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A technique efficiently load balances traffic engineering (TE) label switched paths (LSPs) from a head-end node to a tail-end node of a computer network. The novel load balancing technique identifies (e.g., at the head-end node or a path computation element, PCE) a set of paths with equal costs from the head-end node to the tail-end node, where each path of the set is composed of one or more associated links. “Link values” such as, e.g., the number of unconstrained TE-LSPs on the link, the amount of available bandwidth on the link, or the percent of total available bandwidth already in use on the link, are applied to each link of each path. The most restrictive link values (link availability) of each path of the set, such as, e.g., the link with the lowest amount of available bandwidth, etc., are then compared. Upon comparing the link availability, the novel technique load balances established and / or new TE-LSPs from the head-end node to the tail-end node over the set of paths accordingly.

Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for statistical multiplexing of compressed video streams. A deadline of a packet of a compressed video stream is computed based on a program clock reference value of the packet. A plurality of packets, which includes the packet, is sorted based on deadlines corresponding to the packets. A next packet from the sorted plurality of packets is selected, the next packet having a corresponding deadline nearest to a system clock time. The next packet is transmitted.

A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold, after being deployed by the balloon, provides a crush recovery of about 90% after the diameter of the scaffold has been pinched or crushed by 50%. The scaffold has a pattern including an asymmetric closed cell connecting links connecting the closed cells.

A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold, after being deployed by the balloon, provides a crush recovery of about 90% after the diameter of the scaffold has been pinched or crushed by 50%. The scaffold also has a reduced crimped profile and a modification of the scaffold's ring structure at the crowns that contributes to the reduced crimped profile.

Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by performing load balancing of content requests using information regarding the cost of dynamically creating the requested document content. Cost metrics are gathered by a server which generates requested content, and may reflect processing at one or more other servers. This cost information is provided to a load balancing host. Several alternative approaches for providing the cost metrics may be used, including defining new headers for response messages, specifying cookie values, and so forth. The load balancing host may choose to route a subsequent request for that content to the server which most recently generated the content, or to another available server, depending on the cost of re-generating the content and the current load on those servers.

A color balancing circuit for a flat panel display such as an electroluminescent display generates a primary current that can be varied to adjust the overall brightness of the display. Three currents related to the primary current by selectable ratios are generated, by current mirror circuits, for example; the ratios can be individually varied to adjust the color balance. Driving currents are generated from the three adjusted currents, by mirroring the adjusted currents, for example, and are used to drive display elements that emit light in the three primary colors. Image brightness and color balance can accordingly be adjusted separately, even though both are adjusted by adjusting the driving current. Circuit size is reduced in that the same primary current is used for all three primary colors.

A microprocessor chip on a semiconducting substrate has at least two CPU cores that have hot spots on one side, a private cache memory for each CPU core that is located on the same side of said CPU core as the hot spot, a common cache memory that can be accessed by each CPU core, and an on-chip bus line connecting the CPU cores to the common cache memory. The CPU cores are located on each side of the on-chip bus line with their hot spots and their private cache memories positioned away from the on-chip bus line. Some of the CPU cores on the chip may be low power consumption CPU core and some of the CPU cores may be high speed CPU cores. The CPU cores may also be the same or different performance or purpose cores. A clock generator circuit may connect the CPU cores.

The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for delivering energy to difficult to access tissue regions (e.g. peripheral lung tissues), and / or reducing the amount of undesired heat given off during energy delivery.

The present invention provides for a method of controlling discontinuous reception cycles in a mobile radio communications device, and discontinuous transmission cycles in a mobile radio communication network device, and comprising the steps of monitoring the number of consecutive discontinuous reception and transmission periods within which no data is received, monitoring the number of consecutive discontinuous reception and transmission periods within which data is received, and varying the said discontinuous reception cycle responsive to the result of said monitoring.

Methods for making scaffolds for delivery via a balloon catheter are described. The scaffold, after being deployed by the balloon, provides a crush recovery of about 90% after the diameter of the scaffold has been pinched or crushed by 50%. The scaffold structure has patterns that include an asymmetric or symmetric closed cell, and links connecting such closed cells.

A vector-based system maximizes the performance of a server of a clustering Web geographic information system by realizing efficient load balancing using a load balancing processor, thus improving the system's reliability and stability. A control method of the system minimizes a user response time by using a progressive transmission technique when transmitting vector data.

A method for performing a link aggregation on a link aggregation group, comprising a plurality of transport links, for sessions received at a first network node which is connected to a second network node via the link aggregation group. The method, which is to be executed in the first network node, enables link aggregation optimization for the sessions destined for the second network node by selectively choosing transport link for the sessions on the basis of the load of the transport links. The suggested link aggregation results in a packet load balancing and improved bandwidth utilisation. An arrangement suitable for executing the suggested method is also provided.

The wireless wall thermostat of the present invention utilizes a push-contact mechanical system that allows a user to raise or lower the temperature within a space by applying a force on the top or bottom center of the front of the thermostat. The perpendicular force applied by the user generates a moment arm around pivot connectors, which rotates the thermostat clockwise or counter-clockwise. When rotated clockwise or counter-clockwise, contact buttons attached to the back of the thermostat come into contact with the trigger tabs of a stationary trigger plate mounted to a wall through use of an electromagnetic attraction between a steel disc and a magnet. When the trigger tabs press the contact buttons, the contact buttons send a signal to the central processing unit of the thermostat's internal circuit board to modulate the temperature setting. In addition, the wireless wall thermostat can be detachable by utilizing a magnetic release smart mount.

A method and system in a multiprocessor data processing system (MDPS) that enable efficient load balancing between a first processor with idle processor cycles in a first MCM (multi-chip module) and a second busy processor in a second MCM, without significant degradation to the thread's execution efficiency when allocated to the idle processor cycles. A load balancing algorithm is provided that supports both stealing and borrowing of threads across MCMs. An idle processor is allowed to “borrow” a thread from a busy processor in another memory domain (i.e., across MCMs). The thread is borrowed for a single dispatch cycle at a time. When the dispatch cycle is completed, the thread is released back to its parent processor. No change in the memory allocation of the borrowed thread occurs during the dispatch cycle.

Techniques for serving data to a plurality of clients in a client-server environment are provided. In one aspect of the invention, the technique provides a plurality of versions of data in which different versions have different overheads associated therewith. Individual clients are assigned to one of a plurality of quality-of-service classes. Requests are satisfied so that a client belonging to a high quality-of-service class is given preferential access to data versions which require higher overheads to serve.

A skills based telephone call distribution system is disclosed. The system determines the informational needs of an incoming caller and defines a set of skills an agent should possess to serve the caller. A search is performed for an available agent possessing the skill set. Upon the search failing to locate an available agent possessing the skill set, the amount of time the caller may expect to wait therefor is estimated. The estimated time is compared to a maximum waiting time. If the estimated time is greater than the maximum waiting time, then the skill set is redefined to include a greater number of agents who may serve the caller. A new search is performed for an available agent possessing the redefined skill set.

The present invention provides a computer implemented system and method for selecting a best-suited individual for performing a task from a plurality of individuals. The method including identifying a plurality of individuals for performing a task, receiving a task to be assigned to an individual, assessing the suitability of each of the plurality of available individuals for performing the task, and determining a best-suited individual for performing the task. The method includes evaluating for each individual the individual's current workload, the individual's proximity to a location of the current task and the individual's responsibility for performing the current task. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is utilized to balance the workload of a hospital's housekeeping staff assigned to dean beds in a hospital thereby decreasing the bed turnover time and increasing the patient throughput of the hospital.

There are provided measures for load balancing in relay-enhanced access networks with a relay device and multiple access devices, said measures exemplarily including the setting of multiple links between a backbone device of a backbone network and said multiple access devices, and a management of resource allocation of said multiple links between said backbone device and said multiple access devices in accordance with resource information of said multiple access devices indicating resource availability and resource assignment of said multiple access devices for establishing multiple connections between said backbone device and said relay device via said multiple access devices.

An apparatus and method to balance a load in a multi-core processor system. The apparatus includes a data channel module which includes a queue, and which transmits data between a plurality of threads and transmits queue state information regarding the queue, and a data channel management module which periodically analyzes data traffic between the plurality of threads by determining a state of the queue based on the queue state information, and which generates information used to adjust a load of each of the plurality of threads based on a result of the analysis.

A mobile communications system is described in which an E-UTRAN base station dynamically changes its handover and / or its cell reselection parameters to control the load on the base station and which transmits a message to a non E-UTRAN neighbouring cell, so that it can adapt its handover and / or its cell reselection parameters to avoid repeated handover and / or cell reselection of a mobile communications device between the non E-UTRAN cell and the E-UTRAN cell.

Database administrators input database object characteristics and constraints, and maintenance tasks such as object statistics, reorganization, copy, and recovery tasks are prioritized and balanced with a dynamically generated grid of tasks. Reorganization tasks are directly linked to statistics generation and threshold violation analysis. Recovery tasks are automatically generated from copy tasks. The dynamically generated grid distributes database objects across concurrent procedures, based on criteria such as cumulative job size so that each set of procedures process approximately the same amount of data. Maintenance procedures are built and executed in a controlled manner according to maintenance policies of an organization. The user knows what objects will be processed, prior to a maintenance window.

There is disclosed a porous honeycomb filter whose trapping efficiency does not drop even when a porosity fluctuates and which is capable of balancing the trapping efficiency and a pressure loss. The porous honeycomb filter is a filter whose pore distribution has been controlled. A volume of pores having a pore diameter of 15 μm or less is 0.07 cc / cc or less, and a volume of pores having a pore diameter of 40 μm or more is 0.07 cc / cc or less.

A control system is provided for controlling a load powered by an auxiliary power source during an interruption in the utility power source and / or during a power failure. The control system of the present invention provides power to essential loads in a dwelling as predetermined by a user and / or per the user's real-time instructions as the needs of the user may change. Additionally, the control system of the present invention automatically controls non-essential loads in order to maintain the auxiliary power load below the maximum threshold. Furthermore, the control system of the present invention allows the user to manually override all the controlled loads in an emergency or when the needs of the user change. Additionally, the control system of the present invention allows outside triggers to change the priority of the loads in real-time and can automatically change the priority due to predetermined tasks already running.

The invention presents the channel management technology in a Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical network (TWDM-PON). According to an exemplary embodiment, the channel management technology is a wavelength management method for an Optical Network Unit (ONU) having a tunable receiver in the TWDM-PON in which a service is provided through multiple channels, the wavelength management method including: setting a wavelength of the tunable receiver as a first channel to receive a physical synchronization signal from an Optical Line Terminal (OLT); extracting either or both service utilization information and service operator information from the physical synchronization signal; and based on either or both of the service utilization information and the service operator information, determining whether to perform follow-up procedures for activation via the first channel or whether to change the wavelength of the tunable receiver into a second channel.

A road safety communication device for protecting pedestrians in road traffic, which includes a transponder which is integrated into a shoe, wherein the supply of electrical power to the device is activated only in selected situations.

A method and an apparatus for optimizing the combustion air system in a power boiler or chemical recovery boiler by improving fluid flow and gas mixing are disclosed, whereby one can increase boiler capacity and combustion uniformity and reduce particulate and gaseous emissions. The method involves interlacing of the secondary and, where applicable, the tertiary air supply through opposing air ports on all four walls of the boiler, and is implemented by alternately opening wide or partially closing a port damper on one side, while partially closing or opening wide a port damper on the opposite side, such that a 70-100% open damper on one side opposes a partially closed (10-40% open) damper on the other and vice versa in an alternating fashion, along opposing walls. In a preferred embodiment, the optimization is further enhanced by balancing primary air flow, achieved by adjusting port dampers and windbox pressures so that the primary air flow is evenly distributed between opposite walls, between all four walls of the boiler and between individual airports on each wall. Windbox pressure and other key measurements of boiler operation ensure proper balancing and an adequate interlacing of air flows at the primary, secondary and tertiary elevations, respectively.

A call admission control technique is described which is well-suited for wireless systems providing real-time services over a shared downlink. The call admission control technique considers both multiplexing and multi-user diversity gain. The technique accurately determines the multi-user diversity gain by measuring per-user resource allocation and advantageously maximizes user accommodations under quality-of-service (QoS) as well as location-dependent resource availability constraints. In a further aspect, the call admission control technique is combined with delay-based scheduling, which effectively balances between system efficiency (channel exploitation) and user expectation (e.g., QoS). A system embodying the described call admission control and scheduling techniques can advantageously deliver efficient real-time services and remain robust to different load scenarios that vary according to system dynamics and / or user mobility.

The invention relates to optimizing the efficiency of a power amplifier of a transmitter. The objectives of the invention are achieved with a solution in which a voltage level of an output signal of an amplifier stage (301, 302) is detected (305, 306) at a signal output of each amplifier stage and the detected information is used for controlling a supply voltage of each amplifier stage in a way so that the unnecessarily high levels of the supply voltages can be avoided thus improving efficiency of the power amplifier.

The invention relates to optimizing the efficiency of a power amplifier of a transmitter. The objectives of the invention are achieved with a solution in which a voltage level of an output signal of an amplifier stage (301, 302) is detected (305, 306) at a signal output of each amplifier stage and the detected information is used for controlling a supply voltage of each amplifier stage in a way so that the unnecessarily high levels of the supply voltages can be avoided thus improving efficiency of the power amplifier.