Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a network of a plurality of base stations of small cells, placed in a region of a macrocell in which at least one terminal is found, each small cell base station being adapted for covering a small cell, the method being characterized in that: a set A of at least one small cell covering said at least one terminal present in the region, is determined; the smallest subset B of at least one small cell allowing coverage of said at least one terminal is selected from said set A; only said at least one small cell of the subset B will have to be active.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for allocating shared control channel resources. The control channel elements (CCEs) are allocated in units referred to as CCE sets. Each CCE set includes one or more control channel elements. Early commitment of control channel elements in a CCE set to a specific scheduling entity is avoided in situations where two or more candidate sets are available for the scheduling entity. In this case, the CCEs belonging to the candidate sets are designated as an alternate resource for a first scheduling entity. A CCE designated as an alternate may be allocated to another scheduling entity as long as such allocation does not block the first scheduling entity.

Abstract: Device for forming, on a nanowire made of a semiconductor, an alloy of this semiconductor with a metal or metalloid by bringing this nanowire into contact with electrically conductive metal or metalloid probes and Joule heating the nanowire at the points of contact with the probes so as to form an alloy such as a silicide. Application to the production of controlled-channel-length metal-silicide transistors.

Abstract: A digital to analog conversion apparatus includes a plurality of gain/phase adjusters configured to receive a digital signal and to output a plurality of adjusted digital input signals, a plurality of digital to analog converters coupled to respective ones of the plurality of gain/phase adjusters and configured to receive the adjusted digital input signals and to generate respective analog signals representative of the adjusted digital input signals, a plurality of phase shift elements coupled to respective ones of the plurality of digital to analog converters and configured to shift the phases of the analog signals generated by the digital to analog converters, and a combiner coupled to the outputs of the plurality of digital to analog converters and configured to combine the respective phase-shifted analog signals to form an analog output signal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and products maintain reflective maintenance records for a network. Test results are mirrored from different testing applications to a centralized testing database. The test results are associated to circuit identifiers. A work order is received that identifies trouble associated with a customer. A circuit identifier associated with the customer is retrieved and, prior to performing a test of a circuit to resolve the trouble, the centralized testing database is queried for the circuit identifier. A test result associated with the circuit identifier is retrieved and the work order is updated with the test result.

Abstract: Disclosed are bag check machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for allowing a user to self-check one or more items for transportation. The user is first enrolled in a self-check program by reading personal ID information from a government-issued identification (ID) document and verifying the ID document based on the personal ID information. Biometric data from the user is captured and stored, in an encoded form, on a portable ID storage medium issued to the user. For the user to self-check one or more items, encoded biometric data is read from the portable ID storage medium, and biometric data is captured from the user. When the captured biometric data matches the biometric data read from the portable ID storage medium, the user is authorized to check-in the item or items.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of enabling the service level networks (e.g. CSoLTE or IMS CN) to provide location-dependent services based on a circuit switched domain from a service level network to a mobile station communicating with a cell in a radio access network that utilises a packet switched domain. The method includes providing cell location information relating to the location of the cell; determining a Service Area Identifier based on the cell location information; and providing the Service Area Identifier to the service level network. The Service Area Identifier is then used for different location based services and applications in the service level network nodes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vaccine composition comprising at least one type of anti-HIV vaccine composition containing at least one type of stabilized Tat antigen and to the use thereof for preventing and/or treating a human HIV infection.

Abstract: A method performed by a network element for providing micro-mobility in a network to a mobile node including the steps of receiving a registration request message at the mobility anchor point from an access router that is currently coupled to the mobile node, wherein the registration request message includes an endpoint identifier of the mobile node and a local care-of address of the mobile node, establishing a label switch path (LSP) between the mobility anchor point and the access router, storing the endpoint identifier in a binding entry along with the local care-of address, a regional care-of address, the label switch path and an egress interface, advertising the endpoint identifier with associated regional or local care-of address of the mobile node, and forwarding data packets, received at the mobility anchor point from a corresponding node that have the regional or local care-of address, to the mobile node using the LSP.

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of devices for focusing light to subwavelength dimensions including at least one focusing structure having a metal film provided with a first aperture that penetrates the film, the aperture having dimensions an order of magnitude smaller than the working wavelength of the focusing device. In the devices according to the invention, the focusing structure has at least one optical cavity placed around the aperture so that, when the structure is illuminated with a radiant flux at the working wavelength of the device, a large part of this flux is concentrated on the aperture by said cavity. Several embodiments are described using various cavities that may comprise plasmon reflectors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling remote access to a local gateway (302) of a local network from a remote device (300) located outside the local network. Capabilities and credentials of the remote device and of the local gateway are configured independently in an IMS core (304) for the remote access. One or more users are also authorized for remote access to the local network by adding an IMS identity of each authorized user to an IMS based ACL (Access Control List). An access request to the local gateway from the remote device will be accepted if the IMS identity of the remote device user is present in the IMS based ACL. A remote access connection can then be established by means of the configured capabilities and credentials of the remote device and the local gateway.

Abstract: This method for estimating a carrier-frequency offset in a telecommunication signals receiver comprises the following steps: computation of the partial correlations relating to several successive portions of a reference binary sequence, each partial correlation being computed between a portion of a signal received by the receiver at said carrier frequency, this signal comprising said reference binary sequence, and a predetermined portion of said reference binary sequence stored and/or generated by the receiver, in several possible relative positions between the received signal and the predetermined portion, and determination of the carrier-frequency offset from the computed partial correlations. It also comprises a step of selecting a synchronization position and the determination step comprises the estimation of a phase shift between computed partial correlations at the selected synchronization position.

Abstract: A method for determining a minimum tension compensation stress which will have a membrane of a thickness of less than or equal to one micrometer, secured to a frame, having, in the absence of any external stress, a desired deflection. The membrane can be made as planar as possible in absence of any external stress, and its thickness can be less than or equal to one micrometer.

Abstract: A method for making a semiconducting structure, including: a) forming, on a surface of a final semiconductor substrate, a semiconducting layer, doped with elements from columns III and V of the Periodic Table so as to form a ground plane, b) forming a dielectric layer, c) then assembling, by direct adhesion of the source substrate, on the final substrate, the layer forming the ground plane between the final substrate and the source substrate, the dielectric layer being between the source substrate and the ground plane, d) then thinning the source substrate, leaving, on the surface of the semiconductor structure, a film made from a semiconducting material.

Abstract: The invention relates to techniques for traffic handling in congestion situations in a point-to-multipoint (‘PTM’) enabled network. A method embodiment of the inventive technique is performed in an egress node of the network and comprises the steps of detecting marked packets, the marking being indicative of a congestion situation in a core node of the PTM-enabled network; selecting, based on the detected markings, a particular PTM flow from one or more PTM flows passing the egress node for termination; and indicating the selected PTM flow in an upstream direction of the selected flow.

Abstract: Methods of bonding together semiconductor structures include annealing a first metal feature on a first semiconductor structure, bonding the first metal feature to a second metal feature of a second semiconductor structure to form a bonded metal structure that comprises the first metal feature and the second metal feature, and annealing the bonded metal structure. Annealing the first metal feature may comprise subjecting the first metal feature to a pre-bonding thermal budget, and annealing the bonded metal structure may comprise subjecting the bonded metal structure to a post-bonding thermal budget that is less than the pre-bonding thermal budget. Bonded semiconductor structures are fabricated using such methods.

Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of determining a quality of a received signal, wherein the method comprises receiving a signal comprising a first part and a second part and wherein at least the second part of the received signal comprises a scrambling sequence period; and determining a first noise-and-interference power of the first part of the received signal by removing a second noise-and-interference power of the second part of the signal, wherein the scrambling sequence period is utilized in the removal. The invention further relates to a corresponding device and system. Thereby, the invention is able to, among other things, reduce neighbor cell reference symbol interference in a dense network.

Abstract: A microelectronic device including, on a substrate, at least one element such as a SRAM memory cell; one or more first transistor(s), respectively including a number k of channels (k?1) parallel in a direction forming a non-zero angle with the main plane of the substrate, and one or more second transistor(s), respectively including a number m of channels, such that m>k, parallel in a direction forming a non-zero angle, or an orthogonal direction, with the main plane of the substrate.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) cell search involves tuning a demodulation frequency of the UE based on signals received from a first encountered cell and using a non-initial cell search procedure to continue searching for a cell that is qualified for camping on, wherein the non-initial cell search procedure relies on the demodulation frequency being within limits of accuracy that enable successful reception and decoding of received information. Prior to finding a qualified cell, information enabling a first discovered unqualified cell to again be found is saved. After a period of time during which the non-initial cell search procedure has been performed and before the UE's demodulation frequency is beyond acceptable limits of accuracy, the saved information is used to again tune the demodulation frequency based on reading signals from the first discovered unqualified cell. The UE then continues to perform the non-initial cell search procedure.

Abstract: A method is provided for facilitating recovery from the failure of a P-CSCF within an IP multimedia Subsystem network. A gateway, such as a GGSN, monitors signals arriving at the gateway from the P-CSCF and provides an indication if the monitored signals become unacceptable, for example because of an interruption in the signals. The gateway responds by signalling the unavailability of the P-CSCF to user equipment, which was associated with the P-CSCF during a previous registration with the IMS network. In response, for example, the user equipment affected by the failure may request re-registration with the IMS network using a different available P-CSCF.