Abstract: A communication apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes a position information management unit (11) configured to manage a distribution area used in a mobile communication system and position information indicating a position of a communication terminal connected to an access system different from the mobile communication system while associating the distribution area with the position information, a communication terminal management unit (12) configured to manage the communication terminal and a distribution area to which the communication terminal belongs while associating the communication terminal with the distribution area based on positional information indicating a current position of the communication terminal, and a communication unit (13) configured to, when it receives distribution data for which the distribution area is designated as its distribution destination, transmit the distribution data, whose distribution destination has been changed to the communication terminal associ

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry. The at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to send, to a network entity acting as a data provider, at least one request to subscribe to or modify at least one data collection service. The request comprises a mute notification indication indicating that data collected by the at least one data collection service are to be buffered, and a transmission to the data consumer is to be suspended, until a predetermined condition is satisfied. The condition comprises one of a time indication and threshold, and an indication of a procedure to be conducted by the data provider when an exception condition is detected during at least one data collection service.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, method and computer program for an apparatus for a first policy control function, that causes to apparatus to: receive, from a session management function, a request for a policy to be established for a session for a subscriber, wherein the subscriber is subscribed in a second domain and the first policy control function is configured to operate in a first domain; determine a policy for the requested session, the determined policy comprising an indication of an allowed usage for the subscriber and at least one trigger condition for the policy to be updated; signal the at least one trigger condition to the session management function; and monitor the allowed usage for the subscriber by updating the policy in response to receipt of an indication that the at least one trigger condition has been met.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by a communication network element or communication network function configured to operate as an analytics entity and having an analytics logical function. The apparatus is caused to: receive a request, from a service consumer, for provision of a custom analytics service, process data retrieved from the request for determining whether a model for providing the requested custom analytics service is prepared, and in case the determination is negative, determine and select a model training entity having a model training logical function which is able to create a model for custom analytics and has access to data required for the requested custom analytics service, request, from the selected model training entity, to obtain a trained model capable of providing the requested custom analytics service and forward the information specifying the custom analytics service to the selected model training entity.

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing inference-aware ML (machine learning) model provisioning, e.g. to support network data analytics, in a mobile/wireless communication system. Such measures exemplarily comprise that ML model request information, including model-related information indicating one or more properties of a requested ML model and inference-related information indicating one or more properties of execution of inference based on the requested ML model, is provided from a first network entity (representing a service consumer of a network data analytics service) to a second network entity (representing a service provider of the network data analytics service), the second network entity specifies an ML model to be provisioned based on the ML model request information, and ML model information about the specified ML model is provided from the second network entity to the first network entity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate product comprising at least 10 wt. % of the coated acetate particles having the following characteristics: (a) comprising one or more carrier particles containing at least 80 wt. % of sodium acetate component selected from sodium acetate hydrates, sodium acetate anhydrous and combinations thereof; (b) comprising a coating layer that covers the one or more carrier particles, said coating layer containing at least 60 wt. % of potassium acetate; (c) containing potassium and sodium in a molar ratio of 0.4:1 to 5:1; and (d) a particle size in the range of 40 to 1,000 ?m. The coated acetate particles in the particulate product are very stable, even though the potassium acetate in the coating layer is in direct contact with the surrounding atmosphere. The particulate product can suitably be used in the preparation of foodstuffs and beverages.

Abstract: A method of the invention manages data stream processing tasks of an application topology in a stream processing system, the stream processing system having one or more data producers, one or more compute nodes, and one or more result consumers, includes: assigning geographic scope granularities to the data stream processing tasks of the application topology; receiving, by a task manager from a result consumer of the one or more result consumers, a subscription in order to trigger data processing for computing a result, the subscription including geographic scope related information concerning the triggered data processing]; generating, by the task manager based on the geographic scope related information of the subscription, an execution plan including task instances for performing the triggered data processing; and generating, by the task manager from the execution plan, a deployment plan for deploying the task instances of the execution plan on the compute nodes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate product comprising at least 10 wt. % of the coated lactate particles having the following characteristics: comprising one or more carrier particles containing at least 80 wt. % of calcium lactate component selected from calcium lactate hydrates, calcium lactate anhydrous and combinations thereof; comprising a coating layer that covers the one or more carrier particles, said coating layer containing at least 60 wt. % of sodium lactate; containing sodium and calcium in a molar ratio of 2.1:1 to 5:1; and a particle size in the range of 120 to 1,200 ?m. The coated lactate particles in the particulate product are very stable, even though the sodium lactate in the coating layer is in direct contact with the surrounding atmosphere. The particulate product can suitably be used in the preparation of foodstuffs and beverages.

Abstract: A platform host for deploying a runtime adaptable application has in-line application scope parameters and is capable of interacting with code selection logic when executed. The platform host includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the platform host to: instantiate the code selection logic in an execution platform, the code selection logic being based, at least in part, on the in-line application scope parameters; determine values of platform configuration parameters at runtime, and execute the runtime adaptable application based on the code selection logic and the values of the platform configuration parameters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate acidulant composition comprising 20-70 wt. % malic acid, 3-40 wt. % lactic acid and 0-40 wt. % of food acid selected from citric acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid and acetic acid and combinations thereof, wherein the acidulant composition comprises: 40-90 wt. % of M-particles comprising co-crystal of malic acid and partially neutralized polycarboxylic acid selected from malic acid, citric acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid, and combinations thereof, said M-particles containing at least 30 wt. % malic acid and at least 30 wt. % of the partially neutralized polycarboxylic acid; 5-60 wt. % of L-particles comprising co-crystal of lactic acid and at least partially neutralized carboxylic acid selected from lactic acid, malic acid, citric acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid, and combinations thereof, said L-particles containing at least 30 wt. % lactic acid and at least 30 wt.

Abstract: A method for supporting data upload, performed according to an upload schedule, from a mobile gateway device to a backend, includes: reporting, by gateway devices, connectivity information of the gateway devices to a connectivity registry; computing, by the connectivity registry, connectivity patterns based on the connectivity information; retrieving, by a mobile gateway device, one or more of the connectivity patterns for one or more channels for use by the mobile gateway device, based on location information of the mobile gateway device, the retrieved connectivity patterns being selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry; and determining, by the mobile gateway device, a preemptive upload schedule for uploading data from the mobile gateway device to the backend such that the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted based on the retrieved connectivity patterns.

Abstract: A method for supporting stream processing framework functionality in a stream processing system, the stream processing system including one or more input modules, a stream processing platform, and computing nodes, includes deploying, by the stream processing platform using the input modules, tasks of at least one stream processing topology on the computing nodes based on both stream processing topology-related information and stream processing topology-external information. The method additionally includes preparing and executing, by the stream processing platform, the tasks of the at least one stream processing topology on the computing nodes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate product comprising at least 10 wt. % of the coated acetate particles having the following characteristics: (a) comprising one or more carrier particles containing at least 80 wt. % of sodium acetate component selected from sodium acetate hydrates, sodium acetate anhydrous and combinations thereof; (b) comprising a coating layer that covers the one or more carrier particles, said coating layer containing at least 60 wt. % of potassium acetate; (c) containing potassium and sodium in a molar ratio of 0.4:1 to 5:1; and (d) a particle size in the range of 40 to 1,000 ?m. The coated acetate particles in the particulate product are very stable, even though the potassium acetate in the coating layer is in direct contact with the surrounding atmosphere. The particulate product can suitably be used in the preparation of foodstuffs and beverages.

Abstract: A method for deploying application components to Information Technology (IT) resources using an application platform controller includes requesting a network slice for the application components from a network controller. Priority values are assigned to the application components defining an order in which the application components are planned to be deployed. The application components are deployed sequentially, using the priority values, to host sites of the IT resources using information from the network controller including existing registrations of users of the application to an access network of the host sites such that replicas of the application components are provided at the host sites which provide a minimum latency with respect to a location of the users.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate product comprising at least 10 wt. % of the coated lactate particles having the following characteristics: comprising one or more carrier particles containing at least 80 wt. % of calcium lactate component selected from calcium lactate hydrates, calcium lactate anhydrous and combinations thereof; comprising a coating layer that covers the one or more carrier particles, said coating layer containing at least 60 wt. % of sodium lactate; containing sodium and calcium in a molar ratio of 2.1:1 to 5:1; and a particle size in the range of 120 to 1,200 ?m. The coated lactate particles in the particulate product are very stable, even though the sodium lactate in the coating layer is in direct contact with the surrounding atmosphere. The particulate product can suitably be used in the preparation of foodstuffs and beverages.

Abstract: A method for the transmission and adaption of data can include the steps of generating generic requirement documents, identifying a plurality of suitable communication patterns on the basis of the generic requirement documents, determining currently available transport options and their service quality across at least one communication network, and selecting a communication pattern from a plurality of suitable communication patterns based on the network transmission qualities of the at least one communication network. The method can utilize a first functional layer and a second functional layer that are integrated between a software application layer and a network access layer that each receive input documents that are independent of each other. The input documents of the second functional layer can contain transport-related information while the input documents of the first functional layer can contain application-related information.

Abstract: A platform host for deploying a runtime adaptable application has in-line application scope parameters and is capable of interacting with code selection logic when executed. The platform host includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the platform host to: instantiate the code selection logic in an execution platform, the code selection logic being based, at least in part, on the in-line application scope parameters; determine values of platform configuration parameters at runtime, and execute the runtime adaptable application based on the code selection logic and the values of the platform configuration parameters.

Abstract: A method for managing data in a system includes a data filtering. Value information is quantized for each of one or more different filters according to a Quality of Information (QoI) assessment of data and related to a corresponding one of the filters. Data amount filtering information is determined for each of the value information indicating an amount of information to be filtered. Filter information is provided for each of the filters being used for filtering, the filter information including the determined data amount filtering information and category assignment information, wherein the category assignment information indicates an assignment of a respective one of the filters to a respective one of a plurality of predefined, appropriate data categories. Current importance category information is provided for at least one of the data categories and a common calculation procedure is applied for the filters.

Abstract: A method of orchestrating control actions of controllers includes receiving requirements and, from each of an access network controller, a core network controller and an application platform controller, techniques of the respective controller, respective impacts of application of the techniques on the requirements and triggers addressable by the respective techniques. An initial synergy profile is generated using this information. In regular intervals or based on activation of a trigger, a handling procedure is run so as to identify techniques to be applied. The handling procedure considers the techniques and the respective impacts of application of the techniques an endangered requirement(s). Instructions to implement the respective identified techniques are sent to the respective belonging controllers. The synergy profile is updated based on changes resulting from the application of the techniques.

Abstract: A method generates a virtual thing for a machine-to-machine application of a machine-to-machine system. The system includes a management function, a mashup-manager and one or more database connected to the system. The database provides one or more member resources for the machine-to-machine applications. The management function sends a request for generating a virtual thing to the mashup-manager. The mashup-manager initiates the generation of the requested virtual thing based on the information provided in the request on at least one of the databases. The request for generating the virtual thing includes virtual thing generation information comprising: member resource information, a predefined query for collecting data from the member resource according to the member resource information and semantic logic information for performing logic on the collected data.