Solutions for enabling analytics for a virtualized application leverage reproducibility of information as a substitute for persisting information. Disclosed solutions include: collecting, by a virtualized application, first analytics data on a user equipment (UE); performing, by the virtualized application, a one-way function (e.g., a hash function) on persistent information (e.g., an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number) on the UE to generate a unique UE identification (ID); transmitting the first analytics data and the UE ID to a remote node across a network; collecting, by the virtualized application, second analytics data on the UE; and transmitting the second analytics data and the UE ID to the remote node across the network. Because the UE ID is deterministic, it may be generated repeatedly, as needed, (producing the same value each time) to compensate for the inability of the virtualized application to persist the UE ID on the UE.

A network service may be supported by a software application that is executed by multiple computer servers, such as servers that are maintained as part of a server pool. To migrate to a container-based platform, the software application is containerized to create a container image. A container cluster is then created based on the container image. The container cluster includes one or more executing containers, each of which performs the functions of the software application. The container cluster is then added as a member of the server pool to receive a portion of any network requests for the network service. Computer servers of the server pool may then be removed gradually, over time, to let the container cluster gradually assume responsibility for responding to network requests.

A network service may be supported by a software application that is executed by multiple computer servers, such as servers that are maintained as part of a server pool. To migrate to a container-based platform, the software application is containerized to create a container image. A container cluster is then created based on the container image. The container cluster includes one or more executing containers, each of which performs the functions of the software application. The container cluster is then added as a member of the server pool to receive a portion of any network requests for the network service. Computer servers of the server pool may then be removed gradually, over time, to let the container cluster gradually assume responsibility for responding to network requests.

There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable uplink streaming to be performed adaptively. In an information processing system, a communication module that performs protocol negotiation for content uplink stream transmits to a different communication device a Service object that includes information regarding stream of a content for use in the protocol negotiation, receives from the different communication device information for negotiation transmitted on the basis of the Service object, and performs control protocol negotiation for the content uplink stream with the different communication device. The present technology can be applied to a communication system that performs uplink streaming, for example.

There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable uplink streaming to be performed adaptively. In an information processing system, a communication module that performs protocol negotiation for content uplink stream transmits to a different communication device a Service object that includes information regarding stream of a content for use in the protocol negotiation, receives from the different communication device information for negotiation transmitted on the basis of the Service object, and performs control protocol negotiation for the content uplink stream with the different communication device. The present technology can be applied to a communication system that performs uplink streaming, for example.

Systems and methods directing requests to a particular node in a multi-tiered middleware environment are provided. In one embodiment, traffic requests can be dynamically routed to a desired server, and not be load balanced, based on an identification of the client generating the traffic requests.

Automated dynamic load balancing across VNIC fast switchover devices including monitoring, by a resource monitor, resource utilization metrics of at least one resource used to send data along a first communications path through a hypervisor; in response to detecting, by the resource monitor based on the resource utilization metrics, that the at least one resource crosses a resource utilization threshold, sending a notification to a rebalancer, wherein the notification comprises a subset of the resource utilization metrics; generating, by the rebalancer based on the subset of the resource utilization metrics, a resource optimized mapping for the at least one resource used to send data along the first communications path; and issuing, by the rebalancer, the resource optimized mapping to the hypervisor, wherein the hypervisor reconfigures, based on the resource optimized mapping, the at least one resource used to send data along the first communications path.

Some embodiments provide a novel method for load balancing data messages that are sent by a source compute node (SCN) to one or more different groups of destination compute nodes (DCNs). In some embodiments, the method deploys a load balancer in the source compute node's egress datapath. This load balancer receives each data message sent from the source compute node, and determines whether the data message is addressed to one of the DCN groups for which the load balancer spreads the data traffic to balance the load across (e.g., data traffic directed to) the DCNs in the group. When the received data message is not addressed to one of the load balanced DCN groups, the load balancer forwards the received data message to its addressed destination. On the other hand, when the received data message is addressed to one of load balancer's DCN groups, the load balancer identifies a DCN in the addressed DCN group that should receive the data message, and directs the data message to the identified DCN. To direct the data message to the identified DCN, the load balancer in some embodiments changes the destination address (e.g., the destination IP address, destination port, destination MAC address, etc.) in the data message from the address of the identified DCN group to the address (e.g., the destination IP address) of the identified DCN.

The present disclosure enables a UE (100) to discover a P-CSCF (85) in the IMS network based on the services offered by the P-CSCF or the area served by the P-CSCF (85) when it establishes a data session. The P-CSCF (85) registers with a discovery node (70) in the wireless communication network (10) and provides relevant information about the P-CSCF (85) to the discovery node (70), such as the type of services provided, its network address and/or FQDN, a list of cells supported, and a list of tracking areas supported. When a request is received to establish a session with the IMS for a UE, the SMF (45) in the wireless communication network (10) queries the discovery node (70) to fetch the P-CSCF (85) information and forwards the P-CSCF information to the requesting UE. The UE (100) selects a P-CSCF (85) to use when it initiates IMS registration.

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device operates in an edge computing environment, and includes: a memory storing an application, a wireless communication circuitry, and at least one processor. The at least one processor implements the method, including: receiving a query message querying whether application relocation is possible from an external server through wireless communication circuitry, identifying, using at least one processor, whether the application relocation is possible based on a running state of the application, in response to receiving the query message, when the application relocation is impossible, transmitting a first response message indicating that the application relocation is impossible to the external server, or when the application relocation is possible, transmitting a second response message indicating that the application relocation is possible to the external server.