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The invention relates to a method and scheduling apparatus for reserving radio resources in radio resource block units in a mobile communication system for a plurality of users. Further, another aspect of the invention is the indication of a radio resource reservation in radio resource block units in a mobile communication system to one of a plurality of mobile terminals. To provide a new mechanism allowing an efficient utilization of radio resources the invention proposes a resource reservation mechanism that reserves radio resources for a plurality of users in resource block units. Thereby, individual resource blocks are reserved for the individual users for a reservation period that comprises a plurality of time slots (or sub-frames). Further, the resource block reservations for the users overlap at least partially among the users, i.e. individual ones of the resource blocks are reserved for plural users.

There is provided a mechanism for allocating communication resources of a cellular communication network to a D2D communication. After an eNB has configured a number of resource pools indicating a set of resources usable in the D2D communication, D2D clusters which share a same resource pool are enabled to obtain resources for their respective D2D communication. By detecting the current resource utilization state in the allocated resource pool by measurement on the UE side, it is decided whether suitable resources are available or not. An overload situation is signalled to the eNB if no suitable resource can be detected.

The present invention relates to arrangements for charging in a packet switched network. Packets are charged differently dependent on which service flow the packets belong to. The charging system comprises a control system and a serving element residing in a packet forwarding system wherein said control system comprises an account function adapted to manage an account of at least one user and a charging policy decision point arranged to calculate a charging policy for allowed services for the at least one user. Moreover, said serving element comprises a token bucket per user adapted to store reservations received from the account function of the user associated with the token bucket and a charging policy enforcement point arranged to perform charging for a plurality of the allowed services by reducing the stored reservation of the token bucket according to the calculated charging policy.

An electric physical unclonable function (PUF) (100) is provided comprising a semiconductor memory element (110) connectable to a PUF control means for reading content from the memory element and for deriving at least in part from said content a digital identifier, such as a secret key. Upon powering the memory element it settles into one of at least two different stable states. The particular stable state into which the memory element settles is dependent at least in part upon random physical characteristics of the memory element introduced during manufacture of the memory element. Settling of the memory element is further dependent upon a control input (112) of the memory element. The electric physical unclonable function comprises shielding means (142, 144) for shielding, during a time period including the power-up of the memory element and lasting at least until the settling of the memory element, the control input from receiving control signals upon which the particular stable state into which the memory element settles is dependent. In this way, the dependency of the memory element on its physical characteristics is improved, and dependency on possibly irreproducible control signals is reduced.

We describe a method of controlling turn off time delay of a switching device of a switch mode power converter (SMPC). The SMPC has an inductive component comprising an input winding coupled to receive power from an input; and a switching device to, when on, conduct input winding current. In embodiments the method comprises applying turn on and turn-off signals to the switching device; applying at least one turn off signal, to initiate turning off of the switching device, and detecting a sensing signal from a further winding of the inductive component, inductively coupled to the input winding, to thereby indicate an end of a turn off time delay or duration. The method controls the turn on signal for a subsequent switching cycle of the SMPC device to regulate the turn off delay time.

In a method in a controllable repeater in a telecommunication system, said system comprising a radio base station, at least said controllable repeater and a plurality of user terminals, receiving a list of associated user terminal identities for said repeater, and searching for and decoding downlink channel control messages based on said provided list.

A wireless line control system capable of reducing control signals to wireless nodes with high loads as well as reducing instantaneous interruption or disconnection at user terminals connected to the wireless nodes is provided. In a1 to a3, centralized control node requests reception levels which indicate radio wave propagation states between wireless nodes from each wireless node and acquires the reception levels, and calculates and stores average values thereof. In a4 to a6, the centralized control node requests traffic information from each wireless node and acquires the traffic information, and calculates and stores average values thereof. Based on the averaged historical traffic information and reception levels between wireless nodes, in a7 and a8, the centralized control node determines a configuration of a wireless mesh network which is appropriate from the present to the future, and transmits configuration instructions to each wireless node according to the determined wireless mesh network configuration.

The invention provides a data grouping and uploading method for machine-type communication (MTC) equipment and an Internet of Things system, wherein the method comprises the steps that a plurality of MTC equipment are grouped, the MTC equipment and a base station are separately used for saving the grouped information which comprises grouping ID, intra-group equipment number and intra-group equipment sequence number of the MTC equipment; the base station receives the data uploading request sent by the MTC equipment, wherein the data uploading request carries the grouping ID of the group of the MTC equipment; the base station is used for allocating a resource block (RB) of a physical uplink sharing channel (PUSCH) to the group of the MTC equipment; all the grouped MTC equipment in the group are multiplexed with the RB according to the grouping information and transmit the data uploaded as requested in the RB; the base station is used for decomposing the data transmitted in the RB according to the grouping information to acquire the data uploaded by each MTC equipment and transmit the data to a MTC server. According to the Internet of Things system provided by the invention, the uniline cost for uploading the data by the MTC equipment is saved, and the control signaling used by the base station due to the dispatching of the MTC equipment is eliminated.

A service is transparently provided to a mobile terminal device without the mobile terminal device knowing an address of a service providing device or a device which relays a packet in a network. A packet between the service providing device which provides a service and a mobile terminal device 10 which receives the service is relayed by a mobility control node 21. An access router 12 inquires of another device about information on the mobility control node 21, and holds correspondence information between information obtained by an inquiry result and identification information of the mobile terminal device 10 in a table. Transfer of a packet between the mobile control node 21 and the mobile terminal device 10 is controlled based on the correspondence information held in the table. With this configuration, the network can transparently provide the service to the mobile terminal device without the mobile terminal device knowing the address of the device which relays the packet in the network.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for sending broadcast multicast data through unicast. The method comprises the steps that a PGW (PDN Gateway) selects an EPS bearer for transmitting broadcast service according to a first session update request sent by a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function); the PGW obtains an IP multicast service address of the broadcast service from a BMSC (Broadcast Multicast Service Centre) and binds the obtained IP multicast service address to the EPS bearer; and the PGW sends a second broadcast service transmission request to an MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) gateway, so the MBMS gateway sends the broadcast service, the bound EPS bearer is searched according to the IP multicast service address of the broadcast service forwarded by the MBMS gateway, and the broadcast service is transmitted through the EPS bearer. According to the technical scheme, network device resources can be utilized fully, the communication pressure of a GCS (Group Communication Service) application server device is reduced, the complexity and cost of researching and developing the GCS application server device are reduced, and the service quality demand of an application with relatively high timeliness is satisfied.

A piezo actuator system, is presented herein. A piezo actuator system comprises a number of piezo actuators which may lengthen and shear. Using the lengthening and shearing, the piezo actuator system grips and moves an object in response to a first and a second control signal, respectively. The possible displacement of the object is limited by the maximum shear of the piezo actuators. To increase the possible displacement, the piezo actuators may be controlled to perform a linear shear sequence or a shuffle sequence. During the linear shear sequence, the object is moved; during the shuffle sequence the object is substantially stationary, while the piezo actuators are repositioned with respect to the object, after which the object may be moved further using the linear shear sequence. A piezo actuator system may be adapted to perform a slow shuffle sequence, being a relatively slowly performed shuffle sequence, during which the linear shear sequence may be performed simultaneously, preventing any dead time during movement.

A method of transmitting data packets over a plurality of dynamically allocated resource blocks in at least one or a combination of a time, code or frequency domain on a shared channel of a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of selecting a number of resource block candidates for potential transmission of data packets destined for a receiver and transmitting the data packet to the receiver using at least one allocated resource block from the selected resource block candidates. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of decoding data packets, a transmitter, receiver and communication system.

This disclosure provides a gate driver circuit in a display. The gate driver circuit includes shift registers configured for receiving clock and start signals and generating a gate signal to drive a row of the pixels, arranged at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines on a panel, each register comprising: a control unit having a clock input, a first voltage input, a second voltage input, and a first output; and a first output unit having a first pull-down TFT electrically connected to one of the first outputs and a gate-driving terminal configured for providing the gate signal; wherein one of the clock signals at the clock input is provided to the first output unit; and a first control signal's period at the first output is longer than the clock signal's period at the clock input and shorter than the period of a frame.

A remotely controlled VTOL aircraft includes an autopilot subsystem outputting helicopter control signals, and an autopilot subsystem outputting fixed wing control signals. A transition control subsystem is configured to receive said helicopter control signals, said fixed wing control signals, and a transition control signal. Control signals to be applied to the VTOL aircraft controls are calculated as a function of the transition percentage and weighting factors applied to the helicopter control signals and said fixed wing control signals.

A method and an apparatus for voltage level shifting are described. A voltage level shifter includes two level shifting circuits and a differential amplifier. The differential amplifier forms a feedback loop with one level shifting circuit. The feedback loop controls the level shifting operation of both level shifting circuits. The differential amplifier can operate to provide a control signal that causes a level-shifted signal in the feedback loop to match a target signal. The two level shifting circuits can perform their level shifting operation based on the control signal.

The present invention relates to a device for use in deflecting a concentrated light beam in two coordinates, for example, of a polar coordinate system. In this regard, the device utilizes a mirror that may be controllably tilted or oscillated about an axis of oscillation and that may also be rotated to any angular position (0 to 2π) about an axis of rotation. In this regard, the mirror may be tilted in any one of a number of planes passing through the intersection point of the axis of oscillation and axis of rotation. Furthermore, the mirror may be oscillated between first and second angular positions or tilted to a fixed angle relative the axis of oscillation, in conjunction with controlled movement around the axis of rotation. In this regard, a device is provided wherein the mirror has multiple degrees of freedom allowing for a plurality of beam deflection applications.

A mobile node stores information identifying a number of possible mobility registration servers so that it can select a server based on its geographical location rather than simply using its default server. Selection will depend on the type of ID data stored. If partially completed FQDNs are stored, a country code is added to see if this corresponds to a local server. Alternatively IP addresses can be stored and chosen by prefix matching with a Care-of-Address.

A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is provided. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has circuitry which is configured to broadcast slave cell system information being specific for the at least one slave cell.

A flashlight control circuit is provided to control the flash according to an exposure voltage and a predetermined voltage. Either a first comparator, second comparator and logic gate or a comparator, a first inverter, a first transistor, a first logic gate and a second logic gate may be included in the control circuit. The provided circuit enables the capacitor to discharge promptly when the trigger signal stops. Therefore, an additional control signal for discharge is not necessary. Furthermore, the circuit has a clamping circuit to clamp the exposure voltage at a lower level than the predetermined voltage according to a full flash signal.