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Systems and methods for reducing latency in call setup and teardown are provided. A network device with integrated functionalities and a cache is provided that stores policy information to reduce the amount of signaling that is necessary to setup and teardown sessions. By handling various aspects of the setup and teardown within a network device, latency is reduced and the amount of bandwidth needed for setup signaling is also reduced.

A biometric verification system for controlling access is provided that does not rely on a non-biometric discriminator, such as a PIN or magnetic card, to convert a one-to-many verification task to a one-to-one verification task. The system enrolls authorized users by obtaining digitized fingerprint templates from them and storing them in a database. Video cameras and fingerprint sensors are provided for use in authenticating persons seeking access. Software compares a digital representation of a captured human facial image with stored facial images in a database of facial images, generating a match confidence therefrom and rank-ordering the database from highest to lowest match confidence. The software then compares captured human fingerprints with stored fingerprint templates associated with the rank-ordered database to verify the identity of the person and provide an output signal indicative of recognition.

A variety of embodiments for hardware-accelerating the processing of financial market depth data are disclosed. A coprocessor, which may be resident in a ticker plant, can be configured to update order books based on financial market depth data at extremely low latency. Such a coprocessor can also be configured to enrich a stream of limit order events pertaining to financial instruments with data from a plurality of updated order books.

The invention discloses a method based on monocular vision for detecting and roughly positioning the edge of a road, and relates to the field of machine vision and intelligent control. Aiming at a continuous road with different edge characteristics, two road edge detection methods are supplied and suitable for semistructured and nonstructured roads and can be applied to vision navigation and intelligent control over a robot. The invention provides a method for detecting the edge of the road based on colors and a method for detecting the edge of the road based on threshold value partitioning. On the basis of the obtained edge of the road, an image is subjected to inverted perspective projection transformation, so that a front view is transformed into a top view; and according to a linear corresponding relation between a pixel and an actual distance in the image, a perpendicular distance from the current position of the robot to the edge of the road and a course angle of the robot can be calculated. The method is easy to implement, high in anti-interference performance, high in instantaneity and suitable for the semistructured and nonstructured roads.

The present invention provides a content locating method and a content delivery network node. In this case, the content locating method provided by the present invention comprises: receiving by a first content delivery network CDN node a service request sent by a service control function entity or an IPTV service control function entity, wherein this service request carries a content identifier which is used to indicate requesting content corresponding to this content identifier; if the first CDN node cannot provide the content service requested by the service request, then the first CDN node sends an inquiry request to a CDN global controller so as to acquire the information about a second CDN node which can provide the content service requested by the service request and request the second CDN node to provide the content service. By way of the present invention, the pressure of the CDN global controller can be reduced and the processing delay of CDN can be shortened.

Systems and methods for reducing latency in call setup and teardown are provided. A network device with integrated functionalities and a cache is provided that stores policy information to reduce the amount of signaling that is necessary to setup and teardown sessions. By handling various aspects of the setup and teardown within a network device, latency is reduced and the amount of bandwidth needed for setup signaling is also reduced.

One aspect of the invention is an intelligence engine. The intelligence engine includes a distributor layer operable to communicate with at least one call agent in a telecommunications network. The call agent may receive state-driven information associated with a call between an originator and a termination point. The intelligence engine also includes a telephony management layer. The telephony management layer is operable to receive a plurality of stateless requests from the distributor layer, access a database entry associated with the requests, spawn at least one request to obtain information associated with the originator and the termination point if necessary to route the call, and send the information to the call agent to route the call. In a particular embodiment, the intelligence engine further includes a facility management command and control layer. The facility management command and control layer is operable to receive an indicator signal associated with the call from the network. The call is controlled by the call agent. The facility management command and control layer is also operable to access a database entry associated with the call agent in response to the indicator signal and to reassign control of the call from the call agent to a second call agent.

A system, according to various aspects of the present invention, provides a presentation to a hazard display. The system includes a memory having surveillance data and a processor. The processor updates an image in accordance with the surveillance data to provide an updated image. The processor also prepares a presentation in accordance with the updated image. The processor further provides the presentation to the hazard display. At least one of updating, preparing, and providing utilize a first scan mode for a hazardous region of the presentation and a second scan mode for a nonhazardous region of the presentation.

A method and apparatus which allows dynamic TDD UL / DL configuration that is able to adapt to an instantaneous traffic situation. The values of at least one uplink / downlink configuration indication bit in a predetermined region in a received downlink time division duplex subframe of wireless data transmission are examined. A time division duplex uplink / downlink configuration for a predetermined configuration period is determined based on the examined values.

The invention discloses a data maintenance method and a data maintenance system for a file system. The invention relates to the technical field of a distributed file system. The method comprises the following steps: backing up source data of a source data center into a copy data center to be used as copy data of the source data; according to a state of the source data center, selecting to provide a read-write service by the source data center or provide the read-write service by the copy data center, and if the source data or the copy data is modified, acquiring a modification record of the source data or the copy data and generating a log file; according to the log file, updating the source data or the copy data so as to ensure consistency of the data of the source data center and the data of the copy data center. According to the invention, data reliability of the data centers can be effectively improved; a storage service is available; final coherence semantics are provided for the data.

A decoding apparatus and decoding method for performing iteration decoding the suitable number of iterations, and thereby securing the desired transmission quality while decreasing the processing delay. Turbo decoder 301 iterates error correcting decoding on input coded sequences. Error checker 302 decodes an error detecting code contained in a decoded result of the error correcting decoding, and checks whether or not an error remains in the decoded result in turbo decoder 301. Iteration controller 303 instructs turbo decoder 301 to continue the iteration decoding until the number of iterations in the iteration decoding is more than or equal to the constraint number of iterations and error checker 302 determines no error in the decoded result.

A method for separating proteins from plant material, in particular, intact algal cells, using an amphipathic solvent set and a hydrophobic solvent set. Some embodiments include dewatering intact algal cells and then extracting proteins from the algal cells. The methods provide for single and multistep extraction processes which allow for efficient separation of algal proteins from a wet algal biomass. These proteins are high value products which can be used as renewable sources of food and food additives. Neutral lipids remaining in the algal biomass after extraction of proteins can be used to generate renewable fuels.

To reduce a processing delay when re-encoding compressed moving pictures, and provide a compressed moving picture re-encoding apparatus with higher picture quality. Complexity measure computing unit computes respective complexity measures in two or more kinds of prescribed predetermined periods or numbers of pictures, using either or both of a quantizer step size and a number of bits of an input compressed moving picture stream. Also, picture group quantizer step size computing unit outputs a particular complexity measure from a plurality of complexity measures, and quantizer step size adjusting unit computes the quantizer step size using a pre-set average bit rate and the output complexity measure. Moreover, a quantizer step size selector that adjusts the quantizer step size every particular period according to a difference (excess or deficiency) between a target number of bits and an actual number of bits, computes the quantizer step size that is used in re-encoding, and performs rate control by taking the quantizer step size and the quantizer step size in the input compressed moving picture stream as input, and outputting the quantizer step size that is used in actual re-encoding. In this way, re-encoding is performed with a variable bit rate, and a compressed moving picture stream whose bit rate has been changed is output.

The present invention relates to a processor system. The processor system is made up of a multithread control unit for selectively making switching among said threads to be executed in an arithmetic unit, a loop predicting unit for predicting a loop of an instruction string on the basis of a processing history of a branch instruction in the thread, and a loop detecting unit for, when the loop predicting unit predicts the loop, detecting the loop on the basis of an instruction. When the loop detecting unit detects the loop, the multithread control unit making the switching from the thread, which is in execution in the arithmetic unit, to a different thread. This prevents a wait condition stemming from the loop from interfering with the execution of other threads without retouching software.

A biometric verification system for controlling access is provided that does not rely on a non-biometric discriminator, such as a PIN or magnetic card, to convert a one-to-many verification task to a one-to-one verification task. The system enrolls authorized users by obtaining digitized fingerprint templates from them and storing them in a database. Video cameras and fingerprint sensors are provided for use in authenticating persons seeking access. Software compares a digital representation of a captured human facial image with stored facial images in a database of facial images, generating a match confidence therefrom and rank-ordering the database from highest to lowest match confidence. The software then compares captured human fingerprints with stored fingerprint templates associated with the rank-ordered database to verify the identity of the person and provide an output signal indicative of recognition.

A method of processing received data representing speech comprises monitoring the received data to detect the presence of data representing a first portion of a trigger phrase in said received data. On detection of the data representing the first portion of the trigger phrase, a control signal is sent to activate a speech processing block. The received data is monitored to detect the presence of data representing a second portion of the trigger phrase in said received data. If the control signal to activate the speech processing block has previously been sent, then, on detection of the data representing the second portion of the trigger phrase, the activation of the speech processing block is maintained.

A method for separating neutral lipids from plant material, in particular, intact algal cells, using an amphipathic solvent set and a hydrophobic solvent set. Some embodiments include dewatering intact algal cells and then extracting neutral lipids from the algal cells. The methods provide for single and multistep extraction processes which allow for efficient separation of algal neutral lipids from a wet algal biomass while avoiding emulsification of extraction mixtures. The neutral lipids are removed after first removing a polar lipid fraction and a protein fraction. These neutral lipids can be used to generate renewable fuels as well as food products and supplements.

A method for separating polar lipids from plant material, in particular, intact algal cells, using an amphipathic solvent set and a hydrophobic solvent set. Some embodiments include dewatering intact algal cells and then extracting polar lipids from the algal cells. The methods provide for single and multistep extraction processes which allow for efficient separation of algal polar lipids from a wet algal biomass while avoiding emulsification of extraction mixtures. These polar lipids are high value products which can be used as surfactants, detergents, and food additives. Neutral lipids remaining in the algal biomass after extraction of polar lipids can be used to generate renewable fuels.

In an infrastructure solution for content-based forwarding, filter pipelining enables handling of the high-rate message streams. Documents are distributed in the network by forwarding from publisher proxy servers to attribute trees associated with particular attributes in the message. The trees filter the messages based on attribute values, and deliver the messages to subscriber proxy servers for predicate-based distribution to subscribers. To maximize throughput, the attribute trees utilize the concept of weak filtering, wherein a message may be delivered to a node in the attribute tree that is associated with a range of attribute values that does not include the attribute value of the message.

A multiple axis modular controller and a method of operating the controller in a system comprising input devices receiving indications of system conditions and output devices performing tasks affecting the system conditions. The controller includes input connectors connectable to the input devices and output connectors connectable to the output devices. A processor executes a series of sequential commands of an application program. A command can be executed in response to completion of one sequential command of the series of sequential commands regardless of a next sequential command in the series of sequential commands or in response to a specified input received at one of the input connectors or in response to a specified output sent to one of the output connectors. The processor does not execute the command, minimizing processor delays.

An object of the present invention is to reduce the volume of a control signal and shorten a delay of processing in a system comprising a base station configured to transmit a pilot signal at a predetermined transmission power and a mobile station configured to transmit a preamble prior to transmission / reception of data. A mobile station comprises means for spreading the preamble with a spreading code corresponding to a reception power or a signal interference ratio of the pilot signal at the host station, based on a correspondence between the spreading code and, the reception power or the signal interference ratio of the pilot signal at the host station (power code determiner and transmitted signal converter), and means for transmitting the preamble after the spreading process (transmitter); and a base station comprises means for determining a transmission power or a downlink transmission rate for a signal directed to the mobile station, according to the spreading code of the preamble received from the mobile station, based on the correspondence between the spreading code, and the reception power or the signal interference ratio of the pilot signal at the mobile station (spreading code measuring part, estimator, and transmission rate determiner).

Being related to end-to-end safety comm area in global mobile comm system, concretely the invention is related to end-to-end speech sound encryption unit and method of anti vocoder compression realized on traditional voice channel of GSM mobile comm system. The encryption unit is composed of encryption module at sending end and decryption module at receiving end. The encryption module at sending end includes compression module in low code rate (CMLCR) 4, an encryption module, orthogonal multicarrier modulation module (OMMM) 6, first carrier wave generator module (CWGM), first key management negotiation module (KMNM) 8, and first sync module. Decryption module at receiving end includes OMMM 14, second CWGM, decryption module, CMLCR 17, KMNM 18, and second sync module. Through GSM speech sound channel, the invention carries out end-to-end speech sound encryption transmission. Advantages are low time delay, high security, and flexible and convenient.

Image information apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire image information of a plurality of frames of images sensed at predetermined regular time intervals. The apparatuses, methods, and programs detect a leading and trailing end of a lane mark included in a detection area defined in each frame of the image information. The apparatuses, methods, and programs detect a detected distance from one of the leading and trailing end of the lane mark to the other one as a detected distance based on the speed of the vehicle and the number of frames between a frame in which one of the leading end and the trailing end of the lane mark is detected and a frame in which the other one of the leading end and the trailing end of the lane mark is detected and determine a lane mark type of the lane mark on the basis of the detected distance.

The invention discloses a self-adaption relay type preferential selecting method in wireless relay communication, aiming at improving the throughput of a relay link and reducing the processing time delay caused by the relay operation. According to the invention, a relay node self-adaptively regulates a relay mode and relays communication data and signaling in a relay manner according to the collected channel quality information. The self-adaption relay type preferential selecting method is suitable for various traditional relay communication systems. The invention discloses a relay node used for realizing the self-adaption relay type preferential selecting method.

The method comprises: pilot frequency signals are mapped into the last OFDM symbol of frame or sub-frame and is sent out. Said pilot frequency signals can be all pilot frequency signals, all pilot frequency signals with system synchronous function or a part of pilot frequency signals with system synchronous function. By the invention mobile station extracts the signals without considering the influence to the symbol timing by the system symbol timing and the length of multi cycle prefix so as to ensure the performance of pilot frequency signals in channel estimation and channel quality measurement.

The invention discloses an improved SM4 parallel encryption and decryption communication method based on a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). The encryption and decryption method comprises the following steps: using an AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)-128 key expansion algorithm to generate an expanded subkey needed by an SM4 encryption algorithm; improving a round function in the SM4 encryption algorithm; and using the parallel computing power of the GPU, improving the SM4 encryption algorithm into a form of parallel encryption. By adopting the encryption and decryption communication method of the invention, the security and the speed of implementation can be effectively improved, real-time and parallel encryption can be performed on data, and the encryption speed can be improved, so that normal transmission of data flow can be guaranteed and the processing delay can be reduced.

A system includes an active system that executes processing, a standby system that is able to perform at least one of scale-up and scale-down, and a control apparatus that controls system switching to set the standby system undergoing the scaled up or scaled down as a new active system.

The invention provides a device capable of conducting business hardware acceleration. The device comprises a logic hardware acceleration module and a central processing unit (CPU). The logic hardware acceleration module is configured to receive down data message from a core network and stores the down data message into an internal memory of the CPU. The CPU is configured to obtain the down data message from the internal memory and conduct CPRS tunnel protocol user face portion (GTPU) protocol processing and message data converge protocol (PDCP) on the down data message. The logic hardware acceleration module is further configured to execute radio link control (RLC) processing on the data message subjected to the PDCP processing to generate an RLC protocol data unit (PDU), execute frame protocol (FP) framing processing on the RLCPDU and packaging processing to generate Ethernet message and transmit the down Ethernet message. By means of the business hardware acceleration scheme, the device can greatly reduce CPU load, reduces user face message processing delay and improves processing performance and processing capacity of the whole business.