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The present invention provides a novel framing structure that can be used to smoothly evolve a Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless communications technology to a Frequency Division Duplex wireless communications technology. A method for establishing the start time of an uplink frame that is offset in relation to a downlink frame by an allocation start time is provided. In addition, methods of allocating downlink and uplink resources for half-duplex and full frequency division duplex operation with adequate provisions for transmit-receive and receive-transmit time gaps are also provided.

An electrical patch and associated system for acquisition of physiological data is described. The patch has a design that enables a variety of configurations depending upon the requirements physiological measurements to be made. Patches with single input channels to patches with multiple input channels, processing capabilities and radio communication can all use the same physical configuration. The design includes a battery management system to enable long term data acquisition and an optimization process that includes mirroring of algorithms on the patch and devices local to the user with algorithms running on a centrally located server. The server can then optimize data acquisition and analysis algorithms. The components of the system and methods of use are included.

A system for performance monitoring for a DWDM network. The system includes a photonic integrated device configured to receive an optical signal and output a first plurality of electrical signals for a plurality of channels respectively. The system also includes a clock and data recovery device configured to receive the first plurality of electric signals. Additionally, the system includes a switch device coupled to the first clock and data recovery device without an error correction device in between. The switch includes a first interface to output a second plurality of electrical signals and a second interface to add or drop one or more channel devices. The switch also includes an output port configured to provide information associated with the plurality of channels. An error detection device is coupled to the output port and is configured to monitor and report performance of the channels.

A bidirectional optical communications network comprises an optical transmission fiber for carrying a downstream signal at a first wavelength and a multiplicity of upstream signals at a second, different wavelength. The fiber is characterized by distributed Raman gain over at least an extended portion of its length. A first terminal, optically coupled to one end of the fiber, includes a first transmitter for generating the downstream signal, a first receiver for detecting the upstream signals, and at least one pump source for generating pump light that provides Raman amplification to either the downstream signal or the upstream signal or both. A multiplicity of second terminals, optically coupled to another end of the fiber, each includes a second transmitter for generating one of the upstream signals, and a second receiver for detecting a downstream sub-signal. A passive optical node is configured to (i) split the downstream signal into a multiplicity of downstream sub-signals each propagating at the first wavelength to a separate one of the second terminals and (ii) to combine each of the upstream signals from each of the second terminals onto the fiber for transmission to the first terminal. In another embodiment, the network is a GPON compatible with current ITU standards.

A memory device and method of manufacturing thereof, wherein a silicide material is selectively formed over active regions of a memory device. A silicide material may also be formed on the top surface of wordlines adjacent the active regions during the selective silicidation process. A single nitride insulating layer is used, and portions of the workpiece are covered with photoresist during the formation of the silicide material.

A receiver is described for optical or electromagnetic signals comprising a digital equalizer and a Forward Error Correction, said digital equalizer and FEC combined together to obtain an iterative equalization and error-correction loop, plus a method is described for improving the exactness in relating binary data to a digitalized-data transmitting, analog electromagnetic or optical-electrical signal arriving at a receiver, comprising the steps a) transforming the arriving analog signals into analog signals in the form of digital soft data representing interim values, which indicate the value of the amplitude of the analog signal, b) feeding the soft data to a digital equalizer, c) sequential determination of the interim value representing the boundary at which the decision would have to be made whether a ‘0’ or a ‘1’ had to be related to the soft data when transformed to binary data in the digital equalizer, d) feeding the soft-data signal further processed in the way described to a soft-in/soft-out FEC, e) error correction of the soft data by means of the check bits contained in the signal, f) removal of the check bits, g) output of the error-corrected signal in the form of soft data, h) preprocessing the signal for reinjection into a digital equalizer, i) feeding back the signal to the digital equalizer placed in the signal path, and k) repeating steps c) to j) until no further improvement of the data quality can be detected or until a predefined number of iteration loops have been executed, and l) hard decision and transformation of the soft data preprocessed in the way described into binary data.

The invention relates to a method for calculating an irregular earth volume in an engineering survey. The method comprises the following steps: (1) performing point collection on a terrain of a construction site, wherein all collecting points cover the whole construction site along a boundary of the terrain; (2) constructing a triangle with every three points and enabling these triangles to form acurved surface; (3) projecting each of the triangles to a reference surface to form a triangular prism and after superimposing, forming an integral current situation three-dimensional model; (4) fora design diagram of the terrain after completion, also forming an integral completion three-dimensional model using the steps 1-3; and (5) performing superimposition and comparison on the current situation three-dimensional model and the completion three-dimensional model, and respectively performing a substraction operation to respectively obtain three-dimensional models for a fill and an excavation. According to the method, specific ranges and forms of the fill and the excavation can be seen intuitively, and each three-dimensional coordinate, plane area, surface area, volume and the like areobtained by checking an entity, such that budget for the fill and the excavation can be performed better, and optimization selection is performed on a cost estimate and a scheme of the engineering.

There is provided mechanisms for configuration of physical antenna ports. The method is performed by a first radio transceiver device. A method comprises determining a configuration for the second radio transceiver device. The configuration defines a mapping between the sub-carriers and the physical antenna ports and specifies which of the sub-carriers are to be transmitted on which physical antenna port at the second radio transceiver device. The method comprises providing the configuration to the second radio transceiver device.

The invention belongs to the technical field of digital construction site management, and particularly discloses an intelligent construction site management platform, which comprises a personnel management module, a construction site information acquisition module, a material area label module and a dangerous area measurement and calculation module. The invention is scientific, reasonable and convenient to use; a manager can know specific information of material use and specific risk estimation calculation of the used material by utilizing the material area label module, and material waste andreasonable utilization of the material on a construction site can be effectively prevented; the dangerous area detection module can use the next position of a worker to budget all journey angles of the worker to judge the distance from the worker to a dangerous area so as to avoid all possible dangers.

The invention discloses a campus safety potential hazard information searching and processing system which comprises the components of an education bureau searching and processing terminal, a school checking and reporting terminal and a data storage server, wherein the education bureau searching and processing terminal, the school checking and reporting terminal and the data storage server are connected through a network. The education bureau searching and processing terminal comprises a school information management module, an information receiving matching module, a school hidden hazard information supervising module, a school hidden hazard information processing module, a notification arrival module and a news bulletin management module. The campus safety potential hazard information searching and processing system is used for performing hidden hazard information searching on the campus, recording found safety hidden hazard information, and reporting the hidden hazard information to an education management department, thereby realizing in-time maintenance and processing, eliminating the potential hazard, ensuring body safety and property safety of teachers and students in the campus, and supplying better insurance for education. The management department of the education bureau can check the hidden hazard which is reported by each school for making better decision and better budget. Furthermore the hidden hazard information which is found by each school can be transmitted to other schools, thereby performing a warning function and a reference hidden hazard eliminating function.

Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for aiming directional antennas, and devices, systems and methods that mix by using an omnidirectional and directional antenna to ensure a minimum performance of the omnidirectional antenna while creating the possibility that the directional antenna will find the optimal direction to point and thus increase signal levels over what the omnidirectional antenna would provide by itself. This allows higher signal levels which results in more reliable communication and higher data throughput.

A localization method for locating a target that is coupled with a locator transponder associated with a permanent identification code permanently assigned to the locator transponder is provided. The localization method includes: a) transmitting a spread spectrum paging signal carrying the permanent identification code and a shorter temporary identification code temporarily assigned to the locator transponder; b) receiving the spread spectrum paging signal and extracting the temporary identification code carried by the received spread spectrum paging signal; c) transmitting radar signals towards area(s) of earth's surface or sky and receiving echo signals therefrom; d) upon reception by the locator transponder of radar signal(s), generating and transmitting a sequence of watermarked radar echo signals in which a spread spectrum watermarking signal is embedded that includes the temporary identification code; e) carrying out localization operations; f) transmitting frequency-synchronization-aid signal(s); g) receiving the frequency-synchronization-aid signal(s) and estimating a frequency drift affecting a reference frequency provided by a local oscillator of the locator transponder; wherein the locator transponder transmits the sequence of watermarked radar echo signals by using a transmission carrier frequency obtained based on the reference frequency provided by the local oscillator and on the estimated frequency drift.

A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory chips coupled in series, and a register serially coupled to the memory chips. The register includes an integrated delay-locked loop. The memory device may be included in a processing system. Moreover, a method for improving timing budgets in a registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM) may be implemented using the memory device having a register with an integrated delay-locked loop.

The present invention relates to a system for providing a bidirectional contents service in a cable broadcasting environment, and a method thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to the system that is able to provide a service by implementing the bidirectional contents service in a cable broadcasting environment, and the method thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, provided is the system for providing the bidirectional contents service by comprising: a ubiquitous unit that processes bidirectional contents to implement the screen and/or control functions for the bidirectional contents service in a reception terminal, and an encoding unit that converts the bidirectional contents processed by the ubiquitous unit into a certain format proper for digital broadcasting in real time.