A method and system implementations thereof include receiving data from a passive optical network (PON) outside a building; wirelessly transmitting the received PON data to inside the building; and applying the received PON data to a network inside the building. The data received outside the building is from an optical line termination (OLT). The PON data wireless transmitted inside the building may be applied to an optical line terminal (ONT) inside the building. Alternatively, the wirelessly received PON data may be converted to Ethernet format and applied to a user interface and/or a gateway interface all inside the building. The wireless transmission of PON data may be via a first transceiver mounted on a surface outside the building and a second transceiver mounted on a surface inside the building. The surface may be a corridor, a window, a door, a walls and a façade.

Some examples herein disclose identifying a service function chain based on a switch address from a packet. The examples disclose modifying the switch address to an address corresponding to a service function based on the identified service function chain. The examples also disclose forwarding the packet to the service function according to the modified switch address.

Examples disclosed herein relate to restoring a flow path in response to a link failure in a software defined network (SDN). In an example, a backup flow path for a flow may be configured in a network device, on a primary flow path of the flow. In response to determination of a link failure in the primary flow path, the network device configured with the backup flow path may be identified. In an example, the network device may be identified by sending, from a detecting network device that detects the link failure on the primary flow path, a message packet successively to each network device preceding the detecting network device on the primary flow path until the network device configured with the backup flow path is identified. The backup flow path may be used to route packets of the flow.

Example implementations relate to compiling network policies. In an example, a method includes dividing a plurality of network policies into an exclusive policy group and a non-exclusive policy group, compiling the policies in the exclusive policy group into a first plurality of orthogonal policies, compiling the policies in the non-exclusive policy group into at least a second plurality of orthogonal policies, where the compiling of each policy group occurs separately.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to mechanisms for interworking between legacy and next generation radio access technologies (RATs) in a communication network. In some examples, a connectivity request originated by a user equipment towards a next generation core network may be processed by the next generation core network. The next generation core network may then provide the user equipment an indication of whether the next generation core network supports an inter-RAT handover between the next generation RAT and a legacy RAT.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a communication program, the communication program relaying communication from an application operating on a terminal to a communication destination and causing a computer to execute a process, the process including: switching a communication protocol for the communication from a first protocol to a Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol, in accordance with a connection condition with the communication destination for the communication; and notifying the terminal of a failure of a specific communication in cases when the specific communication has been notified to the application as completed and the specific communication in the DTN protocol results in failure.

Embodiments are directed to communicating with and controlling operation of electronically-controlled appliances. In one scenario, a computer system receives a first input from a computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is permitted to communicate with a cloud computing platform. The computer system generates a notification that is to be sent to a software application, where the software application is configured to control functions of the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system transmits the generated notification to the software application, where the generated notification indicates that the cloud computing platform is communicably connected to the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system then receives a second input from the software application indicating that specified functions are to be performed on the electronically-controlled appliance, and transmits instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out by a hardware controller on the electronically-controlled appliance.

A network appliance is designed and configured to communicate over a data network and to provide secure on-demand remote access and control of a computing system in the context of remote support.

A system and method of provides services including a federated service bus between distributed and evolved packet core (EPC) and a radio access network (RAN), wherein the federated service bus provides information based on a parent-child relationship between the EPC and RAN on a per-federated service basis. The information can include loading and location information.

The present disclosure relates to a standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit with signal encoding or decoding capabilities. The transceiving unit comprises a housing with specific standardized dimensions and adapted to being inserted into a chassis of a hosting unit. The transceiving unit comprises a first connector for receiving a first signal comprising data in a first form. The transceiving unit comprises a coding module in the housing, for encoding or decoding the data of the first signal into a second signal having a second form. The transceiving unit comprises a second connector for outputting the second signal. The transceiving unit may comprise at least one additional coding module in the housing, for encoding or decoding data.