A first device may receive information that assigns a function related to network traffic associated with a content delivery network. The first device may implement the function based on the information that assigns the function. The first device may receive the network traffic from the content delivery network and may provide the network traffic to a subscriber device. The first device may provide, to a second device, information associated with the network traffic based on implementing the function. The second device may manage a subscriber session associated with the subscriber device based on the information associated with the network traffic.

In one example, a method includes monitoring user interaction with a modified computing environment for a period of time and detecting a plurality of groups of users, each group of users corresponding to a different initial time of interaction with the modified computing environment. The method also includes generating a metric for each of the groups of users, the metric corresponding to an action in the modified computing environment initiated by the users in each group. Additionally, the method includes generating an impact curve corresponding to the modified computing environment based on aggregated metrics for each of the plurality of groups of users and disabling the modification to the computing environment in response to detecting values along the impact curve are below a threshold value.

A method is described for communication in a tactical network. A gateway is communicatively COUPLABLE to one or more tactical nodes and to one or more other gateways. The gateway is programmed to transmit information to and/or receive information from other gateways. Information exchanged includes gateway attributes, link attributes, service availability, and/or data availability. The gateway optionally provides quality of service, distributed persistence, load balancing, and/or transformation services. Services are provided in a modular, service-oriented architecture (SOA) to accommodate the addition of services and/or applications.

Disclosed are application-aware packet transmission methods and apparatuses for a terminal. The application-aware packet transmission method comprises classifying applications according to delay sensitivities of the applications, determining a transmission pattern of packets for the classified applications; and transmitting the packets based on the determined transmission pattern. Thus, a battery of the terminal may be efficiently managed by applying user preferences and configuring transmission patterns of packets to be transmitted for each application differently. In addition, degradation of application performances and user experiences for the uses of applications can be prevented.

A system and a method for prioritizing network traffic using application awareness and network awareness in a network environment is disclosed. An exemplary method can include receiving a network traffic priority for network traffic associated with a job performed by a distributed application; and based on the network traffic priority, assigning the network traffic to a network classification model, such as an access control list, associated with a network element for directing the network traffic in a network. The network classification model is associated with a network traffic priority class having defined quality of service (QoS) features, such that the network traffic traverses the network according to the defined QoS features.

An apparatus including at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to determine an abnormal operation of an external application with which at least one communication element has established a communication connection; to decide on a change of an uplink traffic to the external application; and to selectively control a communication of the at least one communication element to the external application by providing control information for the at least one communication element, the control information reflecting the decision to change the uplink traffic to the external application.

This application discloses a data traffic management method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining traffic control information of a first application and a data traffic value used by the first application, where the traffic control information includes at least an upper traffic threshold; and disconnecting a data connection of the first application when the data traffic value used by the first application is greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold included in the traffic control information of the first application. In the foregoing solution, real-time traffic management on a single application is implemented, so that a user instantly modifies traffic control information according to a requirement, to manage data traffic in real time.

A method and a system for exercising policy control, a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), and a policy control and charging rules function (PCRF) are provided, which can solve the problem that no policy control can be exercised over application service flows without an application function (AF). The method includes of the following steps: a PCRF receiving information about an application event sent by a PCEF; and the PCRF generating a control policy for a service flow of the application according to the information about the application event, and delivering the control policy to the PCEF. In the present invention, the PCEF sends the obtained information about the application event to the PCRF, so that even when no AF is involved, the PCRF can still generate a control policy according to policy contexts including the information about the application event and the like, so as to exercise an effective policy control over the QoS guarantee, charging and gating of the service flow, thus meeting the requirements of exercising the policy control over data applications with no AF being involved.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer program product that enables applications transferring data packets over a network to a multi-processing system to choose how the data packets are going to be processed by, e.g., allowing the applications to pre-assign connections to a particular network thread and migrate a connection from one network thread to another network thread without putting the connection into an inconsistent state.

Provided are a network system and a network method. The network system includes: at least one network camera; at least one client configured to receive an image or a moving image from the at least one network camera; and a network configured to relay communication between the at least one network camera and the at least one client, wherein the at least one client is further configured to transmit an auto traffic control (ATC) priority and a setting corresponding to the applying of the ATC function while requesting to be connected to the at least one network camera.