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A radar system (100) is described including a transmitting assembly (10), a receiving assembly (20), a control unit (30) and a signal processing unit (40). The transmitting assembly (10) receives an input signal (31) and transmits an incident radar signal (2). The transmitting assembly (10) includes a Rotman lens (12) having a lens cavity (74), a plurality of beam ports (60), a plurality of array ports (62) and a patch antenna assembly (14). The lens cavity (74) has a lens gap (h) between 10 microns to 120 microns, and preferably 40 microns to 60 microns. The patch antenna assembly (14) includes a plurality of antenna arrays (130) operable to receive a plurality of time-delayed, in-phase signals from the Rotman lens (12) and to transmit the incident radar signal (2) towards a target (4). The receiving assembly (20) receives a reflected radar signal (6) and produces an output signal. The signal processing unit (40) compares the input signal (31) to the output signal and implements an algorithm determining the range, velocity and position of the target (4).

A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a pixel array part; and a drive part that drives the pixel array part. The pixel array part includes row-wise first scan lines and second scan lines, column-wise signal lines, pixels arranged in a matrix form on parts where the lines intersect, and power supply lines and ground lines that supply power to the respective pixels. The drive part includes a first scanner that sequentially supplies first control signals to the respective first scan lines and line-sequentially scans the pixels in units of rows, a second scanner that sequentially supplies second control signals to the respective second scan lines according to the line-sequential scan, and a signal selector that supplies video signals to the column-wise signal lines according to the line-sequential scan.

In a telecommunication system communication to and / or from a user equipment is carried on a user plane and messages supporting the communication are carried on a control plane. Information supporting provision of information about the location of the user equipment is also arranged to be carried on the user plane to and / or from the user equipment.

Methods and apparatus for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and forwarding state, e.g., context and other information, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the transfer of state from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation thereby eliminating any need for state transfer messages to be transmitted between the second access node and the first access node during handoff. Other features of the invention are directed to the use of a core network node to store state information. State information stored in the core node can be accessed and used by access nodes in cases where a mobile node does not send a state transfer message during a handoff, e.g., because communication with the first access node is lost or because such messages are not supported.

A method of multicasting data. The method includes providing a data block for multicasting, generating a plurality of segments that represent the data block, such that a receiver needs to receive fewer than all the generated segments in order to reconstruct the data block, encrypting at least a portion of the generated segments, so as to generate encrypted data units encrypted with a plurality of different keys or encryption methods and transmitting the encrypted data units over one or more multicast channels.

A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel having a photodiode and a pixel transistor; a first isolation region using a semiconductor region containing impurities formed between neighboring photodiodes; and a second isolation region using an semiconductor region containing impurities formed between the photodiode and the pixel transistor, wherein an impurity concentration of the first isolation region is different from an impurity concentration of the second isolation region.

A communication system having a multiple access segment (2,48), which comprises a plurality of end systems (6,44) and a switching node (4,46) configured such that each end system can transmit packets to the switching node and such that the switching node can transmit packets which are received by all the end systems. The switching node comprises a switch (5,47) for switching packets from the end systems to intermediate destinations within the system, and the MA segment operates in accordance with a protocol which provides a quality of service requested by the end systems for the packets transmitted over the segment. The switching node comprises means for collating primary label routing information for packets to be transmitted from the end systems across the MA segment which primary label is dependent on the intermediate destination of the packet and the QoS requirement of the packet and is independent of the end system from which the packet originates and the switching node switches packets from the end users to the intermediate destinations using only the primary label.

A radar system (100) is described including a transmitting assembly (10), a receiving assembly (20), a control unit (30) and a signal processing unit (40). The transmitting assembly (10) receives an input signal (31) and transmits an incident radar signal (2). The transmitting assembly (10) includes a Rotman lens (12) having a lens cavity (74), a plurality of beam ports (60), a plurality of array ports (62) and a patch antenna assembly (14). The lens cavity (74) has a lens gap (h) between 10 microns to 120 microns, and preferably 40 microns to 60 microns. The patch antenna assembly (14) includes a plurality of antenna arrays (130) operable to receive a plurality of time-delayed, in-phase signals from the Rotman lens (12) and to transmit the incident radar signal (2) towards a target (4). The receiving assembly (20) receives a reflected radar signal (6) and produces an output signal. The signal processing unit (40) compares the input signal (31) to the output signal and implements an algorithm determining the range, velocity and position of the target (4).

The invention relates to a method for transmitting and a method for reconstructing channel quality information in a communication system. Further, the invention also provides a transmitter and receiver performing these methods, respectively. The invention suggests a scheme for communicating channel quality measures that on the one hand allows for an accurate reconstruction of the channel quality measures at the receiver and on the other hand requires an acceptable transmission overhead. This is achieved by partitioning channel quality measures into at least two partitions and to compress the values partition-wise, for example by means of a discrete cosine transform and the transmission of only a subset of the resulting coefficients.

A device for conditioning a total bandwidth includes a return path extending at least a portion of a distance between a supplier side connector and a user side connector, and a forward path extending at least a portion of a distance between the supplier side connector and the user side connector. An upstream section including a variable signal level adjustment device connected within the return path. A downstream section including a forward coupler connected within the forward path. The device further includes at least one microprocessor. The microprocessor is connected electrically upstream the variable signal level adjustment device. The microprocessor reduces an amount of signal level adjustment applied to the return path in response to a reduction in a level of a downstream bandwidth at the forward coupler.

Methods and apparatus for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and forwarding state, e.g., context and other information, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the transfer of state from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation thereby eliminating any need for state transfer messages to be transmitted between the second access node and the first access node during handoff. Other features of the invention are directed to the use of a core network node to store state information. State information stored in the core node can be accessed and used by access nodes in cases where a mobile node does not send a state transfer message during a handoff, e.g., because communication with the first access node is lost or because such messages are not supported.

According to some embodiments, a method for use in a user equipment (UE) of transmitting uplink data in unlicensed spectrum comprises receiving, from a network node, an uplink grant comprising an indication of one or more subframes to use for transmitting uplink data. Each subframe comprises a plurality of symbols. The method further comprises obtaining an indication of a listen-before-talk (LBT) type. The LBT type indicates a type of LBT procedure that the UE should perform before transmitting uplink data. The method further comprises determining, using the obtained LBT type, at least one of a starting symbol and a stopping symbol for transmitting uplink data, and transmitting uplink data according to at least one of the determined starting symbol and the determined stopping symbol.

Systems and methods for preemption of Traffic Engineering LSPs such that preemption decisions are made in a coordinated fashion along the path of a new LSP and computation of a new path for a preempted LSP can take advantage of knowledge of newly unavailable links. The efficiency of the preemption mechanism is greatly increased and the undesirable effects of heterogeneous preemption decisions are limited. The amount of signaling may also be significantly reduced. In one implementation, these advantages are achieved by exploiting an upstream preemption feedback mechanism that uses an incremental timer to delay preemption decisions until feedback is available.

Circuits and methods for transmitting and receiving small swing differential voltage data to and from a memory are described. A plurality of memory cells is formed in arrays within a plurality of memory banks. Each memory bank is coupled to a pair of small swing differential voltage global bit lines that extend across the memory. A small signal write driver circuit is coupled to the global bit lines and configured to output a small signal differential voltage on the global bit lines during write cycles. A global sense amplifier is coupled to the global bit line pairs and configured to output a full swing voltage on a data line during a read cycle. Methods for providing small swing global bit line signals to memory cells are disclosed. The use of small swing differential voltage signals across the memory reduces power consumption and shortens memory cycle time.

The technology is disclosed to attain the prompt processing and reduction of signaling volume in network attachment detection for IPv6 wireless access networks. According to this technology, a mobile node reports the identifier of a new wireless access point to its on-link access routers (ARs) and the ARs disseminate the identifiers of all the reported access points (APID List) to MNs. With the identifiers information, the MN is able to speculate it remains in the same subnet or moved back to a previously visited subnet, where its current or previous address configuration can be reused respectively. The speculation is ascertained by parallelly performing reachability test and duplicate address detection, if necessary. The reachability test is done in a unicast manner so as to conserve wireless link bandwidth.

The invention relates to a method for transmitting and a method for reconstructing channel quality information in a communication system. Further, the invention also provides a transmitter and receiver performing these methods, respectively. The invention suggests a scheme for communicating channel quality measures that on the one hand allows for an accurate reconstruction of the channel quality measures at the receiver and on the other hand requires an acceptable transmission overhead. This is achieved by partitioning channel quality measures into at least two partitions and to compress the values partition-wise, for example by means of a discrete cosine transform and the transmission of only a subset of the resulting coefficients.

The invention is directed to a method for cell selection in a cellular telecommunication system. According to the invention, cell identification information is attached as a parameter to an RRC message initiating the state change of the mobile station to the cell-connected state. Advantageously, the network selects a cell to be suggested as the cell for use by the mobile station in the cell-connected state, and the network indicates said cell by attaching cell identification as a parameter to said RRC message. Consequently, the mobile station may make the final selection of the cell, and indicate the selected cell to the network by attaching cell identification information as a parameter to a second RRC message, such as the response message to the RRC message initiating the state change.

For example, the present invention can be applied to an imaging device which generates an image signal for thinning each predetermined field or frame so as to perform entire view angle read out and generates a signal for performing all-pixel partial read out in the remaining fields or frames.

A network component is provided for facilitating communication of traffic between a destination server and a client over a network comprising the plurality of network paths. The network component comprising memory for storing computer-readable instructions and a processor configured to implement the computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions operable to implement the following: exchange control parameters with the client via a control channel using one or more of the plurality of network control paths; encapsulate the traffic for transmission to the client; decapsulate the traffic received from the client; and schedule traffic to the client via one or more of the plurality of network paths using logic common with the client based on network parameters. A client configured to work with the network component is also described, as is a communication system including both the client and network component.

A TFT array substrate is disclosed. The TFT array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, and a gate driving circuit connected to the gate lines. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages of shift registers, where odd-numbered stages of shift registers are cascaded-connected to each other, even-numbered stages of shift registers are cascaded-connected to each other, and the odd-numbered stages of shift registers and the even-numbered stages of shift registers are disposed at opposite ends of the gate lines.

A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a pixel array unit and a driving unit which drives the pixel array unit. The pixel array unit includes rows of first scanning lines and second scanning lines, columns of signals, pixels in a matrix state arranged at portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other and power supply lines and ground lines supplying power to respective pixels. The driving unit includes a first scanner performing line-sequential scanning to pixels by each row by supplying a first control signal to each first scanning line sequentially, a second scanner supplying a second control signal to each second scanning line sequentially so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning and a signal selector supplying a video signal to rows of signal lines so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning.

A solid-state image sensing device provided with photoelectric conversion films stacked above a semiconductor substrate, comprising: first impurity regions as defined herein; second impurity regions as defined herein; signal charge reading regions as defined herein; and third impurity regions as defined herein.

The invention relates to a packet-switched radio system and to a method of performing a function of the subscriber terminal location service in a packet-switched radio system. The method comprises the (302) subscriber terminal transmitting a request message for location service to the core network of the radio system via the radio system; (304) performing at least one function of the location service required in the request message; (306) the core network transmitting a response message to the subscriber terminal via the radio network.

The invention discloses a method for implementing resource applications of multiple service flows, including: receiving by a connection manager (CM) a connection resource request message including resource applications of at least two service flows; allocating paths and reserving resources for the service flows by the CM; sending by the CM the paths allocated for the service flows and resources reserved for the service flows to an edge router of a bearer network accessed by the service flows. With the method, resource applications of multiple service flows may be accomplished in one service connection, thereby providing support for rich QoS services of the application layer, reducing the time of signaling exchange between devices, saving the network traffic and the time of resource applications

The present invention relates to a device (1) and method for monitoring vital signs of a subject. In particular, the device for monitoring vital signs (1) comprises an imaging unit (2) for obtaining image data (3) of said subject, an interface (7) for receiving motion data (8) of said subject and / or said imaging unit (2), a processing unit (4) for extracting vital signs (9) of said subject from said image data (3), and a control unit (5) for adapting parameters (6a, 6b) of said imaging unit (2) and / or said processing unit (4) based on the received motion data (8). A further aspect of the invention relates to a fitness device (10) comprising a device for monitoring vital signs (1) and a motion detection unit (13, 14, 15) for providing said device for monitoring vital signs (1) with motion data (8).

The disclosure relates to an apparatus for coding a bit stream representing a three-dimensional video comprising a sequence of views, wherein a depth map is associated to each view, the depth map comprising depth information of the view with respect to a position to the camera capturing the view, the apparatus comprising: a partitioner for partitioning the depth map into coding units; a determiner for determining a type of model function for each coding unit based on the depth information of the coding unit; a reducer for reducing the coding unit to a single residual value for each segment generated by model function; and a signaler for signaling the model function used and the residual value into the bitstream.

There is provided a resin composition made of a mixture of a crosslinked polyethylene and a non-crosslinked polyethylene, and having a density of 0.960 g / cm3 or more and a melt fracture tension within a range from 20 to 100 mN. Furthermore, there is provided a high-frequency co-axial cable comprising sequentially: an internal conductor; an internal solid layer; a foamed insulation layer; an external solid layer; an external conductor; and an outer coat, the foamed insulation layer being composed of a foam body of the above resin composition.

A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel having a photodiode and a pixel transistor; a first isolation region using a semiconductor region containing impurities formed between neighboring photodiodes; and a second isolation region using an semiconductor region containing impurities formed between the photodiode and the pixel transistor, wherein an impurity concentration of the first isolation region is different from an impurity concentration of the second isolation region.

The method comprises: only setting the clock signal, switch signal, data input signal and data output signal; using the diode and the system reset signal multiplex as inner core reset signal. When the target board runs at any states, a on-line connection approach is used to connect to the target board in order to make a debug operation. The invention realizes the JTAG interface having only four signals so as to simplify the design of JTAC.