Abstract: Vehicle parts, and more particularly wire and wire assembly parts, manufactured from a non-heat-treatable, wrought aluminum alloy are disclosed. The wire and wire assembly parts are shaped into different forms that meet certain strength and bendability requirements and are capable of being manufactured using forming, threading and swaging. The aluminum alloy used to manufacture the parts is a non-heat-treatable, wrought alloy formed predominantly from aluminum (Al) metal, which is alloyed primarily with magnesium (Mg), and which also includes silicon (Si), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), titanium (Ti), beryllium (Be) and other elements.

Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing microparticles. Provided is a method for producing microparticles. For the first process, seed microparticles are separated in a thin film fluid that forms between at least two processing surfaces, which are disposed facing each other, which can approach or separate from each other and at least one of which rotates relative to the other, and the fluid comprising the separated seed microparticles is discharged as a discharge fluid. Subsequently, for the second process, the separated seed microparticles are grown in the discharged discharge fluid to obtain the intended microparticles. Uniform and homogeneous micropartcles are obtained as a result of the microparticle producing method comprising the two process.

Abstract: The application relates to the procedures Routing Area Update RAU in UTRAN and Tracking Area Update TAU in LTE. Furthermore, it relates to PDP context procedure in UTRAN as well as PDN connection procedure in LTE. In the current RAU procedure, a SGSN, which fails to update the Routing Area, e.g. because it receives the DNS return error, sends a RAU Reject with the cause code CC#17 indicating a network failure back to the user equipment (114b). The cause code CC#17 in the RAU Reject causes the user equipment to send a new RAU Request. Thus, the user equipment is stuck in a loop of sending a RAU Request and receiving a RAU Reject. This problem is solved by the present application in that SGSN keeps track of the number of rejections when doing RAU. When the number of rejections is above a certain threshold, the SGSN will send a RAU Reject with cause code CC#10 to the user equipment (115b), whereby the cause code CC#10 indicates implicit detach of the user equipment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus (100), such as a portable electronic device, for navigating on a touch sensitive screen (110) of the apparatus (100). The method comprises sensing the amount of pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen (100) by means of a pressure sensor (140). A pressure signal indicative of the exerted amount of pressure is generated. The pressure signal is then used to trigger navigation in a z-direction, i.e. a direction perpendicular to the plane of the touch sensitive screen if the pressure signal is above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating part, includes: a first sensor for generating an analogue electric measurement signal; an analogue-to-digital converter for sampling the analogue electric measurement signal at an initial sampling frequency to generate a digital measurement data signal in response to the received analogue electric measurement signal; a device for generating a position signal having a sequence of position signal values for indicating momentary rotational positions of the rotating part; and a speed value generator for recording a time sequence of the position signal values such that there are angular distances and corresponding durations between at least three consecutive position signals, wherein the speed value generator establishes at least two momentary speed values based on the angular distances and corresponding durations, and further momentary speed values for the rotating part are established by interpolation between the two momentary speed valu

Abstract: In a method of gravel packing a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the wellbore having a cased section and an uncased section, the method may include pumping into the wellbore a gravel pack composition having gravel and a carrier fluid, where the carrier fluid includes an oleaginous fluid and an inorganic solid aggregator material.

Abstract: A packet network traffic flow effective bandwidth estimation apparatus comprising a committed burst size (CBS) estimator loop, a peak information rate (PIR) estimator and an effective bandwidth (Eff.BW) estimator. The loop includes a meter arranged to determine a number of conformant bytes (G) and a number of violating bytes (Y) of a traffic flow; a committed information rate (CIR) estimator arranged to determine a subsequent estimated CIR; a controller arranged to, if Y is above zero, determine an estimated CBS (ECBS) correction and to apply the correction to the ECBS, and arranged to, if Y is zero, output the previously used ECBS. The PR estimator receives the ECBS from the loop and the ECIR and determines an estimated PR (EPIR) in dependence on the ECBS and the ECIR. The Eff.BW estimator determines an Eff.BW of the traffic flow from the EPIR, ECBS and ECIR.

Abstract: Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards multi-core processing providing in a distributed manner with an emphasis on power management. The example embodiments provide a processing node, and method therein, for the distribution of processing tasks, and energy saving mechanisms, which are performed autonomously.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing the traffic load of a delivery node being in a state BLOCKED or UNBLOCKED. The method comprises the step determining that the traffic load of the delivery node is within a pair of upper and lower limits. The method also comprise the step of changing the state of the delivery node upon the determination that the traffic load of a delivery node is within the pair of upper and lower limits. Changing the state is changing from UNBLOCKED to BLOCKED or from BLOCKED to UNBLOCKED. The invention also relates to a delivery node suitable for implementing the method disclosed hereinabove.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and devices for supervising a baggage item using a security device comprising at least one sensor, a processor connected to said sensor, and a communication unit connected to said processor. Said method comprises the steps of monitoring (S101), by the at least one sensor, a status of a baggage item, detecting (S102), by the processor, a change in the status of the baggage item and determining (S103), based on a detected change in the status, whether a notification is to be issued, and transmitting (S104), by the communication unit, the notification to a supervision unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile telecommunication device (22) comprising: a receiver (40) for receiving content data via a mobile telecommunication network; a play-out buffer (41) for holding downloaded but yet un-played content data; a media reader (42) for reading content data at a media rate from the play-out buffer and for sending content to a display or speaker for rendering; a segment request controller (46) for sending media segment requests to a remote server; a buffer fill monitor (45) for checking a fill level of the play-out buffer, continuously or at least at the end of a media segment download. The segment request controller (46) is configured switch between a state of continuously requesting media segments and a state of not requesting any media segments. This switching is depending on the fill level. By restricting the download of segments, more and longer idle period are created which increases the chance that the radio state is switched down, so as to save battery and resources.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for maneuvering an endoscope (SFME) during a medical procedure, comprising a. at least one maneuvering system, adapted to maneuver said endoscope in at least two degrees of freedom (DOF); and, b. at least one joystick unit in communication with said maneuvering system, adapted to operate said maneuvering system; wherein operation of said joystick results in movement of said endoscope by means of said maneuvering system.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method in a mobile terminal for communication with a base station in a wireless network during a random access procedure. The method comprises exchanging (202) between the mobile station and the base station, during the random access procedure, information on a selected DRX scheme to be used for communication between the mobile terminal and the base station in the random access procedure, setting (204) the mobile terminal in DRX mode according to the selected DRX scheme and receiving (206) at least one message from the base station during the random access procedure, wherein the at least one message was transmitted according to the selected DRX scheme. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding method in a base station, and to a mobile terminal and a base station. By such methods, base station and mobile terminals, battery power in a mobile terminal may be saved during a random access procedure.

Abstract: The number of active antenna ports used for uplink and/or downlink MIMO transmissions to a given user are dynamically adjusted, based on user data traffic payload size per period of time, and based on RF conditions. An example method, in a radio transceiver that supports two or more MIMO transmission and reception modes, begins with evaluating channel conditions between the radio transceiver and a remote wireless device and comparing a throughput demand for the remote wireless device to a forward link capacity and/or reverse link capacity. A forward link transmission mode or a reverse link transmission mode is changed, based on the channel conditions and the throughput demand. The transmission mode is changed from a first multi-stream mode to a second multi-stream mode having fewer streams than the first multi-stream mode, despite that channel conditions for the corresponding link support the first multi-stream mode.

Abstract: A digital control unit generates a control signal to control a duty cycle of a switched mode power supply such that a faster response to an input voltage transient is achieved. The digital control unit comprises a feedback compensator, a feed forward compensator, a transient detector, and a controller. The transient detector receives a signal indicative of the input voltage of the switched mode power supply and detects transients on the received signal. The feedback compensator receives a signal indicative of the output voltage of the switched mode power supply and adjusts the control signal. The feed forward compensator receives a signal indicative of the input voltage of the switched mode power supply, performs a relatively fast, but coarse, adjustment of the control signal, and then performs a more accurate, but relatively slow, adjustment of the control signal.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and radio base station for sharing resources in a wireless communication system. The radio base station stores an identity of a first entity to which a first plurality of UEs is associated. The first plurality of UEs has full access to resources provided by the radio base station. The radio base station also stores an identity of a second entity to which a second plurality of UEs is associated. The second plurality of UEs has partial access to the resources provided by the radio base station. When the radio base station receives a request for accessing resources from a UE, it determines whether the UE is associated with the second entity, i.e. if the UE is to be handled in support mode. If the UE is associated with the second entity it means that the UE only should have partial access to the resources.

Abstract: A method in a network element improves load distribution in a network that includes the network element. The network element is one of a plurality of network elements in the network each of which implement a common algorithm tie-breaking process as part of a computation used to produce minimum cost shortest path trees. The network element includes a database to store the topology of the network. A set of service attachment points is mapped to network elements in the topology for services individually associated with an equal cost tree (ECT) set and associated with per service bandwidth requirements. The topology of the network includes a plurality of network elements and links between the network elements. The method generates multiple ECT tree sets for connectivity establishment and maintenance of the connectivity in the network. The method defines a bandwidth aware path selection. The method reduces the coefficient of variation of link load across the entire network.

Abstract: The invention relates to communication between computers such as servers within a content distribution network, where the communication is carried over the Internet in which bandwidth usage and cost are of concern, and particularly to a system and method for optimizing inter-node communication in a content distribution network. The method includes: generating a mutable warm dictionary for a specific domain according to a current inter-node communication; generating a fixed warm dictionary for the specific domain from the mutable warm dictionary; and performing the next inter-node communication for the specific domain according to the fixed warm dictionary.

Abstract: A system (1) for portioning and packaging a tobamel smoking mixture (2) comprises a unit (3) internally of which the mixture (2) is prepared by blending tobacco en masse with agglutinants such as honey or molasses, and an extruder unit (17) by which the mixture (2) is shaped into a continuous rod (20).

Abstract: A multi-die package includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die each having an upper surface with a plurality of bond pads positioned thereon. The multi-die package also includes a plurality of bonding wires each coupling one of the bond pads on the upper surface of the first semiconductor die to a corresponding one of the bond pads on the upper surface of the second semiconductor die. A bonding wire of the plurality of bonding wires includes a first portion extending upward from one of the second plurality of bond pads substantially along a z-axis and curving outward substantially along x and y axes in a direction towards the first semiconductor die. The bonding wire also includes a second portion coupled to the first portion and extending from the first portion downward to one of the first plurality of bond pads on the upper surface of the first semiconductor die.