Embodiments of the present invention provide an access network system, and a data packet processing method and apparatus. The system includes: a controller, configured to perform configuration a flow table for a switching module and a protocol function for at least one functional module; the switching module, configured to send a first data packet to a first functional module of the at least one functional module according to the flow table configured by the controller, where the first functional module is a functional module first indicated in the flow table to process the first data packet; and the at least one functional module, configured to process the first data packet according to the protocol function configured by the controller.

The present disclosure provides a random access method, a terminal, and a network device. The random access method of the present disclosure comprises: receiving configuration information concerning a currently activated downlink bandwidth part (BWP) or a serving cell; detecting a random access response (RAR) in a random access procedure according to the configuration of a control resource set (CORESET) in the configuration information of the currently activated downlink BWP or the configuration information of the serving cell.

A cloud-based multi-tenant system for policy-driven locality route and traffic management is disclosed. The cloud-based multi-tenant system includes a plurality of routes through the cloud-based multi-tenant system to deliver services to a plurality of end user devices. Each route is characterized by one or more of locality and residency. The plurality of routes are specified for a plurality of policies. An application running on an end user device requests a policy chosen from the plurality of policies. A route of the plurality of routes corresponding to the policy, traffic rules, and route maps corresponding to the policy for the end user device are returned. Communication is performed via the route between the application and a cloud service according to the policy. Compliance with the policy is tested for locality and residency, telemetry according to the testing is reported, and the plurality of routes is updated based upon the telemetry.

A communication system includes multiple VPN termination devices that perform a first VPN communication and a configuration server that configures the first VPN communication. Each of the VPN termination devices includes a first processor programmed to implement a configuration information receiver that receives configuration information for the first VPN communication sent from the configuration server, a communication controller that controls the first VPN communication based on the configuration information, and a first VPN communication unit that performs the first VPN communication with another one of the VPN termination devices according to a control of the communication controller.

A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers.

A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers.

Methods and devices for propagating transactions in a network of nodes, each node having one or more connections to other nodes. The method includes receiving a plurality of incoming transactions over a time period; combining the plurality of incoming transactions using network coding to generate a composite message; sending the composite message to one or more nodes in the network; and determining an adjusted time period based on an equilibrium constant parameter and a count of transactions in the plurality of incoming transactions received over the time period.

Methods and devices for propagating transactions in a network of nodes, each node having one or more connections to other nodes. The method includes receiving a plurality of incoming transactions over a time period; combining the plurality of incoming transactions using network coding to generate a composite message; sending the composite message to one or more nodes in the network; and determining an adjusted time period based on an equilibrium constant parameter and a count of transactions in the plurality of incoming transactions received over the time period.

A system and method for managing a system topology of a distributed computing system comprising: providing a network of clusters with at least a first cluster and a second cluster; configuring the first cluster with an external gateway configuration of the second cluster; distributing the external gateway configuration across at least a subset of nodes of the first cluster; establishing a connection between all clusters from the network of clusters, which for the first and second cluster comprises: for each node of the first cluster, establishing a single outbound connection to a select node of the second cluster; and managing communication over the system topology comprising: at a receiver node of the second cluster, propagating a subscription interest, and at an origin node of the first cluster, transmitting communications over the connection according to the subscription interest.

A system and method for managing a system topology of a distributed computing system comprising: providing a network of clusters with at least a first cluster and a second cluster; configuring the first cluster with an external gateway configuration of the second cluster; distributing the external gateway configuration across at least a subset of nodes of the first cluster; establishing a connection between all clusters from the network of clusters, which for the first and second cluster comprises: for each node of the first cluster, establishing a single outbound connection to a select node of the second cluster; and managing communication over the system topology comprising: at a receiver node of the second cluster, propagating a subscription interest, and at an origin node of the first cluster, transmitting communications over the connection according to the subscription interest.