In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a network component, a first segment identifier (SID) within a SID list. The first SID includes a first SID block and a first micro SID (uSID). The method also includes initializing, by the network component, a packing list of a uSID carrier with the first uSID of the first SID and initializing, by the network component, a packing block of the uSID carrier with the first SID block of the first SID. The method further includes initializing, by the network component, a remaining packing capacity of the packing list with a carrier capacity of the first SID and initializing, by the network component, an empty compressed SID list.

It may be determined that a payment reader requires a firmware update, which may be transmitted to the payment reader as compressed firmware update blocks. The payment reader may receive a first portion of set of the compressed firmware update blocks. The payment reader may decompress the first portion and determine a partial firmware offset associated with the first portion. If the firmware update is incomplete, the payment reader may transmit that partial firmware offset to a second device. Based on this partial of firmware offset and an offset table that associates compressed firmware offsets with decompressed firmware offsets, the payment reader receive a second portion of compressed firmware update blocks to send to the payment reader. The payment reader may determine that entire update has been received and update its firmware.

A method of establishing an asymmetric network between at least one node device and a gateway device is provided. The method may include transmitting a reduced data package from the node device, receiving the reduced data package in a data stream at the gateway device, validating bits of the data stream, and retrieving the reduced data package based on the validated bits.

A method for storing a data object includes identifying data segments of the data object. The method continues with generating key indexes for the data segments. For a data segment, the method continues with accessing data segment key information based on a corresponding key index of the plurality of key indexes to determine whether an encryption key has been generated for a similar data segment. When the encryption key has been generated for the similar data segment, the method continues with using the encryption key to encrypt the data segment to produce an encrypted data segment. The method continues with compressing the encrypted data segment to produce a compressed and encrypted data segment. The method continues with storing the compressed and encrypted data segment in a storage unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN).

A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a frame supporting a short MAC header in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system are disclosed. A method for encrypting a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system includes: constructing, by a first station (STA), Additional Authentication Data (AAD) including a Frame Control (FC) field, an Address 1 (A1) field, an Address 2 (A2) field, and a Sequence Control (SC) field; and transmitting a frame including an encrypted MPDU including the AAD from the first STA to a second STA. The FC field, the A1 field, the A2 field, and the SC field of the AAD are constructed on the basis of an FC field, an A1 field, an A2 field, and an SC field of a short MAC header of the MPDU, and one of the A1 field and the A2 field of the AAD includes an associated identifier (AID) value according to whether a transmission direction of the frame is an uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) direction.

Embodiments may be generally direct to apparatuses, systems, method, and techniques to determine a configuration for a plurality of connectors, the configuration to associate a first interconnect protocol with a first subset of the plurality of connectors and a second interconnect protocol with a second subset of the plurality of connectors, the first interconnect protocol and the second interconnect protocol are different interconnect protocols and each comprising one of a serial link protocol, a coherent link protocol, and an accelerator link protocol, cause processing of data for communication via the first subset of the plurality of connectors in accordance with the first interconnect protocol, and cause processing of data for communication via the second subset of the plurality of connector in accordance with the second interconnect protocol.

An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, an apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, a method for transmitting broadcast signals, and a method for receiving broadcast signals are disclosed. A method for receiving a broadcast signal comprising receiving a broadcast signal, parsing a second packet at the received broadcast signal, parsing the first packet using the fixed header and/or the extended header and displaying broadcast contents by processing the parsed first packet is disclosed.

UE (200) performs Asymmetric ROHC that applies header compression in a packet data convergence protocol layer to either an uplink or a downlink. The UE (200) includes a data transmitting-receiving unit (220) that receives from eNB a support notification indicating that the Asymmetric ROHC is supported and a capability notifying unit (240) that notifies, when the data transmitting-receiving unit (220) receives the support notification, the eNB of information to be used for setting the Asymmetric ROHC by including a profile of the Asymmetric ROHC in capability information of the UE (200).

A method performed by a transmitting device is disclosed herein. The transmitting device operates in a communications network. The transmitting device performs a reset on a buffer of the transmitting device. The transmitting device then switches, based on the performed reset, a first value in an indication to a second value. The indication is of the reset of the buffer. The transmitting device sets the indication to the second value for all packets generated by the transmitting device after the performed reset. This is set until the second value is switched again by the transmitting device in another indication, based on another performed reset of the buffer. The transmitting device then sends the indication with the second value to a receiving device operating in the communications network. The second value indicates that the reset was performed by the transmitting device.

A node receives an internet protocol (IP) payload packet that includes an IPv6 transport header that has been extended with a compressed routing header (CRH). The CRH includes a list of segment identifiers (SIDs) that identify nodes that the IP payload packet is to traverse. The node determines, by referencing the list of SIDs, a next segment for the IP payload packet. The node updates a destination IP address that is included in the IPv6 transport header to a particular destination IP address of a next-hop node. The node updates a remaining segments value, included in the CRH, that identifies a number of segments left in a route of the IP payload packet. The node provides the IP payload packet to the next-hop node to allow the next-hop node to route the IP payload packet to another node in the network or to a destination device.