Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.

Lucent Technologies Inc.

Sound View Innovations, LLC

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia of America Corporation

Katherine Hua Guo

Sanjoy Paul

Arun N Netravali

Krishan Kumar Sabnani

Sarit Mukherjee

Yigal Bejerano

Thyagarajan Nandagopal

Markus Andreas Hofmann

Hui Joyce Zhang

Cristian Lumezanu

Tze Sing Eugene Ng

Sampath Rangarajan

Thomas Y Woo

Milind Madhav Buddhikot

Ranjan Sharma

Scott Corey Miller

Ramachendra Prahlada Batni

Subhash Suri

Youngsu Chae

Krishna Balachandran

Kiran Meghashyam Rege

Li Erran Li

Suresh Goyal

Ilija Hadzic

Krishna P Puttaswamy Naga

Emina Soljanin

Yow-Jian Lin

Martin D Carroll

Tejas Naik

Samphel Norden

Kumar Venkata Vemuri

Anand Kagalkar

Ethendranath N Bommaiah

Gabriela M Abramovici

Tuvia Izsak

Chandra S Chekuri

Lesley Jen-Yuan Wu

Krishnan K Sabnani

Scott Miller

Les Wu

A monitoring station deployed in a network monitors packets over one or more interfaces in the network. The monitoring station identifies a flow in a media session. The flow includes at least one request message that includes a request for a segment or chunk of video content and one or more response messages including the requested chunk. The monitoring determines a start of a chunk in the flow and determines an end of the chunk in the flow. Using the start and end times of the chunk and next or subsequent chunks, the monitoring station determines one or more chunk statistics, such as chunk size, chunk duration and chunk download time.

System and method for quality of service detection of encrypted packet flows

In an example embodiment, a device includes a memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to configure a device as a node in a cloud storage structure formed over a local area network and exchange a file available on the cloud storage structure without obtaining the file from a remote server outside of the cloud storage structure.

Systems and methods of providing an edge cloud storage and caching system operating over a local area network

A capability is provided for securely transferring a file within network-based storage. A capability is provided for securely transferring a user file of a user from a first server to a second server. The first server may be associated with a first service provider and the second server may be associated with a second service provider. The secure transfer of a user file from the first server to the second server may be performed based on a One-Click File Transfer capability in which only a single click by the user is needed in order for the user file to be transferred. The secure transfer of a user file from the first server to the second server may be performed based on a Zero-Click File Transfer capability in which the user file may be transferred without any interaction by the user.

Secure file transfers within network-based storage

A proxy mixer includes a transceiver configured to receive one or more first requests to provide one or more first media streams to one or more first endpoints. The one or more first media streams are generated by one or more second endpoints. The one or more first requests indicate one or more first quality metrics for the one or more first media streams. The transceiver is also configured to provide one or more second requests for the one or more second endpoints to generate the one or more first media streams at an aggregate quality metric that equals a highest quality metric of the one or more first quality metrics. The transceiver is further configured to transmit the one or more first media streams towards the one or more first endpoints.

Scalable architecture for media mixing

At least one example embodiment discloses a paging message controller. The paging message controller includes a processor and an associated memory. The processor is configured to obtain an indication of a paging message for a user equipment (UE), the indication indicating that a paging message is to be forwarded to at least one destination cell of a first set of cells for paging the UE, and forward the paging message for paging the UE to at least one destination cell of a second set of cells in response to the indication.

Networks and methods for paging message control

An apparatus and method to enhance existing caches in a network to better support streaming media storage and distribution. Helper machines are used inside the network to implement several methods which support streaming media including segmentation of streaming media objects into smaller units, cooperation of Helper machines, and novel placement and replacement policies for segments of media objects.

Method and system for caching streaming multimedia on the internet

Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus of providing wireless access point selection based on performance metric(s) and signal strength. In particular, a client selecting between one of a number of wireless access points bases the selection decision on performance metrics as well as signal strength.

Method and apparatus for selecting a wireless access point

At least one example embodiment discloses a method for allocating uplink transmissions from a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to a base station. The method includes allocating uplink transmission air-time of the base station to a plurality of groups, associating each of the plurality of UEs to the plurality of groups, a throughput of each associated UE in a same group being affected by the remaining UEs in the same group and determining a resource sharing mode associated with each of the plurality of groups, the resource sharing mode being one of a first mode and a second mode, the base station allocating the same throughput to each associated UE in the associated group in the first mode and the base station allocating a same transmission air-time to each associated UE in the associated group in the second mode.

Methods for allocating and scheduling uplink and downlink transmissions and apparatuses thereof

At least one example embodiment discloses a method for allocating downlink transmissions to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) from a base station. The method includes allocating downlink transmission air-time of the base station to a plurality of groups, associating each of the plurality of UEs to the plurality of groups, a throughput of each associated UE in a same group being affected by the remaining UEs in the same group and determining a resource sharing mode associated with each of the plurality of groups, the resource sharing mode being one of a first mode and a second mode, the base station allocating the same throughput to each associated UE in the associated group in the first mode and the base station allocating the same transmission time to each associated UE in the associated group in the second mode.

Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved multicast operation. In one method, a feedback mobile device receives (), from a multicast sender, a multicast transmission for a plurality of mobile devices, the plurality of mobile devices further including a group of non-feedback mobile devices. The feedback mobile device transmits () an indication of feedback mobile channel quality observed by the feedback mobile device to the multicast sender and to the group of non-feedback mobile devices. The feedback mobile device receives () from at least one non-feedback mobile device, an indication of non-feedback mobile channel quality at the at least one non-feedback mobile device and transmits () an indication of the non-feedback mobile channel quality to the multicast sender and to the group of non-feedback mobile devices.

Method and apparatus for improved multicast service using negotiated feedback

The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing media content. The method includes duplicating each packet of an original packet stream for which an associated importance level satisfies an importance condition, inserting each duplicate packet within the original packet stream to form thereby a modified packet stream, and transmitting the modified packet stream toward a wireless terminal adapted for processing the modified packet stream for presenting the media content conveyed by the original packet stream. The duplicate packets may be inserted within respective windows associated with the duplicate packets, wherein each window is determined according to an original packet position associated with the original packet from which the duplicate packet is formed.

Method and apparatus for improved multicast streaming in wireless networks

The invention includes a method and apparatus for scheduling multicast transmissions in a wireless network by selecting one of a plurality of multicast groups of a cellular region that is permitted to transmit information during a current timeslot. A method includes receiving data rate request values from wireless user terminals of each of a plurality of multicast groups, assigning a data rate to each multicast group using the data rate request values of wireless user terminals belonging to the respective multicast groups, selecting one of the multicast groups using the assigned data rates, and transmitting information to the selected one of the multicast groups at the associated assigned data rate. In one embodiment, the multicast scheduling algorithm may be a multicast proportional fairness (MPF) scheduling algorithm which attempts to maximize utility value of data received by individual users. In one embodiment, the multicast scheduling algorithm may be an inter-group proportional fairness (IPF) scheduling algorithm which attempts to maximize utility value of data received by multicast groups.

Method and apparatus for multicast scheduling in wireless networks

Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved neighbor detection. In a first method, a node (e.g., a mobile node or a network transceiver node) transmits () a neighbor discovery message that indicates a time at which neighbor discovery signaling is to occur. Then during the neighbor discovery signaling time, the node receives () signaling indicating a signature of at least one neighbor node. In a second method, a neighbor node receives () a neighbor discovery message that indicates a time at which neighbor discovery signaling is to occur. Then during the neighbor discovery signaling time, the neighbor node transmits () a signature identifying itself.

Method and apparatus for neighbor discovery

Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus of providing accelerated encrypted connections in a cloud network supporting transmission of data including per-user encrypted data. Transmission of encrypted data from an application server uses an encryption scheme that encrypts static data using a first encryption scheme that derives keys from the content itself and encrypts dynamic data, such as dynamic website content with personalized user data, using a second encryption scheme.

Method and apparatus for accelerating connections in a cloud network

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