41 results about "Transport infrastructure" patented technology

Modular data centers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems, for example, are disclosed. The modular center generally includes a modular computing module including an intermodal shipping container and computing systems mounted within the container and configured to be shipped and operated within the container and a temperature control system for maintaining the air temperature surrounding the computing systems. The intermodal shipping container may be configured in accordance to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container manufacturing standards or otherwise configured with respect to height, length, width, weight, and/or lifting points of the container for transport via an intermodal transport infrastructure. The modular design enables the modules to be cost effectively built at a factory and easily transported to and deployed at a data center site.

A method of transferring data between applications, wherein at least one datum relating to a subject is published by a first application over a transport infrastructure; and the published at least one datum is provided in accordance with a delivery protocol to a second application that has previously subscribed to the subject, subscription to a subject comprising specifying one of a plurality of delivery protocols; and the published at least one datum being provided in accordance with the delivery protocol specified in the course of the second application's subscription to the subject.

A device (D) is dedicated to the processing of application notifications that must be transmitted to users' communication terminals (TC) via at least one transmission infrastructure (RC). This device (D) comprises processing means (MT) configured, whenever an application notification intended for at least one user is received, to analyze that application notification so as to determine adaptation information which defines i) how and at what time that application notification's content must be transmitted to a chosen terminal (TC) of that recipient user, ii) what portion of the content must be used by that chosen terminal (TC), and iii) how that portion must be used by the chosen terminal (TC), depending on the chosen rule(s) and/or policy(-ies) and taking into account user and/or contextual information and/or the application notification's parameter(s) and/or characteristic(s) of the chosen terminal, and furthermore, to adapt the application notification to be transmitted based on the determined adaptation information.

Methods and example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for maintaining network-on-chip (NoC) safety and reliability. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an network-on-chip (NoC)-based error correction system capable of supporting a network interface (NI) that transmits a flit between a transmission side (Tx) intellectual property (IP) element and a receiving side (Rx) IP element. The system includes an encoder configured to receive a k-bit flit from the Tx IP element and encodes the k-bit flit into n-bit data (where k and n denote any natural numbers), and a decoder configured to receive the n-bit data, decode the n-bit data into the k-bit flit, and output the k-bit flit, the decoder having an error correction circuit for correcting an error in the n-bit data. In an aspect, the error correction circuit comprises a multiple overlapping layers of coverage configured for the NoC transport infrastructure.

A method and a system for the detection of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) on a surface of a transport infrastructure are described. The method comprises receiving 3D profiles of the surface from at least one 3D laser sensor, the 3D laser sensor including a camera and a laser line projector, the 3D laser sensor being adapted to be displaced to scan the surface of the transport infrastructure and acquire 3D profiles of the surface; analyzing the 3D profiles using a parametric surface model to determine a surface model of the surface; identifying pixels of the 3D profiles located above the surface using the surface model; generating a set of potential FOD by applying a threshold on the pixels located above the surface model to identify a set of at least one protruding object; providing detection information about the potential FOD.

A multi-modular data center includes at least one modular computing module and at least one modular power supply module. The modular computing module includes a transportable container, a plurality of computing systems, a cooling system, a surveillance system, and a network interface. The modular power supply module includes a transportable container and a plurality of power supply systems. The transportable containers are configured for transport via a transport infrastructure. The plurality of computing systems is mounted within the transportable container. The cooling system is disposed in the transportable container. The surveillance system is configured to monitor the transportable container. The network interface is configured to interface between an Internet access connection and the computing systems. The plurality of power supply systems is mounted within the transportable container.

The present invention relates to conditions monitoring of structures forming part of a transport network, e.g. structural health monitoring of structures, especially tunnels by performing distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) on at least one optical fiber (104) deployed so as to monitor the structure (206) and detecting and analyzing the acoustic response to movement of traffic (205) on the network in the vicinity of the structure to detect the acoustic response (303, 304) of the structure. The acoustic response of the structure is then analyzed to detect any change in condition.

The procedure for the construction of underground transport infrastructures, comprises the steps of:

• • excavating an underground transport tunnel comprising a first pipe and a second pipe substantially parallel to one another;
  • making a bypass tunnel connecting the first pipe and the second pipe which comprises the sub-steps of:
    • introducing a launching chamber along the first pipe up to a first predefined position chosen along the longitudinal direction of the first pipe, the launching chamber being able to launch a tunnel boring machine;
  • introducing an arrival chamber along the second pipe up to a second predefined position chosen along the longitudinal direction of the second pipe, the arrival chamber being able to receive the tunnel boring machine;
  • excavating the bypass tunnel making the tunnel boring machine move forward from the launching chamber to the arrival chamber along a direction transversal to the first pipe and to the second pipe.

Methods and apparatus improving availability of voice services controlled via IP signaling links provisioned over converged ATM and Ethernet converged network infrastructure are provided. A media gateway network element implements a Layer-2 signaling link end-to-end monitoring via heartbeat messages formulated at the ATM end to traverse the converged network infrastructure to the Ethernet end. The media gateway is provided with SPVC connectivity information and is made aware of network bridging in order to perform a Layer-2 switchover to a standby signaling link in re-establishing signaling link connectivity with a media gateway controller should a communications fault be detected. The advantages include codeployment with previous media gateway controller implemented techniques, and providing a reduction of overheads for media gateway controller implemented techniques while increasing availability by reducing exposure to service outages.

The invention relates to an overpass, in particular to a movable bus station overpass. A body of the movable bus station overpass has an inward convex structure which comprises four layers, wherein pavements on a first layer and a second layer have parking places, while a third layer and a fourth layer have chairs. Each two layers are connected by passages. The second layer and the third layer are provided with extension passages which have through side exits at two ends. Wheels moving the body of the movable bus station overpass are arranged at the lower part of the fourth layer. The overpass is energy-saving and environmentally-friendly and can solve the problem of traffic congestion without increasing transport infrastructures.

An invention is referred to systems and methods of digital calculations or data processing, specifically designated for special functions, for systems and methods, which allow a consolidated search for information and data base structuring in particular, collection of data and its registration in a digitalized form for the further input into hardware-software system and displaying on devices of users on demand. The system and method use hardware-software system including a hardware module and a data processing module. The hardware module contains central server and a complex of external devices of users, connected with the mentioned central server by data interchange means. The central server is connected with external e-mail servers by e-mail sending/receiving media. The data processing module is being adapted to provide of transforming the received electronic circular letters into a electronic sea shipping contract, containing data on cargo for transportation and data on vessel for transportation, as well as conditions for carriage of freight and port of departure and port of destination date using information, received from the personal accounts of participants of open freight market and complex of personal accounts of transport infrastructure subjects. The central server is connected with at least one database, which contains data of the generated electronic sea shipping contracts, associated with the received applications and/or the personal accounts of users.

The invention discloses a risk assessment method and a risk assessment system, wherein the method comprises: responding to a timing task that includes a task startup time and at least one target infrastructure; acquiring a preset security baseline policy corresponding to the target infrastructure, wherein the security baseline policy includes at least one security baseline; invoking and enforcingthe security baseline policy to obtain a security baseline value for each security baseline in the target infrastructure; calculating a security health value for the target infrastructure based on thesecurity baseline value; and performing a risk assessment on the target infrastructure based on the security health value. By quantifying a security health value through the security status of the target infrastructure, the invention implements real-time monitoring of the operational status of the target infrastructure, and is capable of quickly locating security threat points in the infrastructure when security events occur in the network.

The present invention relates to an automobile exhaust-degrading coiled material used for rapid pavement construction, and a production device thereof. The coiled material 5 is composed of an upper surface silicone release paper 1, a lower surface silicone release paper 2, an asphalt adhesive layer 3, and automobile exhaust degrading granules 4. The production device for the coiled material is composed of five deflection rollers (R1 to R5), wherein R1, R4, and R5 are associated with a drive device; R1 and R2 is used for conveying the upper surface silicon release paper 1; R3 and R4 are used for conveying the lower silicone surface release paper 2; and the silicone release paper 1 and 2 and asphalt adhesive layer 3, and the degrading granules 4 are extruded via the rolling of elastic rollers R2 and R3 in opposite directions, and wound for forming via the zone circle directed movement of R5. In the construction, under hot pressing, degrading granules 4 are close adhered to the pavement via the asphalt adhesive layer 3, which not only improves the speed of pavement construction, but also gives full play to surface photocatalytic function of the exhaust-degrading granules 4; so degrading efficiency for the exhaust from automobiles on the pavement is enhanced. The coiled material is particularly suitable for transport infrastructure surfaces of tunnels and the like that need rapid construction.

The invention provides a risk assessment method of electric power infrastructure facilities based on big data, comprising the following steps: S1. collecting state parameters of electric power infrastructure facilities, wherein, the state parameters include operating environment parameters and operating physical parameters; S2, obtaining the attribute parameters of the staff performing operation and maintenance on the electric power infrastructure facilities; S3, calculating reliability indexes according to the state parameters of the electric motor infrastructure facilities and the staff attribute parameters; S4, comparing the calculated reliability index with the set reliability index to obtain the difference of the reliability index; 5, comparing the difference value of the reliabilityindex with the set reliability difference value level list, and obtaining the reliability level of the current electric power infrastructure facilities; in the risk assessment, the operating environment of the power infrastructure facilities, their own operating attributes and the attributes of the operation and maintenance staff are considered comprehensively, so that the comprehensive evaluationindicators can be accurately obtained and the accuracy of the final risk assessment can be effectively guaranteed.

The invention discloses an incentive regulation and control method of a block chain network based on computing power consensus, which relates to the field of block chains and comprises the following steps: firstly, acquiring a current computing power value of the block chain network; And then, comparing the current computing power value with a preset computing power value, and if the current computing power value is not matched with the preset computing power value, adjusting the excitation level of the block chain network to enable the current computing power value to be matched with the preset computing power value. According to the method, the excitation level can be adjusted and controlled macroscopically, when the computing power is insufficient, the excitation level is high, and theenthusiasm of computing power infrastructure is improved, so that the computing power is enhanced; And when the computing power is excessive, the excitation level is reduced, the enthusiasm of the computing power infrastructure is reduced, the absent work is guided to optimize the construction scale of the computing power infrastructure, and the excess computing power is avoided.

The invention relates to a method for calculating an island structure stock. The method comprises: on the basis of generation of island DSM and nDSM data of a stereo image pair, an island structure classification system and a material inventory base are established; and with combination of structure type information and parameters obtained by nDSM extraction, a total island structure stock value is calculated, wherein the total island structure stock value is a stock sum of a resident building unit, a non-resident building unit, a transport infrastructure unit and a pipeline facilities unit. According to the invention, with combination of the practical situation of an island and characteristics of island structures, a method for calculating an island structure stock is constructed based on a high-resolution stereo image pair satellite image and a material inventory database, so that large-scale, rapid, and high-precision island artificial structure material stock calculation can be realized.

Technologies are generally described to monitor roadway infrastructure based on aggregated mobile vehicle communication parameters. In some examples, a pair of vehicles with mobile communication devices passing an infrastructure, such as a bridge, may be identified, and the mobile communication devices may exchange a signal during a mobile communication as the vehicles pass the target infrastructure. During the signal exchange, channel characterization data for the target infrastructure may be collected. The channel characterization data may represent propagation conditions of signal waves through the target infrastructure. The channel characterization data may be received at a mobile communication network, where a tomographic model of the target infrastructure may be generated based on extraction and analysis of the channel characterization data. Physical and structural characteristics of the target infrastructure may be determined based on the generated tomographic image of the target infrastructure to facilitate monitoring for degradation and flaws in the target infrastructures.