Abstract: According to various embodiments, a social mobile data sharing platform (SMDSP) is disclosed. The SMDSP includes a data sharing onboarding portal (DSOP) configured to onboard one or more social entities for offering mobile connectivity to one or more sponsees. The SMDSP further includes a shared data pool service configured to aggregate mobile data from one or more contributing sponsors. The SMDSP additionally includes an artificial intelligence (AI) server configured to evaluate a volume of mobile data to be granted to the sponsees from the shared data pool service to be offered by the one or more social entities. The evaluation is based on at least one of country of the sponsee, socio-economic background of the sponsee, and serving network operator of the sponsee.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an open phone device providing free access to subscribers upon purchase of the device is disclosed. The device may be a mobile device. The device may further include device layer capabilities allowing subscribers to purchase the device at a subsidized cost without any recurring monthly expenses. The device may further include a single integrated service offered to customers to purchase the device and use free data services. The device may be pre-loaded with free data apps.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, disclosed herein is a system for delivering content to a plurality of subscriber mobile devices. The system includes Mobile Acceleration Client (MAC) that provides common services to third party mobile apps enabling app and mobile web acceleration. This background service interacts with a server side gateway, referred to herein as a Mobile Acceleration Gateway (MAG), which performs acceleration of connections and gathers intelligence about downloaded content through crowd sourcing. Intelligence in the MAG is used to identify the most popular content in apps and websites, as well as provide a cache for such content for improving server side efficiency in delivering such content.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for granting available network capacity to mobile devices. The system locates a mobile device's cell based on its location and classifies the cell, and its associated carriers and sectors, based on different properties like busy level, bandwidth, and RF data in real time at different times of the day. Varying types of network cells with under-utilized capacity are identified using a cloud-based system to provide an online trigger to nearby mobile users to utilize the network capacity for any kind of data usage. Models are used to infer device RF conditions and details of network cellular parameters under consideration to dynamically improve the service in a heterogeneous crowd-sourced environment.

Abstract: A wireless communication system and method for use with radio access network with a plurality of client devices are disclosed. The system includes a scheduling controller including a processor configured to receive session information from the radio access network for each client device. The session information includes a utility associated with each session. The scheduling controller is configured to generate a schedule for a spectrum valley based on the session information.

Abstract: A data communication system configured to determine and coordinate loading in a mobile network with plurality of client devices. The system includes a control server coupled the client devices. The control server has a probe control function that transmits a downlink (DL) probe with an updated client probing profile to each client device. The client device has a client probing control engine that gathers network measurement information for transmission to the control server and generates uplink (UL) probes containing the network measurement information including, radio access network (RAN) metrics, DL probe measurements for transmission to the control server based on the client probing profile. The control server receives the UL probes from the client devices and determines the system load based on the measurement information, the control server updates client scheduling information based on the system load and transmits the client scheduling information to the plurality of client devices.

Abstract: A system configured to generate a utilization metric using a plurality of client devices coupled to a network server is disclosed. The system includes a channel condition monitor and a probe packet coordinator located on each client device, the channel condition monitor being configured to gather channel information, the probe packet coordinator being configured to format a packet train containing the channel information, the probe packet coordinator being configured to schedule or control the transmission timing of the packet train. The system also includes a network congestion calculator located at the network server, the network congestion calculator being configured to receive the packet train from each client device and generate a utilization metric based on the packet train received from each client device.

Abstract: A data communication system configured to determine and coordinate loading in a mobile network with plurality of client devices. The system includes a control server coupled the client devices. The control server has a probe control function that transmits a downlink (DL) probe with an updated client probing profile to each client device. The client device has a client probing control engine that gathers network measurement information for transmission to the control server and generates uplink (UL) probes containing the network measurement information including, radio access network (RAN) metrics, DL probe measurements for transmission to the control server based on the client probing profile. The control server receives the UL probes from the client devices and determines the system load based on the measurement information, the control server updates client scheduling information based on the system load and transmits the client scheduling information to the plurality of client devices.

Abstract: A wireless communication system and method for use with radio access network with a plurality of client devices are disclosed. The system includes a scheduling controller including a processor configured to receive session information from the radio access network for each client device. The session information includes a utility associated with each session. The scheduling controller is configured to generate a schedule for a spectrum valley based on the session information.

Abstract: A system configured to generate a utilization metric using a plurality of client devices coupled to a network server is disclosed. The system includes a channel condition monitor and a probe packet coordinator located on each client device, the channel condition monitor being configured to gather channel information, the probe packet coordinator being configured to format a packet train containing the channel information, the probe packet coordinator being configured to schedule or control the transmission timing of the packet train. The system also includes a network congestion calculator located at the network server, the network congestion calculator being configured to receive the packet train from each client device and generate a utilization metric based on the packet train received from each client device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for directing messages through a network wherein multiple tables for directing messages through the network are maintained and provided. Each table corresponds to a virtual private network and contains routing information specific to that virtual private network. A separate routing table is maintained for each VPN. In one embodiment the messages are forwarded using plain IP forwarding using a route table associated with the VPN. In another embodiment separate forwarding tables using labels are generated for each virtual private network. The messages are forwarded by looking up the label in the table corresponding to the VPN In a third embodiment, a single forwarding table is utilized where the table is built based on separate routing tables for each virtual private network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating congestion control information between dissimilar protocols operating in heterogeneous internetworks at different layers of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) 7 layer conceptual model for data networking. The method and apparatus provides direct end-to-end congestion control at the Transport layer across a TCP/IP and ATM internetwork utilizing ATM ABR and TCP sliding window flow control mechanisms. A network device that interconnects TCP/IP and ATM data networks for communication of data communicates network congestion detected by a protocol operating in the ATM data network to a heterogeneous protocol operating in the TCP/IP data network. The network device receives TCP data packets and stores them in a queue.

Abstract: A method for distributing label binding information, e.g., a binding between a label and a network layer route, in a label switching environment using the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Opaque Link State Advertisement (LSA) option protocol. The binding information is included in an application specific field following the LSA header. LS type 9 LSA packets are used to limit the flooding scope to the local network segments attached to the label switch. Address prefix information, i.e., network address and subnet mask, are transmitted and associated with a label in the application specific field of the Opaque LSA packet. The Opaque LSA packets are exchanged between a group of interconnected Opaque LSA capable label switches so that the label switches can maintain their label forwarding tables and routing tables as necessary to forward data packets according to a label swapping forwarding paradigm.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating congestion control information between dissimilar protocols operating in heterogeneous internetworks at different layers of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) 7 layer conceptual model for data networking. The method and apparatus provides direct end-to-end congestion control at the Transport layer across a TCP/IP and ATM internetwork utilizing ATM ABR and TCP sliding window flow control mechanisms. A network device that interconnects TCP/IP and ATM data networks for communication of data communicates network congestion detected by a protocol operating in the ATM data network to a heterogeneous protocol operating in the TCP/IP data network. The network device receives TCP data packets and stores them in a queue.