Abstract: A lookup table including stored data, the lookup table including a Random Access Memory (RAM) for storing the data, wherein the RAM includes a plurality of windows; and a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) for storing indices, each index pointing to the windows, and a method for performing a Longest Prefix Match (LPM) including organizing data in such a lookup table, searching according to a lookup key in the TCAM, receiving a match signal from the TCAM including an index pointing to one of the windows, and searching according to the lookup key in the pointed to window.

Abstract: A rocker switch including a base, a rotary to linear converter mounted on the base, the rotary to linear converter being rotatable by means of at least one knob, and an actuating assembly mounted on the rotary to linear converter and arranged to actuate an electric device when the knob is rotated.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method of closed loop MIMO communication utilizing implicit or explicit channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter and the receiver. The transmitter performs linear pre-processing (for example, QR decomposition or bi-diagonal decomposition or Jacobi rotations, and/or sporadic SVDs) on a channel matrix, and the receiver mitigates the mutual interference between the streams by performing MMSE processing on the received signals. The MMSE matrix is computed with respect to the processed channel that may estimated by the receiver through preprocessed pilot signals. The transmitters preprocessing is of much lesser cost and complexity than full SVD.

Abstract: A method and system for bandwidth allocation over a hierarchical telecommunications network having a first hierarchical level of at least two trunks and a second hierarchical level of at least two flows in each trunk, the method including allocating bandwidth to each of the trunks; and separately allocating the bandwidth allocated to each trunk to the flows in that trunk.

Abstract: A method for inserting an access point unit into a wireless telecommunications network, comprising: performing a self installation process in the access point unit, wherein during said self installation process, the access point unit automatically detects physical and RF layer parameters of access points around it, and selects its own physical and RF layer parameters according thereto, and/or performing a self-interconnection process in the access point unit wherein the access point unit contacts at least one feeder; and said feeder determines whether or not to permit connection of said access point unit to it.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting febrile convulsions, the device including a detector for detecting motion of the device and providing an output corresponding thereto, a capacitor coupled to the detector and charged by the output of the detector, a resistor coupled to the capacitor to provide discharge of the capacitor, a comparator for comparing a voltage level of the capacitor to a reference voltage and providing a signal when the voltage level of the capacitor is greater than the reference voltage, and an indicator driven by the signal from the comparator to provide an indication of febrile convulsions.

Abstract: A method for routing data over a telecommunications carrier network including at least two switching devices defining at least one physical link, the method including defining in advance a plurality of traffic flows, each associated with specific routing through at least one of the physical links in the network; configuring a routing system according to the traffic flows; collecting data of traffic transmitted over at least some of the traffic flows, calculating traffic statistics, from the collected data, for each of the flows in the network; and re-calculating the routing system configuration utilizing the calculated traffic statistics.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling admission of data traffic to a telecommunications network having an allocatable bandwidth, at least one physical link and at least two pre-defined flows over the link, the method including receiving input data of each of the at least one physical links in the network, the data including for each of the links a wire rate bandwidth, a provisioned committed bandwidth, and a provisioned best effort bandwidth; calculating a bandwidth available for best effort from the wire rate bandwidth and the provisioned committed bandwidth; and allocating the bandwidth available for best effort between the flows substantially proportionally to the provisioned best effort bandwidth.

Abstract: A configurable edge device for use in a network, the edge device being adapted and configured to be coupled to at least one other edge device in a network, and including an admission controller for controlling admission of data traffic onto a pre-defined flow over a physical link, and a router for routing the data traffic through the edge device onto the pre-defined flow in accordance with a pre-defined routing scheme, wherein operation of the admission controller and the router is controlled in accordance with data defining all physical and logical links in the network; a telecommunications carrier network for data traffic, the network including at least two such configurable edge devices, and a method for transmitting data traffic through such an edge device.

Abstract: A grip including at least two hinged monopods, each having an independent telescoping leg, the monopods in the closed position forming a hand grip, and a mounting assembly for mounting the grip on a device, and a method for forming the grip. Preferably, the telescopic leg includes a housing in each of the monopods and at least one spring biased leg telescopingly mounted in the housing.

Abstract: A graphic representation of symbols encoding data, the graphic representation including a reference symbol having a top and a bottom, the reference symbol top and bottom defining opposing limits of a code line, at least one graphic symbol, representing encoded information regarding a static road condition for processing by a vehicle moving along the road, disposed between the opposing limits of the code line, wherein the information is represented by a ratio of a height of each graphic symbol to the height of the reference symbol and by each symbol's position relative to the opposing limits of the code line, and wherein the reference symbol indicates a beginning of encoded information and a direction for decoding the encoded information.

Abstract: A cartridge container unit having a compartment for storing a material. The compartment is adapted for separately storing one component of a formulation until ready for mixing with a second component in an assembly unit prior to use. Thus, the cartridge unit allows the user to store a material until ready for use, or to store multiple components of a formulation in separate individually sealed containers until ready for use that can be readily assembled into a single multi-compartment container. The cartridge unit includes a substantially cylindrical housing having a sealable opening at its top end and an opening at its bottom end. The bottom end may be adapted and configured to engage and seal the assembly unit. A first inwardly extending annular shoulder is provided between the sealable opening and the bottom opening, defining a flow passage along a longitudinal axis of the housing.

Abstract: A collapsible stock which includes a stock body having a buffer tube holder, a firearm buffer tube slidingly mounted in the buffer tube holder, the stock body being arranged for linear reciprocating motion relative to the buffer tube during firing of the firearm, a recoil absorbing mechanism mounted inside the stock body and affixed to the buffer tube, and a locking pin mounted through the stock body and affixed to the buffer tube, the stock body being arranged for motion relative to the locking pin during firing of the firearm.

Abstract: A backhaul network for a mobile wireless network including a plurality of nodes forming links, the links utilizing a 1:n frequency re-use scheme in backhaul communication, where n equals 2 to about 16, wherein each link communicates over a different portion of an entire bandwidth of the network.

Abstract: A syringe assembly consists of two basic types of assembly units: a dispensing unit, and a separate, independent plunger unit. The dispensing unit and the plunger unit are assembled together coaxially to form a two-unit syringe assembly for storage or prior to use. At least the dispensing unit is a container for a material to be dispensed and, by inserting one or more extension units between the dispensing unit and the plunger unit, additional compartments may be added. Each extension unit may contain a different component of a formulation in any predetermined quantity. The syringe assembly allows the user to store one or more components of a formulation in separate individual units that can be assembled easily into a single multi-compartment syringe assembly, which can store the multiple components separately until they are ready for use, at which time the components may be mixed to form the formulation.

Abstract: An optoelectronic chip assembly including a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to a substrate, an aperture formed through the printed circuit board and through the substrate, a heat sink, an array of active electro-optical elements mounted in the aperture and connected to a driving chip controlled by the PCB, wherein the driving chip is coupled to the heat sink. Preferably, the assembly further includes a plurality of passive optical elements disposed for optical communication and data transfer with said active electro-optical elements, but thermally isolated therefrom.

Abstract: A WiMAX network and communication method, the network including a plurality of WiMAX nodes deployed in micro or pico cells for providing access service to a plurality of mobile subscribers, a plurality of these nodes being arranged in a cluster, one of the nodes in each cluster being a feeder node coupled to a core network, the nodes in each cluster being coupled for multi-hop transmission to the feeder node. According to a preferred embodiment, each node includes a transceiver with associated modem, an antenna arrangement coupled to the modem and arranged for multiple concurrent transmissions, and a MAC controller for controlling the transceiver, modem and antenna arrangement for providing both access and backhaul communication.

Abstract: A method and point-to-point link for providing point-to-point wireless communication between a first and second node forming a link, the method including providing multiple concurrent transmissions from multiple antennas in an antenna array arrangement in the first node, controlling beam patterns of the antennas to manage deployment interference, and periodically allocating 1 to 3 MIMO (Multiple In Multiple Out) streams to different antennas in said antenna arrangement.