| 06th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20140036596 | Sense Amplifier for Flash Memory - A sense amplifier has a reference cell current branch in which a reference cell determines a reference cell current, a column load converts the reference cell current to a reference voltage, and a feedback circuit to maintain the reference cell drain voltage. The sense amplifier also has a main cell current branch in which a main cell operationally selected from an array of flash memory cells determines a main cell current, a column load converts the main cell current to a main voltage, and a feedback circuit to maintain the main cell drain voltage. A differential amplifier compares the reference voltage with the main voltage and furnishes a logical level at its output depending on the relative values. A boost circuit has a pull up section coupled across the column load and a pull down section coupled across the main cell for accelerating the logical zero sensing time. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036597 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READING-OUT METHOD THEREFORE - In a non-volatile semiconductor memory device outputting a data value determined according to a majority rule by reading-out data from each memory cell for an odd number of times, an odd number of latch circuits, each of which comprises a capacitor for selectively holding a voltage of each of the data read-out from the memory cell for the odd number of times in sequence, is provided. The capacitor of each latch circuit is connected in parallel after the capacitor of each latch circuit selectively holds the voltage of each of the data read-out from the memory cell for the odd number of times in sequence, and the data value is determined by the majority rule based on a composite voltage of the capacitor of each latch circuit connected in parallel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036598 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device includes a select transistor, memory cells connected in serial and dummy memory cells disposed between the select transistor and the memory cells. A higher voltage is applied to a corresponding dummy memory cell as space between the corresponding dummy memory cell and the select to transistor is reduced in an erase operation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036599 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of cell transistors, and a page buffer configured to perform an verification operation for verifying a program state of a selected cell transistor by sensing a voltage of a sense node connected to a selected bit line of the memory cell array through a bit line selection transistor, wherein a logic level corresponding to a voltage of the selected bit line is constantly maintained regardless of the program state of the selected cell transistor during the verification operation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036600 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In writing, a first write operation to a first memory cell is executed; and a second write operation for providing a first threshold-voltage distribution to a second memory cell adjacent to the first one, is executed. The first threshold voltage distribution is a lowest threshold-voltage distribution among the positive threshold voltage distributions. It is verified whether a desired threshold voltage distribution has been obtained in the first memory cell or not (first write verify operation), moreover, it is verified whether a first threshold voltage distribution or a threshold voltage distribution having a voltage level larger than the first threshold-voltage distribution has been obtained in the second memory cell or not (second write verify operation). A control circuit outputs results of the first write verify operation and the second write verify operation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036601 | TEMPERATURE BASED COMPENSATION DURING VERIFY OPERATIONS FOR NON-VOLATILE STORAGE - A non-volatile storage system that performs programming and reading processes. The programming process includes coarse/fine programming and verify operations. Programming is verified by testing for two different threshold voltage levels while applying the same voltage level to the control gate of a memory cell by testing for current levels through the memory cells and adjusting the current levels tested for based on current temperature such that the difference between the two effective tested threshold voltage levels remains constant over temperature variation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036602 | MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device that accurately tracks memory operations includes a vertical loopback for tracking a sense clock signal to a row address decoder, and read and write reference bit lines in a reference column that include loopbacks for vertically tracking a selected bit line during read and write operations. Preferably the widths of word lines and a sense line are equal to enable the sense line to horizontally track any selected word line. The memory device also includes tri-state input/output (I/O) latches to latch sense amplifier outputs. A drive circuit of the tri-state I/O latch is disabled when the output is available at the corresponding sense amplifier and enabled when the output is latched by the latch circuit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036603 | Storage Medium and Transmittal System Utilizing the Same - A storage medium including a processing module and a cell array. The processing module receives test data according to a write command. The cell array stores the test data. The processing module receives verify data according to a comparison command, reads the test data stored in the cell array to generate access data, and compares the access data with the verify data to generate a compared report. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036604 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell arranged at a region where a word line and a bit line cross each other; a control signal generator configured to be enabled while the nonvolatile memory device operates in a test mode, and generate control signals which are not provided from an external device, based on a reference signal provided from the external device; and a control logic configured to control an operation for the memory cell according to the generated control signals. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036605 | RESISTIVE SWITCHING FOR NON VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE USING AN INTEGRATED BREAKDOWN ELEMENT - A method of suppressing propagation of leakage current in an array of switching devices. The method includes providing a dielectric breakdown element integrally and serially connected to a switching element within each of the switching device. A read voltage (for example) is applied to a selected cell. The propagation of leakage current is suppressed by each of the dielectric breakdown element in unselected cells in the array. The read voltage is sufficient to cause breakdown in the selected cells but insufficient to cause breakdown in the serially connected, unselected cells in a specific embodiment. Methods to fabricate of such devices and to program, to erase and to read the device are provided. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036606 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - To provide a write amplifier that is connected to bit lines, a read amplifier that is connected to the bit lines via a first switch, and a relief memory element that includes a write port that is connected to the bit lines via a second switch, and a read port that is connected to the read amplifier via a third switch. When there is a request to access a defective memory cell, during a write operation, the second switch is turned on and write data is supplied from the write amplifier to the relief memory element via the bit lines, and during a read operation, the first switch is turned off and the third switch is turned on, and then read data read from the relief memory element is supplied to the read amplifier without being routed via the bit lines. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036607 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READ WAIT TIME ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A system including a controller and a memory device interconnected to the controller; the controller includes a set of first terminals that is connected to the memory device through a set of first signal lines, and a control circuit configured to generate and output onto the set of first terminals edge specifying information that takes a selected one of first and second states, the edge specifying information being supplied to the memory device to cause the memory device to activate a data strobe signal at a first timing when the selected one of the edge specifying information is the first state and at a second timing, that is different from the first timing, when the edge specifying information is the second state. The control circuit is further configured to generate and output onto the set of first terminals a read command, the read command being supplied to the memory device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036608 | TRACKING SIGNALS IN MEMORY WRITE OR READ OPERATION - A signal generating circuit includes a first circuit, a tracking circuit, and a delay circuit coupled with the first circuit and the tracking circuit. The first circuit is configured to receive a first clock signal and an output signal from an output of the delay circuit and to generate a second clock signal and at least one first tracking signal. The tracking circuit is configured to receive the at least one first tracking signal and to generate a second tracking signal. The delay circuit is configured to receive the second clock signal and the second tracking signal and to generate the output signal. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036609 | TESTING RETENTION MODE OF AN SRAM ARRAY - An embodiment of the invention discloses a method for testing the retention mode of an array of SRAM cells. A data pattern is written to the array. After the data pattern is written, a retention circuit is enabled for a period of time that drops the voltage on a supply line. During this period of time, a first current is drawn from the supply line by sources internal (i.e. leakage current) to the array. Also during this time period, current is drawn from the supply line by a discharge circuit. The second current is provided to shorten the time required to test the retention mode of the array. After the period of time has expired, the retention mode and the discharge circuit are disabled and the data pattern is read from the array and compared to the data pattern written to the array. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036610 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY CELL PRE-CHARGE OPERATIONS - A memory having a memory array having bit cells coupled to bit lines. The memory further includes a precharge circuit that precharges bit lines. The memory also includes a control circuit coupled to the precharge circuit that enables the precharge circuit at a beginning portion of a read cycle, keeps the precharge circuit disabled until an end of the read cycle, and keeps the precharge circuit disabled during a write cycle. A method of operating a memory, in which the memory includes an array of memory cells coupled to bit lines, includes precharging the bit lines at a beginning of a read cycle. The method also includes blocking precharging of the bit lines for a duration of a write cycle. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036611 | VOLTAGE GENERATING SYSTEM AND MEMORY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A voltage generating system and a memory device using the same are disclosed. The voltage generating system includes an internal voltage regulator, configured to supply a current to pull an internal supply voltage to a regulated level and maintain at the regulated level; and a substrate-bias controlled selector, configured to receive a regulator power-up mode signal, a regulating mode signal and a substrate-bias voltage of a substrate, and control the internal voltage regulator such that when the substrate-bias voltage is smaller than a predetermined voltage, the internal voltage regulator powers up and operates normally by respectively taking the regulator power-up mode signal and the regulating mode signal into consideration, and when the substrate-bias voltage is larger than or equal to the predetermined voltage, the internal voltage regulator is disabled. The predetermined voltage is smaller than or equal to a forward voltage of a p-n junction formed with the substrate. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036612 | BTI-Independent Source Biasing of Memory Arrays - A memory device having an array of memory cells and BTI-independent bias circuitry for controlling the bias voltage level of a source node of the array. The bias circuitry has an n-type transistor and a p-type transistor connected in parallel between ground and the source node. The bias circuitry also has circuitry for controlling the n-type and p-type transistors such that the memory device can be selectively configured in any of an active mode (where the source node is driven towards ground such that the array can be accessed), a low-leakage-current light sleep mode (where the source node is driven towards an intermediate, data-retention voltage level such that the array cannot be accessed but will retain data), and an even-lower-leakage-current shutdown mode (where the source node is driven towards the power supply voltage level such that the array cannot be accessed and cannot retain data). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036613 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There are included first and second dynamic circuits and first and second transistors. The first dynamic circuit keeps a first dynamic node at a first level when a plurality of input signals is in a first state, and switches the first dynamic node between the first level and a second level in accordance with a first clock signal when the plurality of input signals is in a second state. The second dynamic circuit includes a compensating circuit that is provided between the second dynamic node and a second power supply and connects the second dynamic node to the second power supply so as to compensate the level of the second dynamic node when the plurality of input signals is in the second state and the first dynamic node is at a level other than the first level. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036614 | EXTRUDER MIXING ELEMENT - A dispersive mixing element for co-rotating twin screw extruder is disclosed. The element for co-rotating twin screw extruder comprises of a continuous flight helically formed thereon having a lead ‘L’, wherein either the flight transforms at least once from an integer lobe flight into a non-integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ and transforms back to an integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ or the flight transforms at least once from a non-integer lobe flight into an integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ and transforms back to a non-integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036615 | MEDICINE STIRRING APPARATUS AND MEDICINE STIRRING METHOD - A stirring apparatus includes a container support section supporting a medicine container, a rotational driving section rotating the medicine container supported by the container support section around a central axis of the medicine container, a vibration driving section reciprocal vibrating the medicine container supported by the container support section along the central axis of the medicine container, pressing rollers arranged opposed to the container support section, the pressing rollers pressing the medicine container across the medicine container between the pressing rollers and the container support section, and a control part controlling the rotational driving section and the vibration driving section. The pressing rollers are diagonally arranged. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036616 | DISPENSING AND MIXING SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to devices for dispensing and mixing multi-component materials, in particular for viscous fluid materials. The device is adapted for dispensing multi-component compositions that are kept separate prior to use and that are also typically mixed prior to use to properly combine the constituents in order to form an active and/or working composition. In one embodiment, a device is adapted to contain at least one vessel containing a material prior to use. The device also includes a mechanism for evacuating the at least one vessel and a mechanism for mixing at least one material prior to use. The material may contain multiple constituents in one vessel or more than one vessel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036617 | EXHAUST GAS DILUTION DEVICE AND PM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - The present invention is one that, in measurement of exhaust gases respectively discharged from a first engine and a second engine, reduce a PM measurement error caused by sharing a dilution tunnel, and has: a dilution tunnel for diluting exhaust gas from an engine with dilution air; a diesel exhaust gas introduction path that introduces diesel exhaust gas from a diesel engine DE into the dilution tunnel; and a gasoline exhaust gas introduction path that introduces diluted gasoline exhaust gas from a gasoline engine GE into the dilution tunnel, wherein: the dilution tunnel has a gas mixing part that mixes the diesel exhaust gas introduced by the diesel exhaust gas introduction path and the dilution air with each other; and the gasoline exhaust gas introduction path introduces the gasoline exhaust gas into an upstream side of the gas mixing part in the dilution tunnel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036618 | DEVICE FOR BRINGING A LIQUID SPECIES INTO CONTACT WITH A GROWING PARTICULATE SOLID SPECIES - The invention relates to an expanding device for combining a liquid species and a particulate solid species, which includes a vessel | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036619 | MULTI-ANGLE SCREW TOP - A material processing machine having a rotating element formed of a core rotatable about a generally vertical axis, and a top cap having a pair of facets which abut together at a join line. The join line extends downward from perpendicular to the generally vertical axis at an angle. The core has a continuous outer wall that is substantially vertical, and the facets extend inward from the outer wall to the join line at a non-perpendicular angle. Each of the facets extends inward from the outer wall to the join line at an angle that is different from angle of the other facet. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036620 | 4D DATA ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL PROCESS - An embodiment of a 4D data ultrasound imaging system includes a matrix of transducer elements suitable for transmitting and for receiving ultrasound signals, said transducer elements being divided into sub-matrixes suitable for receiving in a delayed way a same acoustic signal, a plurality of reception channels with one of said reception channels being associated with one of said transducer elements, a beamformer device including a plurality of storage cells arranged in re-phasing matrixes, each re-phasing matrix being associated with a corresponding sub-matrix with each row associated with one of said transducer elements, said storage cells including an input storage stage that is selectively associated with a row and a reading output stage that is selectively associated with a buffer; each storage cell that belongs to a same column has the input stage that is dynamically activated in sequential times with respect to another storage cell of the same column for storing the same delayed acoustic signal, said storage cells that belong to the same column have the output stage that is simultaneously activated. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036621 | DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING HYDROCARBON VOLUMES IN SUB-SEISMIC SANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF ANISOTROPY - A method to detect presence of hydrocarbons in a subterranean formation. The method includes identifying a geological interval in the subterranean formation, analyzing a measurement of a rock sample obtained from the geological interval to generate a rock sample analysis result, wherein the rock sample analysis result indicates the presence of hydrocarbons in the geologic interval, analyzing, in response to the rock sample analysis result indicating the presence of hydrocarbons, a supplemental measurement different than the measurement of the rock sample to generate a supplemental analysis result, wherein the supplemental analysis result further indicates the presence of hydrocarbons in the geologic interval, performing, in response to the supplemental analysis result further indicating the presence of hydrocarbons, a logging operation to obtain azimuthal resistivity data of the geological interval, and presenting the rock sample analysis result, the supplemental analysis result, and the azimuthal resistivity data to a user. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036622 | SEISMIC SENSOR NODE WITH SERRATED ANNULAR SKIRT - A seismic sensor node | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036623 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED MARINE ACQUISITION WITH REDUCED INTERFERENCE NOISE - Method that acquires seismic data in a region having time restrictions. The method includes deploying first and second seismic vessels having first and second seismic sources, respectively; separating the first and second seismic sources from each other by a predetermined distance d; towing the first and second seismic sources across the region while maintaining the predetermined distance d; shooting simultaneously the first and second seismic sources; and recording seismic signals corresponding to the first and second seismic sources. The predetermined distance d is calculated so that first seismic signals corresponding to the first source are recorded during an actual recording portion while second seismic signals corresponding to the second source are recorded during a recording lag portion, which is later in time than the actual recording portion. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036624 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SIGNATURE OF SEISMIC SOURCE - A sensor probe system for measuring a signature of a marine seismic source array, the system including a base-mounted part attached to a base; a sensor probe configured to sink toward ocean bottom when released in water, wherein the sensor probe includes a signature sensor for measuring the signature of the source array; and a cable connecting the sensor probe to the base-mounted part so that the sensor probe is retrievable. A portion of the cable is wound in the base-mounted part and a remaining part of the cable is wound on a tail of the sensor probe prior to launch. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036625 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ACOUSTIC SOURCE ARRAY PERFORMANCE - A technique facilitates obtaining seismic data in a marine environment. An array of acoustic sources is deployed in a marine environment. The array can be utilized for creating acoustic pulses that facilitate the collection of data on subsea structures. The methodology enables optimization of acoustic source array performance to improve the collection of useful data during a seismic survey. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036626 | ESTIMATING AND USING SLOWNESS VECTOR ATTRIBUTES IN CONNECTION WITH A MULTI-COMPONENT SEISMIC GATHER - A technique includes determining at least one attribute of a slowness vector associated with a seismic gather based on pressure data and an indication of particle motion that is measured by at least one seismic sensor while in tow. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036627 | LOUDNESS BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE LOCATION OF AN ACOUSTIC EVENT ALONG A CHANNEL - A method for determining relative location of an acoustic event along a channel such as a wellbore includes obtaining two acoustic signals at are obtained at two different and known depths in the wellbore, dividing the acoustic signals into windows, and determining the relative loudnesses of pairs of the windows. The power of the acoustic signals may be used as a proxy for the loudness of the acoustic event, and this determination can be made in the time or frequency domains. The relative depth of the acoustic event can then be determined relative to the two known depths from the relative loudnesses. The acoustic event may be, for example, casing vent flow, gas migration, a leak along a pipeline, or sounds observed in an observation well from a nearby well in which fracking is being performed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036628 | Subsurface Monitoring Using Distributed Acoustic Sensors - This application relates to methods and apparatus for geophysical monitoring within wellbores. The method involves interrogating an optical fibre ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036629 | Downlinking Communication System And Method - A downlinking signal is transmitted downhole from the surface using drilling fluid as the communications medium. The downlinking signal includes at least a synchronization phase and a command phase. Attributes of the synchronization phase are used upon reception of the signal to determine corresponding attributes of the command phase. Commands may be transmitted downhole while drilling and simultaneously while using mud-pulse telemetry uplinking techniques. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING RECOGNITION TIMES IN AN IMAGE-BASED PRODUCT RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A product recognition system comprises a product image data collector arranged to capture image data which is representative of an image of a product item. The product recognition system also comprises an acoustic energy source arranged to emit acoustic energy towards the product item. The product recognition further comprises a product acoustic data collector arranged to (i) capture acoustic energy deflected from the product item, (ii) process the captured acoustic data which has been deflected from the product item to provide product acoustic data which is representative of one or more characteristics of the product item, and (iii) compare the product acoustic data with a store of reference acoustic data to provide one or more subsets of items against which the captured image data can be compared to identify the product item. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036631 | ACTIVE SONAR APPARATUS, ACTIVE SONAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREOF - An active sonar apparatus which emits a sound wave and detects a target object based on a sound reflected by this target object including an FFT part which performs the fast Fourier transform of the received sound wave to derive a frequency spectrum and outputs this as an FFT signal, a normalization part which normalizes the FFT signal and outputs this signal as a normalized signal, and a noise elimination unit which performs a plurality of smoothing processes to the normalized signal, combines the signals to which the smoothing processes are performed to generate a combined signal, and outputs the combined signal in which a noise received together with the reflected sound is suppressed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036632 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR SONAR SENSOR - A mounting structure for a sonar sensor includes the sonar sensor provided with a detection plane for detecting a distance to an object by sending an ultrasound from the detection plane and receiving a reflective wave reflected by the object, a resin member in which a hole is formed and on which the sonar sensor is mounted, and a holder that has a cover for covering the detection plane and holds the sonar sensor. The sonar sensor is installed in the holder. The holder is attached to the resin member so that the cover is inserted into the hole from an inside of the resin member and an outer surface of the cover is made flush-surfaced with an outer surface of the resin member. At least the cover is made of resin in the holder. According to the mounting structure, painting cost can be reduced by commonalizing painting materials. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036633 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - An array of ultrasonic transducers is formed on a piezoelectric polymer foil. Ultrasonic transducer electrodes are formed on a first side of the foil and a ground layer is formed on a second side of the foil. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036634 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MECHANICAL ULTRASONIC PROBE - A three-dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe includes a base; a transducer for emitting an ultrasonic signal; a driven wheel with a hole, the driven wheel being connected to the transducer, the transducer being swung by the driven wheel; a motor fixed on the base; and a transmission system connected to the motor and a first rope, the transmission system being driven by the motor, the first rope being driven by the transmission system, wherein the first rope is connected to the transmission system and a rope adjusting dowel; and wherein the adjusting dowel is pivotably inserted into the hole of the driven wheel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036635 | ALL-OPTICAL HYDROPHONE INSENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE AND TO STATIC PRESSURE - The invention consists of an optical hydrophone, an optical fiber element forming a laser cavity, housed in a mechanical structure which comprises an open cylindrical rigid body, defining the cavity enclosing a fluid and in which the optical fiber element is housed, and closed at its ends by two end caps which keep the optical fiber element permanently under tension, in a longitudinal rectilinear position inside the cavity. The end caps are configured in such a way that when the exterior pressure varies, they undergo a deformation giving rise to a variation in the length of the optical fiber element and that when the temperature varies, they undergo a deformation giving rise to a variation in the length of the optical fiber element which compensates for that induced on this element by the temperature variation. The mechanical structure furthermore exhibits one or more orifices allowing equilibration of the static pressures. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036636 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - Employed is an object information acquiring apparatus including an irradiation unit irradiating an object with light; a detection unit including a plurality of elements each obtaining an acoustic wave generated from the object and converting the acoustic wave into a detection signal; a detection unit moving mechanism moving the detection unit to the object relatively; an adding unit selecting, from detection signals converted from acoustic waves obtained by the plurality of elements at respective positions as the detection unit is moved, detection signals converted from acoustic waves obtained from an identical position on the object, and adding together these detection signals to output a resultant summed signal; an initial sound pressure computing unit computing an initial sound pressure of a region of interest from the summed signal; a light quantity computing unit computing a quantity of light of the region of interest. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036637 | LOW FREQUENCY FOLDED PENDULUM AND VERTICAL SEISMIC SENSOR UTILIZING SUCH A FOLDED PENDULUM - A folded pendulum is described. The folded pendulum can be a monolithic pendulum and is positioned in the vertical configuration. The folded pendulum allows for more compact realizations through high decouplings of a vertical degree of freedom from other degrees of freedom as well as optimal mechanical quality factors. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036638 | Waterproof Adhesive Decal Containing An Embedded Digital Clock and Thermometer - A waterproof adhesive decal containing an embedded digital clock and thermometer is disclosed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036639 | FAMILY CALENDAR - Disclosed is a calendar service which operates on multiple devices, including mobile devices and personal computers, which works with a server which can update or synchronize calendars across multiple 3 | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036640 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND ANALOG ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An information display device includes a dial plate having a display window; a rotatable date display plate provided under the dial plate and having dates to be selectively displayed through the window; an information display plate provided between the dial plate and the date display plate and including a display portion having an information item on a top surface thereof; an information display plate driver capable of moving the information display plate to any one of first and second positions. When the information display plate is in the first position, the display portion does not lie just under the window and a date in a position corresponding to the window is displayed through the window. When the information display plate is in the second position, the display portion is in a position corresponding to the window. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036641 | TIME INFORMATION OBTAINING DEVICE AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - A time information obtaining device and a radio-controlled timepiece are shown. According to one implementation, the time information obtaining device includes a receiving section, a code identifying section, a decoding section, and a consistency confirming section. The consistency confirming section confirms consistency of time information. The consistency confirming section generates the selected code string using the following: (i) a matching selected code string portion in which, for a code string portion including a code which may change according to the time information, a type of code is selected based on a degree of match between an identified code string and a model code string; and (ii) a majority selected code string portion in which, for a portion other than the above, a type of code is selected by majority determination among the codes identified to be a same position. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036642 | WAKE-UP APPLIANCE WITH SNOOZE FUNCTION - A wake-up appliance ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036643 | Alarm Setting and Interfacing with Gesture Contact Interfacing Controls - A device configured for capture of activity data for a user includes a housing, a sensor, a motor, a memory, and a processor. The sensor is disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. The motor causes vibration of the housing. The memory stores an alarm setting that defines a time of day for triggering an alarm on the device. The processor activates the alarm upon reaching the time of day defined by the alarm setting, with the alarm causing the motor to produce the vibration of the housing. The sensor, which is interfaced with the processor, is configured to detect a physical contact upon the housing. The processor is configured to deactivate the alarm if the physical contact qualifies as an input to deactivate the alarm. The deactivating of the alarm causes the vibration of the device to be suspended. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036644 | GLASS FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM SUBSTRATE AND USAGE THEREOF - An aspect of the present invention relates to glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate, which includes essential components in the form of SiO | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036645 | Heat Source Management in Data Storage Device - An apparatus and associated method is presently disclosed for a control circuitry capable of managing a heat source used in data storage applications. Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a heat source directed at a data storage medium with a synchronization signal and a serial interface that are each selectively activated via a demultiplexed write gate signal. The selective activation allows for pulsed operation of the heat source resulting in reduced duty cycle and temperature during a write operation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036646 | NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER - An apparatus includes a waveguide core having an elongated edge parallel to a substrate plane of the apparatus. An output end of the waveguide core faces a media-facing surface of the apparatus. A plate-like portion of a plasmonic material has a major surface facing the elongated edge of the waveguide core, and the major surface has a narrowed output end facing the media-facing surface. An elongated ridge of the plasmonic material is disposed on at least part of the plate-like portion between an input end and the narrowed output end. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036647 | NEAR-FIELD LIGHT DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus records information onto a recording medium. The recording apparatus is provided with: a near-field light device; and a control unit for controlling the near-field light device. The near-field light device is provided with: a light source; a quantum dot structure which is laminated on the light source; a plurality of quantity dots which are included in the quantity dot structure and each of which generates near-field light on the basis of light emitted from the light source; and an output end which is configured to output at least one portion of energy of the near-field light to the exterior of the quantity dot structure. The control unit of the recording apparatus controls the light source to emit the light upon recording the information, thereby increasing temperature of a region of the recording medium based on a size of the output end. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036648 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical disc device that provides a stable servo signal with a simple configuration during the use of an objective lens showing significant color aberration. At time T | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036649 | System and Method for Off-Track Write Prevention and Data Recovery in Multiple Head Optical Tape Drives - In an optical tape drive having optical heads for writing data in tracks on an optical tape, each track having an off-track threshold, a system and method are disclosed for off-track write prevention. The system includes multiple actuators, each actuator configured to control a position of an associated optical heads. The system also includes a controller configured to determine a position of each of the optical heads relative to an associated track on the optical tape and to prevent, in response to an event causing an optical heads to have a position outside the off-track threshold of the associated track, only that optical head from writing data to the optical tape and to buffer a stream of data for that optical head for later processing. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036650 | STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a write-once type information storage medium comprises an organic dye based recording material having sensitivity at a 5 wavelength of 405 nm and at a recording wavelength in the range of 600 nm to 700 nm, wherein, when absorbance of a maximum absorption wavelength in the vicinity of 405 nm is defined as 1, the absorbance is 5% or more at any wavelength in the range of 600 nm to 700 nm. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036651 | REPRODUCING DEVICE AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing device includes a light generation and emission unit that obtains signal light as reflection light, which reflects recording signals of a land and a groove, by irradiating an optical recording medium with light and generates reference light so as to emit the signal light and the reference light in a superposed manner, a detection optical system that generates a first combination of signal light and reference light, a second combination of signal light and reference light, a third combination of signal light and reference light, and a fourth combination of signal light and reference light respectively, a light receiving unit in which the first to fourth combinations of signal light and reference light are respectively received by first to fourth light receiving elements, and a reproduction unit that reproduces the recording signals of the land and the groove on the basis of first to fourth light receiving signals. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036652 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - In the land-groove method, wobble interference is reduced. STW modulation is used as wobble modulation for a part where wobble interference can occur, for example, a part where the configurations of both side walls of the groove are not the same and groove width modulation is unavoidable. Thereby, the amplitude of the groove width modulation can be suppressed to a quarter of that when BPSK modulation is used. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036653 | COMBINATION DEVICE FOR DSL PHANTOM MODE SIGNALS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The combination device includes a first pair of series coupled first and second magnetically coupled coils, to which a first DSL line and a first DSL transmission line are electrically coupled, and a second pair of series coupled first and second magnetically coupled coils, to which a second DSL line and a second DSL transmission line are electrically coupled. A third DSL line is coupled to a first coupling element between the first and the second coils of the first pair, and to a second coupling element between the first and the second coils of the second pair. The combination device is located in a phantom injection module provided with at least five terminals respectively associated to the first DSL line, the second DSL line, the third DSL line, the first DSL transmission line and the second DSL transmission line. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036654 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECURED SHARING OF SIGNALS FOR CROSSTALK CANCELLATION - A method is described for reducing interferences in communications exchanged along a plurality of communication channels operated by a first operator, caused by one or more alien communication channels operated by a second operator. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing the second operator with information that relates to interferences experienced at the plurality of communication channels operated by a first operator, due to traffic conveyed along alien communication channels operated by the second operator; (ii) modifying the original signals conveyed by the second operator along the alien communication channels; (iii) sending the modified signals to the first operator; and (iv) applying the modified signals by the first operator to reduce interferences in communications exchanged along the plurality of communication channels and operated by the first operator. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036655 | MIMO BEAMFORMING-BASED SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming-based single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system is disclosed. At the transmitter, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) is performed on transmission data to generate frequency domain data. The frequency domain transmit data is mapped to assigned subcarriers. An inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) is performed on the transmit data mapped to the assigned subcarriers to generate time domain transmit data. The time domain transmit data is transmitted via antennas. At a receiver, an FFT is performed on the received data to generate frequency domain received data. Subcarrier demapping is performed to extract data mapped on the assigned subcarriers. A channel estimator generates a channel matrix which is decomposed into U, D and V | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036656 | COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT IN E-UTRA NETWORKS - Embodiments of systems and techniques for coverage adjustment in evolved universal terrain radio access networks (E-UTRANs) are described. In some embodiments, a network management (NM) apparatus may receive data representative of first and second radio link failure (RLF) reports including information related to respective disconnections of first and second user equipment (UEs) from an E-UTRAN. The NM apparatus may identify a hole in a coverage area of the E-UTRAN based at least in part on the first and second RLF reports, and may perform an automated coverage and capacity optimization (CCO) action to reconfigure cell resources of the E-UTRAN based on the identified hole. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036657 | Rank Deficient Decoding of Linear Network Coding - Rank deficient decoding for linear network coding. The decoding problem is first decomposed into multiple parallel sub-problems. A determination is made whether the decoding problem is or is not rank deficient. If rank deficient, and for each sub-problem, a rank deficient decoder is applied to obtain a solution. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036658 | Systems and Methods for Alternative Routing of Voice Over IP Originated Emergency Calls - Systems and methods are described for routing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) originated emergency calls. Where registered location information is not available, the present invention can attempt to identify an appropriate emergency call receiving office based on available information regarding the caller's physical location. Such information can include the IP address of the caller and, where the VoIP device is a dual mode device, the location of the last cellular base station accessed by the device. Where registered location information does exist, the present invention offers methods for ensuring that the registered location information is not obsolete and in need of updating and, in some cases, providing a manual override of call routing to the caller. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036659 | Method and Device for Handling Radio Link Failure - A method and device for handling radio link failure is disclosed. The method is as follows. A device at network side requests a terminal device to send an uplink signal according to a predefined first period, and detects first signal quality. if the device at the network side determines for continuous M1 times that the first signal quality is lower than a predefined first threshold, the device at the network side requests the terminal device to send the uplink signal according to a predefined second period, and detecting second signal quality, wherein M1 is a predefined first value. When determining according to the second signal quality that restoration of a radio link of the terminal device is failed, the device at the network side releases network resources corresponding to the radio link of the terminal device. The predefined second period is larger than the predefined first period. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036660 | NETWORK SWITCHING DEVICE, NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CHANGING POWER STATE OF NETWORK SWITCHING DEVICE - A first network switching device communicates to and from a second network switching device different in at least one of a device configuration and a device performance. The network switching device has at least one of plurality of network interface units and packet forwarding unit which is a power state control subject. A power state control unit of the first network switching device transmits, in order to change the power state of the second network switching device, a forwarding performance notification including the forwarding performance of a power state control subject after the change to the second network switching device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036661 | HIERARCHICAL NETWORK WITH ACTIVE REDUNDANT LINKS - A hierarchical structure network of devices is formed. A group of devices may be grouped together to form a domain. A plurality of domains formed in a hierarchical structure forms a hierarchical network. Traffic flow topology may be updated only within the same domain that topology changes. In one embodiment, traffic flow topology is updated only in a parent domain and a child domain when the status of a link connecting the two domain changes. Thus, other domains within the network have no need to update the traffic flow topology and remain agnostic to the traffic flow updates. Thus, responsiveness of the network to topology changes is improved. Multiple links may each carry traffic if multiple links exist between nodes. As such, a network of robust redundant interconnections with active links is formed that react quickly to network topology changes and that uses the interconnection links in an efficient manner. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036662 | TCP RELAY APPARATUS - An apparatus for terminating and replaying transmission control protocol (TCP) communication between a server and cellular phone is disclosed. The TCP relay apparatus performs precise control for each TCP connection in the process of executing default TCP transmission control for the server and performing wireless-optimized TCP transmission control for the cell phone while facilitating setup for determination of the type of a network to which a communication destination terminal belongs. The TCP relay apparatus includes a unit capable of setting TCP control information suitable for the characteristics of a network linked to the destination device on a per-TCP connection basis, a unit which enables an application program to instruct the TCP control information setting, and a unit which determines the network type by judging whether the connection is a passive connection to a listen port or a TCP connection to the server. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036663 | DROP SENSITIVE PREFIX (BGP PATH) ATTRIBUTE MODIFICATION - In a system including a first autonomous system (AS) configured to have a first gateway router forward data associated with a set of IP address prefixes, to a second AS via a link to a first eBGP peer device of the second AS, the problem of data packets dropped at an output of the first gateway router while the link is still “up” and an eBGP session between the first gateway router and the first eBGP peer is still up, is solved by (1) receiving information about dropped data packets at an output of the first gateway router, (2) determining whether a data traffic offload condition exists using the received information, (3) changing path attribute(s) of at least some of the IP address prefixes of the set if a data traffic offload condition exists, such that the first gateway router will be less likely to forward data associated with those IP address prefixes, and (4) generating a BGP update message including the changed path attribute(s) for communication to at least one iBGP peer device in the first AS. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036664 | PERIODIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT (CoMP) SYSTEMS - Technology for periodic channel state information (CSI) reporting in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) scenario is disclosed. One method can include a user equipment (UE) generating a plurality of CSI reports for transmission in a subframe for a plurality of CSI processes. Each CSI report can correspond to a CSI process with a CSIProcessIndex. The UE can drop CSI reports corresponding to CSI processes except a CSI process with a lowest CSIProcessIndex. The UE can transmit at least one CSI report for the CSI process to an evolved Node B (eNB). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036665 | DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and systems for providing a dynamic and real time load factor that can be shared with other network elements is disclosed. The load factor can be used in determining the relative load among a set of network elements and in distributing new sessions requests as well as existing session on the set of network elements. The load factor can also be used for determining to which network element a user equipment is handed off. The dynamic load factor can also be shared amongst network elements to determine how the load is balanced among the network elements, such as a mobility management entity (MME). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036666 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK SERVICE QUALITY - Methods and systems are provided for controlling network service quality. According to an aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is provided for controlling levels of quality of service (QoS) for transmitting data between a terminal and a destination. The method comprises enforcing a first level of a QoS to a connection between the terminal and the network, receiving a user-requested, second level of the QoS from the terminal, identifying a currently-available level of the QoS on the network, determining a third level of the QoS based at least in part on the currently-available level of the QoS on the network and the second level of the QoS, and enforcing the third level of the QoS. Methods and system are provided for enabling users at the terminals to specify online a level of network QoS, and the system dynamically changes the quality level and the plan to satisfy the request. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036667 | Rate Adaptation Using Network Signaling - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to perform rate adaptation in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU may receive an encoded data stream, which may be encoded according to a Dynamic Adaptive HTTP Streaming (DASH) standard. The WTRU may request and/or receive the data stream from a content server. The WTRU may monitor and/or receive a cross-layer parameter, such as a physical layer parameter, a RRC layer parameter, and/or a MAC layer parameter (e.g., a CQI, a PRB allocation, a MRM, or the like). The WTRU may perform rate adaption based on the cross-layer parameter. For example, the WTRU may set the CE bit of an Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) field based on the cross-layer parameter. The WTRU may determine to request the data stream encoded at a different rate based on the cross-layer parameter, the CE bit, and/or a prediction based on the cross-layer parameter. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONGESTION CONTROL DURING A COMBINED REGISTRATION - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the combined registration in both the PS domain and the CS domain. In response to an initial request for a combined registration for a PS domain and a CS domain, a method may receive an indication that the registration for one of the domains is successful but that the registration for the other domain is unsuccessful. The method may prevent, in response to the indication that the registration for one domain is successful but that the registration for the other domain is unsuccessful, another request for the combined registration for the PS domain and the CS domain for a predetermined period of time following the initial request. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036669 | MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED ACCESS BARRING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Embodiments of a system and method for providing enhanced access barring in a Wireless Network are generally described herein. In an example, a method for controlling access in a mobile device network can include receiving access class barring (ACB) information at user equipment (UE) as part of a system information message including a first system information block, and receiving extended access barring (EAB) information at the UE as part of a system information message including a second system information block. The first system information block can be different from the second system information block. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036670 | METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS OF MULTIPLE TERMINALS - The present invention discloses a method, device, terminal, and system for controlling access of multiple terminals, and belongs to the field of communications. The method includes: receiving an access request, where the access request carries a classification identifier ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZATION OF RETRANSMISSION OF PROTOCOL DATA UNITS TO ASSIST RADIO LINK CONTROL RETRANSMISSION - Managing the transmission and retransmission of radio link control (RLC) data protocol data units (PDUs) is disclosed. An indication is received that an RLC data PDU was not successfully received by a receiving device. The RLC data PDU, that was not successfully received, is retransmitted, and prioritized over non-retransmitted RLC data PDUs. A number of times that the RLC data PDU was retransmitted is determined. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036672 | Calculating credit for controlling data frame transmission - A hardware circuit configured to calculate credit for controlling data frame transmission in an AVB network. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036673 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND QOS CONTROL METHOD - When a network composed of usual switches on a communication route exists, in the network, a QoS control cannot be carried out to a user. Specifically, the switch receives a packet and issues a notice to an external controller and a user authenticating section of the controller determines a QoS policy of a flow. When a plurality of networks exists on the route, a route calculating section selects a route based on the QoS policy and topology data so as to pass through an appropriate network. A flow table generating section generates a flow table which carries out queuing based on the QoS policy and a marking of a DSCP value to a DS field of a header when transmitting a packet to the selected network, and registers the flow table for the round-trip on the switch. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036674 | SPLIT TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) FLOW CONTROL MANAGEMENT IN A CELLULAR BROADBAND NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for split transport control protocol (TCP) flow control management in a cellular broadband network. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for split TCP flow control management in a cellular broadband network is provided. The method includes first determining a context for a packet received as part of a data flow in a base station of a cellular broadband network and then selecting either an end-to-end TCP connection or a split TCP connection to support the data flow. Thereafter, the data flow is routed using the selected connection. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ETHERNET INTERFACE BINDING - A method and network device (e.g., a switch) is described for assigning virtual Ethernet bindings. The method may comprise accessing the network device to obtain information related to hardware (e.g., switching hardware) of the network device. Thereafter, an uplink binding from a plurality of physical uplinks is selected based on the information. A virtual network interface of a virtual machine is then mapped to the selected uplink binding. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036676 | Maintaining MBMS Continuity - Methods and systems for managing Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service continuity include, with a source node in a communication system, providing an MBMS, processing an event that indicates that a User Equipment (UE) being serviced by the source node is to be transferred to one of a number of candidate nodes, receiving a congestion bit from each of the candidate nodes, and providing data to the UE that causes the UE to be serviced by a target node selected from the candidate nodes based at least in part on values of the congestion bits from each of the candidate nodes. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036677 | LOAD BALANCING FOR DEVICES WITHIN A NETWORK - A first device is configured to receive an instruction from a second device, identify network demand associated with the instruction, identify a third device associated with the instruction, send a first load query to the third device, and receive a first load response from the third device. The first load response may identify network capacity associated with the third device and may indicate that the third device is under-loaded, overloaded, or substantially overloaded. The first device is further configured to send a first portion of data, associated with the instruction from the second device, to the third device based on the network capacity indicating that the third device is under-loaded, and send a second portion of data, associated with the instruction from the second device, to a fourth device based on the network capacity indicating that the third device is under-loaded. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036678 | Load Balancing Method and Related Wireless Communication Device - A load balancing method for a wireless communication device includes checking a total loading of the wireless communication device, wherein the total loading comprises a first loading of an omni antenna and a second loading of a directional antenna; and adjusting transmission power of the wireless communication device according to the total loading of the wireless communication device and information sent by at least one neighbor wireless communication device, in order to perform load balancing. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036679 | METHOD TO DROP PACKETS SELECTIVELY IN PACKET DATA NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives information from a network for discarding a data packet, identifies a data packet to be transmitted, determines whether the identified data packet is associated with at least one packet filter of a traffic flow template (TFT), and discards the identified data packet based on whether the identified data packet is associated with the at least one packet filter of the TFT. In an aspect, the apparatus identifies a data packet to be transmitted, determines whether the data packet is associated with at least one packet filter of the TFT, deactivates a link flow associated with the data packet based on whether the data packet is associated with the at least one packet filter of the TFT, and provides information to a device to discard the data packet associated with the deactivated link flow. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036680 | Method to Allocate Packet Buffers in a Packet Transferring System - A method comprising receiving a credit status from a second node comprising a plurality of credits used to manage the plurality of allocations of storage space in a buffer of the second node, wherein each of the plurality of allocations are dedicated to a different packet type, instructing the second node to use the credit dedicated to a second priority packet type for storing a first priority packet type, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority, and wherein the credit status reflects the credits for the first priority packet type having reached a minimum value, and transmitting the first priority packet to the second node. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036681 | TRAFFIC GENERATOR WITH PRIORITY FLOW CONTROL - Traffic generators, methods, and computer readable storage media for testing a network are disclosed. A scheduler may determine a sequence of packets to be transmitted, each packet in the sequence of packets belonging to one of a plurality of flow control groups. A packet generator may generate packets in the determined sequence and output completed packets for transmission over a network under test. The packet generator may include a first processing engine and a last processing engine configured as a pipeline to perform respective sequential stages of a packet generation process, and a first bank of first-in-first-out (FIFO) queues including a plurality of FIFO queues corresponding to the plurality of flow control groups. The first processing engine may store first packet forming data associated with each flow control group in the corresponding FIFO queue of the first bank of FIFO queues. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036682 | Load Balancing Based on TRILL - A method for load balancing based on Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) is provided. Said method comprises: acquiring, by a routing bridge (RB), all current medium access control (MAC) addresses within each virtual local area network (VLAN) on a link where the RB is located. And if said RB is selected as a designated routing bridge (DRB), said RB distributes all the current MAC addresses acquired within each VLAN between said RB and other RBs on the same link according to a preset distribution rule, and notifies said other RBs to be responsible for forwarding of messages having a specified MAC address and VLAN, wherein said MAC addresses are the MAC addresses of the host devices on the link where said RB is located. If said RB is a common RB, said RB receives a notification sent by a DRB and learns that it is responsible for forwarding of messages having a MAC address and VLAN specified in said notification; and upon receiving a message sent by a host device, said RB determines whether said message is a message it is responsible for forwarding according to the VLAN and the MAC address of the host device carried by the message; if yes, said RB forwards said message; and if no, said RB discards said message. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036683 | POWER OPTIMIZED BEHAVIOR IN MESH NETWORKS - Mesh communications aspects are disclosed in which multiple mobile devices located within a communication area in which the devices perform direct communication to establish a mesh network. Each device node included in the mesh network provides power profile information to the other nodes on the network. As mesh messages are generated for transmission by the nodes onto the mesh network, an adaptive routing mechanism determines the transmission route based on the power profile of the proposed target node. The selective and adaptive routing determination allows for power to be efficiently conserved within the mesh network. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036684 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE POWER MANAGEMENT OF A DIGITAL COMMUNICATION LINE - The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the power management of a digital communication line such as a digital subscriber line DSL ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036685 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving data, and a method for a user equipment transmitting data, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a step of determining conditions for determining whether a condition for transmitting short data is satisfied, when data to be transmitted is generated; and a step of including the data to be transmitted in a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup completion message and transmitting same, when the condition for transmitting the short data is satisfied. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the problem of network overload can be prevented by reducing signaling overhead when processing small packets, which are generated intermittently, in the mobile communication system, and an apparatus and a method for enhancing battery performance in the user equipment can be effectively provided. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036686 | Onboard Wireless Performance Testing - A method and associated wireless monitor and data analysis system are provided. The method includes installing one or more of a plurality of wireless monitors at respective locations onboard a complex system on which a wireless system of interest is installed or planned for installation. The method may then include by the plurality of wireless monitors, emulating the wireless system of interest, and recording data related to performance of the wireless system of interest at one or more recorded times over a plurality of operating conditions of the complex system. The method may also include by the plurality of wireless monitors, collecting data including the respective locations of the wireless monitors correlated with respective recorded data and recorded times. In this regard, the collected data for the plurality of wireless monitors may be retrievable for analysis of the wireless system of interest based thereon. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036687 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR MOBILE INTERNET ACTIVITY - Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example method comprises determining, with a processor, whether a device is communicatively coupled to a WiFi network, the WiFi network identified by a Service Set Identifier. Whether proxy settings are configured on the device in association with the WiFi network is identified. Registration information is transmitted from the device to a registrar if the proxy settings are not configured, the registration information comprising a classification of the WiFi network and the Service Set Identifier. The proxy settings of the WiFi network are configured based on instructions received from the registrar, the instructions to cause the device to transmit network communications using the proxy settings when communicatively coupled to the WiFi network. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OF NETWORK MONITORING DEVICES - Network traffic information for nodes of a first logical hierarchy is stored at a monitoring device according to ranks of the nodes within the logical hierarchy as determined by each node's position therein and user preferences. At least some of the network traffic information stored at the network monitoring device may then be reported to another network monitoring device, where it can be aggregated with similar information from other network monitoring devices. Such reporting may occur according to rankings of inter-node communication links between nodes of different logical hierarchies of monitored nodes. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036689 | LABEL-BASED MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a label-based measurement method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: allocating at least two labels to the same FEC; obtaining a label insertion mode for the at least two labels; receiving data packet, where one of the at least two labels is inserted in the data packet; and performing, according to the label insertion mode and the data packet, performance measurement on a network that the FEC passes through. By using the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a problem of network bandwidth occupation caused by inserting a test packet and an OAM packet during performance measurement and a problem of measurement result inaccuracy caused by OAM packet loss may be solved. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036690 | AGGREGATED APPLIANCE IN A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - A mobile data network includes a breakout appliance at the edge of the mobile data network and an appliance in the core network that includes multiple enclosures. Each appliance has defined interfaces and defined commands on each interface that allow performing all needed functions on the appliances without revealing details regarding the hardware and software used to implement the appliances. An aggregate appliance in the mobile data network defines high-level commands, which each have a corresponding set of steps that are performed when the high-level command is executed. Each step causes one or more of the defined commands to be executed on the breakout appliance and/or the appliance in the core network and/or one a related software entity. This aggregated appliance allows configuring and controlling the breakout appliance and the appliance in the core network in a way that is transparent to most existing components in the mobile data network. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036691 | GLOBAL AND LOCAL OPTIMIZATION OF WI-FI ACCESS POINTS - A method of managing Wi-Fi access points (APs) includes selecting between a global optimization and a local optimization of AP parameters based at least in part on one or more factors. The method includes causing a global optimization to be performed in the event that a global optimization is selected, the global optimization comprising: searching for adjustments to a first set of AP parameters that optimize an overall performance associated with a global region, the global region including a first set of APs. The method includes causing a local optimization to be performed in the event that a local optimization is selected, the local optimization comprising: searching for adjustments to a second set of AP parameters that optimize an overall performance associated with a localized region, the localized region including a second set of APs, wherein the second set of APs comprises a subset of the first set of APs. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036692 | Protocols For Multi-Hop Relay System With Centralized Scheduling - Various exemplary embodiments are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a method of transmitting data via a wireless transmission path that may include a user equipment as a first end point, a base station as second end point, and at least one relay station as an intermediate point(s). The method may comprise: receiving a data transmission from a prior point in the wireless transmission path. Substantially concurrently: forwarding the received data to the next point in the transmission path, and determining if the received data is corrupt. Transmitting a transmission message to the next point in the transmission path indicating whether or not the received data was corrupt. And, if the data is not corrupt, transmitting a receipt message to the prior point indicating that the data was uncorrupt when received. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036693 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A plurality of communication lines are connected to a gateway. The gateway relays a communication message between the communication lines. A communication message input to the gateway from a first communication line out of the communication lines is defined as a first communication message. The gateway generates a communication message for relay. The communication message for relay contains first path information and second path information incorporated into the first communication message. The first path information indicates the first communication line. The second path information indicates the fact that the first communication message has been input to the gateway. Further, the gateway transfers the communication message for relay to at least one communication line different from the first communication line. The communication device determines the reliability of the received communication message based on the first path information and the second path information in the received communication message. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036694 | MULTI-PATH RADIO TRANSMISSION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES, NETWORK, SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ON DEMAND, PRIORITIZED ROUTING PROTOCOL - Devices, networks, systems and methods for coordinating industrial control and monitoring communications on multi-path radio frequency transmission mesh networks include establishing path metrics allowing a respective comparison of a plurality of available communication paths between neighboring radios communicating in the mesh network. Replies to route requests may be delayed based on the path metrics of available paths for message transmission to ensure that the best available connection routes through the mesh network can be understood and utilized. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036695 | DELAY QUEUES BASED ON DELAY REMAINING - Techniques are provided for performing a delay. A request for a delay may be received. A plurality of delay queues may be provided, with each delay queue spanning a range of delay remaining. The request may be assigned to a delay queue based on the delay remaining. The request may be moved to a different delay queue as the delay remaining decreases. | 2014-02-06 |
