Abstract: Techniques for delegated peer-to-peer scheduling are provided. A first peer-to-peer device determines one or more wireless channels allocated for peer-to-peer communication, and receives a request indicating a set of transmission characteristics from a second peer-to-peer device that uses the first peer-to-peer device as a communications proxy. The first peer-to-peer device schedules wireless resources of the one or more wireless channels to a plurality of peer-to-peer devices based at least in part on the set of transmission characteristics, and performs peer-to-peer communications with the second peer-to-peer device in accordance with the scheduled wireless resources.

Abstract: Techniques for improved peer-to-peer communication are provided. A set connectivity metrics among a set of wireless devices on a plurality of wireless channels in a wireless network is collected, and a wireless channel of the plurality of wireless channels is identified, based on the set of connectivity metrics, to use for peer-to-peer communication. A request is received, from a peer-to-peer device, for peer-to-peer communications, and the wireless channel is indicated to the peer-to-peer device, where the peer-to-peer device uses the first wireless channel for peer-to-peer communications in response to the indication.

Abstract: Preemption in wireless may be provided. Access Category (AC) parameters may be received for a preemption AC within a plurality of ACs. The preemption AC parameters may comprise a Contention Window maximum (CWmax) comprising a first predetermined value and a preemption Arbitrary Interframe Space Number (AIFSN) of less than or equal to a second predetermined value. AC parameters for others of the plurality of ACs may be received wherein a non-preemption AIFSN associated with any of the others of the plurality of ACs is greater than a sum of the first predetermined value the second predetermined value. Preemption for traffic in the preemption AC may be allowed.

Abstract: A trailer hitch system for coupling a vehicle to a trailer including a housing, a shaft coupled to the housing and being configured to be received within a receiver coupled to the vehicle, a mounting structure including a swing arm extending therefrom, the swing arm being coupled to the housing such that the swing arm can pivot relative to the housing, and an actuator coupled to (i) the housing such that the actuator can pivot relative to the housing and (ii) the swing arm such that movement of the actuator causes corresponding movement of the swing arm between a first position and a second position, thereby aiding in coupling the trailer to the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to pigment compositions, thick film black pigment compositions, conductive single layer thick film compositions, black electrodes made from such black conductive compositions and methods of forming such electrodes, and to the uses of such compositions, electrodes, and methods in flat panel display applications, including alternating-current plasma display panel devices (AC PDP).

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing thick-film resistor elements that forms thick-film resistors having a uniform thickness on a substrate surface with high precision.A method of manufacturing thick-film resistor elements by applying a thick-film resistor composition, obtained by dispersing a conductive component and an inorganic binder in an organic medium and which has a specified rheology, through a clear relief image obtained by exposing, curing, and developing a resist layer of a photopolymerizable mixture formed on an insulating substrate according to the resist pattern, and the thick-film paste obtained at this time has almost the same thickness as the photopolymerizable layer on the surface of the insulating substrate and is patterned according to the high-precision pattern defined by the sharp, linear, lateral edge enclosed by the resist image removed by development.

Abstract: To provide a thick film resistor involving small variations in resistance and TCR during the firing step and a low thermal coefficient of expansion. A thick film resistor composition containing 5-30 wt. % of a ruthenium pyrochlore oxide and 10-90 wt. % of a glass binder, wherein (1) the ruthenium pyrochlore oxide is PbRuO.sub.3, (2) the glass binder is a glass which contains a first glass containing 61-85 wt. % of PbO, 10-36% of SiO.sub.2 and 0-2 wt. % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, the total content of the PbO, SiO.sub.2 and B.sub.2 O.sub.3 accounting for 95 wt. % or more of the first glass, and in which 2-20 wt. % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 is contained in the entire glass binder, and (3) the first glass accounts for 5-30 wt. % of the thick film resistor composition, and the weight ratio of the ruthenium pyrochlore oxide to the first glass is 5:30-60:40.

Abstract: To provide a chip resistor with small variation of ESD required when in automobile use, a chip resistor containing(1) insulating substrate,(2) a pair of terminations disposed over said substrate,(3) resistor layer of thick film resistor composition comprising a mixture of finely divided of conductive component and glass binder,wherein said resistor layer being disposed and patterned on the surface of said substrate by printing and firing to form continuous conductive path comprising divided sections connecting to each of said termination, and divided section angled in its longitudinal direction from the direction of current flow in said respective 4 sections connected to said terminations being insulated and separated from one another by underlaying substrata resulting into considerably longer resistor geometry than distance between said terminations.

Abstract: A composition which is useful for bonding integrated circuits to inorganic dielectric substrates comprising an admixture of finely divided particles of a thermally conductive metal or metal-containing compound, non-aqueously milled amorphous glass frit and fatty acid-based surfactant dispersed, in a solution of primary organic solvent selected from ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, dimethyl adipate and mixtures thereof and optionally minor amounts of certain secondary solvents and an acrylic polymer which is free of polar functional groups.