Abstract: A vehicular battery management system (BMS) comprises a battery controller, a set of battery cells, a primary network node coupled to the battery controller, and a secondary network node coupled to the set of battery cells. The primary and secondary network nodes are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other using frames that share a common frame format. The frame format includes one or more bits and a status of the one or more bits indicates whether the secondary network node is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another secondary network node.

Abstract: Optimized routing in localized dense networks is provided. A packet is received at a first network device in a network. An optimal route for the packet to a neighbor network device in the network is determined using a Source Routing Table (SRT), wherein the SRT includes an optimized routing table and a standard routing table, and wherein the optimized routing table comprises a list of neighbor network devices that the first network device can route to directly and wherein the standard routing table comprises a ZigBee source routing table. The packet is routed using the optimal route.

Abstract: A device sends, based on information indicating that a primary backhaul link of a private network is down, at least one message to a controller of the private network. The at least one message indicates that the controller is to activate at least one route condition policy, and the at least one message, when received by the controller, is to cause the controller to activate the at least one route condition policy. The device sends, based on the information, at least one additional message to a baseband unit (BBU) of the private network. The at least one additional message indicates that the BBU is to apply one or more spectrum sharing parameters for the private network, and the at least one additional message, when received by the BBU, is to cause the BBU to apply the one or more spectrum sharing parameters.

Abstract: A communication method in a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes, at least one node comprising a plurality of traffic queues for serving data traffic at different priorities, each traffic queue being associated with a respective queue backoff value computed from respective queue contention parameters having first and second values in, respectively, a first and a second contention modes, obtaining quality of service requirements of data stored in a traffic queue of the node; checking whether the quality of service requirements can be fulfilled when accessing the communication channel using the second contention mode; if the requirements cannot be fulfilled as the result of the checking, disabling access to resource units provided by the other node within one or more transmission opportunities granted to the other node on the communication channel; and transmitting data stored in the traffic queue using the first contention mode.

Abstract: The disclosed methods and apparatus provide venues such as merchandising, service, or cultural venues with the opportunity to widen the circle of patrons by annotating images captured at or nearby the venues with information about the venues. Venues may build patron loyalty by rewarding patrons who transmit or post the images, as well as those who view the annotated images. The annotations may serve as advertisements and marketing tools.

Abstract: A method is applied to a ring link, where the ring link includes a first node, a second node, a third node, and a fourth node in sequence. According to the method, the first node receives first traffic, where the first node is a source node that sends the first traffic on the ring link; and the first node sends the first traffic to the third node, where two reachable paths with equal hop counts are included from the first node to the third node, the first node sends the first traffic to the third node on a preset first transmission path, the first transmission path passes through the second node, and the first transmission path is one of the two reachable paths with equal hop counts. This method can reduce computing load of nodes while implementing non-blocking switching of traffic between the nodes.

Abstract: A mesh network wherein a first device selects a second device as an exit device with respect to the first device such that communication between the first device and an external device is communicated via the second device; receives a message indicating that the second device has selected a third device as an exit device with respect to the second device such that communication between the second device and the external device is communicated via the third device; transmits a meshnet query packet that includes a DNS query for domain information associated with the external device; receives the domain information associated with the external device; and transmits a meshnet initiation packet that includes a network communication for communicating with the external device, the network communication including the domain information to indicate that the third device is to utilize the domain information to transmit the network communication to the external device.

Abstract: A wireless sensor network gateway includes safe side circuitry, hazardous side circuitry and isolation circuitry, which are supported by a housing. The safe side circuitry includes a safe side power circuit, and a safe side data input/output (I/O) circuit. The hazardous side circuitry includes a hazardous side power circuit, and a hazardous side data I/O circuit. The isolation circuitry divides the safe side circuitry from the hazardous side circuitry. The isolation circuitry includes a power isolation circuit that couples the safe side power circuit to the hazardous side power circuit and forms an intrinsic safety barrier between the safe side power circuit and the hazardous side power circuit, and a data isolation circuit that couples the safe side data I/O circuit to the hazardous side data I/O circuit and forms an intrinsic safety barrier between the safe side data I/O circuit and the hazardous side data I/O circuit.

Abstract: A method is applied to a ring link, where the ring link includes a first node, a second node, a third node, and a fourth node in sequence. According to the method, the first node receives first traffic, where the first node is a source node that sends the first traffic on the ring link; and the first node sends the first traffic to the third node, where two reachable paths with equal hop counts are included from the first node to the third node, the first node sends the first traffic to the third node on a preset first transmission path, the first transmission path passes through the second node, and the first transmission path is one of the two reachable paths with equal hop counts. This method can reduce computing load of nodes while implementing non-blocking switching of traffic between the nodes.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating network topology plans are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes receiving a first constraint (number of nodes) to be set in a graph (under construction). The graph, when complete, is configured to include nodes and interconnections so as to enable each node to reach any other node via one or more interconnections. The method also includes receiving a second constraint (number of degrees) to be set with respect to each node and which defines the maximum number of interconnections that can be connected to each node. Upon determining that the graph is developed to an extent where each node is connected to at least one interconnection and every node is reachable by any other node, the method further includes performing functions to improve metrics related to a hop count that represents a number of interconnections needed for one node to reach another.

Abstract: A system of a machine includes a first node and a second node configured to establish a first communication path through a waveguide system to guide a radio frequency transmission between the first node and the second node in the machine. The system also includes a third node and a fourth node configured to establish a second communication path in the machine. The first node is grouped with the third node as a first node group, and the second node is grouped with the fourth node as a second node group such that the second communication path provides a redundant communication path with respect to the first communication path for communication between the first node group and the second node group.

Abstract: The service layer may leverage the access network infrastructure so that applications on a device may bootstrap with a machine-to-machine server without requiring provisioning beyond what is already required by the access network.

Abstract: A method including providing a SHARP tree including a plurality of data receiving processes and at least one aggregation node, designating a data movement command, providing a plurality of data input vectors to each of the plurality of data receiving processes, respectively, the plurality of data receiving processes each passing on the respective received data input vector to the at least one aggregation node, and the at least one aggregation node carrying out the data movement command on the received plurality of data input vectors. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method that includes sending, by a first node to a plurality of neighbor nodes, a query associated with a dataset, wherein the dataset includes multiple blocks; receiving, at the first node from a set of the plurality of neighbor nodes, one or more responses to the query; based on a first quality ranking of individual nodes in the set, selecting, by the first node, a second node from the set; and sending, by the first node, a first request to the second node for at least one block of the multiple blocks.

Abstract: Systems and apparatus for providing content distribution network (or CDN) egress and/or ingress functionality and methods for making and using the same. In various embodiments, the system can comprise not only a traditional CDN but also a reverse CDN, wherein edge Points of Presence (or PoPs) can be used as ingest points. The system advantageously can be applied to given emerging workloads, such as autonomous applications, artificial intelligence (AI) applications and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, among other things.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing communication of a plurality of devices in a computer network having a plurality of access points, including identifying, by a second access point of the computer network, a communication request from at least one device of the plurality of devices; sending, by a first access point of the computer network, at least one communication rule to the second access point, the at least one communication rule including conditions for communication corresponding to the identified communication request; and blocking, by the second access point, communication to the second access point when the received communication request is inadmissible according to the at least one communication rule.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method including: receiving, by a routing device, a message; determining an indication of an authentication server for authenticating the user to access the network service; and generating an authentication request including at least the user identifier derived from the data structure to the determined authentication server. Also disclosed is a routing device and a computer program product.

Abstract: A switching circuit includes circuitry configured to manage a plurality of Equal Cost Multiple Paths (ECMPs) through a plurality of shared protection group objects, wherein each of the plurality of shared protection group objects is connected to two paths in the ECMPs, and wherein a number of shared protection group objects equals a number of next-hops, cause distribution of packets based on a setting of the shared protection group object for each next-hop, and responsive to a failure of a next-hop, change the setting of the shared protection group object for the failed next-hop.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for performing bit indexed explicit replication (BIER). For example, one method involves receiving a packet at a node. The packet includes a bit string. The node selects forwarding information based on a flow value associated with the packet. The forwarding information includes a forwarding bit mask. The node then forwards the packet based on the bit string and the forwarding information.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques to minimize the electricity consumption of battery powered devices during network discovery and other phases of network operation. Example techniques include efficiently listening for other mains powered and battery powered devices within communication range of the battery powered device by, for example, shortening its listening window depending on how close the time reference maintained by the battery powered device is estimated to be to the time reference used by the other mains powered and battery powered devices within communication range. Other techniques include slowing the rate of listening by the battery powered device when the battery powered device is unlikely to be able to receive discovery messages or is already connected to the network. Other techniques include using knowledge of the network to listen for discovery messages on a channel or channels on which other devices are likely to be transmitting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus to route data packets across a torus or higher radix topology that has low latency, increased throughput and traffic distribution to avoid hot spots development.

Abstract: Network traffic, such as packets addressed to a user device and/or a location, may be filtered/segregated to ensure that the user device and/or the location receives services for which they are subscribed.

Abstract: A servo control module for a motion control system with a plurality of individual servo control modules. The servo control module includes a single axis servo drive. The servo control module further includes a set of input pins configured to receive motor state information of motors controlled by single axis servo drives of all of the other of the plurality of servo control modules over a dedicated inter-drive network each servo update cycle. The servo control module further includes a set of output pins configured to transmit the motor state information of a motor controlled by the single axis servo drive and the received state information over the inter-drive network of motors each servo update cycle.

Abstract: A network includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links communicatively coupling each of the nodes to at least one respective adjacent node via a first communication channel and to another respective adjacent node via a second communication channel. The nodes and links have a braided ring topology. First and second nodes of the plurality of nodes source data, are adjacent nodes, and at least one is a source node. The first node sends a first communication to the second node via a third node that is adjacent the first node and via a fourth node that is adjacent the second node. The second node sends a second communication to the first node via the third node and via the fourth node. At least one of the first and second nodes terminates transmission of the first and second communications when the first and second communications do not match.

Abstract: A static memory device including an instrument, a wireless radio, a shared memory, an outgoing memory portion and an incoming memory portion. The instrument includes an environmental sensing device, a hazard detection device, and/or an industrial safety device. The wireless radio sends and receives information on a wireless mesh network. The shared memory is connected to the instrument and wireless radio and includes static message memory having static messages related to the instrument. The outgoing memory portion receives outgoing information from the instrument and transmits the outgoing information to the wireless radio for transmission on the wireless mesh network. The incoming memory portion receives incoming information from the wireless radio and transmits the incoming information to the instrument. The shared memory restricts the wireless radio and the instrument from both raising grant lines and granting data to either the incoming memory portion or the outgoing memory portion simultaneously.

Abstract: A password authentication device includes a period information storage unit, an acquirer, an authentication unit, and an updating unit. The acquirer acquires the period information when the user inputs a password. The authentication unit authenticates the user when a difference between the reference value stored in the period information storage unit and the period information acquired by the acquirer is equal to or less than a specified value. The updating unit updates the reference value of the period information stored in the period information storage unit based on the period information acquired by the acquirer. The password input period indicates a period from when the user starts inputting the password until the user completes the input. The depression period proportion indicates a proportion that a depression period occupies the password input period. The period-between-characters proportion indicates a proportion that a period-between-characters occupies the password input period.

Abstract: Decoding a partially encrypted data stream may include receiving and scanning the partially encrypted data stream. Scanning the partially encrypted data stream may include identifying an encrypted portion sentinel in the partially encrypted data stream subsequent to a first portion, identifying an encrypted portion in the partially encrypted data stream subsequent to the encrypted portion sentinel, and generating a decrypted data portion by decrypting the encrypted portion. Decrypting the encrypted portion may include identifying an encrypted data portion in the encrypted portion, the encrypted data portion omitting an end encrypted portion sentinel, decrypting the encrypted data portion, and identifying an end encrypted portion sentinel in the encrypted portion subsequent to the encrypted data portion.

Abstract: A communication method, executed in a network of the LoRa type wherein terminals communicate with a server by means of gateways in a set of gateways, each gateway being associated with a set of terminals comprising at least one terminal using said gateway to communicate with the server. The method enables a second gateway to relay, in a downlink frame, a response to a message received in an uplink frame by a first gateway, different from the second gateway, even if the second gateway has not received the uplink frame.

Abstract: A technique for sharing a peripheral device among a group of systems comprises capturing a set of images of a user, and processing the set of images of the user to determine a user directive to designate a first system in the group as an owner of a peripheral device of a second system in the group. If the peripheral device is an input device, the technique further comprises redirecting, responsive to the user directive, from the second system to the first system, data entered using the input device of the second system. If the peripheral device is an output device, the technique further comprises forwarding, responsive to the user directive, from the first system to the second system, data for processing by the output device of the second system. In an embodiment, the user directive is in the form of the user's eye gaze directed at a camera.

Abstract: A hybrid hub-and-spoke communications network with hub-bypass communications paths is disclosed. An edge router receives, from a first origination network gateway node, a first packet destined for a first destination network gateway node. The edge router is communicatively coupled to a hybrid hub-and-spoke and hub-bypass data communications network. The edge router determines that the first packet is to be routed to the first destination network gateway node via a first hub-bypass communications path of the hybrid hub-and-spoke and hub-bypass data communications network. The edge router adds one or more segment identifiers to a header of the first packet that defines the first hub-bypass communications path, and sends the header and the first packet to the first spoke router.

Abstract: Methods and arbiter systems for arbitrating between a plurality of ordered requestors and a shared resource based on priorities allocated to the requestors include determining whether there is at least one requestor that has requested access in the current cycle and has priority in the current cycle. In response to determining that there is at least one requestor that has requested access in the current cycle and has priority in the current cycle, a lowest ordered requestor is selected that has requested access in the current cycle and has priority in the current cycle; and in response to determining that there are no requestors that have requested access in the current cycle and have priority in the current cycle, a highest ordered requestor is selected that has requested access in the current cycle.

Abstract: Example techniques of network infrastructure management are described. In an example, a network statistics request may be received by a network device. The network statistics request indicates a network resource and a network statistics attribute to be determined for the network resource. The network resource is one of a node and a data path in the network infrastructure. The network statistics attribute is indicative of information on flow of data packets at the network resource. A graph is generated based on the network statistics request. The graph depicts vertices corresponding to nodes in a network segment associated with the network resource and edges corresponding to communication links between pairs of adjacent nodes in the network segment. Based on the graph and a network statistics attribute for a pair of adjacent nodes, the network statistics attribute for the network resource, may be determined.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for extending a range of bidirectional bus communications through the use of a differential signal path. The disclosed techniques include first separating the bidirectional bus into first and second unidirectional buses that transmit and receive signals, respectively, and then communicating the signals from the first and second unidirectional buses over a differential signal path. The separation of the bidirectional bus into the first and second unidirectional buses is performed using logic circuitry that blocks or permits communication between a given one of the first and second buses and the bidirectional bus based on whichever one of the first and second buses becomes dominant first. If the logic circuitry determines that the first bus becomes dominant before the second bus, the logic circuitry permits communications between the first bus and the bidirectional bus and blocks communications between the second bus and the bidirectional bus.

Abstract: User action data, quantifying the actions of the user in a physical establishment, can be obtained through various forms of tracking and monitoring that can be implemented by software or hardware infrastructure supported by physical establishment, and agreed to by the user. Such user action data is obtained from multiple physical establishments, which, in combination with tracking of user actions in an online environment, provides a more accurate basis on which to determine a user's intent to act upon an item, a user's affinity for items associated with a specific entity, or combinations thereof. User intent can be quantified in terms of predetermined levels of intent. User content and user entity affinity provide a more accurate basis on which to proactively offer user aid to facilitate the user's acquiring of items, or otherwise make more efficient the user's activities with respect to such items.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to correct more accurate marketing information. A flow line display system of the present invention includes image-capturing unit, information operation device and display unit. The image-capturing unit captures an image. The information operation device detects an object from the image and identifies a flow line of the object, an orientation of the object, and a time related to the orientation. The display unit displays the orientation of the object and the time related to the orientation together with the flow line of the object.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to a configurable Network on Chip (NoC) element that can be configured with a bypass that permits messages to pass through the NoC without entering the queue or arbitration. The configurable NoC element can also be configured to provide a protocol alongside the valid-ready protocol to facilitate valid-ready functionality across virtual channels.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enhancing the channel spatial diversity in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”), by exploiting channel selectivity indicators. The proposed methods are: i) antenna selection; ii) user selection; iii) transmit power balancing. All three methods, or any combination of those, are shown to provide significant performance gains in DIDO systems in practical propagation scenarios.

Abstract: A respective VPN routing table for each of a plurality of VPNs can be stored on a client device. The client device can access a first VPN routing table and, using the first VPN routing table, establish a first VPN tunnel to a first VPN. The first VPN can be a first subnetwork assigned a particular network prefix. While the first VPN tunnel is currently active, the client device can access a second VPN routing table and, using the second VPN routing table, establish a second VPN tunnel to the second VPN. The second VPN can be a second subnetwork assigned the same particular network prefix as the first subnetwork. While the first VPN tunnel and the second VPN tunnel are simultaneously active, the client device can communicate data to remote devices in the first VPN and the second VPN using the particular network prefix for both.

Abstract: A connectivity look up structure is maintained for a network that comprises a plurality of nodes, each node is connectable to one or more other nodes, and nodes that are connected tend to be local to one another in the network, and the number of node connections in the network tends to be sparse in relation to the number of potential node connections in the network. The connectivity look up structure stores, for a given node, an address of each other node that is connected to the given node, wherein the stored address for the other node is represented as a run-length encoded difference between a full network address of the given node and a full network address of the other node.

Abstract: Provided herein are methodologies, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media for configuring a graphical user interface of an electronic display device for enabling preauthorized payment of products or services using distributed processing. A customer may interact with a kiosk or terminal to identify themselves and initiate the process for dynamically computing an active preauthorization limit. Items may then be added to the customer's balance at various point of sale terminals or scanning locations within the facility. Total cost of the items is compared to the active preauthorization limit. Once the customer is finished shopping, a GUI can present them with an authorization screen showing their shopping balance and requesting authorization. The user can interact with the GUI to approve the total via the GUI without the need to produce their card or payment method at checkout.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining a plurality of network nodes of a multi-hop wireless network, wherein each network node comprises an array of beamforming antennae; assigning to each network node in a first subset a first bipartite-graph polarity; assigning to each network node in a second subset a second bipartite-graph polarity; and configuring the multi-hop wireless network according to a bipartite-graph representation of the multi-hop wireless network. During first time slots network nodes of the first bipartite-graph polarity transmit to network nodes of the second bipartite-graph polarity and network nodes of the second bipartite-graph polarity receive from network nodes of the first bipartite-graph polarity.

Abstract: Described include various embodiments of an integrated multi-level network appliance and system, and remote management system and method therefor. In one embodiment, the appliance can comprise: two or more hardware-integrated processing engines each operable to implement a corresponding network-related resource associated with a respective network level in accordance with a designated multi-level network architecture; an integrated processor operable to execute the processing engines; one or more integrated data storage resources accessible to the processing engines to implement each corresponding network-related resource; and a trusted single-chip switch having a plurality of hardware ports associated therewith and configured to define in hardware multiple data communication paths embedded therein.

Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a HID switch with security function that permits sharing of peripherals between multiple computers in a multi-network computer system. The HID switch is configured to connect at least one user input peripheral device and at least two host computers. The HID switch incudes a first directing module and a second directing module, wherein the two directing modules are physically isolated. The passages directed to the two directing modules are controlled by a physical peripheral selector. The physical peripheral selector is configured to selectively enable the first passage and the second passage, wherein only one of the first and second passages is enabled at a time. When one of the first or the second passages is enabled, there is only one host computer is electrically connected to the user input peripheral device via one of the directing modules.

Abstract: Methods and network devices are disclosed for multicast traffic steering in a communications network. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a first tree connecting a source node for a multicast flow through a communications network to each of multiple destination nodes for the multicast flow. The communications network is configured to forward a multicast message based on bit values in a message bit array carried by the message, and the first tree comprises a first set of unicast paths from the source node to the destination nodes. The method further includes allocating a first tree identifier to the first tree and communicating the first tree identifier and associated forwarding information to each of multiple forwarding nodes within the communications network. An embodiment of a network device includes a processor operably coupled to one or more network interfaces and adapted to perform steps of the method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a slave device control method including generating the control message including a plurality of input data and transmitting the control message to a specific slave device among a plurality of slave devices, by a master device, extracting input data from a received data start position of the control message, by the specific slave device, and padding output data to transmitted data storage position of the control message and transmitting the output data to a next slave device, by the specific slave device.

Abstract: Methods and network devices are disclosed for internet protocol (IP) based encapsulation in bit indexed explicit replication (BIER) forwarding. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a multicast message comprising an inner IP header, an intervening header, and an outer IP header. The embodiment further includes accessing a message bit array stored in the intervening header, retrieving an IP address from an entry in a bit indexed forwarding table, replacing an IP destination address in the outer IP header of a copy of the multicast message with the retrieved IP address, and sending the copy of the multicast message toward a second node in the network, where the retrieved IP address is assigned to the second node. An embodiment of a network device includes a processor operably coupled to a plurality of storage locations and to one or more network interfaces and adapted to perform steps of the method.

Abstract: A system and a method for use in satellite communication are presented. The system comprising (a) one or more antenna units for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic radiation in selected frequency ranges, (b) a modem unit configured for modulating received input signals and modulating output electronic data to signals to be transmitted, (c) a processor unit connected to said one or more antenna units and to said modem unit. The processor unit comprises: antenna orientation optimizer module configured and operable for varying azimuth and elevation of signal transmission and reception the antenna units; and network registration module configured and operable for registering the system to a communication network. The registering comprising: selecting a free private communication channel provided by the network, generating a corresponding signal sequence for transmission to a hub. The registering module is configured to be responsive to appropriate notification signals in said private communication channel.

Abstract: A server connection method and system, which relates to the field of communications technologies, such that servers of a same specification are used to implement an optimal network, thereby reducing complexity of routing implementation which includes, providing ten servers, where each server includes five nodes, and the five nodes of each server are connected head-to-tail in series in a same connection manner, and connecting five nodes of any server in five of the ten servers to five nodes of each of the remaining five servers in a one-to-one correspondence manner, in order to form an optimal network of a Hoffman-Singleton graph.

Abstract: The invention relates to a communication method within a network of wireless communicating electronic devices making it possible to dynamically and automatically control the propagation of enrollment messages during the creation of clusters. The invention also relates to any electronic device implementing said communication method and to any system comprising such a device. Such a communicating electronic device comprises a processing unit cooperating with a program memory comprising instructions of a program, of which the execution or interpretation by said processing unit causes the communication method to be implemented.