A network system can communicate with user and provider devices to facilitate the provision of a network-based service. The network system can identify optimal service providers to provide services requested by users. The network can utilize context data in matching service providers with users. In particular, the network system can determine, based on context data associated with a user, whether to perform pre-request matching for that user. A service provider who is pre-request matched with the user can be directed by the network system to relocate via a pre-request relocation direction. When the user submits the service request after the pre-request match, the network system can either automatically transmit an invitation to the pre-request matched service provider or can perform post-request matching to identify an optimal service provider for the user.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for processing in-order messages. A message broker is provided with unique message keys to performing in-order ensuring that a batch of messages are sent on the same message broker partition or data flow. A reactive generic data streaming processor provides a parallel data stream uniquely grouped to each message broker partition or data flow. In-order processing is maintained on each parallel data stream by using downstream publishers that preserve strict order in each data stream. A terminal sync message with a unique message key to identifies end of in-order streaming a message group.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for an M2M Interest Function. An M2M Interest Function may receive requests from users to publish the users' personal interests in particular data identify relationships and patterns in the data. Associated data may then be stored in a single best location for such data based on various criteria rather than on separate M2M Gateways or M2M Servers. This location may be provided to users interested in such data. Relationship and association data may be provided to M2M gateways.

Abstract: A data security system interfaces with a plurality of heterogeneous online platforms, each having its own platform specific set of data compliance or security settings. The data security system maps a set of common data compliance or security settings to the platform specific data compliance or security settings and monitors a state of the platform specific set of data compliance or security settings. If the data security system determines that the state of a platform specific data compliance or security settings do not comply with a specified common data compliance or security setting state, the system automatically changes the state of the platform specific data compliance or security settings to comply with the common data compliance or security settings setting state.

Abstract: A method for constructing a multistage network includes: deploying a plurality of nodes; constructing the upper network with at least one node of the plurality of nodes; and in response to determining there is an isolated node, determining an intermediate node for the isolated node and adding the isolated node into the upper network or one of the at least one sub-network according to the intermediate node.

Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for bridging virtual and physical spaces are described. In some of these examples, a particular communicant's real world state drives changes in one or more of the communications connections, virtual state, and communications interface of the particular communicant or another communicant.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein to enable data transfer from unmanned aerial vehicles to cloud destinations. In an implementation, a relay resource in communication with a UAV sends a transfer request to a cloud service for managing data transfer for unmanned aerial vehicles. The request includes a unique identifier for the data file. The cloud service determines instructions for transferring the data file to a destination based on the file's unique identifier. The cloud service sends the transfer instructions to the relay resource via an API, the instructions including information for uploading the file to the destination.

Abstract: The system trains a machine learning model using a loss function, with a part that penalizes overall signal loss, and a second part of the loss function that penalizes texture loss. The system computes a first neural feature of a first media frame stored by a media server using the trained machine learning model. The system causes a client device to receive a second media frame as a part of a media stream from the media server where the second frame is a modified version of the first media frame. The system causes the client to compute a second neural feature of the second media frame using the trained machine learning model, and compute a QoE metric based on the first neural feature and the second neural feature. The system receives the QoE metric, and uses it to modify at least one parameter of the media stream.