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The invention relates to a method for a handover of a mobile node from a non-3GPP to a 3GPP network, and of a mobile node, which is located in a non-3GPP / 3GPP network. The handover is improved by discovering an appropriate MME and registering the mobile node at the discovered MME, in advance. This includes to first determine the location of the mobile node in the non-3GPP network, so as to be able to detect an MME in the vicinity of the mobile node's location. The 3GPP contexts are then transmitted to the new MME before the handover is performed. Moreover, the invention teaches to change the Serving-Gateway in the 3GPP network before performing a handover, thereby accelerating the handover. When a handover gets likely, the mobile node's location is determined and a new Serving-Gateway is selected. The data path is changed to go via the new Serving-Gateway.

In accordance with the present invention, computer implemented methods and systems are provided for reducing handoff latency in a wireless network. In response to detecting that a handoff is necessary, the present invention uses a selective scanning algorithm that includes the use of a channel mask and / or a caching algorithm for detecting one or more new access points.

A wireless network node and a network provide for automatic self-deployment of the radio frequency channels without the need for preplanning. Each wireless network node adapts to the inclusion of a new node and to changing local conditions without requiring manual configuration at deployment or re-deployment. When a node is added to the network, it scans and finds its neighbors, and enters a frequency self-selection phase of its initialization process. The method for frequency self-selection involves transmitting and receiving a sequence of messages to / from neighbors and performing related processing within the controller unit of the node. Three sets of parameters are used in the frequency self-selection algorithm. The three parameter sets include a routing cost function, the frequencies in use by neighbors (and those that may be blocked), and the antenna beams used for the respective frequencies.

An assembly is provided that may be used in high data rate optical communications, such as free-space communication systems. The assembly may include a main optical receiver element and a lenslet array or other optical element disposed near the focal plane that collects an optical signal and focuses that signal as a series of optical signal portions onto a photodetector array, formed of a series of InGaAs photodiodes, for example. The electrical signals from the photodetectors may be amplified using high bandwidth transimpedance amplifiers connected to a summing amplifier or circuit that produces a summed electrical signal. Alternatively, the electrical signals may be summed initially and then amplified via a transimpedance amplifier. The assembly may be used in remote optical communication systems, including free-space laser communication environments, to convert optical signals up to or above 1 Gbit / s or higher data rates into electrical signals at 1 Gbit / s or higher data rates.

Low resource internet devices such as consumer electronics products connect to web service by means of a proxy method where the connected device does not need to maintain the expensive and fragile web service interface itself, but rather uses simple low level protocols to communicate through a gateway that executes software to translate a low level proprietary wireless protocol to a proprietary low level internet protocol that can pass through a firewall to proxy servers that translate the low level protocols thus presenting an interface that makes the internet device appear to have a full web service interface to enable communication between the internet devices and the web server.

A means of wireless data transmission between a tractor and a trailer using a data transfer system having a first communication unit that is installed on the front of the trailer and a second communication unit that is installed on the rear of the tractor cab. Both communication units on a coupled tractor-trailer are located facing each other across a hitching space between the tractor and trailer to define a communication gap over which data is wirelessly transmitted. A notification device is carried by the tractor and operatively connected to the second communication unit. At least one data collector is carried by the trailer and operatively connected to the first communication unit. Accordingly, the driver is provided with information through the notification device from the data collector by way of the first and second communication unit, which wirelessly transmit the data between the tractor and trailer.

An ultrasonic photoacoustic imaging apparatus which includes a probe incorporating an array transducer having a plurality of transducers and an acoustic image generation unit that generates, based on a mixed signal obtained by converting an acoustic wave, in which an ultrasonic wave and a photoacoustic wave are mixed and making use of a difference between phase shift aspect of electrical signals of the ultrasonic waves from the same reflection source in the inside of the subject and phase shift aspect of electrical signals of the photoacoustic waves from the same generation source in the inside of the subject, an electrical signal reflecting the ultrasonic wave and an electrical signal reflecting the photoacoustic wave, and generates an ultrasonic image based on the electrical signal reflecting the ultrasonic wave and a photoacoustic image based on the electrical signal reflecting the photoacoustic wave.

A communication method using a direct link in a wireless network and an apparatus therefor are provided. Accordingly, it is determined whether the quality of a link channel is lower than a level during communication using the direct link or whether a signal which is received through the channel includes a radar signal, and the direct link channel is selectively changed to a new channel based on the determination result.

An antenna directivity enhancer to enhance the directivity of an antenna is disclosed. The enhancer has a 3-dimensional structure in a predefined 3-dimensional shape when operating to enhance the directivity of an antenna. The 3-dimensional structure can be flexibly collapsible into 2-dimensional flat surfaces, with at least two of the surfaces not required to have any space between them when the structure is collapsed. The direction where the directivity is enhanced can be changed as desired. The enhancer can include just one reflecting surface, or at least two reflecting surfaces. In yet another embodiment, the enhancer includes a curved surface when the enhancer is in its predefined 3-dimensional shape.

A cable includes a plurality of twisted wire pairs housed inside a jacket. A plurality of protrusions extend away from a circumferential surface of the jacket. The protrusion may extend radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the jacket, or may extend radially inward from an inner circumferential surface of the jacket toward a center of the cable. The protrusions ensure that the twisted wire pairs of one cable are well-distanced from the twisted wire pairs of another cable when two cables are placed adjacent to one another and improve the dielectric properties of the jacket. The cable can be designed to meet all of telecommunication cabling industry regulations and standards, and demonstrates improved alien crosstalk and attenuation characteristics even at high data bit rates.

Low resource internet devices such as consumer electronics products connect to web service by means of a proxy method where the connected device does not need to maintain the expensive and fragile web service interface itself, but rather uses simple low level protocols to communicate through a gateway that executes software to translate a low level proprietary wireless protocol to a proprietary low level internet protocol that can pass through a firewall to proxy servers that translate the low level protocols thus presenting an interface that makes the internet device appear to have a full web service interface to enable communication between the internet devices and the web server.

An aircraft phased array antenna system has transmit and receive antenna structures externally mounted on the aircraft fuselage. Each antenna comprises a plurality of phased array elements and antenna power and support equipment. Aerodynamically shaping antenna structure to enclose an antenna element grid provides additional antenna structure volume, which is efficiently utilized by locating antenna support equipment within the antenna structure. To control signal attenuation a receive antenna internal converter converts receive frequency signals to L-band frequency signals for aircraft use, and a similar transmit antenna converter converts L-band frequency signals to transmit frequency signals, thus unconstraining antenna to internal aircraft equipment spacing. To reduce power loss and cabling weight, antenna operating power is first generated in the 28 to 270 volts DC range within the aircraft, and locally converted in each antenna to the 3 to 6 volt DC power to operate each antenna's phased array elements.

Method for reducing undesired alarms in an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system involves measuring a tag response at a first and second pedestal to obtain contemporaneous first and second tag responses. The tag responses are compared to evaluate relative signal strength and thereby discern a lesser signal strength tag response. A reduced level exciter drive signal is applied to a selected one of the first and second pedestals associated with the lesser signal strength tag response. A detection zone is then monitored to determine the occurrence of a third tag response resulting from the reduced level exciter signal. The approximate location of the tag in relation to the first and second pedestals is determined based on the first, second, and third tag responses.

A passive keyless entry device includes a fixed unit and a portable unit. A signal receiving section of the portable unit includes three antennas for receiving a signal which is wirelessly transmitted from the fixed unit with respect to three directions which are at right angles to one another; three amplifiers; three detectors; a selector circuit for selecting one detection output by which a wake-up signal can be detected and in which the received signal valve of the antenna is comparatively high from among the detection outputs which are output from the detectors; a level comparator; first and second switches; and a counter.

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit which acquires first data in which a tissue of interest has higher signal intensity than a background and second data in which the tissue of interest has lower signal intensity than the background, with regard to images of the same region of the same subject, and a generation unit which generates, on the basis of the first data and the second data, third data in which the contrast of the tissue of interest to the background is higher than those in the first and second data.

A system which creates a wireless monitoring network of programmed and computing devices for the capture and transmission of real-time monitoring data. The system uses programmed devices that incorporate at least one sensor, a micro-controller, a data store, transmitters and receivers for multiple wireless communication methods and data input and output ports. The micro-controller may be programmed to operate the programmed device as a collector and transmitter of data from sensors in the programmed device or from other sensors connected to its input port, or as a reader and transmitter of data from other programmed devices. When a computing device is connected to a programmed device via USB, WiFi or Bluetooth (LE), the programmed device acts as a data reader providing monitoring data to the computing device. The system optimizes communications and power usage to maximize network sustainability and performance by managing alternative functional states with finite state machine firmware.

An optical imaging system and method including a movable pixelated filter array, a shutter mechanism to which the pixelated filter array is attached, and a controller configured to implement a data reduction algorithm. The shutter mechanism is configured to move the pixelated filter array into and out of the optical path, and the data reduction algorithm allows the controller to account for axial and / or lateral misalignment of the filter array relative to the imaging detector array or its conjugate. In certain examples, the controller is further configured to use the data reduction algorithms also to perform wavefront sensing, for example to estimate wavefront error.

A vehicle presence detection system for effectively detecting the presence of a vehicle in a location based upon a measured radio wave signal strength by a receiver. The vehicle presence detection system generally includes a main receiver adapted for receiving a radio wave signal from a transmitter and a control unit in communication with the main receiver that determines a signal strength of the radio wave signal received by the main receiver. The control unit determines that a vehicle is near the transmitter or the main receiver when the signal strength of the radio wave signal is reduced by a threshold loss.

Methods and systems for managing communication between a key fob and a host device are provided. In one implementation, the system includes a key fob configured to operate in accordance with one of a plurality of modes, including an automatic mode and a manual mode. The system further includes a host device associated with the key fob, wherein responsive to the key fob operating in accordance with the automatic mode, the key fob is configured to page periodically, and the host device is configured to page-scan periodically to detect a page from the key fob. In one implementation, the key fob further includes a controller configured to dynamically adjust a signal strength of a communication signal between the key fob and the host device in accordance with a mode of operation selected (or desired) by the user.

The embodiment of the invention provides a link switching method under a high-speed motion state, a vehicle-mounted AP and a system. Signal strength of a trackside AP is obtained, wherein the signal strength of the trackside AP is monitored by the vehicle-mounted AP according to a preset monitoring rule; whether a main trackside AP which sets up bridging with the vehicle-mounted AP meets the following conditions at the same time or not is judged and the following conditions are that the signal strength of the main trackside AP is less than a preset switching threshold value; the signal strength of the main trackside AP is less than that of a standby trackside AP of the vehicle-mounted AP; the signal strength difference between the main trackside AP and the standby trackside AP is larger than the preset difference threshold value; if the conditions are met, the standby trackside AP is updated to be the main trackside AP, and the vehicle-mounted AP sets up bridging with the updated main trackside AP. The problem of data packet dropout caused by frequent link switching in the prior art is solved. The link switching method under the high-speed motion state relates to the technical field of network communication.

In a magnetic resonance angiography method with flow-compensated and flow-sensitive imaging and a magnetic resonance apparatus for implementing such a method, a first MR data set of the examination region is acquired with an imaging sequence in which vessels in the examination region are shown with high signal intensity, a second MR data set of the examination region with an imaging sequence in which the vessels in the examination region are shown with low signal intensity, and the angiographic magnetic resonance image is calculated in a processor by taking the difference of the first and second data set. The first data set is acquired with an imaging sequence with reduced flow sensitivity and the second data set is acquired with an imaging sequence with an increased flow sensitivity compared to the initial imaging sequence.

Prior to multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) measurement condition optimization, an analysis operator prepares, for each precursor ion of an objective compound, two lists on a product-ion selection condition setting screen 200, i.e. a list 203 which shows ions to be preferentially selected as product ions for which the optimization needs to be performed and a list 202 which shows ions to be excluded from the optimization. When a measurement is performed, a product-ion scan measurement for the precursor ion of the objective compound is performed and a spectrum is obtained. Among the ions extracted from this spectrum, any ion registered in the excludable-ion list 202 is excluded, while any ion registered in the preferred-ion list 203 is preferentially selected as a product ion. For each combination of the m / z values of the precursor ion and the product ions thus determined, optimum conditions of the MRM measurement are searched for.

A cable includes a plurality of twisted wire pairs housed inside a jacket. A plurality of protrusions extend away from a circumferential surface of the jacket. The protrusion may extend radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the jacket, or may extend radially inward from an inner circumferential surface of the jacket toward a center of the cable. The protrusions ensure that the twisted wire pairs of one cable are well-distanced from the twisted wire pairs of another cable when two cables are placed adjacent to one another and improve the dielectric properties of the jacket. The cable can be designed to meet all of telecommunication cabling industry regulations and standards, and demonstrates improved alien crosstalk and attenuation characteristics even at high data bit rates.

The invention relates to a method and device for selecting a network frequency band and a router. The method and device for selecting the network frequency band and the router are used for achieving the purpose that a terminal device can have access to a wireless network more rapidly and better. The method for selecting the network frequency band comprises the steps that a connection request of the terminal device is received, and the MAC address of the terminal device is carried by the connection request; according to network frequency band selection information of the terminal device, one network frequency band is selected for the terminal device from at least one network frequency band; the terminal device has access to the wireless network through the selected network frequency. The connection request of the terminal device contains the MAC address of the terminal, the network frequency band is selected for the terminal device according to the connection request containing the MAC address of the terminal device, and therefore the terminal device can have access to the wireless network through selecting the network frequency band with a better signal intensity. In this way, the network frequency band with severe signal interference is avoided and the terminal device can have access to the wireless network more efficiently and more rapidly.

In accordance with the present invention, computer implemented methods and systems are provided for reducing handoff latency in a wireless network. In response to detecting that a handoff is necessary, the present invention uses a selective scanning algorithm that includes the use of a channel mask and / or a caching algorithm for detecting one or more new access points.

A medical system includes an implantable medical device configured for implantation in a living subject to interact with the subject, an extracorporeal device having a processor that processes information such as programming instructions for the implantable medical device or monitoring data received from the implantable medical device, and at least two antenna devices located at respectively different locations. The implantable medical device communicates with at least one of the two antenna devices, and the extracorporeal device also communicates with the at least two antenna devices to exchange the aforementioned information with the implantable medical device via at least one of the two antenna devices. The at least two antenna devices are physically separated from the extracorporeal device and the extracorporeal device communicates with each of the at least two antenna devices via a communication link that allows the extracorporeal device to be freely moved relative to the at least two antenna devices. The communication link can be a hard-wired communication link or a wireless communication link.

Conserving battery by a wireless user equipment (UE) device in substantially stationary conditions. A first wireless link may be established with a first cell. It may be determined that the UE device is substantially stationary. One or more signal strength and / or signal quality metrics associated with the first wireless link may be measured. The one or more signal strength and / or signal quality metrics may be below a first threshold. The UE may ordinarily be configured to perform a search for neighboring cells if the one or more signal strength and / or signal quality metrics are below the first threshold. The UE may not actually perform a search for neighboring cells, based on determining that the UE is substantially stationary.

A system and method of passively monitoring nuclear fuel coolant conditions is disclosed, and includes a passive (non-electrically powered) gamma thermometer(s) located in nuclear fuel coolant area(s) (e.g., in the reactor vessel and / or in the facility spent fuel pool) and in electrical communication with millivolt meter(s) to facilitate passive monitoring of nuclear fuel coolant levels, nuclear fuel coolant temperatures, and / or heat transfer conditions in the nuclear fuel coolant area(s) during a station blackout (SBO) or prolonged station blackout (PSBO) event.

A transducer of fiber optics grating is prepared as packaging chirp fiber optics grating, forming wavelength demodulation unit by one wideband optical source, two optical fiber couplers, two photoelectric detectors and one reference chirp fiber optics grating matching to transducer of fiber optics grating. The wavelength demodulating method utilizing said transducer is also disclosed.

An adaptive SINR control process is triggered based on various quality measures associated with the received signal in a mobile device or on a geographic region in which a base station and an interferer are located. As part of the adaptive SINR control process the mobile device reduces the signal level of the received signal, which reduces both the signal strength of the desired signal and interfering signal. If the control process is triggered on the mobile device side, after detecting the presence of interference, the mobile device sends a request that the base station increases its transmit power of the desired signal to improve the receiving SINR in the mobile device. Alternatively, the mobile device may receive information from the base station causing the mobile device to reduce the signal level of the received signal based on quality indicators sent by the mobile device to the base station or based on geographic location of the base station.