Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, system for tile-based video streaming using a proxy executing at a mobile edge cloud, which adaptively offloads decoding and merging of video tiles from mobile devices to the mobile edge cloud. A processing system including the proxy communicates with a video server and a client device. The proxy receives a request for video content from a client device; the request includes historical field of view (FoV) information. The proxy predicts a client FoV, requests video tiles from the server, downloads the tiles from the server, generates a video chunk by decoding and merging the downloaded tiles, and delivers the video chunk to the client device. The client device performs local decoding and rendering of the generated video chunk. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining image content over a communication network, determining a predicted viewpoint of a user associated with the image content, and adjusting the image content to equirectangular image content according to the predicted viewpoint. Further aspects can include downscaling the equirectangular image content according to a display capability of a mobile device resulting in a downscaled equirectangular image content, cropping the downscaled equirectangular image content resulting in a cropped equirectangular image content, and providing, over the communication network, the cropped equirectangular image content to the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments comprising obtaining a plurality of original frames for video content, receiving a first viewpoint from a mobile device, and processing the plurality of original frames according to the first viewpoint generating a plurality of first viewpoint frames. Further embodiments include providing the plurality of first viewpoint frames to the mobile device, generating a group of delta frames in response to receiving a change in viewpoint from the mobile device, and providing the group of delta frames to the mobile device. The mobile device processes a portion of the plurality of first viewpoint frames according to the group of delta frames to generate a group of second viewpoint frames and the mobile device presents the group of second viewpoint frames. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards wireless communications for vehicle collision response. Devices onboard vehicles can wirelessly exchange information in response to detecting a collision. Public encryption keys can be exchanged, and exchanged information can optionally be encrypted using a received public encryption key. Exchanged information can include vehicle identification information and collision information. The collision information can furthermore be certified using a vehicle's private encryption key.

Abstract: Given real-time user equipment (UE) measurements from an open radio access network (O-RAN) infrastructure, a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) can compute a UE distribution context space. The O-RAN can comprise gNode-Bs, centralized units, and distributed units. The UE distribution context space computations can be performed by a UE context correlator module of the RIC. The UE context correlator module can also utilize a pre-defined UE context model, which contains definitions and values for various UE context attributes to generate adaptive beam-forming patterns.

Abstract: Fast-aiding radio access network intelligent controllers (RICs) can assist other RICs that are experiencing performance issues. The system can take into account the availability of other RICs that can aid the RIC needing assistance. Therefore, multiple RICs cooperatively working together can generate synergies, and allow differentiated RICs to operate in both predefined and/or dynamically create RIC groups. Once a RIC that needs assistance is identified, other RICs can offload functionalities that are less important than the functionality of the RIC that is experiencing the performance issues. After the assisting RIC has offloaded its functionalities, it can then devote resources to the RIC that needs the assistance.

Abstract: A system for designing and executing control loops in a cloud environment includes a control platform implemented in the cloud environment having a data collection, analytics and events module, a policy module and an application controller module. The system includes a business process management application coupled to the control platform having a control loop designer module for designing a control loop template and a workflow engine for distributing the control loop template. The business process management application is coupled to the data collection analytics and events module of the control platform as well as the policy module in the application controller module to control platform. The control loop is activated by the control platform.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains a sample of a content stream directed to a user device, identifies a type of the content stream, and selects a model for recognizing objects appearing in the content stream. The system analyzes the content stream in accordance with the model to recognize the object, generates a label for the object, and associates the label with the object in the content stream. The system also delivers the content stream for presentation at the user device; the label is delivered in-line with respect to the content stream and is generated in real time with respect to the presentation. The method further includes training the model in accordance with a machine learning procedure; the model is refined based on the analyzing of the content stream. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, for a network application, identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a characteristic value of a performance characteristic associated with an uplink connection enabled via a network of a user equipment to application server equipment hosting the network application. The method can further include, based on the characteristic value and a criterion, selecting, by the system, a first packet size for the uplink connection. The method can further include communicating, by the system, to the user equipment, the first packet size for use with the uplink connection.

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, for a network application, identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a user equipment communicatively coupled to base station equipment via a first network connection implementing a first radio access technology and a second network connection implementing a second radio access technology. The method can further include identifying, by the system, performance characteristics of the first network connection and the second network connection. Further, the method can include, based on the first performance characteristic and the second performance characteristic, facilitating, by the system, allocating, to the user equipment, power for uplink transmission by the first network connection and the second network connection, resulting in an uplink power allocation.

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, for a network application, identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a first performance characteristic of first base station equipment, wherein the first base station equipment is actively communicating with a user equipment via a first network connection. The method can further include, based on the first performance characteristic being in a condition in relation to a first threshold, determining, by the system, to execute a handover of the user equipment to a second network connection with second base station equipment, resulting in a handover determination. Further, the method can include, based on the handover determination, facilitating, by the system, executing the handover of the user equipment to the second network connection.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards techniques to measure interaction latency. Interaction latency can be measured at a client device by measuring time intervals between user inputs and corresponding feedback, such as video frames responsive to the user inputs. Feedback can comprise communication bursts received at the client device. The communication bursts can be detected and correlated with user inputs in order to measure interaction latency. Feedback can also comprise video response features which are responsive to the user inputs. Received video frames can be analyzed to discover response features, and video frames including the response features can be correlated with user inputs in order to measure interaction latency.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards intelligent dual-connectivity for non-standalone network nodes. Network nodes can report state information to a central controller, such as a radio access network intelligent controller. The controller can determine, based on the state information reported by multiple network nodes, network nodes to cooperate in non-standalone mode. The controller can provide the network nodes with instructions to implement the controller's non-standalone relationship determinations.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards dynamic spread spectrum (DSS) deployments, in which two cells such as an LTE cell and a new radio (NR) cell share available physical resource blocks. In one implementation, the LTE cell and NR cell each periodically report spectral efficiency data and pending packet data to a controller, such as a RAN intelligent controller, or RIC. The controller uses the reported data, possibly along with biasing weight data, to allocate the total number of available shared spectrum resource blocks to the LTE and NR cells, for use in scheduling their respective user equipment communications until the next reporting period. The resource blocks allocated to the LTE cell do not collide with the resource blocks allocated to the NR cell, such as by top-down, bottom-up frequency division, or via an allocation bitmap sent to each cell.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining image content over a communication network, determining a predicted viewpoint of a user associated with the image content, and adjusting the image content to equirectangular image content according to the predicted viewpoint. Further aspects can include downscaling the equirectangular image content according to a display capability of a mobile device resulting in a downscaled equirectangular image content, cropping the downscaled equirectangular image content resulting in a cropped equirectangular image content, and providing, over the communication network, the cropped equirectangular image content to the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments comprising obtaining a plurality of original frames for video content, receiving a first viewpoint from a mobile device, and processing the plurality of original frames according to the first viewpoint generating a plurality of first viewpoint frames. Further embodiments include providing the plurality of first viewpoint frames to the mobile device, generating a group of delta frames in response to receiving a change in viewpoint from the mobile device, and providing the group of delta frames to the mobile device. The mobile device processes a portion of the plurality of first viewpoint frames according to the group of delta frames to generate a group of second viewpoint frames and the mobile device presents the group of second viewpoint frames. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards a transport protocol for latency sensitive applications. The disclosed transport protocol is “semi-reliable” in that it allows for specification of an importance of data being transmitted, thereby allowing important data to be sent reliably, while other data can be dropped if necessary, e.g., under bad network conditions. A deadline can be specified for such other data, and if the other data cannot be sent prior to the deadline, it can be dropped. Furthermore, the disclosed transport protocol can allow for early discovery of network jitter. A client device can send regular acknowledgments which identify most recently received data packets as well as a number of “heartbeat transmissions” received at the client device. A server device can use the acknowledgments to discover and respond to jitter.

Abstract: Fast-aiding radio access network intelligent controllers (RICs) can assist other RICs that are experiencing performance issues. The system can take into account the availability of other RICs that can aid the RIC needing assistance. Therefore, multiple RICs cooperatively working together can generate synergies, and allow differentiated RICs to operate in both predefined and/or dynamically create RIC groups. Once a RIC that needs assistance is identified, other RICs can offload functionalities that are less important than the functionality of the RIC that is experiencing the performance issues. After the assisting RIC has offloaded its functionalities, it can then devote resources to the RIC that needs the assistance.

Abstract: An intelligent determination of a set of candidate handover-beams for a radio access network (RAN) can be facilitated by a RAN intelligent controller (RIC). The RIC can obtain data associated with user equipment devices and their current state, historical patterns, and a current state of serving network node devices and neighboring network node devices. Based on the obtained data, a handover procedure can be optimized by the user equipment by estimating the signal quality from a source cell and neighboring cells. Additionally, the user equipment can send measurement reports to the network to identify and quantify the quality of reference signals transmitted by the network node devices.

Abstract: Facilitating geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise establishing, by a system comprising a processor, a first communication link between a first network device and group of devices connected via a private network connection. The method also can comprise establishing, by the system, a second communication link between the first network device and a second network device. The second network device can be included in a group of network devices associated with a communication network provider. Further, the second network device can facilitate communication with a communication device.