Abstract: Link data is stored in a distributed link descriptor memory (“DLDM”) including memory instances storing protocol data unit (“PDU”) link descriptors (“PLDs”) or cell link descriptors (“CLDs”). Responsive to receiving a request for buffering a current transfer data unit (“TDU”) in a current PDU, a current PLD is accessed in a first memory instance in the DLDM. It is determined whether any data field designated to store address information in connection with a TDU is currently unoccupied within the current PLD. If no data field designated to store address information in connection with a TDU is currently unoccupied within the current PLD, a current CLD is accessed in a second memory instance in the plurality of memory instances of the same DLDM. Current address information in connection with the current TDU is stored in an address data field within the current CLD.

Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed where in a multi-carrier communication system, the modulation scheme, coding attributes, training pilots, and signal power may be adjusted to adapt to channel conditions in order to maximize the overall system capacity and spectral efficiency without wasting radio resources or compromising error probability performance, etc.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises receiving from network instructions of how to control multi-user multiple input multiple output connections maintained by one or more radio access nodes, the connections utilising one or more slices. One or more radio access nodes perform, based at least in part on the received network instructions, multi-user pairing of terminal devices of the same or different slices, and determine, based at least in part on the received network instructions, slice-based quota taking multi-user pairing and interference arising from paired allocations into account.

Abstract: Arrangements for transaction adapter control are provided. In some aspects, a user device may connect to a network in a current geographic location. The user computing device may detect that a change in geographic location has occurred based on the current geographic location. Responsive to detecting that the change in geographic location has occurred, a mobile transaction adapter associated with or unique to the current geographic location may be downloaded to the user computing device. The mobile transaction adapter may be a plug-in component to a mobile payment application on the user computing device. A request to process a transaction may be received via the mobile payment application on the user device. Upon receiving the request to process the transaction, the mobile transaction adapter may be activated and the request may be routed to the mobile transaction adapter. The requested transaction may then be processed via the mobile transaction adapter.

Abstract: Determination of an inflection point in congestion in a network path can include determining packet congestion on a network path using an inflection point mechanism (IPDM), detecting a potential inflection point in response to a one-way delay (OWD) of a first packet being lesser than an OWD of a second packet by a quantity greater than a function of a difference of inter departure time (IDT) between the first packet and the second packet, and determining an inflection point in congestion of the network path based on the potential inflection point.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for establishing a level of security for a virtual meeting similar to a level of security associated with in person meetings. A communication system may use an application programming interface (API) of an operating system to secure the device by terminating any applications or processes operating on the computing device that are not consistent with a security policy. The system may also use machine learning techniques to monitor audio and/or video streams for participant behaviors that are not consistent with a security policy.

Abstract: In some examples, a system identifies a potential issue based on comparing measurement data acquired at different hierarchical levels of a computing environment. Within a hierarchical level of the different hierarchical levels, the system determines, based on measurement data acquired for objects in the hierarchical level, whether the potential issue is localized to a subset of the objects.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive protocol data units (PDUs) in multiple TTIs (e.g., slots). The wireless communication device may generate, for each TTI of the multiple TTIs, a descriptor that identifies serial numbers (SNs) of PDUs that are received in the TTI. The wireless communication device may aggregate the descriptors for the multiple TTIs into an aggregated descriptor that identifies the SNs of the PDUs across the multiple TTIs. The wireless communication device may process the PDUs received in the multiple TTIs based at least in part on the aggregated descriptor. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle, having a first control device for controlling a first function of the motor vehicle and a second control device for controlling a second function of the motor vehicle. The first and second control devices are each in a signal transmission connection with at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator. To ensure the proper execution of functions of a motor vehicle controlled by control devices even with a faulty control device with the least possible effort, it is provided that in dependence on the receipt of an error signal from the first control device or the second control device, the respective error-free control device is configured such that the function of the motor vehicle that corresponds to the faulty control device is controlled by the error-free control device.

Abstract: A first method comprises transmitting (101) a preamble in a first time interval in a first frequency resource, transmitting (103) a first portion or a first copy of data in the first frequency resource in a second time interval, and transmitting (105) a second portion or second copy of the data in a second frequency resource in the second time interval. The second time interval succeeds the first time interval and the second frequency resource is separate from the first frequency resource. A second method comprises listening (111) for transmission of a preamble, transmitting (115) data in a second time interval succeeding a first time interval upon determining that the preamble was not received in the first time interval, and refraining (113) from transmitting data in the second time interval upon determining that the preamble was received in the first time interval.

Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to providing optimized access control rules. A request may be received from a client device. A determination may be made, based on the request, that an update is needed for access control rule information for the client device. Rule data may be generated. The rule data may include a plurality of data buckets each including one or more access control rules, each data bucket of the plurality being associated with a range of destination port numbers, and where each of the one or more access control rules comprise a set of tuples having a common source network and source port number, and one or more destination port numbers associated with the common source network and source port number. The rule data may be sent to the client device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for signaling a multi-user packet. More specifically, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a communication unit; and a processor configured to process signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, wherein the processor receives, through the communication unit, a high efficiency multi-user PHY protocol data unit (HE MU PPDU), wherein a preamble of the HE MU PPDU includes high efficiency signal A field (HE-SIG-A) and high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B), and decodes the received HE MU PPDU based on information obtained from the HE-SIG-A, wherein a configuration of the HE-SIG-B is identified based on information obtained from at least one subfield of the HE-SIG-A and a wireless communication method using the same.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a technique executed by a user equipment (UE) for obtaining a burst of transmission control protocol (TCP) packets conveying packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data units (PDUs) by an application protocol TCP layer of a communication protocol stack of the UE. The UE may then determine a first number of a first plurality of acknowledge (ACK) tokens to transmit in a first transmission time interval (TTI) based on an amount of data used to ACK the burst of TCP packets. The UE may then transmit the first plurality of ACK tokens in the first TTI and a single ACK token in a second TTI subsequent to the first TTI.

Abstract: Sensor device, control system and method of communication between a sensor device and a control system. Sensor devices, control systems and methods for communication between sensor devices and control systems are provided. In these, sensor data are transmitted via first interfaces and redundant sensor data and/or other data are transmitted via second interfaces.

Abstract: A network security system that analyzes data from network attacks to determine which attacks came from the same attacker, even if the attacker tries to disguise its identity by spreading attacks out over time and attacking from multiple IP addresses. Intrusion detection systems or firewalls may log data for each attack, such as the time of the attack, the type of attack, and the source and target addresses. Embodiments may augment this data with derived attributes that may profile the attacker's behavior. For example, some attackers may spread out attacks over time, but always attack on the same day of the week; some attackers may spread out attacks over different IP addresses, but these addresses may all be in the same country. The original and augmented data may be clustered using an algorithm such as DBSCAN, and each attacker may be identified with one of the resulting clusters.

Abstract: A system includes a bridge circuit configured for low latency communication among integrated circuits (ICs). The bridge circuit includes a plurality of transceiver circuits. Each transceiver circuit is coupled to a corresponding parallel channel in the IC. Each transceiver circuit is configured to send and receive data over the corresponding parallel channel. Each transceiver circuit includes a transmit channel configured to packetized data received from the corresponding parallel channel for transmission over a serial link to a second IC. Each transceiver circuit includes a receive channel configured to depacketize data received from the serial link from the second IC. The serial link is asynchronous to each of parallel channel coupled to the first bridge circuit.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for on-network device identification. A user device may make an application programming interface (API) call to an address associated with a network device. The API call may comprise an indication of an address associated with the user device. Based on the API call, the network device may send an indication of the address to a computing device associated with an on-network service. The computing device associated with the on-network service may determine that the user device is authorized to connect to a network or to access an on-network service.

Abstract: A network device includes a wireless transceiver configured to establish a bi-directional communication channel with a network gateway. The network device also includes a visible light communication (VLC) interface configured to establish a visible light communication channel with a configurator for the network gateway. The network device further includes a controller configured to operate with the configurator to execute out-of-band (OOB) provisioning of the network device for the network gateway, wherein data communicated on the visible light communication channel includes a portion of information related to bootstrap provisioning the network device with the network gateway using the device provisioning protocol (DPP).

Abstract: Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to generate a first frame including an indication of unused resources in a first basic service set (BSS) available to be shared with one or more wireless nodes in one or more second BSSs. The apparatus also includes a first interface configured to output the first frame for transmission to the one or more wireless nodes.

Abstract: In a method of guaranteeing a jitter upper bound for a network without time-synchronization, which guarantees a jitter upper bound for a flow that is transmitted from a source to a destination through a network, the network guarantees a latency upper bound of the flow, a buffer located between the network and the destination holds a packet of the flow for a predetermined buffer holding interval and then outputs, and the jitter upper bound is set to an arbitrary value including 0 (zero).

Abstract: An initial bitrate is selected for a video delivery session by a user equipment (5, 200) performing, during a time window from initiation of a video player application in the user equipment (5, 200) up to selection of a video content, network measurements of a current condition of a network used to deliver the video content to the user equipment (5, 200). A respective initial buffer duration is provided for each bitrate available for the video content and where these respective initial buffer durations are predicted based on at least one network metric derived from the network measurements. An initial bitrate for delivering the video content over the network to the user equipment is selected based on the respective initial buffer durations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for switching between unicast and multicast by considering degraded user experience in a wireless communication system is described. A CU of a RAN node receives, from the DU, a first switching message including status of the MBS for each of the first wireless device and the second wireless device. A CU of a RAN node determines to switch the first transmission to a third transmission only for the first wireless device for the MBS, based on the received status of the MBS.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication device, and a second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device includes: a communicator that delivers, to the second wireless communication device, data addressed to a third wireless communication device and receives, from the second wireless communication device, information on communication quality according to failed data of which delivery fails among the data delivered from the second wireless communication device to the third wireless communication device; and a controller that controls delivery of the data in accordance with the information on the communication quality.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a configuration transmission carrying a half-tone shifting indicator. The second circuitry may be operable to select one or more subcarrier frequencies for Uplink (UL) transmission based on the half-tone shifting indicator. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a UL transmission for the one or more subcarrier frequencies. The half-tone shifting indicator may have a first value indicating application of a half-subcarrier offset, and a second value indicating no application of the half-subcarrier offset.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for signaling a multi-user packet. More specifically, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a communication unit; and a processor configured to process signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, wherein the processor receives, through the communication unit, a high efficiency multi-user PHY protocol data unit (HE MU PPDU), wherein a preamble of the HE MU PPDU includes high efficiency signal A field (HE-SIG-A) and high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B), and decodes the received HE MU PPDU based on information obtained from the HE-SIG-A, wherein a configuration of the HE-SIG-B is identified based on information obtained from at least one subfield of the HE-SIG-A and a wireless communication method using the same.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for the identification of applications from communication sessions of network traffic between client devices and the generation of application-specific metrics for network traffic associated with the applications. In one example, a router obtains metrics for a plurality of packets. The router determines a session of a plurality of sessions associated with each packet. For each determined session, the router generates metrics for the session from the metrics of the packets associated with the session and determines an application of a plurality of applications associated with the session. For each determined application, the router generates metrics for the application from the metrics of the sessions associated with the application and transmits, to a device, the metrics for the application. In some examples, the router generates the metrics for each application on a per-client, per-next-hop, or per-traffic class basis.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises receiving from network instructions of how to control multi-user multiple input multiple output connections maintained by one or more radio access nodes, the connections utilising one or more slices. One or more radio access nodes perform, based at least in part on the received network instructions, multi-user pairing of terminal devices of the same or different slices, and determine, based at least in part on the received network instructions, slice-based quota taking multi-user pairing and interference arising from paired allocations into account.

Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one base station, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: interrupt processing of a lower priority data transmission when a higher priority data transmission has to be processed, when it is determined that an available processing power is below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses a terminal including a transmission and reception unit and at least one processor.

Abstract: A communication method and device are provided for communication in a point-to-multi-point communication network. A communication method includes receiving, by a node of a plurality of multi-point nodes, a transmission frame comprising a header including a repetition information and a data section comprising multiple modulation symbols, with at least two repeated modulation symbols that are repeated to represent a first modulation symbol; extracting, by the node, the repetition information of the header; recovering, by node, the amplitude of each modulation symbol of the at least two repeated modulation symbols; and combining, by the node, the amplitudes of the at least two repeated modulation symbols, based on the repetition information, to reconstruct the first modulation symbol represented by the at least two repeated modulation symbols.

Abstract: Some aspects provide an apparatus for wireless communication, in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. The apparatus generally includes at least one processor, and at least one memory communicatively coupled with the at least one processor and storing processor-readable code. The processor-readable code, when executed by the at least one processor, may be configured to transmit a packet including at least one medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), receive hybrid automatic request (HARQ) signaling indicating whether the packet was decoded successfully, determine, in response to the HARQ signaling, whether to retransmit the at least one MAC-CE or transmit at least one other MAC-CE based on whether the packet comprises data, and transmit another packet having the at least one MAC-CE or the at least one other MAC-CE based on the determination.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a communications apparatus, and a storage medium. The communication method includes: sending, by a new master network device, a request to an original master network device, to request context information of a terminal device on the original master network device and an original secondary network device; and receiving the context information of the terminal device on the original master network device and the original secondary network device from the original master network device. This application can effectively simplify implementation steps of resuming a multi-connectivity mode by the terminal device, reduce signaling procedures, and shorten a delay, thereby improving network transmission efficiency.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating between an application executing on a client device and a server using a persistent connection. An example method generally includes initializing a persistent connection between an application executing on a client device and a server. Information about an event within the application is received. Communications between the application and the server are performed via streaming data related to the information about the event carried on the persistent connection. Generally, the streaming data may be translated from an application-native format to a platform-agnostic format and may include application-specific information. One or more actions are taken within the application based on the streaming data related to the event and carried on the persistent connection.

Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed where in a multi-carrier communication system, the modulation scheme, coding attributes, training pilots, and signal power may be adjusted to adapt to channel conditions in order to maximize the overall system capacity and spectral efficiency without wasting radio resources or compromising error probability performance, etc.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a Lookup and Decision Engine (LDE) for generating lookup keys for input tokens and modifying the input tokens based on contents of lookup results. The input tokens are parsed from network packet headers by a Parser, and the tokens are then modified by the LDE. The modified tokens guide how corresponding network packets will be modified or forwarded by other components in a software-defined networking (SDN) system. The design of the LDE is highly flexible and protocol independent. Conditions and rules for generating lookup keys and for modifying tokens are fully programmable such that the LDE can perform a wide variety of reconfigurable network features and protocols in the SDN system.

Abstract: Video data signals are encoded such that the encoded video data signal comprises at least a primary and at least a secondary video data signal. The primary and secondary video data signal are jointly compressed. The primary video data signal is compressed in a self-contained manner, and the secondary video data signal is compressed using data from the primary video data signal. The jointly compressed video data signal is split into separate bitstreams, at least a primary bitstream comprising data for the primary video data signal and at least a secondary bitstream comprising data for the secondary video data signal, whereafter the primary and secondary bitstreams are multiplexed into a multiplexed signal, and the primary and secondary signals are provided with separate codes.

Abstract: A host computing system includes an applications layer containing one or more user applications that perform I/O operations, an access methods layer that communicates with the applications layer, an I/O drivers layer that communicates with the access methods layer, and an SSCH simulation layer that communicates with the I/O drivers layer and that simulates a Fibre Channel connection that is accessed by applications in the applications layer. The host computing system may also include a TCP/IP stack layer that communicates with the SSCH simulation layer to provide TCP/IP communication for the host computing system. TCP/IP communication provided by the TCP/IP stack layer may be separate from any dedicated TCP/IP communication provided by the host. The host computing system may be coupled to a TCP/IP network. A cloud storage may be coupled to the network to communicate with the host computing system.

Abstract: A technique for performing segment-wise analysis of a Real-Time Transport Protocol, RTP, flow carried from a first User Equipment, UE, to a second UE via a mobile network is disclosed. The RTP flow is monitored by a plurality of probes in the mobile network, wherein each of the plurality of probes is configured to calculate at least one performance indicator indicative of a performance associated with the RTP flow observed between the first UE and the respective probe. A method implementation of the technique includes deriving at least one segment performance indicator for a segment of the RTP flow between a first probe of the plurality of probes and an endpoint of the segment by deducting the at least one performance indicator calculated by the first probe from at least one corresponding performance indicator associated with the endpoint.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for handling connections between a wireless device (120, 130) and a first wireless network node (110), of a serving network (150) in a wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (120, 130) is connected to the first WNN (110). The wireless communications network (100) further comprises a neighbor network (160) comprising a second WNN (140). The method comprises obtaining (202) a roaming priority indication, RPI, associated with the wireless device (120, 130), indicating that the wireless device (120, 130) has a higher priority for transfer of its network connection than another WD without priority.

Abstract: A substrate work machine for repeatedly performing substrate work, the substrate work machine including a data storing section configured to store component data used in the substrate work, the component data including shape data related to a shape of an electronic component to be mounted on a substrate, a reference value and a tolerance; a data determining section configured to determine whether a difference between measurement data acquired by measuring the electronic component during the substrate work and the reference value of the component data is within a range of the tolerance; a quality information acquiring section configured to acquire work quality information related to a performance condition of a second substrate work machine; and a data correcting section configured to correct at least one of the reference value and the tolerance in accordance with the work quality information.

Abstract: A first router generates session establishment metrics for use in network path selection. For example, a plurality of routers connect a client device to a network service instance hosted by a server. A first router is connected to the network service instance via first and second paths. The first router receives session performance requirements for a session between the client device and the network service instance. The first router forwards, along the first path, network traffic for the session by modifying a first packet of the session to include a session identifier for the session. The first router determines that session establishment metrics for the session do not satisfy the session performance requirements. In response, the first router forwards, along the second path, the network traffic for the session by modifying a second packet of the session to include the session identifier for the session.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may determine a connection topology for a service and send an alert in which the alert includes a service connection topology that includes a plurality of port assignments for each equipment of the connection topology.

Abstract: This application discloses a bandwidth allocation method, an optical line terminal (OLT), an optical network unit (ONU), and a system, where the method includes receiving a bandwidth request from each ONU, where the ONU includes an ONU1, generating a bandwidth map (BWMap) message according to bandwidth requested by the ONU and bandwidth configured for the ONU, where the BWMap message includes a first allocation identifier (Alloc-ID1), a first time corresponding to the Alloc-ID1, a second allocation identifier (Alloc-ID2), and a second time corresponding to the Alloc-ID2, and both the Alloc-ID1 and the Alloc-ID2 are allocated to the ONU1 for use, and sending the BWMap message to each ONU. Therefore, a problem that a transmission delay does not satisfy a requirement when a passive optical network (PON) system is applied to mobile backhaul is resolved, a data transmission rate and data transmission efficiency are improved, and user satisfaction is improved.

Abstract: A physical layer (PHY) processor of a network interface device operates in a low power state in which a transceiver of the PHY processor device periodically does not transmit on a communication link during a plurality of quiet time slots. In response to determining a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) condition associated with the communication link, the PHY processor transitions to a link recovery state in which the transceiver continuously transmits idle symbols. In response to determining that the low SNR condition has ended, the PHY processor transitions from the link recovery state to the low power state.

Abstract: System and methods may include receiving a request for assigning resources to a first application associated with a first entity, the first application having a plurality of levels of performance each corresponding to a different power consumption; and determining a particular level of performance of the first application to run on the resource under a first constraint that a sum of a power consumption of the first application running at the particular level of performance and power consumptions of one or more other resources running other applications associated with the first entity is less than or equal to a power budget associated with the first entity.

Abstract: A method comprises listening (151) for transmission of a preamble by a transmitting device to a recipient and receiving (153) data in a second time interval upon receiving the preamble in a first time interval. The second time interval succeeds the first time interval. The method further comprises listening (155) for transmission by the recipient of a message, e.g. a NACK, indicating that data transmitted in the second time interval was not successfully received by the recipient and retransmitting (157) the data in a fourth time interval upon receiving the message in a third time interval.

Abstract: A backhaul bandwidth adjusting method includes: acquiring the amount of the data to be transmitted of each access device in a first time window, the access device including access user equipment and a wireless backhaul base station; and determining, on the basis of the amount of the data to be transmitted of each access device in the first time window and a wired backhaul bandwidth, an available backhaul bandwidth allocated for each wireless backhaul base station in the next first time window. As such, a wired backhaul base station can allocate to a wireless backhaul base station reasonable bandwidths of an uplink backhaul link and a downlink backhaul link on the basis of the amount of the data to be transmitted of the connected wireless backhaul base station, such that spectrum resources can be used more effectively.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of monitoring force equalization (FEQ) sensors on a vehicle utilizing redundant actuation systems for one or more control surfaces includes determining, via a force sensor, a first measured force applied by a first actuation system in relation to a control surface, where the control surface is redundantly serviced by a plurality of actuation systems that include the first actuation system. The method also includes updating a measured-force time series for the first actuation system with the first measured force. The method also includes determining variation in at least a portion of the measured-force time series responsive to the updating. The method also includes identifying a first static condition in the measured-force time series in response to a determination that the variation in the measured-force time series is no greater than a minimum amount of variation.

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums for improved communications between a software-defined radio front-end device and a network-based computing device. Rather than packetize samples together, same bit positions from multiple ADC samples may be packetized together. If a Quality of Service (QoS) metric of the network connection between the RF front-end device and the network-based processing computing drops below a threshold, the RF front-end device may prioritize sending packets with the more significant bits over packets with less significant bits. In other examples, the RF front-end device may prioritize samples corresponding to certain data types over other data types.

Abstract: A data intake and query system can ingest and index large amounts of data using one or more ingestors and indexers. The ingestors can ingest incoming data and use it to generate events. The ingestor can group the events and prepare them for communication to a message bus. The ingestor can determine a size of the group of events. If the size of the group of events satisfies a message size threshold, the ingestor can store the group of events to a data store, obtain a reference to the group of events, and communicate the reference to the group of events to a message queue. An indexer can obtained the reference from the message queue and use the reference to obtain the group of events from the data store.