In one embodiment, a networking device receives packets of a traffic flow destined for a mobile system. The networking device sends a first flowlet of the traffic flow towards the mobile system via a first wireless access point. The networking device determines an idle time between the first flowlet and a second flowlet of the traffic flow. The networking device sends, based on the idle time, the second flowlet towards the mobile system via a second wireless access point.

An improved traceroute mechanism for use in a label-switched path (LSP) is provided by (a) receiving, by a device in the LSP, an echo request message, wherein the echo request includes a label stack having a least one label, and wherein each of the at least one label has an associated time-to-live (TTL) value; (b) responsive to receiving the echo request, determining by the device, whether or not the device is a penultimate hop popping (PHP) device for the outermost label of the label stack; and (c) responsive to determining that the device is the PHP device for the outermost label of the label stack, (1) generating an echo reply message corresponding to the echo request message, wherein the echo reply message is encoded to indicate that the device is the PHP device for the outermost label of the label stack, and (2) sending the echo reply message back towards a source of the echo request message. Responsive to receiving the echo reply message by the ingress of the LSP defined by the outermost label of the label stack, the ingress may (a) determine whether or not the received echo reply message was sourced from the PHP of the LSP defined by the outermost label of the label stack, and (b) responsive to a determination that the received echo reply message was sourced from the PHP of the LSP defined by the outermost label of the label stack, (1) generate a next echo request in which the TTL value associated with the outermost label in the label stack is increased and in which the TTL value associated with a next to outermost label, if any, in the label stack is incremented, and (2) send the next echo request message on the LSP defined by the outermost label of the label stack.

A sequence recovery method executed by a node in a time-sensitive network, the method comprising receiving a packet having a sequence number, determining whether the sequence number is within a predetermined range of a reference sequence number, wherein the reference sequence number is a current latest sequence number accepted by the node, and wherein the predetermined range comprises a history range and a future range, wherein the history range has a length equal to a history length and includes the reference sequence number and a predetermined number of consecutive sequence numbers that are immediately earlier than the reference sequence number, and the future range has a length equal to a future length and defines a predetermined number of consecutive sequence numbers that are immediately later than the reference sequence number, wherein the future length is greater than the history length.

Embodiments described herein relate to techniques for distributing shaped subinterfaces among physical interfaces of a port channel. Such techniques include receiving a request to configure a shape rate for a port channel subinterface; generating a physical interface set specifying: a first physical interface and a first allocated bandwidth associated with the first physical interface; and a second physical interface and a second allocated bandwidth associated with the second physical interface; making a selection, using the physical interface set, of the first physical interface based on the first allocated bandwidth being lesser than the second allocated bandwidth; assigning the first physical interface as a first anchor interface for the first port channel subinterface; and adding the first shape rate to the first allocated bandwidth to obtain a first new allocated bandwidth for the first physical interface.

An information control method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: obtaining first information; and executing at least one of the following operations: determining a first delay according to the first information; determining a second delay according to the first information; determining delay requirement information according to the first information; sending the delay requirement information to a network element in a communications network; sending bridge delay information to a third-party network or a third-party application; executing a first operation when it is determined that a first condition is met; and executing a second operation when it is determined that a second condition is met, where the first information includes at least one of the following: first time information, second time information, clock information of a first clock, and clock information of a second clock.

There is provided a first network node arranged to communicate with a second network node, the first and second network nodes being connected by a first path and a second path. The first path uses a first communications network and the second path uses a second communications network. The first network node has a first mode and a second mode of operation, such that in a first mode traffic between the first and second network nodes is transmitted over the first path and not the second path, and in a second mode traffic between the first and second network nodes is transmitted over the first path and the second path. The network node comprises a mode selector arranged to select the second mode of operation when the demanded amount of traffic between the first and second network nodes exceeds a threshold value for a period of time.

There is provided a first network node arranged to communicate with a second network node, the first and second network nodes being connected by a first path and a second path. The first path uses a first communications network and the second path uses a second communications network. The first network node has a first mode and a second mode of operation, such that in a first mode traffic between the first and second network nodes is transmitted over the first path and not the second path, and in a second mode traffic between the first and second network nodes is transmitted over the first path and the second path. The network node comprises a mode selector arranged to select the second mode of operation when the demanded amount of traffic between the first and second network nodes exceeds a threshold value for a period of time.

A management device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the attribute data of at least a communication performed among terminal devices in a communication system; a determining unit that performs a predetermined determination operation based on the attribute data obtained by the obtaining unit, and outputs the likelihood of the communication being followed by other communication relevant to the communication; and a communication control unit that, based on the output of the determining unit, controls the period of time during which the terminal devices involved in the communication are able to use the line of the communication system on a priority basis.

A management device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the attribute data of at least a communication performed among terminal devices in a communication system; a determining unit that performs a predetermined determination operation based on the attribute data obtained by the obtaining unit, and outputs the likelihood of the communication being followed by other communication relevant to the communication; and a communication control unit that, based on the output of the determining unit, controls the period of time during which the terminal devices involved in the communication are able to use the line of the communication system on a priority basis.

A mobile communication device for receiving an ad hoc temporary upgrade in quality of service (QoS). The mobile communication device comprises a processor, at least one cellular radio transceiver, a non-transitory memory, and an ad hoc service upgrade application. When executed by the processor, the application monitors wireless cellular communication on a network via the at least one cellular radio transceiver, detects a significant delay in the communication, generates a prompt on a GUI, the prompt comprising a plurality of options for an ad hoc temporary upgraded QoS, where each option is associated with a time period. The application further, based on a user input, requests a preferred roaming list (PRL) associated with the temporary upgraded QoS, receives the PRL, wherein the PRL is associated with providing the upgraded QoS on an allocated spectrum, activates the received PRL, and upon expiration of the time period, deactivates the received PRL.