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Disclosed herewith is a broadband wireless repeater for a mobile communication system. The broadband wireless repeater generally includes a transmission stage and a receiving stage. The transmission stage includes an RF switch for establishing a frequency path, an Intermediate Frequency delay unit for applying delay to IFs and bypassing the IF delay, a frequency up conversion modulator, an amplifier, a filter unit for eliminating undesired band signals, and a transmitting side antenna. The receiving stage includes an array antenna, a band-pass filter unit for eliminating undesired band signals, an amplifier, a phase shifter for controlling phases of channels, a frequency down conversion modulator, a phase comparison unit, a gain comparison unit, a vector value optimizer for decreasing errors of the main signals with a maximum output, and a synthesizing module for detecting and storing output levels of the channels.

Methods and apparatus combine patient measurement data with demographic or physiological data of the patient to determine an output that can be used to diagnose and treat the patient. A customized output can be determined based the demographics of the patient, physiological data of the patient, and data of a population of patients. In another aspect, patient measurement data is used to predict an impending cardiac event, such as acute decompensated heart failure. At least one personalized value is determined for the patient, and a patient event prediction output is generated based at least in part on the personalized value and the measurement data. For example, bioimpedance data may be used to establish a baseline impedance specific to the patient, and the patient event prediction output generated based in part on the relationship of ongoing impedance measurements to the baseline impedance. Multivariate prediction models may enhance prediction accuracy.

A write once disc includes a defect management area that is present in at least one of a lead-in area and a lead-out area; a temporary defect management area that is present in at least one of the lead-in area and the lead-out area; and a drive & disc information area that is present in at least one of the lead-in area and the lead-out area. Information regarding the locations of temporary defect information and temporary defect management information is recorded in the drive & disc information area, the temporary defect information and temporary defect management information, which includes drive & disc information, are recorded in the temporary defect management area, and temporary defect information and temporary defect management information, which are lastly recorded in the temporary defect management area, are recorded in the defect management area for disc finalization.

A secondary battery is equipped with a reaction container and a current collector that is built in at least one of a positive electrode side and a negative electrode side. The positive electrode side and the negative electrode side are separated from each other by an ion conductive separator. In the reaction container, an organic matter excluding a metal complex and a radical and capable of reversibly being electrochemically oxidized and reduced is used as an active material together with a supporting salt. The active material and the supporting salt form a liquid. On the surface of the current collector, the active material contained in the liquid is charged and discharged.

A garbage collector that performs collection incrementally in accordance with the train algorithm employs remembered sets to keep track of locations where references to objects in respective car sections were written. The remembered sets are implemented as multi-level hash tables. The entries in the top-level hash table are pointers to constituent hash tables in which entries representing the reference locations are placed. When a constituent hash table becomes full, the collector thins it by allocating a new constituent table, transferring some of the previously full table's entries to the new table, and dividing further reference-location-representing entries among them in accordance with a hash function having an expanded range.

A method for communication in a sequence of frames includes assigning a respective time slot to each of a plurality of mobile units, while reserving an unassigned time slot. During a first frame, one of the mobile units transmits an uplink signal in the respective time slot, carrying first uplink data over the air to a base station. The base station transmits a downlink signal to the mobile unit indicating that retransmission of the first uplink data is required. Responsively to the downlink signal, during a second frame subsequent to the first frame, the mobile unit transmits the uplink signal both in the respective time slot and in the reserved time slot so as to carry the first uplink data and second uplink data over the air to the base station. A similar method may be used for downlink retransmission.

A hardware trace unit is integrated into a computer system that has a main memory. The trace unit includes registers that contain information defining a location in main memory, and has an input connection. This is used to eavesdrop on communications in the computer system, thereby obtaining information about the state and / or operation of the system. A trigger mechanism then compares the information received against one or more trigger conditions, such as whether a particular event has occurred. Responsive to the trigger conditions being satisfied, the trace unit generates an output record containing diagnostic information. This is sent for storage in the main memory of the computer at the location defined in the registers.

A system, apparatus and method of rendering images for computer graphics or animation at multiple levels of detail or resolution. The invention uses a hierarchical data structure and provides methods of generating and using that structure for rendering images. The invention generates a data structure containing data elements representing multiple resolutions of data and then determines a desired resolution for the image. The data elements in the data structure corresponding to the desired resolution are accessed and each data element in the accessed data is associated with a renderable primitive. The image is then rendered by processing the renderable primitive associated with each data element.

A wireless communications system in which real-time data and burst data can be mixedly transmitted, and a transmission band can be dynamically assigned according to a state of data transmission. A master station has a scheduler for determining a transmission band assignment including information about the transmission timing of the data, a transmission amount, and a station that is allowed to access. The scheduler regularly carries out scheduling, and optimizes the transmission band to be assigned dynamically according to the communication type of the data and a state of data transmission. The master station gives a transmission band assignment which is determined by the scheduler to each slave station. A transmitting station executes data transmission (access) to a receiving station based on the given transmission band assignment. The receiving station gives information about a state of data receiving to the master station, where the scheduler reflects this on scheduling.

A capsule endoscope is provided with an image pickup section having a CCD image sensor, a plurality of LEDs for emitting illumination light, a control circuit for controlling the image pickup section and the LEDs, a transmitting / receiving circuit for transmitting an image signal as a radio signal, and a battery for supplying electric power to each part of the capsule endoscope inside of a capsule case. When the capsule endoscope reaches a large intestine which is a lower digestive tract, the transmitting / receiving circuit receives an image capture initiation signal from an external transmitter provided outside of the body. The control circuit then activates the LEDs and the image pickup section to perform the image capturing at a predetermined interval.

The invention relates to performing server initiated database synchronisation between a mail server 10 and a client on a mobile computing device 70. Both the mail server and the client are provided with a copy of a user mailbox 40, 40A. When a message for that user is received at the mail server, this is stored in their server mailbox. The mail server then initiates a link with the client and prompts it to dial into the mail server in order to synchronise its local copy of the mailbox with the server copy. In this manner new mail is automatically transferred to the client device upon receipt at the mail server.

A motor, fan and dirt separating means arrangement for a vacuum cleaner, the arrangement comprising: a motor with a drive shaft; a fan coupled to the motor for generating air flow; and a dirt separating means located in a cleaning path of the air flow, the cleaning path being between a dirty air inlet and the fan, wherein the motor is located in a cooling path of the air flow, the cooling path being between a clean air inlet and the fan, wherein the air flow through the cleaning path is substantially greater than through the cooling path in normal operating conditions and wherein the cleaning path and the cooling path of the air flow combine substantially at the fan inlet. A vacuum cleaner comprising the motor, fan and dirt separating means arrangement.

A photoelectric conversion device includes a first unit cell in which one face of a single crystal semiconductor layer is provided with a first electrode and a first impurity semiconductor layer including one conductivity type and an opposite face is provided with a second impurity semiconductor layer including a conductivity type opposite to the one conductivity type, and a second unit cell including a p-type organic semiconductor and an n-type organic semiconductor. The first unit cell and the second unit cell are connected in series with an intermediate layer interposed therebetween. The intermediate layer includes a transition metal oxide. A face of the first electrode which is opposite to the single crystal semiconductor layer is provided with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer is bonded to a supporting substrate.

A wireless communication system is disclosed. More particularly, access network selection scheme in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method for selecting an access network by a user equipment (UE) may comprise: determining whether at least one cellular access network is overloaded; determining whether at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) access network is overloaded; determining priorities for the at least one cellular access network and at least one WLAN access network; and selecting one access network among the at least one WLAN access network based on information for access network selection, if the at least one WLAN access network is determined to have a higher priority than the at least one cellular access network, and if each the at least one cellular access network is determined to be overloaded and each of the at least one WLAN access network is determined to be overloaded.

An organic rankine cycle system is combined with a vapor compression cycle system with the turbine generator of the organic rankine cycle generating the power necessary to operate the motor of the refrigerant compressor. The vapor compression cycle is applied with its evaporator cooling the inlet air into a gas turbine, and the organic rankine cycle is applied to receive heat from a gas turbine exhaust to heat its boiler within one embodiment, a common condenser is used for the organic rankine cycle and the vapor compression cycle, with a common refrigerant, R-245a being circulated within both systems. In another embodiment, the turbine driven generator has a common shaft connected to the compressor to thereby eliminate the need for a separate motor to drive the compressor.

A system and method for allocating drivers to procure targets, such as automobiles. These targets are then transported to a desired drop-off destination. The entire system is automated, such that a requestor may hire drivers that are certified by the system and would satisfy requirements associated with the target, such as proper driver's license and location of the driver relative to the target. The system is powered by an internet based mobile application that is designed to match individual drivers to auto dealers, auction houses, driving transport companies and other businesses and individuals (“requestors”) seeking to move automobiles, goods, services, tasks, etc. from one location to another. The system has been designed to find, organize, and manage drivers and all aspects of the trip on a real time basis and reduce the cost of the existing system.

This invention is directed to therapeutic compositions containing non-MHC-restricted T-cells / NK-cells in combination with MHC-restricted T-cells and especially to therapeutic compositions, which comprise LAK cells. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to the use of the above combination in the treatment of tumors in humans, which tumors show a missing, low or aberrant expression of MHC class 1a or 1b molecules. By using the aforementioned compositions / combinations it is possible to provide a balanced selective pressure against emergence of tumor cell variants that would otherwise escape immune detection.

A network system includes an application service provider (ASP) which is connected to the Internet and executes an application, and a CPU resource provider which is connected to the Internet and provides a processing service to a particular computational part (e.g., computation intensive part) of the application, wherein: when requesting a job from the CPU resource provider, the application service provider (ASP) sends information about estimated computation time of the job to the CPU resource provider via the Internet; and the CPU resource provider assigns the job by correcting this estimated computation time based on the estimated computation time sent from the application service provider (ASP).

Methods and apparatus for decoding codewords using message passing decoding techniques which are particularly well suited for use with low density parity check (LDPC) codes and long codewords are described. The described methods allow decoding graph structures which are largely comprised of multiple identical copies of a much smaller graph. Copies of the smaller graph are subject to a controlled permutation operation to create the larger graph structure. The same controlled permutations are directly implemented to support message passing between the replicated copies of the small graph. Messages corresponding to individual copies of the graph are stored in a memory and accessed in sets, one from each copy of the graph, using a SIMD read or write instruction. The graph permutation operation may be implemented by simply reordering messages, e.g., using a cyclic permutation operation, in each set of messages read out of a message memory so that the messages are passed to processing circuits corresponding to different copies of the small graph.

A method for transferring IP data comprising payload and header fields in a telecommunications system, the method comprising compression and decompression of the header fields of the IP packets. At least two logical connections are allocated for the transfer of header fields compressed on the basis of different contexts. Said header fields compressed on the basis of different contexts are transferred on separate logical connections.

An improved pneumatic firing mechanism for a paintball gun of the electronic (automatic) type, having selectable burst-firing modes and integrated bolt and ram to improve efficiency and yet simplify manufacturing. The firing mechanism generally comprises a bolt formed with a forward portion and a fixed portion, and a coaxial valve piston inside the bolt, the valve piston being formed with a central passage for directing compressed gas from the gas inlet of said main body into the compressed gas storage area, said valve piston selectively preventing the release of compressed gas from the compressed gas storage area. Low pressure is employed in the gun in order to move the bolt rapidly forwardly towards its front shooting position, where the bolt causes high pressure gas to be released into the barrel through a high pressure gas passageway running through the center of the bolt. The number of paintballs fired in a single burst can be set by the user.

The present invention provides a method and system for handing over a terminal to a macrocell and terminal, access node and gateway. The method includes: determining that the terminal is in a frequent handover state or a fast moving state; handing over the terminal to the macrocell according to the frequent handover state or the fast moving state and a preconfigured handover criterion.

The present invention provides an electrically driven oxygen separation assembly and method of applying an electrical potential thereto in which one or more tubular membrane elements are provided having an anode layer, a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer and two current collector layers adjacent to and in contact with the anode layer and the cathode layer and situated on the inside and outside of the at least one tubular membrane element. The potential is applied to one of the two current collector layers at two central spaced locations of the at least one tubular membrane element and to the other of the two current collector layers at least at opposite end locations thereof. As a result the electric current flow through the tubular membrane element is divided into two parts flowing between the two central spaced locations and the opposite end locations.

The invention provides an apparatus, method and system for stimulating production of a natural resource (e.g., Oil, gas or water) producing well using vibrational energy delivered to the geological formation combined with one or more existing EOR treatments. Pressure waves are applied through a device that maybe permanently installed, and continuously or periodically operated during EOR treatment and even later during recovery of the natural resource. The vibrational energy provide a synergistic effect with existing EOR treatments, enhancing the outcome of EOR treatments. The invention provides a downhole type apparatus constructed to resist corrosion and provides one or more heat sink chambers for controlling heat dissipation during operation. The system provided by the invention is capable of monitoring production, adapting stimulation parameters based on user input and other pertinent parameters.

A hybrid telecommunications switch includes synchronous transfer mode (STM) and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch fabrics, and a controller. The controller is configured to separate incoming ATM from STM traffic and to provide access, through a connection admission control (CAC) protocol to an STM fabric for ATM traffic. In one aspect of the invention, real-time traffic, such as voice traffic, may be separated from non-real-time traffic, such as Internet email traffic. Once separated, the real time traffic may be switched through a circuit switch fabric and the non-real-time traffic may be switched through a packet switch fabric. ATM traffic, such as CBR and rt-VBR may aggregated “on-the-fly”, that is, without pre-provisioning, and switched through the hybrid switch's circuit switch fabric. ATM traffic falling into other categories is routed through a packet switch fabric.

A cable loop device (100) is provided for use in optical systems for storing, routing and distributing optical cables and fibre within optical networks, optical hardware and optical joints thereof. The cable loop device (100) includes one or more work areas (106), one or more fibre storage areas (102), a plurality of guide tracks (120a-120c), and at least one cable storage area (11O), where the at least one cable storage area (110) is disposed on the periphery of the cable loop device (100) for looping optical cable and the fibre guide tracks (120a, 120b) connect the cable storage (110), fibre storage (102) and work (106) areas together. A routing device (300) is provided for use with the cable loop device (100) for routing optical fibre from the routing device (100) through to a third portion of guide tracks (120c) disposed through the cable loop device (100) for splicing to fibres therein. A method for looping optical cable and routing a portion of optical fibre therein is provided for use with the cable loop device (100).

A network apparatus used in an optical network is disclosed. The network apparatus includes one or more first tunable and temperature controlled (TTC) lasers, one or more transmitters each of which is connected to one of said one or more TTC lasers, one or more second TTC lasers, one or more digital signal processing (DSP) transponders (TPNDs) each of which is connected to one of said one or more second TTC lasers, one or more receivers, and a controller to control said one or more transmitters and said one or more DSP TPNDs, wherein said one or more transmitters defragment an optical access spectrum, and said one or more DSP TPNDs exploit a newly available spectrum. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods also are disclosed.

A trailer brake system constructed and arranged to effect the relay of a brake signal from the tractor and an automatically generated brake signal of an electronic control device of the trailer to one or more additional trailers in an expanded vehicle train. In one embodiment, the brake signal is relayed to an additional coupled trailer in the form of an electrical signal via an electrical interface. In another embodiment, the brake signal is relayed to an additional trailer by means of a valve device. In yet another embodiment, the brake signal is relayed to an additional trailer by means of a combination of electrical signal transmission and valve device.