Abstract: The present invention relates to novel protein pores and their uses in analyte detection and characterisation. The invention particularly relates to an isolated pore complex formed by a CsgG-like pore and a modified CsgF peptide, or a homologue or mutant thereof, thereby incorporating an additional channel constriction or reader head in the nanopore. The invention further relates to a transmembrane pore complex and methods for production of the pore complex and for use in molecular sensing and nucleic acid sequencing applications.

Abstract: Provided is a method of characterising a polynucleotide using a transmembrane pore, wherein the pore is a double pore comprising a first Csg G pore, or a homologue thereof, and second CsgG pore, or a homologue thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein enable distribution of a Charging Function group identifier (“CHF-Group-ID”) and other CHF selection data to CHF consumers during Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment in a 5G network. A Unified Data Repository (UDR) is provisioned with CHF-Group-ID details for each subscriber of the network. In one aspect, during PDU session establishment, CHF consumers obtain CHF-Group-ID information as part of a subscriber profile that is provided to all CHF consumers. No additional step or hop is needed for the CHF consumers to obtain the CHF-Group-ID. Thus, regionally segmented CHFs can be implemented without replication of data between CHFs in different regional segments and without additional signaling between network functions.

Abstract: Disclosed are peptides exhibiting betagalactosidase enzyme activity as well as dairy products comprising them and related methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions, such as dairy products.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include an electronic system assembly including a first circuit board including a first set of electronic components. The electronic system assembly includes a first housing containing the first circuit board and a second circuit board including a second set of electronic components. The electronic system assembly further includes a first connector shield having first sidewalls defining a first cavity, the first sidewalls having a first end abutting a first surface of the first circuit board and a second end abutting a second surface of the second circuit board. A first electrical connection extends through the first cavity and electrically coupling the first set of electronic components with the second set of electronic components.

Abstract: A network function virtualization (NFV) orchestration service includes a centralized orchestration device and a multi-cluster container management (MCCM) platform. The centralized orchestration device stores a catalog of virtual network function descriptors (VNFDs) in an input language; generates, based on the catalog of VNFDs, intents for containerized network function (CNF) services; and stores the generated intents as blocks in a central intent database, wherein the blocks include an input data model for the CNF services. The MCCM platform includes one or more processors to receive and store a copy of the intent database; read design time policies from the copy of the intent database; and convert the input data model into a vendor-specific output data model in an output language.

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to a hybrid network slicing service. The hybrid network slicing service may enable the initial configuration of a network slice according to network slice requests that may include customized and user-specified network performance criteria. The hybrid network slicing service may enable network slice requests to specify selection of network resources and use/availability based on entity-based criteria including end device and/or application specific associations. The hybrid network slicing service may optimize network slice configurations and generate network slice templates.

Abstract: A device may receive application information of an application to be deployed in a cloud computing environment. The application information may include requirement information including information defining a compute requirement of the application, a storage requirement of the application, and a network connectivity requirement of the application, and first capability information identifying requested capabilities of the first set of devices. The device may receive second capability information identifying actual capabilities of the second set of devices. The device may compare the first capability information and the second capability information to determine a measure of similarity between the first capability information and the second capability information. The device may generate deployment information for deploying the application on a device, of the second set of devices, based on the measure of similarity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fermented milk-based product comprising a combination of low levels of lactose and stable levels of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) produced in-situ and methods thereof.

Abstract: A network function virtualization (NFV) orchestration service includes a centralized orchestration device and a multi-cluster container management (MCCM) platform. The centralized orchestration device stores a catalog of virtual network function descriptors (VNFDs) in an input language; generates, based on the catalog of VNFDs, intents for containerized network function (CNF) services; and stores the generated intents as blocks in a central intent database, wherein the blocks include an input data model for the CNF services. The MCCM platform includes one or more processors to receive and store a copy of the intent database; read design time policies from the copy of the intent database; and convert the input data model into a vendor-specific output data model in an output language.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for providing application notifications for computing application limitations. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items a merchant using a payment account and/or payment card, such as through a software application. An online transaction processor may provide a monitoring operation to enforce an electronic transaction processing limit on use of one or more account and/or payment limitations via the application. This limit may correspond to a processing limit or throttle, which may limit use of a spending limit in the application below a maximum amount of usage allowed. When the limit is utilized, the online transaction processor may determine that the throttle is approved or violated and may allow a user to configure such limitation through slidable and/or adjustable application icons and interfaces.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for providing application notifications for computing application limitations. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items a merchant using a payment account and/or payment card, such as through a software application. An online transaction processor may provide a monitoring operation to enforce an electronic transaction processing limit on use of one or more account and/or payment limitations via the application. This limit may correspond to a processing limit or throttle, which may limit use of a spending limit in the application below a maximum amount of usage allowed. When the limit is utilized, the online transaction processor may determine that the throttle is approved or violated and may allow a user to configure such limitation through slidable and/or adjustable application icons and interfaces.

Abstract: Network devices may be configured to execute computer-executable instructions to instantiate a deployable unit based on the instructions. The instructions may include a virtual network function (VNF) template that includes: a virtualized deployment unit (VDU) template that describes the deployable unit that includes containers; and a connection point template bound to the VDU template. The deployable unit may provide services of a network function in an access network or a core network. The deployable unit may include an interface defined by the connection point template.

Abstract: In some implementations, an orchestration system may receive information regarding a containerized network function (CNF) to be deployed. The orchestration system may obtain deployment information regarding requirements for deploying the CNF, wherein the requirements include one or more of a computing requirement, a memory requirement, or a network connectivity requirement. The orchestration system may provide a request to obtain one or more recommendations regarding one or more schedulers configured to deploy CNFs associated with the requirements. The orchestration system may obtain the one or more recommendations regarding the one or more schedulers based on providing the request.

Abstract: A device can determine, based on a first packet flow associated with a first user device and application identifiers associated with applications accessible by the first user device, that a first packet associated with the first packet flow is destined for a low-latency application having a specified latency range. The device can identify a first low-latency bearer that satisfies the specified latency range associated with the low-latency application. The device can map the first packet flow to the first low-latency bearer.

Abstract: A device associated with a network may receive a service profile for a network slice of the network, where the service profile includes one or more service characterizations of the network slice. The device may determine, based on thresholding rules and for each service characterization, whether the service characterization requires selection from a plurality of building blocks, to obtain a group of service characterizations requiring selection. The device may select, based on selection rules and for each service characterization of the group of service characterizations requiring selection, a building block from the plurality of building blocks, to obtain selected building blocks, where the selection rules map attributes of service characterizations to building blocks. The device may stack, based on stacking rules, the selected building blocks, to obtain a slice infrastructure for the network slice. The device may deploy the slice infrastructure for the network slice in the network.

Abstract: A system comprises one or more devices. The devices are configured to: receive a context associated with a flow of packets between a User Equipment device (UE) and a network slice in a wireless network; obtain one or more policy rules; apply the policy rules to the context and a model of a transport device to generate or update a map that assigns one or more contexts to queues within the transport device; and send the map to the transport device. The transport device is configured to: adjust parameters of the queues based on the map; shape traffic from each of the queues; schedule packets from the queues; and forward the scheduled packets.

Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request from a user equipment (UE) device to resolve a Domain Name System (DNS) query for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and determine that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL. The processor may be further configured to select to not resolve the DNS query in response to determining that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL and send an indication to the UE device that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL.

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to a hybrid network slicing service. The hybrid network slicing service may enable the initial configuration of a network slice according to network slice requests that may include customized and user-specified network performance criteria. The hybrid network slicing service may enable network slice requests to specify selection of network resources and use/availability based on entity-based criteria including end device and/or application specific associations. The hybrid network slicing service may optimize network slice configurations and generate network slice templates.

Abstract: A network device executes an account management function that pre-authorizes network service unit consumption by multiple subscribers that are members of a same, shared network service account. The account management function receives, from multiple charging systems distributed within the network, network unit consumption charges associated with each of the multiple subscribers, where the network device is centrally located within a network relative to multiple locations associated with the plurality of charging systems. The account management function updates a consumption counter for the same, shared network service account based on the network unit consumption charges associated with the multiple subscribers received from the multiple charging systems distributed within the network.