Abstract: Automatically configuring a pluggable optical transceiver (POT) in a software defined network (SDN) involves a pluggable optical transceiver configuration management application (POT-CMA) executing in a processing device disposed in an application plane of the SDN. The POT-CMA receives first configuration information of a POT which has been inserted into a network device in an SDN data plane. Responsive to receiving the data, the POT-CMA automatically determines at least one modification or addition to the first configuration information to facilitate use of the POT within the SDN in the first port of the first network device. Thereafter, the POT CMA causes at least one write event to occur at the first network device wherein the at least one modification or addition is written to a memory in the POT.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are described that manage a multi-level wireless node network with package ID nodes associated with different packages, a container node in a logistics container, a facility master node, and a server at different levels. In one method, the container node detects an advertising signal broadcast by each package ID node and detects an advertising signal broadcast by the facility master node as the container node approaches the facility. The method offloads management control of each of the package ID nodes from the facility master node down to the container node as part of managing the first level of the network, and has the container node transmitting relevant node information to the facility master node. Such relevant node information provides information about at least one of the packages in the logistics container and reflects status information to be sent to the server by the facility master node.

Abstract: A vehicle network for a plurality of interconnected vehicles is disclosed. The network is in the form of a WLAN and has at least two access points. The access points are interconnected in a wireless manner, i.e., without using a wired backbone. Each access point uses the same radio network ID, so all access points form only one single visible network for WLAN clients. A method for establishing the vehicle network is also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing concurrent secure elements on a mobile device to coordinate with an application or “app” running on the mobile device and an appropriate communications protocol for conducting transactions using the mobile device include: informing, by the processor, the reader device of a preferred app and a communication protocol usable by the preferred app; receiving, by the processor, information about which apps and communication protocols are supported by a reader for processing a transaction; locating, by the processor, a secure element supporting an app and a communication protocol supported by the reader; channeling the communication protocol for the specific configuration of the app and the supporting secure element; activating the secure element that supports the app; and processing, with the activated secure element, using the supported app and communication channel, the transaction with the reader.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a first information processing device configured to transmit an input/output request to an information storage device; and a second information processing device coupled to the information storage device and configured to: perform an operation; retain an address value in a register; store the input/output request received from the first information processing device in a memory; output a reception notification indicating reception of the input/output request based on a result of comparison between a physical address of the memory, the input/output request being stored at the physical address, and the address value; generate a packet based on the input/output request stored at the physical address of the memory when receiving the reception notification; and output the generated packet to the information storage device.

Abstract: An apparatus for dynamically configuring a wireless sensor relay network for monitoring train activity according to the present invention includes a plurality of wireless sensors that wirelessly transmit sensor data obtained by measuring heat and vibration of a train running unit, a plurality of coordinator units that are located in train cars, and receive the sensor data from one or more wireless sensors located within the same train car, a plurality of wireless relay units that are located in the train cars, form a wireless sensor relay network with the wireless relay unit located in a neighboring train car, and transmit the sensor data received from the coordinator units, and a gateway unit that receives the sensor data from the plurality of wireless relay units through the wireless sensor relay network, and transmits the received sensor data to a control center.

Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a VLAN or a subinterface on a computing system using a single configuration statement are disclosed. Embodiments may include modifying a configuration statement that configures a NIC coupled to the computing system to include a new field which indicates if a VLAN should be created on the NIC port. Embodiments may also include receiving a configuration statement that includes the new field. Embodiments may further include creating a VLAN on an Ethernet computer network or a subinterface on an InfiniBand computer network based on the received configuration statement that includes the new field.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) gateway. During operation, the VXLAN gateway receives, from a physical host, an Ethernet packet destined for a virtual machine residing in a remote layer-2 network broadcast domain that is different from a local layer-2 network broadcast domain where the physical host resides. The VXLAN gateway then determines a VXLAN identifier for the received Ethernet packet. The VXLAN gateway further encapsulates the Ethernet packet with the virtual extensible local area network identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) header, and forwards the encapsulated packet to an IP network, thereby allowing the packet to be transported to the virtual machine via the IP network and allowing the remote layer-2 network broadcast domain and the local layer-2 network broadcast domain to be part of a common layer-2 broadcast domain.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for implicitly linking aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) reports to CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources. In an aspect, the UE may be instructed to report on specific CSI-RS resource(s) via explicit signaling in the UE grant. Other aspects disclose techniques for implicit CSI-RS resource selection by the UE that require fewer signaling resources. Instead of explicitly signaling CSI-RS resources to the UE, the UE may implicitly select CSI-RS resource for CSI feedback reporting based on information known to the UE, e.g. a subframe on which a reporting request is received. This may reduce the impact of the additional signaling in the UE grant.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for bidirectional network geography delivery are disclosed. The methods include receiving a reference subnet network geography from a main network device, storing the received reference subnet network geography, retrieving an actual subnet network geography of a subnet network, comparing the reference subnet network geography to the actual subnet network geography and determining if they are compatible, and commissioning the subnet network based on the received reference subnet network geography when the received reference subnet network geography is compatible with the actual subnet network geography of the subnet network. The methods also include retrieving an actual subnet network geography of a subnet and sending it a main network device, causing it to become a new reference subnet network geography and sending the new reference subnet network geography to a main network device.

Abstract: Described is a system and method for propagating and synchronizing the presentation of user specific information across multiple output devices. In some implementations, a location of a user is determined and user specific information is provided to a plurality of output device controllers configured to control output devices at the determined location. Control instructions are also provided instructing the output device controllers to store, render, present and/or remove the user specific information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multicast group (MCG) membership relative to partition membership in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, by allowing a subnet manager of a local subnet to be instructed that all ports that are members of the relevant partition should be set up as members for a specific multicast group, the SM can perform a more efficient multicast-routing process. It is also possible to limit the IB client interaction with subnet administration conventionally required to handle join and leave operations. Additionally, subnet manager overhead can be reduced by creating a spanning tree for the routing of multicast packets that includes each of the partition members added to the multicast group, instead of creating a spanning tree after each multicast group join request is received, as conventionally required.

Abstract: A measurement device 10 includes a reception unit 13b that receives a frame transmitted from a DUT 1, an MCS determination unit 17a that determines whether or not a received MCS index of a frame received by the reception unit 13b matches a predetermined MCS index for comparison, a transmission unit 13a that transmits a notification signal to the DUT when the MCS determination unit 17a determines that the received MCS index matches the MCS index for comparison, and does not transmit the notification signal to the DUT when the MCS determination unit 17a determines that the received MCS index does not match the MCS index for comparison, and a measurement unit 14 that measures data under measurement included in the frame in which it is determined that the received MCS index matches the MCS index for comparison.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the system accesses geographic data related to a geographic region of interest from one or more data sources. The system identifies multiple mandatory sites in the geographic region of interest from the geographic data. The system generates, by an integer linear program, multiple communication network graphs for the geographic region of interest based at least on the geographic data and multiple network coverage conditions. Each communication network graph comprises multiple nodes corresponding to the mandatory sites and multiple edges corresponding to communication network connections between the mandatory sites. Each communication network graph satisfies one or more network coverage conditions. The system ranks the communication network graphs based on performance parameters associated with the network coverage conditions.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: a network device, having attached to a first parent device in a tree-based network topology, attaching to a second parent device advertising better network performance than the first parent device; and the network device detaching from the second parent device, and reattaching to the first parent device, in response to the network device determining the corresponding network performance via the second parent device is worse than any one of the advertised better network performance, the corresponding network performance via the first parent device, or an expected network performance via the second network device.

Abstract: The challenge of isolating a protocol peer(s) from routing information churn caused by to a peering protocol (e.g., due to updating the peering protocol, due to a bug in the peering protocol, due to a crash in the peering protocol, etc.) is solved by using a separate data store to isolate the protocol peer(s) from the peering protocol. The separate data store may: (a) receive, from at least one of the outside peering devices, incoming routing information; (b) store the incoming routing information received in a first storage system; (c) provide a copy of at least some of the stored incoming routing information received to a second storage system used by a process for selecting routes using the routing information, the process generating state information to be distributed (e.g.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a forwarding element that can be configured through in-band data-plane messages from a remote controller that is a physically separate machine from the forwarding element. The forwarding element of some embodiments has data plane circuits that include several configurable message-processing stages, several storage queues, and a data-plane configurator. A set of one or more message-processing stages of the data plane are configured (1) to process configuration messages received by the data plane from the remote controller and (2) to store the configuration messages in a set of one or more storage queues. The data-plane configurator receives the configuration messages stored in the set of storage queues and configures one or more of the configurable message-processing stages based on configuration data in the configuration messages.

Abstract: A method is provided for configuring measurements performed by wireless communication devices. The method includes obtaining, at a first wireless communication device, information identifying a plurality of measurement occasions in which a second wireless communication device is scheduled to transmit a measurement signal to be used by the first wireless communication to perform a first measurement. The method also includes obtaining, at the first wireless communication device, information indicating one or more measurement gaps associated with the second wireless communication device in which the second wireless communication device is configured to perform a second measurement and adjusting measurements performed by the first wireless communication device based on the obtained information indicating one or more measurement gaps.

Abstract: A data caching and distribution method, performed by a plurality of computational machines in a linear communication orbit, includes generating a data request by a first machine to request specific data, and passing the data request along a data request path that tracks the linear communication orbit until the request is received at a second machine, in the linear communication orbit, that returns the specific data in response to the data request. The method includes, at a third machine between the second machine and the first machine in the linear communication orbit, conditionally storing the specific data in a local cache of the third machine according to a data caching method.

Abstract: A communication method of a terminal for saving a battery of a terminal and reducing a signaling overhead when small data are processed is provided. The communication method includes receiving, from a base station, a first message including at least one of first information indicating whether a first signaling optimization is allowed for the terminal, or second information indicating whether a second signaling optimization is allowed for the terminal, transmitting, to the base station, a second message including at least one of third information indicating whether the first signaling optimization is supported by the terminal, or fourth information indicating whether the second signaling optimization is supported by the terminal, and receiving, from the base station, a third message including fifth information indicating a signaling optimization supported for the terminal.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system having an autonomous driving assistance apparatus includes: a gateway unit wirelessly communicating with a router among a plurality of routers installed in an autonomous driving road; a signal processing unit providing identification information of a vehicle at the time of setting a wireless communication link with each router and providing driving path information of the vehicle to the router every set cycle; a path tracking unit determining a speed, a progress direction, and a steering angle of the vehicle included in the driving path information so as to drive the vehicle based on driving path information; a speed control unit controlling a speed of the vehicle based on the speed determined by the path tracking unit; and a steering angle control unit controlling a steering angle of the vehicle based on the progress direction and steering angle determined by the path tracking unit.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to reducing flooding of route updates of a dynamic routing protocol. In an example, number of route updates received by a router from each neighbor router may be determined, wherein the router may be present in a network using a dynamic routing protocol. Each neighbor router may be classified into one of a plurality of groups of neighbor routers in such a manner that number of route updates originating from each group of neighbor routers is approximately same. A first route update interval may be determined for each group of neighbor routers for sending a respective first set of future route updates therefrom to the router. The respective first route update interval for sending the respective first set of future route updates may be notified to the respective member routers of each group of neighbor routers.

Abstract: Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: determining whether the terminal is located within network coverage; and transmitting information notifying a result of the determination to another terminal. Using this information, said another terminal can know whether the terminal is located within the network coverage and perform the D2D operation on the basis thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for registering a roaming device to a mobile communication network, the method comprises: receiving a request over a specific communication mode from the roaming device, determining the at least one communication route to the server at least in part based on the request received in the network node, generating an inquiry to the server regarding the roaming device over the determined communication route, receiving a response from the server over the determined communication route, and in response to a determination that data in the response so indicates registering the device for utilizing the mobile communication network over the specific communication mode. The invention relates also to a network node and a computer program product.

Abstract: The following description is directed to managing a hierarchical network including one or more network zones. In one example, a method of managing a hierarchical network includes collecting network state from respective devices of a network zone; using the collected network state to build an aggregated topology of the network zone; and transmitting the aggregated topology of the network zone to a traffic engineering service.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to a method and device for reporting channel state information. The method for a terminal according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving feedback configuration information from a base station; measuring a channel state using a reference signal received from the base station; and reporting channel state information using two subsamplings at a reporting time which is determined on the basis of the feedback configuration information.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for inferring node and link information from traceroute data in order to generate topology information. A system receives traceroute data for a data packet that traverses a path from a source to a destination. The system infers port types for the addresses in the traceroute data and groups subsets of the addresses in the traceroute data into logical nodes based on neighbor relationships demonstrated in backward and forward neighbors sets. The system then generates node and link information based on the inferred and grouped information.

Abstract: Partial survivability systems and methods implemented in a node in an Optical Transport Unit Cn (OTUCn) network include, subsequent to an optical carrier (Optical Tributary Signal (OTSi)) failure of a plurality of optical carriers, determining which Optical Data Unit k (ODUk) services in an OTUCn associated with the OTSi are affected; signaling a partial failure for the OTUCn and a failure only for the affected ODUk services; adjusting overhead associated with the OTUCn based on the OTSi failure; and applying actions to the affected ODUk services subsequent to the OTSi failure. The signaling of the partial failure can include signaling one or more of a partial Alarm Indication Signal (P-AIS), a partial Backward Defect Indication (P-BDI), and a partial Server Signal Fail (P-SSF) for the OTUCn, and the signaling the failure can include signaling one or more of AIS, BDI, and SSF only for the affected ODUk services.

Abstract: Provided herein is a platform for distributing and navigating an autonomous or semi-autonomous fleet throughout a plurality of pathways. The platform may employ demand distribution prediction algorithms, and interim repositioning algorithms to distribute the autonomous or semi-autonomous fleet for performing orders and tasks.

Abstract: A method for channel access performed by a network node in a first wireless system is disclosed. In the method, the network node detects one or more wireless systems coexisted with the first wireless system on a channel, the channel operating on a shared spectrum. Then the network node determines a channel access scheme based on the detected one or more wireless systems. The channel access scheme may be one of listen before talk (LBT) channel access scheme, listen after talk (LAT) channel access scheme, and hybrid LBT and LAT channel access scheme. The network node performs channel access according to the determined channel access scheme. The related network node is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using same. In the method, received is information indicating a permitted frequency, in which reception of a D2D signal is permitted, and indicating which public land mobile network (PLMN) the permitted frequency is about, and received is a D2D signal on the basis of the information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for integrated remote control of wireless lighting devices and wireless electric/electronic devices in a wireless network environment. In the wireless network environment, a management server transmits a lighting control command and a device control command for individually driving and controlling wireless lighting devices and wireless electric/electronic devices to the wireless lighting devices on a main wireless node (i.e., first wireless node) over a communication network. Therefore, a user can wirelessly and remotely drive and control various wireless electric/electronic devices as well as wireless lighting devices through the management server without time and place constrains.

Abstract: The present document discloses a notification method and device and an acquisition device for a MAC address of ESADI. The method includes: a RB issuing a MAC address which is reachable natively by the RB via a LSP of the ESADI; and Step 204: the RB notifying multiple RBs which correspond to the MAC address and belong to the same MC-LAG by way of a MAC-Reachability TLV extension of the LSP. The present document solves the problem in the related technology that the RB is unable to notify the remote RB of native multi-chassis RB IDs when accessing the TRILL network by a multi-chassis access, so that the remote RB can acquire which RBs belong to the same MC-LAG, thereby improving the flexibility of the processing manner.

Abstract: A broadcast transmission will generate a packet storm in a mesh network, which will last for a very long time and block the network for other traffic. There is a parameter in a broadcast control mechanism named radius which controls the duration of the packet storm. The invention proposes to dynamically select the smallest radius to reduce the packet storm to a minimum, by reporting the smallest possible radius parameter for the broadcast control mechanism. Each device or node of the network comprises a neighbor table for tracking which of its neighboring devices or nodes has successfully relayed the broadcast transmission. Additionally, each device or node comprises a broadcast transaction table to keep a record of any new broadcast transmission or transaction that is either initiated locally or received from a neighboring device or node.

Abstract: A communication method and a device, where the method includes receiving, by a first device, a first message sent by a second device using a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, where the first message includes address information of the second device in an infrastructure network and identification information of a radio access device connected to the second device in the infrastructure network, and when a radio access device connected to the first device and the radio access device connected to the second device in the infrastructure network are a same radio access device, communicating, by the first device, with the second device according to the address information using the connected radio access device.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) setting of a User Equipment (UE). For example, a UE may include a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver to communicate with a WLAN; a cellular transceiver to communicate with a cellular network; a user interface to provide a user with a plurality of WLAN setting options and to receive an indication of a selected WLAN setting from the plurality of WLAN setting options; and a connection manager to cause the WLAN transceiver to operate according to the selected WLAN setting.

Abstract: A flow entry configuration method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. The method includes: reporting, by a switch, information about a data packet of a first service to a controller, receiving a flow entry delivered by the controller according to the information and a flow table structure, determining a first target service path matching the flow entry of the first service, determining a target hardware flow table according to a preconfigured correspondence between the service path and a hardware flow table of the switch, and configuring a flow entry of the target hardware flow table according to the flow entry of the first service. Therefore, no matter to which controller the switch is connected, the switch can successfully configure, in the hardware flow table, the flow entry used to implement the first service, so as to successfully process the first service, thereby reducing a probability of failure in service processing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an SDN-based WIA-PA field network/IPv6 backhaul network joint scheduling method, which belongs to the technical field of industrial networks. Specific to the currently existing problems on data interaction among multiple WIA-PA networks and between the WIA-PA network and an IPv6 network, the method implements a scheduling function for a WIA-PA data stream in the IPv6 backhaul network and adds a joint control function for supporting a WIA-PA network manager in an SDN controller based on the IPv6 backhaul network according to the self-characteristics and application requirements of the WIA-PA network. The present invention not only implements the joint scheduling of a cross-network data stream for the IPv6 backhaul network and the WIA-PA network, but also enables the fine-grain recognition specific to the WIA-PA network data stream to implement the bandwidth guarantee for the end-to-end cross-network data stream.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to a method of adapting an association of physical resources in a network with a summarized resource corresponding to one or more class of service. The method comprises monitoring at least one parameter of the summarized resources. The method further comprises comparing the at least one parameter between a plurality of summarized resources, and comparing the class of service of the summarized resources. Based on the comparing of the at least one parameter and based on the comparing of the class of service of the summarized resources, the method comprises determining one or more summarized resources to be a source for providing physical resources and determining one or more summarized resources to be a destination for receiving physical resources. Based on the determining, the method comprises modifying an allocation of physical resources to transfer an association of physical resources from the source summarized resource to the destination summarized resource.

Abstract: Techniques are described for extending a two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP) to enable measurement of service key performance indicators (KPIs) in a software defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) architecture. The TWAMP extensions enable control messaging to be handled by a TWAMP control client executed on a centralized controller, and data messaging to be handled by a TWAMP session initiator executed on a separate network device. Techniques are also described for extending TWAMP to enable measurement of any of a plurality of service KPIs for a given service supported at a TWAMP server. The service KPIs may include one or more of keepalive measurements, round trip time measurements, path delay measurements, service latency measurements, or service load measurements. The TWAMP extensions for the service KPIs may be used in both conventional network architectures and in SDN and NFV architectures.

Abstract: A method of communication link accessibility aware navigation is provided that includes querying a communication link accessibility map based on a location of interest provided by a path planner for a communication node. A communication link accessibility indicator is received representing a communication link characteristic associated with the location of interest in response to querying the communication link accessibility map. A communication link accessibility weight is determined based on a mission priority of maintaining a communication link of the communication node. The communication link accessibility weight is applied to the communication link accessibility indicator.

Abstract: A method and associated systems for improving robustness of a cellular network. A topology of the cellular network is represented as an undirected graph that represents base stations as nodes and represents communication paths between base stations as edges. Each node is associated with a “synergistic” version of a Shapley value proportional to an amount of network disturbance that would occur if that value's corresponding base station should fail. The synergistic nature of the synergistic Shapley values allows them to account for scenarios in which multiple base stations fail at the same time. A synergistic Shapley value of a particular node is derived as a function of how many of the shortest paths between nodes of the graph lengthen when the node's corresponding base station fails. Base stations and nodes associated with higher synergistic Shapley values are deemed to be “censorious” and in need of reconfiguration.

Abstract: In an ad hoc wireless network, nodes determine contextual locations based at least in part on measured ranges to a plurality of fixed nodes having predetermined locations. When the contextual locations contains at least one error, the contextual locations are updated based at least in part on measured ranges between pairs of nodes in the ad hoc wireless network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for an automatically deployed wireless network are provided. According to one embodiment, an access point controller (AC) determines the existence of a network anomaly at a position of a wireless network that is managed by the AC. Responsive thereto, the AC causes an unmanned vehicle that carries a movable access point (AP) to carry the movable AP to the position or proximate thereto and causes the movable AP to provide wireless network service to an area encompassing the position by sending a dispatch command to the unmanned vehicle. The dispatch command instructs the unmanned vehicle to move to the position or proximate thereto.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to computing platforms, and more particularly to a system and method for synchronizing computing platforms across technologies. In one embodiment, a method is provided for synchronizing a plurality of computing platforms. The method comprises gathering information on the plurality of computing platforms, performing a comparison among a set of computing platforms selected from the plurality of computing platforms based on the information gathered, providing at least one user selectable recommendation for synchronizing a computing platform selected from the set of computing platforms based on the comparison, and implementing the at least one recommendation on the computing platform upon selection by a user.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a downlink control information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining multiple terminal devices used for downlink scheduling; determining downlink control information used by the multiple terminal devices to receive downlink data flows, where the downlink control information includes common control information shared by the multiple terminal devices, dedicated control information of each of the multiple terminal devices, and device identifier information of each terminal device, and an order of the device identifier information of each terminal device is the same as an order of the dedicated control information of each terminal device; and sending the downlink control information to the multiple terminal devices.

Abstract: Generating discovery profiles for discovering components of a computer network using agent software can include receiving a command from a client device to generate a discovery profile for an agent software instance. A network subnet and at least one network gateway address can be obtained from the agent software instance, which network subnet and at least one network gateway address can be associated with a network interface of the computing device operating the agent software. At least one other network subnet can be obtained from the agent software instance by sending instructions to the agent software instance to identify the at least one other network subnet using the at least one network gateway address. A discovery profile including the network subnet and the at least one other network subnet can then be generated for the agent software instance.

Abstract: The present invention, generally, is directed towards sending and receiving communication sessions across more than one network using an address family translation or network address translation (NAT) system and method. Such application is directed towards providing the ability to send and receive communications sessions between communication nodes, network edge devices, and the like, using more than one Internet protocol. This application is especially advantageous where communication sessions need to be transferred from one location to a second using the public Internet, i.e., Internet access provided by third-party Internet service providers (ISPs). The present invention, also, provides a translation system and method which may allow a communication node or a network edge device to recognize and interpret communication sessions received over a third-party Internet connection from a device hidden by a third party ISP-provided NAT implementation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for neighbor discovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A neighbor seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may search for a first signal to discover neighbor WTRUs for peer-to-peer communication. The WTRU may then receive the first signal. Further, the WTRU may generate a report based on the received first signal. Then, the WTRU may send a second signal carrying the report to a cellular wireless network. The first signal may include a beacon for neighbor discovery or a synchronization signal or both. The report may contain at least one neighbor WTRU identity or at least a portion of a time value or both. Further, the report may contain a counter value, including at least a portion of a time value. The counter value may be based on a time source. In addition, the first signal may be received from a synchronization source.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments enhance wireless communications device discovery processes. In an example embodiment, a method includes detecting a wireless device discovery message at an apparatus, and in response to detecting the wireless device discovery message, temporarily tuning, by the apparatus, device discovery parameters to increase a rate of detecting wireless device discovery messages.