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20130210428 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED HIGH PRIORITY PLMN SEARCH AND NORMAL SERVICE SCAN IN LIMITED SERVICE - Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a serving cell in a communication network for reducing power consumption in a UE, is provided. Network topology information is determined by obtaining cell rank information for the UE, extracting a mobility state of the UE, and applying a double moving average principle to the cell rank information of the UE. The network topology information is employed to determine a change in network topology. Radio Frequency (RF) scans are optimized based on the network topology. | 08-15-2013 |
20150257033 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUFFER STATUS REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and system for efficient buffer status reporting at a base station is provided. The method may include identifying a transmission opportunity associated with a first protocol layer of the base station, where the transmission opportunity indicates a transmission capacity of the base station. The method may further include determining, via one or more hardware processors, a time interval for sending a buffer status report from a second protocol layer of the base station to the first protocol layer based on at least the transmission opportunity. The method may further include determining, via the one or more hardware processors, an expected buffer occupancy based on at least the time interval and a packet incoming rate associated with downlink packets, and sending the buffer status report from the second protocol layer to the first protocol layer based on at least the time interval. | 09-10-2015 |
20150264607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NEIGHBOR REPORTING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method, neighbor relation maintenance device, and non-transitory computer readable medium for neighbor reporting in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises categorizing, by a neighbor relation maintenance device, a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs) into one or more groups. A primary neighbor BS for each group of the one or more groups of MSs is determined. Each MS of each group is instructed to report signal strength measurements between the each MS and the corresponding primary neighbor BS associated with the each group in a first time period. Each MS of each group is instructed to report signal strength measurements between the each MS and each neighbor BS in a predefined neighbor list associated with the each MS in a second time period. | 09-17-2015 |
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20110087832 | WEAR LEVELING IN STORAGE DEVICES BASED ON FLASH MEMORIES AND RELATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A wear leveling solution is proposed for use in a storage device based on a flash memory. The flash memory includes a plurality of physical blocks, which are adapted to be erased individually. A corresponding method starts with the step for erasing one of the physical blocks. One of the physical blocks being allocated for storing data is selected; this operation is performed in response to the reaching of a threshold by an indication of a difference between a number of erasures of the erased physical block and a number of erasures of the selected physical block. At least the data of the selected physical block being valid is copied into the erased physical block. The selected physical block is then erased. | 04-14-2011 |
20110289266 | GARBAGE COLLECTION IN STORAGE DEVICES BASED ON FLASH MEMORIES - A solution for managing a storage device based on a flash memory is proposed. A corresponding method starts with the step for mapping a logical memory space of the storage device (including a plurality of logical blocks) on a physical memory space of the flash memory (including a plurality of physical blocks, which are adapted to be erased individually). The physical blocks include a set of first physical blocks (corresponding to the logical blocks) and a set of second—or spare—physical blocks (for replacing each bad physical block that is unusable). The method continues by detecting each bad physical block. Each bad physical block is then discarded, so to prevent using the bad physical block for mapping the logical memory space. | 11-24-2011 |
20120304000 | RESTORING STORAGE DEVICES BASED ON FLASH MEMORIES AND RELATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A restoring operation of a storage device based on a flash memory. In an embodiment, a storage device emulates a logical memory space (including a plurality of logical blocks each one having a plurality of logical sectors), which is mapped on a physical memory space of the flash memory (including a plurality of physical blocks each one having a plurality of physical sectors for storing different versions of the logical sectors). A method may detect a plurality of conflicting physical blocks for a corrupted logical block and determines a plurality of validity indexes. One or more of the conflicting physical blocks are selected according to the validity indexes. The selected conflicting physical blocks are then associated with the corrupted logical block. At the end, each one of the non-selected conflicting physical blocks is discarded. | 11-29-2012 |
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20080282023 | Restoring storage devices based on flash memories and related circuit, system, and method - A solution for restoring operation of a storage device based on a flash memory is proposed. The storage device emulates a logical memory space (including a plurality of logical blocks each one having a plurality of logical sectors), which is mapped on a physical memory space of the flash memory (including a plurality of physical blocks each one having a plurality of physical sectors for storing different versions of the logical sectors). A corresponding method starts by detecting a plurality of conflicting physical blocks for a corrupted logical block (resulting from a breakdown of the storage device). The method continues by determining a plurality of validity indexes (indicative of the number of last versions of the logical sectors of the corrupted logical block that are stored in the conflicting physical blocks). One ore more of the conflicting physical blocks are selected according to the validity indexes. The selected conflicting physical blocks are then associated with the corrupted logical block. At the end, each one of the non-selected conflicting physical blocks is discarded. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282024 | Management of erase operations in storage devices based on flash memories - A method of freeing physical memory space in an electrically alterable memory that includes a plurality of physical memory blocks includes a plurality of physical memory pages. Each physical memory block may be individually erased as a whole, and which memory is used to emulate a random access logical memory space including a plurality of logical memory sectors by storing updated versions of a logical memory sector data into different physical memory pages. The method includes causing a most recent version of multiple versions of logical memory sector data, stored in physical pages of at least one physical memory block, to be copied into an unused physical memory block, marking the at least one physical memory block, and when the electrically alterable memory is idle, erasing the marked physical memory block. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282025 | Wear leveling in storage devices based on flash memories and related circuit, system, and method - A wear leveling solution is proposed for use in a storage device based on a flash memory. The flash memory includes a plurality of physical blocks, which are adapted to be erased individually. A corresponding method starts with the step for erasing one of the physical blocks. One of the physical blocks being allocated for storing data is selected; this operation is performed in response to the reaching of a threshold by an indication of a difference between a number of erasures of the erased physical block and a number of erasures of the selected physical block. At least the data of the selected physical block being valid is copied into the erased physical block. The selected physical block is then erased. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282045 | Garbage collection in storage devices based on flash memories - A solution for managing a storage device based on a flash memory is proposed. A corresponding method starts with the step for mapping a logical memory space of the storage device (including a plurality of logical blocks) on a physical memory space of the flash memory (including a plurality of physical blocks, which are adapted to be erased individually). The physical blocks include a set of first physical blocks (corresponding to the logical blocks) and a set of second—or spare—physical blocks (for replacing each bad physical block that is unusable). The method continues by detecting each bad physical block. Each bad physical block is then discarded, so to prevent using the bad physical block for mapping the logical memory space. | 11-13-2008 |
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20120201265 | FABRICATION OF LASING MICROCAVITIES CONSISTING OF HIGHLY LUMINESCENT COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS - A method of producing a lasing microsource of colloidal nanocrystals. The method includes the steps of preparing a nanocrystal solution in a solvent; depositing at least a drop of the nanocrystals solution with a drop volume below 1 nl on a flat substrate; and evaporating the solvent to dryness thereby to obtain at the edge of the evaporated drop a single annular stripe including a domain wherein the nanocrystals are arranged in an ordered array, wherein the ordered nanocrystals in the domain constitute an active region capable of lasing and the radially inner and outer edges of the stripe define a resonant cavity in which the active region is inserted. | 08-09-2012 |
20130032767 | OCTAPOD SHAPED NANOCRYSTALS AND USE THEREOF - This invention relates to the controlled growth of uniform octapod-shaped colloidal nanocrystals and use thereof. These octapod-shaped nanocrystals can be applied in many fields of technology. This represents the first approach reported so far for the predictable and controlled fabrication of octapod-shaped nanocrystals. The synthesis approach is applicable to a broad range of materials, such as group II-VI semiconductor nanocrystals but is not limited to these materials. Using several cation exchange and oxidation procedures, we also demonstrate in this application that extremely uniform octapod-shaped nanocrystals of other materials can be synthesized, including various semiconductors, metals and insulators. | 02-07-2013 |
20140170383 | ORDERED SUPERSTRUCTURES OF OCTAPOD-SHAPED NANOCRYSTALS, THEIR PROCESS OF FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF - This invention relates to the controlled realization of ordered superstructures of octapod-shaped colloidal nanocrystals, formed either in the liquid phase or on a solid substrate. These structures can be applied in many fields of technology. | 06-19-2014 |
20150064103 | METHODS OF MAKING FERRITE NANOCRYSTALS - Methods of making iron-based ferrite nanocrystals are provided. In such methods the ferrite may include iron oxides and iron/cobalt or iron/manganese mixed salts. The method may include thermal decomposition of one or more precursors of the ferrite, consisting of an organic salt of the metal or metals constituting the ferrite of interest, comprising the operation of heating a solution comprising said precursor(s) in the presence of a surfactant and of a non-aqueous organic solvent comprising an ether, at temperature sufficient to cause thermal decomposition of said precursor, wherein the solvent may further comprise a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon, liquid at temperatures above 45° C. and having a boiling point above the boiling point of the ethereal solvent. | 03-05-2015 |