Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Motorola Corporation

Uptake Technologies, Inc.

Symbol Technologies, LLC

Motorola Mobility LLC

Arris Enterprises LLC

Aparna Pandey

Randy L Ekl

Christopher G Ware

Michael F Korus

Donald G Newberg

Valentin Oprescu-Surcobe

Anthony R Metke

Harish Bhandiwad

Trent J Miller

Tyrone D Bekiares

Peter M Drozt

Steven D Tine

Anatoly Agulnik

Peter E Thomas

Joseph E Phillips

Ryan P Ziolko

Mark J Johnson

Robert D Logalbo

James A Marocchi

Daniel S Griesmann

Nelson Troy De Freitas

Colin D Frank

Miklos Stern

Shyamal Ramachandran

Timothy J Wilson

Stephen P Emeott

Ron Rotstein

Michael H Baker

Floyd D Simpson

Brian Keith Smith

George Popovich

Christophe Janneteau

Shmuel Silverman

James M Nowakowski

Michelle M Antonelli

Binit Jain

Nelson Troy De Fritas

A computing system may be configured to obtain operating data for a manufacturing network that comprises a plurality of edge nodes, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and a root node. Based on the operating data, the computing system may determine a respective critical state indicator for each node in at least a given segment of the manufacturing network. Based on the respective critical state indicator for each node in the given segment, the computing system may recursively determine a respective health score for each node in the given segment of the manufacturing network. Based on the respective health score for each node in the given segment of the manufacturing network, the computing system may identify one or more nodes in the given segment that are anomalous and cause a client station to present a report of the one or more nodes that are identified to be anomalous.

Computer system and method for evaluating health of nodes in a manufacturing network

A computing system may evaluate the operation of a manufacturing network using at least two of (a) macro-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of the manufacturing network as a whole, (b) micro-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of any of a plurality of micro-networks in the manufacturing network, (c) path-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of any of a plurality of node paths in the manufacturing network, or (d) node-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of any of a plurality of individual nodes in the manufacturing network. Based on the evaluating, computing system may identify at least one anomaly in the manufacturing network and then trigger at least one action that is directed to resolving the at least one anomaly.

Computer system and method of detecting manufacturing network anomalies

A computing system may be configured to monitor the operation of a plurality of nodes in a manufacturing network that comprises a plurality of edge nodes, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and a root node. While monitoring the operation of the plurality of nodes, the computing system may identify a given time at which at least one node in the manufacturing network satisfies node-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of the node and responsively evaluate the operation of the manufacturing network at the given time using one or more of macro-level threshold, micro-level threshold criteria, path-level threshold criteria, and node-level threshold criteria. Based on the evaluation, the computing system may identify an anomaly in the manufacturing network at the given time and then cause a client station to present an alert indicating the anomaly.

A method and apparatus for displaying video is provided herein. During operation, video is displayed on one of many displays in a geographically correct fashion. For example, in an embodiment involving two displays (e.g., on a firefighter's two wrists), each of which display a video feed, the video is displayed such that the video feed of the most appropriate scene (not necessarily the video feed of the closest camera) is shown on that display.

Method and apparatus for displaying an image from a camera

An interoperability gateway performs a method for setting Quality of Service for a bearer in response to an emergency event. The method includes the interoperability gateway performing: receiving a indication of an emergency event for a first user, wherein the first user is operating a first device in a first network of a first network type; responsive to receiving the indication, determining a set of devices related to the first user, wherein the set of devices includes the first device and at least a second device operating in a second network of a second network type; instructing the second network to modify at least one Quality of Service setting for the second device.

Method and system for setting quality of service for a bearer in response to an emergency event

A method and system for selecting a target cell for handover of user equipment in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system are described. In accordance with the method, a serving cell: determines virtual channels supported by each of a plurality of neighboring cells; determines a set of virtual channels of interest to a UE; selects a subset of the neighboring cells, which supports at least one virtual channel in the set of virtual channels of interest to the UE; modifies handover behavior, and uses results of the modified handover behavior to select one of the neighboring cells, from the subset, as a target cell for handover of the UE.

Method and system for selecting a target cell for handover of user equipment in a long term evolution system

Public safety user equipment (PS UE) that establishes a first wireless communication channel over a primary network to at least one multimedia multicast or broadcast service management entity and establishes one or more alternative wireless communication channels over one or more alternative networks (). The public safety user equipment receives at least one multimedia multicast or broadcast service message over the first wireless communication channel (). Then, the PS UE extracts data contained in the multimedia multicast or broadcast service message and storing the data in a local cache (). The PS UE receives a cache request from the one or more user equipment over one or more alternative wireless communication channels () and then the PS UE transmits the stored data to the one or more PS user equipment ().

Method and apparatus for propagating public safety multicast and broadcast services among public safety personnel

A technique for modifying radio frequency identification (RFID) system operation using movement detection includes an RFID scanner disposed within an environment and operable to obtain RFID data from RFID tags located within the environment. An imaging device captures video of the environment, and a processor analyzes the captured video from the imaging device to detect and locate movement within the environment. If movement is detected within the environment, the processor modifies operation of the RFID scanner that is proximal to the location of the movement, increasing or decreasing interrogation rate, for example.

Modifying RFID system operation using movement detection

Methods for managing resource utilization in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system are described. In one method, an application server: receives signaling indicating resource utilization in the LTE system; determines, based on this signaling, a set of control parameters for a user equipment (UE) receiving service from the LTE system; and sends the set of control parameters to the UE, wherein the set of control parameters indicates behavior for the UE toward at least one of maintaining LTE system resources or modifying standard handover procedures. The signaling indicating resource utilization in the LTE system is sent from UE, the LTE system, or both.

Methods for managing resource utilization in a long term evolution communication system

A system provides for traffic offloading in a Public Safety communication system. The system includes multiple user equipment (UEs), each a member of a same communications group, and a services network element configured to receive information comprising an identifier of the communications group, an identifier of each UE of the multiple UEs, and an identifier of a cell of a primary network where each UE resides; store, in association with each UE identifier, the communications group identifier and the primary network cell identifier; determine that a primary network cell is congested; responsive to determining that the cell is congested, determine a subset of the multiple UEs that are members of the communications group, reside in the congested cell, and are capable of being served by one or more secondary networks; and instruct the subset of UEs to offload their communications group traffic to the one or more secondary networks.

Method and apparatus for traffic offloading procedure management in a public safety communication system

Public safety user equipment (PS UE) that establishes a first wireless communication channel over a primary network to at least one multimedia multicast or broadcast service management entity and establishes one or more alternative wireless communication channels over one or more alternative networks (). The public safety user equipment receives at least one multimedia multicast or broadcast service message over the first wireless communication channel (), Then, the PS UE extracts data contained in the multimedia multicast or broadcast service message and storing the data in a local cache (). The PS UE receives a cache request from the one or more user equipment over one or more alternative wireless communication channels () and then the PS UE transmits the stored data to the one or more PS user equipment ().

A method and apparatus for data communication. The method includes determining that a first nested network, is available to a plurality of user terminals, the first terminal providing a data interface to a first primary network. The method further includes determining that traffic on the first primary network can be reduced by moving one or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals from the first primary network to the nested network. The one or more user terminals are then directed to move to the nested network.

Method and apparatus for data communication

A 3GPP compliant system includes a radio access network (RAN) partitioned into a plurality MBMS services areas, wherein each MBMS service area has a plurality of MBMS bearers established a priori for transporting media streams. An infrastructure device: receives a request to transmit a media stream to a communication group, wherein the request to transmit is received after the MBMS bearers were established; determines a MBMS bearer in a MBMS service area to assign to transport the media stream; generates a MBMS connect message that binds the communication group to the assigned MBMS bearer, wherein the MBMS connect message includes an identifier for the communication group and an identifier for the assigned MBMS bearer; and sends the MBMS connect message to members of the communication group.

Methods for binding and unbinding a MBMS bearer to a communication group in a 3GPP compliant system

A method and apparatus for facilitating a fast handoff for subscribers in a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) by establishing a hard association with a first entity by sending a hard association request to the first entity and receiving a hard association response in response to the hard association request and establishing a pending association with a second entity by sending a pending association request to a second entity and receiving a pending association response from the second entity. In one embodiment, the pending association with the second entity may be converted to a hard association.

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