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A system and method of scheduling RFID tag interrogations by a plurality of RFID readers so as to mitigate the effects of interference within an RFID environment in which the readers are deployed, and to enhance the efficiency and reliability of the overall RFID system. The system includes a plurality of RFID receivers for receiving RFID tag data, a plurality of RFID tag interrogators for transmitting RF interrogation signals for interrogating RFID tags, and a controller for providing to at least one interrogator, at least one receiver, and at least one tag, a parameter associated with operational characteristics of the interrogator, the receiver, and the tag, respectively. The interrogator, the receiver, and the tag are operative, in response to receipt of the respective parameter, to modify its operational characteristics in accordance with the respective parameter, thereby avoiding interference at the receivers and the tags.

A router for use in a network includes a scalable architecture and performs methods for implementing quality of service on a logical unit behind a network port; and for implementing storage virtualization. The architecture includes a managing processor, a supervising processor; and a plurality of routing processors coupled to a fabric. The managing processor has an in-band link to a routing processor. A routing processor receives a frame from the network, determines by parsing the frame, the protocol and logical unit number, and routes the frame to a queue according to a traffic class associated with the logical unit number in routing information prepared for the processors. An arbitration scheme empties the queue in accordance with a deficit round robin technique. If a routing processor detects the frame's destination is a viral entity, and so is part of a virtual transaction, the router conducts a nonvirtual transaction in concert with the virtual transaction. The nonvirtual transaction accomplishes the intent of the virtual transaction but operates on an actual network port, for example, a storage device.

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for accessing a webpage, an apparatus and a non-volatile computer storage medium. In embodiments of the present disclosure, it is determined that the access to the webpage is limited, and then the information of the proxy server is obtained so that the webpage can be accessed by using the information of the proxy server. Since the information of the proxy server can be obtained automatically, the user needn't manually search for the website publishing the proxy server, the operations are simple, the success rate is high and therefore the webpage-accessing efficiency and reliability therefore can be improved.

A solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter layer, of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, positioned at one surface of the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer, a first protective layer positioned on a front surface of the emitter layer where the first electrode is not positioned, a back surface field layer positioned at another surface of the substrate, a second electrode electrically connected to the back surface field layer, and a second protective layer positioned on a back surface of the substrate where the second electrode is not positioned. Each of the first and second protective layers is formed of a material having fixed charges of the first conductive type.

Switching-mode power conversion system and method thereof. The system includes a primary winding configured to receive an input voltage, and a secondary winding coupled to the primary winding and configured to, with one or more first components, generate, at an output terminal, an output voltage and an output current. Additionally, the system includes an auxiliary winding coupled to the secondary winding and configured to, with one or more second components, generate, at a first terminal, a detected voltage. Moreover, the system includes an error amplifier configured to receive the detected voltage and a first reference voltage and generate an amplified voltage based on at least information associated with a difference between the detected voltage and the first reference voltage. Also, the system includes a compensation component configured to receive the amplified voltage and generate a second reference voltage based on at least information associated with the amplified voltage.

A method for enabling more widespread use of distributed generation, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of the power grid and infusing energy conservation opportunities into the rental residential sector. The method may include steps of purchasing energy from an electrical energy provider at a first rate, delivering the purchased energy to separate dwelling units in a residential facility, and generating a first stream of arbitrage revenue by charging the responsible ratepayers for the delivered energy at a second rate generally higher than the first rate. A least a portion of the first stream of arbitrage revenue is used to provide a generator system including a generator and a transfer switch. The generator is operably connected to the residential facility and the power grid through the transfer switch so that the generator is selectively switchable among a first mode wherein the generator is uncoupled from the residential facility and the power grid, a second mode wherein the generator is coupled to the residential facility and is not coupled to the power grid, and a third mode wherein the generator is coupled to the power grid and the residential facility.

The invention discloses a layout and schematic diagram consistency comparison method for multi-voltage chip design, which comprises the steps of: amending a script file of a layout netlist and executing the script file to amend the layout netlist. The procedure of amending the script file comprises the steps of: finding the power supply port titles and subject power supply domains of functional modules of a chip; respectively adding modules corresponding to the power supply port titles and power supply ports of standard units in the layout netlist; adding the power supply connecting line titles in the layout netlist according to the subject power supply domains of the functional modules; and adding the power supply connecting line titles of all functional modules in the top layer of the layout netlist. The method of the invention has the advantages of improving the check efficiency and reliability, reducing the check risk and saving the design cost.

The invention discloses a device and a method for remotely updating network element software. A remote service terminal of the remote updating device comprises: a software storage unit used for storing software of different editions; a data storage unit used for storing network element information and software edition information; a data service unit used for interacting information with a software edition management unit and an updater and updating and inquiring the information of the software storage unit and the data storage unit; and an update execution unit used for connecting the network element, interacting information with the updater, determining the prior software edition information, routing number and traffic of the network element and sending a downloading instruction, software information and an updating instruction to the network element. A local client of the remote updating device comprises: a software edition management unit used for uploading and downloading the software, and updating and inquiring the information stored in the data storage unit; and an updater used for finishing the update of the network element software. The device and the method for remotely updating the network element software of the invention avoid the network contention generated in the update of the whole network and effectively realize the update of the network element software.