Abstract: An allocation entity of a datacenter is provided, wherein said allocation entity being configured: to receive an application allocation request for allocating an application to one of a plurality of processing units of the datacenter, the application allocation request comprising application network load information; to acquire path network load information indicating network load of network paths to at least a part of the plurality of processing units; and to select a processing unit from the plurality of processing units for allocating the application based on the application network load information and the path network load information.

Abstract: A power supply circuit (106) for a switching voltage regulator (108) connectable to a load (110) is described. In order to manage a power consumption of the switching voltage regulator (108) and in particular to minimize a power consumption of the switching voltage regulator when being operative, the power supply circuit (106) is configured for selectively supplying the switching voltage regulator (108) with one of a first input voltage and a second input voltage in response to a control signal indicative of an operative state of the load (110) such that the switching voltage regulator (108) is switched between a working state in response to the first input voltage and a standby state in response to the second input voltage.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides methods and apparatuses for detecting that a wireless communication device in a serving cell is experiencing excessive interference variance, detecting a transmission pattern of interfering transmissions giving rise to such variance, and correspondingly adjusting scheduling of the device as a function of the detected transmission pattern, to at least partly avoid the interfering transmissions. An advantageous feature of such operation is that the determination of excessive interference variance and the determination of the transmission pattern associated with that varying interference can be done by a network node, e.g., the device's serving base station, or by the device, without requiring backhaul signaling or other inter-node cooperation in the network.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is in particular the use of an amino acid sequence of IDE, or of an analogue or fragment thereof, or of at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding this sequence, as a biomarker, or as an active agent, with regard to a dandruff condition of the scalp.

Abstract: A method for load balancing IPTV channels is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a first Provider Edge (PE) network element of a label switched network, coupled with a second PE network element over multiple member links of an aggregate link, receives IPTV packets. For each IPTV packet received, the first PE network determines layer 3 information of the IPTV packet, and generates one or more channel load balancing keys based on the layer 3 information. The PE network element generates a hash value from the channel load balancing keys and determines which one of multiple member links to transmit the IPTV packet on based on the hash value, and transmits the IPTV packet to the second PE network element on the determined member link. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Abstract: A communication system includes a user equipment (UE) and a gateway. The UE sends data packets on one or more bearers to the gateway. One or more packet filters are installed in the UE for associating the data packets with the bearers. A decision is performed if installation of a new packet filter in the UE is required to map the data packets of indicated data traffic to a particular bearer. The result of the decision may then be indicated from a policy controller to a gateway and/or from the gateway to the UE. Depending on the result of the decision, the gateway may initiate signaling of the new packet filter to the UE and/or the UE may install the new packet filter.

Abstract: A technique for assigning transceiver devices to transmission resources for inter-cell interference coordination in a heterogeneous cellular communication network is described. The network comprises a first cell layer having a first cell associated with a first transmission resource and a second cell layer having a second cell associated with a second transmission resource disjunctive from the first transmission resource.

Abstract: In communication of data between a first base station and a mobile terminal, a second base station may handle uplink transmissions from the mobile terminal. For this purpose, the first base station sends, to the second base station, a request to handle the uplink transmissions from the mobile terminal. Further, the first base station sends carrier information to the second base station. The carrier information indicates one or more uplink carriers for receiving the uplink transmissions. The one or more uplink carriers are controlled by the second base station. Moreover, the first base station sends downlink transmissions to the mobile terminal. The downlink transmissions include configuration data. By means of the configuration data, the mobile terminal is configured to send uplink transmissions on the one or more uplink carriers as indicated by the carrier information, e.g., on an uplink payload channel controlled by the second base station.

Abstract: Techniques for allocation of a VLAN for a deployment by at least one VM provided on a host in a network. A VLAN manager is adapted to allocate a free physical VLAN identifier to the requested virtual VLAN identifier. The VLAN manager queries a VLAN mapping table for determining a free physical VLAN identifier. In case the physical VLAN identifier for the requested virtual VLAN identifier is in use, a procedure for determining the at least one free physical VLAN is performed. The determination procedure may be based on pre-defined zoning or it may apply a retagging after a free physical VLAN identifier has been calculated, The determined physical VLAN identifier is assigned to the requested VLAN. The VLAN switch devices are instructed about the assignment between the virtual and the physical VLAN identifier in order to apply the assignment of the data packets transported over the requested VLAN.

Abstract: The invention provides for a dynamic transcoder placement in case that transcoding functionality for codecs is offered in a TRAU associated to a Base Station Controller and/or a MGW selected for a call.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement 30 comprising a leaky cable 31 is disclosed. The leaky cable 31 includes subsections 32, 33, 34 and each subsection exhibits a longitudinal direction of extension L32, L33, L34 and a radiation pattern. The longitudinal directions of adjacent subsections are oriented in different directions to create a predetermined radiation pattern by superpositioning of the radiation pattern of each subsection. Additionally, a method of creating a predetermined radiation pattern of such an antenna arrangement 30 is described.

Abstract: An article of footwear that exhibits enhanced whole boot breathability and reduced wet pickup is provided. The footwear article includes an upper having an inferior and superior compartment; a mechanism for joining the superior and inferior compartments together; a protective cover; and an outer sole.

Abstract: A wheel includes a tire, an electrical device requiring power for operation, and a conversion system for providing electrical energy for powering the electrical device. The electrical energy is obtained from conversion of a difference between pressure of a gas confined under pressure within the tire and ambient pressure of air outside the tire. The conversion system includes an inlet nozzle fluidly connected to the gas confined under pressure in the tire, an outlet nozzle fluidly connected to the air outside the tire, a movable arm configured to be moved by gas expanding while flowing from the inlet nozzle to the outlet nozzle, and an electromechanical transducer capable of converting mechanical energy from movement of the arm into electrical energy used to power the electrical device.

Abstract: A method is provided for use by a user terminal (20) operating an IP-based multimedia broadcast/multicast service. The method comprises storing (S3) information relating to user service registrations performed (S2) using an IP connection such as a Packet Data Protocol, PDP, context established to enable connectivity between the user terminal (20) and a service node (40) for the broadcast/multicast service. The information is of a type to enable re-registration (S7) of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP connection. In one embodiment, the multimedia broadcast/multicast service is a 3GPP Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service, MBMS, the user terminal (20) is a User Equipment, UE, and the service node (40) is a Broadcast/Multicast Service Center, BM-SC.

Abstract: Components for use in vacuum electron devices are fabricated from highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and exhibit excellent thermal conductivity, low sputtering rates, and low ion erosion rates as compared to conventional components made from copper or molybdenum. HOPG can be reliably brazed by carefully controlling tolerances, calculating braze joint material volume, and applying appropriate compression during furnace operations. The resulting components exhibit superior thermal performance and enhanced resistance to ion erosion and pitting.

Abstract: A system and method for storing and retrieving a sparse matrix from memory of a computing device while minimizing the amount of data stored and costly jumps in memory. The computing device may be an FPGA having memory and processing elements. The method comprises storing non-zero data elements of the matrix in a data array and storing their corresponding column address values in a column index array. To read this stored data from memory, each preceding value of the column index array may be compared with each current value of the column index array to determine if the data array value corresponding with the current column index array value belongs on the next row of the matrix. The method may include pre-ordering the matrix with zero-pad placeholders or creating a row increment pointer array which typically stores fewer values than the number of rows in the matrix.

Abstract: Pixel-level monolithic optical element configurations for uncooled infrared detectors and focal plane arrays in which a monolithically integrated or fabricated optical element may be suspended over a microbolometer pixel membrane structure of an uncooled infrared detector element A monolithic optical element may be, for example, a polarizing or spectral filter element, an optically active filter element, or a microlens element that is structurally attached by an insulating interconnect to the existing metal interconnects such that the installation of the optical element substantially does not impact the thermal mass or thermal time constant of the microbolometer pixel structure, and such that it requires little if any additional device real estate area beyond the area originally consumed by the microbolometer pixel structure interconnects.

Abstract: Cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and the corresponding salts thereof: wherein: R1 is a radical chosen from —COOR?, —CONR?R?, —CH2OR?, —COR?, —CH2R?, —SO2OR?, —PO3R?R? and —NHR?, wherein R? and R?, which may be identical or different, are defined herein; —R2 is chosen from saturated and unsaturated, linear, branched and cyclic hydrocarbon radicals comprising from 1 to 18 carbon atoms which are optionally substituted by from 1 to 5 identical or different entities chosen from —OR??, —OCOR??, —SR??, —SCOR??, NR??R??, —NHCOR??, halogen, —CN, —COOR?? and —COR??, wherein R?? and R??, which may be identical or different, are defined herein; as well as the use of these compounds, for example, to promote skin desquamation, to stimulate epidermal renewal and/or to combat the signs of skin ageing.

Abstract: A process for producing a conducting electrode on a substrate, including: depositing a layer made of a dielectric; depositing a protective layer made of the nitride of a metal on the dielectric layer; depositing a functionalization layer made of a material including a chemical species, such that the free enthalpy of formation of the nitride of the species is less, in absolute value, than the free enthalpy of formation of the nitride of the metal of the protective layer over the temperature range between 0° C. and 1200° C.; and annealing the assembly including the protective layer and the funtionalization layer so that the species diffuse from the functionalization layer into the protective layer and the nitrogen atoms migrate from the protective layer into the functionalization layer.

Abstract: This variable-response magnetic radiofrequency device integrated into a substrate comprises: a beam that is mobile relative to the substrate having, at each end, a transversal part mechanically anchored to the substrate and at least one central arm connecting the transversal parts to each other, at least one of the transversal parts being made out of a piezoelectric material, actuating electrodes associated with the piezoelectric material to apply a stress on the central arm, a magnetic element directly deposited on the central arm whose permeability varies as a function of the stress, and a conductive strip comprising a central part fixed to an upper face of the magnetic element opposite the lower face of this magnetic element pointed towards the central arm.