136 results about "Network access point" patented technology

The invention discloses a software defined wide area network control method, and the method comprises the steps: receiving network state information for to-be-transmitted data through a first network composer, the network access points are node communication relations among an input network access point of to-be-transmitted data, a plurality of intermediate network access points and an output network access point and a plurality of performance indexes of corresponding node transmission links, and the intermediate network access points are network access points for realizing communication between the input network access point and the output network access point. Determining the minimum path communication cost of each transmission path for transmitting the data to be transmitted from the input network access point to the output network access point according to the node communication relationship and a plurality of performance indexes of the node transmission link; and determining the corresponding transmission path as a target transmission path for the to-be-transmitted data, and sending the target transmission path to the first network controller so as to control the corresponding network access point to realize transmission of the to-be-transmitted data according to the target transmission path.

A sliced router decomposes a router into a plurality of slices. Each slice has a subset of the input and output ports of the router. One or more of the slices may communicate with a network access point. Adjacent slices communicate with each other. In some example embodiments, there are dedicated physical channels between each slice and each adjacent slice for traffic coming in on or going out on ports of other slices. Within a slice, traffic may be arbitrated onto upstream or downstream channels going to the same output port. Each slice contains one or more crossbars, allowing data received on any input port to be routed to any output port of the slice. The crossbar of each slice is substantially smaller than the crossbar that would be used by a unified router.

Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products to facilitate coordination between multiple radio access technologies (RATs). In certain embodiments, a Stack Data Analytics Coordinator (SDAC) may be provided in association with radio protocol stacks (e.g., 5G NR and / or Wi-Fi) at user equipment and / or network access points (e.g., gNB and / or Wi-Fi AP). The SDAC may coordinate requests and / or collection of information (e.g., protocol stack measurements and / or statistics) among entities of multiple RATs. In certain embodiments, Network Data Analytics Services may be enhanced by being extended beyond a core network, such as to user equipment and / or network access points.

Systems and methods for provisioning and validating a network are disclosed. One method can comprise providing a first communication tunnel between a network access point and a first tunnel endpoint. Availability of the first tunnel endpoint can be determined. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be available, network traffic can be routed to the first tunnel endpoint. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be unavailable, a second communication tunnel between the network access point and a second tunnel endpoint can be provided.

The invention provides an information processing method and device, an information transmission method and device and communication equipment, and relates to the technical field of communication. The information processing method is executed by a first network function, and comprises: acquiring first information of at least one data network access point, the first information comprising at least one of the following items: energy consumption information and energy efficiency information, the energy consumption information comprising energy consumption information of a network or user equipment (UE) using the data network access point, and the energy efficiency information comprising energy consumption information of the data network access point; the energy efficiency information comprises energy efficiency information of the data network access point used by the network or the UE; determining data network access point information of a protocol data unit PDU session according to the first information; and triggering to establish or modify the PDU session based on the data network access point information. According to the scheme, the terminal or the network can perform data transmission by using the PDU session matched with the data network access point information, so that the energy consumption of the network or the UE is reduced, and the energy efficiency performance of the network or the UE is improved.

Systems and methods are provided for traffic flow scheduling optimization through prioritizing traffic flows according to a Quality of Experience (QoE) score. Examples receive data packets of a plurality of traffic flows by an access point of a network, map the data packets of the plurality of traffic flows to a plurality of queues based on traffic identifiers of each data packet, and determine a QoE score for each traffic flow of the plurality of traffic flows. Examples can then prioritize the data packets based on the QoE scores determined for the plurality of traffic flows and schedule the data packets for transmission or reception based on the prioritization.

A data entry and scanning apparatus that includes a commercially available mobile device wherein said commercially available mobile device with a touch screen display, a processor, and a wireless communications network access point, a scanning device, an interface, and a power source that external to the commercially available mobile device and connected to the interface, and a casing that does not cover the touch screen display.

A sliced router decomposes a router into a plurality of slices. Each slice has a subset of the input and output ports of the router. One or more of the slices may communicate with a network access point. Adjacent slices communicate with each other. In some example embodiments, there are dedicated physical channels between each slice and each adjacent slice for traffic coming in on or going out on ports of other slices. Within a slice, traffic may be arbitrated onto upstream or downstream channels going to the same output port. Each slice contains one or more crossbars, allowing data received on any input port to be routed to any output port of the slice. The crossbar of each slice is substantially smaller than the crossbar that would be used by a unified router.

A sliced router decomposes a router into a plurality of slices. Each slice has a subset of the input and output ports of the router. One or more of the slices may communicate with a network access point. Adjacent slices communicate with each other. In some example embodiments, there are dedicated physical channels between each slice and each adjacent slice for traffic coming in on or going out on ports of other slices. Within a slice, traffic may be arbitrated onto upstream or downstream channels going to the same output port. Each slice contains one or more crossbars, allowing data received on any input port to be routed to any output port of the slice. The crossbar of each slice is substantially smaller than the crossbar that would be used by a unified router.

The invention provides a cellular-free network access point deployment method and related equipment, and relates to the technical field of wireless communication. The method comprises the steps that a target area of a to-be-deployed cellular-network-free access point is divided into a first area and a second area, the first area is an area containing at least one fixed device, and the second area is an area containing at least one mobile device; deploying one or more non-cellular network access points in the first area according to the number and the position distribution condition of the fixed devices in the first area and the signal propagation attribute information of the non-cellular network access points to be deployed; and deploying one or more non-cellular network access points in the second area according to the moving path information of the mobile device in the second area and the signal attribute information of the to-be-deployed non-cellular network access points. According to the invention, effective support for multi-terminal concurrent services is realized, and diversified service requirements for high reliability, low delay and high bandwidth requirements in an industrial environment are met at the same time.

Systems and methods are provided for traffic flow scheduling optimization through prioritizing traffic flows according to a Quality of Experience (QoE) score. Examples receive data packets of a plurality of traffic flows by an access point of a network, map the data packets of the plurality of traffic flows to a plurality of queues based on traffic identifiers of each data packet, and determine a QoE score for each traffic flow of the plurality of traffic flows. Examples can then prioritize the data packets based on the QoE scores determined for the plurality of traffic flows and schedule the data packets for transmission or reception based on the prioritization.

The invention discloses a multi-address data access method for a farm monitoring and operation unmanned aerial vehicle, and relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle agricultural automation and wireless communication, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, network architecture design: deploying a plurality of wireless access points in a farm region to form a wireless communication network covering the whole farm, the access points are connected through high-speed wired or wireless links, a stable network topology is constructed, and high-speed transmission of data is ensured; s2, data acquisition: each unmanned aerial vehicle performs data acquisition in a designated area, wherein the data comprises soil, environmental parameters and crop growth state information; an independent communication channel is allocated for each unmanned aerial vehicle through a dynamic channel allocation mechanism, it is ensured that each unmanned aerial vehicle transmits data at different time or frequencies, signal interference is avoided, it is ensured that the unmanned aerial vehicles transmit data in time, communication delay is reduced, the reliability and stability of the network are enhanced, and the high requirement of intelligent agriculture for data communication is met.

An adaptive satellite routing orchestration system and an adaptive satellite routing orchestration method are provided. Under the low earth orbit satellite network architecture, by the determination of the connection status of the external submarine cable at the location where the ground network access point and the mobile core network are connected to the mobile network, the traffic of the mobile network is guided to the mobile core network via the submarine cable or the traffic of the mobile network is guided to the mobile core network via the low earth orbit satellite network. A computer-readable medium for executing the adaptive satellite routing orchestration method is further provided.

A user equipment (UE) including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The processor is configured to: receive a beam measurement configuration for performing beam measurements on a first set of beams of a first network access point and a second set of beams of a second network access point; receiving ephemeris information, wherein the ephemeris information comprises first ephemeris information corresponding to the first network access point and second ephemeris information corresponding to the second network access point; identifying a receive (Rx) beam in the first set of beams as a reference beam according to beam measurements performed for the first set of beams; identifying one or more target Rx beams based on the reference beam and based on the first ephemeris information or the second ephemeris information; and reporting the one or more target Rx beams to the network to receive downlink information via the second network access point.

Two-layer housing system (1) for communication devices, in particular for media converters, switches, access points and other network-enabled devices, consisting of a base level with integrated electronic components (4-8) and a customer layer arranged above it, characterized in that the base level is pre-assembled and the customer layer is flexibly replaceable, wherein the overall housing is mounted on a mounting plate (2) with an integrated spirit level.

The present invention provides a method for optimizing terminal system access delay jitter based on reinforcement learning, which belongs to the field of terminal access technology. The method comprises: using a random access algorithm to access a 5G access device to a network access point to obtain a reinforcement learning model based on an access selection algorithm; training the reinforcement learning model, and transmitting the trained reinforcement learning model downward to all 5G terminal devices that use the access node for network transmission; collecting network information of the network access point and quantizing it, combining it into a network state matrix, inputting the network state matrix into the reinforcement learning model and outputting a quantized value, and selecting a network access point corresponding to the optimal delay jitter performance for network switching to obtain network services. The present invention solves the problem that existing access technologies do not use delay jitter as the main performance for access judgment and that 5G mobile terminals are difficult to cope with complex and changeable network scenarios.

There may be a need for methods, apparatuses, and systems for distance-dependent RACH preamble selection in an NTN.SOLUTION: A method, an apparatus, and a system are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method may be performed by a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) for communication via a network access point (NAP). The method includes a WTRU receiving a set of preambles and corresponding propagation delay-related thresholds from a NAP and determining propagation delay-related information associated with a distance between the WTRU and the NAP or a location in a coverage of the NAP. The method further includes selecting a subset of preambles from the set of preambles based on the determined propagation delay related information, randomly selecting a preamble from the selected subset of preambles, and transmitting the randomly selected preamble to the NAP.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Disclosed in the present application is a data transmission method. The data transmission method includes: establishing a multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) connection with a network access point device, the MPTCP connection including a first TCP connection and a second TCP connection, the first TCP connection being constructed according to a first Wi-Fi connection corresponding to a first Wi-Fi module, and the second TCP connection being constructed according to a second Wi-Fi connection corresponding to a second Wi-Fi module; and transmitting network access data to the network access point device by means of the MPTCP connection.

Systems and methods for automatically testing wireless connections of network access points are disclosed according to various embodiments. In one example, a disclosed comprises: receiving a first input from a user via a graphic user interface (GUI); scanning, based on the first input, for available wireless networks to find a plurality of network identifications (IDs); filtering the plurality of network IDs to generate a subset of network IDs meeting a predetermined criterion; providing, to the user, the subset of network IDs representing a list of access points via the GUI; receiving a second input from the user, wherein the second input indicates that the user selects a network ID from the subset of network IDs; receiving a third input from the user via the GUI; performing, based on the third input, a wireless connection test for a selected access point associated with the selected network ID to generate a connection test result; generating at least one label based on the connection test result; and providing, to the user, the at least one label via the GUI.

The present disclosure provides an uplink bandwidth allocation method and related devices, belonging to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: a WiFi access point obtains cache information of data cache queues on service terminals within its coverage area through a WiFi network and transmits the cache information to a corresponding ONU; the ONU obtains cache information of uplink data to be sent on the ONU according to the cache information of the queue of data to be uploaded on the ONU and the cache information of the data cache queues on the service terminals, and transmits the cache information to a corresponding OLT, where the ONU and the OLT are located in a PON; the OLT obtains the age of information of a first uplink data packet received by it, and determines the uplink bandwidth information allocated to the ONU according to the age of information of the first uplink data packet and the cache information of the uplink data to be sent on the ONU. Wherein, the age of information of the first uplink data packet is used to indicate the timeliness of the first uplink data packet being sent from the service terminal and sequentially transmitted through the WiFi network, the WiFi access point, the corresponding ONU, and the OLT until being received by the upstream device of the OLT.

The invention discloses a WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) network access point topology adjustment method and system based on multi-agent reinforcement learning, terminal equipment and a medium, and relates to the technical field of wireless network configuration. The method comprises the steps that an access point obtains a network state, a to-be-executed topology adjustment action is generated through a locally-deployed pre-training execution network based on the state, and the execution network is obtained through multi-agent reinforcement learning training; and executing the action after the action passes the verification, and then obtaining the network state after the execution. According to the method and the device, the topology adjustment action is locally and autonomously generated through the access point, the characteristics of the WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) network are adapted, the real-time performance and the adaptability of topology adjustment are improved, the utilization rate of network resources is optimized, and meanwhile, the user service quality and the network operation stability are guaranteed.

For vehicles connecting to wireless communication network access points within a designated area, the system appropriately controls the switching of access points depending on the situation. [Solution] The information processing system is applied to a vehicle traveling in a predetermined area where multiple access points are installed. The information processing system acquires information on the radio wave intensity distribution of each of the multiple access points and information on the vehicle's travel route in the predetermined area. The information processing system calculates the risk at a target location on the vehicle's travel route and calculates the access point switching tolerance at the target location based on the radio wave intensity distribution and the risk. The access point switching tolerance decreases as the risk at the target location increases. The information processing system prohibits switching the target access point to which the vehicle is connected at a target location where the access point switching tolerance is below a threshold.

A data network access configuration method and apparatus, and a network device, a medium and a program product, which relate to the technical field of wireless communications. The data network access configuration method comprises: configuring a mapping table in an SMF instance, wherein the mapping table describes the mapping relationship between a satellite identifier and at least one data network access identifier (DNAI). By means of configuring, on an SMF, the mapping relationship between the satellite identifier of a service-providing satellite and one or more DNAIs, the SMF is enabled to understand the relationship between the DNAIs and the satellite identifier on the basis of the mapping relationship, the SMF is enhanced, and the SMF is enabled to select an appropriate data network access point, i.e., user plane routing, for a user service, thereby helping the SMF to more effectively manage and control on-satellite MEC services and optimizing and satisfying specific satellite communication requirements.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for processing Ethernet packets at a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). One programmable integrated circuit includes: an internal network on chip (iNOC) comprising rows and columns; clusters, coupled to the iNOC, comprising a network access point (NAP) and programmable logic; and an Ethernet controller coupled to the iNOC. When the controller operates in packet mode, each complete inbound Ethernet packet is sent from the controller to one of the NAPs via the iNOC, where two or more NAPs are configurable to receive the complete inbound Ethernet packets from the controller. The controller is configurable to operate in quad segment interface (QSI) mode where each complete inbound Ethernet packet is broken into segments, which are sent from the controller to different NAPs via the iNOC, where two or more NAPs are configurable to receive the complete inbound Ethernet packets from the controller.

The present disclosure provides a cell-free network access point deployment method and device and related equipment, and relates to the technical field of wireless communication. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining historical user information and historical traffic information in a target area within a historical time period; generating a first access point deployment decision in the target area according to the historical user information and the historical traffic information; monitoring real-time user information and real-time traffic information in the target area at a current time; inputting the first access point deployment decision, the real-time user information and the real-time traffic information into a pre-trained reinforcement learning model to output a second access point deployment decision in the target area. The cell-free network access point deployment method can adapt to a dynamically changing network environment.

Methods and apparatus for segmenting uplink transmissions by ambient-power (AMP) devices are provided. In embodiments, data collected by an AMP device is divided into segments, which are transmitted according to the energy available to the AMP device and the resources allocated by a receiving network access point. The AMP device can signal to the access point its current energy availability and the segmentation of the data by setting specific fields in the data frames used to transmit the data segments. In embodiments, a wake-up radio frame is used to transmit the data and the medium access control header thereof is used to communicate segmentation and energy information. In addition, the access point can infer whether the resources that it is allocating to the AMP device are sufficient according to this information. Embodiments can enable AMP devices to avoid deferring data transmissions and consuming power unnecessarily.

Method, apparatus and systems are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method may be implemented by a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) for communication via a network access point (NAP). The method may include the WTRU receiving from the NAP a set of preambles and corresponding propagation delay related thresholds and determining propagation delay related information associated with a distance between the WTRU and the NAP or a location in a coverage of the NAP. The method may further include selecting a subset of preambles from the set of preambles based on the determined propagation delay related information, randomly selecting a preamble from the selected subset of preambles, and sending the randomly selected preamble to the NAP.

Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products that may be implemented in a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) and / or a network access point (NAP) with respect to MIMO precoding using a precoding neural network (NN) at the NAP. Training of the NN may use artificial and / or measured channel state information (CSI). In one embodiment, the WTRU may provide feedback to the NAP in the form of CSI statistics, time correlation, and / or bit error rate (BER) regarding a channel. The NAP may inform the WTRU of information for extracting training samples which are fed back from the WTRU to the NAP. The NAP may perform retraining of the NN using the training samples to adjust and / or recalibrate the NN weights. The information for extracting training samples may include CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) density and / or CSI-RS transmission time slots for extracting the training samples at the WTRU.

Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized network management framework that adaptively configures a network at a location to ensure connectivity and / or network services are maintained. The disclosed framework enables the implementation of multi-link operation (MLO) functionality within WiFi 7 enabled networks to implement non-disruptive off-channel scanning. The framework can utilize MLO backup / redundant links that can mitigate network disruptions in service / connectivity for client devices that are WiFi 7 capable during the performance of off-channel scanning of access point (AP) devices for a network by diverting network traffic to an activated MLO link while an available channel / radio (e.g., 5 GHZ) is used to perform such off-channel scanning.