Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for searching for an application are disclosed. For example, the method receives information regarding a context of a user, receives a search request for the application, finds the application that has context information that matches the context of the user, and provides a search result in response to the search request that includes the application that has the context information that matches the context of the user.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for ranking an application are disclosed. For example, the method collects meta-data from the application, determines a reputation of a developer of the application using the meta-data, and computes an initial ranking of the application based upon the reputation of the developer.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for deriving trustful metadata for an application are disclosed. For example, the method crawls online for the application, analyzes the application to determine a function of the application, and generates trustful meta-data for the application based upon the function of the application.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing physical layer security operation are disclosed. A physical layer performs measurements continuously, and reports the measurements to a medium access control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer processes the measurements, and sends a security alert to a security manager upon detection of an abnormal condition based on the measurements. The security manager implements a counter-measure upon receipt of the security alert. The measurements include channel impulse response (CIR), physical medium power measurement, automatic gain control (AGC) value and status, automatic frequency control (AFC) gain and status, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) gain, Doppler spread estimate, and/or short preamble matched filter output. The security manager may switch a channel, switch a channel hopping policy, change a back-off protocol, or change a beamforming vector upon reception of the security alert.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks with virtual private networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes logically provisioning, for a client, the virtual private mobile network to process wireless network communications associated with the client that correspond to a specified address space of the client, provisioning at least a portion of a server within a cloud computing data center to host resources for the client, and configuring at least a portion of an edge router of the cloud computing data center to transmit the wireless network communications between the portion of the server and the virtual private mobile network.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks for security are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying, in a wireless network, a communication from a user equipment that matches a security event profile, transmitting, from the wireless network, an instruction to enable the user equipment to be communicatively coupled to a virtual private mobile network, the virtual private mobile network being provisioned for security within the wireless network, and enabling the user equipment to transmit a second communication through the virtual private mobile network securely isolated from other portions of the wireless network.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks for latency are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes provisioning logically a virtual private mobile network within a wireless network to reduce latency of a communication associated with a latency sensitive application, determining a mobile device is communicatively coupling to the wireless network via the latency sensitive application, and coupling the mobile device to the virtual private mobile network to reduce latency of the communication associated with the latency sensitive application.

Abstract: Wireless devices in proximity are securely paired with one another autonomously by generating a common cryptographic key directly from a time-varying wireless environment shared among the wireless devices. The shared key can be used by the wireless devices to authenticate each wireless device's physical proximity and then to facilitate confidential communication between the wireless devices. The algorithm used to create the shared key is secure against a computationally unbounded adversary and its computational complexity is linear in the size of the shared key.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing physical layer security operation are disclosed. A physical layer performs measurements continuously, and reports the measurements to a medium access control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer processes the measurements, and sends a security alert to a security manager upon detection of an abnormal condition based on the measurements. The security manager implements a counter-measure upon receipt of the security alert. The measurements include channel impulse response (CIR), physical medium power measurement, automatic gain control (AGC) value and status, automatic frequency control (AFC) gain and status, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) gain, Doppler spread estimate, and/or short preamble matched filter output. The security manager may switch a channel, switch a channel hopping policy, change a back-off protocol, or change a beamforming vector upon reception of the security alert.