119 results about "Multi access" patented technology

The present disclosure is related to multi-access traffic management in edge computing environments, and in particular, artificial intelligence (AI) and / or machine learning (ML) techniques for multi-access traffic management. A scalable AI / ML architecture for multi-access traffic management is provided. Reinforcement learning (RL) and / or Deep RL (DRL) approaches that learn policies and / or parameters for traffic management and / or for distributing multi-access traffic through interacting with the environment are also provided. Deep contextual bandit RL techniques for intelligent traffic management for edge networks are also provided. Other embodiments may be described and / or claimed.

According to the data cache control method and device, the medium, the program product and the terminal, by adding the state field in the cache line and optimizing the control method, unified management of complex requirements of cache operation is achieved, and the management process is simplified. Core functions such as dirty bit write-back, effective cache line setting, multi-path access order preserving and replacement priority control can be realized only by inquiring and configuring a status bit once when an instruction arrives and an operation is finished. And meanwhile, the problems of high complexity, large resource consumption and poor expansibility in traditional cache management are solved. The use of the data handling unit optimizes the data exchange between the cache line and the main memory, reduces unnecessary address translation and main memory access, and improves the overall system performance. The structure is suitable for constructing a multi-level cache, can be widely applied to cache devices of various chips, and provides an efficient and reliable cache solution.

Multiple access paths may allow a wireless device to communicate with a plurality of network nodes simultaneously. Multiple access policy information may be sent to the wireless device. Using the multiple access policy information, the wireless device may determine to perform one or more registration requests over multiple access paths and one or more network slices to request for the access paths. The wireless device may send the registration requests, including the network slices, over the multiple access paths.

Multiple access paths may allow a wireless device to communicate with a plurality of network nodes simultaneously. Multiple access policy information may be sent to the wireless device. Using the multiple access policy information, the wireless device may determine to perform one or more registration requests over multiple access paths and one or more network slices to request for the access paths. The wireless device may send the registration requests, including the network slices, over the multiple access paths.

An AMF receives, from an SMF, a first request to activate user plane resources of an access network type from among multiple access network types of a MA PDU session of a wireless device, wherein the first request comprises an indication of the access network type, from among the multiple access network types. The AMF transmits, to the SMF, a response to the first request, wherein the response comprises a cause indicating that the AMF attempts to reach the wireless device.

A storage system. The storage system includes a storage system cartridge module; and, a storage system housing, the storage system housing comprising a bottom wall and a front housing portion, the front housing portion extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the front housing portion comprising a multi access option feature, the multi access option feature enabling a common storage system housing to be used with storage cartridge modules having a plurality of storage system access options.

A communication procedure may be used for multiple access. A wireless device may be capable of simultaneously accessing a plurality of networks that are associated with a visited network. The visited network may or may not allow the wireless device to simultaneously access the plurality of networks, for example, based on a status of the visited network. Prior to a wireless device requesting access to a plurality of networks, a visited network may indicate whether the visited network supports, for the wireless device, simultaneous access to a plurality of networks.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for establishing data paths over multiple access network for a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network via a first access network and / or a second access network. Via the transceiver, the processor transmits a request, over the second access network, to establish a data connection and receives a first request to set up a first data bearer for the data connection over the first access network in response to the request. Via the transceiver, the processor receives a second request to set up a second data bearer for the data connection over the second access network in response to the request, where both the first data bearer and the second data bearer are used to carry traffic of the data connection.

Technical solutions provide setup sequences for multi access point (AP) coordinated beamforming (CBF) at a transmission opportunity (TXOP) stage. A first AP can transmit, to a second AP capable of participating in CBF and a first station of the first AP, a notification indicative of a CBF TXOP. The first AP can receive, from at least the first station, responsive to the notification, a first response identifying a first capability of the first station. The first AP can receive, from the second AP associated with a second one or more stations, responsive to the notification, a second response identifying a second capability of at least one of the second AP or a second station of the second one or more stations. The first AP can communicate data to the first station during the CBF TXOP according to at least one of the first capability or the second capability.

The present disclosure is related to terminal device, communication devices, and methods for improved multiple access for A-IoT devices. A method at a terminal device comprises: transmitting, to a communication device, a first message for a channel access procedure over a first resource in a first frequency region; and transmitting, to the communication device, at least one second message for the channel access procedure over a second resource in a second frequency region.

An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising receiving, at a first node of a wireless communication network, MAPC parameter set data from one or more other nodes of the wireless communication network, wherein each MAPC parameter set data comprises MAPC capabilities information identifying one or more MAPC features supported by the respective other node and details of supported functionality for each identified supported MAPC feature; exchanging information for establishing or modifying an MAPC group with one or more of said other nodes, said MAPC group usable for defining co-ordination between nodes of the MAPC group; and executing one or more features defined by one or more management frames received from one or more of said other nodes in accordance with the defined co-ordination.

Provided is a device that supports Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) via a multi-access (MA)-packet data unit (PDU) session. The device registers with a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access and registers with a non-3GPP access. The device establishes an MA-PDU session over the 3GPP access and the non-3GPP access. The device transmits a message in the MA-PDU session through the non-3GPP access. The message includes supplementary information relating to a communication status between the wireless device and the 3GPP access.

A method for associating and authenticating a station (STA) with a coordinated access point (AP) group may include generating a pairwise master key (PMK) between the STA and a coordinator of the coordinated AP group, and maintaining an association and authentication state between the STA and the coordinated AP group based on the PMK. The method may further include generating one or more temporal keys between the STA and the coordinator based on the PMK. The method may further include distributing the PMK from the coordinator to a first member AP and a second member AP of the coordinated AP group. The method may further include generating a first temporal key between the STA and the first member AP, and generating a second temporal key between the STA and the second member AP.

The embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of communications. Provided are a data transmission method, a communication system and an electronic device, which are used for reducing the area of a communication system while increasing the number of Ethernet interfaces. The communication system comprises at least one processor core, an aggregation and distribution module and a plurality of interfaces, wherein the at least one processor core is used for sending a first data frame and first indication information to the aggregation and distribution module, the first indication information being used for indicating at least one interface among the plurality of interfaces, and the first data frame being a data frame corresponding to at least one first message; and the aggregation and distribution module is used for sending a first target data frame by means of the at least one interface indicated by the first indication information, the first target data frame being determined by the aggregation and distribution module on the basis of a multiple access control (MAC) protocol and the first data frame.

The method disclosed herein manages and generates enterprise-policy compliant guest credentials for connectivity to one or more enterprise networks. The method may include receiving a request from a guest user device to connect to a first network provided by an enterprise. The method may further comprise determining that the guest user device is authorized to access the first network when the access by the guest user is subject to a movement and roaming policy. A first credential may be provisioned for the guest user to access the first network that is consistent with the movement and roaming policy. Prior to receiving a second request to connect to a second network of the enterprise from the guest user device, provisioning a second credential, consistent with the movement and roaming policy, to the guest user.

The application discloses a modulation and coding adaptive selection method for a mobile ad hoc network based on separation of a control plane and a data plane. In the mobile ad hoc network based on separation of the control plane and the data plane, a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) mechanism is adopted in a control time slot to compete for sending fused situation information of itself, so as to complete survey and perception of neighbor nodes. The situation information includes link transmission quality and node queue length. In the data plane, the CSMA mechanism is also adopted, but the situation information of the control plane needs to be utilized to form certain 'network order', so as to reduce the decline of throughput caused by error packets and collision. On the basis of a traditional rate adaptive algorithm based on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the algorithm is improved and applied to a mobile ad hoc network device based on separation of the control plane and the data plane.

A method can include sending, by a core network device comprising an access and mobility management function (AMF) to a wireless device, a first non-access stratum (NAS) message via a first base station of a first access of the wireless device. The method can also include sending, by the AMF to the wireless device, a second NAS message via a second base station of a second access of the wireless device. The method can further include receiving, by the AMF from the first base station of the first access, first radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameters of the wireless device for the first access. The method can additionally include sending, by the AMF to the second base station of the second access, the first RRC configuration parameters of the wireless device for the first access while maintaining the first access and the second access for the wireless device.

A method of a wireless device may include a transitioning from a connection management (CM) idle to connected state based on transitioning from a first radio resource control (RRC) idle to connected state for a first access. The method may also include transitioning from a second RRC idle to connected state for a second access. The method may further include transitioning from the first RRC connected state to the first RRC idle state for the first access while staying in the CM connected state. The method may additionally include communicating, with a core network device, a non-access stratum (NAS) message via the second access. The method may also include transitioning from the CM connected state to the CM idle state while the wireless device is in the first RRC idle state for the first access.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for multipath QUIC for ATSSS using stream-aware steering mode. One method includes establishing a multiaccess data connection with a mobile communication network. The method includes establishing a plurality of QUIC connections, each QUIC connection supporting data transmission with a mobile communication network over first and second access networks. The method includes detecting a data packet to be transmitted via the multiaccess data connection and selecting a first steering rule from a configured set of steering rules. The method includes selecting a first QUIC connection of the plurality of the QUIC connections. The method includes allocating a new stream in the first QUIC connection, where the new stream is configured to transmit data traffic using a steering mode of the first steering rule and sending the data packet using the new stream.

A first node (e.g. an AP-MLD device) receives a Multi Access Point Co-ordination (MAPC) parameter set from at least another node in the network. Each MAPC parameter set data comprises MAPC capabilities information identifying one or more MAPC features supported by respective other nodes and details of supported functionality for each identified supported MAPC feature. An MAPC parameter set data for the first node is provided to the other network nodes. Information is exchange (e.g. direct or relayed messages) for establishing or modifying (e.g. updating or terminating) an MAPC group with at least one other node, said MAPC group is usable for defining a co-ordination between nodes of the MAPC group. The features, defined by management frames received from the other nodes, are then executed in accordance with the defined coordination. Apparatus, methods and computer program are defined for the above. Parameters may include: an element ID, length data, element ID extension data, and MAPC information of variable length – the MAPC information is thus embedded in the parameter set. The modification of coordination between nodes may involve MAPC management frames with MAPC headers instructing the removal of an identified node from the MAPC group.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for path switching between non-3GPP access paths. One apparatus (400) includes a processor (405) coupled to a transceiver (425), the processor (405) con

The embodiment of the invention provides a data transmission method, a communication system and electronic equipment. Relates to the technical field of communication, and is used for reducing the area of a communication system while increasing the number of Ethernet interfaces. The communication system comprises at least one processor core, a convergence distribution module and a plurality of interfaces, the at least one processor core is used for sending a first data frame and first indication information to the aggregation distribution module, the first indication information is used for indicating at least one interface in the plurality of interfaces, and the first data frame is a data frame corresponding to the at least one first message; and the convergence distribution module is used for sending a first target data frame through at least one interface indicated by the first indication information, and the first target data frame is determined by the convergence distribution module according to a multi-channel access control MAC protocol and the first data frame.

At least one aspect of the technical solutions is directed to a system. The system can include a first access point configured to generate a preamble for a network packet of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The first AP can be configured to include, into the common field of the preamble, one or more basic service sets (BSS) colors associated with the first AP and the second AP. The first AP can be configured to include, into a subfield of the user field for indicating error correction coding, an indication of association of the client device with the first AP or the second AP based on the one or more BSS colors. The first AP can be configured to transmit the network packet to be processed by the client device for CBF communication of the network packet according to the one or more BSS colors and the indication.

A user equipment (UE) has a radio frequency (RF) transceiver and a processor coupled to the RF transceiver. The processor controls the RF transceiver to initiate establishment of a QUIC (Quick User Datagram Protocol Internet Connection) connection for each quality of service (QoS) flow of a multi-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session. During the establishment of the QUIC connection, the processor controls the RF transceiver to send a QUIC packet to the network entity via a QoS flow of the MA PDU session associated with the QUIC connection. After the establishment of the QUIC connection is completed, the processor controls the RF transceiver to send all uplink traffic of the QUIC connection to the QoS flow associated with the QUIC connection.

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for enhancements to 5G Access Transport Steering Switching & Splitting (ATSSS) rules. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a network controller, a request for a Multi-Access Protocol Data Unit (MA-PDU) session from a user device, the request including a “Multi access multi PLMN” flag for requesting multiple Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) sessions; generating, at the network controller, an access transport steering switching and splitting (ATSSS) rule for steering traffic associated with the user device between at least two PLMNs once the multiple PLMN sessions are established between the user device and the at least two PLMNs; and sending the steering rule to the user device to be used for splitting uplink network traffic transmitted between the user device and the at least two PLMNs.

A computer-implemented method for an IEEE 802.15.4 device is provided based on a suspendable carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA / CA) control program and a standard CSMA / CA control program for an IEEE 802.15.4 network consisting of IEEE 802.15.4 devices. The computer-implemented method is provided on the IEEE 802.15.4 device and causes a processor of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform steps including determining permission for back-off suspend and an intention of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to execute a back-off suspend, and selecting a suspendable CSMA / CA control program if back-off suspend is permitted and the IEEE 802.15.4 device intends to execute a back-off suspend. The suspendable CSMA / CA control program is configured to perform active CCA within each unit backoff period, suspend backoff if the channel is detected to be busy, perform CCA if the backoff is completed, transmit a frame if the detected channel condition is clear, increment a number of backoffs (NB) if the detected channel condition is busy, determine whether NB exceeds a threshold macMaxCSMABackoffs, increment a number of retransmissions (NR) if NB exceeds the threshold macMaxCSMABackoffs, and discard the frame if NR exceeds a threshold macMaxFrameRetries.

A computer-implemented method for an IEEE 802.15.4 device is provided based on a suspendable carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA / CA) control program and a standard CSMA / CA control program for an IEEE 802.15.4 network consisting of IEEE 802.15.4 devices. The computer-implemented method is provided on the IEEE 802.15.4 device and causes a processor of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform steps including determining permission for back-off suspend and an intention of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to execute a back-off suspend, and selecting a suspendable CSMA / CA control program if back-off suspend is permitted and the IEEE 802.15.4 device intends to execute a back-off suspend. The suspendable CSMA / CA control program is configured to perform active CCA within each unit backoff period, suspend backoff if the channel is detected to be busy, perform CCA if the backoff is completed, transmit a frame if the detected channel condition is clear, increment a number of backoffs (NB) if the detected channel condition is busy, determine whether NB exceeds a threshold macMaxCSMABackoffs, increment a number of retransmissions (NR) if NB exceeds the threshold macMaxCSMABackoffs, and discard the frame if NR exceeds a threshold macMaxFrameRetries.

A station (STA) may include a processing device. The processing device may perform, at the STA, an arbitration inter-frame spacing (AIFS) backoff. The processing device may perform, at the STA, a carrier-sense multiple access (CSMA) contention window (CW) backoff. The processing device may send, at the STA, a first short signal when reaching a CSMA CW backoff end. The processing device may perform, at the STA, a first short backoff after sending the first short signal. The processing device may send, at the STA, a frame after an nth short signal has been sent and an nth short backoff has occurred in which n is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Aspects related to application based routing of data packets is described. In an example, a method for enabling application based routing of data packets includes retrieving, by a client device, a prioritized list of client application parameters to process data packets from at least one client application. The prioritized list is generated based on application support capabilities of the client device. The method includes transmitting client parameters to a network server to create at least one multi-path proxy (MPP) instance. Each MPP instance of the at least one MPP instance is configured to aggregate and route data packets to a pre-defined core network link. The method further includes receiving identification information pertaining to the at least one MPP instance from the network server. Based on the identification information, the prioritized list is assigned to the at least one MPP instance to process data packets from at least one client application.