Abstract: The invention relates to the supplying power by means of a switching device (COM) connected to a plurality of facilities (A, B, C) by means of cables capable of transporting power (IeA, IeB, IeC). Said method comprises in particular the connection (120) of one of the cables (IeA), connected to one of said facilities (A), referred to as the requesting facility, to at least another one of the cables (IeB, IeC), connected to at least another one of said facilities (B, C), referred to as supply facilities, by means of the switching device, in accordance with at least one negotiation message consistent with a telecommunications signalling protocol, exchanged between energy-management device (EGEA, EGEB) installed in said demand and supply facilities. Following said connection, an amount of power is transported (130) from the at least one supply facility to the requesting facility, via the cables connected by means of the switching device.

Abstract: The invention relates to the supplying power by means of a switching device (COM) connected to a plurality of facilities (A, B, C) by means of cables capable of transporting power (IeA, IeB, IeC). Said method comprises in particular the connection (120) of one of the cables (IeA), connected to one of said facilities (A), referred to as the requesting facility, to at least another one of the cables (IeB, IeC), connected to at least another one of said facilities (B, C), referred to as supply facilities, by means of the switching device, in accordance with at least one negotiation message consistent with a telecommunications signalling protocol, exchanged between energy-management device (EGEA, EGEB) installed in said demand and supply facilities. Following said connection, an amount of power is transported (130) from the at least one supply facility to the requesting facility, via the cables connected by means of the switching device.

Abstract: A method is provided for transmission, between a source terminal and at least one first recipient terminal, of digital content containing a datum representing a number of authorized loans of the digital content by the source terminal. The method includes the following steps: modification of the digital content including insertion, by the source terminal, into the digital content, of a datum representing a number of authorized loans of the digital content by the first recipient terminal, which is lower than the number of authorized loans of the digital content by the source terminal; and transmission of the modified digital content to the at least one recipient terminal.

Abstract: A method of switching a multimedia session from a mobile terminal (2) connected to a mobile communications network (21) to an indoor device (11; 12; 13; 14) connected to an indoor local area network (150) including an indoor gateway (15), the mobile terminal (2) and the indoor gateway (15) being connected to an application system (20) that sets up multimedia sessions. The method includes setting up a first multimedia session between the mobile terminal (2) and the application system (20) via the mobile communications network (21). The mobile terminal (2) detects the proximity of the indoor local area network (150). Indoor devices (11-14) are selected that are capable of supporting the first multimedia session in progress on the mobile terminal (2). The mobile terminal (2) validates an indoor device from the selected devices. A second multimedia session is set up between the validated indoor device and the application system (20), and the first multimedia session is closed.

Abstract: A method of allocating a plurality of subbands to a plurality of streams of a multichannel link in a multicarrier modulation communications system, each stream being successively defined in a communications frame of said multichannel link by a number Mj of bits to be transmitted and a noise margin ?j. Each subband is associated with a normalized signal-to-noise ratio on the multichannel link. The subbands are classified in a specific order of the normalized signal-to-noise ratios. An energy Ei per subband is determined by a binary allocation algorithm. For each stream taken in the order of said frame, a number Nj of consecutive subbands taken in the order of normalized signal-to-noise ratios is allocated so that the sum of the numbers nij of bits in each subband allocated to each stream is equal to Mj where: M j = ? i = 1 N j ? n ij and nij=log2(1+El·(SNR0)i/?J).

Abstract: A method of switching a multimedia session from a mobile terminal (2) connected to a mobile communications network (21) to an indoor device (11; 12; 13; 14) connected to an indoor local area network (150) including an indoor gateway (15), the mobile terminal (2) and the indoor gateway (15) being connected to an application system (20) that sets up multimedia sessions. The method includes setting up a first multimedia session between the mobile terminal (2) and the application system (20) via the mobile communications network (21). The mobile terminal (2) detects the proximity of the indoor local area network (150). Indoor devices (11-14) are selected that are capable of supporting the first multimedia session in progress on the mobile terminal (2). The mobile terminal (2) validates an indoor device from the selected devices. A second multimedia session is set up between the validated indoor device and the application system (20), and the first multimedia session is closed.

Abstract: A method of allocating a plurality of subbands (SBi) to a plurality of streams (FLj) of a multichannel link in a multicarrier modulation communications system, each stream (FLj) being successively defined in a communications frame of said multichannel link by a number Mj of bits to be transmitted and a noise margin ?j. Each subband (SBi) is associated with a normalized signal-to-noise ratio (SNR0)i on the multichannel link. The subbands (SBi) are classified in a specific order of the normalized signal-to-noise ratios (SNR0)1. An energy Ei per subband (SBi) is determined by a binary allocation algorithm. For each stream (FLj) taken in the order of said frame, a number Nj of consecutive subbands (SBi) taken in the order of normalized signal-to-noise ratios is allocated so that the sum of the numbers nij of bits in each subband (SBi) allocated to each stream (FLj) is equal to Mj where: M j = ? i = 1 N j ? n ij the number nij of bits being defined by: nij=log2(1+E1·(SNR0)i/?j).