Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, during a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) reordering timer period, whether one or more packet transfer criteria are satisfied. The UE may transfer, during the PDCP reordering timer period, one or more packets from a reordering window based at least in part on a determination that the one or more packet transfer criteria are satisfied. Numerous other aspects are provided.

In one embodiment, a networking device reroutes traffic in a network from a first path to a second path, based on a prediction that the first path will not satisfy a service level agreement associated with the traffic. The networking device enters a fast monitoring state during which the networking device performs fast probing of the first path and of the second path onto which the traffic was rerouted. The networking device makes, based on the fast probing, a determination as to whether the first path would have violated the service level agreement and whether the second path violates the service level agreement. The networking device enacts a routing decision for the traffic by applying a routing policy to the determination.

The present invention is designed to provide highly efficient small cell radio access. In a communication system to include a macro station (30), a local station (20), and a mobile terminal apparatus (10), the local station (20) generates measurement signals that are used in measurements in the mobile terminal apparatus (10) based on user an identifier or a user group identifier, and transmits this signal to the mobile terminal apparatus (10). The mobile terminal apparatus (10) receives the measurement signals transmitted from the local station (20) and carries out with measurements with respect to the measurement signals based on the user identifier or the user group identifier.

A processor may control a transmitter to send a first signal representing a request for one or more priority rules for data packet prioritization; to receive a second signal in response to the first signal, the second signal representing the one or more priority rules for data packet prioritization, and to receive a third signal representing a data packet including a header and a data payload. The header may comprise a first priority tag representing a first priority level. The processor may be configured to determine from the data payload and the one or more rules for data packet prioritization a second priority tag representing a second priority level and to replace the first priority tag with the second priority tag.

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for deployment of microservices within a shared pool of configurable computing resources. An embodiment may include creating a dependency map for a plurality of microservices of an application deployed on the shared pool of configurable computing resources. An embodiment may include identifying attributes, with associated values, for each microservice of the plurality of microservices and identifying eligible deployment locations within the shared pool of configurable computing resources. An embodiment may include creating a bipartite graph based on the plurality of microservices and the identified eligible deployment locations. An embodiment may include applying bipartite matching to the shared pool of configurable computing resources based on the created bipartite graph. An embodiment may include, based on the applied bipartite matching, relocating one or more microservices within the shared pool of configurable computing resources.

A device may obtain information. The information may represent a distance between a first user device and a second user device. The first user device and the second user device may share a destination address. The device may receive a first message associated with a call. The first message may be received based on the call having been made to the destination address. The device may determine, based on the information, whether to provide a second message associated with the call or a notification associated with the call. The device may selectively provide the second message or the notification based on determining whether to provide the second message or the notification.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method in which a terminal performs cell measurements. The method may include the steps of: receiving information on a resource restriction pattern indicating a subframe to which a restriction is applied for performing measurement on one or more neighboring cells; determining that a subframe indicated by second information is not configured as a Multimedia Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe for the neighboring cells if an MBSFN configuration of each of the neighboring cells is not known or not clearly indicated; and performing measurements using a plurality of cell-specific reference signals (CRSs) received from the neighboring cells on the subframe which is not configured as the MBSFN subframe.

Techniques are directed to using communication metric data associated with multiple modulation schemes to achieve a link quality metric that is representative of the link as a whole, across the multiple modulation schemes that may be employed on the link. A calculation of a link quality metric may be triggered by a network layer transmission attempt, with communication metrics accumulated at the link layer of the link. A filter used to calculate the link quality metric may be updated based on network layer transmission attempts, based on successful and/or unsuccessful transmissions at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the link. More generally, a calculation of link quality may be triggered by a higher layer transmission attempt while being calculated based on transmission attempts at a lower layer of the link.

Techniques are described for encoding and decoding digital video data using macroblocks that are larger than the macroblocks prescribed by conventional video encoding and decoding standards. For example, the techniques include encoding and decoding a video stream using macroblocks comprising greater than 16×16 pixels. In one example, an apparatus includes a video encoder configured to encode a coded unit comprising a plurality of video blocks, wherein at least one of the plurality of video blocks comprises a size of more than 16×16 pixels and to generate syntax information for the coded unit that includes a maximum size value, wherein the maximum size value indicates a size of a largest one of the plurality of video blocks in the coded unit. The syntax information may also include a minimum size value. In this manner, the encoder may indicate to a decoder the proper syntax decoder to apply to the coded unit.

A module has switchable operation states. A first switching unit switches the module between a first operation state and a second operation state. A first interface switches between sending signals to another module which has switchable operation states and receiving signals from the other module. The first interface sends a first signal to the other module when the module is in the first operation state, sends a second signal to the other module when the module is to be switched into the second operation state, and receives signals from the other module when the module is in the second operation state. A second interface communicates with the other module. When the second interface receives a response of the other module to the second signal, the first switching unit switches the module into the second operation state. The reliability of module switching is improved in an embodiment.