Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure may provide technology for detecting bee population health. In some embodiments, an image of a beehive may be received, the image may be partitioned into a plurality of sub-images, a trained model may be applied to the plurality of sub-images to generate a plurality of bee density maps corresponding to the plurality of sub-images, and a bee population estimate may be generated from the plurality of bee density maps. In some embodiments, the trained model may comprise a convolutional neural network. In some embodiments, a training image of bees may be obtained, the training image may be annotated by associating each bee with a pixel coordinate, and a training density map comprising normalized distributions associated with the bee pixel coordinates may be generated.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of operating a service provider network node in a service provider network, comprising: establishing an interface between a control plane processing part and a data plane processing part for routing of control packets at the data plane processing part; at the control plane processing part, generating a control packet for routing through the service provider network; and at the control plane processing part, sending the control packet to the data plane processing part via the interface, to cause the data plane processing part to route the control packet through the service provider network using the one or more routing tables maintained by the data plane processing part in response to receiving the control packet from the control plane processing part via the interface.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of operating a service provider network node in a service provider network, comprising: establishing an interface between a control plane processing part and a data plane processing part for routing of control packets at the data plane processing part; at the control plane processing part, generating a control packet for routing through the service provider network; and at the control plane processing part, sending the control packet to the data plane processing part via the interface, to cause the data plane processing part to route the control packet through the service provider network using the one or more routing tables maintained by the data plane processing part in response to receiving the control packet from the control plane processing part via the interface.