Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an apparel item that promotes thermo-regulation through the use of engineered openings, venting, and/or stand-off structures. In exemplary aspects, 20-45% of the apparel item may comprise the engineered openings. Vents may be positioned on the apparel item in areas that experience high amounts of air flow to help channel air into the apparel item. The stand-off structures may be positioned on an inner-facing surface of the apparel item where they help to create a space between the apparel item and the wearer's body surface in which air can flow and help cool the wearer by promoting evaporative cooling.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing name-based routing through networks. In various embodiments, a broker manager in each of a plurality of networks may receive a subscription request for a network device from a client device, each device being locally accessible or disposed in an upstream or downstream network. The broker manager uses its client broker to communicate with a locally accessible client device, and uses its mediator broker (and, sometimes, an intermediate device(s)) to communicate with a locally accessible network device. The broker manager otherwise uses its messaging brokers to communicate with control channels of one or more networks. Once subscription with the network device has been established, any commands and responses between the client device and the network device may be routed over pub/sub channels via the broker managers and their brokers using name-based routing, without routing based on IP address of the network device.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing software-based network probes for monitoring network devices for fault management. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from at least one software-based network probe, a first alert associated with a first device among layer 4 devices disposed in a plurality of networks; may parse and store first alert data from the received first alert in a database, in a standardized format; may perform, using an enrichment system, enrichment of the first alert data, by retrieving first enrichment data from one or more second databases and adding the first enrichment data to the parsed and formatted first alert data in the first database to form first consolidated alert data; and may send the first consolidated alert data to a fault management system for display to a user to facilitate addressing of the first alert by the user.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing global Internet Protocol management system (“GIMS”) for monitoring network devices for fault management. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive a first alert associated with a first device among layer 2 and/or layer 3 devices disposed in a plurality of networks; may collect first alert data and/or first device data; may store the first alert together with the collected first alert data and/or first device data as first consolidated alert data in a first database; may perform, using an enrichment system, enrichment of the first alert, by retrieving first enrichment data from one or more second databases and adding the first enrichment data to the first consolidated alert data in the first database; and may send the first consolidated alert data to a fault management system for display to a user to facilitate addressing of the first alert by the user.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing name-based routing through networks. In various embodiments, a broker manager in each of a plurality of networks may receive a subscription request for a network device from a client device, each device being locally accessible or disposed in an upstream or downstream network. The broker manager uses its client broker to communicate with a locally accessible client device, and uses its mediator broker (and, sometimes, an intermediate device(s)) to communicate with a locally accessible network device. The broker manager otherwise uses its messaging brokers to communicate with control channels of one or more networks. Once subscription with the network device has been established, any commands and responses between the client device and the network device may be routed over pub/sub channels via the broker managers and their brokers using name-based routing, without routing based on IP address of the network device.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing name-based routing through networks. In various embodiments, a broker manager in each of a plurality of networks may receive a subscription request for a network device from a client device, each device being locally accessible or disposed in an upstream or downstream network. The broker manager uses its client broker to communicate with a locally accessible client device, and uses its mediator broker (and, sometimes, an intermediate device(s)) to communicate with a locally accessible network device. The broker manager otherwise uses its messaging brokers to communicate with control channels of one or more networks. Once subscription with the network device has been established, any commands and responses between the client device and the network device may be routed over pub/sub channels via the broker managers and their brokers using name-based routing, without routing based on IP address of the network device.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing real-time fault management or real-time fault management system (“RFM”). In various embodiments, RFM may receive alerts from or associated with network devices (e.g., layer 2, 3, and/or 4 devices, or the like) that are disposed in a plurality of disparate networks that may utilize different alert management protocols and/or different fault management protocols. RFM may collect, enrich, normalize, aggregate, and display the alerts in a user interface to facilitate addressing of the alerts by a user. To enable continuous and real-time functionality, RFM may be implemented in a plurality of siloed platforms in a primary data center, with processing of alerts being load balanced across the siloed platforms, with mirrored group of siloed platforms in a secondary data center located geographically distant from the primary data center and configured to be on “hot standby” and to completely take over RFM processing operations.

Abstract: An arrow launching apparatus is provided for attachment to a bow handle and includes launcher-to-bow-handle attachment assembly connected to the bow handle. A launcher assembly is connected to the launcher-to-bow-handle attachment assembly. The launcher assembly includes a guide member assembly and a carriage block supported on the guide member assembly, and the carriage block rides along the guide member assembly. The carriage block includes a bow-string-reception channel for receiving a bow string. Carriage block hold and release assembly are supported on the guide member assembly and provide for selectively preventing or permitting travel of the carriage block along the guide member assembly. Use of the apparatus permits a user to use both hands when aiming and shooting an arrow. The apparatus also permits use of shorter-than-conventional-length arrows.

Abstract: An arrow launching apparatus includes a bow attachment assembly and an arrow guide assembly. The front end of the arrow guide assembly is connected to the bow attachment assembly such that the arrow guide assembly is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the bow attachment assembly. The arrow guide assembly is adapted to receive an arrow for launching and includes a pair of longitudinally extensible and retractable front-end guide track assemblies located at the front end of the arrow guide assembly. Each of the front-end guide track assemblies includes a front telescopic segment and a rear telescopic segment. A plurality of spacer supports are connected to the front-end guide track assemblies and support the front-end guide track assemblies a predetermined distance from one another. A pair of transversely rotatable joint assemblies are provided.

Abstract: A bow-attached, arrow launching apparatus, for launching a shorter-than-conventional-length arrow, includes a bow attachment assembly adapted to be attached perpendicularly to a bow and includes an extensible and retractable arrow guide assembly. The front end of the arrow guide assembly is connected to the bow attachment assembly such that the arrow guide assembly is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the bow attachment assembly. The rear end of the arrow guide assembly is adapted to contact a bow string. The arrow guide assembly is adapted to receive an arrow for launching from the arrow guide assembly. The arrow guide assembly includes a pair of extensible and retractable guide track assemblies. A plurality of spacer supports are connected to the guide track assemblies and support the guide track assemblies at least a predetermined distance from one another.

Abstract: A radar system comprises a radar carrier frequency oscillator for producing a radar carrier signal, a receiver including a mixer for producing Doppler signals, a Doppler filter bank and an alarm circuit, including a series of Doppler bins, having an alarm threshold level. The radar system is provided with a frequency modulator for modulating the radar carrier signal and any interference signal received by the receiver whereby the bandwidth of the frequency modulated interference signal exceeds the bandwidth of a number of Doppler filters in the Doppler filter bank. The alarm circuit may have two threshold levels and may be controlled in dependence upon a predetermined pattern of crossings of the threshold levels.

Abstract: A radar system for determining first time around targets from multiple time around targets using two radar pulse trains of different pulse repetition intervals and thresholding means. Echos from pulses at each pulse repetition interval being compared to determine first time around targets from subsequent time around targets. The radar system uses thresholding levels to determine an echo and is less prone to problems of coincidence gate clashing with high duty cycles.