Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for load management among a plurality of cells that overlap a sector within a Radio Access Network (RAN). In one embodiment, a system receives, at a machine learning system, input data for a sector of the RAN having a plurality of cells overlapping at the sector. The system processes the input data at the machine learning system to determine recommended load distribution parameters for the sector based on a machine learning model, where the recommended load distribution parameters are configured to maximize an aggregated user throughput of the sector. The system applies the recommended load distribution parameters in the sector to distribute users among the cells.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for load management among a plurality of cells that overlap a sector within a Radio Access Network (RAN). In one embodiment, a system performs sector throughput optimization over multiple optimization iterations of determining a total number of active users in the sector, determining a target number of users per cell that maximizes an aggregated user throughput of the sector where a sum of the target number of users per cell is equal to the total number of active users in the sector, determining recommended load distribution parameters for the sector based on the target number of users per cell that maximizes the aggregated user throughput of the sector, and applying the recommended load distribution parameters in the sector to distribute users among the cells.

Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for rendering soft shadows in an image or frame representing a 3D scene, comprising the steps, from a light's point of view, of detecting and creating a list of edges casting shadows, a list of soft shadow edges and a list of shadow volumes polygons; rendering said soft shadow edges into one or more sides of a cubemap, rendering said shadow volume polygons in combination with a stencil buffer to detect full shadowed areas; from a viewer's point of view rendering said scene with said cubemap applied while performing a stencil test operation for preventing the scene to be drawn in shadowed areas, to produce a soft shadowed image. In addition, the system supports the re-use of the shadow volumes and cubemap information for more than one frame.

Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for rendering soft shadows in an image or frame representing a 3D scene, comprising the steps, from a light's point of view, of detecting and creating a list of edges casting shadows, a list of soft shadow edges and a list of shadow volumes polygons; rendering said soft shadow edges into one or more sides of a cubemap, rendering said shadow volume polygons in combination with a stencil buffer to detect full shadowed areas; from a viewer's point of view rendering said scene with said cubemap applied while performing a stencil test operation for preventing the scene to be drawn in shadowed areas, to produce a soft shadowed image.