Enabling a round-trip packet loss measurement in a packet-switched communication network

    公开(公告)号:US12107745B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17425530

    申请日:2020-01-27

    IPC分类号: H04L43/0829

    CPC分类号: H04L43/0841

    摘要: A method for enabling a round-trip packet loss measurement between two nodes of a packet-switched communication network exchanging packets comprising a packet loss field settable to an idle value or one or more measurement values. The first node transmits to the second node first packets having the packet loss field set to a measurement value. Upon reception of each first packet, the second node transmits back to the first node a respective second packet having the packet loss field set to a measurement value. Upon reception of each second packet, the first node transmits back to the second node a respective third packet having the packet loss field set to a measurement value. A measurement point placed between the two nodes may count the number of first packets and the number of third packets and use them to provide a round-trip packet loss measurement.

    TRACKING A MOVING ENTITY
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240321122A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18269811

    申请日:2021-12-23

    发明人: Antonio Manzalini

    IPC分类号: G08G5/00 G01S5/02

    摘要: A tracking system for tracking the movement of a moving entity is provided. The tracking system comprises a tracking device configured to move together with the moving entity and provide data associated with the movement of the moving entity, and a detection module configured to, on the basis of the data associated with the movement of the moving entity, perform a detection process to detect an anomaly in the data, the detection process comprising a machine learning algorithm. The tracking system is further configured to, in case the anomaly is detected, issue an alert message to be processed at a control station.

    Statistical tracking of population dynamics over an area

    公开(公告)号:US12094331B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17414768

    申请日:2019-12-20

    发明人: Mauro Cociglio

    IPC分类号: G08G1/01 G06F17/18

    摘要: A method and system for statistically tracking the dynamics of a population over an area comprising entry points and exit points such that each population member entering through one entry point either exits through one exit point or stations within the area. At each entry point, an entry counter counts the number of entering members and, at each exit point, an exit counter counts the number of exiting members. Based on the counter values, the dynamics of the population are statistically tracked in terms of evolution in time of the number of members stationing in the area. The number of stationing members is retroactively adjusted when during an observation period it is determined that the number of exiting members is higher than the number of entering members, plus the number of members which were stationing within the area at the beginning of the observation period.

    ROUND-TRIP TIME MEASUREMENT IN A PACKET-SWITCHED COMMUNICATION NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20240291742A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18574331

    申请日:2022-06-29

    发明人: Mauro COCIGLIO

    IPC分类号: H04L43/0864

    CPC分类号: H04L43/0864

    摘要: It is disclosed a method for transmitting a bidirectional packet flow between two nodes of a packet-switched communication network. Each node applies a respective marking value to the packets to be transmitted to the other node. Each node switches the respective marking value applicable to the packets to be transmitted to the other node upon detection that the marking value applied to the packets which are being received from the other node has been switched. Before switching its respective marking value applicable to the packets to be transmitted to the other node, one of the nodes waits a wait time TW. A measurement point placed between the two nodes may provide RTT measurements based on the detection times of the switching of the applicable marking value in the transmitted packets. However, the measurement point may provide correct RTT measurements only if it knows the value of the wait time TW.

    METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF PATHS TRAVELLED BY MOBILE USER TERMINALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240196251A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18286766

    申请日:2022-04-05

    IPC分类号: H04W24/10 H04W64/00

    CPC分类号: H04W24/10 H04W64/00

    摘要: Method for characterization of paths travelled by mobile user terminals, comprising: determining a geographical area of interest; detecting the presence of a plurality of mobile user terminals in said geographical area of interest. The method further comprises, for each of said mobile user terminals: receiving over time a plurality of information signals, each information signal including: a geographical position of said mobile user terminal, a time reference associated with said geographical position and at least one of a temporary identifier and a session identifier; based on said information signals, determining a path travelled by said mobile user terminal; calculating one or more indicators associated with said path, said one or more indicators being indicative of morphologic and dynamic features of said path; providing a characterization of said paths, based on said one or more indicators.

    Reconfigurable receiver for wireless communication networks

    公开(公告)号:US11979258B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-07

    申请号:US17299853

    申请日:2019-11-28

    摘要: A receiver adapted to receive a modulated signal including useful and interfering signals and to detect information bits carried thereon. The modulated signal comprises signal components each one associated with a respective modulation subcarrier and including respective useful and interfering signal components. The receiver may include a first estimation unit providing a respective first useful signal component estimate indicative of the useful signal component for each signal component; a second estimation unit providing a respective second useful signal component estimate indicative of the useful signal component for each signal component; a channel estimation unit estimating, for each signal component, a first channel frequency response associated with the respective useful signal component and a second channel frequency response associated with the respective interfering signal component; and a control unit determining, for each signal component, an interference level experienced by that signal component according to respective first and second channel frequency responses.

    Method for Allocating Resources in a Geographic Area

    公开(公告)号:US20230297903A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18033625

    申请日:2021-10-26

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/0631

    CPC分类号: G06Q10/0631

    摘要: A method is disclosed for allocating resources in a geographic area. The method comprises: subdividing the area into a number of pixels; selecting an observation period and subdividing the observation period in a number of time sub-intervals; acquiring a data set associated with the pixels during the observation period; on the basis of a sub-set of data of the data set, the sub-set of data being associated with the identified one or more typical time-subintervals of the observation period, applying a clustering algorithm to partition the pixels into a number of clusters, each cluster comprising a respective group of pixels associated with similar trends in the resource consumption and/or in the presence indicator; and allocating resources to a cluster of the number of clusters on the basis of the trends.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING AN OCCUPANCY LEVEL OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA

    公开(公告)号:US20230266462A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18004207

    申请日:2021-07-12

    IPC分类号: G01S13/89 G01S13/52 H04W64/00

    CPC分类号: G01S13/89 G01S13/52 H04W64/00

    摘要: A method for estimating an occupancy level of a geographic area includes transmitting first signals to and receiving second signals from bodies within the geographic area by backscattering of the first signals. The bodies include first bodies permanently within the geographic area and second bodies temporarily within the geographic area. According to the first and second signals, a first map of the first bodies within the geographic area is generated. At a specified time period, following a reference time period, transmission of the first signals, reception of the radio signals and generation of the first map is repeated. According to the first and second signals, a second map of the bodies within the geographic area is generated. A number of the second bodies within the geographic area during the specified time period is determined as the occupancy level based on comparing the first map to the second map.