Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Johan Eker

Bengt Lindoff

Carl Von Platen

Magnus Åström

Johan Nilsson

Björn Johansson

Andres Reial

Peter Alriksson

Niklas Andgart

Song Yuan

Christian Gehrmann

Harald Gustafsson

Per Skarin

Victor Millnert

Joakim Persson

Fredrik Svensson

Torgny Holmberg

Jan Patrik Persson

Bjorn Inge Johansson

Christien LeBlanc

Edgard Fiallos

Charles Chen Xu

Per Svensson

Christien Leblanc

Enrico Bini

Reducing network congestion using a load balancer is described. The load balancer receives network traffic for processing work for a delay-sensitive application. The load balancer is coupled with multiple application instances executing on compute nodes that are each capable of processing the work. The load balancer determines from the network traffic whether there is an indication of network congestion. If there is an indication of network congestion, the load balancer selects one of the application instances for processing the work based at least in part on reducing the network congestion. The load balancer causes the work to be processed at the selected application instance.

Reducing network congestion using a load balancer

A method for enabling migration of computing information between a first edge computing device associated with a first cell in a cellular network and at least a second edge computing device associated with a second cell in the cellular network, wherein the cellular network comprises a plurality of cells, the method comprising determining the trajectory of a wireless communication device located within a first cell of the cellular network, identifying a second cell of the cellular network towards which the trajectory leads, causing allocation of resources at the second edge computing device associated with the second cell to enable migration of computing information from the first edge computing device associated with the first cell to the second edge computing device associated with the second cell.

Migration of computing information between edge computing devices

A network node and method therein for assisting a communication device to perform handover from a serving cell to a target cell in a communication network are disclosed. The network node is configured to obtain a first round trip time between the network node and a server and obtain a second round trip time between a target node in the target cell and the server. The network node is further configured to instruct the communication device to perform handover from the serving cell to the target cell based on at least the first round trip time and the second round trip time.

Network node and method therein for handover in wireless communication network

Systems and methods of managing computational resources are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method by a controller () for managing computational resources may include dynamically distributing () computational resource shares among sequential services that are mapped to one or more processors (). Further, each sequential service corresponds to an execution step of a remote application (). Also, a service chain (--) comprises at least one sequential service. The dynamical distribution is based on estimated and predetermined tail latencies and average execution times of each sequential service in the service chain as well as the service chain such that the latencies are met. In addition, the one or more service chains are executed contemporaneously.

Systems and methods of managing computational resources

A communication device and method therein for handover from a serving cell to a target cell in a communication network are disclosed. The communication device is configured to obtain a first round trip time between the communication device via the network node and a server and obtain a second round trip time between the communication device via a target node in the target cell and the server. The communication device is further configured to send a request for handover from the serving cell to the target cell based on at least the first round trip time and the second round trip time.

Communication device and method therein for handover in wireless communication network

A server receives sensor information from a wireless device and provides control signals based on the sensor information to the wireless device for enabling the device to perform a control task. The server receives an estimate of imminent connection state of the wireless device. Upon the state indicating a connection quality parameter to have a quality below a first threshold, the server provides an information package to be sent to the wireless device for enabling the device to perform an increased part of the control task locally at the device. Upon the state indicating the connection quality parameter to have a quality above a second threshold, the server provides an information package to be sent to the wireless device for enabling the device to be relieved from performing at least a part of the control task by the server providing increased aid in performing the control task.

Service, wireless device, methods and computer programs

A controller arrangement comprising a transceiver capable of communication via a wireless communication network, a controller arranged to control a physical entity at which the controller arrangement is arranged, and an interface between the transceiver and the controller is disclosed. The transceiver is arranged to provide information via the interface about present or imminent interrupts in the communication via the wireless network. The controller is arranged to operate in at least a first state when the information indicates that no interrupts are present or imminent, wherein the first state includes closed loop control from a remote entity via the wireless communication network, and a second state when the information indicates that interrupts are present or imminent, wherein the second state includes autonomous control operations by the controller. A method and computer program are also disclosed.

Controller arrangement, method and computer program

A physical network node controls allocation and/or deallocation of resources of an interconnected hardware infrastructure. The physical network node determines a number of requests currently queued at a first service node of a plurality of serially-connected service nodes at a current time. The plurality of serially-connected service nodes supports a packet flow using resources of the interconnected hardware infrastructure. The physical network node also determines a packet flow rate of the packet flow into the first service node. The physical network node also determines a future time to control allocation or deallocation of a resource of the interconnected hardware infrastructure to a second service node of the plurality of serially-connected service nodes based on the determined number of requests and the determined packet flow rate. The physical network node controls allocation or deallocation of the resource to the second service node at the future time.

Interconnected hardware infrastructure resource control

A server is connected via a wireless communication network to be capable of receiving sensor information from a wireless device and provide control signals based on at least the sensor information to the wireless device for enabling the wireless device to perform a control task. The server is arranged to receive an estimate of imminent connection state of the wireless device and adapt operation such that upon the estimated imminent connection state indicates a connection quality parameter to have a quality below a first threshold, the server provides an information package to be sent to the wireless device for enabling the wireless device to perform at least an increased part of the operation task locally at the wireless communication device, and upon the estimated imminent connection state indicates the connection quality parameter to have a quality above a second threshold, the server provides an information package to be sent to the wireless device for enabling the wireless device to be relieved from performing at least a part of the operation task by the server providing increased aid in performing the control task. The wireless device, methods and computer programs are also disclosed.

Server, wireless device, methods and computer programs for distributing performance of a control task based on a connection quality

A network node comprising a memory and a controller, wherein said controller is configured to: detect that a handover for a mobile communications terminal from a first base station to a second base station and in response thereto determine if an application module associated with the mobile communications terminal is to be migrated, and if so, cause a migration of said application module to be performed.

Handover in a telecommunications system with distributed processing

A downlink physical layer processing system includes a transport block segmentation processor that receives a transport block and generates segmented blocks from the transport block, an encoder that encodes the segmented blocks and forms encoded blocks, a mapping processor that maps the encoded blocks to symbols corresponding to resource elements to generate mapped symbols for transmission over a transmission medium, and a transmission signal generator that processes the mapped symbols to generate transmission signals for transmission over the transmission medium. The mapping processor maps the encoded blocks to the symbols in response to a control signal generated by the transmission signal generator. The encoder thereby operates in response to timing of data received by the encoder while the mapping processor operates in response to timing of processing of symbols by the transmission signal generator.

Downlink physical layer processing in wireless networks with symbol rate mapping

A method of statically testing dependence in a dataflow program is provided, the method comprising receiving a dataflow program which provides parameters, including consumption rates, production rates on connections between actors in the program and a number of initial samples (delays) on the connections, generating from the parameters a model of a precedence graph for the dataflow program representing dependence constraints between distinct firings of the number of actors. For the model, determining a feedback distance between multiple firings of a same actor, determining sets of parallel regions comprising a given number of actor firings of a same actor, composing mutually independent component regions comprising at least a part of the sets of parallel regions, and composing one or more composite regions comprising one or more component regions and/or one or more sets of parallel regions, being composed so that a pre-determined criteria is satisfied.

Method for exploiting massive parallelism

Processing a dataflow program by a program development tool includes detecting a pair of actors defined by dataflow program instructions, wherein the pair of actors include a producer actor and a consumer actor, the producer actor supplying a data structure to the consumer actor via a path that comprises at least one connection and possibly also intervening other actors. An analysis is performed including analyzing one or more operations of the producer actor that involve the data structure and/or analyzing one or more operations of the consumer actor that involve the data structure. A result of the analysis is used as a basis for selecting a minimal amount of information from among a plurality of data handling possibilities concerning the data structure. A transformed program is produced in which the selected minimal amount of information is caused to be passed from the producer actor to the consumer actor.

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Johan Eker