BLIND MOBILITY LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN SOURCE AND TARGET CELLS
Granted: September 22, 2016
Application Number:
20160277965
An example method is provided and includes monitoring a plurality of neighboring nodes to detect attempts to perform mobility load balancing by the neighboring nodes; detecting an attempt to perform mobility load balancing by at least one neighboring node; determining an identity of the at least one of the neighboring nodes; and setting an offset parameter for the identified neighboring node(s) to an optimal value. The monitoring may include monitoring a number of handover requests…
INTER-POD TRAFFIC REDIRECTION AND HANDLING IN A MULTI-POD NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 22, 2016
Application Number:
20160277355
An example method for to inter-pod traffic redirection and handling in a multi-pod network environment is provided and includes receiving a packet with an overlay header outgoing from a first pod, identifying the packet as redirected based on a source address in the overlay header indicating a second pod and a destination address in the overlay header indicating a third pod, the first pod being distinct from the second pod and the third pod, setting a redirection bit in the overlay…
Cell Forwarding Order Selection for Sending Packets
Granted: September 22, 2016
Application Number:
20160277323
In one embodiment, packets are sent a packet switching mechanism of a packet switching device, which includes partitioning each particular packet into a plurality of cells with each particular packet and cell derived therefrom associated with a same particular timestamp and a same particular ingress point identifier representing an ingress point of a plurality of ingress points of the packet switching mechanism. These cells are sent through the packet switching mechanism by selecting and…
SEGMENT ROUTING LABEL SWITCH PATHS IN NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Granted: September 22, 2016
Application Number:
20160277290
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a request to create a path through a network, wherein the path originates on a first network device and terminates on the second network device; identifying a first controller associated with the first network device, wherein the first controller proxies control plane functions for the first network device; identifying a second controller associated with the second network device, wherein the second controller proxies…
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACING SESSION AT POLICY SERVER
Granted: September 22, 2016
Application Number:
20160277262
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a policy server, a request to trace a session at the policy server, tracing the session at the policy server, wherein tracing comprises running the session and identifying access results from the trace, and transmitting the access results from the policy server to a network device requesting the trace. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
PROVIDING IN-LINE SERVICES THROUGH RADIO ACCESS NETWORK RESOURCES UNDER CONTROL OF A MOBILE PACKET CORE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 22, 2016
Application Number:
20160277168
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes sending, by a first entity associated with an access network, a first request message including a session identifier associated with a user session to a second entity associated with a core network. The method further includes establishing a first control channel with the second entity in which the first control channel is associated with the session identifier. The first control channel is an in-band channel between the first…
PARALLEL PROCESSING OF DATA BY MULTIPLE SEMANTIC REASONING ENGINES
Granted: September 15, 2016
Application Number:
20160267384
An example method executed by a semantic reasoner is disclosed. The method includes identifying, from a plurality of rules, one or more pairs of chained rules, and, from the one or more pairs of chained rules, assigning rules chained together to a respective rule-set of P rule-sets. The method also includes assigning individuals, from a plurality of individuals referenced by the plurality of rules, referenced by each rule-set of the P rule-sets to an individual-set associated with the…
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL CELL GATEWAY SELECTIVE DATA PATH OFFLOAD
Granted: September 15, 2016
Application Number:
20160270132
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving an assignment request from a core node in a network to establish a tunnel for user plane traffic; forwarding first parameters to a controller of an enterprise network, wherein the first parameters include a tunnel identifier and a network address associated with the core node; receiving an assignment response; and forwarding second parameters to the core node, wherein the second parameters include a tunnel…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFERRED DELIVERY OF CONTENT BASED ON CONGESTION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 15, 2016
Application Number:
20160269929
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving congestion information for an environment in which a user equipment (UE) is operating; receiving a first request to deliver content to the UE; determining that the environment in which the UE is operating is experiencing congestion based, at least in part, on the congestion information; determining a re-try interval based, at least in part, on the congestion information; and deferring delivery of the content to the…
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND LOGIC FOR GENERATING GRAPHICAL IDENTIFIERS
Granted: September 15, 2016
Application Number:
20160269504
An example method is provided and includes establishing, by one or more servers, a communication session that provides an endpoint with access to at least one communication data stream, wherein the at least one communication data stream involves a plurality of profiles; generating a plurality of graphical identifiers corresponding to the plurality of profiles, wherein each of the plurality of graphical identifiers has at least one visual effect that is based on a determination of whether…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENTS FOR CELLULAR INTERFACES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 8, 2016
Application Number:
20160261516
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a predicted average throughput for each of one or more cellular interfaces and adjusting bandwidth for each of the one or more of the cellular interfaces based, at least in part, on the predicted average throughput determined for each of the one or more cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include determining a variance in path metrics for multiple cellular interfaces and updating a…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENTS FOR CELLULAR INTERFACES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 8, 2016
Application Number:
20160261515
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a predicted average throughput for each of one or more cellular interfaces and adjusting bandwidth for each of the one or more of the cellular interfaces based, at least in part, on the predicted average throughput determined for each of the one or more cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include determining a variance in path metrics for multiple cellular interfaces and updating a…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENTS FOR CELLULAR INTERFACES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 8, 2016
Application Number:
20160261514
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a predicted average throughput for each of one or more cellular interfaces and adjusting bandwidth for each of the one or more of the cellular interfaces based, at least in part, on the predicted average throughput determined for each of the one or more cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include determining a variance in path metrics for multiple cellular interfaces and updating a…
SYMMETRIC ROUTING ENFORCEMENT
Granted: September 8, 2016
Application Number:
20160261486
A method enabling symmetric routing between a first host within a first AS and a second host within a second AS is disclosed. The method includes detecting that a first routing message was received at an edge router of the first AS from an edge router of the second AS. The first message identifies the second host as a source and the first host as a destination of a forward route. The method further includes determining that the first message further comprises an indication to implement…
MONITORING THROUGH S-BFD (SEAMLESS BIDIRECTIONAL FORWARDING DETECTION)
Granted: September 8, 2016
Application Number:
20160261474
In one embodiment, a method includes assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at a network device, identifying at the reflector, a packet comprising the discriminator, the packet transmitted from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session, and transmitting a response packet from the reflector to the initiator. The response packet includes information for the target obtained by the reflector through monitoring of the…
ALMOST BLANK SUBFRAME BASED ORTHOGONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
Granted: September 1, 2016
Application Number:
20160255623
An example method for facilitating almost blank sub-frame (ABS) based orthogonal resource allocation in a wireless network environment is provided and includes receiving at a serving Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) nodeB (eNB), ABS patterns from a plurality of neighboring eNBs in a orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing based network, each neighboring eNB transmitting a separate ABS pattern, setting a maximum duty cycle of physical downlink control…
SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIA FOR ENTERPRISE WIRELESS CALLING
Granted: September 1, 2016
Application Number:
20160255050
Embodiments include receiving one or more packets of a Wi-Fi calling session via a secure tunnel from a user device, where the user device is connected to a source network via a Wi-Fi access point. Embodiments also include determining whether the Wi-Fi calling session is a threat based, at least in part, on identifying an anomaly of at least one packet of the one or more packets. An action can be taken if the Wi-Fi calling communication is determined to be a threat. More specific…
SYNONYMOUS LABELS
Granted: September 1, 2016
Application Number:
20160254994
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a communication system that can be configured to identify a system that includes network traffic, where at least a portion of the network traffic includes packets, at least a portion of the packets include a stack, and at least a portion of each stack includes one or more previously allocated labels. The communication system can further be configured to determine a synonymous label that triggers an action and to replace a label from the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND CONFIGURING SERVER UPLINK NETWORK INTERFACE
Granted: September 1, 2016
Application Number:
20160254956
A system and a method for method for automatically detecting and configuring server uplink network interfaces in a network environment. An exemplary method includes receiving a discovery packet from a network element on a network interface of a server connected to the network element; evaluating the discovery packet to determine whether the network element possesses virtual bridging capabilities; and configuring the network interface of the server as an uplink interface for communicating…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING CELLULAR NETWORKS OPERATION
Granted: August 25, 2016
Application Number:
20160248632
A SON element which is operative to carry out at least two different SON functions is provided, wherein each of the SON functions is associated with at least one SON related action, and wherein a SON related action, initiated by triggering a SON function, would have been adversely affected by another SON related action, initiated by triggering another SON function, had the SON element not affected a modification in operating conditions of the cellular network, wherein the SON element is…
