A wireless communication circuit configured for communicating over a wireless local area network (WLAN) in its reception area to communicate real-time application (RTA) packets as well as non-real time (non-RTA) packets while utilizing carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA). An RTA scheduling table is utilized for tracking active RTA sessions and managing transmission times for RTA traffic. Scheduling of channel time based on the expected RTA packet arrival time, and rejecting other packet transmissions during the scheduled channel time for RTA packet.

A distribution node for an automation network comprises at least two input/output interfaces for transmitting and receiving real-time-relevant and non-real-time-relevant data packets, and a switching device connected to the input/output interfaces. The switching device forwards data packets received via an input/output interface via a further input/output interface using a switching table, where the switching table contains at least a data packet identifier and a transmission time in a data transfer cycle for each real-time-relevant data packet. Inter alia, the switching device can detect a data packet identifier on reception of a real-time-relevant data packet, and output the real-time-relevant data packet at the transmission time allocated to the detected data packet identifier in the switching table via an input/output interface as a transmission interface.

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a monitor circuit to monitor traffic of a plurality of sources through the apparatus and maintain telemetry information regarding the traffic based at least in part on telemetry rules received from the plurality of sources, wherein the monitor circuit is to determine whether to send a callback message to a selected one of the plurality of sources, the callback message including telemetry information associated with the traffic of the selected source through the apparatus; and a storage coupled to the monitor circuit, the storage to store the telemetry information, wherein the monitor circuit is to access the telemetry information from the storage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Some embodiments are associated with multi-tenant software defined data center network traffic management. A data center computing system may calculate a first value for a first traffic flow, associated with a first user, using a dynamic, distributed, and substantially real-time model. The system may calculate a second value for to a second traffic flow, associated with a second user, using the dynamic, distributed, and substantially real-time model. The system may then dynamically allocate network resources to the first and second traffic flows based on the first and second priorities. Some embodiments may establish a plurality of network device queues and perform queue selection for optimization. According to some embodiments, the first user may be categorized as a premium user while the second user is categorized as an enterprise user.

A host computer has a plurality of containers including a first container executing therein, where the host also includes a physical network interface controller (NIC). A packet handling interrupt is detected upon receipt of a first data packet associated with the first container. If the first virtual machine is latency sensitive, then the packet handling interrupt is processed. If the first virtual machine is not latency sensitive, then the first data packet is queued and and processing of the packet handling interrupt is delayed.

Systems and methods for connecting devices via a virtual global network are disclosed. In one embodiment the network system may comprise an endpoint device including a tunnel manager and a first virtual interface, an access point server including at least one tunnel listener and a second virtual interface. One or more tunnels are formed connecting the tunnel managers and tunnel listeners. The virtual interfaces provide a logical point of access to the one or more tunnels.

A communication system (1) includes a flow collector (30) that collects traffic of an NW edge (12) accommodating CPE (11), an NFVO (50) that provides an instruction to add or remove a resource of a VNF (22), a resource management device (40) that notifies the NFVO (50) of an increased or decreased resource amount and an addition or removal instruction of the VNF (22) based on an increase or decrease of the traffic of the NW edge (12) collected by the flow collector (30), and that decides on the VNF (22) which becomes a redirection destination of the traffic of the NW edge (12) in response to execution of addition or removal of the VNF (22) by the NFVO (50), a VIM (60) that adds or removes the VNF (22) in accordance with an instruction from the NFVO (50), and a flow controller (70) that instructs the NW edge (12) to set the VNF (22) decided by the resource management device (40) as the redirection destination of the traffic.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for traffic burst awareness in wireless systems. An application function, such as via an application server, can determine one or more burst parameters associated with a traffic flow for at least one service. The application function can send the one or more burst parameters a network. The burst parameters may include a burst factor associated with a minimum bit rate for providing service coverage for the traffic flow and/or a burst spread. A core network and/or access network (AN) entity can obtain the burst parameters and utilize the burst factor for communicating with a user equipment (UE). The CN and/or AN may use the burst parameters for admission control, resource allocation, and/or setting sleep mode parameters.

Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the network service usage activity to facilitate differential network access control for protecting network capacity.

Selecting an optimal bitrate range is disclosed. A request for content from a first client is received. An optimal subset of bitrates for the first client is determined. The optimal subset of bitrates for the first client is determined based at least in part on one or more real-time quality measures. A different optimal subset of bitrates is determined for a second client. An indication of the optimal subset of bitrates determined for the first client is provided to the first client. The first client is configured to obtain content according to the indication of the optimal subset of bitrates.