Abstract: A first network device configured as a first Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) may receive a packet from a second network device. The first VTEP may determine that the second network device is a second VTEP and has not been established as a peer VTEP to the first VTEP. The first VTEP may maintain a status for the second network device as authentication pending, receive an authentication packet from the second network device and authenticating the second network device as a peer VTEP using the authentication packet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to improving the management and provisoning of configurable computing resources. Certain techniques are disclosed herein for managing and provisoning the configurable computing resources based on resource policies. One of the techniques includes determining a value indicating a real-time demand for a resource within a resource pool based on an aggregate of request data. The aggregate of the request data is obtained from any number of previously received orders for services that included the resource as at least a part of enabling the service. The technique may also include generating or updating one or more demand policies for allocation of the resource based on the determined value indicating the real-time demand for the resource, pre-creating the resource based on the one or more demand policies, and allocating the pre-created resource to one or more users based on the one or more demand policies.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, a device, and/or a system of a data resource control data structure. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an authorization request from a device to utilize a protected resource within a datastore. A control policy that defines an authorized context in which the device is authorized to utilize the protected resource is extracted from a security node of a non-hierarchical data structure. The control policy includes a control algorithm and optionally a control dataset. Context values specified in the control algorithm are retrieved to form a context dataset. Utilization of the protected resource is authorized when it is determined by the control algorithm that the context dataset conforms to the authorized context. The security node may organize data into a domain structure that includes a unique identifier, an identity element, a content element, and a context element.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and a method of signal processing are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a packet generator which generates a packet including a header and a payload, based on an input stream; and a signal processor which signal-processes the generated packet. The header includes a base header, and the base header includes various fields indicating at least one of a packet type, and a value indicating that the packet transmits one single complete input packet, a segment of an input packet, or a plurality of input packets. The fields included in the base header may also indicate presence of an additional header and a substream identifier.

Abstract: A method for transmitting data in a packet-oriented communications network, in particular of a motor vehicle and to a user terminal configured for carrying out the method. In the method, data packets are transmitted without a guaranteed transmission time for the data packets and with a guaranteed maximum transmission time for the data packets in said communications network. For a data transmission with a guaranteed transmission time, a specific quality of service is reserved prior to the data transmission by reservation request from the sender of the data to the receiver of the data and the data transmission with a guaranteed transmission time is only started once a confirmation of the reservation request sent by the sender has been received. In addition, selected data that is to be transmitted in a guaranteed transmission time is sent directly as a data stream of data packets and a reservation request is sent after the start of the data stream.

Abstract: A network element includes a processor that is configured to receive a request for performing an administratively-requested reroute (ARR) on a network. The ARR includes at least a first data plane operation on the network element and a second data plane operation on another network element. The network element is also configured to determine whether it is capable of performing the first data plane operation without interrupting network traffic on that network element. The network element is further configured to determine whether the other network element is capable of performing the second data plane operation without interrupting network traffic on that network element.

Abstract: Techniques are described for bandwidth sharing. In one embodiment, a computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium has program code embodied therewith. The program code is executable by a computing device to provide a first key to a first user, provide a second key to a second user, receive the second key from the first user and, responsive to receiving the second key from the first user, allocate an amount of bandwidth normally allocated to the first user to the second user.

Abstract: An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display obtains a file header for a file that corresponds to a plurality of separately indexed clusters. The file is divided into segments one or more of which include multiple sequential clusters. The file header includes a segment index that enables identification of a segment that includes requested content. The device receives a request to seek to a respective position within the file. In response, the device identifies a first segment that includes content that corresponds to the respective position based on the segment index, obtains the first segment, and obtains a content index for a respective cluster within the first segment. After obtaining the first segment and the content index, the device identifies respective content within the respective cluster that corresponds to the respective position based on a content index and provides the respective content to a user.

Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying and controlling traffic in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, by a gateway, a rule corresponding to a determined policy and packet filter information from a policy server upon receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) session establishment request from a User Equipment (UE); installing a packet filter according to the received packet filter information; and after a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) session is established between the UE and a content server, identifying traffic using the packet filter and transmitting the identified traffic to a Radio Access Network (RAN) to schedule packet responsive to a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request being from the UE after a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) session is established between the UE and a content server.

Abstract: Circuitry of a hybrid fiber-coaxial network may comprise a first transceiver configured to connect the circuitry to an optical link, a second transceiver configured to connect the circuitry to an electrical link, a first processing path, a second processing path, and a switching circuit. In a first configuration, the switching circuit may couple the first transceiver to the second transceiver via the first processing path. In a second configuration, the switching circuit may couple the first transceiver to the second transceiver via the second processing path. The first transceiver may comprise a passive optical network (PON) transceiver and the second transceiver may comprise a data over coaxial service interface specification (DOCSIS) physical layer transceiver. The switching circuit may be configured based on the type of headend to which the circuitry is connected.

Abstract: A radio base station has a baseband controller coupled to a radio head by an optical wavelength division multiplexed link to pass downlink signals on a first wavelength, and uplink signals on another wavelength. A compensating delay is applied to one of the signals to compensate for a difference in transmission times between the downlink and the uplink signals. The compensating delay can be controlled according to the difference in wavelengths. By compensating for such differences in transmission times, synchronization problems can be avoided or ameliorated, or transmission distances can be increased. This can result in more flexibility in choice of wavelengths, fiber types and fiber lengths, and greater resilience. This can enable simpler installation or configuration, or reconfiguration without needing to take care to restrict the selection of wavelengths on the WDM link or restrict the length of the link for example.

Abstract: Stateful inspection and classification of packets is disclosed. For a first packet associated with a network traffic flow, a differentiated services header value is determined. The differentiated services header value is used to perform a lookup of a quality of service treatment associated with the differentiated services header value. The treatment is applied to the first packet. A return traffic packet is received. A differentiated services header value is written in the header of the return traffic packet.

Abstract: A wireless communication access path exists between an ingress station and an egress station. A logical communication tunnel is established between the ingress and egress stations directly or through any number of intermediate relay stations to handle session flows of PDUs. As PDUs arrive, the ingress station may determine and add information bearing on an identified QoS associated with the PDU to the PDUs before they are delivered to the downstream egress station(s) or intermediate relay station(s). The information may be used by the downstream stations to schedule the PDUs for further delivery. The information may also be used by the egress station to schedule the PDUs for delivery.

Abstract: Methods and systems automatically allocate cellular communication network resources to emergency response personnel during emergency situations which are detected by call volumes exceeding a predetermined maximum. Access to cellular communication network resources is provided by dedicating a portion of communication radio resources to emergency response personnel use. By reserving radio resources for emergency communication purposes, emergency personnel are able to both initiate and receive calls or data sessions from both other mobile devices as well as conventional landline telephone stations. Qualified emergency response personnel can preregistered their phones and be assigned personal identification numbers to enable access to allocated network resources. Users can also be registered “on the fly.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs are presented for managing network traffic. A network switch includes a switch fabric and a resource coherency and analytics engine (RCAE) coupled to the switch fabric. The RCAE includes one or more virtualizable resource groups (VRGs) for managing network traffic flow across a plurality of network switches on the network. Further, the RCAE is operable to add network entities to each VRG, add flows to each VRG, and add other VRGs to each VRG. A virtualizable resource control list (VRCL), associated with each VRG, identifies which network entities in the VRG can communicate with each other, which network entities in the VRG can communicate with network entities in other VRGs, and a guaranteed bandwidth for the VRG associated with the VRCL. Furthermore, the RCAE is operable to exchange messages with other RCAEs in other network switches to implement traffic policies defined by each VRCL.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a database which stores control information for controlling a network; an interface unit which is connectable to a plurality of modules, each of which operates the control information based on a predetermined algorithm, and which operates the control information responsive to a database operation command issued by any one of the modules; and a control unit which controls packet processing in the network based on the control information configured by an operation executed by any one of the modules.

Abstract: Measures, including methods, apparatus and computer programs, for use in operating a network node. At the network node a database of session description protocol (SDP) precondition preference data for a plurality of network elements is maintained. A session initiation protocol (SIP) message directed towards a downstream network element is received. The received message includes SDP data. A lookup in the database in relation to the received SIP message is performed to retrieve SDP precondition preference data for the downstream network element. The received SIP message is processed according to the retrieved SDP precondition preference data. The processed SIP message is transmitted to the downstream network element.

Abstract: A method and a system for exercising policy control, a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), and a policy control and charging rules function (PCRF) are provided, which can solve the problem that no policy control can be exercised over application service flows without an application function (AF). The method includes of the following steps: a PCRF receiving information about an application event sent by a PCEF; and the PCRF generating a control policy for a service flow of the application according to the information about the application event, and delivering the control policy to the PCEF.

Abstract: A mobile device and a method for managing background data transmission of the mobile device are provided. The method includes the following steps: recording a plurality of entries, obtaining a time limit for a background data transmission of the mobile device, and scheduling the background data transmission according to the time limit and the entries. Each of the entries includes a location of the mobile device when the entry is recorded, a time of the mobile device when the entry is recorded, and a network information of the mobile device when the entry is recorded. The time limit indicates a time point before which the background data transmission should be finished.

Abstract: There is provided a new on-board network system having a relay device that relays communication frames between on-board networks, and between an on-board network and an external device, such as being capable of supporting communication between an on-board network and an external device without a storage area of a relay device being increased.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for allocating a packet switching resource, which includes: receiving, by a management plane unit, a service transport request carrying service information, where the service information includes source node information, sink node information, quality of service QoS requirement information, and bandwidth requirement information; determining, by the management plane unit, at least one transport path according to the service information and a preset resource allocation policy, and generating a routing table entry/forwarding table entry according to the at least one transport path; and sending, by the management plane unit, the routing table entry/forwarding table entry to data plane units of packet switching devices of each transport path of the at least one transport path.

Abstract: Method of transmission of data between a server and a client, said transmission using a multihoming protocol, as SCTP, over a network comprising at least one principal link and one secondary link connecting the server and the client, said method comprising the steps of: a) set-up of a connection between the server and the client; b) allocation of a bandwidth over the principal link to the transmission of data from the server to the client; c) transmission of data from the server to the client over the principal link as long as said allocated bandwidth is not fully used; and d) if the allocated bandwidth has been fully used, transmission of data from the server to the client over the secondary link.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates utilizing data within a network including numerous data communications. An interface that can receive data associated with a data communication within a network. An enterprise resource track (ERT) component that can generate context associated with the data communication and at least one resource to enable a second data communication to be efficiently directed to the at least one resource based on the generated context.

Abstract: Datalink frames or networking packets contain protocol information in the header and optionally in the trailer of a frame or a packet. We are proposing a method in which part of or all of the protocol information corresponding to a frame or a packet is transmitted separately in another datalink frame. The “Separately Transmitted Protocol Information” is referred to as STPI. The STPI contains enough protocol information to identify the next hop node or port. STPI can be used avoid network congestion and improve link efficiency. Preferably, there will be one datalink frame or network packet corresponding to each STPI, containing the data and the rest of the protocol information and this frame/packet is referred to as DFoNP. The creation of STPI and DFoNP is done by the originator of the frame or packet such as an operating system.

Abstract: A rendezvous flow control apparatus, method, and non-transitory tangible computer readable medium thereof are provided. The rendezvous flow control apparatus includes a plurality of transceiving interfaces and a processing unit. Each of the transceiving interfaces is individually assigned with a first allocated bandwidth. The transceiving interfaces transmit a first data flow of a network service to a network apparatus by the first allocated bandwidths at a first stage. The transceiving interfaces receive a piece of feedback information from the network apparatus. The processing unit assigns a second allocated bandwidth to each of the transceiving interfaces according to the piece of feedback information. The transceiving interfaces transmit a second data flow of the network service to the network apparatus by the second allocated bandwidths at a second stage.

Abstract: In adaptive streaming, video segments are available in one or more quality levels, and each video segment is delivered to the client (103) in a quality level specified in a request received from that client (103). In order to reduce the risk for buffer underrun, an adaptive streaming aware network node (101) comprises: —session monitoring means (111) for collecting buffer fill information indicative for a buffer volume at the client (101) occupied by a video session; —priority calculation means (112) for determining a priority level for video segments of the session in function of the buffer fill information; and —video segment marking means (113) for marking video segments of the session with the priority level.

Abstract: An Internet phone may be physically located based on its credential. The credential is related to a MAC address of the Internet phone. The MAC address is related to a port identifier of a network switch in communication with the Internet phone. The port identifier is related to a physical location of the Internet phone.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of releasing a connection in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) establishes a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a specific establishment cause, receiving paging indicating connection release and release information including an establishment cause or a logical channel priority, and releasing the RRC connection depending on the establishment cause or the logical channel priority included in the release information.

Abstract: In an information management system, policies are deployed to targets and targets can evaluate the policies whether they are connected or disconnected to the system. The policies may be transferred to the target, which may be a device or user. Relevant policies may be transferred while not relevant policies are not. The policies may have policy abstractions.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing and processing a block extent granularity authorization mechanism for a Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) adapter. The CAPI adapter generates an authorization table with multiple authorization entries, each authorization entry including an Authorization Handle with CAPI server registers identification (ID) including a start Logical Block Address of the extent and range of Logical Block Addresses for each extent. When a command is received an authentication process uses the Authorization Handle contained in the received command and an Authorization Entry in the Authorization Table indexed by the Authorization Handle to authenticate the received command to prevent unauthorized data access.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing and processing a block extent granularity authorization mechanism for a Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) adapter. The CAPI adapter generates an authorization table with multiple authorization entries, each authorization entry including an Authorization Handle with CAPI server registers identification (ID) including a start Logical Block Address of the extent and range of Logical Block Addresses for each extent. When a command is received an authentication process uses the Authorization Handle contained in the received command and an Authorization Entry in the Authorization Table indexed by the Authorization Handle to authenticate the received command to prevent unauthorized data access.

Abstract: A communication method and system for implementing third-party authentication is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a service request from a requesting party; performing a third-party authentication on the service request according to a gray list and obtaining an authentication result; and processing the service request according to the authentication result. The system includes one or more processing elements, for example, user equipment (UE), Proxy Call Session Control Function (PCSCF), Service Call Session Control Function (SCSCF) and Application Server (AS) which cooperate to perform the disclosed method. The present invention implements a third-party control of services based on the gray list, and can effectively manage a variety of services in the communication system.

Abstract: Methods and systems for auto coexistence priority selection for a SCO link are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a first Bluetooth device communicating with a collocated WLAN device via a coexistence method. The first Bluetooth device, prior to executing a non-SCO task, which may comprise tasks that do not involve SCO packet transfer, may communicate low priority via the coexistence method if a Bluetooth SCO link is present between the first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device, and if a current task being handled by the first Bluetooth device is a high priority task. If a SCO link is not present between the first and second Bluetooth devices, and if the current non-SCO task is a high priority task, the first Bluetooth device may communicate high priority via the coexistence method prior to executing the non-SCO task.

Abstract: A set of compliance policy updates are received. The compliance policy updates are sent to workloads for application. A status of the application of the compliance policies to the workloads is received from the workloads and output.

Abstract: An apparatus of a passive optical network (PON) comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) component configured to couple to an optical network unit (ONU) and send downstream wavelength identification to the ONU to indicate a wavelength that corresponds to the ONU, wherein the downstream wavelength identification is transmitted using a Media Access Control (MAC) layer frame for an embedded channel, a control message channel, or a data channel. Also included is an apparatus of a PON comprising an ONU component configured to couple to an OLT and send upstream wavelength feedback to the OLT to indicate a wavelength that corresponds to the ONU, wherein the upstream wavelength feedback is transmitted using a MAC layer frame for an embedded channel, a control message channel, or a data channel.

Abstract: Methods, storage systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining, for an entity, a policy access control list including one or more access rules, each of the access rules including one or more user conditions and one or more entity conditions. Upon receiving a request from a user to access a given entity, one or more user attributes associated with the user and one or more entity attributes associated with the given entity are identified. For each of the access rules, the one or more user conditions are applied to the one or more user attributes, the one or more entity conditions are applied to the one or more entity attributes. Access to the given content entity is granted to the user upon determining that a minimum threshold of the one or more user conditions and the one or more entity conditions are met.

Abstract: A data object from a data source is received by a distributed process in a data stream. The distributed process has a sequence of categories, each category containing one or more tasks that operate on the data object. The data object includes files that can be processed by the tasks. If the task is able to operate on the data object, then the data object is passed to the task. If the task is unable to operate on the data object, then the files in the data object are passed to a file staging area of the distributed process and stored in memory. The files in the file staging area are passed, in sequence, from the file staging area to the task that was unable to operate on the data object. The data object is outputted to a next category or data sink after being operated on by the task.

Abstract: A network user priority assignment system (“NUPAS”) for assigning network user priorities on a network is described. The NUPAS may include a host and a gateway in signal communication with the host. The host may be configured to transmit a request message signal and the gateway may be configured to receive the transmitted request signal and in response generate an acknowledgement signal having a traffic descriptor.

Abstract: A wireless communication access path exists between an ingress station and an egress station. A logical communication tunnel is established between the ingress and egress stations directly or through any number of intermediate relay stations to handle session flows of PDUs. As PDUs arrive, the ingress station may determine and add information bearing on an identified QoS associated with the PDU to the PDUs before they are delivered to the downstream egress station(s) or intermediate relay station(s). The information may be used by the downstream stations to schedule the PDUs for further delivery. The information may also be used by the egress station to schedule the PDUs for delivery.

Abstract: A telecommunications system is arranged to provide a facility for communicating data to and from a mobile node using an internet protocol. The system includes a first home access network, which includes a home gateway node, a second visited access network, which includes a visited serving gateway node, and a wireless access gateway operable to communicate data to and from the mobile node using the internet protocol. The mobile node is operable to communicate a binding update message to the visited serving gateway node of the second visited access network via the wireless access gateway using the internet protocol. The binding update message includes a unique identifier of the mobile node, and a request for an internet protocol address for the mobile node as if the mobile node were attached to the first home access network (home IP address). In one example the unique identifier is an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number or the like.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a synchronization engine 116 of an application module 114 may adjust a synchronization scheme 306 based on the implicit data classification of a data item. A synchronization engine 116 may detect a user action 406 executed by a user on a data item 402. The synchronization engine 116 may determine an action type 408 for the user action 406. The synchronization engine 116 may assign an item synchronization priority to the data item 402 based on the action type 406.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide multi-tenant billing systems and methods whereby data network usage fees that are associated with delivering select content of different content providers over a data network are passed to the content provider that originates or is the source for that select content instead of the end users that request and receive the select content. A deep packet inspection server or a billing server may be configured with a list of identifiers to distinguish between the network usage that is related to the delivery of the designated free content from the network usage that is not related to the delivery of the designated free content. The network usage can be distinguished by filtering or processing usage logs that track the network usage using the configured list of identifiers. Such filtering or processing can be done in real-time or in a delayed manner in a standalone or integrated system.

Abstract: A request to send a first message from a first component to a second component is received at an arbiter. The first component is located in a first time zone and the second component is located in a second time zone. The arbiter determines that the second component is located in the second time zone. It is determined that the second time zone can be communicated with via one or more communications channels in a first direction. It is determined whether bandwidth is available on the one or more communications channels in the first direction. If bandwidth is available on the one or more communications channels in the first direction, a data path between the first component and the one or more communications channels in the first direction is created and the request is granted. Otherwise, the grant of the request is delayed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of providing conditional access to an electronic data store including a storage controller and a data storage resource. The method includes receiving, at the storage controller, a network request for access to the data storage resource from a client, the request including at least one required parameter defining the requested connection, obtaining information on the performance of the data storage resource, determining, based upon the information, whether a) the data storage resource can meet the or each required parameter of the request; and b) meeting the or each required parameter of the request will not violate any previously agreed parameters defining existing connections on the data storage resource; and denying the request if at least one of a) and b) are determined to be negative.

Abstract: A method and system may allow for adjusting network latency experienced by a user. A first computing device may send a request to adjust the latency experienced by a terminal associated with a user. The request may be received at a second computing device which may identify a buffer size for the terminal associated with the user. A new buffer size may be determined and adjusted for the identified buffer based on the received request.

Abstract: Provided is a load-based method for moving carried out by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises obtaining a load level of a serving network and/or a neighboring network, scaling a mobility parameter by applying a scaling factor according to the load level of the serving network and/or a scaling factor according to the load level of the neighboring network, and performing a mobility evaluation of the serving network and the neighboring network based on the scaled mobility parameter.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for deciding an offload list for a heavily loaded base station are provided. The heavily loaded base station serves a plurality of user equipments. A part of the user equipments are candidate user equipments, wherein a connection quality parameter of each of the candidate user equipments is smaller than a threshold. Each of the candidate user equipments has an offload utility value and a service level agreement degree. The apparatus selects one of the candidate user equipments as a selected user equipment according to the offload utility values. The apparatus decides to add an identity of the selected user equipment into the offload list according to at least the service level agreement degree of the selected user equipment and a load of a target base station of the selected user equipment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and device for service monitoring and a method of and device for service monitoring management. In particular the invention relates to a method of and device for service monitoring of at least one service, and of at least one sub-service associated with the service in which values for service monitoring metric and sub-service monitoring metrics derived from the terminal operational information are monitored and recorded. One or more service monitoring reports, containing service monitoring metric values and sub-service monitoring metric values that are relationally organized to reflect the association between the sub-service and the service, are sent.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for client-allocatable bandwidth pools are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of resources of a provider network and a resource manager. In response to a determination to accept a bandwidth pool creation request from a client for a resource group, where the resource group comprises a plurality of resources allocated to the client, the resource manager stores an indication of a total network traffic rate limit of the resource group. In response to a bandwidth allocation request from the client to allocate a specified portion of the total network traffic rate limit to a particular resource of the resource group, the resource manager initiates one or more configuration changes to allow network transmissions within one or more network links of the provider network accessible from the particular resource at a rate up to the specified portion.

Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed. The method of processing data of a transmitting system includes generating signaling information including service-related transmission parameters of mobile service data, packetizing the generated signaling information to a predetermined data packet format, primarily multiplexing the packetized signaling information and a mobile service data packet including the mobile service data, and secondarily multiplexing the primarily multiplexed data packets and a main service data packet including main service data, thereby transmitting the secondarily multiplexed data packets to at least one transmitter located in a remote site.