Abstract: An Isolating Transmission Line Transformer (ITLT) for use in a data communications system is provided, the transformer comprising: a substantially planar substrate formed of electrically insulative material having opposed first and second surfaces; a first port formed of two separate terminals provided at one part of the substrate; a second port formed of two separate terminals provided at a second part of the substrate; a first conductor connected in series to the first port and arranged as a single loop; a second conductor which is electrically isolated from the first conductor and connected in series to the second port, the second conductor being arranged as a single loop in a substantially opposite orientation to the first conductor; wherein the first and second ports and at least part of the first and second conductors are provided on the substrate surface(s); and a core arranged between the first and second ports to cover the majority of the first and second conductors.

Abstract: A processing device has a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of processors. During different phases of execution of a computer program, different processors are associated with different interfaces, such that the connectivity between processors and interfaces for the sending of egress data and the receiving of ingress data may change during execution of that computer program. The change in this connectivity is directed by the compiled code running on the processors. The compiled code selects which buses associated with which interfaces, given processors are to connect to for receipt of ingress data. Furthermore, the compiled code causes control messages to be sent to circuitry associated with the interfaces, so as to control which buses associated with which processors, given interfaces are to connect to.

Abstract: A multi-tile processing unit in which the tiles in the processing unit may be divided between two or more different external sync groups for performing barrier synchronisations. In this way, different sets of tiles of the same processing unit each sync with different sets of tiles external to that processing unit.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store information characterizing at least one run-time behavioural pattern, at least one processing core configured to perform a behavioural determination based at least partly on the stored information, concerning a network node, and to verify, as a response to a result of the behavioural determination, whether the network node is comprised on a list of valid network nodes.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic arrangement for dynamically and automatically controlling the usage of software components in connection with a network function virtualization (NFV) platform in a communications network comprising a mobile network, the arrangement comprising at least one data interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: obtaining first information indicative of instantiated virtualized network functions (VNF) and licences associated therewith, and second information indicative of a VNF licence that is available for allocation to an instance of a related VNF in accordance with terms and conditions as stipulated by the VNF licence; determining, based on the obtained first and second information, whether a licence currently allocated to an existing instance of a VNF, or

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store information characterizing network management actions that have occurred in the past, and at least one processing core configured to initiate a network management action based at least in part on the stored information, the network management action involving at least one virtualized network function.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store a list of virtualized network functions, VNFs, active in a first Network (101), and at least one processing core configured to process a request, originating in a second network (102), requesting to run a first VNF in the first network on behalf of the second network, and based at least partly on the request, to cause instantiation of the first VNF in the first network.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store a list of virtualized network functions, VNFs, active in a first Network (101), and at least one processing core configured to process a request, originating in a second network (102), requesting to run a first VNF in the first network on behalf of the second network, and based at least partly on the request, to cause instantiation of the first VNF in the first network.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic arrangement for dynamically and automatically controlling the usage of software components in connection with a network function virtualization (NFV) platform in a communications network comprising a mobile network, the arrangement comprising at least one data interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: obtaining first information indicative of instantiated virtualized network functions (VNF) and licences associated therewith, and second information indicative of a VNF licence that is available for allocation to an instance of a related VNF in accordance with terms and conditions as stipulated by the VNF licence; determining, based on the obtained first and second information, whether a licence currently allocated to an existing instance of a VNF, or

Abstract: Electronic arrangement, optionally comprising one or more servers, for a mobile communication network to enable dynamic policy regulation, through a master device, of a slave device, being a user device operable in the mobile communication network, the arrangement comprising at least one communication interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: receiving and storing an indication, preferably from the master device optionally being other user device operable in the mobile communication network, of the slave device, wherein the indication stipulates master and slave association between the devices in controlling usage of network resources by the slave device, receiving and identifying a request, from the master device, indicative of at least one policy adjustment to be enforced on the slave

Abstract: Electronic arrangement, optionally comprising one or more servers, for a mobile communication network to enable dynamic policy regulation, through a master device, of a slave device, being a user device operable in the mobile communication network, the arrangement comprising at least one communication interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: receiving and storing an indication, preferably from the master device optionally being other user device operable in the mobile communication network, of the slave device, wherein the indication stipulates master and slave association between the devices in controlling usage of network resources by the slave device, receiving and identifying a request, from the master device, indicative of at least one policy adjustment to be enforced on the slave

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store information characterizing at least one run-time behavioural pattern, at least one processing core configured to perform a behavioural determination based at least partly on the stored information, concerning a network node, and to verify, as a response to a result of the behavioural determination, whether the network node is comprised on a list of valid network nodes.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store information characterizing network management actions that have occurred in the past, and at least one processing core configured to initiate a network management action based at least in part on the stored information, the network management action involving at least one virtualized network function.

Abstract: Document discloses methods, systems and computer program products for dynamic mobile network traffic control. In an embodiment of the method comprises controlling data traffic (100) between a plurality of mobile terminals (102A, 102B, 104A, 104B) and a mobile network comprising a plurality of cell sites (110A, 110B, 110C). The method comprises monitoring cell-site-specific volumes of data traffic (100) in order to detect high-load cell sites (110A, 110B) among the plurality of cell sites. For each of the detected high-load cell sites, a mobile-terminal-specific analysis of data traffic (100) is performed in order to select at least one of the mobile terminals (102A, 102B, 104A, 104B) for traffic limitation. Thereafter, the data traffic (100) between the mobile network and the selected at least one mobile terminal (104A, 104B) is temporarily limited.

Abstract: Document discloses methods, systems and computer program products for dynamic mobile network traffic control. In an embodiment of the method comprises controlling data traffic (100) between a plurality of mobile terminals (102A, 102B, 104A, 104B) and a mobile network comprising a plurality of cell sites (110A, 110B, 110C). The method comprises monitoring cell-site-specific volumes of data traffic (100) in order to detect high-load cell sites (110A, 110B) among the plurality of cell sites. For each of the detected high-load cell sites, a mobile-terminal-specific analysis of data traffic (100) is performed in order to select at least one of the mobile terminals (102A, 102B, 104A, 104B) for traffic limitation. Thereafter, the data traffic (100) between the mobile network and the selected at least one mobile terminal (104A, 104B) is temporarily limited.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a data storage device capable of restricting access to data storage or retrieval when a first code is incompatible with a second code. The data storage device comprises (a) a data storage media having a data storage region; and (b) a controller adapted to compare a first code with a second code and to restrict access to a portion of the data storage region of the data storage device if the first code is incompatible with the second code.