Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of transport networks, packet-based network systems, and load balancing in such network systems. More specifically, the load balancing is performed on a network cycle level. The present disclosure provides a network device for cycle-based load balancing, configured to obtain a load balancing policy comprising an input cycle identifier and an associated output identifier. The network device is further configured to obtain a network packet in an input cycle of the network device, determine an output of the network device based on the input cycle, the input cycle identifier, and the associated output identifier, and provide the network packet to the output of the network device.

Abstract: A control device for a software programmable network including one or more nodes and supporting traffic of guaranteed quality of service, QoS, and best-effort, BE, traffic with a predetermined resource distribution between guaranteed QoS and BE service classes, comprises: a processing circuitry configured to determine a new resource distribution between guaranteed QoS and BE service classes different from the predetermined resource distribution according to a demand for QoS service, to calculate, for each node, a new configuration indicating the new resource distribution, and to calculate, for each entry node to the network among the one or more nodes, a label distribution sequence indicating one or more label distributions with associated activation timing information so as to reduce jitter or packet loss; and a transceiver configured to transmit the new configurations to respective nodes, and to transmit the label distribution sequences to respective entry nodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for a traffic forwarding network device and proposes a solution for imbalance issues by adapting load balancing to real traffic conditions. The network device tries to solve imbalance issues locally by readjusting the traffic of problematic flows and in case the issues cannot be solved locally, notifies a central network controller to reconfigure the network in order to solve the imbalance issue.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for determining multiple disjoint constrained paths in a communications network are disclosed. The method includes selecting upper bounds QoS metrics for each path in a disjoint combination of paths having two or more disjoint paths between a source node and a destination node; determining a minimum-cost disjoint path combination, and a minimum-QoS metric disjoint path combination; computing a maximum QoS metric by summing the QoS metrics of each minimum-cost path in the minimum-cost disjoint path combination, and computing a minimum QoS metric by summing the QoS metrics of each minimum-QoS metric path in the minimum-QoS metric disjoint path combination.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for determining multiple disjoint constrained paths in a communications network are disclosed. The method includes selecting upper bounds QoS metrics for each path in a disjoint combination of paths having two or more disjoint paths between a source node and a destination node; determining a minimum-cost disjoint path combination, and a minimum-QoS metric disjoint path combination; computing a maximum QoS metric by summing the QoS metrics of each minimum-cost path in the minimum-cost disjoint path combination, and computing a minimum QoS metric by summing the QoS metrics of each minimum-QoS metric path in the minimum-QoS metric disjoint path combination.

Abstract: The method for configuring a network of deposited wireless sensors. In certain aspects, these methods include defining performance criteria forming constraints, with associated threshold values, and at least one performance criterion to be optimized, for at least one zone to be equipped with nodes, each performance criterion being defined by a model; defining for said or each zone; the allocation to said or each zone to be equipped, a number of nodes; applying an optimization process per zone on said or each zone; increasing the number of nodes or modifying the performance criteria defined in said or each zone where the performance criteria are not met and reproducing in these zones the optimization process per zone with the new number of nodes or the new performance criteria, and applying the configuration determined at each node in said or each zone.

Abstract: The method for configuring a network of deposited wireless sensors. In certain aspects, these methods include defining performance criteria forming constraints, with associated threshold values, and at least one performance criterion to be optimized, for at least one zone to be equipped with nodes, each performance criterion being defined by a model; defining for said or each zone; the allocation to said or each zone to be equipped, a number of nodes; applying an optimization process per zone on said or each zone; increasing the number of nodes or modifying the performance criteria defined in said or each zone where the performance criteria are not met and reproducing in these zones the optimization process per zone with the new number of nodes or the new performance criteria, and applying the configuration determined at each node in said or each zone.