Abstract: A path creation support apparatus acquires beforehand, from a storage system or a host, either a portion of the parameters required for path creation or parameter decision information which is information for deciding this portion of the parameters. The path creation support apparatus decides the portion of the parameters based on the parameter decision information. Upon receipt of an access path creation start request, the path creation support apparatus sends to the host and the storage system an access path creation indication which specifies the parameters specified together with the access path creation start request, and either the parameters acquired beforehand or the parameters decided based on the parameter decision information acquired beforehand.

Abstract: An improved method of network management, particularly in the context of standards IEEE802.11 and IEEE802.11k, through two new MAC measurements, with attendant advantages. The two new measurements include WTRU uplink traffic loading measurement, and an AP service loading measurement and is generally applicable at least to layers 1 and 2 as applied to a least 802.11k in the context of OFDM and CDMA 2000 systems, but is applicable to other scenarios as well. A Method for determining and advertising congestion is also provided for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system. The present invention also introduces a method for managing congestion when congestion is detected. This aspect of the present invention applies primarily to wireless systems that use the Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) mechanism. The methods are advantageously implemented in selectively configured WTRUs of various forms.

Abstract: A biased gap inductor includes a first ferromagnetic plate, a second ferromagnetic plate, a conductor sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic plate and the second ferromagnetic plate, and an adhesive between the first ferromagnetic plate and the second ferromagnetic plate, the adhesive comprising magnet powder to thereby form at least one magnetic gap. A method of forming an inductor includes providing a first ferromagnetic plate and a second ferromagnetic plate and a conductor, placing the conductor between the first ferromagnetic plate and the second ferromagnetic plate, adhering the first ferromagnetic plate to the second ferromagnetic plate with a composition comprising an adhesive and a magnet powder to form magnetic gaps, and magnetizing the inductor.

Abstract: A device for rapidly instituting an active mode of a digital-television enabled system, the system including a first, volatile memory configured to load and store software instructions, includes: an input configured to receive first digital audio and video information; a first output configured to convey second audio and information toward a display regarding the first audio and video information; at least one second output configured to convey commands to, and receive information from, the first memory; and a processor configured to perform functions in accordance with software instructions stored in first and second memories and to cause the first memory to load software instructions for provision to the processor such that first instructions for processing at least one of the first audio information and the first video information are loaded and stored by the first memory with a higher priority than second instructions for performing other functionality.

Abstract: A method for multicasting a packet begins by providing a buffer for each of two user equipments (UEs) in communication with a base station. A determination is made whether there is a previously unsent packet at the base station. A second determination is made whether both UE buffers are non-empty. A non-empty buffer is flushed if there is no previously unsent packet and if one of the buffers is non-empty. A packet is selected to be transmitted if there is a previously unsent packet or if both buffers are non-empty. The buffers are updated based on feedback received from the UEs.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) receives and samples communication signals, where the communication signals have a time frame format, a transmission chip rate and a synchronization code associated with a time slot that includes a midamble that indicates a modulation of the synchronization code where a specified modulation of received synchronization codes identifies the timing for a timeslot in which data is to be received. The UE preferably includes a synchronization code determination circuit, a midamble determination circuit, and a phase modulation sequence detection circuit operatively associated with the midamble determination circuit. The UE can be configured for use with the low chip rate option of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) standards that employ a predefined set of downlink SYNC codes that point to midambles which indicate SYNC code modulation sequence to enables reading of data in a subsequent Broadcast Channel (BCH) message.

Abstract: The present invention includes a plurality of disk units for storing data from a host computer, a plurality of power supply apparatuses for supplying DC power to each of the disk units via main power supply wirings, and a redundant power supply apparatus for generating, with any one of the disk units among the plurality of disk units as a load, DC power to the load. As auxiliary power supply wirings for guiding the output of the redundant power supply apparatus to each of the disk units, a common power supply wiring that is common to each of the power supply apparatuses, a plurality of branch power supply wirings branching from the common power supply wiring and connected to each of the disk units, and a redundant power supply wiring for connecting the redundant power supply apparatus and the common power supply wiring are wired to a backboard.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of selecting an enhanced uplink (EU) transport format combination (E-TFC). A scheduling grant payload (SGP) is set to the highest payload that may be transmitted. The SGP is calculated as follows: SGP = K e , ref · SG L e , ref · A ed , ref 2 · 10 ? ? ? harq / 10 , where SG is a serving grant, Le,ref is the number of EU dedicated physical data channels (E-DPDCHs) used for a selected reference E-TFC, Ke,ref is the number of data bits of the reference E-TFC, ?harq is a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) offset for a specific data flow to be transmitted as signaled by higher layers, and Aed,ref is a ratio derived from a parameter ?E-DPDCH signaled by higher layers for the selected reference E-TFC.

Abstract: Leakage, capacitance and reliability degradation of interconnects fabricated in low-k dielectric materials, particularly porous low-k dielectric material, due to penetration by a barrier metal and/or barrier metal precursor during damascene processing is prevented by depositing a conformal, heat stable dielectric sealant layer on sidewalls of the low-k dielectric material defining the damascene opening. Embodiments include forming a dual damascene opening in a porous, low-k organosilicate layer, the organosilicate having a pendant silanol functional group, depositing a siloxane polymer having a silylating functional group which bonds with the pendant silanol group to form the sealant layer, depositing a Ta and/or TaN barrier metal layer by CVD or ALD and filling the opening with Cu or a Cu alloy.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed wherein timeslots designated in a wireless communication system as Common Physical Channel (CPCH) timeslots may be reused for user traffic. A CPCH timeslot used in a first cell may be reused by a second cell, assuming the first and second cells transmit control information in different CPCH timeslots, for user traffic. The second cell is permitted to reuse the timeslot in which the first cell is transmitting control information so long as the second cell's reuse of that timeslot does not degrade reception of control information in the first cell.

Abstract: When performing access relating to a first type storage device among a plurality of storage devices in the storage system, the database management system specifies a second type storage device that stores a backup of data that are stored in the first type storage device if an error relating to the access is detected and issues a power conservation cancellation instruction to cancel the power conservation of the second type storage device.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor comprising a movable gate electrode that suppresses a leakage current from the gate electrode, and has a large current drivability and a low leakage current between a source and a drain. The field-effect transistor comprises: an insulating substrate; a semiconductor layer of triangle cross-sectional shape formed on the insulating substrate, having a gate insulation film on a surface, and forming a channel in a lateral direction; fixed electrodes that are arranged adjacent to both sides of the semiconductor layer and in parallel to the semiconductor layer, each of the electrodes having an insulation film on a surface; a source/drain formed at the end part of the semiconductor layer; and the movable gate electrode formed above the semiconductor layer and the fixed electrodes with a gap.

Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces the power consumption amount by stopping the transmission of power to enclosures that are not accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are switch-connected via backend switches to a base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time or more undergo spin-down. When all of the drives in the enclosure enter a spin-down state, the supply of power from the power supply in the enclosure to the respective drives is stopped. The base enclosure that manages the system constitution of the storage control device turns OFF the switch connected to the enclosure when all of the drives in a certain enclosure have spun down. The transmission of power to this enclosure is accordingly stopped.

Abstract: An anti-skid brake control system and its control method for vehicle has a signal collection unit and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a data receiving module, a data processing module and a data control module. The data receiving module receives the data collected by the signal collection unit. The data processing module calculates sideslip angles and slip rates for wheels. The data control module sets target slip rates based on the slip rates corresponding to the friction coefficient ? for different sideslip angles. The device emits control commands after comparing the calculated slip rate to the set target slip rate, so that the ABS control is real time.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of assigning, to an application, a volume having a performance required by the application while simplifying administration are proposed. A performance and a capacity of each first storage area respectively provided by each storage device as well as a performance and a capacity required for a volume respectively assigned to each application running on a host system are managed, and based on the performance and the capacity of each first storage area and the performance and the capacity required for the volume to be respectively assigned to each application, the volume having the performance and the capacity required by the application is assigned to the application, and when a plurality of the volumes are assigned to one of the applications, the volumes provided in the same storage device are preferentially assigned.

Abstract: A fringe field switching liquid crystal display apparatus is provided. This apparatus includes a first electrode disposed in a stacked relationship with a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first side edge, a second side edge, and plural spaces that define plural strips between the first and the second side edges, wherein the plural strips and the plural spacings form a first area. The second electrode is disposed on one of places above and below the first electrode, and has at least a penetrating vacancy or other capacitance-reduction device, which has a projection onto the first electrode located outside the first area.

Abstract: A contact electric grill for the cooking of food products is provided having a base shoulder (2) and a lid shoulder (3) joined to each other by a hinging structure including a rotation pin (4), a slot (5) into which the rotation pin (4) is slid, and a support and passage element (6) from the lid shoulder to the base shoulder of electric connection cables (7) among electric components present in the base and in the lid, operationally connected to the base shoulder and the lid shoulder.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting errors in high-speed asymmetric interfaces are described. Embodiments include transmitting digital data between a first system component and a second system component over a bidirectional interface, wherein the first component is significantly more intelligent than the second component. The first component controls many operations of the second component, including receiving a signature from the second component over an existing line of the interface. The signature received is compared to a signature stored by the first component. Both signatures correspond to a transaction over the interface. Based on the comparison, the first component determines whether the transaction was successful, and directs the second component as necessary.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a fastening plate to be used in bones, more specifically, to a plate whose shape and arrangement of screws promote the fastening and keeping of fractured bones or bones that have undergone osteotomy in adequate position, angle and inclination.

Abstract: An apparatus for introducing fluids into a solids flow of a spouted bed apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a spray nozzle which opens into a reaction space of the spouted bed apparatus. A lower region of the reaction space is provided with a rectangular cross section for the spouted bed apparatus and is limited in an axial direction by at least one inclined stream return flow wall and an oppositely inclined stream inlet wall with the formation of an axial gap through the reaction space for supplying inlet air. At least one nozzle is also provided for introducing fluid above the gap opens into the reaction space.