NARROWBAND BACKSCATTER DEVICE EXCITATION FOR MULTIPLE BACKSCATTER DEVICE SCHEDULING
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250081236
Backscatter Device (BKD) scheduling and, specifically, narrowband BKD excitation for multiple BKD scheduling may be provided. An AP may determine to transmit an excitation transmission to a plurality of BKDs. The AP may determine a trigger frequency for each of the plurality of BKDs, and the AP may transmit an excitation transmission comprising a plurality of excitation signals. Each excitation signal may have a frequency corresponding to one of the trigger frequencies for the plurality…
CLIENT DEVICE IDENTIFIER FOR DUAL-WI-FI CONNECTIONS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250071831
A client device identifier for dual-Wi-Fi connections may be provided. First, it may be determined that a client device has associated over a first link having a first Media Access Control (MAC) address. Next, from the client device over the first link, a first management frame may be received that identifies a MAC address of a second link associated with the client device. Then, based on information in the first management frame, it may be determined that the first link and the second…
PROFILE-BASED ASSOCIATION METHOD FOR ENTERPRISE NETWORKS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250071180
Profile-based association method for enterprise networks may be provided. A computing device may configure a first profile and a second profile. Next, the client device may be configured with a set of network profiles associated with a plurality of networks. A user of the client device may be queried for a profile choice for one of the plurality of networks. Then the client device may associate with the one of the plurality of networks according to the profile choice provide by the user.
ENFORCING CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES BASED ON AUTHORIZATION STATUSES ASSOCIATED WITH NETWORK FLOWS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250071111
This disclosure describes techniques for enforcing conditional access to network services. In an example method, a first computing device detects a second device operating in a per-flow authorization mode. The first device receives a first request from a second computing device to communicate with a third computing device using a first network flow and determines that the first flow is authorized (e.g., because of an active past authentication and/or the third device's authentication…
ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL (ARP)-PROXY UPDATE FOR ROAMING CLIENT DEVICES
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250071086
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)-proxy update for roaming client devices may be provided. A client device may query for a list of active Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used by the client device. Next, the client device may determine that an Access Point (AP) supports a collaborative IP exchange function. Then the client device may send, in response to determining that the AP supports the collaborative IP exchange function, the list of active Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to the AP.
MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250071051
Various implementations disclosed herein enable malleable routing for data packets. For example, in various implementations, a method of routing a type of data packets is performed by a device. In some implementations, the device includes a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, the method includes determining a routing criterion to transmit a set of data packets across a network. In some implementations, the…
DISTRIBUTED PATH COMPUTATION AND CENTRALIZED PATH ENFORCEMENT IN COMPUTER NETWORTKS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250071044
This disclosure describes techniques for enabling distributed path computation and centralized path enforcement in a computer network used to implement a software application. In some cases, the disclosed techniques include using a central controller that initializes and coordinates monitoring agents deployed to network regions. The monitoring agents may collect monitoring data associated with application segments in their respective regions and share this data with each other. Using the…
STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION BASED FILESYSTEM DESTINATIONS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250068598
A method for file system destinations includes obtaining events for storage on one or more of the storage systems. For each event, the method includes extracting at least one field value from the event, comparing the at least one field value to configurations of the storage systems to identify at least one storage system of the plurality of storage systems having a matching configuration, transmitting the event to an ingest module queue for the at least one storage system, selecting a…
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE PASSIVATION FOR MOISTURE PROTECTION
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250067934
In part, in one aspect, the disclosure relates to a method for passivating a waveguide of an optical circuit. The method includes etching a suspended waveguide in the optical circuit; the suspended waveguide having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces; and covering the top surface and side surfaces of the suspended waveguide with a passivation coating having a thickness that ranges from between about 10 nm to about 20 nm. In one embodiment, the method further includes…
REAL-TIME RADIO SELF-CALIBRATION
Granted: February 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250062838
Real-time radio self-calibration may be provided. The self-calibration may begin by sampling a Transmission (TX) signal. An achievable Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) for one or more frames may be determined based on the TX signal. Link budgets for clients may be determined using a TX power and a supported Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS). A per packet TX power is adjusted based on the achievable EVM and a TX retry rate. The PA linearity of the radio may also be adjusted based on the…
MULTI-BAND POWER AMPLIFIER FOR NON-SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE (NSTR) MULTI-LINK DEVICES
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250055745
Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) parameters are determined for a dual band Power Amplifier (PA). A first band of the dual band PA is associated with a first Multi-Link Operation (MLO) link and a second band of the dual band PA is associated with a second MLO link. Determining the CFR parameters comprises determining based on a configuration of the first MLO link and the second MLO link. A first portion of the CFR parameters is provided to a first crest factor reduction block. First portion…
CONTROLLER-BASED MULTICAST INTERWORKING
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250055721
With a controller coupled to a first multicast domain and a second multicast domain having incompatible multicast profiles, source and group (S,G) state information may be extracted from a plurality of nodes of the first multicast domain and the second multicast domain, A first interdomain border node may be within the first multicast domain. A second interdomain border node may be defined within the second multicast domain. The (S,G) state information may be transmitted to the first…
STATUS REPORT FRAME FOR EASIER REATTACHMENT
Granted: January 30, 2025
Application Number:
20250039957
A status report frame may be provided. First, an Access Point (AP) may associate with a client device. Then the AP may send a status report to the client device in a status report frame comprising a protected management frame.
INCREMENTAL NETWORK INTENT PROVISIONING
Granted: January 30, 2025
Application Number:
20250039043
A method of provisioning a network may include, with a network controller, identifying a first network intent of a computing network based at least in part on an execution of a user interface (UI) or API layer at a client device, and identifying a modification of at least one object within the first network intent within the UI or API layer at the client device as the first network intent is being modified. The modification defines a delta between the first network intent and a second…
Subscriber Identity Concealment From Access Network Provider
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250031034
Subscriber identity concealment from an access network provider may be provided. A computing device may receive first identity data associated with a client device. Then the first identity data associated with the client device may be encrypted using second identity data to create an encrypted version of the first identity data associated with the client device. The encrypted version of the first identity data associated with the client device may be provided to an access network.
ROUTING TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED NETWORK SECURITY
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250023919
Techniques for optimizing routing decisions based on security metrics within a network environment are described herein. In some cases, by using various security metrics, such as encryption indicators, attestation indicators, secureness metrics, and reliability metrics, an exemplary system can assess the security level and reliability of network paths. These metrics may provide valuable insights into the trustworthiness and integrity of participating nodes and links and enable informed…
Throughput Predictor And Flow Load Balancer
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250016621
Predicting network throughput and balancing network loads may be provided. Predicting network throughput and balancing network loads can comprise receiving traffic information from a plurality of Access Points (APs). Based on the traffic information, traffic associated with the plurality of APs can be modeled. Based on the modeled traffic, a gain in AP efficiency for one or more APs of the plurality of APs can be modeled when modifying Station (STA) traffic of a STA. A recommendation can…
Sounding Interval Optimization
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250015949
Optimizing or otherwise improving sounding intervals may be provided. Improving sounding intervals can include generating predicted Channel State information (CSI) of a Station (STA). A Null Data Packet (NDP) Announcement (NDPA) can be sent to the STA, wherein the NDPA instructs the STA to send compressed CSI. A reference signal is then sent to the STA. Finally, the compressed CSI is received from the STA.
ACHIEVING SYMMETRIC ROUTING USING INTENT-BASED SMART DEVICE GROUPINGS IN A SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK
Granted: January 2, 2025
Application Number:
20250007825
Techniques for symmetric routing in a software-defined wide area network (SDWAN) are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: determining a first device group, wherein the first device group includes a first router associated with a branch tag and a second router associated with a hub tag; determining a second device group, wherein the second device group includes a third router associated with and a fourth router associated with…
Techniques for memory access management in distributed computing architectures
Granted: December 26, 2024
Application Number:
20240427641
Techniques for memory access management in a distributed computing system are described herein. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method for memory access management in a distributed computing system, where the method includes: receiving a first request to execute a first operation using a distributed architecture and in a uniform memory access (UMA) mode, wherein the distributed architecture comprises a first processor, a first memory that is local to the…
