Abstract: Power line communication (PLC) has significant benefits and advantages in comparison to wireless communication. By exploiting the power line infrastructure, PLC signals can cover a larger area and provide high speed data service without installation of new infrastructure, especially in remote rural areas where Ethernet is not available. A MIMO-based (multiple-input-multiple-output-based) power line communication structure (MU-MIMO-PLC) is described herein and exploits power line infrastructure to achieve MIMO communication and/or high data service. MU-MIMO-PLC exploits the spatiality of power line infrastructure and the multipath property of power line channel. MU-MIMO-PLC leverages these properties to achieve high data rates with MIMO technology.

Abstract: A method for operating a container orchestration system is disclosed, including a scheduling function means, being designed and configured to map industrial applications A decomposed into application components on an infrastructure represented by a plurality of compute nodes connected by a communication network including a plurality of network elements, a network control function means being designed and configured to control a plurality of communication services provided with the communication network, and an interface means being designed and configured to manage interactions between the scheduling function means and the network control function means. The method takes into consideration the properties of the network connecting compute nodes when scheduling distributed applications on them. Characteristics of the coupled network like bandwidth, latency, real-time behavior, availability, or the like are considered explicitly.

Abstract: Power line communication (PLC) has significant benefits and advantages in comparison to wireless communication. By exploiting the power line infrastructure, PLC signals can cover a larger area and provide high speed data service without installation of new infrastructure, especially in remote rural areas where Ethernet is not available. A MIMO-based (multiple-input-multiple-output-based) power line communication structure (MU-MIMO-PLC) is described herein and exploits power line infrastructure to achieve MIMO communication and/or high data service. MU-MIMO-PLC exploits the spatiality of power line infrastructure and the multipath property of power line channel. MU-MIMO-PLC leverages these properties to achieve high data rates with MIMO technology.