A system as discussed herein includes communication management hardware. The communication management hardware: receive notification of a change in wireless bandwidth allocated for use by a first wireless network, the change detected based on reassignment of second wireless bandwidth as a substitute to previously allocated first wireless bandwidth; in response to the notification of the change, produce configuration information indicating multiple frequency index values associated with use of a random-access channel; and distribute the configuration information to entities in the first wireless network.
A system as discussed herein includes communication management hardware. The communication management hardware: uses a first wireless channel to support wireless connectivity between a first wireless base station and a first mobile communication device; receives a first notification indicating a second wireless channel allocated for use by the first wireless base station, the second wireless channel being a substitute for the first wireless channel; and in response to receiving first notification, transmitting a first message from the first wireless base station, the first message indicating allocation of the second wireless channel to the first wireless base station.
H04W 72/566 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria of the information or information source or recipient
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AUTOMATED DETECTION OF CREDENTIAL THEFT AND NETWORK ERRORS USING CHANNEL CHANGE SEQUENCE ENTROPY METRICS
Methods and systems for automated detection of credential theft and network errors using channel change sequence entropy metrics. A method includes determining, by an automated channel change sequence detection system using an entropy-based method, a channel diversity value for channel change sequence data collected for a unique entry-point for streaming content from a service provider system, where the channel diversity value is a measure of the diversity of the channel change sequence data, reviewing, by the automated channel change sequence detection system using machine learning, at least the channel diversity value to determine an issue, and outputting, by the automated channel change sequence detection system to a service provider system component associated with the determined issue, an issue message to act on the determined issue.
Vehicles having WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities, e.g., parked in a garage, establish a wireless network architecture in which a first vehicle has access to the outside world via a direct WiFi connection to a WiFi access point (AP) and one or more other vehicles have access to the outside world via one or more vehicle-to-vehicle Bluetooth connections and the first vehicle's direct WiFi connection. In this way, all of the vehicles have outside-world access even when most of the vehicles have no direct WiFi access, thereby enabling all of the vehicles to access the outside world using WiFi instead of their cellular capabilities. The WiFi equipment can orchestrate the vehicles' compute capabilities to function as individual processors of a multi-processor computer system.
H04W 88/06 - Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode terminals
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING DATA STRUCTURES AND DATA MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH RELEVANT STANDARDS, REQUIREMENTS, AND POLICIES
Various embodiments include methods and systems for automatically evaluating data structures and/or data management documentation for compliance with relevant standards, requirements, and policies. Various embodiments provide a framework for automating compliance reviews of data structures and/or data management against the latest version of standards, requirements, and policies. Methods may include transforming input requests for analysis and data structures and/or data management documents into formats suitable for processing by a large language model (LLM), prompting the LLM to identify concepts and/or elements that are likely subject to a standard, requirement, or policy, submitting a query to a vector database to identify standards, requirements, or policies relevant to the requested analysis and documents, prompting the LLM to assess compliance the data structures and/or data management documents with standards, requirements, or policy, and producing a report on compliance of the data structures and/or data management documents with the relevant standards, requirements, or policies.
G06F 40/58 - Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING INFRASTRUCTURE CONFIGURATION AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH RELEVANT STANDARDS, REQUIREMENTS, AND POLICIES
Various embodiments include methods and systems for automatically evaluating infrastructure configuration and/or architectural design documentation for compliance with relevant standards, requirements, and policies. Embodiments provide a framework for automating compliance reviews of infrastructure configuration and/or architectural designs against standards, requirements, and policies. Methods may include transforming input requests for analysis and infrastructure configuration and/or architectural design documents into formats suitable for processing by a large language model (LLM), prompting the LLM to identify concepts and/or elements that are likely subject to a standard, requirement, or policy, querying a compliance criteria vector database to identify standards, requirements, or policies relevant to the requested analysis and documents, prompting the LLM to determine whether infrastructure configuration and/or architectural design documents comply with each relevant standard, requirement, or policy, and producing reports from LLM outputs regarding compliance of the infrastructure configuration and/or architectural design documents with each of the relevant standards, requirements, or policies.
G06F 30/20 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation
G06F 30/13 - Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
Methods and systems for converged wired and wireless access optimization are described. An access system includes a wired access system, a wireless access system deployed on the wired access system, and a resource controller in communication. The resource controller determines whether traffic usage data collected from the wired access system and the wireless access system breaches one or more congestion thresholds, determines which of the wired access system and the wireless access system is a breaching access system; determines, for the breaching access system, a contributory percentage of the traffic usage data with respect to a breached congestion threshold, and initiates resource reduction at a lower priority access system when the contributory percentage of the breaching access system is same or less than a non-breaching access system, where the lower priority access system is one of the wired access system or the wireless access system.
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for managing downlink channels and/or bandwidth in wireless systems. An exemplary method wireless communications method embodiments includes the steps of: monitoring, by a wireless base station, a downlink channel utilization rate of data transmissions from the wireless base station to a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device on a downlink shared channel to detect a first condition; and upon detecting, by the wireless base station, that the first condition exists, switching from operating in a first wireless base station mode of operation to operating in a second wireless base station mode of operation, said switching from operating in a first mode of operation to operating in a second mode of operation including switching from using a downlink control channel for transmitting downlink control information to the first CPE device to using the downlink control channel for transmitting user data.
Methods and systems for using client assisted off-channel scanning. A method includes determining, by an access point, whether the access point or station performs an off-channel scan, selecting, by the access point, a station for each operating frequency supported by the access point when the access point is unable to perform the off-channel scan, sending, by the access point to each selected station, an off-channel scan request with a channel list, receiving, by the access point from each selected station, off-channel scan data, and selecting, by the access point, a serving channel for each operating frequency based on the off-channel scan data.
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for achieving frequency, phase and time of day synchronization in wireless systems. An exemplary method of operating a first wireless base station in a first network in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: (i) receiving, at the first wireless base station, a first message; (ii) in response to receiving the first message entering, by the first wireless base station, into a first mode of operation; and (iii) while operating in the first mode of operation, obtaining, by the first wireless base station, synchronization information from a first user equipment device using over the air device to device communications, the synchronization information including time synchronization information.
Various embodiments include methods and systems for automatically evaluating code and/or software documentation for compliance with relevant standards, requirements, and policies. Various embodiments provide a framework for automating compliance reviews of code and/or software against the latest version of standards, requirements, and policies. Methods may include transforming input requests for analysis and code and/or software documents into formats suitable for processing by a large language model (LLM), prompting the LLM to identify concepts and/or elements that are likely subject to a standard, requirement, or policy, submitting a query to a vector database to identify standards, requirements, or policies relevant to the requested analysis and documents, prompting the LLM to determine whether the code and/or software documents comply with each relevant standard, requirement, or policy, and producing a report from of LLM outputs on compliance of the code and/or software documents with each of the relevant standards, requirements, or policies.
G06F 40/40 - Processing or translation of natural language
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND BUSINESS PROCESS DOCUMENTATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH RELEVANT STANDARDS, REQUIREMENTS, AND POLICIES
Various embodiments include methods and systems for automatically evaluating organizational structures and/or business process documentation for compliance with relevant standards, requirements, and policies. Various embodiment methods may include transforming input requests for analysis and organizational structures and/or business process documents into formats suitable for processing by a large language model (LLM), prompting the LLM to identify concepts and/or elements that are likely subject to a standard, requirement, or policy, submitting a query to a compliance criteria vector database to identify standards, requirements, or policies relevant to the requested analysis and documents, prompting the LLM to determine whether the organizational structures and/or business process documents comply with each relevant standard, requirement, or policy, and producing a report from LLM outputs on compliance of the organizational structures and/or business process documents with each of the relevant standards, requirements, or policies.
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SETTING QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) FOR A NETWORK BASED ON USER DETECTION
A broadband network gateway (BNG) implementing a plurality of virtual gateway routers, each virtual gateway router (VGR) operable to serve as a gateway router for a particular local area network (LAN) of a plurality of LANs, receives a human presence indicator from a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a LAN, the human presence indicator indicating one of that a human has been detected by the CPE or that no human has been detected by the CPE for a predetermined period of time. In response, the BNG performs a quality of service (QOS) action, on a VGR that serves as the gateway router for the LAN, that one of enhances a current QOS associated with the first LAN or decreases a current QOS associated with the first LAN.
Methods and systems for automated positioning of a wireless router in a premises. The method includes placing a slidable wireless router device on a linear rail attached to a wall, initiating, by a wireless router in the slidable wireless router device, a search cycle for a determined event, obtaining, by the wireless router from connected devices, signal connectivity measurements from a starting point on the linear rail, obtaining, by the wireless router from the connected devices, additional signal connectivity measurements by incrementally moving the slidable wireless router device over remaining points on the linear rail, and moving, by a controller in the slidable wireless router device, the slidable wireless router device to an optimal position on the linear rail based on the signal connectivity measurements and the additional signal connectivity measurements.
H04W 16/20 - Network planning tools for indoor coverage or short range network deployment
H01Q 3/02 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole
A network environment includes a wireless access point supporting network access to multiple mobile communication devices. A communication management resource associated with the wireless access point receives a first communication from a first communication device. The first communication includes a first request for wireless bandwidth. The communication management resource compares a magnitude of current wireless bandwidth supplied to the first communication device to a bandwidth request value as indicated by the first request for the first wireless bandwidth. The communication management resource adjusts the magnitude of the current wireless bandwidth supplied to the first communication device depending on the comparison.
A wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) associated with a local area network (LAN) is operable to communicate with one or more upstream devices in a wired WAN mode and a cellular WAN mode. The wireless CPE may detect a power-saving trigger. In response, the wireless CPE may transition from the wired WAN mode to the cellular WAN mode and may implement a first action to reduce an amount of power used by the wireless CPE.
A first wireless base station sends, to a second wireless base station, a first message that includes an intended time division duplex (TDD) downlink (DL)-uplink (UL) configuration of the first wireless base station that identifies a first pattern of uplink timeslots and downlink timeslots that the first wireless base station proposes to utilize to communicate with one or more user equipments (UEs) in a service area of the first wireless base station. The first wireless base station receives, from the second wireless base station, a second message comprising an acceptance message that accepts the intended TDD DL-UL configuration of the first wireless base station or a rejection message that rejects the intended TDD DL-UL configuration of the first wireless base station.
A wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) associated with a local area network (LAN) is operable to communicate with one or more upstream devices in a wired WAN mode and a cellular WAN mode. The wireless CPE may detect a power-saving trigger. In response, the wireless CPE may transition from the wired WAN mode to the cellular WAN mode and may implement a first action to reduce an amount of power used by the wireless CPE.
Content information descriptive of a future broadcast of live multimedia content is obtained. The content information comprises a plurality of content parameters associated with the live multimedia content. Based on the content information, a sponsored content profile is generated for the future broadcast of the live multimedia content. The sponsored content profile is indicative of a plurality of sponsored content items to be provided during the future broadcast of the live multimedia content. The sponsored content profile is accessed based on a sponsored content request received from a user device. The sponsored content request comprises one or more viewing parameters associated with content being viewed at the user device. A first viewing parameter is equivalent to a first content parameter. Based on the sponsored content profile, a first sponsored content item of the plurality of sponsored content items is provided to the user device.
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NEGOTIATED TIME DIVISION DUPLEX DOWNLINK-UPLINK CONFIGURATIONS
A first wireless base station sends, to a second wireless base station, a first message that includes an intended time division duplex (TDD) downlink (DL) – uplink (UL) configuration of the first wireless base station that identifies a first pattern of uplink timeslots and downlink timeslots that the first wireless base station proposes to utilize to communicate with one or more user equipments (UEs) in a service area of the first wireless base station. The first wireless base station receives, from the second wireless base station, a second message comprising an acceptance message that accepts the intended TDD DL-UL configuration of the first wireless base station or a rejection message that rejects the intended TDD DL-UL configuration of the first wireless base station.
User equipment (e.g., a cell phone) assists in establishing a non-cellular wireless (e.g., WiFi) connection for a vehicle. In some embodiments, the UE provides information about the network (e.g., SSID and credential/certificate) to the vehicle for use in establishing the connection. In other embodiments, the UE secures, retains, and uses a network certificate for the vehicle to establish the connection without providing the certificate to the vehicle. The embodiments facilitate and encourage the use of non-cellular wireless connections instead of possibly more-expensive and/or resource-limited cellular connections.
An authentication request is received from a User Premises Equipment (UPE). The authentication request is responsive to expiration of a prior authentication certificate provided to the UPE. The authentication request comprises a set of metadata information elements. A subset of metadata information elements are selected from the set, comprising a static element descriptive of a UPE establishment event, and environmental elements indicative of a physical environment of the UPE. The static element is validated based on validation information. A trust score for the UPE is generated based on a comparison between the environmental elements and a UPE environmental profile descriptive of a known physical environment of a geographic area associated with the UPE. An authentication certificate is provided to the UPE based on the trust score being greater than a threshold trust score.
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for testing and mitigating problems with Spectrum Access System (SAS) service provider systems. An exemplary method includes performing, by an SAS switch and availability function (SSAF), one or more tests on a first SAS service provider system, the first SAS service provider system providing SAS services to one or more wireless base stations (e.g., CBSDs) of a first wireless network (e.g., a first CBRS network); and determining whether or not the first SAS service provider system is experiencing problems providing SAS services to the first wireless network based on results of the one or more tests performed on the first SAS service provider system. In response to determining that there are problems with the first SAS service provider system switching the one or more wireless base stations to a second SAS service provider system.
The disclosed method and system optimize IPSec connectivity and security association establishment in trusted and/or untrusted non-3GPP access scenarios, such as non-3GPP access with a Trusted Non-3GPP Gateway Function (TNGF) and/or Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) in a 5G network architecture. The method involves initiating an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol initiation communication from the User Equipment (UE) to the TNGF or N3IWF, which includes a MOBIKE_SUPPORT indicator to signal the UE's MOBIKE capability. The TNGF or N3IWF, in response to the MOBIKE_SUPPORT indicator, enables the use of MOBIKE to optimize an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) session re-establishment when the UE moves to a different Trusted Non-3GPP Access Point (TNAP) connected to the same TNGF. The system includes the UE and TNGF configured to perform the method. The method and system minimize disruptions and latency during IPSec session re-establishment.
The disclosed method and system optimize IPSec connectivity and security association establishment in trusted and/or untrusted non-3GPP access scenarios, such as non-3GPP access with a Trusted Non-3GPP Gateway Function (TNGF) and/or Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) in a 5G network architecture. The method involves initiating an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol initiation communication from the User Equipment (UE) to the TNGF or N3IWF, which includes a MOBIKE_SUPPORT indicator to signal the UE's MOBIKE capability. The TNGF or N3IWF, in response to the MOBIKE_SUPPORT indicator, enables the use of MOBIKE to optimize an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) session re- establishment when the UE moves to a different Trusted Non-3GPP Access Point (TNAP) connected to the same TNGF. The system includes the UE and TNGF configured to perform the method. The method and system minimize disruptions and latency during IPSec session re- establishment.
Methods and systems for configuring a main or security processor in a customer premises equipment (CPE) with an encrypted seed for password-of-the-day (PoTD) processing is described. A CPE includes a modem processor, a main processor, and a PoTD component included on the main processor. The main processor receives, via the modem processor from a user device, an access request to the CPE. In response to the access request, the PoTD component accesses an encrypted seed stored on the main processor, generates a PoTD from the encrypted seed, and provides an access response based on comparison of the generated PoTD with a PoTD provided via the user device. A security processor can be used in lieu of the main processor. The PoTD component is then included in the security processor and the encrypted seed is then stored on the security processor.
Methods and systems for optimizing data offloading in electric vehicles are described. A method includes estimating an amount of data that can be collected and generated for a route generated for a destination entered into the electric vehicle, categorizing, by a data offloading device in an electric vehicle, the estimated data into real-time, near real-time, and non-real-time data categories, determining one or more offloading stop and time based on the categorized estimated data and service provider access device information for the route; collecting real data generated by and for the electric vehicle as the electric vehicle traverses the route; categorizing the real data into the real-time, the near real-time, and the non-real-time data categories; and updating the one or more offloading stop and time based on the categorized real data and updated service provider access device information for the route.
H04W 4/44 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
A computing system having one or more computing devices provides a configuration file identifier to a cable modem. Subsequently, the computing system provides the configuration file to the cable modem, and the configuration file includes a firmware file identifier that does not match an existing firmware file identifier of any existing firmware file provided by the computing system to cable modems. Subsequently, the computing system receives a firmware file request, which includes the firmware file identifier, from the cable modem and, subsequently, determines whether a firmware of the cable modem is outdated. The computing system may provide an updated firmware file to the cable modem if the firmware file of the cable modem is outdated.
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PROVIDING PROXIMITY-BASED DATA CENTER FOR INTER-OPERATOR ROAMING
A first network operator (A), having a roaming agreement with a second network operator (B), has a communication system having multiple network data centers (NDCs). When user equipment (UE) of a customer of Operator A requests network access via an NDC of Operator B, Operator A's communication system selects one of its NDCs to provide that network access based on location information associated with the UE. In this way, the network access provided to the UE via Operator B's comm system will have lower latency than if one of Operator A's other NDCs were selected to provide that network access. Depending on the implementation the location information may be explicitly provided to Operator B's NDC or coded at either Operator B's NDC or Operator A's NDC.
In a cable modem network, upstream bandwidth is allocated to service flows by receiving requests from modems, wherein each request identifies an amount of requested bandwidth for a corresponding requesting service flow; determining how much best-effort bandwidth to allocate for each requesting service flow; determining how much remaining bandwidth is available after taking into account all of the best-effort bandwidth for the requesting service flows; determining how much of the remaining bandwidth to allocate as proactive grant service (PGS) upstream bandwidth to PGS service flows; determining, for each requesting service flow, a summed bandwidth as a sum of any corresponding best-effort bandwidth and any corresponding PGS bandwidth; determining, for each requesting service flow, an amount of allocated bandwidth as a minimum of the summed bandwidth and a maximum allowable bandwidth; and transmitting grants to the modems identifying the amounts of allocated upstream bandwidth for the corresponding service flows.
H04L 12/28 - Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
H04J 3/16 - Time-division multiplex systems in which the time allocation to individual channels within a transmission cycle is variable, e.g. to accommodate varying complexity of signals, to vary number of channels transmitted
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REAL-TIME EXTRACTION OF 3D ANIMATION INFORMATION FROM PREDICTED SPEECH
One or more inputs are processed with a machine-learned language model to obtain a prediction output. The inputs comprise speech information descriptive of one or more first words spoken by a user, and the prediction output comprises one or more second words predicted to follow the one or more first words. A sequence of visemes formed to produce the one or more second words is determined. Based on the sequence of visemes, facial animation information is generated descriptive of a facial animation that animates a three-dimensional representation of a mouth of the user forming the sequence of visemes to speak the one or more second words.
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G10L 25/63 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for estimating an emotional state
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POWER TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT AND INTERFERENCE MITIGATION ON A WIRELESS GATEWAY DEVICE
A gateway device receives a first message from a server device, the first message comprising a first power level indicator corresponding to a first desired output radio frequency (RF) power level for the gateway device, the gateway device being inoperable to transmit at the first desired output RF power level. In response to the first message, the gateway device sets an output RF power level of the gateway device to an output RF power level that is different from the first desired output RF power level. The gateway device sends, to an RF attenuator that is communicatively coupled to an RF output of the gateway device, an instruction to attenuate the output RF power level of the gateway device such that an attenuated output RF power level matches the first desired output RF power level.
H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
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Methods and Apparatus for Channel Occupancy Time (COT) Sharing in New Radio (NR) and/or Sidelink-Unlicensed (SL-U)
Methods and apparatus for fair COT sharing in NR-U and/or SL-U are described. Type 2C channel access (without sensing) with regard to COT sharing for NR-U and/or SL-U is restricted based on the distance between an initiator device and a responding device. An initiator device determines a maximum distance threshold value, e.g., a COT-SharingRange2C value, and communicates the value to the responding UE as part of COT sharing information. The responding UE uses the communicated maximum distance threshold value along with a determined distance (D) between the initiator device and the responding UE to determine whether or not the responding UE is allowed to use the type 2C channel access procedure or is to use a channel access procedure requiring sensing. By restricting the type 2C CA for responding UEs located near coverage boundaries, collisions between responding UEs and out-of-sight UEs are reduced.
The disclosed method and system pertain to preferred network selection in a dual-receive/dual-transmit Multi-SIM User Equipment (MUSIM-UE). The MUSIM-UE transmits a signaling information element to a preferred network and a non-preferred network to indicate preferred services from each network. The MUSIM-UE also transmits instructions to one or both networks to transfer active protocol data unit (PDU) sessions from one network to the other. The MUSIM-UE then transfers the active PDU sessions from one network SIM to the other. The signaling information element may include a flag indicating a preferred network and a field specifying the preferred sendees. The MUSIM-UE may also perform Quality of Service (QoS) measurements on one or both networks.
Various methods and processing systems for the effective management of network traffic and facilitating data forwarding within distributed computing environments. Network components may be configured to amalgamate the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) with Source Network Address Translation (SNAT) or network address port translation (NAPT) technologies to facilitate dynamic notification of network address accessibility and use port index identifiers to augment the precision and resilience of routing. A distributed SNAT/NAPT virtual network function (VNF) or cloud-native network function (CNF) may collaborate with LEAF switches or server aggregation devices to refine data transmission via adaptable address mapping and forwarding and enhance network scalability and resilience.
A client driven approach for L4S support and optimization in WLANs, e.g. WiFi WLANs, is described. A client station (STA) generates and sends a SCS w/L4S Request frame including a L4S descriptor element to an access point (AP). A network directed approach for L4S support and optimization in WLANs, e.g. WiFi WLANs, is also described. A client station (STA) generates and sends a MSCS w/L4S Request frame including a L4S descriptor element to an access point (AP). The L4S descriptor element includes an ECN threshold and optionally QoS information for L4S traffic. Upon acceptance of the request, the AP selects a queue for L4S traffic and creates an L4S filter. The L4S filter includes classification criteria, ECN congestion threshold, and QoS information. Also, in some embodiments a new mode of operation, which is a WiFi L4S mode of operation is implemented and used to identify and prioritize low latency traffic without the need for extensive hardware modifications.
H04L 47/2475 - Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications
H04L 47/2441 - Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
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Apparatus and methods for a large language model with semantic audio for targeted advertising video stream
A method for selecting and inserting contextually relevant advertisements into a video stream, executed by a processing system in a network server computing device, encompasses receiving a primary video stream with potential advertisement insertion points indicated by SCTE35/SCTE104 markers, extracting an audio segment from this stream before an advertisement break, obtaining audio from potential advertisements, transcribing both primary and secondary audio segments into textual data, performing semantic analysis and tokenization on this data, creating vector embeddings, and normalizing these embeddings for a feed-forward neural network. The method further involves determining semantic similarity scores between the primary and secondary content through a transformer-based AI model, generating a similarity matrix from these scores, identifying the most contextually aligned advertisement based on these scores, and inserting this advertisement at an indicated break point in the primary video stream.
A master node (MN) communicating with a UE using resources of a first band of unlicensed spectrum sends an addition request to a selected secondary node, to request resources for supporting the UE in a second band of unlicensed spectrum. The addition request includes timing information including one or more of: i) information indicating a start time for the MN time division duplexing (TDD) timing structure with respect to the UE, or ii) information indicating a reference clock being used by the MN. The secondary node uses the received timing information from the MN to perform timing alignment at the secondary node. The adjusted timing alignment of the secondary node allows the UE to achieve slot-boundary and/or symbol boundary alignment with regard to MN communications using the first unlicensed spectrum and SN communications using the second unlicensed spectrum. Due to the achieved synchronization, an in-device coexistence (IDC) problem is avoided.
A subset of trainable features from a set of features is selected based at least in part on feature metadata. A trained decision tree is generated to predict which entities of a plurality of entities have a target feature. A corresponding quantity of entities of the plurality of entities that do not have the target feature is determined for each leaf node in the trained decision tree. A subset of the plurality of leaf nodes are selected wherein each leaf node in the subset of leaf nodes has a corresponding quantity of entities in between a minimum threshold quantity and a maximum threshold quantity. An aggregate quantity of entities is determined based on a sum of the corresponding quantity of entities of each leaf node in the subset of leaf nodes. The process is repeated until a suitable trained decision tree is generated.
Methods and Apparatus for Enabling Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Through Use of Stream Classification Service
A client driven approach for L4S support and optimization in WLANs, e.g. WiFi WLANs, is described. A client station (STA) generates and sends a SCS w/L4S Request frame including a L4S descriptor element to an access point (AP). The L4S descriptor element includes a L4S classifier mask, ECN threshold and a set of client device specified desired QoS level information to be applied with regard to the transmission of identified L4S traffic. Upon acceptance of the request, the AP selects a queue for future L4S traffic and creates an L4S filter. The created L4S filter includes classification criteria, ECN congestion threshold, and QoS information. The AP implements the created L4S filter, e.g., identifying and directing identified L4S traffic to the designated L4S queue, performing ECN marking with regard to the congestion at the L4S queue, and transmitting L4S data in accordance with the received STA specified desired QoS levels.
H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
H04L 47/2441 - Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
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Methods and Apparatus for Using Mirrored Stream Classification Service to Enable Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
A network directed approach for L4S support and optimization in WLANs, e.g. WiFi WLANs, is described. A client station (STA) generates and sends a MSCS w/L4S Request frame including a L4S descriptor element to an access point (AP). The L4S descriptor element includes an ECN threshold and optionally QoS information for L4S traffic. Upon acceptance of the request, the AP selects a queue for L4S traffic and creates an L4S filter. The L4S filter includes classification criteria, ECN congestion threshold, and QoS information. As part of creating the L4S filter, the AP relies on stream monitoring at the AP to obtain criteria for identifying L4S traffic. The AP implements the created L4S filter, identifying L4S traffic, directing the identified L4S traffic to the L4S queue, performing ECN congestion marking for L4S queue, and transmitting L4S data using AP monitoring based computed QoS metrics for L4S traffic.
H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
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Methods and Apparatus for Using Stream Classification Service to Enable Low Latency Treatment of MAC Service Data Units (MSDUs) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
A new mode of operation, which is a WiFi L4S mode of operation, sometimes referred to as a dot11L4SActivated-true mode, is implemented and used to identify and prioritize low latency traffic without the need for extensive hardware modifications. With SCS framework, a new frame classifier type, e.g., classifier type=11, is implemented, which indicates that the type of classifier parameters are additional qualifiers which may help to determine QoS information, e.g., determine how many frames per second (fps) for a video flow is required.
H04L 47/2441 - Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
METHODS AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING USER EQUIPMENT (UE) ACCESS TO A CORE NETWORK VIA A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) AND FACILITATING TRANSFER OF APPLICATION DATA VIA THE CORE NETWORK
Methods and apparatus for: i) providing a user equipment (UE) access to a core network, e.g., a 3GPP 5G core network, via a wireless local area network access point (WLAN AP) (e.g., a non-integrated non-3GPP access network), without the use of a non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) or a Trusted non-3GPPP Gateway Function (TNGF) and ii) allowing the transfer of application data via the core network are described. The transfer of application data is, i.e., in both directions, e.g. UE to User Plane Function (UPF) to data network (DN) and DN to UPF to UE. The access obtained by the UE does not require the presence of a 3GPP access network, e.g., a 3GPP radio access network (RAN) such as a gNB.
Methods and systems for spectrum access system charge assessment in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) network are described. A method for spectrum access system charge assessment in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) network includes receiving, by a core network from a core compatibility system, a dummy user equipment identity for each CBRS device (CBSD) in a CBRS network. A policy control function (PCF) receives, from the core compatibility system, a charging policy for each CBSD in the CBRS network. The PCF determines a spectrum access system charge for a CBSD based on a session time, an associated dummy user equipment identity, and an associated charging policy, wherein the session time is based on a time of a registration event and a time of a session termination event.
A communications device, e.g., a residential gateway (RG) or a home router, located at a customer premises which supports cellular and WiFi services, identifies end user communications devices, e.g., cellphones, which support both cellular communications and WiFi communications, via matching, e.g., to within a predetermined time, a detected cellular connection time to a detected WiFi association time. The cellular communications service provider, to which the owner of each identified end user device is a subscriber, is also identified. The communications device, e.g., the RG, provides different levels of WiFi service, to different end user devices, based on the identified communications service provider corresponding to an end user device and any existing WiFi service agreements between service providers.
A system as discussed herein includes communication management hardware. The communication management hardware: receives a first data packet including a first data payload, the first data packet encoded in accordance with a wireless communication protocol for conveyance to a destination network address; maps a first quality of service associated with the first data packet to a first service flow amongst multiple service flows supported by a backhaul network; and forwards the first data packet over the first service flow of the backhaul network for delivery of the first data packet to the destination network address.
Methods and Apparatus Supporting User Equipment (UE) Access to a Core Network Via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Facilitating Transfer of Application Data via the Core Network
Methods and apparatus for: i) providing a user equipment (UE) access to a core network, e.g., a 3GPP 5G core network, via a wireless local area network access point (WLAN AP) (e.g., a non-integrated non-3GPP access network), without the use of a non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) or a Trusted non-3GPPP Gateway Function (TNGF) and ii) allowing the transfer of application data via the core network are described. The transfer of application data is, i.e., in both directions, e.g. UE to User Plane Function (UPF) to data network (DN) and DN to UPF to UE. The access obtained by the UE does not require the presence of a 3GPP access network, e.g., a 3GPP radio access network (RAN) such as a gNB.
H04W 76/11 - Allocation or use of connection identifiers
H04W 12/033 - Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption of the user plane, e.g. user’s traffic
H04W 12/069 - Authentication using certificates or pre-shared keys
H04W 76/16 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
50.
METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING USING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSING
The present invention relates to methods, systems, and apparatus using programmatic advertising to provide content to a user of a first Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) customer premises device located at a first customer premises. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: storing information associating a first Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first QAM customer premises device located at the first customer premises with a first Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to the first customer premises; receiving, at a network equipment device, a first message including the first MAC address and information identifying an ad opportunity, the first message not including the first IP address; determining an IP address corresponding to the first MAC address from the stored information; generating an advertisement request including the first IP address; and communicating the generated advertisement request including the first IP address to a supply side platform.
A communication management resource receives first link quality metrics indicating wireless link quality provided by first wireless base stations in a first wireless network to first mobile communication devices. The communication management resource generates a first distribution function from the first link quality metrics. The communication management resource receives second link quality metrics indicating wireless link quality provided by second wireless base stations in the second wireless network to second mobile communication devices. The communication management resource generates a second distribution function from the second link quality metrics. Based on the first distribution function and the second distribution function, and threshold information, the communication management resource controls the connectivity of one or more mobile communication devices with respect to the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
System and method for establishing a virtual access point (vAP) is described. A wireless network includes a router to provide access to external networks, physical access points (pAPs) to provide radio communications access to a user device, and a controller to form a vPA by layer two link aggregating the pAPs using access point and configuration information and send a virtual service set identifier (vSSID) to the pAPs. The vAP having a layer two data plane and control plane. The vAP provides a wireless coverage area equivalent to the pAPs using the vSSID, enable a user device to connect to the data plane via a data link, connect to the control place via layer two control links, and radio frequency connect to the pAPs. The controller and the pAPs configured to manage user data traffic flow between the router and the user device via the control and the data planes.
Methods and systems for automatically determining video end credits. A method includes generating, by multiple automated video end credits processors, tags for videos in a training data set. A tag-generation scoring system and/or unit combines the tags from the multiple automated video end credits processors using combination parameters to generate combination tags, where combinations are done per video, scores each of the tags and the combination tags based on comparisons to training tags in the training data set for the videos to generate scores, where a score reflects accuracy of a tag, generates statistics based on the comparisons and on the scores across all of the videos, and selects an optimal combination of the multiple automated video end credits processors based on application of priority weights to the statistics.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfacesContent or additional data rendering
H04N 21/482 - End-user interface for program selection
In a wireless (e.g., Wi-Fi 7) network, an access point (AP) that supports multiple security protocols (e.g., WPA2 and WPA3) ignores probe requests for association and connection with the AP using WPA2 from clients that also support WPA3, while granting WPA2 probe requests from WPA2-only clients and WPA3 probe requests from WPA3-capable clients, thereby preventing WPA3-capable clients from connecting using the lower-security WPA2 protocol and guiding all clients to optimize the security of their connections with the AP.
Various methods and processing systems are disclosed that provide an access termination component in a service provider network for managing network traffic. The method may include receiving a downstream data packet, determining a destination IPv4 address and a destination transport-layer port based on the received downstream data packet, applying a port-mapping algorithm to the destination port to obtain a port set identifier value whose bit-length equals a sharing ratio parameter, concatenating the destination IPv4 address with the port-set-identifier value to form a 48-bit composite key, searching a hash table that indexes the composite key to a media access control (MAC) address, overwriting a MAC destination field of the downstream packet with the MAC address, and forwarding the downstream packet to one or more customer premise devices (CPEs).
Methods and systems proxy address resolution protocol processing in a distributive local area network is described. The method for proxy address resolution protocol processing includes sending, by a first subscriber device, an address resolution protocol processing broadcast to obtain a second subscriber device address, wherein the first subscriber device and the second subscriber device are in isolated routing prefix domains within a routing prefix, receiving, by the first subscriber device from a gateway, a second subscriber device proxy address for the second subscriber device, and communicating, between the first subscriber device and the second subscriber device via the gateway, using the second subscriber device proxy address.
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless station and a second wireless station. The communication management resource associated with the first wireless station can be configured to: retrieve first protocol information assigned to the first wireless station, the first protocol information indicating a first wireless security protocol supported by the first wireless station; transmit a notification to a second wireless station indicating the first wireless security protocol supported by the first wireless station; and select a wireless security protocol in which to communicate with the second wireless station based on the first protocol information and second protocol information received from the second wireless station.
When a first (e.g., CBRS) network receives instructions to modify its operations with a dual-SIM, dual-subscription (DSDS) device, e.g., due to the local incumbent activity, instead of modifying CBRS operations for the DSDS device, the DSDS device is proactively handed off to a second (e.g., non-CBRS) network, thereby avoiding a reduction of quality of service to the DSDS device. If and when the local incumbent activity ceases, the original CBRS operations can be automatically restored by handing off from the non-CBRS network back to the CBRS network. In some implementations, these functions are orchestrated by a DSDS Mobile Transfer Entity of the CBRS network.
H04W 76/16 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
H04W 8/18 - Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profilesTransfer of user or subscriber data
H04W 88/06 - Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode terminals
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NETWORK DISCONNECTION RECOVERY IN AN ACCESS DEVICE
An access device communicatively coupled to a local area network (LAN) and to an aggregation device in a service provider network establishes layer 3 connectivity with the service provider network via a main network service. Subsequent to establishing layer 3 connectivity to the service provider network, the access device determines that the main network service has lost layer 3 connectivity to the service provider network. The access device attempts to re-establish layer 3 connectivity with the service provider network using a backup network service.
An access device communicatively coupled to a local area network (LAN) and to an aggregation device in a service provider network establishes layer 3 connectivity with the service provider network via a main network service. Subsequent to establishing layer 3 connectivity to the service provider network, the access device determines that the main network service has lost layer 3 connectivity to the service provider network. The access device attempts to re-establish layer 3 connectivity with the service provider network using a backup network service.
A system as discussed herein includes communication management hardware. The communication management hardware: receives a first data packet including a first data payload, the first data packet transmitted for delivery to a destination network address; determines a first latency classification assigned to the first data packet; assigns a second latency classification to the first data packet as a substitute to the first latency classification; and forwards the first data packet for delivery to the destination network address in accordance with the second latency classification.
H04L 47/2441 - Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
Embodiments include methods for generating advertisement videos for insertion into a video stream to promote a product, service, or brand in a manner that is consistent with the context and storyline of the video stream before and at the time of ad insertion. Methods may include capturing an image from the video stream and generating caption text using an image-to-text description model. A product, service, or brand that is consistent with the context and storyline of the captured image is selected and ad video sequence description text is generated that includes descriptions and a storyline blending descriptions of the selected product, service, or brand with the context and storyline of the primary video stream. The ad video sequence description text is used to prompt a text-to-video generation model that generates a new advertisement video clip, which is inserted into the primary video stream before distribution to video content rendering devices.
A spectrum access grant for a non-incumbent network entity is determined to be revoked by a Spectrum Access System (SAS) responsive to spectrum utilization by an incumbent network entity. The spectrum access grant is indicative of a first antenna configuration for one or more antenna devices of the non-incumbent network entity to communicate via a wireless network. A second antenna configuration is determined for the one or more antenna devices to communicate via the wireless network. The second antenna configuration is predicted to cause less interference between the non-incumbent network entity and the incumbent network entity. A non-incumbent spectrum access request is provided to the SAS including a request for access to the second antenna configuration for the antenna devices.
Disclosed herein are embodiments that provide for accessing a cloud environment with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). In particular, the embodiments provide managing communications via an identity broker through a secure tunnel between at least one network device and a cloud environment via an access device. The access device is preconfigured to contact the identity broker to establish the secure tunnel. At least one policy may then be applied to the at least one network device via the access device. In such a configuration, the at least one network device, such as a legacy device or a plurality of network devices, does not require a software client to communicate directly with the identity broker.
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless station and a second wireless station. The first wireless station establishes wireless connectivity with multiple wireless stations including the second wireless station. The first wireless station transmits a first notification to the multiple wireless stations, where the first notification includes reference signal schedule information indicating a schedule for monitoring at least one reference signal. The first wireless station additionally transmits a second notification, where the second notification triggering the second wireless station to monitor the at least one reference signal as indicated by the reference signal schedule information.
A wireless user equipment (UE) sends, to a first wireless network, a first registration request, the first registration request including a request to connect to the first wireless network and a first subscription identifier (ID) identifying a first wireless subscription and a dualsteer indication that the UE is capable of supporting a dualsteer (DS) mode utilizing two different wireless subscriptions, the first wireless subscription being one of the two different wireless subscriptions. The UE receives, from the first wireless network, a first registration accept message indicating network support for the DS mode.
H04W 60/04 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registrationTerminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration using triggered events
H04W 8/22 - Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
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H04W 84/04 - Large scale networksDeep hierarchical networks
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VORONOI TESSELATION FOR OPTIMIZING BASE STATION DEPLOYMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
Information indicative of a plurality of sub-areas of a geographic area can be obtained. Each sub-area is demarcated by a corresponding enclosed border. For each sub-area a set of internal borders that are successively nested within the enclosed border of the sub-area can be identified. For each sub-area, a set of points can be selected from points located along the set of internal borders. For each sub-area, based on the set of points, a tessellation process can be performed to tessellate the sub-area into a plurality of polygons within the enclosed border, each polygon of the plurality of polygons being representative of a corresponding candidate base station deployment site. Tracking Area Code (TAC) information indicative of a plurality of TACs assigned to the plurality of candidate base station deployment sites can be obtained.
A computing system comprising a drone detects a signal leakage in an above-ground cabling infrastructure. The computing system determines that a cable system component of the above-ground cabling infrastructure is a source of the signal leakage based at least in part on an amplitude of the signal leakage. The computing system sends, to a destination device, a notification that identifies the cable system component.
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless station and a second wireless station. The first wireless station establishes wireless connectivity with multiple wireless stations including the second wireless station. The first wireless station transmits a first notification to the multiple wireless stations, where the first notification includes reference signal schedule information indicating a schedule for monitoring at least one reference signal. The first wireless station additionally transmits a second notification, where the second notification triggering the second wireless station to monitor the at least one reference signal as indicated by the reference signal schedule information.
A wireless user equipment (UE) sends, to a first wireless network, a first registration request, the first registration request including a request to connect to the first wireless network and a first subscription identifier (ID) identifying a first wireless subscription and a dualsteer indication that the UE is capable of supporting a dualsteer (DS) mode utilizing two different wireless subscriptions, the first wireless subscription being one of the two different wireless subscriptions. The UE receives, from the first wireless network, a first registration accept message indicating network support for the DS mode.
H04W 60/00 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registrationTerminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
H04W 8/18 - Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profilesTransfer of user or subscriber data
H04W 8/02 - Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service
H04W 76/16 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
H04W 76/11 - Allocation or use of connection identifiers
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Software-controlled Battery Charging and Monitoring of Access CPE Devices
Systems, methods, and devices for performing charging of at least one battery of a customer premises device (CPE). These may include calculating available electricity energy from a power supply unit (PSU), and charging the at least one battery of the CPE using the available electricity energy from the PSU. Some may include measuring electric energy usage of the CPE. Some may include determining whether the electric energy usage at the CPE exceeds an idle threshold and/or is less than a charge threshold, calculating the available electricity energy from the PSU using a representation of electric energy usage of the CPE over a duration in response to the electric energy usage at the CPE exceeding the idle threshold and/or being less than the charge threshold, and using an idle electric energy usage of the CPE in response to the electric energy usage at the CPE not exceeding the idle threshold.
Methods and systems for preemptive handoff in response to receiving a grant suspension at a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) device (CBSD). A traffic distribution system (TDS) maintains a base station list with a wireless coverage area. An operations support system receives a CBRS spectrum suspension command for a CBSD. In response to the CBRS spectrum suspension command, the TDS requests from a core network (CN), data for the mobile device and data for one or more neighbor base stations selected from the list based on the suspended CBSD and the mobile device data. The TDS determines an alternative base station for the mobile device, which is selected from the one or more neighbor base stations based on the data for the mobile device data and the one or more neighbor base stations, and sends to the CN, the alternative base station to initiate a handover command.
A network environment includes multiple wireless access points and communication management hardware. The communication management hardware controls connectivity of a mobile communication device to the first wireless access point. For example, the communication management hardware receives communications from a first wireless access point. In response to receiving the communications, the communication management hardware obtains wireless access point identity information associated with a user and/or a mobile communication device attempting to establish a wireless communication link with the wireless access point. Based on the wireless access point identity information, the communication management hardware produces a control decision associated with establishing the wireless communication link. The control decision indicates whether the first wireless access point should allow or deny establishment of the wireless communication link with the first wireless access point.
A plurality of cable modems (CMs) serviced by a cable management termination system (CMTS) are identified, each of the CMs being associated with a particular bandwidth service tier of a plurality of bandwidth service tiers. The plurality of CMs are grouped into a quantity of groups of CMs based on the bandwidth service tier with which each CM is associated. A CM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) profile is generated for each respective CM in each group of CMs. A plurality of group OFDM profiles are generated. Each respective group OFDM profile is generated based on the CM OFDM profiles of the CMs in a respective group of CMs and, for each subcarrier of a plurality of subcarriers, a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) order is identified.
It is determined that a device associated with a subscriber is accessing an online system of a service provider. Data usage information associated with the subscriber as accessed. Based on the data usage information, an offering from a plurality of offerings is selected, the offering including a service offering or a product offering. Information that identifies the offering is caused to be sent to the device for display.
A communication management system receives a first communication from a first communication device. Based on an identity of the first communication device, the communication management system selects a first gateway network address amongst multiple gateway network addresses in which to forward the first communication from the router. Via the first gateway network address, the communication management system transmits the first communication from the router for delivery of the first communication to a destination as specified by the first communication. Implementation of the multiple gateway network addresses is useful because it provides different options for communicating data outbound from the router. For example, the communication device connected to a respective local area network (via layer 2 communications) is able to communicate with other devices in the respective local area network while a specific gateway network address supports (via layer 3 coordination) communications over a respective tunnel outbound from the router.
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H04W 8/26 - Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
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In a cable modem network, upstream bandwidth is allocated to service flows by receiving requests from modems, wherein each request identifies an amount of requested bandwidth for a corresponding requesting service flow; determining how much best-effort bandwidth to allocate for each requesting service flow; determining how much remaining bandwidth is available after taking into account all of the best-effort bandwidth for the requesting service flows; determining how much of the remaining bandwidth to allocate as proactive grant service (PGS) upstream bandwidth to PGS service flows; determining, for each requesting service flow, a summed bandwidth as a sum of any corresponding best-effort bandwidth and any corresponding PGS bandwidth; determining, for each requesting service flow, an amount of allocated bandwidth as a minimum of the summed bandwidth and a maximum allowable bandwidth; and transmitting grants to the modems identifying the amounts of allocated upstream bandwidth for the corresponding service flows.
H04N 7/173 - Analogue secrecy systemsAnalogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
H04J 3/16 - Time-division multiplex systems in which the time allocation to individual channels within a transmission cycle is variable, e.g. to accommodate varying complexity of signals, to vary number of channels transmitted
H04L 12/28 - Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
A base station of a wireless network measures signal strengths of incoming measurement messages received by the base station from other base stations and decodes information contained in the incoming measurement messages. For each incoming measurement message, the base station reports information to its network back end, where the reported information includes the measured signal strength of the incoming measurement message and at least some of the decoded information contained in the incoming measurement message. The base station also transmits, to other base stations, outgoing measurement messages containing, for each incoming measurement message, the measured signal strength of the incoming measurement message and at least some of the decoded information contained in the incoming measurement message. In this way, inter-network interference can be characterized and avoided.
A communications device, e.g., UE, detects a text message or email indicating planned travel to a destination. The communications device determines, either directly or indirectly, the travel destination from text included in the detected text message or email. The communications device retrieves, e.g. via sending a request to its core network and receiving a response from the core network, roaming partner network information corresponding to the first destination. The communications devices loads, e.g. prior to departure, a portion of memory in the communications device, e.g., memory in its eSIM, with the received roaming partner network information. When the communications device arrives at the travel destination, the communications device is able to rapidly and efficiently establish a connection with a roaming partner access network providing wireless coverage at the destination by using the pre-loaded roaming partner network information.
Using at least one hardware processor, obtain, at a network monitoring location, an indication of a putative power failure at a remote network location. Responsive to obtaining the indication, initiate, using the at least one hardware processor, an automated triage process to determine whether the putative power failure is an actual power service failure. Using the at least one hardware processor, issue an alert based on the determination of whether the putative power failure is an actual power service failure.
For each respective base station of a plurality of base stations, a coverage area of the respective base station is determined. For at least some respective base stations of the plurality of base stations, a coverage area overlapped quantity is determined that quantifies for a respective base station an overlap region of the coverage area of the respective base station that is overlapped by a coverage area of another base station of the plurality of base stations. A coverage area overlap (CAO) structure is generated that identifies for each respective base station of the at least some respective base stations, the coverage area overlapped quantity of the respective base station and an identifier of the base station that has the coverage area that overlaps the coverage area of the respective base station.
Obtain, at a monitoring server of a network, usage data from a plurality of traffic sensors associated with a plurality of devices of interest of a plurality of network users. Based on the obtained usage data, create a plurality of traffic profiles for the plurality of devices of interest of the plurality of network users. From time to time, cause first signals to be sent, based on the plurality of traffic profiles, to the plurality of devices of interest. The first signals cause the plurality of devices of interest to enter a low power mode during first times. From time to time, cause second signals to be sent, based on the plurality of traffic profiles, to the plurality of devices of interest. The second signals cause the plurality of devices of interest to leave the low power mode for a normal power mode during second times.
H04B 10/079 - Arrangements for monitoring or testing transmission systemsArrangements for fault measurement of transmission systems using an in-service signal using measurements of the data signal
Various embodiments describe methods, systems, and devices for self-improving networks. Embodiments may include setting network parameter settings for a network hardware deployed in an operable network, testing performance of the network hardware having the network parameter settings, storing results of testing the network hardware, the network parameter settings, and a network condition of the network hardware in association with each other, training a machine learning model for classifying network parameter settings for the network hardware based on network conditions for the network hardware for at least achieving a performance threshold of the network hardware using the results of testing the network hardware, the network parameter settings, and the network condition as training inputs to the machine learning model, and storing a result of the machine learning model in association with the network parameter settings and the network condition.
H04L 41/5009 - Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
Systems, methods, and devices for automatically generating, propagating, and applying digitally signed traffic policies to reduce the “surface area” that is vulnerable to cyber-attacks (e.g., volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, etc.), enhance network security and efficiency, and/or mitigate the impact of cyber-attacks. A network device may allow services running on network hosts to autonomously generate, sign, and propagate policies to the network edge. Network routers at the edge may use the digitally signed policies for dynamic filter creation and installation. These filters may restrict network traffic to only specified services and block all network traffic for non-specified services at the network's edge.
Systems, methods, and devices for supporting advertisement (ad) insertion into a media stream. The device receives notification of an upcoming ad break within the media stream, determines whether the upcoming ad break contains only pre-scheduled spots, and if the upcoming ad break does not contain only pre-scheduled spots, determines whether the upcoming ad break includes any addressable spot based on a broadcasting schedule stored on the device. Otherwise, the device sends a request with information about the at least one addressable spot and the upcoming ad break to an ADS proxy hosted by a client ad server unit within the content delivery network, receives a response message from the ADS proxy identifying a default asset for each addressable spot, retrieves the at least one default asset from a content distribution network, and sends the at least one default asset to a splicer for insertion within the media stream.
Methods and apparatus for prioritizing data traffic in small-cell wireless system. In one embodiment, the system utilizes “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a wireless communication network (e.g., 3GPP 4G-LTE or 5G-NR-based). A “traffic profile” message is used to prioritize the data traffic. In one variant, the traffic profile message is generated by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as a CBRS FWA, and includes data related to CPE identification, default bearer identification, number of client devices served by the CPE (e.g., via a wireless router connected to the CPE), traffic type and/or priority level associated with each client device and/or data traffic type, etc. In another variant, the base station provides data services to a plurality of fixed wireless access (FWA) apparatus installed at user or subscriber premises of a network based on prioritization according to the present disclosure.
H04W 72/566 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria of the information or information source or recipient
Methods and apparatus for prioritizing data traffic in small-cell wireless system. In one embodiment, the system utilizes “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a wireless communication network (e.g., 3GPP 4G-LTE or 5G-NR-based). A “traffic profile” message is used to prioritize the data traffic. In one variant, the traffic profile message is generated by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as a CBRS FWA, and includes data related to CPE identification, default bearer identification, number of client devices served by the CPE (e.g., via a wireless router connected to the CPE), traffic type and/or priority level associated with each client device and/or data traffic type, etc. In another variant, the base station provides data services to a plurality of fixed wireless access (FWA) apparatus installed at user or subscriber premises of a network based on prioritization according to the present disclosure.
H04W 72/566 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria of the information or information source or recipient
A method includes initiating, by a first system-on-chip (SoC) of an access device, a first modem software stack (MSS) operable to communicate with a registration server and operable to communicate with a first local area network (LAN) port of the access device. The method includes initiating, by a second SoC of the access device, a second MSS operable to communicate with the registration server and operable to communicate with a second LAN port of the access device. The method includes registering and provisioning the first MSS as a first modem with the registration server using a first media access control (MAC) address. The method includes registering and provisioning the second MSS as a second modem with the registration server using a second MAC address.
Methods and systems for smart reattachment of mobile devices to service provider networks such as WiFi networks. A method for smart reattachment of local wireless service includes scanning, by a mobile device, for access points to establish a local wireless service connection although local wireless service is user switched off on the mobile device, determining, by an application on the mobile device, whether radio frequency metrics for a scanned access point exceeds radio frequency metrics for a cellular service when the cellular service is being used on the mobile device, and automatically switching, by the application and the mobile device, to the local wireless service connection when the radio frequency metrics for the scanned access point exceeds the radio frequency metrics for the cellular service
Topographic information and clutter information is obtained for a particular geographic area in which two or more wireless network's radio communication entities are located. The topographic information includes terrain height values for points within a particular geographic area. The clutter information includes clutter height values for at least some of the points indicative of a height of clutter located atop terrain within the particular geographic area. A plurality of high-fidelity obstruction height values are determined for sampled points. Each of the sampled points are located between a first network entity and a second network entity. Critical points are identified from the sampled points based on the plurality of high-fidelity obstruction height values. Propagation information indicative of a predicted degree of interference between the two network's entities is generated based on the one or more critical points.
Methods and apparatus for providing L4S support with regard to non-3GPP untrusted/trusted accesses in which a core network interface device, e.g., N3IWF or a TNGF, is used are described. The core network interface device monitors for downlink and/or uplink congestion with regard to L4S downlink and/or uplink data traffic flows, detects congestion and perform explicit congestion notification (ECN) markings or communicates congestion information used in performing ECN marking to another device. In some embodiments, the core network interface device indicates detected congestion, at the core network interface device, in a DL traffic flow via performing ECN marking of the innermost IP header ECN field. In some other embodiments, the core network interface device communicates detected congestion information to other devices. Sometimes the congestion information is communicated via a GTP-U header to a UPF, which performs ECN marking based on the received non-3GPP congestion information.
Methods and apparatus for providing L4S support with regard to non-3GPP untrusted/trusted accesses in which a user equipment (UE) is enabled to monitor for uplink and/or downlink congestion with regard to L4S uplink data traffic flows at the UE, detect congestion, and perform explicit congestion notification (ECN) markings or communicate congestion information to perform ECN marking to another device are described. In some embodiments, the UE device indicates detected congestion, at the UE, in an uplink (UL) traffic flow via performing ECN marking of an innermost IP header ECN field. In some other embodiments, the UE device communicates detected congestion information, via a GRE message to a core network interface device, which communicates, via GTP-U, the detected congestion information to a UPF, which then uses the received UE detected congestion information to performs ECN marking in the innermost IP header of an uplink data packet.
Methods and apparatus for providing L4S support with regard to non-3GPP untrusted/trusted accesses in which a core network interface device, e.g., N3IWF or a TNGF, is used are described. The core network interface device monitors for downlink and/or uplink congestion with regard to L4S downlink and/or uplink data traffic flows, detects congestion and perform explicit congestion notification (ECN) markings or communicates congestion information used in performing ECN marking to another device. In some embodiments, the core network interface device indicates detected congestion, at the core network interface device, in a DL traffic flow via performing ECN marking of the innermost IP header ECN field. In some other embodiments, the core network interface device communicates detected congestion information to other devices. Sometimes the congestion information is communicated via a GTP-U header to a UPF, which performs ECN marking based on the received non-3GPP congestion information.
Methods and apparatus for providing L4S support with regard to non-3GPP untrusted/trusted accesses in which a non-3GPP access point, e.g., a WLAN AP or a TNAP, is enabled to monitor for uplink congestion with regard to L4S uplink data traffic flows at the non-3GPP AP, detect congestion, and perform explicit congestion notification (ECN) markings is described. In some embodiments, an innermost IP header field corresponding to an uplink L4S data packet, which typically conveys ECN information, in unavailable to the non-3GPP AP, due to IPsec encapsulation. The non-3GPP AP indicates detected congestion, at the non-3GPP AP, in an uplink (UL) traffic flow via setting bits in an outer IP header ECN field. The AP detected UL congestion information is communicated via the outer IP header ECN field to a core network interface device, e.g., a N3IWF or TNGF, and subsequently communicated to the inner-most IP header field.
Methods and apparatus for providing L4S support with regard to non-3GPP untrusted/trusted accesses in which a non-3GPP access point, e.g., a WLAN AP or a TNAP, is enabled to monitor for downlink congestion with regard to L4S downlink data traffic flows at the non-3GPP AP, detect congestion and perform explicit congestion notification (ECN) markings are described. In some embodiments an innermost IP header field corresponding to a downlink L4S data packet, which typically conveys ECN information, in unavailable to the non-3GPP AP, due to IPsec encapsulation. The non-3GPP AP indicates detected congestion, at the non-3GPP AP, in an DL traffic flow via setting bits in an outer IP header ECN field. The AP detected DL congestion information is communicated via the outer IP header ECN field to a destination UE or to a core network interface device, e.g., a N3IWF or TNGF.
Methods and apparatus relating to residential gateway support for low latency, low loss and scalable throughput (L4S) service in a system including an AMF
A residential gateway (RG), e.g., a 5G-RG, indicates its support for ECN marking for L4S in uplink and/or downlink via a PDU session request message, e.g., a PDU session establishment request message, communicated from the RG via a 3GPP radio access network (RAN) to a core network, e.g., a 5GC. The indication, in some embodiments, is provided in either: a Session Management (SM) capability field, e.g., a 5GSM capability field, or as a new indication, which is included as part of a N1 SM container. A RG may, and sometimes does, determine congestion in its buffers/queues and perform ECN marking and report if traffic congestion is being experienced within its own buffers/queues for uplink and/or downlink traffic. In some such embodiments, both an RG and a RAN can, and sometimes do, perform ECN marking for L4S simultaneously in both directions (i.e. uplink and downlink).
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Methods and Apparatus relating to Residential Gateway Support for Low Latency, Low Loss and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Service in a System including an WAGF
A residential gateway (RG), e.g., a 5G-RG, indicates its support for ECN marking for L4S in uplink and/or downlink via a PDU Session Request message, e.g., a PDU Session Establishment Request message, communicated from the RG via a wireline access gateway function (W-AGF) to a core network, e.g., a 5GC. The indication, in some embodiments, is provided in either: a Session Management (SM) capability field, e.g., a 5GSM capability field, or as a new indication, which is included as part of a N1 SM container. A RG may, and sometimes does, determine congestion in its buffers/queues and perform ECN marking and report if traffic congestion is being experienced within its own buffers/queues for uplink and/or downlink traffic. In some such embodiments, both an RG and a W-AGF can, and sometimes do, perform ECN marking for L4S simultaneously in both directions (i.e. uplink and downlink).
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Methods and Apparatus for using a Data Repository Including ECN Marking Capability Information to Support Low Latency, Low Loss and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Service
A database, e.g. a unified data repository (UDR) which can be accessed by a unified data management (UDM), stores residential gateway (RG) subscription information for each of plurality of RGs. The stored RG subscription information, corresponding to a RG includes information, e.g. 5G-RG L4S information, indicating whether or not the RG is allowed/capable to perform ECN marking. A session management function (SMF) retrieves, e.g., via a UDM, the RG information indicating whether or not the RG is allowed/capable to perform ECN marking and uses the retrieved information to decide whether or not to enable the RG to perform ECN marking for L4S and/or provide congestion information as part of QoS monitoring and/or to select resources including a policy control function (PCF) for supporting a PDU communications session.
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