Abstract: An extension is provided to the SEND protocol without requiring a CGA or third party trust anchor. A shared key is provided to both a sender and receiver of a neighbor discovery (ND) message. A digital signature option is contained in the ND message. A digital signature field is determined by the algorithm field in the option. When the ND message is received, the receiver may verify the digital signature field using the pre-shared key according to the algorithm field. If the ND message passes verification, the receiver may process the message.

Abstract: A container corresponding to executable code may be received. In response receiving the container, an assertion value may be stored in an assertion register. A final canary value may be generated based on a cycles combining a prior canary value and a mix value. A determination may be made as to whether the final canary value matches with the assertion value stored in the assertion register. In response to determining that the final canary value matches with the assertion value, one or more privilege registers may be programmed to provide access to hardware resources for the container corresponding to the executable user code.

Abstract: A computing platform implements one or more secure enclaves including a first provisioning enclave to interface with a first provisioning service to obtain a first attestation key from the first provisioning service, a second provisioning enclave to interface with a different, second provisioning service to obtain a second attestation key from the second provisioning service, and a provisioning certification enclave to sign first data from the first provisioning enclave and second data from the second provisioning enclave using a hardware-based provisioning attestation key. The signed first data is used by the first provisioning enclave to authenticate to the first provisioning service to obtain the first attestation key and the signed second data is used by the second provisioning enclave to authenticate to the second provisioning service to obtain the second attestation key.

Abstract: A secure element (SE) with a notion of time useful for checking secure items is disclosed herein. Use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with secure elements is improved by verifying secure items used by an SE. Methods of obtaining time information by the SE include push, pull, opportunistic, local interface, and multi-check methods. The SE uses the time information to evaluate arriving and stored public key certificates and to discard those which fail the evaluation. The SE, in some embodiments, uses the time information in cooperation with certificate revocation lists (CRLs) and/or online certificate status protocol (OCSP) stapling procedures. A multi-check architecture is provided herein by which more than entity is involved in checking a time value before the time value reaches the SE. The multi-check architecture uses both PKI and blockchain techniques.

Abstract: A control apparatus and control method for power supply of a communication network are provided. The method includes: detecting circuit data of each power supply circuit, comparing the circuit data of the each power supply circuit to get an average value, and analyzing output circuit data that the each power supply circuit should have; adjusting an output voltage of each power supply circuit according to the output circuit data that each power supply circuit should have; and connecting output voltages of all the power supply circuits in parallel and supplying power to a next stage electrical load.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for storing video content collected by a home automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for accessing video content collected by a home automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to receive at a remote device live video content from a camera of the home automation system, and initiate real-time, two-way audio communication between the remote device and a user of the home automation system via the camera.

Abstract: Connected consumer device systems are described. The consumer products associated with the systems can be powered or non-powered. The systems include one or more sensors to detect the state of the consumer product. An exemplary consumer product is designed to collect material and then be replaced once a desired amount of material is collected. The sensor is capable of detecting the existence and/or volume of material collected by the consumer product and is capable thereafter to communicate data to a hub and/or computing device. The communicated data can alert a consumer of a suggested action based on the data; for example, replace the consumer product as it has collected material. The communicated data can also trigger access to an e-commerce gateway to order more consumer products.

Abstract: Systems and methods for routing data in a network are described. A client device may send a request for video data that has been captured by a camera of a security system. A gateway of the security system may receive the request and determine if the client device is able to support encryption. The gateway may select a protocol with which to transmit the video data to the client device according to a priority attribute of the protocol and the capability of the client device to support encryption. The video data may be sent to the client device via the selected protocol.

Abstract: A remote gateway and method for managing a network of utility meters, the remote gateway forming part of a system comprising one or more utility management components, a plurality of local gateways each adapted to communicate with one or more utility devices, the remote gateway comprising logic configured to communicate utility data between the plurality of local gateways and the one or more utility management components over one or more secured wide area networks, WANs. Manage digital certificates for certifying the communicated utility data.

Abstract: In the present invention, a household appliance is controlled in accordance with a state of a user. An agent server (1) in accordance with the present invention includes a setting management section (21) which identifies a mode corresponding to a state of the user and a process executing section (22) which executes a process in accordance with the mode identified by the setting management section (21).

Abstract: A monitoring, control and feedback system for a refrigeration unit is provided that includes a wireless transceiver operably connected to the control circuitry of a refrigeration unit. The transceiver is operably connected to the central processing unit (CPU) of the refrigeration unit and receives signals from the CPU regarding the operation of the refrigeration unit. The transceiver wireless communicates these signals to a program or application stored and operating on a suitable u ser device that displays the signals illustrating the current operational parameters of the refrigeration unit on the user device while also enabling the user to control the operation of refrigeration unit remotely.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing a network in the presence of layer-2 loops. One method includes an operation for detecting, by a network device, a loop at a layer 2 of a network. The network device is configured to execute a network device operation system (ndOS), where network devices executing ndOS share a global switch table. The method further includes an operation for blocking ports associated with the loop where incoming packets received at the blocked ports are discarded except for loop-probe packets. Further, the method includes operations for sending loop-probe packets by one or more network devices executing ndOS through one or more ports, and for unblocking a first port of the blocked ports based on the loop-probe packets when a lack of receipt of a loop-probe packet within a predetermined amount of time is detected for the first blocked port which indicates that the first blocked port is not part of the loop.

Abstract: Provided is a hybrid network end system device for a network system with an end system unit and a switch. The switch here exhibits at least one first port of the switch and a second port of the switch for connection with the network system.

Abstract: At least some embodiments of the disclosure provide a data sending method, acquisition method, sending device and acquisition device. The data sending method includes that: a first Station (STA) encapsulates data required to be sent to a plurality of second STAs in different Protocol Data Units (PDUs) respectively, and PDUs comprise at least one of Media Access Control (MAC) PDUs (MPDUs) and Physical (PHY) PDUs (PPDUs); the first STA aggregates the PDUs encapsulated with the data in at least one radio frame; and the first STA sends the at least one radio frame to the plurality of second STAs.

Abstract: A virtual private router (VPR) intercepts DNS requests and returns a pseudo IP address to the requesting application and the pseudo IP address is mapped to a domain name in the request. Requests for content including the pseudo IP address are modified to include the corresponding domain name and transmitted to an intermediary server, which resolves the domain name to a real IP address and forwards the content request. The content is received by the intermediary server, which returns it to the requesting application, such as by way of the VPR. Real IP addresses may be returned by the intermediary server such that subsequent content requests to the domain name may bypass the intermediary server. Requests for certain domains, ports, and/or protocols may bypass the intermediary server such that the VPR resolves the domain names to real IP addresses.

Abstract: A method supporting access via multiple wireless networks is provided. In the method, a type of a wireless access network of a User Equipment (UE) is determined; and the type of the wireless access network of the UE is sent to a core network via a message of an S1 interface. An apparatus supporting access via multiple wireless networks and a storage medium are also provided.

Abstract: A method and system of optical communication are provided. An optical modulator device includes a first and a second waveguide segment, and is configured to modulate an incident optical signal. A first feed-forward equalization (FFE) circuit including an inner first tap and an inner second tap, is configured to equalize the first waveguide segment. A second FFE circuit including a first inner tap and a second inner tap, is configured to equalize the second waveguide segment. An FFE recombination of the first inner tap and the second inner tap of the first and second FFE circuits, is in the electrical domain, respectively. An FFE recombination of the first and second modulation signals, operative to equalize a combination of the first second waveguide segments, is in the optical domain.

Abstract: Multiple symbol noncoherent soft output detectors in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In a number of embodiments, the multiple symbol noncoherent soft output detector uses soft metrics based on the Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) of each symbol to provide information concerning the reliability of each detected symbol. One embodiment of the invention includes a receiver configured to receive and sample a phase modulated input signal, and a multiple symbol noncoherent soft output detector configured to receive the sampled input signal and to generate a soft metric indicative of the reliability of a detected symbol based upon observations over multiple symbols.

Abstract: Circuits and methods are disclosed for low-skew bonding of a plurality of data channels into a multi-lane data channel. In one embodiment, phase-measuring first-in first-out buffer circuits buffer pre-buffer parallel data signals and generate phase-measurement signals. A channel-bonding control circuit receives the phase-measurement signals and generates bit-slip control signals. Transmission bit-slip circuits slip integer numbers of bits based on the bit-slip control signals. Bypass registers may be used when the integer number of bits is greater or equal to the parallel width of a lane. In another embodiment, the channel-bonding control circuit receives the phase-measurement signals from the phase-measuring FIFO buffer circuits and generates clock-slip control signals. Clock slip circuits controllably slip parallel clock signals by integer numbers of unit intervals of a serial clock signal. Various other aspects, features, and embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: A clock correction method is provided. The clock correction method includes the following steps: receiving a training signal in a communication protocol, wherein the training signal carries a specific signal pattern occurring repeatedly; performing frequency division on the training signal according to a number of toggles of the specific signal pattern so as to generate an equalization training sequence clock; and correcting a frequency of an output clock of an oscillator according to the equalization training sequence clock.

Abstract: A multi-amplitude modulation receiver includes a signal coupler block coupled to a mixer array block receiving a first input signal from the signal coupler block and a second input from a LO circuit that provides N overlapping phase signals. Outputs of the N mixer elements are coupled to a baseband filter (BBF) block then to a decision threshold block including decision threshold elements including a signal input and at least one comparator receiving at least one VTH value. A phase ordering and mapper block selects M out of the N phases. A digital logic and control block is coupled to control a filter gain and corner frequency of the BBF block and control the VTH value for the decision threshold block which compares a signal received to the VTH value. Outputs from the decision threshold block are coupled inputs of an M-input decision combiner which provides a single data output.

Abstract: A transceiver includes a vector modulator and a phased array antenna including a plurality of quad polarization antenna cells. The vector modulator is configured to modify an information signal to generate two excitation signals based on a selected polarization. The polarization is selected as one of at least vertical, horizontal, right hand circular, and left hand circular. The vector modulator is configured to drive at least one of the quad polarization antenna cells with the two excitation signals to achieve the selected polarity.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for receiving broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises a receiver to receive the broadcast signals, a demodulator to perform demodulation on the received broadcast signals by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, a frequency de-interleaver to frequency de-interleave the demodulated broadcast signals by using a different interleaving sequence, wherein the different interleaving sequence is used for data corresponding to an OFDM symbol pair or data corresponding to an OFDM symbol according to an FFT size of the demodulation, a frame parser to parse at least one signal frame from the frequency de-interleaved broadcast signals and a decoder to decode service data in the parsed at least one signal frame.

Abstract: A technique of mapping data, suitable for Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction while transmitting data portions via a communication channel limited by a peak power ppeak. The mapping is performed by utilizing a Markovian symbol transition probability distribution with quantized probabilities and by selecting, for a specific data portion at a current channel state, such a binary symbol (called thinned label) which allows puncturing one or more bits in the thinned label's bit sequence before transmission.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, encoding Data Pipe, DP, data according to a code rate, wherein the encoding further includes Low-Density Parity-Check, LDPC, encoding the DP data, Bit interleaving the LDPC encoded DP data, and mapping the bit interleaved DP data onto constellations; building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded DP data; and modulating data in the built signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, method and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide an OFDMA method for performing OFDM based communication in a wireless communication system. The OFDMA method includes splitting a carrier bandwidth into a number of subbands and modulating resource units in each of the subbands with data symbols in a parallel manner Further, multiplexing the resource units by transforming each of the modulated resource units through a plurality of unitary transformations at a stage. Further, generating an output by performing a parallel to serial conversion of the transformed resource units. Further, the OFDMA method includes generating an OFDM signal by multiplexing an output from at least one of the previous stage to another stage by transforming the output through a unitary transformation for a defined number of times. Furthermore, the OFDMA method includes transmitting the OFDM signal over a wireless channel in the wireless network system.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for location encoding for secondary synchronization signals (SSS) to convey additional information, such as a current symbol number. According to aspects, a method is provided herein for wireless communications that may be performed, for example, by a base station (BS). The method generally includes selecting frequency resources to use for transmitting synchronization signals in a symbol of a frame, wherein the frequency resources are selected based on a mapping of frequency resources to a location of the symbol within the frame; and transmitting synchronization signals to at least one user equipment (UE) according to the mapping. As a result, the UE may receive synchronization signals, determine a location of the current symbol in a frame based on the mapping, and synchronize to the BS based on the determined location of the current symbol. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A base station 100 in a radio transmission system that performs multicast/broadcast transmission comprises a multiplexing unit 110 configured to multiplex a plurality of types of transmission data transmitted in schemes different in error tolerance; and a transmitter 120 configured to transmit multiplexed data obtained by the multiplexing unit 110, by multicast/broadcast. The plurality of types of transmission data includes basic transmission data transmitted, by the transmitter, in a scheme having a first error tolerance and additional transmission data transmitted, by the transmitter, in a scheme having a second error tolerance lower than the first error tolerance. The additional transmission data is utilized in a terminal 200 by being combined with the basic transmission data.

Abstract: A problem in a cloud infrastructure may be identified when a server computer deviates from a normal level of operation based on anomaly scores, which generates an alert and an alert time that indicates when the alert is generated. Methods then determine which virtual machine (“VM”) and other IT objects/resources or their pools contribute to the problem within a time window surrounding the estimated problem start time and calculate which objects show similar, related anomalous behavior. Method also generate ranked remediation recommendations on an object level and server computer-to-object level. The methods generate results that enable a system administrator to identify the start time of the problem and identify the objects that are responsible for the problem.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting whether network nodes and CPE devices serviced by the network nodes are in the same region of a utility power grid are described. Methods and apparatus for using the result of the determination to control, e.g., automatically, backup power resource allocation are also described. Transforming the information collected from CPE devices and other devices into images which are displayed, e.g, as maps, is also described. An automatic determination of whether a network node is in the same power grid region as one or more groups of CPE devices to which the network node provides service. If a network node and a group of CPE devices serviced by the network node are in different utility power regions, backup power devices are automatically deployed to support service to CPE devices during an external power outage at the network node.

Abstract: Technologies for remote keyboard-video-mouse sessions can include failover mechanisms. In some embodiments, a system can establish a first remote keyboard-video-mouse session between a console application on the system and a first server application executed by a controller on a server. The first remote keyboard-video-mouse session can be established via a first network connection between the system and the controller. Next, the system can detect an error associated with the first remote keyboard-video-mouse session. In response to the error, the system can establish a second remote keyboard-video-mouse session between the console application and a second server application executed by an operating or a basic input/output program on the server. The second remote keyboard-video-mouse session can be established via a second network connection between the system and the second server application.

Abstract: An approach is provided for managing resiliency of an application. Based on information specifying services provided by service providers (SPs) which is stored in a configuration management database, a topology mapping a first service provided by a first SP to a second service provided by a second SP is generated. Each of the first and second services provides a functionality of the application. A fail condition of the first SP is detected. Based on the topology, a first API provided by the first SP is determined to have provided the first service prior to the fail condition, and a second API provided by the second SP is determined to provide the second service. The first API provided by the first SP is disabled and the second API is activated, thereby continuing to provide the functionality of the application even though the first SP is experiencing the fail condition.

Abstract: Techniques for configuring and operating a network connected election voting system are provided. Voting devices are network connected to a voting system controller. Alerts are provided when a ballot becomes stranded on a voting device. The stranded ballots may be untransferrable ballots or interrupted ballots. A recovery mechanism is provided to obtain the data for untransferrable ballots. The alerts may be provided at a display on the voting device, controller or both.

Abstract: A method and associated devices are used for updating software of a motor vehicle by transmitting software-updating data via LiFi. A traffic management system includes a plurality of LiFi-enabled transceiver modules and a LiFi-enabled transceiver module of the motor vehicle. During the operation of the motor vehicle in road traffic, the software-updating data of at least one of the LiFi-enabled transceiver modules of the traffic management system are transmitted to the LiFi-enabled transceiver module of the motor vehicle located within a transmission range of the transceiver module.

Abstract: A network system includes a datacenter including a gateway router configured to route data transmissions of public network traffic to and from a plurality of VPCs hosted by the datacenter. A first VPC is configured to communicate with the gateway router. The first VPC is accessible and identifiable via a first public IP address. A second VPC is configured to communicate with the gateway router, and the second VPC is accessible and identifiable via a second public IP address. A direct connection transmits a particular data transmission based on the first public IP address and the second public IP address, directly between the first VPC and the second VPC so as to bypass the gateway router. The first public IP address and the second public IP address are assigned from among a group of public IP addresses allocated for assignment to VPCs hosted by the datacenter.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for provisioning a local analytics device to interact with a remote computing system on behalf of an asset that is coupled to the local analytics device and that is associated with a particular customer account hosted by the remote computing system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for provisioning a local analytics device to interact with a remote computing system on behalf of an asset that is coupled to the local analytics device and that is associated with a particular customer account hosted by the remote computing system.

Abstract: A method performed by a first communication device, for preparing a point-to-point, Pt2Pt, session with a second communication device is provided. The first communication device receives (202) from the second communication device, information about one or more communication protocol stacks that are supported by the second communication device for use in the Pt2Pt session. The first communication device obtains (208) a first communication protocol stack that is compatible with at least one out of the one or more protocol stacks that are supported by the second communication device. The first communication protocol stack will be used in the Pt2Pt session with the second communication device. The first communication device then re-configures (209) the first communication device to use the first communication protocol stack in the Pt2Pt session, and sends (210) a message to the second communication device.

Abstract: An example method for discovering and grouping application endpoints in a network environment is provided and includes discovering endpoints communicating in a network environment, calculating affinity between the discovered endpoints, and grouping the endpoints into separate endpoint groups (EPGs) according to the calculated affinity, each EPG comprising a logical grouping of similar endpoints for applying common forwarding and policy logic according to logical application boundaries. In specific embodiments, the affinity includes a weighted average of network affinity, compute affinity and user specified affinity.

Abstract: A system includes a processor of a first controller of an information handling system. The processor is operable to determine that a change has occurred in a first group, the first group comprising a plurality of nodes governed by a group policy, and in response to determining that a change has occurred in the first group, identify one or more of the plurality of nodes to notify, wherein the one or more nodes are identified based on subscription information stored in a data structure. The processor is further operable to broadcast, by the controller, a notification to each the identified nodes, the notification including information about the change in the first group, and wherein one or more of the identified nodes updates itself based on information included in the change notification and on content of the group policy.

Abstract: A management computing device determines that a client computing device is able to assist in acquiring information from a managed computing device to satisfy a current communication need of the management computing device regarding the managed computing device. The management computing device is not communicatively connected to the managed computing device. The management computing device transmits a request to the client computing device to assist in acquiring the information to satisfy the current communication need. The management computing device receives the information to satisfy the current communication need, such as from the client computing device directly, or from the managed computing device after a user of the client computing device has initiated temporary communication connectivity between the management computing device and the managed computing device.

Abstract: A method of managing a network of calculation nodes interconnected by a plurality of interconnection devices, includes organizing the calculation nodes into groups of calculation nodes, for each group of calculation nodes, connecting the interconnection devices interconnecting the nodes of the group to a group management node, the management node being dedicated to the group of calculation nodes on each management node execution of an administration function by the implementation of independent management modules, each management module of a management node being able to communicate with the other management modules of the same management node.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a network interface controller. The network interface controller includes a portion of a hybrid software-defined networking (“SDN”) controller, the portion of the hybrid SDN controller including a service abstraction layer module (“SAL”) and a southbound application programming interface (“SB API”), the SAL including a representation of a physical network.

Abstract: A communication control system to obtain required reliability for an entire network is provided. The communication control system includes: a means for obtaining, based on a load status of a control device that controls nodes included in a network and receives a content of a control signal sent and received between the nodes as a status notification signal, a capability for processing the status notification signal; a means for determining, based on network status information related to communication on the network, area segments each including an arbitrarily number of the nodes; and a means for calculating, based on the capability, a sending interval of the status notification signal of the node for each of the area segments, and sending the sending interval to the node included in the corresponding area segment.

Abstract: A method includes collecting, at a monitoring and recovery node, a virtual network function key performance index data through multiple channels from a corresponding containerized virtual network function. The method includes maintaining, at the monitoring and recovery node, state information of the corresponding containerized virtual network function and running, at the monitoring and recovery node, a machine learning algorithm that, once trained, learns and predicts whether the corresponding containerized virtual network function requires one of a scaling, a healing or a context switching to sister virtual network function to yield a determination and meet the service level agreement of a network service.

Abstract: Methods recommend to data center customers those attributes of a data center infrastructure and application program that are associated with service-level objective (“SLO”) metric degradation and may be recorded in problem definitions. In other words, a data center customer is offered to “codify” problems primarily with atomic abnormality conditions on indicated attributes that decrease the SLO by some degree that the data center customer would like to be aware. As a result, the data center customer is warned of potentially significant SLO decline in order to prevent unwanted loss and take any necessary actions to prevent active anomalies. Methods also generate patterns of attributes that constitute core structures highly associated with degradation of the SLO metric.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing network operations are described. An illustrative system includes a plurality of network components, in which each network component generates a plurality of network component data, and a mediation node that receives the plurality of network component data. The mediation node associates a plurality of time series data and a network topology with the network component data. The mediation node includes at least one baseline module that receives a selected subset of the network component data and generates at least one baseline for anomaly detection. The system may further include at least one application component communicatively coupled to the mediation node, and the application component may receive the time series data, the plurality of subsets of the network component data, and a plurality of baselines and identify a relationship.

Abstract: Management of communication systems is facilitated. A method comprises: processing, by a device comprising a processor, first information representative of human-readable language and indicative of terms of agreements associated with respective software for a communication system, wherein the communication system is arranged according to a first configuration of virtual machines and server devices, and wherein the agreements comprise license agreements for the respective software; converting, by the device, the first information into machine-readable rules indicative of the terms of the agreements associated with the respective software for the communication system; and based on a result of comparing the machine-readable rules and first information indicative of the first configuration, determining, by the device, whether the first configuration of the communication system satisfies a defined criterion.

Abstract: A method for communicating between a combo-endpoint device, wireless router, and a wireless communication device includes monitoring communication patterns of wireless data communications between a wireless router and radio-communication circuitry of a combo-endpoint device, and storing data indicative of communication times of the wireless router based on the monitored communication patterns. The method further includes configuring a frequency-hopping based protocol by defining connection periods according to time windows and selected frequencies for wireless communication of data between the wireless communication device and the radio-communication circuitry, and by establishing the time windows and time intervals for an advertisement event which do not substantially conflict with the communication times of the wireless router.

Abstract: Methods and system for network monitoring is provided. The system includes a communication circuit configured to receive network information from one or more components of a medical network for a select time period, and a controller circuit having one or more processors coupled to the communication circuit. The controller circuit is configured to determine a configuration and data usage of the medical network based on the network information at reference points along the time period of interest. The controller circuit is configured to generate a graphical representation of a topology of the medical network on a display based on the configuration of the medical network at one of the reference points. The graphical representation includes a plurality of component markers, representing the one or more components, interconnected with each other, and a visual status indicator for the one or more components based on the data usage.