Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.

Abstract: Provided are a method and system for cordoning an open radio access network (O-RAN) cloud (O-Cloud) node The method may include: receiving, by a Service Management and Orchestration Framework (SMO) function, a first request to cordon at least one O-Cloud node, the first request being received from a user terminal or from an rApp of a Non-Real-Time (Non-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC); transmitting, by the SMO function to an Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) and/or Deployment Management Services (DMS) via an O2 interface, a second request to cordon the at least one O-Cloud node based on the received first request; and receiving, from the IMS/DMS, a first notification that the at least one O-Cloud node has been cordoned, wherein the SMO function is at least one of a Federated O-Cloud Orchestration and Management (FOCOM) and Network Function Orchestration (NFO).

Abstract: A tool is provided to configure an edge compute environment of a network. The edge compute configuration tool may generate a configuration process for instantiating an edge compute environment at an edge site of a network including configuring one or more of the components of the edge compute environment. The configuration process may be based on seeding data and/or information provided to the edge compute configuration tool via a user interface and/or from one or more databases associated with the network. The configuration process may further include generating automatically executed configuration instructions that communicate with the devices of the edge compute environment to configure operational processes of the devices, provision communication ports, establish one or more network addresses with the devices, etc. In some instances, the edge compute configuration tool may execute one or more micro-services to communicate with and control configuration of the devices of the edge compute environment.

Abstract: A method and related apparatus adaptively control snapshot replication of a plurality of server snapshots in a multi-tenant public cloud using snapshot service. A plurality of snapshot requests are received from a plurality of clients in the multi-tenant public cloud and are each associated with a service level agreement (SLA). The SLA includes a corresponding completion deadline and a slippage penalty. A probabilistic model calculates, for active snapshot flows, a completion time for each of the snapshot requests. If any of the predicted completion times exceed their corresponding completion deadlines, a possible MISS event is produced for an associated first snapshot. The snapshot controller component, in response to producing the possible MISS event, minimizes a probability of breaching fulfilment times for the multi-tenant cloud. The slippage penalty is calculated for each of the plurality of snapshot requests. A second snapshot is identified from among the plurality of snapshot requests.

Abstract: There is provided a method performed by a network repository function (NRF) node (60). In response to receiving a request (400), transmission of a response (402) is initiated towards a network node (10, 20) that initiated transmission of the request (400). The network node (10, 20) is a first network function (NF) node (20) of a service consumer or a first service communication proxy (SCP) node (10) that is configured to operate as an SCP between the first NF node (20) and second NF nodes (30) of at least one service producer. The response (402) comprises first information indicative of any second NF nodes (30) identified for providing a service (40) requested by the first NF node (20), and second information indicative of whether any second NF nodes (30) identified for providing the service are identified based on a criterion, and/or if a plurality of second NF nodes (30) are identified, third information indicative of whether the plurality of second NF nodes (30) are prioritised according to the criterion.

Abstract: A storage system (400) includes a storage processor (420-1) such as a storage card resident in a host server (410-1) and coupled to the storage device (450-1). The storage processor (420-1) may be configured to create a virtual volume (428-1), store content derived from an image (492) downloaded from a URL storage corresponding to the virtual volume (428-1), and present the virtual volume (428-1) to the host server as a boot LUN. A management infrastructure (480) can be used to create a library (490) of images (492, 494) corresponding to different storage system characteristics and used to selected which URL is provided to the storage processor (420-1).

Abstract: A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for cloning a set of one or more applications implemented by a first set of machines connected through a first logical network that defines a virtual private cloud in a set of one or more datacenters. The method instantiates a cloned, second set of machines that is a replicated copy of the first set of machines. The method identifies a set of network configuration data that configures a set of logical forwarding elements (LFEs) of the first logical network. The method uses the identified set of network configuration data to define a cloned, second logical network to connect the cloned, second set of machines.

Abstract: Techniques for policy-based connection provisioning using Domain Name System (DNS) requests are described herein. The techniques may include receiving policy data associated with one or more headend nodes that manage connections to computing resources. Additionally, the techniques may include receiving a DNS request from a client device to establish a connection between the client device and a first headend node of the one or more headend nodes. The DNS request may include an attribute associated with the client device. A provisioning service may determine that the connection should be established between the client device and the first headend node based at least in part on evaluating the attribute with respect to the policy data. Additionally, the techniques may include sending an internet protocol (IP) address, which is associated with the first headend node, to the client device to facilitate establishment of the connection.

Abstract: A control application facilitates interactions with, and configurations of, the information management system that manages one or more client computing devices of an information management system. The control application may be implemented using a variety of modules that allow a user to interact with the information management system services in various ways. Using the control application, a user may view a backup status of the information management system, and view the backup status of specific client computing devices that are managed by the information management system. The user may also search for various entities and/or objects within the information management system using the control application. In addition, a user may view the status of one or more backup jobs configured within the information management system, as well as backup plans that have been established for one or more of the client computing devices.

Abstract: A processing device receives a first cluster management operation request, wherein the first cluster management operation request is for a deployment operation of a first cluster and comprises a cluster template, a specified number of nodes to deploy and a configuration. The processing device determines a plurality of constraints from at least one of the cluster template or the configuration. The processing device deterministically solves for and outputs a first cluster layout comprising the specified number of nodes, each of the specified number of nodes comprising a hardware type, an image type and one or more services, wherein the first cluster layout satisfies the plurality of constraints.

Abstract: In an aspect, a network supporting client devices includes one or more network nodes implementing network functions. Such network functions enable a client device to apply a security context to communications with the network when the client device is not in a connected mode. The client device obtains a user plane key shared with a user plane network function implemented at a first network node and/or a control plane key shared with a control plane network function implemented at a second network node. The client device protects a data packet with the user plane key or a control packet with the control plane key. The data packet includes first destination information indicating the first network node and the control packet includes second destination information indicating the second network node. The client device transmits the data packet or control packet.

Abstract: A method for establishing a direct communication using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a reconfiguration intelligent surface (RIS) includes configuring RIS parameters based on compensating for undesired oscillations of a position and an orientation associated with the UAV. A signal reflection associated with a beam signal is steered to a target area based on the RIS parameters and by the RIS of the UAV. The signal beam is from a transmitter.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for a deployment architecture for multi-tenant cloud computing systems. In some implementations, a first cluster of processing nodes is configured to run tenant computing environments on behalf of different tenants. A second cluster of processing nodes runs a deployment controller configured to manage and monitor tenant computing environments allocated for the first cluster of processing nodes. A pool of unassigned computing environments is hosted in the first cluster of processing nodes. After receiving a request for a new environment, the deployment controller running in the second cluster of processing nodes coordinates with one or more modules running in the first cluster of processing nodes to update and assign one of the previously unassigned computing environments to be used.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating, distributing, and using performance mode BIOS configurations are disclosed. Each performance mode BIOS configuration can be a unique set of BIOS setting values that have been established to optimize a particular performance parameter or set of performance parameters, such as boot speed or operating system installation speed. Based on a given hardware configuration and/or set of performance parameters, one or more performance mode BIOS configurations can be packaged and transferred to a memory of a BMC in the form of one or more configuration payloads. The BIOS Setup Utility can display all configuration payloads, such as listed by the type of performance mode (e.g., “Boot Speed Performance Mode” and “OS Installation Performance Mode”), that are available in the BMC memory and allow a user to overwrite the memory containing the current BIOS configuration with a selected configuration payload.

Abstract: A technique for storage-efficient cyber incident reasoning by graph matching. The method begins with a graph pattern that comprises a set of elements with constraints and connections among them. A graph of constraint relations (GoC) in the graph pattern is derived. An activity graph representing activity data captured in association with a host machine is then obtained. In response to a query, one or more subgraphs of the activity graph that satisfy the graph pattern are then located and, in particular, by iteratively solving constraints in the graph pattern. In particular, a single element constraint is solved to generate a result, and that result is propagated to connected constraints in the graph of constraint relations. This process continues until all single element constraints have been evaluated, and all propagations have been performed. The subgraphs of the activity graph that result are then returned in response to a database query.

Abstract: A client machine writes to and reads from a virtual disk on a remote storage platform. Metadata is generated and stored in replicas on different metadata nodes of the storage platform. A modified log-structured merge tree is used to store and compact string-sorted tables of metadata. During file storage and compaction, a consistent file identification scheme is used across all metadata nodes. A fingerprint file is calculated for each SST (metadata) file on disk that includes hash values corresponding to regions of the SST file. To synchronize, the fingerprint files of two SST files are compared, and if any hash values are missing from a fingerprint file, then the key-value-timestamp triples corresponding to these missing hash values are sent to the SST file that is missing them. The SST file is compacted with the missing triples to create a new version of the SST file. The synchronization is bi-directional.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for platform framework policy management are described. A platform framework may receive, from an application of an IHS (Information Handling System), a registration as a user of a platform policy that is used to operate one or more of the hardware devices of the IHS. A platform framework of the IHS provides the application with a reference to the platform policy. In response to notifications of updates to the platform policy, the platform framework identifies the application as a registered user of the platform policy and provides the application with a reference to the updated platform policy. The platform policy may include a communication handle by which the policy is retrieved, where the handle may include a token that validates the authenticity of the platform policy.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a routing management method, used to advertise an address segment routing policy. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: A control plane function assigns an internet protocol IP address to user equipment. The control plane function determines an IP address segment, where the IP address belongs to the IP address segment. The control plane function sends information used to identify the IP address segment to a user plane function, where the IP address segment is used to advertise a routing policy.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing a streaming media service, an electronic device, and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of computers, particularly to technical fields such as industrial vision, deep learning, streaming media, and information flow. A specific implementation solution involves: acquiring registration information of an input source, the registration information including process information of a streaming media service process of the input source and streaming media address information of the input source; enabling the streaming media service process according to the process information; and controlling, by using the streaming media address information, the streaming media service process to process streaming media data of the input source.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are provided for causing a first terminal apparatus connected to a first network to: determine whether the first terminal apparatus is being used in a form in which a second terminal apparatus connected to a second network is remotely controlled, perform control, in a case where the first terminal apparatus is not being used in the form, so that a first driver is installed on the first terminal apparatus, the first driver being used by the first terminal apparatus to transmit a print job to a first image forming apparatus connected to the first network, and perform control, in a case where the first terminal apparatus is being used in the form, so that a second driver is installed on the second terminal apparatus, the second driver being used by the second terminal apparatus to transmit the print job to the first image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided which take advantage of heterogeneous compute capability to dynamically pick the best operating core for BIOS power-up flows and sleep exit flows (e.g., S3, S4, and/or S5). The selection of the BSP is moved to an early power-up time instead of a fixed hardware selection at any time. For maximum boot performance, the system selects the fastest capable core as the BSP at an early power-up time. In addition, for maximum power saving, the system selects the most power efficient core as the BSP. Processor or switching for selecting the BSP happens during the boot-up as well as power-up flows (e.g., S3, S4, and/or S5 flows).

Abstract: A network interface card with traffic shaping capabilities and methods of network traffic shaping with a network interface card are provided. The network interface card and method can shape traffic originating from one or more applications executing on a host network device. The applications can execute in a virtual machine or containerized computing environment. The network interface card and method can perform or include several traffic shaping mechanisms including, for example and without limitation, a delayed completion mechanism, a time-indexed data structure, a packet builder, and a memory manager.

Abstract: The method includes determining, by using a first information processing device, whether a cartridge mounted in the specified image forming apparatus needs replacing. The method further includes attaching a label to the newly shipped cartridge capable of using in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses or to a packing box packing the newly shipped cartridge. The label indicates specific information associated with identification information of the specified image forming apparatus in which the determining determines that the cartridge needs replacing. The specific information is retrieved from a database in which the identification information is associated with the specific information. The identification information identifies the each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The specific information specifies the each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses.

Abstract: A system (1) for management of lab measurement devices is provided. The system (1) comprises a communication network (101), at least one bench (102), and a master PC (105). The at least one bench (102) comprises a bench PC (103) being connected to the communication network (101), and at least one measurement device (104) being connectable to the bench PC (103). The at least one measurement device (104) is associated with a device model (202). The master PC (105) is connected to the communication network (101), and is configured to manage the at least one measurement device (104), when connected to the bench PC (103), in accordance with its device model (202). In particular, the system (1) improves a manageability of training lab environments.

Abstract: A controller of a memory system optimizes parameters of firmware (FW). The controller receives, from a host, a set workload among multiple workloads, each workload including a corresponding restriction on performance metrics. The controller searches for a suboptimal parameter set satisfying restrictions for all workloads among multiple parameter sets for the firmware, based on the set workload, each parameter set including a plurality of parameters, each parameter associated with one or more performance metrics of the memory system.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes storing secure boot variables in a baseboard management controller; and sending the secure boot variables to a basic input/output system (BIOS) during a power on self-test, where the BIOS utilizes the secure boot variables during runtime to authenticate drivers and an operating system loader execution. In particular embodiments, the secure boot variables may be included in a white list, a black list, or a key list and, further, stored in erasable programmable read only memory.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a computing device is described. The computing device includes a printed circuit assembly and a basic input/output system (BIOS) coupled to the printed circuit assembly. The BIOS includes a subsystem identifier (SSID). The computing device also includes a non-volatile memory device which includes an override flag to indicate whether an override of the SSID is enabled and a protected variable value to, when enabled, override the SSID in the BIOS.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for managing a user device in multiple management modes. In an example, an agent executing on the user device can enroll the user device with a Unified Endpoint Management (“UEM”) system in a limited management mode. The agent can receive and install a first configuration profile from a server that configures the agent to operate on an unmanaged channel of the user device. In one example, the user device can have a third-party management client that manages the user device on a managed channel. The third-party management client can be removed. The agent can enroll the user device with the UEM in a full management mode. The agent can receive and install a second configuration profile that configures the agent to operate on the managed channel of the user device.

Abstract: An information processing method executed by a computer includes: specifying one or a plurality of first physical resources on which virtual resources used by a first user operate; specifying a device connected to the first physical resource and one or a plurality of second physical resources different from the first physical resource, which is connected to the device and on which virtual resources used by a user other than the first user operate; and outputting information that indicates the first physical resource and information that indicates the second physical resource.

Abstract: In one aspect, an embedded controller (EC) in a device may receive a firmware update for another component in the device and determine whether the firmware update has been previously applied at the component. If the firmware update has not been previously applied, the EC may assign an identifier to the firmware update and digitally sign the identifier. The EC may then provide the firmware update and the digitally-signed identifier to the component so that the component may apply the firmware update.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include adding information to a network service header in packets being processed by a set of compute nodes in a service chain. The information added to the network service header can be used during selection of the next hop in a service chain, and may be used to help ensure that service level agreements (SLA) are met with respect to one or more metrics. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, by a service complex having a plurality of service nodes, a packet associated with a service chain representing a series of services to be performed on the packet by one or more of the plurality of service nodes; identifying, by the service complex, one or more service chain constraints associated with the service chain; and modifying the packet, by the service complex, to include information about the service chain constraints.

Abstract: System and techniques for an internet-of-things device blank are described herein. An IoT blank device may be tested to determine whether it is in an initial state. In response to a determination that the IoT blank device is in the initial state, a cloud endpoint may be contacted, via a transceiver, to retrieve a package. Here, the contact includes a message with an identifier of the IoT blank device. The package may be received, the package including an application. The package may be installed. The installation including registering the application with a message queue of the IoT blank device. The application may also be run after installation. Data from the application running on the IoT blank device may be received via a message queue. The data may then be transmitted to the cloud endpoint via the transceiver of the IoT blank device.

Abstract: A communication method, an access point and a station are provided. The method includes: receiving, by an access point, a sending request sent by a first station, and sending clear to send information to the first station; when the access point receives feedback information sent by the first station, allocating, by the access point, a channel to the first station, and allocating a channel to a second station based on remaining bandwidth; generating a first trigger frame, and sending the first trigger frame to the first station and the second station; and receiving uplink data sent by the first station and the second station. According to the application, bandwidth utilization of the access point and data transmission efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for recognizing a two-dimensional bar code for improving the efficiency of recognizing the two-dimensional bar code. The method comprises: a relative position of a household appliance and a terminal device is determined during network configuration of the household appliance; a display parameter for displaying the two-dimensional bar code is determined according to the relative position, wherein the display parameter comprises a size of the two-dimensional bar code to be displayed and the two-dimensional bar code carries device information of the household appliance; the display parameter is sent to the household appliance to enable the household appliance to display a two-dimensional bar code picture according to the display parameter; and the two-dimensional bar code picture is recognized to obtain the device information of the household appliance.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for deploying network elements for a set of machines in a set of one or more datacenters. The datacenter set is part of one availability zone in some embodiments. The method receives intent-based API (Application Programming Interface) requests, and parses these API requests to identify a set of network elements to connect and/or perform services for the set of machines. In some embodiments, the API is a hierarchical document that can specify multiple different compute and/or network elements at different levels of compute and/or network element hierarchy. The method performs automated processes to define a virtual private cloud (VPC) to connect the set of machines to a logical network that segregates the set of machines from other machines in the datacenter set. In some embodiments, the set of machines include virtual machines and containers, the VPC is defined with a supervisor cluster namespace, and the API requests are provided as YAML, files.

Abstract: A method and system for on-premises to cloud workload migration through cyclic deployment and evaluation. Existing processes for transferring on-premises workloads onto the public cloud are often painstakingly manual and laborious, in order to ensure proper workload interoperability between the different infrastructures. To address this existing dilemma in inter-infrastructure workload migration, the disclosed method and system employs a cyclic monitoring, deploying, and evaluating scheme to automate and implement optimal strategies for migrating on-premises workloads onto public and/or hybrid cloud computing environments.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and/or apparatus for versioning cloud network configuration. The method can include receiving base configuration files for a set of devices forming at least a portion of a computing network, pulling current configuration files from each device of the set of devices, for each device, and determining a discrepancy when a base configuration file of the device and a current configuration file of the device do not match. When the discrepancy is determined for a device, generating a patch file based on the determined discrepancy for that device. The method can include extracting a last configuration commit time from that device, allocating a unique snapshot identifier to the patch file and associated with the last configuration commit time, and populating a snapshot database.

Abstract: The processing apparatus performs predetermined processing for measurement data transmitted from the sensor, in which the processing apparatus acquires transmission destination information indicating a predetermined area in a server apparatus in an outside in which processed data subjected to the predetermined processing is to be stored, from a relay apparatus that performs relay processing between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus in order to transmit the processed data from the processing apparatus to the server apparatus, when the relay apparatus is communicatively connected to the communication unit in a state before building of a network between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus, and generates, after the acquisition of the transmission destination information, transmission-processed data in a form in which the relay apparatus is able to execute the relay processing, by adding information relating to the predetermined area indicated by the transmission destination informati

Abstract: In some examples, a method includes: receiving, with a computer virtualization scheduler, network locality information for virtualization equipment; receiving, with the computer virtualization scheduler, network utilization information for virtualization equipment; and determining, with the computer virtualization scheduler and based on the received network locality information and the received network utilization information, virtualization workload placement in order to maximize available network bandwidth and minimize network latency between virtualization equipment.

Abstract: One method occurs at a test system controller of a network test system implemented using at least one processor. The method includes establishing agent association criteria for a test system traffic generation agent to be deployed in a cloud computing system under test (SUT) and receiving a registration message from the test system traffic generation agent in response to a launching of the test system traffic generation agent in the cloud computing SUT. The method further includes obtaining agent property values associated with the one test system traffic generation agent from the registration message and sending test configuration data to the test system traffic generation agent in response to determining a match between the agent property values and the agent association criteria, wherein the test configuration data configures the test system traffic generation agent to operate as a predefined network segment in the cloud computing SUT.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining consolidated platform information for a computing platform to identify one or more deployed security-relevant subsystems; processing the consolidated platform information to identify one or more non-deployed security-relevant subsystems; generating a list of ranked & recommended security-relevant subsystems that ranks the one or more non-deployed security-relevant subsystems; and providing the list of ranked & recommended security-relevant subsystems to a third-party.

Abstract: Method(s) and apparatus are provided for operating and training an autoencoder. The autoencoder outputs a latent vector of an N-dimensional latent space for classifying input data. The latent vector includes a label vector y and a style vector z. The style vector z is regularised during training for effecting time invariance in the set of label vectors y associated with the input data. Method(s) and apparatus are further provided for controlling the optimisation of an autoencoder. The autoencoder outputting a latent vector of an N-dimensional latent space for classifying input data. The latent vector comprising a label vector y and a style vector z. The regularisation of the style vector z is controlled to increase or decrease the time invariance of the label vectors y. An autoencoder configured based on the above-mentioned trained autoencoder that regularised the style vector z for effecting time invariance in the set of label vectors y associated with the input data during classification.

Abstract: Systems and methods for communication between heterogenous processors via a virtual network interface implemented via programmable hardware and one or more buses. The programmable hardware may be configured with a multi-function bus such that the programmable hardware appears as both a network device and a programmable device to a host system. Additionally, the programmable hardware may be configured with a second bus to appear as a network device to an embedded system. Each system may implement network drivers to allow access to direct memory access engines configured on the programmable hardware. The configured programmable hardware and the network drivers may enable a virtual network connection between the systems to allow for information transfer via one or more network communication protocols.

Abstract: A system has a processor that may receive an order of an industrial device assembly having multiple industrial automation devices. The processor may also generate a first data file based on the order of the industrial device assembly. The first data file may have specification data associated with each industrial automation device and hierarchical information associated with each industrial automation device. Additionally, the processor may generate a second data file based on the first data file. The second data file has one or more control blocks of code associated with each industrial automation device. Further, the processor may transmit the second data file to a control system associated with the industrial device assembly. The control system is automatically programmed based on the second data file to control one or more operations of each industrial automation device in the industrial device assembly.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided for enabling a user to connect a serial port of a device server to a serial device, query and capture data and settings pertaining to the serial device such that the device server can communicate and exchange data with the serial device without requiring customized programming. The device server may periodically query and capture user-specified data from the serial device. A poll configuration feature may be used to specify one or more commands which the device server will periodically query from the serial device. The response to each poll may be further sliced into a multiplicity of smaller portions according to user-specified filter rules. The captured data may be presented to other users online by way of a Web Manager, and the device server may establish machine-to-machine communications by way of XML and a Command Line Interface.

Abstract: Mobile management method and system. The method includes receiving from an application on a client a DNS query for a host name; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining whether a policy associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name exists; and one of: sending network flows one of: through a VPN tunnel to a server or out a local proxy on the client to a private or public network; or blocking the network flow based on the determined policy for the host name.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for deploying a configuration at a network device. The deployment of the configuration includes, receiving an indication that a particular configuration of a computing component is to be deployed, extracting grammar data from the computing component, the grammar data including commands used to deploy the particular configuration of the computing component and restrictions corresponding to a subset of the commands, generating a template used to deploy the particular configuration, determining, from the grammar data, a variable that is currently undetermined and included in the particular configuration, obtaining the variable, incorporating the variable into the template, and deploying the particular configuration based on the template.

Abstract: This application provides a network connection configuration method and an apparatus. The method is as follows: After a terminal device obtains network configuration information of an application in the terminal device, the terminal device sends the network configuration information to a core network control plane network element, so that the core network control plane network element may determine a network connection that is of the application and is between the terminal device and the data network and that meets the network configuration information.

Abstract: A nodal communication network of a process control or factory automation system includes nodes that are highly versatile (HV) field devices storing respective tag identifications. A DHCP server assigns respective endpoint identifications to nodes that connect to the network. A network node manager manages a mapping database that stores associations of tag identifications of network nodes with the assigned endpoint identifications, and a state database that stores updated states of the network nodes. A DNS server responds, in conjunction with the network node manager, to requests for endpoint identifications to allow nodes to be discovered within the network. An HV device node is a data source that establishes and maintains (sometimes simultaneously) respective communication sessions over the network with one or more other nodes that are consumers of the data generated by the HV devices, and data delivered via the communication sessions may be used to control an industrial process.