Abstract: A tool for supporting fire wardens during a building evacuation event is provided. The tool includes a mobile computing device comprising a display unit, a memory and a processor. The memory has executable instructions of an application stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to interface with monitoring and control systems of a building and to control the display unit to display an interactive floor plan of the building with scene selection capability, to display evacuation, evacuation re-routing and action guidance overlaid on the interactive floor plan and to display real-time monitoring and building control options overlaid on the interactive floor plan.

Abstract: An automated system may estimate a patient's level of depression throughout a monitoring period. The system may do so without ever receiving any self-reports from the patient, such as patient answers to a survey regarding the patient's affect. The system may predict the patient's depression level based on passive sensor data regarding the patient during the monitoring period. The passive sensor data may include physiological measurements, such as electrodermal activity measurements and accelerometer measurements. The passive data may also comprise data regarding the patient's smartphone and texting usage. The system's predictions may also be based on a single depression rating for the patient by a clinician, without any further assessments by the clinician.

Abstract: A fallback mobile proxy system includes a gateway device having a local communication interface that establishes communication between a router and one or more smart home devices over a local communication network and one or more secondary local communication networks. The gateway device includes a processor that is configured to perform detecting a loss or degradation of connectivity between the router and a remote communication network. A mobile device is identified in communication with the router over the local communication network, where the mobile device has an alternate connectivity interface to the remote communication network. The mobile device is established as a fallback mobile proxy based on identifying the mobile device. Data is routed from/to the one or more smart home devices targeting the remote communication network to pass from/to the gateway device through the router and the fallback mobile proxy from/to the remote communication network.

Abstract: The invention provides a quality of service monitoring device (12) for use with a user equipment comprising a base platform (14); and an external communication module (24) adapted to receive from an external source one or more listener modules and/or detector modules for incorporation into the base platform (14). The base platform (14) is coupled to the external communication module (24) to receive one or more listener modules (20) and detector modules (22) and is adapted to install received modules to extend the functionality of the base platform (14) so as to perform the functionality of the installed modules. A corresponding method is provided. There is also provided a quality of service monitoring apparatus, for use on the network side, as well as a corresponding method.

Abstract: A fallback mobile proxy system includes a gateway device having a local communication interface that establishes communication between a router and one or more smart home devices over a local communication network and one or more secondary local communication networks. The gateway device includes a processor that is configured to perform detecting a loss or degradation of connectivity between the router and a remote communication network. A mobile device is identified in communication with the router over the local communication network, where the mobile device has an alternate connectivity interface to the remote communication network. The mobile device is established as a fallback mobile proxy based on identifying the mobile device. Data is routed from/to the one or more smart home devices targeting the remote communication network to pass from/to the gateway device through the router and the fallback mobile proxy from/to the remote communication network.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the performance of a media streaming service being used to deliver media streams to user equipment devices comprises the step of determining an encoding characteristic of a first media stream (201) being monitored. A functional dependency model is established between a first System Service Key Performance Indicator, S-KPI, and one or more Resource Service Key Performance Indicators, R-KPIs, for the first media stream (203). The established functional dependency model is used for monitoring a second media stream having the same encoding characteristic as the first media stream (205).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing the compatibility of a selected network feature with the network features of an existing telecommunications network 10 comprises providing an abstraction of each network feature in the form of a data model 100 which defines the relationships between any network elements 12 or nodes 27, software elements 13 and software features 14 required for each network feature. Information 19 is then collected about the existing telecommunications network 10 to identity the deployment of the network features in the existing network. This information is then combined with the data model 100 to build a feature compatibility matrix 107 which defines the compatibility of network features in the existing telecommunications network 10. The matrix 107 can then be interrogated with information defining the parameters of the selected feature to be added or upgraded to determine whether the selected feature is compatible with features of the existing network.

Abstract: The invention provides a quality of service monitoring device (12) for use with a user equipment comprising a base platform (14); and an external communication module (24) adapted to receive from an external source one or more listener modules and/or detector modules for incorporation into the base platform (14). The base platform (14) is coupled to the external communication module (24) to receive one or more listener modules (20) and detector modules (22) and is adapted to install received modules to extend the functionality of the base platform (14) so as to perform the functionality of the installed modules. A corresponding method is provided. There is also provided a quality of service monitoring apparatus, for use on the network side, as well as a corresponding method.

Abstract: A method for monitoring performance of a service delivered to user equipment devices via a communications network as perceived by a user comprising the steps of collecting Resource Service Key Performance Indicators from network resources and collecting System Service Key Performance Indicators from a representative sample of reporting user equipment devices using the service. In the next step relationship between the collected values of R-KPIs and S-KPIs is determined and then userr equipment from the representative sample is clustered. In the following step non-reporting user equipment devices are assigned to the clusters and then the method comprises collecting R-KPIs from network resources to estimate S-KPI values based on the R-KPIs collected after determination of the relationship and the relationship.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing the compatibility of a selected network feature with the network features of an existing telecommunications network 10 comprises providing an abstraction of each network feature in the form of a data model 100 which defmes the relationships between any network elements 12 or nodes 27, software elements 13 and software features 14 required for each network feature. Information 19 is then collected about the existing telecommunications network 10 to identity the deployment of the network features in the existing network. This information is then combined with the data model 100 to build a feature compatibility matrix 107 which defines the compatibility of network features in the existing telecommunications network 10. The matrix 107 can then be interrogated with information defining the parameters of the selected feature to be added or upgraded to determine whether the selected feature is compatible with features of the existing network.