191 results about "Last mile" patented technology

A content delivery network (CDN) edge server is provisioned to provide last mile acceleration of content to requesting end users. The CDN edge server fetches, compresses and caches content obtained from a content provider origin server, and serves that content in compressed form in response to receipt of an end user request for that content. It also provides “on-the-fly” compression of otherwise uncompressed content as such content is retrieved from cache and is delivered in response to receipt of an end user request for such content. A preferred compression routine is gzip, as most end user browsers support the capability to decompress files that are received in this format. The compression functionality preferably is enabled on the edge server using customer-specific metadata tags.

A preconnectorized outdoor cable streamlines the deployment of optical waveguides into the last mile of a optical network. The preconnectorized outdoor cable includes a cable and at least one plug connector. The plug connector is attached to a first end of the cable, thereby connectorizing at least one optical waveguide. The cable has at least one optical waveguide, at least one tensile element, and a cable jacket. Various cable designs such as figure-eight or flat cables may be used with the plug connector. In preferred embodiments, the plug connector includes a crimp assembly having a crimp housing and a crimp band. The crimp housing has two half-shells being held together by the crimp band for securing the at least one tensile element. When fully assembled, the crimp housing fits into a shroud of the preconnectorized cable. The shroud aides in mating the preconnectorized cable with a complimentary receptacle.

A variety of techniques for concealing the content of a communication between a client device, such as a cell phone or laptop, and a network or cloud of media nodes are disclosed. Among the techniques are routing data packets in the communication to different gateway nodes in the cloud, sending the packets over different physical media, such as an Ethernet cable or WiFi channel, and disguising the packets by giving them different source addressees. Also disclosed are a technique for muting certain participants in a conference call and a highly secure method of storing data files.

A video processing engine terminates frequency-modulated video signals transported over the so-called third mile (the network segment from the head-end to the access network) for delivery to an end user. In various network architectures, these signals are received at a central office (CO), for the telephone companies; at a fiber node (FN), for MSOs; or at a satellite dish, for satellite networks. By terminating these signals appropriately, high-quality video service can be delivered efficiently to customers over the last mile. Systems and methods for processing these video streams as well as various network architectures that allow the network providers to offer cost effective video services to the mass market are described.

Some embodiments of the invention provide an implementation for a multi-hop wireless backhaul network. These embodiments can advantageously be deployed in dense urban areas and/or co-located with wireless access nodes, such as base-stations of a cellular wireless communication system. Preferably wireless links between constituent network nodes are set-up hierarchically. A basic result of this is that peer-to-peer (child-to-child) communication is generally prohibited and circuits are forced to conform to a topology. The multi-hop wireless backhaul network may be used to carry delay sensitive, high-density last mile circuit traffic over Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) broadband radio links. Moreover, some embodiments of the invention provide a method of path-healing for re-routing of circuit traffic from circuits that have experienced catastrophic failures.

A Virtual Local Area Network, VLAN, Mapping Point enables an end user to simultaneously access multiple services through a single broadband connection. The VLAN Mapping Point is implemented at a border between first and second independently tagged VLAN regions, and includes a mapping function that receives traffic packets from each of the VLAN regions, maps VLAN tags in the packets to associated VLAN tags for the other VLAN region, and forwards the packets using the associated VLAN tags. The first VLAN region may be a last-mile network that connects to end users. and the second VLAN region may be an aggregation network that connects to a core network.

In one exemplary aspect, an edge-gateway multipath method includes the step of providing an edge device in a local network communicatively coupled with a cloud-computing service in a cloud-computing network. A set of wide area network (WAN) links connected to the edge device are automatically detected. The WAN links are automatically measured without the need for an external router. The edge device is communicatively coupled with a central configuration point in the cloud-computing network. The method further includes the step of downloading, from the central configuration point, an enterprise-specific configuration data into the edge device. The enterprise-specific configuration data includes the gateway information. The edge device is communicatively coupled with a gateway in the cloud-computing network. The communicatively coupling of the edge device with the gateway includes a multipath (MP) protocol.

The invention relates to a park unmanned express-delivery vehicle dispensing system and an automatic dispensing method thereof. The system comprises a data management and scheduling center, a park navigation reference station, a park unmanned express-delivery vehicle and wireless communication equipment; and includes an environment sensing layer, a cognition and decision layer, a control layer and a function application layer. The system and method can be used to solve the problems in unmanned logistics automatic dispensing in the last kilometer of a park, district and the like; automatic dispensing schemes from establishment of the automatic dispensing system of the park, the automatic dispensing method, automatic driving of the vehicle, information pushing and identity recognition of an owner of an express are all included; and technical coverage is comprehensive, the system and method are conducive to popularization and application and the user experience is good.

A method and system for storing data at edge nodes that receive content, such as video, from an uplink center, such as a network operation center (“NOC”), via a satellite for redelivery to a last mile service provider. Data is stored at the edge nodes in caches along with metadata, which determines how long data is to be kept. The NOC also sends messages to the edge nodes to require deletion of files and data.

The invention provides an intelligent networked transportation system for an overall road network. The intelligent networked transportation system comprises a sensing, communication and control modulefor managing the entire transportation system connected by road segments and nodes. When intelligent networked vehicles travel in a transportation network, they will route different types of road facilities such as basic road sections, highways, main roads, traffic bottleneck sections, interlaced and confluence sections, intersections, the start or last one kilometer if the road, parking areas, bridges, tunnels, multi-modal hubs, etc. These different sections and nodes in a transportation network have significant differences in geometric design and facility characteristics. The invention provides a specific intelligent networked system subsystem design to adapt to different types of road characteristics and achieve complete door-to-door travel.

Techniques for distributing digital content include receiving provider content over a network connection at a customer premises node located on premises of a first customer. The provider content is offered by a network service provider different from the first customer. Provider data based on the provider content is stored in non-volatile storage on the customer premises node of the first customer. It is determined whether conditions are satisfied for sending the provider content to a second customer different from the first customer. If it is determined that such conditions are satisfied, then the provider data is retrieved from the non-volatile storage, and data based on the provider data is sent over the network connection for receipt by the second customer. Thereby a customer premises node serves as a cache of provider content for other customer premises nodes on the same last mile segment or access network.

The invention provides a logistics distribution method which comprises three stages of unified cargo distribution, cargo distribution and cargo posting. An intelligent distribution base station can basically realize unmanned distribution through an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned vehicle. The last mile of logistics distribution is efficient, convenient and safe. Personalized distribution of express is realized. Cargo can be conveniently and fast distributed to users at the right time. According to the method, the distribution efficiency is improved; the distribution time is flexible; the pollution of vehicles to the environment is reduced; and the pressure on urban traffic congestion is reduced.

The invention discloses an automatic sign-in machine and an automatic sign-in application technical scheme. The automatic sign-in machine comprises a singlechip smallest system, a multi-cell storage cabinet, a global system for mobile communication (GSM) module and the like. By means of an automatic sign-in machine address code setting scheme, a mail bar code setting and applying scheme, a short message order format scheme, a pick-up password generation and storage scheme, a multi-logistics company shared scheme and the like, the automatic sign-in application technical scheme can achieve functions of automatic sorting, classified collecting, automatic sign-in and delivery notice of mails in the logistics process, can expand logistics automatic process to deliver taking link of addressees, solves 'the last one mile problem' of logistics express delivery, and greatly improves the efficiency of the logistics express delivery. The automatic sign-in machine can further apply encrypted two-dimension codes to protect personal information of the addressees in the logistics process. Besides, the automatic sign-in machine and the automatic sign-in application technical scheme are low in production and use cost, convenient to maintain, low in energy consumption, stable in performance, simple in operation process and favorable for popularization and application.

Methods and systems are described for operating an interconnected network of autonomous battery powered electric vehicle (BEV) charging stations that maintain fully charged BEVs, for real-time self-guided exchange or rental with little down-time to a user. By locking or otherwise disabling low charge or uncharged vehicles until the vehicle charging is complete, users are assured they are getting a vehicle that has enough charge to get them to their destination. The user can view all available vehicles and their locations using a wireless mobile device on the system network and, with appropriate permissions, reserve and unlock any available vehicle via wireless networking. The locations in a ride share system of docking hubs with electrical power for re-charging BEVs is determined by the commute needs (particularly last mile commute needs) of users of the ride share system as they subscribe to the ride share program which utilizes the system.

The invention provides a cold-chain transportation cold preservation box and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the cold-chain transportation cold preservation box comprises a box body and a box cover; the box body is provided with an opening, and each of the box body and the box cover comprises an outer layer, a thermal insulating layer and an inner layer; the box cover can be detachably connected with the box body and is used for closing the opening; and each thermal insulating layer is made of an aerogel thermal insulating material and is arranged between each outer layer and each inner layer. According to the cold-chain transportation cold preservation box provided by the invention, the thermal insulating layer made of the aerogel thermal insulating material has an ultralow thermal conductivity, is good in low-temperature stability and can keep cold preservation performance, favorable flexibility and non-cracking property for a long term at 270 DEG C below zero; compared with a thermal insulation box used for solving the problem of last kilometer transportation in the express industry at present, the cold-chain transportation cold preservation box has an ultrathin property and is better in cold preservation property, in addition, the thermal insulating layer is enabled to have better waterproofness; and the aerogel thermal insulating material has relatively good flexibility and can be made into a flexible box body together with the outer layer and the inner layer, so that the box body has the folding property, convenient and rapid and easy to operate.

The invention provides an express self-service cabinet and a method of using the express self-service cabinet to manage express articles. By the aid of the express self-service cabinet, the delivery efficiency of the last mile for express can be improved greatly, an efficient managing manner is provided to property management companies, property management is facilitated, and manners for article delivery between the property management companies and owners are increased.

The present invention broadly contemplates addressing QoS concerns in overlay design to account for the last mile problem. In accordance with the present invention, a simple queuing network model for bandwidth usage in the last-mile bottlenecks is used to capture the effects of the asymmetry, the contention for bandwidth on the outgoing link, and to provide characterization of network throughput and latency. Using this characterization computationally inexpensive heuristics are preferably used for organizing end-systems into a multicast overlay which meets specified latency and packet loss bounds, given a specific packet arrival process.

The present invention discloses radio evolution network realizing switching method and system. It contains through in switching source base station and target base station signaling interaction, adopting plurality of terminal public relevant signaling mode, the signaling interaction between terminal and base station, between base station and access network, adopting each terminal switching corresponding one signaling mode to realize radio evolution network batch switching. Said invention relieves broadband load.

A preconnectorized outdoor cable streamlines the deployment of optical waveguides into the last mile of an optical network. The preconnectorized outdoor cable includes a cable and at least one plug connector. The plug connector is attached to a first end of the cable, thereby connectorizing at least one optical waveguide. The cable has at least one optical waveguide, at least one tensile element, and a cable jacket. Various cable designs such as figure-eight or flat cables may be used with the plug connector. In preferred embodiments, the plug connector includes a crimp assembly having a crimp housing and a crimp band. The crimp housing has two half-shells being held together by the crimp band for securing the at least one tensile element. When fully assembled, the crimp housing fits into a shroud of the preconnectorized cable. The shroud aides in mating the preconnectorized cable with a complimentary receptacle.

The invention discloses a community express automatic delivery method and a community express automatic delivery system. The community express automatic delivery method is applied to express deliveryby a community robot, and comprises: determining a delivery task that can be dispatched according to the fact whether the owner is at home; and transmitting a route plan according to the location information of the owner corresponding to the delivery task; the delivery task and the delivery route are sent to the robot, and the delivery task and the delivery route are used for the robot to deliverthe express to the location of the corresponding owner. The method can realize that the robot automatically delivers the express to the door of the corresponding owner, which solves the problem of thelast one-mile delivery of the express, not only saves the time and energy of the owner, but also greatly improves the user experience of the community owner's receipt.

The invention discloses an intelligent express method based on data analysis and a terminal system; the terminal system comprises a control center, a terminal of Internet of Things, and an intelligent express terminal, wherein the control center consists of a data management system and comprises a storage module and a communication module; the terminal of Internet of Things comprises an ID identification module; the intelligent express terminal comprises an intelligent express cabinet and an order information scanning module; after a package is scanned through the order information scanning module, effective order information is extracted and matched with the ID information stored in the storage module; the communication module sends a collection notice information to the order user, and user feeds back the specific collection model through the communication model; after user is verified through the ID identification model, one person can take multiple own expresses and one person can help others to take multiple expresses at the same time. The method and the terminal system are applicable to popularize and apply in the zone with concentrated users and large logistics quantity such as universities and companies, and provide a technical solution for the logistical distribution efficiency of the 'last one kilometer' today.

The invention provides an intelligent unmanned delivery system and method, and belongs to the technical field of logistics delivery. The system comprises a cargo processing center, terminal storage cabinets, a transmission device and a control system, wherein the cargo processing center is electrically connected with the control system, and used for storing cargoes; the transmission device is electrically connected with the control system, and used to extract, transmit and put the cargoes between the terminal storage cabinets and the cargo processing center; the control system controls the transmission device to extract, transmit and put the cargoes; and the terminal storage cabinets are electrically connected with the control system, and used to store the cargoes put by the transmission device and transfer the cargoes to users. According to the intelligent unmanned delivery system and method, unmanned delivery can be realized, delivery in the last kilometer in logistics is higher in efficiency, more convenient and safer, delivery is not influenced by weather, road and environment conditions, and the cargoes can be delivery to remote rural areas conveniently.