Itron Gmbh

Ciena Corporation

Micron Technology Incorporated

Scosche Industries, Inc.

Richard Donald Maes, Ii

Robert Vernon Dusenberry

Eric S Benson

Reshmi Basu

Katie Blomster Park

Gary A Johnson

Robert J Pintar

Scott Anthony Pennestri

Scott Allan Hawkins

Techniques for transmitting data include a network device receiving a message, the message comprising data to be transmitted from the network device; storing the message in a buffer of the network device. During an open data session window, the network device: extracts the message from the buffer; and transmits, using a transmitter of the network device, at least data included in the message to a transceiver of the network device. The transceiver is configured to transmit the data outside of the network device. In response to determining that a header of the message includes a last message indicator, the network device: delays for a period of time; and after the period of time, instructs the transceiver to end the data session window early and transition to a lower power state.

Techniques for release assistance indication assertion

Techniques for transmitting data include one or more processors of a computing device included in a network device identifying data to be transmitted, wherein the computing device includes the one or more processors, a queue, and a transmitter, and wherein the network device includes the computing device and a transceiver that is configured to transmit data outside of the network device; adding the data to the queue; and during an open data session window: transmitting, via the transmitter and to the transceiver, data extracted from the queue; and in response to determining that an amount of data in the queue is below a threshold, (a) delaying for a period of time, and (b) after the period of time, instructing the transceiver to end the open data session window early and transition to a lower power state.

Techniques for transmitting data include one or more processors of a computing device included in a network device identifying data to be transmitted; and while a data session window is open: transmitting, using a transmitter of the network device, the data to a transceiver that is included in the network device and is separate from the one or more processors, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the data outside of the network device; and in response to determining that there is no additional data to be transmitted, (a) delaying for a period of time, and (b) after the period of time, instructing the transceiver to end the data session window early and transition to a lower power state.

Techniques for preserving battery life in poor signal conditions include an electronic device determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter associated with a link between the electronic device and a base station for a first point in time; determining, based on the CE parameter, that a signaling metric associated with the link for the first point in time is equal to or below a corresponding threshold; and in response to determining that the signaling metric is equal to or below the corresponding threshold, delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.

Techniques for preserving battery life in poor signal conditions using cellular protocol information

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device. The technique includes an electronic device determining one or more signal characteristics of a link between the electronic device and a base station, estimating a coupling loss for the link based on the one or more signal characteristics, determining whether the coupling loss exceeds a maximum coupling loss (MCL) for the link; and in response to determining that the coupling loss exceeds the MCL, delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link to the base station.

Preserving battery life in poor signal conditions using RF link analysis

Techniques for transmitting data include identifying data to be transmitted; and in response to a data session window being open: transmitting the data to a transceiver via a transmitter; determining whether there is additional data to be transmitted and determining whether the transmitter has transmitted the data to the transceiver; and in response, instructing the transceiver to end the data session window early and transition to a lower power state.

Techniques for transmitting data include receiving a message, storing the message in a buffer, and in response to a data session window being open: extracting the message from the buffer; transmitting at least data included in the message to a transceiver via a transmitter; determining that a header of the message includes a last message indicator and determining that the transmitter has transmitted the data to the transceiver; and in response, instructing the transceiver to end the data session window early and transition to a lower power state.

Techniques for transmitting data include identifying data to be transmitted, adding the data to a queue, and in response to a data session window being open: extracting the data from the queue; transmitting the extracted data to a transceiver via a transmitter; monitoring an amount of data in the queue and determining that the transmitter has transmitted the extracted data to the transceiver; and in response, instructing the transceiver to end the data session window early and transition to a lower power state.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device within a cellular environment. The technique includes determining a coverage enhancement (CE) parameter and one or more radio frequency (RF) link parameters associated with a link between the electronic device and a cellular base station at a first point in time. The technique also includes computing a first estimate for a signal condition associated with the link based on the CE parameter and the one or more RF link parameters. The technique further includes determining that the signal condition is not adequate based on the first estimate and delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.

A method is described that includes receiving a write request with user data and a logical address and select a next address queue from a plurality of next address queues based on a reciprocal relationship between short-term usage information associated with the logical address and a set of characteristics of the selected next address queue. Each next address queue in the plurality of next address queues stores physical addresses that are designated to be used for fulfilling write requests. Further, a next physical address is removed from the selected next address queue and the user data of the write request is written to the next physical address in a memory device.

Profile and queue-based wear leveling of memory devices

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device within a cellular environment. The technique includes determining one or more radio frequency (RF) link parameters associated with a link between the electronic device and a cellular base station at a first point in time. The technique also includes computing a first estimate for a pseudo-coupling loss (PCL) for the link based on the one or more RF link parameters. The technique further includes determining that the PCL exceeds a maximum coupling loss (MCL) for the link based on the first estimate and delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link until a second point in time that is later than the first point in time.

Systems and methods of scheduling for Network Function Virtualization (NFV) on processing resources include receiving multiple flows from different customers and different applications; classifying the multiple flows to provide classified flows; distributing the classified flows to a plurality of queues; and providing each of the classified flows in the plurality of queues to the processing resources, wherein each individual classified flow is distributed to a same processing resource thereby maintaining flow order of the individual classified flow.

Flow and application based processor scheduling for network functions virtualization applications using flow identification based on logical calculations on frame based fields

A method for wear leveling memory elements in a memory component of a memory subsystem is described. The method includes a memory subsystem receiving a write request that includes user data and a logical address, removing a next physical address from a next address queue, which stores physical addresses that are designated to be used for fulfilling write requests, and writing the user data to the next physical address in the memory component. Further, the memory subsystem locates, in a logical-to-physical table, an entry associated with the logical address of the write request and includes an old physical address that is mapped to the logical address of the write request. The memory subsystem adds the old physical address to a disposal address queue, wherein the disposal address queue stores physical addresses that are not designated to be used for fulfilling write requests.

Queue-based wear leveling of memory components

A method for a network device. The method includes receiving, by an encapsulation engine from a data path processor, a channel identifier in connection with a data frame, where the channel identifier identifies a channel of the network, traversing, by the encapsulation engine based on the channel identifier in connection with the data frame, a hierarchical data structure, where the hierarchical data structure includes a number of hierarchical encapsulation data items corresponding to a number of channels, selecting, from the number of hierarchical encapsulation data items by the encapsulation engine based on the traversing the hierarchical data structure, a number of linked encapsulation data items that are linked to the channel identifier, generating, by the encapsulation engine based on the number of linked encapsulation data items, an encapsulation result, and sending, to the data path processor, the encapsulation result for transmitting the data frame via at least the channel.

Hierarchical encapsulation acceleration

A method for operating a network includes receiving, by a statistics engine of a network device, a channel identifier in connection with a statistic of an input frame. The channel identifier identifies a channel of a virtual network structure, and the input frame is received by the network device via the channel of the virtual network structure. The method further includes traversing, by a statistics engine and in response to the receiving the channel identifier in connection with the statistic, a hierarchical data structure based on the channel identifier. The hierarchical data structure comprises hierarchical statistic attributes of the virtual network structure. The method further includes selecting, by the statistics engine based on the traversing and from the hierarchical statistic attributes, linked statistic attributes that are linked to the channel identifier in the hierarchical data structure, incrementing, by the statistics engine based on the statistic, an existing value of each of the linked statistic attributes to generate an incremented value, and presenting, subsequent to the incrementing the existing value, the hierarchical statistic attributes.

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