Abstract: In order to put a network access node such as a wireless router or home gateway in a home network in operation, the node needs to be configured with several parameters requiring technical skills that an ordinary user often does not have. The present invention solves this problem by introducing a system and a method to assist the user to configure the router. The system comprises a web based wizard, an inference engine coupled to said wizard and a knowledge base coupled to said inference engine. The wizard guides the user to provide input which together with stored information retrieved from the knowledge base is processed by the inference engine. The inference engine further generates configuration data that is stored in the wireless router or home gateway. The user can without detailed technical knowledge easily configure the router.

Abstract: In one of its aspects the technology concerns a method of determining a position of a wireless terminal in a radio access network using information of the travel time of radio waves between a base station and the wireless terminal, the travel time information being retrieved in a way consistent with SUPL positioning. The method comprises performing, at the wireless terminal, a time of arrival measurement for a respective downlink radio frame received from a node associated with a cell of a radio access network. The method thereafter uses the time of arrival measurement and an estimated time of downlink transmission from the node to make a determination of a distance between the wireless terminal and the node. The distance so determined can be used to generate an ellipsoid arc for describing a round trip time positioning of the wireless terminal.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a set of IP addresses for access multi-homing in an Internet access network. A generating host obtains from the network a set of IPv6 subnet prefixes for a plurality of available Internet Service Providers, ISPs. The generating host generates a single IPv6 interface identifier from the subnet prefixes and cryptographically binds the subnet prefixes with the single IPv6 interface identifier. A remote peer verifies that all of the IP addresses belong together by independently generating the IPv6 interface identifier from the same set of subnet prefixes and comparing the result with the IPv6 interface identifier generated by the generating host.

Abstract: An IP (Internet Protocol) session for a mobile node is carried out through the use of a virtual care-of address. A foreign agent sends an agent advertisement to the mobile node to allow the mobile node to choose from a list of IP addresses of the foreign agent. The foreign agent ties a virtual care-of address to a mobile node so that an intelligent and dynamic selection of tunnels to be used for the IP session can occur. Therefore, traffic for an IP session is not limited to transmission over the single particular tunnel that corresponds to an IP address initially selected by the mobile node. Rather, the virtual care-of address shifts the tunneling decision from the mobile node to the foreign agent. Supporting multiple tunnels between home agent and foreign agent allows resilience, redundancy, and service-level differentiation to mobile node traffic without involving the mobile node in the process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for breaking down a set of signals consisting of an instantaneous linear mixture of independent components. The method comprises a step (200) consisting in estimating a mixture matrix A by using the product of one or more trigonometric rotation matrices by one or more hyperbolic rotation matrices.

Abstract: A magnetic field vector sensor includes a substrate parallel to a plane, a support mobile relative to it and rotatable about a vertical rotation axis perpendicular to it, a magnetic field source generating a field having a moment in a non-perpendicular direction, the source being fixed to the support with no degree-of-freedom to exert torque on the support when a field to be measured is present, the field being non-collinear with the moment, a transducer to convert torque exerted on the support into a field amplitude of a component of the field along a measurement axis in the plane, wherein the source comprises a magnetostrictive permanent magnet for generating the field having a moment whose direction varies with stress on the magnet, and wherein the sensor further comprises a controllable device to reversibly modify the moment direction, and a stress generator to vary stress and hence moment direction.

Abstract: A method for preloading into a hierarchy of memories, bitstreams representing the configuration information for a reconfigurable processing system including several processing units. The method includes an off-execution step of determining tasks that can be executed on a processing unit subsequently to the execution of a given task. The method also includes, during execution of the given task, computing a priority for each of the tasks that can be executed. The priority depends on information relating to the current execution of the given task. The method also includes, during execution of the given task, sorting the tasks that can be executed in the order of their priorities. The method also includes, during execution of the given task, preloading into the memory, bitstreams representing the information of the configurations for the execution of the tasks that can be executed, while favoring the tasks whose priority is the highest.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of setting up a call from an originating user in an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network. The originating user provides a signalling message containing an originating identifier of the user to a first node of the network. According to the method, a first node of the network receives the signalling message. The first node performs a verification on whether the originating identifier is associated with a wildcard identifier, wherein the wildcard identifier identifies a plurality of identifiers which are entitled to using a group service. If the originating identifier is associated with a wildcard identifier, the first node forwards the wildcard identifier and the originating identifier to a further node for setting up the call.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an amplifier circuit where a load modulation is applied to a segmented amplifier. This will reduce the shunt loss since the loss of a segmented amplifier is reduced by allowing each amplifier segment or combination of segments to operate to their full output power capacity, rather than limited to a lower output power which results in a higher shunt loss. Hence, operation to full capacity before adding more segments is made possible by dynamically modulating the load.

Abstract: A demodulator of an FM signal modulated about a carrier frequency with a modulation frequency has an RF oscillator configured to be synchronized, under identical conditions of operation, with oscillations at first and second frequencies used in the FM signal to encode respective pieces of information. The oscillator has a magnetoresistive device; and a low-pass filter connected to an output electrode of the magnetoresistive device to filter an oscillating signal, generated by the oscillator and to a rendering terminal to provide, as a demodulated electrical signal, the filtered signal, the cut-off frequency fc at ?3 dB of this filter being strictly lower than the frequency and higher than the modulation frequency.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to sunscreen compositions having a synergistic combination of ultraviolet light (UV) filtering agents that provide a high sun protection factor (SPF). Compositions according to the disclosure have high SPF values without requiring high overall amounts of UV filtering agents. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to methods of using the described compositions for protecting keratinous substances such as skin and hair from UV radiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of disubstituted alkynes for the functionalisation of the surface of a substrate consisting of a semi-conductor material, with molecules of interest. According to the invention, a compound of formula A-(E1)n1-F1 is used, wherein A is a linear or cyclic disubstituted alkyne, E1 is an alkyl chain and n2 is 0 or 1, and F1 is a reactive group that can react with the reactive group F2 of a compound of formula F2-(E2)n2-X wherein E2 is an alkyl chain and X is a group having properties of interest. The invention is especially applicable to the field of molecular biology or biotechnology.

Abstract: A method of protection of a near-field contactless communication system against malicious attacks. The method includes exchange of information between a reader and a contactless card of duration T, measured with respect to a starting instant t0 seen from the reader, decoding of this information by the card, sending by the card a return signal temporally set with respect to an instant t?0+T, where t?0 is the starting instant as seen by the card taking into account delays in propagation or processing of signals received from the reader, detection of the return signal by the reader, determination of the temporal setting of the return signal with respect to the starting instant t0, and interruption of communication by the reader if the temporal setting of the return signal detected is not equal to the instant t0+T with a predetermined margin of error. The return signal is a pseudo-random sequence.

Abstract: A system, method, and User Equipment, UE, for providing a current LTE cell location to a Generic Radio Access Network Controller, GANG, based on different triggers depending on the UE state. The GANC ensures that the correct GANG is serving the UE, and also maps the LTE cell location to an associated GAN Cell Global Identifier, GAN-CGI. The GANG provides the GAN-CGI to a Mobile Switching Center, MSC, or other serving core network node to support location-based services and other mobile originated or mobile terminated calls and transactions.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of use for surface-modifying a semiconductor nanocrystal comprising at least the steps consisting in having a semiconductor nanocrystal, the organic coating layer of which is provided, at the outer surface of the nanocrystal, with at least one reactive group G1 that reacts according to a cycloaddition reaction of click chemistry type; and bringing said nanocrystal together with an adjoining material provided at the surface with at least one G2 group complementary to the G1 group with respect to said click chemistry reaction, under conditions favorable to the interaction of said G1 and G2 groups, characterized in that said G1 and G2 groups are respectively an azide and a strained cycloalkynyl radical, or vice versa.

Abstract: The invention is based on the fact that the current output from a DDB controlled amplifier in backoff, i.e. for low amplitudes, is reduced more or less linearly with the amplitude of the signal to be amplified. Therefore, it is enough to use smaller amplifiers which are able to output the necessary RF current. Hence, according to the present invention, the total DDB amplifier is divided into smaller parts that are coupled to the output only when needed.

Abstract: An applicator used to apply a cosmetic composition to the eyelashes or the eyebrows includes a stem having a distal stem portion extending along a longitudinal axis and further includes a brush extending from the distal stem portion. The brush includes a core supporting bristles. The core extends along a longitudinal axis that is entirely contained within a plane. The core further has a first curve that is concave towards a first side of the core and a second curve, different from the first curve, that is concave towards a second side of the core opposite from the first side of the core. The longitudinal axis of the core crosses the longitudinal axis of the distal stem portion at least once. The core of the brush extends along the longitudinal axis of the core towards a free end of the core without turning back towards the distal stem portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for verification of a mobile telephone number. The method comprises: storing a mobile telephone number and a corresponding mobile subscriber identity number; receiving a request for verification of the mobile telephone number; sending, in response to the request, an IMSI query requesting a mobile subscriber identity number registered in association with the mobile telephone number in an HLR; receiving, in response to the IMSI query, the mobile subscriber identity number associated with the mobile telephone number in the HLR; comparing the stored mobile subscriber identity number and the received mobile subscriber identity number, and, if the comparison shows that the received mobile subscriber identity number corresponds to the stored mobile subscriber identity number; initiating the performance of the messaging-or-positioning service in relation to the mobile telephone number.

Abstract: A mechanism to handle Public Service Identities identifying services in a network when a given Public Service Identity (PSI) belongs to a range of Public Service Identities defined as a ‘Wildcard PSI’ range. An enhanced Home Subscriber Server, serving entity, and routing entity, all co-operating to carry out the invention by handling an identifier of the ‘Wildcard PSI’ range, which includes the given Public Service Identity, the ‘Wildcard PSI’ range being associated with a common service profile to be applied for services identified by those Public Service Identities belonging to the ‘Wildcard PSI’ range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution for handling mobility and attachment of users in a wireless communication network (10). User equipment (1) is connected logically to an attachment node (14) at initial attachment and this attachment is determined from an analysis of stored historical mobility patterns of the user equipment. For instance, a mobility management device may be responsible for handling the attachment and for handling the determination of suitable attachment node, e.g. a gateway (5, 7, 8).