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A system for optimizing the performance of a website that runs on one or more HTTP servers and is configured to receive HTTP requests from one or more clients via user agents and provide HTTP responses to the one or more clients includes an intermediary component configured to connect to the clients and the servers via network connections. The intermediary component includes a traffic management system (TMS) that includes means for managing HTTP requests originating from the clients and targeting the servers and HTTP responses originating from the servers and targeting the clients and means for redirecting the HTTP requests to the intermediary component. The intermediary component further includes a traffic processing system that includes means for receiving the redirected HTTP requests and the HTTP responses and means for applying optimization techniques to the redirected HTTP requests and the HTTP responses.

The present invention relates to a method and system of transmissions and retransmissions of packet data in a communications system, introducing concatenated ARQ loops between a radio network controller and a user equipment. Particularly, the invention relates to a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS, or WCDMA system.

A network monitoring device which monitors a network in which data is transmitted through relays, includes a monitoring frequency recording unit (111) which records monitoring frequencies for monitoring transmission statuses of the relays, a selection probability generating unit (112) which generates selection probability information which is probability values for the relays, a monitoring object determining unit (113) which determines, according to the monitoring frequency and the selection probability information, a relay the transmission status of which is to be monitored, a transmission status obtaining unit (106) which obtains transmission status information indicating a transmission status on the relay determined, a transmission status recording unit (107) which records the transmission status information, an activation level calculating unit (109) which calculates, using the transmission status information, activation level indicating suitability of the monitoring on the transmission statuses of the relays, and a monitoring frequency updating unit (110) which updates, based on the activation level, the monitoring frequency, and the network monitoring device detects the change in throughput on a data transmission path highly responsively.

A system for optimizing the performance of a website that runs on one or more HTTP servers and is configured to receive HTTP requests from one or more clients via user agents and provide HTTP responses to the one or more clients includes an intermediary component configured to connect to the clients and the servers via network connections. The intermediary component includes a traffic management system (TMS) that includes means for managing HTTP requests originating from the clients and targeting the servers and HTTP responses originating from the servers and targeting the clients and means for redirecting the HTTP requests to the intermediary component. The intermediary component further includes a traffic processing system that includes means for receiving the redirected HTTP requests and the HTTP responses and means for applying optimization techniques to the redirected HTTP requests and the HTTP responses.

Techniques for controlling a network connection in accordance with connection information associated with a destination location on a network are disclosed. Controlling of the network connection in accordance with connection information associated with the destination location can be achieved in a variety of ways. One way is in the selection of a network transport (e.g., bearer selection). Another way is in the configuration of parameters associated with the connection (i.e., connection parameters). In either case, the connection information includes information with which the selection of the network transport and / or connection parameters can be made. The controlling of the network connection impacts quality of service provided to a requestor that is requesting use of the connection.

Provided is a routing position data secrecy storing and sharing method based on block chains. The routing position data secrecy storing and sharing method includes a data storing method and a data sharing method. The data storing method includes the steps of node configuration, data encryption sending, storage subnetwork verification storing, etc. The data sharing method includes the steps of demand generation, demand response, sharing achievement and the like. The effects of the invention are as follows: through a block chain technology, data sharing is realized through data encryption storage and a decentralized network to solve the problems that data storage parties have no right to use data and users do not have channels to selectively enable personal data to be accessed; local encryption sending is adopted during data storage, service parties store encrypted data, the users themselves save decryption secret keys, and the service parties have no access to original data, so a better data protection effect is achieved; and the block chain technology is adopted during storage, commonly recognized storage is realized through a practical Byzantine fault-tolerant algorithm, workload bottleneck problems of centralized storage are solved, and data is prevented from being tampered.

The present invention relates to a method and arrangements for determining charging related to a data bit transfer session from a traffic source (209) to a client (213), said bit transfer session involving bit transfer over a wireless communications link (214f) under the control of a radio resource managing unit (204). According to the method of the present invention the radio resource managing unit (204) sends information regarding the bandwidth on the wireless link that the bit transfer session currently is allowed to use to a charging logic (212). This bandwidth information from the radio resource managing unit (204) is used by the charging logic (212) to determine the charging related to the bit transfer session. Thereby a fair charging of the session may be achieved, which is adapted to the quality of service actually obtained by the end-user for the session.

Methods and systems for leveraging temperature sensors in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. The sensors may be placed within the PCD near known thermal energy producing components such as a central processing unit (“CPU”) core, graphical processing unit (“GPU”) core, power management integrated circuit (“PMIC”), power amplifier, etc. The signals generated by the sensors may be monitored and used to trigger drivers running on the processing units. The drivers are operable to cause the reallocation of processing loads associated with a given component's generation of thermal energy, as measured by the sensors. In some embodiments, the processing load reallocation is mapped according to parameters associated with pre-identified thermal load scenarios. In other embodiments, the reallocation occurs in real time, or near real time, according to thermal management solutions generated by a thermal management algorithm that may consider CPU and / or GPU performance specifications along with monitored sensor data.

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling service quality of data communications in a wireless network in which quality of service control for voice over internet protocol packets is provided on a downlink shared channel. A method is provided for a wireless communications between at least a first and a second service user. The method comprises prioritizing transmission of voice over internet protocol packets for the first and second service users over a shared downlink channel based on a first end-to-end delay that the first service user experiences relative to a second end-to-end delay that the second service user experiences. For example, such a priority adaptation may provide quality of service control for voice over internet protocol over a high-speed downlink packet access channel based on an end-to-end delay that a mobile-to-mobile user may be currently experiencing relative to a mobile-to-land user. In this way, a scheduler at a base station of a communications system may maximize use of voice over internet protocol capacity while maintaining an acceptable level of end-to-end delay for different users of mobile stations.

This invention relates to a method, a computer program, a computer program product, a system, a sender, a receiver and a session description protocol for transmitting common data from one sender (902) to a plurality of receivers (901) within a transmission session, comprising communicating (802) at least one session parameter, which is related to said transmission of said common data within said transmission session, to said plurality of receivers (901) via a communication protocol; and transmitting said common data from said sender (902) to said plurality of receivers (901) within said transmission session. The invention particularly relates to broadcast / multicast transmission of common data in a wire-bound and / or wireless network, wherein a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport FLUTE protocol is used.

There is provided methods, devices and computer program products for distributing a plurality of virtual IEEE 802.11 wireless networks through a heterogeneous infrastructure. A terminal sends a service provider request to an access point. The service provider request is forwarded to a master server which searches for available service providers. Acknowledgement information relating to available service providers capable of operatively connecting the terminal to the data communications network via the access point is sent by the master server to the access point. The access point forwards this information to the terminal. The access point may thus distribute a plurality of virtual IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, their number only constrained by the number of distinct identifiable service providers and the memory of the master server. A data connection may be established in the absence of a direct service agreement between the service provider of the terminal and the operator of the access point.

A method and apparatus for ensuring application of quality of service requirements on an access network. The method includes comparing, in a mobile communication device, one or more application signaling requirements of a selected application with one or more link characteristics of a link between the mobile communication device and an access node of an access network. Based on the comparison, the method further includes selecting at least one of: signaling, in the mobile communications device, to a handover algorithm to indicate that a handover to another access node is desired if it is determined that the application signaling requirements cannot be met by the link; and determining, in the mobile communication device, one or more transmission characteristics for the selected application based on the one or more application signaling requirements and the one or more link characteristics, and transmitting a signal from the mobile communication device to the access node for the selected application using the determined one or more transmission characteristics if it is determined that the application signaling requirements can be met by the link.

A system manages the integration of a private short-range wireless network into a service / mobility domain with ensured quality of service. A server provides to wireless terminal devices, connection information including at least one of available quality of service (QoS), an indication of the access points, or an indication of services provided by one or more access points registered with the server. The server maintains information specifying a minimum quality of service (QoS) for first wireless terminal devices authorized for private network access, and rules for granting access to second wireless terminal devices authorized for shared network access, for one or more access points registered with the server.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a specific service in a network congestion state in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method for controlling a service by a base station in a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprises: a step of receiving a paging message from a mobility management entity (MME) when a certain terminal generates a downlink packet; a step of checking the setup state of the core network domain included in the paging message; and a paging processing step of, if the core network domain is set as a packet-based voice call service, processing the paging message as a priority.

Described is a method where a wireless mobile unit (“MU”) transmits an association request and an authentication request to an access point (“AP”). The association request includes an identifier of the MU and the authentication request includes authentication data of the MU. An authentication procedure of the MU is performed as a function of the identifier and the authentication data. The AP adds the identifier and the authentication data to an authenticated list. Access to the list is provided to at least one further AP. When the at least one further AP receives a further association request including the identifier from the MU, the further AP performs a further authentication procedure as a function of the identifier and the list.

A telecommunications system provides mobile internet protocol related communications services to mobile nodes via a plurality of access networks. A mobility manager directs a change of affiliation of a first mobile node between the access networks, or a change of communications session level of the mobile node, in accordance with the congestion state of the access networks, the link quality currently experienced by the mobile node, applications server messages and the level of service quality to which the first mobile node has subscribed. A quality of service for communications sessions of a mobile nodes can be maintained even on unregulated access networks, such as Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) independently of a Mobile IP v4 / v6 stack. Moreover congested access networks can be decongested by controlling the communications bandwidth used by the mobile nodes.

A system and method for transmitting packet data to a hybrid mobile terminal upon inter-system handoff is provided. The terminal communicates with High Rate Pack Data (HRPD) and voice mobile networks. A Packet Control Function (PCF) system converts received data for transmission to the terminal into Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) packet data, stores the GRE packet data combined with a GRE packet key in an active queue, transmits it to an access network, and stores packet data stored in the active queue in a dormant queue when receiving a link release message from the access network. The access network converts GRE packet data received from the PCF system into an Radio Link Protocol Data (RLP) packet, stores it in combination with a GRE packet sequence number, and transmits it to the terminal. When detecting air link loss with the terminal, the access network creates and transmits a link release message including a GRE packet sequence number that has not been transmitted to the terminal.

The invention relates to a wireless communication field and discloses switching or re-selection of different systems to result in more balanced load between different systems. In the invention, an RAN node in a first system obtains load information of a cell in a second system adjacent to a subordinate cell of the node; the RAN node of the first system assists a terminal inside the subordinate cell of the node to carry out the switching or re-selection of the cell in the second system according to the obtained load information. The RAN node of the first system can require the load information periodically or when switching or judgment needs to be carried out, and an RAN node or a network management system of the second system can also send out the load information actively and periodically or when triggered by an event.

In a GPON system conforming to ITU-T Recommendations G.984.3, an optical line terminal is provided which has an active bandwidth allocation function that preferentially puts small bandwidth signals in a particular segment of a frame, e.g., at a head of the frame, to prevent fragmentations that may occur particularly when allocating small bandwidths of about 100 kbits / s.

A method and a device for timing the processing of data packets, which method comprises receiving a data packet that is part of a data burst, storing the received data packet in a memory (53), taking the data packet from the memory after a play-out delay from the moment the data packet was received, calculating a value for the play-out delay with which value, of the n temporally last data packets only m pieces would have failed to be received if the initiation of the processing of the data bursts comprising the data packets in question had been delayed for the duration of said play-out delay, where n and m are natural numbers, and transferring the data packet from the memory to processing means (38) on the basis of a response obtained from a clock (54) of the reaching of said play-out delay value from the moment the data packet was received.

An energy-aware home gateway based on a network protocol includes a network matching module for performing a physical network interface function on a home and an external network; a processor module for performing an operation and a control function of a system in a active state in which service traffic exists; a memory module used as a system memory of the processor module; and a service function module controlled by the processor module and performing a service function depending on a use state. The home gateway further includes a network protocol agent module for processing control traffic in an idle state in which no service traffic exists; and a power supply module for supplying power to the overall system in the normal active state and for supplying power to the network matching module, the memory module, and the network protocol agent module in the idle state.

Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating quality of service control. A method may include receiving, at a terminal apparatus, a set of one or more quality of service parameters provisioned by a serving network apparatus. The method may further include determining a configuration setting for controlling quality of service for a device-to-device connection between the terminal apparatus and another device based at least in part on at least one received quality of service parameter. The method may additionally include causing implementation of the determined configuration setting. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.

The invention discloses a method for determining deviation of an azimuth angle of a base station antenna. The method comprises the following steps: step A, original data required for determining the deviation of the azimuth angle of the base station antenna of a source cell is acquired and selected from a database of an operational and maintenance center OMC; and step B, the deviation of the azimuth angle of the base station antenna of the source cell is determined according to the acquired and selected original data. Based on the measured data of mobile terminals, whether the azimuth angle of the base station antenna deviates or not can be quickly judged by using the carrier-to-interference ratio and the distance relation of the source cell and the cells where all the mobile terminals are positioned, and the work load of measuring the azimuth angle of the antenna by a network maintainer can be greatly reduced at present; and meanwhile, a basis of network service quality degradation caused by quick positioning and azimuth angle deviation overcoming is provided for the network maintainer.

A Denial of Service attack received at a network node from a packet data communications network is managed by tracing the path of predominantly malicious data packets arriving at the network node. The attack may be mitigated by selecting a router along the detected path and requesting the router to alter its handling of the data traffic. In one embodiment, the selected router installs a filter for data directed at the network node. In a different embodiment, the router alters a Quality of Service setting for the data directed at the network node. The network node may also request the router to mark all data being forwarded to it, to allow the network to characterize the data and determine to what extent it consists of malicious data.

A computerized system for performing preparation operations for a maintenance activity that causes a disruption in a communication path of traffic over a multilayer network. The system comprising: a maintenance tool configured to coordinate maintenance activities of the multi-layer network based on maintenance activity-data, a storage unit to store the maintenance activity data; and a multi-layer control system comprising a processor, wherein said processor is configured to: receive from the maintenance tool an indication that one or more maintenance activities are required on an indicated optical resource, determine an affected optical path, determine an affected IP link utilizing said affected optical path; remove traffic from the affected IP link; remove the affected optical path; activate an alternative optical path; configure the packet switching layer to utilize the alternative optical path; and repeat for each alVecied optical path and each affected IP link.

The present invention relates to a method and arrangements for determining charging related to a data bit transfer session from a traffic source (209) to a client (213), said bit transfer session involving bit transfer over a wireless communications link (214f) under the control of a radio resource managing unit (204). According to the method of the present invention the radio resource managing unit (204) sends information regarding the bandwidth on the wireless link that the bit transfer session currently is allowed to use to a charging logic (212). This bandwidth information from the radio resource managing unit (204) is used by the charging logic (212) to determine the charging related to the bit transfer session. Thereby a fair charging of the session may be achieved, which is adapted to the quality of service actually obtained by the end-user for the session.

The invention relates to a method for optimizing a beam forming matrix for a multi-base station collaboration system in the technical field of wireless communication. In the method, a distributed base station collaboration selection mode is adopted and a collaboration base station is selected at a client according channel state information and a related interference channel; a user can select whether to require the base station to be collaborated with an adjacent base station to carry out collaboration transmission and simultaneously selects a base station which causes larger interference to the user to carry out collaboration according to channel gain of the base station and interference channel gain; and the base station determines a finally selected collaborated mode in the principle of highest service quality according to feedback information so as to realize the balance of the service quality requirements between the users.

A power control including: determining by a macro base station a dormant cell to be activated based on a measurement report; and transmitting an activation request to the base station of the dormant cell to be activated, the activation request including a cell ID of the dormant cell to be activated and a reduction value of the power used by the dormant cell after being activated relative to the maximum power level or an initial power level, a power increasing level and time duration of power or predetermined first time. The base station of the dormant cell transmits the signal at power reduced by the reduction value with respect to the maximum power after the dormant cell is activated or transmits the signal at the power that is increased step by step.

A picture encoding system conversion device and a code rate conversion device for realizing the conversion taking into account both time delay and picture quality using the information on the code volume of the encoding parameters, input and output buffers and an input bitstream. There are provided a decoder 1 including an input buffer 21, a VLD unit 22, an inverse quantizer 23, an IDCT unit 24, an adder 35, a frame memory 26 and a motion compensation prediction unit 27; an encoder 2 including an adder 31, a DCT unit 32, a quantizer 33, an inverse quantizer 34, an IDCT unit 35, an adder 36, a frame memory unit 37, a motion compensation prediction unit 38, a VLD unit 39 and an output buffer 40; and a transcoder controller 3 including a decoder monitor unit 51, an input buffer monitor unit 52, a reception transmission channel monitor 53, a sending transmission channel monitor 63, an output buffer monitor unit 62 and a quantization step controller 74. The quantization step controller 74 modifies the quantization step of the encoder based on the information from the input buffer monitor, output buffer monitor, decoder monitor, reception transmission channel monitor and sending transmission channel monitor.

Provided are system and method for multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) label-switched path (LSP) protection switching in an MPLS system employing a working LSP and a protection LSP in a 1:1 mode, the apparatus and method prepare a dedicated LSP for one working LSP and are capable of rapidly processing a forward defect indication (FDI) / backward defect indication (BDI) signal when a failure occurs on the working LSP. The system includes: an ingress node multicasting input MPLS traffic through the working LSP and the protection LSP using a fed-back BDI signal; a transit node relaying the MPLS traffic input from the ingress node, and generating a FDI signal when the failure occurs; and an egress node extracting the MPLS traffic from the MPLS LSP input from the transit node, and when the FDI signal is detected, inserting and feeding back the BDI signal to the ingress node through a return path and performing switching to the protection LSP.