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Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited

Noel Andrew Bainbridge

Bozidar Radunovic

Matthew John Balkwill

Antonios Katsarakis

Yongguang Zhang

James Digby Yarlet Collier

Chris Lowe

A reliable network function virtualization (rVNF) system includes a virtualized network function (VNF) application instance that includes a plurality of physical VNF instances. A load balancer provides an interface between a client and the VNF application instance. A load balancer interface facilitates delivery of packets related to a particular user context to the same physical VNF instance. A communication interface facilitates communication between the client and the VNF application instance. Application storage stores session data associated with the VNF application instance.

Reliable virtualized network function system for a cloud computing system

Techniques are described for operating a core cellular network stack on a cloud computing environment (e.g., a public cloud infrastructure). For example, virtualized packet gateways can be run on virtual machines of the cloud computing environment and standard load balancers can distribute network traffic of the cellular network among the virtualized packet gateways. The virtualized packet gateways can be setup with a local cache of an external key-value store containing bearers of the cellular network and process received data plane network packets using the local cache. Bearers can be updated within the cellular network using the external key-value store, and virtualized packet gateways can obtain and use updated bearer details.

Implementation of core cellular networking stack on cloud infrastructure

Method and peripheral device to facilitate the installation of software on a host device to allow communication between that host device and a peripheral device. On connection to a host device a peripheral device presents in a first mode. In the first mode the device identifies itself as a Human Interaction Device and transmits information to the host device to facilitate the installation of the software. Subsequently the peripheral device operates in a second mode in which it identifies itself according to its real function.

Software install automation

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Noel Andrew Bainbridge