Abstract: A work station that includes a mobile cabinet and a storage compartment. The storage compartment rests on top of the cabinet and is secured to the cabinet. The storage compartment projects beyond a periphery of the topside of the cabinet. The storage compartment includes a bottom, sidewalls and a lid. The bottom may be secured to the topside of the cabinet. The sidewalls extend upwardly from the bottom on three sides. The lid has a front from which extends a front side. The lid may be hinged to two opposing ones of the sidewalls and be swung between an open position and a closed position. Between the lid and the cabinet is a surface with an opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of alerting a remote device in an idle state over a channel. A value R1, which is the location of an initial PI bit within an initial half of at least one time slot on the channel, is computed based on a hashing algorithm defined in IS-2000 that uses information about the remote device. The initial indicator bit is assigned a binary value by the base station. Then, a value R2, which is the location of a further bit on a further half of the at least one time slot on the channel, is computed based on an improved hashing algorithm. Then, the further indicator bit is assigned a binary value by the base station. Then, the remote device in the idle state is alerted over the channel based on the assigned bit location R1 and further bit location R2.

Abstract: In a turbo coder, rate conversion and/or rate matching is achieved by deleting parity bits P1 and P2 from the outputs of two constituent coders, one supplied with data bits to be coded and the other supplied with the same data bits after interleaving. Deleted bits are determined by a rate matching control unit directly for the P1 bits and via a similar position interleaving step for the P2 bits. A similar rate matching arrangement is provided for only two of the three outputs of a rate ⅓ convolutional coder, the third output corresponding to a strongest coding polynomial in terms of minimum free distance and none of its coded data bits being deleted.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of simultaneously pressing different keyboard keys mechanically. The apparatus includes a displacement mechanism that is held by a main carrier that may slide back and forth along an elevated track. The displacement mechanism holds a further track. Further carriers may slide back and forth to desired positions along the further track. Each further carrier holds a rod, whose position relative to the respective further carrier is adjustable. Each rod has an end that constitutes a pressing surface. The displacement mechanism includes a plunger that may be manually pressed against spring bias to lower the further track and thereby the further carriers and the further rods. By doing so, the pressing surfaces of the rods may press against keys of different keyboards that are in alignment beneath the pressing surfaces.