Abstract: Examples described herein provide network service discovery in a network. Examples herein include receiving, from a network device in the network, a set of records corresponding to a set of service advertisements indicative of capabilities of services hosted by respective host devices connected to the network device. Examples herein include determining, a set of neighbor network devices corresponding to the network device, based on radio frequency (RF) data in the network and a predefined set of policies associated with each of the set of records. Examples herein further include sending the set of records to the set of the neighbor network devices, where each of the set of neighbor network devices is to serve service discovery requests based on the set of records.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide an assisted network change service. A network device stores a record of network resources for a customer network and generates, based on the record, a visual representation of the network topology for a selected site of the customer network. The network device receives, from the customer, input for a change to configuration parameters of one of the network resources and verifies if the change to the configuration parameters is compatible with other settings in the customer network. When the change to the configuration parameters is compatible with other settings in the customer network, the network device generates a change request based on the configuration parameters and invokes provisioning to implement the change request for the customer network.

Abstract: Electronic conferences can often be the source of frustration and wasted resources as participants may be forced to contend with extraneous sounds, such as conversations not intended for the conference, provided by an endpoint that should be muted. Similarly, participants may speak with the intention of providing their speech to the conference but speak while their associated endpoint is muted. As a result, the conference may be awkward and lack a productive flow while erroneously muted or non-muted endpoints are addressed. By detecting erroneous audio settings, endpoints can be prompted or automatically corrected to have the appropriate audio state.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments, there is provided an operating method of an application function (AF) in a wireless communication system that includes: transmitting, to a network exposure function (NEF), a Nnef_EventExposure_Subscribe message including an address of a user equipment (UE) to request a subscription of a user plane function (UPF) event exposure service for the UE; and receiving, from the NEF, a Nnef_EventExposure_Notify message including information on the UPF event exposure service for the UE.

Abstract: A method for distributing network function (NF) high availability (HA) topology information in a core network includes, at an NF repository function (NRF) including at least one processor, receiving, from a plurality of producer NFs in an NF set, NFRegister requests including NF HA topology information for the producer NFs. The method further includes registering the producer NFs and storing the NF HA topology information for the producer NFs. The method further includes receiving, from a consumer NF or service communication proxy (SCP), an NFDiscover request containing at least one service discovery parameter that corresponds to a service provided by the producer NFs. The method further includes responding to the NFDiscover request by generating an NFDiscover response, including, in the NFDiscover response, the NF HA topology information for the producer NFs, and transmitting the NFDiscover response to the consumer NF or SCP.

Abstract: Techniques for capacity management in provider networks using dynamic host device instance type reconfigurations are described. A fleet reconfiguration service performs runtime reconfiguration of slots of host electronic devices that are available to execute compute instances, while the electronic devices may execute other compute instances, to dynamically change the type and/or numbers of slots of the electronic devices available for compute instance execution.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for capturing and utilizing context data in virtual assistant communication sessions. A chat-based communication session is established between a virtual assistant application and a remote device. An event manager captures a first data event of the virtual assistant application. A parent software application receives the first data event and selects one or more session context data elements using a callback function of the first data event. The event manager captures a second data event of the parent software application comprising the session context data elements. The virtual assistant receives the second data event and inserts one or more messages comprising the session context data elements from the second data event into the chat-based communication session.

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein are directed to identifying health assessment data of a set of computing instances of a distributed computing system. The health assessment data may be collected from the computing instances and stored in a first distributed cache. When a request for health assessment data for one or more computing instances is received, the health assessment data may be retrieved from the first distributed cache, provided to the requesting entity, and stored in a second distributed cache. A subsequent request may cause new health assessment data to be retrieved from the first distributed cache and compared to the stored data of the second distributed cache. Changes in the health assessment data may be identified and data indicating those changes may be provided in response to the subsequent request. One or more remedial actions may be performed in response to the health assessment data obtained.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the processing of network data. During operation, the system causes for display, on a computer system, a graphical user interface (GUI) for obtaining configuration information for configuring the generation of time-series event data from network packets captured by one or more remote capture agents. Next, the system causes for display, in the GUI, a first set of user-interface elements for managing one or more ephemeral event streams that contain temporarily generated time-series event data from the network packets, wherein managing the one or more ephemeral event streams comprises modifying an end time for terminating the capture of time-series event data in an ephemeral event stream. The system then updates the configuration information based on input received through the first set of user-interface elements.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables the use of adaptive durations when alerting users about communication session requests. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying a first request to establish a first communication session with a first endpoint and determining a first duration for alerting a first user of the first endpoint about the first request based on information about the first request. The method further provides alerting the first user about the first request in accordance with the first duration.

Abstract: Integrating proxies within an integration environment can be implemented as a computer-implemented method. Deployment of integration content to integrate with a destination system having a destination system configuration is determined. The integration content has a destination configuration that is incompatible with the destination system configuration. In response to determining that the integration content has the destination configuration that is incompatible with the destination system configuration, the integration content is dynamically modified to integrate with a black box integration content having a black box source address and having a destination configuration as the destination system configuration. The modified integration content is integrated to the destination system through the generated black box integration content.

Abstract: Described herein is an example apparatus for skipping a portion of content during streaming of the content to a display device, where the portion is of little or no interest to the user. The apparatus includes a memory having a database stored therein. The database stores metadata relating to the content. The metadata includes an index, where the index stores pointers to portions of the content. The apparatus includes a processor that is communicatively coupled to the memory. In operation, the processor streams the content for display on the display device. When the processor determines an end of a teaser portion has been reached in the stream of the content to the display device, it enables a skip command. Responsive to enabling the skip command, the processor receives command input from the user to skip a title sequence/opening credits portion of the content.

Abstract: A method for obtaining and maintaining Internet protocol (IP) address pools and using the IP address pools to respond to IP address allocation requests from service management functions (SMFs) includes, at an IP address provider microservice implemented using at least one processor, obtaining from dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) servers, a plurality of IP addresses and corresponding IP address leases and storing the IP addresses in IP address pools. The steps further include maintaining the IP address leases. The method further includes receiving, from an SMF, a request for allocation of an IP address. The method further includes allocating one of the IP addresses from one of the pools to the SMF. The method further includes communicating the IP address to the SMF.

Abstract: Methods and systems for supporting efficient load balancing among a plurality of switches and a plurality of end nodes arranged in a tree topology in a network environment. The methods and systems can sort the plurality of end nodes, wherein the plurality of end nodes are sorted in a decreasing order of a receive weight. The method and system may further route, in the decreasing order of receive weights, the plurality of end nodes, wherein the routing comprises selecting at least one down-going port and at least one up-going port. Further, the method and system can increase an accumulated downward weight on each selected down-going port by the receive weight of the routed end node, and increase an accumulated upward weight on each selected up-going port by the receive weight of the routed end node.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting a gesture made via a display of a first computing device during display of a message comprising first media content, determining that the gesture triggers a second graphical user interface to respond to the message by opening a camera view to capture a second media content, and based on determining that the gesture triggers the second graphical user interface, causing the second graphical user interface to display on the display of the first computing device comprising the camera view. The systems and methods further provide for detecting capture of the second media content via the second graphical user interface comprising the camera view and sending a reply message comprising the second media content in response to the first message.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically determining supported capabilities in server hardware devices are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes identifying multiple hardware devices associated with at least one server; determining one or more capabilities supported by at least a portion of the multiple identified hardware devices by processing data related to the at least one server and one or more of the multiple identified hardware devices; comparing the one or more determined capabilities supported by at least a portion of the multiple identified hardware devices to one or more parameters of a user-designated server configuration; and performing at least one automated action based at least in part on comparing the one or more determined capabilities supported by at least a portion of the multiple identified hardware devices to the one or more parameters of the user-designated server configuration.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a first computing device detects a loss of a connection to a first source of timing information that the first computing device and a second computing device use to maintain synchronization with a first clock and a second clock. The first computing device receives a second source of timing information from the second computing device. The second source of timing information is also being transmitted to a third computing device. The first computing device uses the second source of timing information to determine a first timestamp and determines a second timestamp from the first clock. The first computing device uses the first timestamp and the second timestamp to adjust a rate of the first clock where the first clock is used to transmit the second source of timing information from the second computing device to the third computing device.

Abstract: Providing an interested party with network availability of certain devices may provide a method including one or more of receiving user requirements for a user device, identifying IoT devices based on a degree of matching between manufacturer-defined capabilities of the IoT devices and the user requirements, verifying the manufacturer-defined capabilities based on tests that expose risks with the manufacturer-defined capabilities of the IoT devices in comparison to current operating features of the IoT devices, determining that no single IoT device satisfies the user requirements based on the verifying, identifying a group of IoT devices which meet or exceed the user requirements, and outputting information about the group of IoT devices including information about exposed risks with manufacturer-defined capabilities of the group of IoT devices via a user interface which enables selection and use of IoT devices included within the group of IoT devices.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling using a cloud network and an apparatus for the same. The method includes generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of a tunneling system using an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of the tunneling system, generating a header of the outer packet, and transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL). The header includes an STL propagation delay time field indicating a reception wait time for an STL stream corresponding to the outer packet.

Abstract: The present application is directed towards systems and methods for application specific load-balancing for web servers. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of services executing on a plurality of servers, may receive a request from a client for an application. The device may identify an identifier for the application from a table comprising a list of applications and a corresponding identifier assigned to each application. In an embodiment, the device may establish one or more monitors to monitor each service to determine applications available on each service. In an embodiment, the device may determine that one or more services of the plurality of services provides the application and select a service from the one or more services to forward the request. The device may forward the request to the selected service.