CPC Class H04W

A bit-level operation may be implemented prior to modulation and resource element (RE) mapping in order to generate a NoMA transmission using standard (QAM, QPSK, BPSK, etc.) modulators. In this way, the bit-level operation is exploited to achieve the benefits of NoMA (e.g., improved spectral efficiency, reduced overhead, etc.) at significantly less signal processing and hardware implementation complexity. The bit-level operation is specifically designed to produce an output bit-stream that is longer than the input bit-stream, and that includes output bit-values that are computed as a function of the input bit-values such that when the output bit-stream is subjected to modulation (e.g., m-ary QAM, QPSK, BPSK), the resulting symbols emulate a spreading operation that would otherwise have been generated from the input bit-stream, either by a NoMA-specific modulator or by a symbol-domain spreading operation.

The network disturbance notification system monitors one or more computer networks watching for indications of an interruption of service. As non-limiting examples, the interruption of service may be caused by a network outage or an equipment failure. Responsive to detecting an interruption of service, the invention may attempt to notify a user by sending one or more notification messages via one or more notification channels. As non-limiting examples, emails, text messages, pager messages, and/or faxes may be sent via cell phone networks, wired networks, wireless networks, and/or land-line based telephone system. The network disturbance notification system may operate from AC power with battery backup. In some embodiments, the network disturbance notification system may activate local audible and visual alarms to alert that an interruption of service has occurred. In some embodiments, the invention may monitor the ambient temperature and report the temperature in notifications.

Technical solutions are described for configuring a gateway in an IoT system. An example method includes providing, by an identification module, a user-interface (UI) access information to an administrative device. The method further includes receiving, by a setup module, from the administrative device, and via a management console generated based on the UI access information, setup data. The method further includes adjusting, by the setup module, one or more settings of the gateway according to the setup data.

A cloud extension agent can be provided on a customer premise for interfacing, via an outbound secure connection, cloud based services. The cloud extension agent can reach the cloud based services through existing firewall infrastructure, thereby providing simple, secure deployment. Furthermore, the secure connection can enable substantially real-time communication with a cloud service to provide web-based, substantially real time control or management of resources on the customer premises via the cloud extension agent.

There is provided a system and method for virtual infrastructure management and in some embodiments for virtual infrastructure management between operator networks. According to embodiments, there is provided a system and a method for the requesting and provisioning of network resources including infrastructure resources, spectrum resources or both, between network operators.

Providing integrated LTE-B network and service management is disclosed. Changes to an LTE or LTE-B network can be propagated in real-time, or near-real-time, to a mapping profile representative of the LTE or LTE-B network. This mapping profile can be employed in updating the LTE or LTE-B network. Further, the mapping profile can be employed in establishing a new LTE-B session, adapting an existing LTE-B session, maintaining an existing LTE-B session, etc. Access to a reporting rule can enable the LTE or LTE-B network to proactively report changes to the LTE or LTE-B network. Integrated LTE-B network and service management can be integrated and/or centralized, such as, at a carrier-network, core-component. Moreover, integrated LTE-B network and service management can be virtualized.