In one embodiment, a method according to the present disclosure includes receiving a topology change advertisement at a remote core edge node and performing a network address information removal operation. The topology change advertisement is received from a core edge node that is in communication with an access network. The topology change advertisement indicates that a topology change has occurred in the access network. The network address information removal operation removes network address information stored by the remote core edge node. The network address information is used by the remote core edge node in participating in communications with the core edge node.

A command processing system facilitates pipeline configuration. Each stage of a packet processing pipeline may access certain memory locations for processing of a data packet as it passes through each stage. The command processing system facilitates changing the memory locations in an atomic manner.

A method of processing one or more packets includes receiving, at a first processing unit, a first packet including first information bits. The first information bits indicate a first control parameter. The method also includes determining whether the first control parameter will be utilized to process the first packet in at least a second processing unit and, at least partially in response to determining that the first control parameter will not be utilized to process the first packet in at least the second processing unit, replacing one or more bits of the first information bits in the first packet with second information bits. The second information bits indicate a second control parameter. The method also includes providing the first packet including the second information bits to the second processing unit.

A system having vehicle keys and a docking station, wherein each vehicle key has a node for connecting with a vehicle and with the docking station. The docking station includes ports for accommodating the vehicle keys, a first node for connecting with the vehicle keys and a second node for connecting with a processor system. A first of the vehicle keys is assigned to a first vehicle and includes a discovery protocol for detecting a second vehicle key assigned to the first vehicle when the first and the second vehicle keys are put in the ports of the docking station. Vehicle system data stored in each of the first vehicle key and the second vehicle key is synchronized between the first vehicle key and the second vehicle key while connected to the ports of the docking station.

Transmission of data over a serial link based on a unidirectional clock signal is provided. A unidirectional clock signal is generated based on a first clock of a master device. The unidirectional clock signal is sent to a slave device that is connected to the serial link. The master device transmits data to the slave device over the serial link based on the first clock. The slave device receives the unidirectional clock signal from a master device. The slave device transmits data over the serial link to the master device based on the unidirectional clock signal.

The invention relates to a method of controlling a packet stream generated by an application (APP) installed in a mobile terminal (UE), the stream being intended to be sent by the terminal over a communications network managed by an operator, the method comprising the following steps implemented in the terminal, for all or some of the packets generated by the application: obtaining and analysis of a packet, termed the first packet (P1), sending by the terminal of a second packet (P2) based on the first packet and conforming to at least one processing rule established by the operator, as a function of the result of the analysis and if the result of the analysis permits the sending.

A method manages data traffic in a vehicle controller area network having a plurality of functional modules. To that end, the method and apparatus passively receive data messages transmitted across the controller area network. The data messages are formatted in one of a plurality of proprietary protocols. Next, the method determines the protocol of the data messages. The determined protocol is one of the plurality of proprietary protocols. After determining the protocol, protocol logic translates the data messages (transmitted across the controller area network) from the determined protocol to a given protocol. The protocol logic is configured to translate the data messages from any of the plurality of proprietary protocols into the given protocol. The method then transmits the data messages, in the given protocol, onto the controller area network for use by at least one of the functional modules.

One or more examples relate to an on-chip protocol analyzer provided at a physical layer of a communication interface to receive information about link control process data carried by a communication system to or from a protocol control logic of the communication interface.

The present disclosure describes systems and methods for data collection in an industrial environment having self-organization functionality. A method can include analyzing a plurality of sensor inputs, sampling data received from the sensor inputs, and self-organizing at least one of (i) a storage operation of the data, (ii) a collection operation of sensors that provide the plurality of sensor inputs, and (iii) a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs. The method may further include receiving instructions directing a mobile data collector unit to operate sensors at a target, transmitting a communication to one or more other mobile data collector units regarding the instructions, and self-organizing a distribution of the mobile data collector unit.

A plugin generation device (10) includes: a mapping loading unit (11) that loads, into a controller (20) that transmits instruction information with respect to a network device from a service model (21) that receives the instruction information to a device model (23) that notifies the network device of the received instruction information, first mapping information between the service model (21) and a common model (22) and second mapping information between the common model (22) and the device model (23) as information for mapping the service model (21) and the device model (23), respectively; a config loading unit (12) that loads preconditions for generating a plugin as config information; and a plugin generation unit (13) that generates a plugin to be incorporated into the controller (20) on the basis of the first mapping information, the second mapping information, and the config information.