SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOME NODE B GATEWAY REDUNDANCY IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 7, 2017
Application Number:
20170257810
An example method is provided and may include configuring a Home Node B (HNB) with a plurality of Radio Network Controller (RNC) identifiers (IDs), wherein each global RNC ID is associated with one of a plurality of HNB gateways (HNB-GWs); broadcasting a first UTRAN cell ID (UC-ID) by the HNB when the HNB is served by a first HNB-GW; and switching the broadcasting from the first UC-ID to a second UC-ID and re-parenting the HNB to a second HNB- GW, when the HNB loses connectivity with the…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT CLOSURES IN A CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORK
Granted: September 7, 2017
Application Number:
20170257461
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates content closures in a CCN. During operation, the system generates, by a client computing device, an initial interest with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the initial interest indicates a request for a result of a computation. The system receives from a content producing device a content…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING HISTORICAL NETWORK INFORMATION IN A CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORK
Granted: September 7, 2017
Application Number:
20170257444
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates collection of historical network information. During operation, the system monitors a plurality of packets which include outgoing interests and corresponding incoming content objects, wherein a name for an interest is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier that includes contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The system collects historical information associated with the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING, MOBILITY, APPLICATION SERVICES, DISCOVERY, AND SENSING IN A VEHICULAR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: August 31, 2017
Application Number:
20170251339
A method includes receiving, by a processor of a data collector, a request for sensor data related to an event. The method also includes sending a plurality of requests for the sensor data to a plurality of on-board units (OBUs), respectively, where the plurality of OBUs is associated with a plurality of vehicles, respectively. The method further includes receiving a plurality of responses from the plurality of OBUs, respectively, wherein each response of the plurality of responses…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAME ENCRYPTION AGREEMENT IN A CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORK
Granted: August 31, 2017
Application Number:
20170249468
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates efficient name encryption in a CCN. During operation, the system determines, by a client computing device, an index for a name of an interest, wherein the name is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier that includes contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the index indicates a minimum number of the contiguous name components beginning from the most general level that…
CONCURRENT DEPLOYMENT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: August 31, 2017
Application Number:
20170249134
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a communication system that can be configured to receive a request for an update to a plurality of devices in a system, determine an amount of time to deploy the update, and que a deployment of the update for a least total wait time. In an example, the update is an operating system update.
Dynamic Application QoS Profile Provisioning
Granted: August 24, 2017
Application Number:
20170245170
Dynamic application QoS profile provisioning may be provided. First, an access point may send a profile to a client device. The profile may comprise a plurality of application identifiers and a plurality policies corresponding to the plurality of application identifiers. Each of the plurality of application identifiers may respectively correspond to a plurality of applications. Next, the client device may receive the profile. Then the client device may select, from the received profile,…
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A MULTIMODE ACCESS POINT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: August 24, 2017
Application Number:
20170245211
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining whether at least one user equipment (UE) is present within a combined WiFi coverage area that overlaps a small cell coverage area of a multimode access point (AP), wherein the multimode AP comprises a WiFi AP portion and a small cell AP portion; and controlling a power saving mode for the small cell AP portion of the multimode AP based on whether at least one UE is determined to be present within the…
CONSOLIDATED CONTROL PLANE ROUTING AGENT
Granted: August 24, 2017
Application Number:
20170245207
In one embodiment, a method comprises communicating with a plurality of network elements via a first communication protocol to obtain state information of the plurality of network elements; receiving a request via a second communication protocol for a communication session to be established for a client computing device; selecting one or more network elements, wherein the selection is based on at least a portion of the state information of the network elements; and communicating…
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE SHARING BEARER INFORMATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: August 24, 2017
Application Number:
20170245184
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include maintaining a count of packets forwarded to a target evolved Node B (eNodeB) from a source eNodeB during a handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source eNodeB to the target eNodeB; and communicating an end marker indication message from the source eNodeB to the target eNodeB including the count of packets forwarded to the target eNodeB upon handover of the UE to the target eNodeB. A count of packets can be…
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR SUPPORTING DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION AND FULL DUPLEX IN CABLE NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS
Granted: August 24, 2017
Application Number:
20170244445
An example apparatus for supporting digital pre-distortion (DPD) and full duplex (FDX) in cable network environments is provided and includes a first path for signals being transmitted out of the apparatus, a second path for signals being received into the apparatus, a DPD actuator located on the first path, an amplifier located on the first path, an echo cancellation (EC) actuator located on the second path, and a data interface including a plurality of channels connecting the apparatus…
NODE SELECTION IN VIRTUAL EVOLVED PACKET CORE
Granted: August 17, 2017
Application Number:
20170238245
The present disclosure includes gateways and methods for node selection of virtual network nodes in virtual evolved packet core networks. The methods include receiving, at a gateway from an evolved Node B (eNodeB), an attach request for a user equipment (UE), and determining a network selection hint corresponding to the received attach request, where the network selection hint is used for determining a virtual network node for selection in a mobile cloud network. The methods further…
Two-Stage Port-Channel Resolution in a Multistage Fabric Switch
Granted: August 17, 2017
Application Number:
20170237689
In some embodiments, a data packet may be received at a leaf switch. A port-channel associated with a destination port for the data packet may be identified, and the data packet may be transmitted to the destination port via the identified port-channel.
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE HOTSPOT ONBOARDING FOR USER EQUIPMENT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: August 10, 2017
Application Number:
20170230905
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include requesting, by a user equipment (UE), a profile associated with a subscriber that provides information to facilitate automatic association of the UE with one or more access points of a wireless network, wherein the requesting includes requesting the profile using a Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) Initial Request frame; and sending the profile to the UE using a GAS Initial Response frame. The method can include…
ON-DEMAND NEXT-HOP RESOLUTION
Granted: August 10, 2017
Application Number:
20170230274
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for on-demand next-hop resolution. Aspects of the embodiments include receiving a triggering event to prompt a request for a path to a network location; requesting a path computation from a second network element based on receiving the triggering event; receiving the path computation from the second network element; and programming an output interface with an indication of the path computation received from the second…
Dynamic Network Service Overlay Establishment in Hub-and-Spoke Packet Switching Networks
Granted: August 10, 2017
Application Number:
20170230199
In one embodiment, a packet switching device is configured to operate as a spoke or a hub in a Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network (DMVPN) using one or more initially negotiated service overlay capabilities including service encapsulation to use in communicating service overlay data packets between the packet switching device and another device (e.g., spoke, hub) of the DMVPN over an established tunnel (e.g., secure protocol channel). The packet switching device is further…
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE SUBFRAME SCHEDULING IN A SPLIT MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: August 3, 2017
Application Number:
20170223701
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a scheduling command for a subframe at a Remote Radio Unit (RRU), wherein the scheduling command provides a subframe configuration for the subframe; determining whether the subframe configuration comprises at least one resource block gap for the subframe; and if the subframe configuration comprises a resource block gap, utilizing the at least one resource block gap to accommodate one or more previously allocated…
RECONSTRUCTABLE CONTENT OBJECTS
Granted: August 3, 2017
Application Number:
20170222812
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for delivering a content piece over a network using a set of reconstructable objects. During operation, the system obtains a metadata file that includes a set of rules; generates the set of reconstructable objects for the content piece based on the set of rules included in the metadata file; cryptographically signs the set of reconstructable objects to obtain a set of signed reconstructable objects; and delivers, over the network,…
Distinguishing HEVC Pictures for Trick Mode Operations
Granted: August 3, 2017
Application Number:
20170221521
Assistance information related to a tier framework may describe signaling for extractable and decodable sub-sequences based on pictures interdependencies. This may allow a video application to efficiently select pictures when performing a given trick mode.
PEER-TO-PEER SHARING IN A CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORK
Granted: July 27, 2017
Application Number:
20170214739
The system receives a list of one or more name prefixes associated with an original name, wherein the original name corresponds to an original root manifest that indicates a set of original content objects and includes a set of content object hash (COH) values for the indicated set of original content objects, and wherein the original root manifest is registered with a tracking service. Based on a name prefix from the list, the system receives the original root manifest and selects a…
