Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying multiple Link Aggregation Group (LAG) entities on the same set of physical links, thus making bundling of individual services or conversations possible by the different LAG entities within Link Aggregation. Each LAG entity is configured such that a single physical link is Active and all the other links are Standby. Each LAG entity may be regarded as a “bundle.” Thus the services/conversations are bundled into a LAG entity and are handed-off on the Active link during normal operation. If service hand-off is not possible on the Active link (e.g., due to a failure), then the LAG entity switches over to a Standby link thus the service/conversation is handed-off on that formerly Standby link. Bundling may simplify operations of control and signaling.

Abstract: Apparatus for use within a radio access network of a cellular communications network, where the cellular communications network belongs to an operator domain. The apparatus comprises a radio control unit for controlling radio channels within one or more cells of the radio access network, and a data source for maintaining or accessing data content, the data source being allocated in use an IP address that is unique at least within said operator domain. The apparatus further comprises an IP packet classifier configurable to inspect packets received from a client and to identify packets addressed to said IP address, and to redirect such identified packets to said data source. The apparatus also comprises an IP packet route selector configured to react to the establishment of a connection between a client and said data source by routing data content packets from said data source to the client via a radio channel or channels controlled by said radio control unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising at least one acrylic thickener, water and at least one oil, as well as methods of using such compositions.

Abstract: The present solution relates to a method in a user equipment for configuring a cell change procedure to be used for handover in a wireless communication network. The user equipment is situated in a serving cell and comprises an active set of cells. The active set of cells comprises a list of cells to which the user equipment can move from the serving cell. The user equipment sends a request to a network controller comprised in the wireless communication network to add at least one further cell to the active set. The user equipment then receives the requested active set update from the network controller. The received active set update comprises the at least one further cell to be added to the active set and a list of cells to which a modified cell change procedure shall be used for handover. A neighbour cell which is stronger than a current serving cell is detected.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of diazonium salts for the formation of thick layers on at least one surface of a substrate. The diazonium salts used in the invention have the following formula (I): wherein R is a group that can be electrochemically reduced in a reversible manner to a cathodic potential between 0 and ?1.5 V, E is a spacer chain consisting of at least one aromatic cyclic group having between 5 and 6 links, optionally containing at least one heteroatom preferably selected from N, S, O or P and optionally substituted by at least one group selected from the C1-C5 alkyls and the halogens, r is 1 or 2, m is a whole number between 1 and 5 inclusive, p is a whole number between 1 and 5, and B is a counter-ion. The invention can be especially applied to the field of gas sensors.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus to detect the presence of interferers in a wideband digital VSWR measurement signal. Interferers cause power differences over different intervals of time and frequency, and may be detected by comparing the measured signals in both time and frequency domains with the original signal. Frequency components in the measured signals may be discarded if the interference is deemed too large. The remaining frequency components can then be used to compute the VSWR.

Abstract: A radio network resource controller directs a first network node associated with a first cell region, or a wireless terminal in communication through the first cell region, to measure and report radio resource-related data selected from the group consisting of: resource activity per channel; the number of transmitted power samples that exceed a threshold over a measurement period; and, channel quality samples that exceed a quality threshold. The controller then receives at least one measurement report of the radio resource-related data and, as a function of the radio resource-related data in the first cell region, dynamically reallocates the distribution of resources, such as radio-frequency channels, between the first cell region and at least a second cell region. The invention has a particular advantage in TDD mode of operation where efficient and dynamic interference mitigation is needed to combat the inherent mobile-to-mobile and base station-to-base station interference.

Abstract: In a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network, efficient subscription of a M2M network application to a potentially very large number of device applications executing on remote devices is facilitated by the use of a shared “link-subscription identifier.” Each related device application (e.g., utility meter reading applications) includes a shared link-subscription identifier in its registration to a M2M network gateway or a M2M services capability (SC). The gateways maintain a binding between link-subscription identifiers in the device applications associated with them. To subscribe to all related device applications, a network application includes the link-description identifier in a subscription request to the M2M SC. The M2M SC, in turn, includes the link-subscription identifier in subscription requests it forwards to gateways and directly-connected remote devices.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for processing sheets of paper material, comprising: a calender (2) adapted to treat at least one sheet of paper material and including a first cylinder (3) and a second cylinder (4), the first cylinder (3) comprising a work wall (3a) of composite material, forming the outer work surface (3c) of the first cylinder (3) and a support body (3b) having an outer surface coaxial to and in contact with the work surface (3a), the first cylinder (3) being obtained by fitting of the work surface (3a) on the support body (3b).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an undersampling observation receiver for use in a power amplifier digital predistortion system for concurrent multi-band signals. In one embodiment, an undersampling observation receiver receives a concurrent multi-band signal output by a power amplifier. The concurrent multi-band output signal includes multiple original frequency bands. The undersampling observation receiver undersamples the concurrent multi-band signal at a select sampling rate to provide an undersampled multi-band signal. The select sampling rate is such that a frequency-flipped image of at least one of the original frequency bands and images of any remaining original frequency bands fall within a frequency range of zero to half of the select sampling rate and do not overlap one another.

Abstract: A method in a Service agent, a Service Agent and a computer-readable medium comprising a computer program are provided for providing a service to a user. The method comprises detecting connection of a Personal Profile Device, operated by the user, to the Service Agent. The method further comprises receiving a service information message from a Service Provider, comprising a service identifier, and obtaining a service profile from the Personal Profile Device using the service identifier. The method further comprises logging in to at least one Information Source identified from the service profile using personal credentials comprised in the service profile in order to allow the Service Provider to access the information needed for providing the service and requesting the Service Provider to set up a connection to the at least one Information Source and to obtain the information needed for providing the service.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of a method and apparatus taught herein provide a predistortion system to compensate for the non-linearity of a power amplifier. The system includes an outer predistorter, an inner predistorter, and a first adaptation circuit. The predistorter predistorts an input signal to generate a first output signal, and uses a first memory model that models power amplifier memory effects within a first range of time constants. The inner predistorter predistorts the first output signal to generate a second output signal, and uses a second memory model that models power amplifier memory effects within a second range of time constants that is greater than the first range of time constants. The second output signal is provided as an input to the power amplifier, and the first adaptation circuit adapts the outer predistorter responsive to feedback from the power amplifier.

Abstract: A method for estimating a scrambling code used on an uplink of a WCDMA system. The scrambling code is obtained from a Gold code, sum of a first specific M-sequence of the user and of a second M-sequence known from the receiver. After sampling of the signal received at the chip frequency of the scrambling code the successive samples are subject to a differential treatment and the sequence of differential values is multiplied by the second M-sequence. The observables thereby obtained are decoded with the aid of a belief propagation iterative decoding. The decoded values then serve to determine the content of the shift register of the generator of the first M-sequence. One then deduces therefrom the Gold code and an estimation of the scrambling code, ?.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for the detecting and/or electrically quantifying organophosphorus compounds as a gas or solution. The device includes: an electrical device including a source electrode and a drain electrode, separated by a semiconductor material; and a device for detecting positive charges between the two electrodes. One surface of the semiconductor material is in contact with a polymer material having at least one receptor group including: 1) a function X capable of reacting with the detectable organophosphorus compound, to form an intermediate grouping —Z; and 2) a function Y capable of reacting with —Z to form a positively charged ring. The polymer material includes molecular imprint cavities, with geometrical and chemical configuration allowing the detectable organophosphorus compounds to penetrate into said polymer material. The invention can be used in the field of detecting and/or quantifying organophosphorus compounds.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems for endoluminal devices utilizing a sleeve for constraining an expandable device toward a constrained configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery to a treatment site along vasculature; and a mechanism for retracting at least a portion of the sleeve.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for compensating for non-linearity of a power amplifier using space mapping based predistortion. In one embodiment, a transmitter includes a power amplifier that amplifies a power amplifier input signal, a predistorter that effects predistortion of the power amplifier input signal to compensate for a non-linear characteristic of the power amplifier using a space mapping based model of an inverse of the non-linear characteristic of the power amplifier, and an adaptation sub-system that adaptively configures the space mapping based model of the non-linear characteristic of the power amplifier. In one embodiment, the adaptation sub-system adaptively configures a space mapping based model of the non-linear characteristic of the power amplifier and adaptively configures the space mapping based model of the inverse of the non-linear characteristic of the power amplifier based on the space mapping based model of the non-linear characteristic of the power amplifier.

Abstract: A bedding foundation used to support a mattress has a mechanism therein for moving the mattress between inclined and flat positions. The foundation combines desirable features of conventional non-adjustable bed bases and adjustable bed bases. A wire assembly and a motorized lift assembly comprising a motorized drive mechanism may be secured to a base of the foundation. The motorized lift assembly pivots a lifter which has two curved portions which function to raise and lower a deck board to incline and lower the mattress. If desired, a second motorized lift assembly may be incorporated into a bedding foundation for use with another deck board.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for compressing and decompressing data to reduce bandwidth requirements in transmissions of predistorted signals between a processing node and a remote transmitting node of a power amplifier with digital predistortion (PA-DPD) system. In the processing node, predistorted signals are decomposed into a high-dynamic range signal of a first sample rate and a low-dynamic range signal of a second sample rate greater than the first sample rate. Samples of both signals are combined to generate a compressed signal for transmission to the remote transmitting node, which decompresses the compressed signal to restore the predistorted signal.

Abstract: A process for making an encapsulation structure comprising the following steps: make at least one portion of material capable of releasing at least one gas when said material is heated, the portion of material communicating with the inside of a hermetically closed cavity of the encapsulation structure, heat all or part of said portion of material such that at least part of the gas is released from said portion of material in the cavity, and in which said portion of material capable of releasing at least one gas when said material is heated comprises elements trapped in said portion of material, said trapped elements being released from said portion of material in gaseous form when said material is heated.