Koninklijke KPN (KKPNY) USPTO patents

Embodiments provide functionality for dynamic handling of network slice priorities.

The disclosure relates to a message distribution system configured to provide traffic messages received by at least one base station of a telecommunications network to at least one traffic control system capable of controlling traffic infrastructure.

Processor systems and computer-implemented methods are provided for rendering a multiuser virtual environment in which different panoramic images are provided as image-based backdrop for different viewing positions in the virtual environment.

Some embodiments are directed to a blockchain management no device (100) configured to apply a symmetric hash function over multiple transactions received over the communication interface thus obtaining a hash value, and to generate a consensus proof over at least the hash value, and to assemble a new block (240) for inclusion in the blockchain.

A method and processor system are provided for adapting an acoustic rendering of an audio source to a visual rendering of an image-based object.

A method for adaptive streaming of video is described, wherein the method comprises: transmitting first metadata to a client apparatus, the first metadata defining a first adaptation set, an adaptation set defining one or more sets of segment identifiers, each set of segment identifiers defining a plurality of linearly playable media segments of a predetermined resolution, each media segment in a set of media segments having an identical playback duration, the first metadata enabling a client apparatus to request media segments and sequentially playout the media segments; receiving navigation information from the client apparatus, the navigation information defining at least a first region, in the video frames of the first adaptation set; selecting second metadata defining a second adaptation set on the basis of spatial playback information and a spatial distance or a spatial overlap between the first region and a second region in video frames of the first adaptation set, wherein the spatial playback information signals the server apparatus that the second region is linked to media segments of the second adaptation set; and, transmitting the second metadata or information for retrieving the second metadata to the client apparatus, the second metadata enabling the client apparatus to playback media segments of the second adaptation set after the playback of media segments of the first adaptation set.

The present disclosure may be implemented in the form of a method or corresponding apparatus for sending signaling messages through an IPX proxy from a first network element.

A method of encoding video data into a bitstream comprising: determining from the plurality of video blocks of a video frame of a first resolution a current block and one or more reference blocks including reference samples for predicting original samples of the current block; determining predicted samples of the current block based on a downsampling scheme, the determining comprising computing samples of a first low-resolution block of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution, and predicting samples of one or more second low-resolution blocks of the second resolution based on the samples of the first low resolution block, the samples of the first low-resolution block and the one or more second low-resolution blocks defining predicted samples of the current Block; and, determining residual samples of a residual block based on original samples of the current block and the predicted samples of the current block; transforming the samples of the residual block into a bitstream; and, embedding metadata associated with the current block in the bitstream for signalling a decoder apparatus that the predicted samples of the current block are based on the downsampling scheme.

The invention is concerned with insertion of secondary content in a time slot of primary content.

A system and computer-implemented method are provided for facilitating a video streaming which comprises a plurality of transmitter devices each transmitting a respective video via a telecommunication network and a receiver device receiving the respective videos via the telecommunication network.

A communication network may be provided having a plurality of network nodes and which may be configured to enable instantiation of different network slices which represent virtual networks with different feature sets, e.g., providing different network functions and/or having different network characteristics.

A method of determining a bitstream is described, the method including: determining a motion vector (MV) of a current block of a current video frame of a sequence of video frames comprising video data captured by a camera, the MV defining an offset of the current block relative to a prediction block, wherein part of the offset is caused by global motion in the video data if the camera is moving relative to a scene; determining motion vector predictor MW candidates for predicting the MV, the MW candidates being determined based on MVs of already encoded blocks; determining a motion compensation vector MCV for MW candidates, determining global motion compensated MW candidates based on a difference between a MW candidate and an associated MCV; selecting a compensated MW; and, determining a motion vector difference MVD based on the compensated MW and the MW; and, using entropy coding to code, the MVD, an indication of the selected compensated MW; and, conversion information for converting a MVP into a compensated MW, into a bitstream.

An enhancement device (10, 116) for enhancing service requests (120) and a method of allocating network resources to a network service in a communication network is provided.

A method of encoding a video frame into a bitstream is described including: applying a downsampling scheme to an original video frame of a first resolution for determining a first low-resolution, LR, original frame and one or more second original LR frames, the first LR original frame and the one or more second LR original frames being of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; partitioning the first LR original frame into first original blocks and partitioning the one or more second LR frames into second original blocks; using a prediction method for determining first predicted blocks, the first predicted blocks defining predictions for the first original blocks of the first LR original frame; determining first residual blocks based on the first predicted blocks and the first original blocks and, subsequently, determining first reconstructed blocks based on the first residual blocks and the first predicted blocks; determining second predicted blocks based on the first reconstructed blocks, the second predicted blocks defining predictions for the second original blocks of the one or more second LR original frames; determining second residual blocks based on the second predicted blocks and the second original blocks; and, transforming the first residual blocks and second residual blocks into a bitstream, the bitstream including metadata for signalling a decoder apparatus that during the encoding a downsampling scheme was used for downsampling the video frame.

A processor system and computer-implemented method are provided for generating a composite video stream which may include a non-volumetric video and a volumetric video, at least part of which is to be displayed in front of the non-volumetric video.

A method of scheduling transmissions to client devices comprises receiving feedback (f1a-f3d) about a plurality of candidate downlink frequency resources (91-94) from a plurality of client devices and/or measuring channel qualities of a plurality of candidate uplink frequency resources (95-98) from receptions of transmissions, e.g. of the feedback, by the plurality of client devices.

A software-implemented method for assisting in handling of connection setup requests in a telecommunications network is disclosed.

Some embodiments are directed to a blockchain management device (100) configured to distribute a new block of a secondary blockchain to at least one further blockchain management device that manages the secondary blockchain, and to distribute a transaction to at least one blockchain management device that manages a primary blockchain, said transaction comprising an identification of a set of transactions in the new block.