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20100122737 | VALVE APPARATUS - Valve apparatus for converting a direct water drain valve into an indirect water drain valve, the direct water drain valve having at least one drain conduit, the apparatus including: a part having an inner volume and a fluid transfer aperture for fluid to enter the inner volume, the part being arranged to be connected, directly or indirectly, to the direct water drain valve so as to convert at least some of the inner volume into a substantially fluid-tight passageway between the fluid transfer aperture and the at least one drain conduit of the direct water drain valve. | 05-20-2010 |
20130001459 | VALVE APPARATUS - Valve apparatus for converting a direct water drain valve into an indirect water drain valve, the direct water drain valve having at least one drain conduit, the apparatus including: a part having an inner volume and a fluid transfer aperture for fluid to enter the inner volume, the part being arranged to be connected, directly or indirectly, to the direct water drain valve so as to convert at least some of the inner volume into a substantially fluid-tight passageway between the fluid transfer aperture and the at least one drain conduit of the direct water drain valve. | 01-03-2013 |
20130118612 | CLACK VALVE ASSEMBLY - A clack valve assembly comprising: a valve seat comprising an opening; a bearing comprising a recess with a base, a mouth, and a pair of side walls between the base and the mouth; a lid comprising a lid plate and a shaft, the shaft being received in the recess of the bearing; and a shaft retaining member which closes the mouth of the recess in the bearing, thus retaining the shaft within the recess. The shaft and the lid plate are integrally formed elements of a single part. The shaft can rotate within the recess to enable the lid to rotate from a closed position in which the lid engages the valve seat and covers the opening, to an open position in which the lid lifts away from the valve seat enabling fluid to flow through the opening in the valve seat. | 05-16-2013 |
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20090271361 | Non-repeating random values in user specified formats and character sets - Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with producing non-repeating random values for use in data masking are described. One example method includes accessing data describing a mask for a value in a database table column to be masked. The example method may also include identifying a number of distinct values in the database table column to be masked and determining a field width for a mask to provide unique random numbers to mask the distinct values. The method may include identifying locations in a mask value to store the unique random value and locations in a mask value to store filler values. The mask value may include different character sets and may comply with user specified formats. The method may include generating a set of statements that when executed produce a mapping table that includes masks for distinct values in the database table column to be masked. | 10-29-2009 |
20100030795 | Maintaining referential integrity while masking - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with maintaining referential integrity while masking database columns are described. One example method includes determining a transitive closure for dependency relationships involving a column to be masked and other columns related to the column to be masked through a dependency relationship. The example method may also include identifying a root column for a column in the transitive closure and creating a mapping table that stores original values and masking values for the root column. The method includes masking the root column and related child columns based on the mapping table in a manner that maintains referential integrity between the root column and the child column. Integrity may be maintained by masking corresponding values in the root column and a child column(s) with identical mask values from the mapping table. | 02-04-2010 |
20100042643 | Virtual masked database - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with virtual masked databases are described. One example system includes a masking logic to mask an unmasked column of a database table to produce a masked column. The masked column is then added to the database creating a bi-masked database. A portion of the bi-masked database is then selected by a view logic and provided to a user. The view provided to the user may allow fast, conflict free queries and updates to the database. By providing the user either masked or unmasked data based on information associated with the user, an added layer of data security may be achieved. | 02-18-2010 |
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20140172829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA OBJECT CHANGE HISTORY - Systems and methods are provided for data object change history. A first data object and a second data object are retrieved, wherein the first data object includes an identifier, a field name, a first value, and a first date, and wherein the second data object includes the identifier, the field name, a second value, and a second date. A history object is stored, wherein the history object comprises the identifier, the field name, the first value, the first date, and the second date. The history object is output in response to a query which specifies the identifier, the field name, and a query date within a range of the first date and the second date. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172889 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERNATIVE CHANGE PROCESSES FOR CHANGES TO DATA OBJECTS - Systems and methods are provided for alternative change processes for changes to data objects. A change to a data object is recorded, wherein the change is submitted to a first change process. The first change process is disabled. A second change process is asynchronously executed to process the change to the data object. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173513 | USER INTERFACE DATE SELECTORS FOR HISTORICAL REPORTS - Systems and methods are provided for user interface date selectors for historical reports. A user interface outputs a date selector including a calculated dates option, wherein the calculated dates option is based on a date frequency applied to a date range. The user interface receives a selection via the date selector. Dates associated with the selection are identified. The user interface outputs the dates as a preview of a historical report, wherein the dates are output in a chronological order. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090255462 | DEVICE FORMED BY PROBE-BASED LITHOGRAPHY UTILIZING THERMOMECHANICALLY ACTIVATED POLYMERS - Device having features formed utilizing probe-based lithography, including: depositing a preceramic polymer on a substrate; writing nanoscale features in the polymer by locally transforming the preceramic polymer via a chemical reaction causing it to undergo a permanent phase change into hardened, ceramic material, the chemical reaction activated with a prescribed activation energy supplied by heat and/or pressure applied by a probe tip; depositing new layers and continuing according to a desired three-dimensional pattern; by cross-linking unactivated preceramic polymer to act as a support medium that isolates a formed ceramic structure mechanically and/or electrically; and where the ceramic pattern is made electrically conductive by (a) incorporating dopant elements into or onto the preceramic polymer, or (b) performing the write step in a chemically-active environment that supplies dopant atoms during the chemical reaction. | 10-15-2009 |
20090256275 | THERMOMECHANICALLY-ACTIVATED TIP SHAPE AND REGISTRY RESTORATION FOR PROBE ARRAY DEVICES UTILIZING THERMOMECHANICALLY-ACTIVATED POLYMERS - A method of repairing worn or blunt probe tips, attaching a desired tip material, or defining the registry of probe tips relative to planar surface, including: pressing a probe tip or an array of probe tips into a substrate pre-patterned with an array of tip-shaped molds, the molds containing a preceramic material that can bond to the worn probe tips by thermal activation, the substrate having a protective layer that prevents the preceramic material and/or thermally-activated ceramic material from bonding to the substrate; pressing the worn probe tips into the molds while heating the worn probe tips causing the preceramic material to bond to the worn probe tips and form a solid ceramic material; forming an array comprising a plurality of reconstructed probe tips that are sharper or consisting of a different material than the original worn or base probe tips; and reading and/or writing, with the array comprising the plurality of reconstructed probe tips, data that was unreadable and/or unwritable with the original probe tips due to tip shape or lack of registry with a planar pattern. | 10-15-2009 |
20100077516 | PLATINUM SILICIDE TIP APICES FOR PROBE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES - Tips including a platinum silicide at an apex of a single crystal silicon tip are provided herein. Also, techniques for creating a tip are provided. The techniques include depositing an amount of platinum (Pt) on a single crystal silicon tip, annealing the platinum and single crystal silicon tip to form a platinum silicide, and selectively etching the platinum with respect to the formed platinum silicide. | 03-25-2010 |
20100090565 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICE WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A micro-electro-mechanical device including a substrate with a main surface, a piezoelectric actuator with a first side mechanically coupled to the substrate, an elastic member with a first end mechanically coupled to the substrate, and a transfer member mechanically coupling a second side of the piezoelectric actuator to the elastic member. The piezoelectric actuator is positioned lateral to an unfixed region of the elastic member. The method includes applying a voltage to a piezoelectric actuator altering the piezoelectric actuator's dimension vertical to the main surface of the substrate; and mechanically transferring the alteration to a coupling point of an elastic member. | 04-15-2010 |
20120227846 | STAMP WITH DRAINAGE CHANNELS FOR TRANSFERRING A PATTERN IN THE PRESENCE OF A THIRD MEDIUM - A micro-electro-mechanical device includes a substrate; a piezoelectric actuator disposed on the substrate; and an elastic member affixed to the substrate at a first end thereof, and mechanically coupled to the piezoelectric actuator; wherein the elastic member comprises at least one of: a notch, a groove, and a recess. | 09-13-2012 |
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20130084169 | Tip Shroud Assembly with Contoured Seal Rail Fillet - The present application provides a tip shroud assembly for use with a turbine engine. The tip shroud assembly may include a shroud, a seal rail positioned on the shroud, and a contoured fillet attaching the seal rail to the shroud. | 04-04-2013 |
20130177429 | SYSTEM FOR AXIAL RETENTION OF ROTATING SEGMENTS OF A TURBINE - A turbomachine system includes a turbomachine that includes a rotor that includes a rotational axis, a first rotating segment having a first mating axial mount coupled to a first axial mount of the rotor in a first installed position and a first pin configured to insert into a first inserted position in both a first slot in the rotor and a first mating slot in the first rotating segment. The first pin in the first inserted position is configured to block axial movement of the first mating axial mount relative to the first axial mount. The turbomachine also includes a second rotating segment having a second mating axial mount coupled to a second axial mount of the rotor in a second installed position. The second rotating segment in the second installed position is configured to block removal of the first pin. | 07-11-2013 |
20130189106 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE TIP SHROUD - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion. | 07-25-2013 |
20130336801 | ROTATING AIRFOIL COMPONENT WITH PLATFORM HAVING A RECESSED SURFACE REGION THEREIN - A rotating airfoil component of a turbomachine, in which the component has an airfoil aligned in a spanwise direction of the component, a shank, and a platform therebetween oriented transverse to the spanwise direction. The platform has an outer radial surface adjacent the airfoil, and at least one recessed region defined in its outer radial surface. The recessed region extends opposite the spanwise direction from a platform plane that contains portions of the outer radial surface that are upstream and downstream from the recessed region. The recessed region is contiguous with an end wall of the platform and extends therefrom toward the airfoil. The recessed region defines a surface shape whose boundary is contained by the platform plane, and has a profile shape that extends from the end wall toward the airfoil. The recessed region is sized and shaped to increase the stiffness of the platform. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343868 | Systems and Methods to Control Flow in a Rotor Wheel - Embodiments of the present application include a gas turbine system. The system may include a rotor wheel and one or more impeller vanes radially disposed on the rotor wheel. The system may also include one or more fluid passages defined by adjacent impeller vanes. The one or more fluid passages may be radially disposed across the rotor wheel. Moreover, the system may include one or more shape memory alloy valves disposed within each of the fluid passages. The one or more shape memory alloy valves may be configured to change shape to control a flow of fluid through the fluid passages. | 12-26-2013 |
20140140807 | TURBINE SHROUD ARRANGEMENT FOR A TURBINE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TURBINE SHROUD ARRANGEMENT - A turbine shroud arrangement for a turbine system includes a first region of a tip shroud, the first region disposed in close proximity to an adjacent tip shroud. Also included is a second region of the tip shroud, the second region disposed in close proximity to the adjacent tip shroud, the second region comprising a temperature sensitive material configured to engage the second region and the adjacent tip shroud in contact over a first operating condition of the turbine system and configured to provide a second region gap over a second operating condition of the turbine system. | 05-22-2014 |
20140154079 | FILLET FOR USE WITH A TURBINE ROTOR BLADE TIP SHROUD - A turbine rotor blade is provided. The turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil, an airfoil tip, a tip shroud, and a fillet about an intersection of the airfoil tip and the tip shroud. The fillet defines a fillet profile variable about the intersection as a function of aerodynamic airflow about the intersection. | 06-05-2014 |
20140234110 | TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD AND MID-SPAN SNUBBER WITH COMPOUND CONTACT ANGLE - A turbine bucket adapted to be supported on a turbine or rotor wheel includes an airfoil portion extending radially relative to a longitudinal axis of the rotor wheel and having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. At least one tip shroud extends in opposite circumferential directions, the shroud having a first hard face adapted to engage a mating second hard face on a shroud extending circumferentially from an adjacent bucket. The first hard face defined by a surface portion that varies circumferentially with an increasing radius as measured from the longitudinal axis of the rotor wheel. | 08-21-2014 |
20140271225 | INTERIOR COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A rotor blade comprising an airfoil portion and a root portion, and an internal cooling circuit having flow passages in the root portion and the airfoil portion, wherein the internal cooling circuit includes: a first flow passage; and a non-integral plug. The plug may include a plug channel configured to correspond to a desired level of coolant flow through the first cooling passage. The plug may be connected to the rotor blade in a fixed blocking position relative to the first flow passage. | 09-18-2014 |
20150107265 | TURBINE BUCKET WITH ENDWALL CONTOUR AND AIRFOIL PROFILE - Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using an airfoil profile and/or an endwall contour including at least one of a pressure side bump, a pressure side leading edge bump, or a suction side trough. In particular, by including two endwall bumps on the pressure side and a trough on the suction side combined with a particular airfoil profile, performance can be further improved. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110639 | TURBINE BUCKET INCLUDING COOLING PASSAGE WITH TURN - Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using a particular profile for a turn of a cooling passage in an airfoil. By blending aspects of baseline and bulb contours into a blended turn with a non-uniform profile, mechanical and/or thermal stress can be reduced in the turn and in an airfoil including the turn, particularly on an outflow side of the turn. Stresses on the airfoil can be reduced using a turn profile that is a blend of a baseline profile and a bulb profile and that can be described by the airfoil core profile. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110640 | TURBINE BUCKET HAVING SERPENTINE CORE - Various embodiments of the invention include turbine buckets and systems employing such buckets. Various particular embodiments include a turbine bucket having: a base; and an airfoil connected with the base at a first end of the airfoil, the airfoil including: a casing having: a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, the casing including an aperture on the leading edge; and a core within the casing, the core having a serpentine shape for supporting the casing and a leading edge passage fluidly connected with the aperture on the leading edge of the casing. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110641 | TURBINE BUCKET BASE HAVING SERPENTINE COOLING PASSAGE WITH LEADING EDGE COOLING - Various embodiments of the invention include turbine buckets and systems employing such buckets. Various particular embodiments include a turbine bucket having: a base including: a casing having at least one exhaust aperture on an outer surface of the casing; and a core within the casing, the core having: a serpentine cooling passage; and at least one outlet passage fluidly connected with the serpentine cooling passage and the exhaust aperture, wherein the at least one outlet passage permits flow of a coolant from the serpentine cooling passage to the at least one exhaust aperture on the outer surface of the casing; and an airfoil connected with the base at a first end of the airfoil, the airfoil including: a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side | 04-23-2015 |
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20160076385 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE TIP SHROUD - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion. | 03-17-2016 |
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20080301092 | GEOCODING USING INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - Geocoding architecture based on information retrieval. The geocoding information retrieval system operates on locations and geographic entities. The architecture uses parameters in addition to the query string, if available. The parameters provide contextual information that enables filtering and sorting the results. The additional parameters include market, culture, map view, and user location. A geocoding triage process uses the query and context information provided and output of a machine-learning parser to select the data-lookup geocoders for processing the query. A results processing component collects the results from the underlying data-lookup geocoders, merges the results into a single list after normalizing the scores, and then re-sorts the results list. | 12-04-2008 |
20140337338 | EFFICIENT MULTI-TENANT SPATIAL AND RELATIONAL INDEXING - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for increasing the efficiency of a multi-tenant geospatial data index. Efficiency is increased by using a multi-tenant model for storing and serving the data, processing raw geospatial data received from tenants into a runtime-optimized format, and by partitioning tenant geospatial data into a processor memory portion and a file system memory portion. Efficiency is also increased by executing a staged upload of the processor memory portion and the file system memory portion to a subset of host machines in order to check for invalid data before uploading the data to the remaining host machines. Additionally, efficiency is increased by optimizing geospatial search queries using query filters stored in a query filter cache, and executing the query filters initially against the processor memory. | 11-13-2014 |
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20140277537 | PROSTHETIC KNEE IMPLANT - Knee implant systems and methods for implantation or use in a knee joint, are disclosed. A knee implant system can include at femoral component having a femur-contacting surface and an opposing articulation surface, and proximal, distal, anterior and posterior portion. The femoral component can include a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, where each of the condyles define respective distal-most points and have substantially equal widths. The width of each of the condyles can define respective condyle midpoints, where the distal-most points can be located laterally from the midpoints. The femoral component can include a trochlear groove that can define a distal-most sulcus point located halfway between the distal-most point of the medial condyle and the distal-most point of the lateral condyle. | 09-18-2014 |
20150038975 | RESECTION SHIFT GUIDE AND METHOD - Resection shift guides and methods providing anterior, posterior, clockwise, or counterclockwise adjustment of a 4-in-1 cut guide along a planar resected surface of a femur are disclosed. A resection shift guide can include a base member and a block member. The base member can include first and second arms. The block member can include a first end, rotatably coupled with the first arm, a second end, rotatably coupled with the second arm, and at least three surfaces extending between the first and second ends. Each of the at least three surfaces can include two or more drill holes arranged differently than drill holes of the other surfaces. A method can include removing a 4-in-1 cut guide from two original femoral lumens, drilling two adjusted femoral lumens using a resection shift guide, removing the resection shift guides, and attaching the 4-in-1 cut guide to the two adjusted femoral lumens. | 02-05-2015 |
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20080292020 | Reconfigurable Pulse Detector in Wireless Communications System - In a receiver architecture, for example for use in receiving pulses in an Ultra Wideband system, a received signal is applied to a mixer, together with pulses which correspond to expected received pulses. The mixer output is applied to a block, which can be configured either as an integrator or as a filter. When no pulses are being received, this block is configured as a filter, allowing it to lock quickly to any new sequence of pulses, while, when the system has locked to a sequence of pulses, the block is configured as an integrator, so that an improved signal-noise ratio can be achieved. | 11-27-2008 |
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20110127832 | POWER SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CORE - A power supply arrangement is for supplying power to a chip core. A dc-dc converter arrangement is used both for a wake-up state of the core in preparation for an active state, and for a shut down charge recycling state in which the core supplies charge to the dc-dc converter. Thus, the dc-dc converter arrangement functions both to control powering on of the core in an efficient manner and the powering down of the core to implement charge recycling. In an active state, the core is supplied with power from the high power supply line | 06-02-2011 |
20110150043 | FREQUENCY HOPPING RECEIVER CIRCUIT - A frequency hopping receiver circuit has a frequency converter ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110206100 | WIDE BAND TRANSCEIVER AND DATA RECEIVING METHOD USING A TUNABLE NOTCH FILTER AND PRE-ESTIMATED OPTIMAL NOTCH FILTER PARAMETERS - Data is received with a transceiver circuit with a receiver branch ( | 08-25-2011 |
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20080280583 | Submillimeter wave heterodyne receiver - In an embodiment, a submillimeter wave heterodyne receiver includes a finline ortho-mode transducer comprising thin tapered metallic fins deposited on a thin dielectric substrate to separate a vertically polarized electromagnetic mode from a horizontally polarized electromagnetic mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-13-2008 |
20080315181 | Nanotube schottky diodes for high-frequency applications - Described is a Schottky diode using semi-conducting single-walled nanotubes (s-SWNTs) with titanium Schottky and platinum Ohmic contacts for high-frequency applications. The diodes are fabricated using angled evaporation of dissimilar metal contacts over an s-SWNT. The devices demonstrate rectifying behavior with large reverse-bias breakdown voltages of greater than −15 V. In order to decrease the series resistance, multiple SWNTs are grown in parallel in a single device, and the metallic tubes are burnt-out selectively. At low biases, these diodes showed ideality factors in the range of 1.5 to 1.9. Modeling of these diodes as direct detectors at room temperature at 2.5 terahertz (THz) frequency indicates noise equivalent powers (NEP) comparable to that of the state-of-the-art gallium arsenide sold-state Schottky diodes, in the range of 10-13 W/square-root (√) Hz. | 12-25-2008 |
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20100009495 | Anti-reflective device having an anti-reflective surface formed of silicon spikes with nano-tips - Described is a device having an anti-reflection surface. The device comprises a silicon substrate with a plurality of silicon spikes formed on the substrate. A first metallic layer is formed on the silicon spikes to form the anti-reflection surface. The device further includes an aperture that extends through the substrate. A second metallic layer is formed on the substrate. The second metallic layer includes a hole that is aligned with the aperture. A spacer is attached with the silicon substrate to provide a gap between an attached sensor apparatus. Therefore, operating as a Micro-sun sensor, light entering the hole passes through the aperture to be sensed by the sensor apparatus. Additionally, light reflected by the sensor apparatus toward the first side of the silicon substrate is absorbed by the first metallic layer and silicon spikes and is thereby prevented from being reflected back toward the sensor apparatus. | 01-14-2010 |
20100039342 | INTEGRATED ULTRA THIN SCALABLE 94 GHz SI POWER SOURCE - In one embodiment, a slot array antenna comprising a quartz layer and a silicon layer, wherein the quartz and silicon layers are matched to suppress microwave modes, and a metal layer adjacent to the silicon layer comprising offset cuts. | 02-18-2010 |
20110057164 | CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EMISSION DEVICE WITH OVERHANGING GATE - A carbon nanotube field emission device with overhanging gate fabricated by a double silicon-on-insulator process. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-10-2011 |
20110174079 | CARBON NANOTUBE VACUUM GAUGES WITH WIDE-DYNAMIC RANGE AND PROCESSES THEREOF - A miniature thermal conductivity gauge employs a carbon single-walled-nanotube. The gauge operates on the principle of thermal exchange between the voltage-biased nanotube and the surrounding gas at low levels of power and low temperatures to measure vacuum across a wide dynamic range. The gauge includes two terminals, a source of constant voltage to the terminals, a single-walled carbon nanotube between the terminals, a calibration of measured conductance of the nanotube to magnitudes of surrounding vacuum and a current meter in electrical communication with the source of constant voltage. Employment of the nanotube for measuring vacuum includes calibrating the electrical conductance of the nanotube to magnitudes of vacuum, exposing the nanotube to a vacuum, applying a constant voltage across the nanotube, measuring the electrical conductance of the nanotube in the vacuum with the constant voltage applied and converting the measured electrical conductance to the corresponding calibrated magnitude of vacuum using the calibration. The nanotube may be suspended to minimize heat dissipation through the substrate, increasing sensitivity at even tower pressures. | 07-21-2011 |
20130247678 | Multi-Directional Environmental Sensors - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement multi-directional environmental sensors. In one embodiment, a multi-directional environmental sensor includes: an inner conductive element that is substantially symmetrical about three orthogonal planes; an outer conductive element that is substantially symmetrical about three orthogonal planes; and a device that measures the electrical characteristics of the multi-directional environmental sensor, the device having a first terminal and a second terminal; where the inner conductive element is substantially enclosed within the outer conductive element; where the inner conductive element is electrically coupled to the first terminal of the device; and where the outer conductive element is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the device. | 09-26-2013 |
20130249598 | MICROSCALE DIGITAL VACUUM ELECTRONIC GATES - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement microscale digital vacuum electronic gates. In one embodiment, a microscale digital vacuum electronic gate includes: a microscale field emitter that can emit electrons and that is a microscale cathode; and a microscale anode; where the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode are disposed within at least a partial vacuum; where the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode are separated by a gap; and where the potential difference between the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode is controllable such that the flow of electrons between the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode is thereby controllable; where when the microscale anode receives a flow of electrons, a first logic state is defined; and where when the microscale anode does not receive a flow of electrons, a second logic state is defined. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250479 | Micro- and Nanoscale Capacitors that Incorporate an Array of Conductive Elements Having Elongated Bodies - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement micro- and nanoscale capacitors that incorporate a conductive element that conforms to the shape of an array elongated bodies. In one embodiment, a capacitor that incorporates a conductive element that conforms to the shape of an array of elongated bodies includes: a first conductive element that conforms to the shape of an array of elongated bodies; a second conductive element that conforms to the shape of an array of elongated bodies; and a dielectric material disposed in between the first conductive element and the second conductive element, and thereby physically separates them. | 09-26-2013 |
20130280830 | CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EMISSION DEVICE WITH OVERHANGING GATE - A carbon nanotube field emission device with overhanging gate fabricated by a double silicon-on-insulator process. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-24-2013 |
20130301113 | DEFORMABLE MIRRORS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A deformable mirror is configured to be deformed by surface-parallel actuation. In one embodiment, the deformable mirror includes a first piezoelectric active layer on a first surface of a substrate. The first piezoelectric active layer has a substantially uniform thickness across the first surface of the substrate. The mirror also includes a first electrode layer on the first piezoelectric active layer. The first electrode layer has a plurality of electrodes arranged in a first pattern and has a substantially uniform thickness across the first piezoelectric active layer. The mirror may further include a second piezoelectric layer on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer on the second piezoelectric layer. The electrodes of the first and second electrode layers are configured to supply a voltage to the piezoelectric active layers upon actuation to thereby locally deform the shape of the mirror to correct for optical aberrations. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302633 | THIN FILM BI-MATERIAL LATTICE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A micro-scaled bi-material lattice structure includes a frame comprising a first material having a first coefficient of expansion and defining a plurality of unit cells. The bi-material lattice structure further includes a plurality of plates comprising a second material having a second coefficient of expansion different from the first coefficient of expansion. One of the plates is connected to each unit cell. The bi-material lattice structure has a third coefficient of expansion different from both the first coefficient of the expansion and the second coefficient of expansion, and the bi-material lattice structure has a thickness of about 100 nm to about 3000 microns. | 11-14-2013 |
20140141686 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING CARBON NANOTUBE-BASED VACUUM ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention proficiently produce carbon nanotube-based vacuum electronic devices. In one embodiment a method of fabricating a carbon nanotube-based vacuum electronic device includes: growing carbon nanotubes onto a substrate to form a cathode; assembling a stack that includes the cathode, an anode, and a first layer that includes an alignment slot; disposing a microsphere partially into the alignment slot during the assembling of the stack such that the microsphere protrudes from the alignment slot and can thereby separate the first layer from an adjacent layer; and encasing the stack in a vacuum sealed container. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148074 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING ROBUST CARBON NANOTUBE-BASED FIELD EMITTERS - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement carbon nanotube-based field emitters. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a carbon nanotube field emitter includes: patterning a substrate with a catalyst, where the substrate has thereon disposed a diffusion barrier layer; growing a plurality of carbon nanotubes on at least a portion of the patterned catalyst; and heating the substrate to an extent where it begins to soften such that at least a portion of at least one carbon nanotube becomes enveloped by the softened substrate. | 05-29-2014 |
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20110106774 | Bootstrapping Server Using Configuration File Stored In Server-Managed Storage - A method and apparatus for booting a clustered management system is provided where the configuration information required to boot the system is stored within the system itself. The techniques cope with several issues including finding the configuration data on the physical disk before the logical disk system is established, coping with replicated copies of configuration data, network partitions and disk drive failures that may prevent a booting node to have perfect knowledge of the state of the entire system, and active nodes modifying or moving configuration data while the booting node is searching for a consistent, correct copy of configuration data. | 05-05-2011 |
20130055018 | DETECTION OF LOGICAL CORRUPTION IN PERSISTENT STORAGE AND AUTOMATIC RECOVERY THEREFROM - A method, system, and computer program product for restoring blocks of data stored at a corrupted data site using two or more mirror sites. The method commences by receiving a trigger event from a component within an application server environment where the trigger event indicates detection of a corrupted data site. The trigger is classified into at least one of a plurality of trigger event types, which trigger event type signals further processing for retrieving from at least two mirror sites, a first stored data block and a second stored data block corresponding to the same logical block identifier from the first mirror site. The retrieved blocks are compared to determine a match value, and when the match value is greater than a confidence threshold, then writing good data to the corrupted data site before performing consistency checks on blocks in physical or logical proximity to the corrupted data site. | 02-28-2013 |
20140250323 | DETECTION OF LOGICAL CORRUPTION IN PERSISTENT STORAGE AND AUTOMATIC RECOVERY THEREFROM - A method, system, and computer program product for restoring blocks of data stored at a corrupted data site using two or more mirror sites. The method commences by receiving a trigger event from a component within an application server environment where the trigger event indicates detection of a corrupted data site. The trigger is classified into at least one of a plurality of trigger event types, which trigger event type signals further processing for retrieving from at least two mirror sites, a first stored data block and a second stored data block corresponding to the same logical block identifier from the first mirror site. The retrieved blocks are compared to determine a match value, and when the match value is greater than a confidence threshold, then writing good data to the corrupted data site before performing consistency checks on blocks in physical or logical proximity to the corrupted data site. | 09-04-2014 |
20140282475 | EMBEDDING PATCH LISTS WITHIN COMPILED PROGRAM CODE - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with maintaining information about patches installed on a node are described. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to installing a patch to a program, updating a list of installed patches in a computer by adding an identifier of the patch to the list of installed patches. The method also includes embedding the updated list of installed patches into compiled binary code of the program. | 09-18-2014 |
20140376362 | DYNAMIC CLIENT FAIL-OVER DURING A ROLLING PATCH INSTALLATION BASED ON TEMPORAL SERVER CONDITIONS - A method, system, and computer program product for upgrade procedures in high-availability clustered systems. The method selects fail-over nodes during rolling patch installation and comprises steps for identifying a first node to upgrade, migrating services of the first node to a second node and shutting down the first node to perform its upgrade, then migrating the services back from the second node to the first node. When performing an upgrade of the other nodes of the cluster (e.g., nodes of the cluster other than the first node), rather than migrating the services of the node to be upgraded to another node that still needs to be upgraded, instead migrate the services of the node to be upgraded to a node that has already been upgraded. This reduces the brown-out time at least to the extent that this method incurs only one migration per node rather than two migrations per node. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379645 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO RETAIN AND RECLAIM RESOURCE LOCKS AND CLIENT STATES AFTER SERVER FAILURES - A method, system, and computer program for high-availability database systems. The method commences by replicating (e.g., from a first server to a second server) a data structure having entries describing resource locks and client states. The replication can be performed to any number of servers. Upon detecting a failure of a connection between the first server and a client to which the first server is connected, the system establishes a new connection between the second server and the client by updating the replicated data structure to describe new connection between the second server and the client and updating the entries of the replicated data structure to reflect the new connection and the then current aspects of the resource locks and client states. The client can be a database instance, and the act of replicating can be accomplished using a broadcast channel. The servers can be organized in a computing cluster. | 12-25-2014 |
20150089608 | AUTOMATIC CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CREDENTIALS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A multi-node cluster is configured for credential management. A method commences by retrieving a super-user credential from a credential record stored in a location accessible to the cluster, then propagating the super-user credential to a set of nodes in the multi-node cluster. A credential creating processes is invoked on at least some of the set of nodes. Application-level credential access can be implemented in a multi-cluster environment by carrying-out an exchange that passes credentials between a first cluster and a second cluster over a secure channel. A protocol is observed whereby one or more applications running on the first cluster receive new credentials for accessing the second cluster from the credential serving process after the credential creating process creates the new credential. | 03-26-2015 |
20150160949 | BOOTSTRAPPING SERVER USING CONFIGURATION FILE STORED IN SERVER-MANAGED STORAGE - A method and apparatus for booting a clustered management system is provided where the configuration information required to boot the system is stored within the system itself. The techniques cope with several issues including finding the configuration data on the physical disk before the logical disk system is established, coping with replicated copies of configuration data, network partitions and disk drive failures that may prevent a booting node to have perfect knowledge of the state of the entire system, and active nodes modifying or moving configuration data while the booting node is searching for a consistent, correct copy of configuration data. | 06-11-2015 |
20160042762 | DETECTION OF LOGICAL CORRUPTION IN PERSISTENT STORAGE AND AUTOMATIC RECOVERY THEREFROM - A method, system, and computer program product for restoring blocks of data stored at a corrupted data site using two or more mirror sites. The method commences by receiving a trigger event from a component within an application server environment where the trigger event indicates detection of a corrupted data site. The trigger is classified into at least one of a plurality of trigger event types, which trigger event type signals further processing for retrieving from at least two mirror sites, a first stored data block and a second stored data block corresponding to the same logical block identifier from the first mirror site. The retrieved blocks are compared to determine a match value, and when the match value is greater than a confidence threshold, then writing good data to the corrupted data site before performing consistency checks on blocks in physical or logical proximity to the corrupted data site. | 02-11-2016 |
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20090285243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING CALL SIGNALS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for dynamically altering detection criterion value at a receiving device based on the portion of a call signal being received. A receiving device is configured to extract a first call signal portion from the call signal, and compare the first call signal portion to a plurality of call information portions, wherein each call information portion has a detection criterion value. If the first call signal portion matches one of the call information portions, the receiving device adjusts the detection criterion value for at least one of the plurality of call information portions, extracts a second call signal portion from the call signal, and compares the second call signal portion to the plurality of information portions. | 11-19-2009 |
20100251070 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING AND UTILIZING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTING (FEC) CODES - An assignment scheme exploits the Media Access Control (MAC) layer protocol features under various MAC layer call scenarios. In one embodiment, the Hamming distance between pairs of critical Data Units are assigned to codewords with a minimum distance of dmin2=8 bits, thereby increasing the hard decision error correcting capability from 1 bit to 3 bits when deciding between these pairs of Data Units. The method for assigning data unit identification (DUID) codes by a radio operating within a wireless communication system includes determining by the radio whether an expected burst is a 4 Voice Burst with Encryption Synchronization Signaling (4V); when the expected burst is 4V, decoding the DUID within the received burst using an increased minimum distance; and when the expected burst is not 4V, decoding the DUID within the received burst using a minimum distance. | 09-30-2010 |
20110267939 | METHODS FOR FADE DETECTION AND FADE RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods are provided for fade protection at infrastructure equipment in a wireless communication network. The disclosed fade protection methods quantify signal quality, and based on the signal quality can detect fade conditions and/or recovery from such fade conditions. In one implementation, the disclosed fade protection methods can be implemented at Fixed Network Equipment (FNE) in an Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Project 25 (P25) compliant system. | 11-03-2011 |
20120106536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING SYNCHRONIZATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for synchronizing a communication device in a communication system includes receiving a transmission from another communication device. The transmission comprises a plurality of time slots and a plurality of signaling fields inserted between the time slots. The plurality of signaling fields include a set of signaling fields of a first information type and a set of signaling fields of a second information type. The method includes detecting at least two consecutive signaling fields of the first information type, recovering a received pattern contained in a n | 05-03-2012 |
20120134353 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A RADIO LINK AT A MOBILE RADIO - Methods and apparatus are provided for radio link maintenance at a mobile radio in a wireless communication network. The disclosed methods and apparatus help a mobile radio maintain a radio link by regularly monitoring frame synchronization, regularly checking a scrambling sequence of a mobile radio against that of infrastructure equipment, and regularly detecting and/or recovering from fade conditions. In the event the radio link can not be maintained, then the disclosed methods and apparatus will cause the mobile radio to switch to a control channel so that the synchronization, scrambling mismatch and/or fade issues may be corrected. In one implementation, the disclosed methods and apparatus can be implemented at mobile radios in an Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Project 25 (P25) compliant system. | 05-31-2012 |
20130142335 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LINK LAYER DECRYPTING AND/OR ENCRYPTING A VOICE MESSAGE STREAM ALREADY SUPPORTING END TO END ENCRYPTION - Methods and systems for LLE encrypting and decrypting voice message streams (VMSs) already supporting eTe encryption are disclosed. In one example, LLE and eTe encryption initialization vectors (EIVs) are interleaved such that an LLE EIV retrieved from one of a header and a data unit is used to LLE decrypt both the header or data unit and a subsequent data unit. A recovered eTe EIV is used to eTe decrypt voice payloads in one or more subsequent data units. In another example, a base station dynamically LLE encrypts a VMS already supporting eTe encrypting by determining whether a received VMS is eTe encrypted, and ii it is not generating a new LLE EIV, and if it is, re-using the pre-existing eTe EIV for LLE encryption. The LLE encrypted (and perhaps eTe encrypted) VMS is then sent over the air to one or more mobile stations. | 06-06-2013 |
20150043539 | CONCURRENT VOICE AND DATA SERVICE ON A SAME DIGITAL RADIO CHANNEL - A method, a subscriber unit, and a system provide concurrent voice and data systems and methods that “steal bits” from voice frames for low-speed concurrent data. In this manner, concurrent voice and data is supported over protocols that require voice-only in current operation such as Project 25 (P25). The stealing of bits from voice is done in a manner that is transparent and not noticeable to users. The systems and methods enable replication of signaling on the downlink and wireline segments that is replaced on the uplink, encoding of interleaving blocks that extend across multiple Layer 2 voice logical data units (LDUs), flexibility in replacing voice data in LDUs, indication of the availability of the service and an interleaving schedule, notification of upcoming stealing events via signaling, and the like. | 02-12-2015 |
20150110272 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES TO REDUCE AUDIO TRUNCATION DURING TRANSCODING - Reduction of audio truncation when transcoding speech data from one coding format to another. Embodiments include receiving packets of a first communication session containing first encrypted speech data encoded according to a vocoder of a first type and encrypted using an encryption protocol, and containing a first encryption protocol identification information distributed among the received packets. Further embodiments include extracting the first encryption protocol identification information from the received packets and processing the received packets based on the first encryption identification information. Embodiments include transmitting one or more voice header packets containing a second encryption protocol identification information in a second communication session as well as transmitting packets in the second communication session containing second encrypted speech data encoded according to a vocoder of a second type. | 04-23-2015 |
20160029348 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING MOBILE STATIONS PARTICIPATING IN A NON-LLE CALL OF NEW LLE CALL - A method of interoperating link layer encrypted (LLE) and non-LLE communications in a radio network include receiving, at a radio controller (RC), a new call request for an LLE call, determining that there are one or more currently active non-LLE calls, and causing a message to be transmitted on each channel carrying one of the one or more currently active non-LLE calls informing mobile stations (MSs) participating in the non-LLE calls that a new LLE call has been or is-to-be granted. MSs participating in one of the non-LLE calls and receiving the message determine from the message or via a call grant obtained via a control channel, whether the new LLE call is of interest, and if so, switching to a channel assigned to the new LLE call and participating in the new LLE call. | 01-28-2016 |
20160066177 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TALKGROUP-STATE-DEPENDENT ROUTING OF GROUP DATA - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for talkgroup-state-dependent routing of group data. An embodiment takes the form of a process that includes handling receipt of packet data addressed to a talkgroup by responsively: determining whether the talkgroup currently has an active voice session on a voice channel; if not, then routing the received packet data to the talkgroup on a data channel; and if so, then routing the received packet data to the talkgroup via metadata fields in the voice channel. | 03-03-2016 |
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20110208338 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED AND CUSTOMIZED MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention provides a mobile device ecosystem that is simpler than existing options for all of its participants regardless of their role or business model. The ecosystem includes a mobile device and operating software development kit and store, both of which are implemented as web-based services such that creation, testing, and distribution of customized mobile devices, as well as discovery, investigation, and delivery of same, can all be performed using a standard web browser. The device development kit offers such capabilities as simply personalizing the exterior decoration of an existing device, designing the physical form factor of a device incorporating existing electronic components, and even creating new electronic components for incorporation in multiple device designs. The operating software development kit offers such capabilities as rearranging or redrawing the user interface for existing devices, or designing entirely new complete operating systems usable across multiple target device brands or brand groups. The device and operating software store is also not specific to any mobile device brand or brand group, and integrates with both branded and independent application stores. Further, the web-based development kit and store are integrated with one another such that creation of new devices, operating software packages, and applications can be accelerated by incorporation or customization of existing items or components thereof. In addition, the development kit incorporates tools for creating and embodying logic, interfaces, data, form factors, and functionality which can be used intuitively by all people, including children and adults who are not skilled software or hardware developers, while at the same time offering compatible advanced capabilities to those who are so skilled. Finally, the ecosystem itself includes features that facilitate communication, interaction, community, and sharing among and between creators, users, and other interested parties. | 08-25-2011 |
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20130244647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MEASURING AND RESELECTING CELLS - Methods and apparatus of monitoring cells in a wireless communication system may include determining existence of a condition for performing a cell search on a frequency. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include calculating an undetected energy-related value for a hypothetical undetected cell based on a measured energy-related value of each detected cell on the frequency in response to determining the condition for performing the cell search. The methods and apparatus may further include determining whether to perform the cell search based on the undetected energy-related value and a reselection criteria. | 09-19-2013 |
20140078946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING UE'S POWER CONSUMPTION BY CONTROLLING EARLY DECODING BOUNDARY - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for reducing UE's power consumption by controlling early decoding boundary. In one aspect, a UE is configured to receive a data or voice frame from a base station. The UE selects one or more quality metrics for determining decoding boundary of the received frame and computes the selected one or more quality metrics. The UE then determines a decoding boundary for the frame based on one or more computed quality metrics. The UE then decodes the received frames at the determined decoding boundary and determines whether the decoding of the frame was successful. If the early decoding of the frame was successful, the UE may terminate reception of the frame. If the early decoding of the frame was unsuccessful, the UE may adjust the decoding boundary and decodes the frame at the adjusted boundary. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOWNLINK POWER IN EARLY DECODE TERMINATION MODE - Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling by the User Equipment (UE) downlink power in early decode termination mode. In one aspect, the UE may be configured to perform early decoding of a downlink (DL) transmission from a base station. The UE further configured to estimate a signal-to-interference ratio (SIRE) of the DL transmission. Based on the SIRE, the UE is configured to select a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command sequence for a low power mode of operation of the UE in which a receiver is powered down. The UE is further configured to activate the low power mode and transmit the selected TPC command sequence to the base station to adjust a DL transmission power during the low power mode. | 03-20-2014 |
20140080537 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIASING POWER CONTROL TOWARDS EARLY DECODE SUCCESS - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for power control biasing towards early decode success of voice calls. In an aspect, the apparatus and method are configured to measure a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a downlink transmission; request a base station to increase transmit power at the start of a transmission time interval (TTI) for a downlink voice call transmission; demodulate one or more voice frames of the voice call transmission; performing early decoding of one or more demodulated voice frames; determine whether the early decoding was successful; when the early decoding was successful, terminate demodulation and decoding of the voice call transmissions and request the base station to decrease transmit power; and when the early decoding was unsuccessful, request the base station to decrease transmit power for the remainder of the voice call transmission. | 03-20-2014 |
20140286214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE-ONLY DISCONTINUOUS-TX SMART BLANKING - Aspects of the methods and apparatus relate to performing user equipment (UE) only discontinuous transmission (DTX) smart blanking. One aspect of the methods and apparatus include maintaining a list of voice configurations that would trigger user equipment (UE) discontinuous transmission (DTX). Further, the aspect includes receiving a current voice configuration for the UE from a network, and determining whether the current voice configuration of the UE received from the network falls within the list of voice configurations that would trigger UE DTX. Further, the aspect includes enabling uplink UE DTX at the UE when the current voice configuration of a UE falls within the list of voice configurations. | 09-25-2014 |
20140315551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BACK TO BACK RESELECTION SCHEDULING UPON CELL RESELECTION FAILURE - Methods and apparatus for wireless communication for improving back to back cell reselection that includes establishing that cell reselection to a primary candidate cell has failed. Afterwards, a UE determines if a set of predetermined conditions have been triggered and schedules cell reselection to a secondary candidate based on whether the set of predetermined conditions have been triggered. | 10-23-2014 |
20140362779 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING UPLINK ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Apparatuses and methods include determining a first initial random access channel (RACH) preamble power based on one or more of a history of RACH preamble powers, a history of common pilot channel (CPICH) chip energy to total power density ratio (EcIo) measurements, and a history of CPICH received signal code power (RSCP) measurements, wherein each of the history of RACH preamble powers, the history of CPICH EcIo measurements, and the history of CPICH RSCP measurements corresponds to previous RACH procedures when the RACH procedure succeeded, and initiating subsequent RACH procedures with preambles that are based on the first initial RACH preamble power. Some present aspects may reduce the push to talk (PTT) call setup latency. | 12-11-2014 |
20140376401 | AVERAGING BUFFER OCCUPANCY TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AT A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) - The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for improving performance at a user equipment (UE). For example, the method may include calculating an average buffer occupancy value at the UE, sending a request for resources from the UE to a base station in communication with the UE, wherein request for the resources is based on the average buffer value, receiving resources from the base station based on the request sent from the UE, and transmitting data on a uplink (UL), from the UE to the base station, based on one or more of data available for transmission at the UE, or an available transmit power at the UE, or the resources received from the base station. As such, improved performance at a UE is achieved. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376459 | AGGREGATING DATA TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AT A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) - The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for improving power performance at a user equipment (UE). For example, the method may include aggregating data at the UE for transmitting on a uplink (UL) from the UE to a base station communicating with the UE until a data aggregation condition is satisfied, determining when the data aggregation condition is satisfied at the UE, wherein the data aggregation condition includes at least a buffer occupancy condition or a delay transmission timer, and requesting resources from the base station for transmitting the data on the UL in response to determining that the data aggregation condition is satisfied. As such, improved performance at a UE is achieved. | 12-25-2014 |
20150045036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TIME-TO-TRIGGER TIMERS IN MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Various aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses that may provide for more efficient usage of time-to-trigger (TTT) timers in a wireless communication system, such that stopping or resetting of the TTT timer in response to receiving various measurement control messages (MCMs) can be limited to times when such stopping or resetting is appropriate. | 02-12-2015 |
20150271721 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED ACQUISITION MECHANISM - The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for an improved acquisition mechanism at a user equipment (UE). For example, the disclosure presents a method for identifying a plurality of frequencies for camping by the UE, wherein each frequency of the plurality of frequencies is associated with a radio access technology (RAT), sorting the identified frequencies into one or more frequency groups based on a priority associated with each of the identified frequencies, searching a frequency group with a first highest priority to detect a cell for camping by the UE, and camping on a cell detected by the UE. As such, a method and an apparatus for an improved acquisition mechanism at a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. | 09-24-2015 |
20160043829 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DATA RECOVERY OF CONTROL CHANNELS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for recovering data from a control channel in wireless communications. An apparatus decodes a CRC appended codeword to obtain a decoded codeword, and computes a first syndrome of the decoded codeword utilizing a parity check matrix. If the first syndrome is non-zero. The apparatus determines a location S and a length K of an error pattern in bits of the decoded codeword, an index set ε based on the values of S and K. A linear system is formed based on the parity check matrix and the error pattern in accordance with the index set ε. The apparatus determines a solution of the linear system, wherein the solution includes an estimated error pattern. A recovered codeword can be determined by removing the estimated error pattern from the decoded codeword. | 02-11-2016 |
20160112163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR FOR TEMPORALLY UNCORRELATED CHANNELS - Various aspects of the disclosure provide a method of operating a user equipment (UE) to determine and report a throughput enhancing channel quality indicator (CQI) value when a physical channel between the UE and a base station is temporally uncorrelated. Reporting such CQI value may maximize the throughput of the channel when it remains temporally uncorrelated. In one aspect of the disclosure, the UE communicates with a base station utilizing a channel and determines that the channel is temporally uncorrelated. The UE further determines a plurality of CQIs in a first CQI reporting mode and computes the respective throughputs of the channel based on the plurality of CQIs. In addition, the UE selects a CQI of the plurality of CQIs corresponding to the highest throughput among the plurality of throughputs, and reports the selected CQI to the base station in a second CQI reporting mode while the channel remains temporally uncorrelated. | 04-21-2016 |