Abstract: A method for route selection policy (URSP) rule matching enhancement in EPS is proposed. When an application is executed, the upper layer of a UE sends the application information to URSP entity for matching a URSP rule. The UE selects and evaluates a route selection descriptor (RSD) from a list of RSDs of a selected URSP rule to be matched with a PDN connection. If there is a “PDU session pair ID type” and/or “RSN type” route selection descriptor components in an RSD, such RSD components are intended for a redundant PDU session, which is not supported in EPS. Therefore, the UE ignores the specific RSD components and continues to evaluate the RSD with the remaining RSD components.

Abstract: A method for UE route selection policy (URSP) rule matching enhancement is proposed. When an application is executed, the upper layer of a UE sends the application information to URSP entity for matching a URSP rule. The UE finds an RSD of the matching URSP rule, and the UE tries to reuse an existing PDU session, e.g., the association of the application with the existing PDU session have certain exceptions. In one example, regarding DNN, S-NSSAI, SSC mode, and PDU session type, the above listed parameters in the RSD can either match with stored PDU session parameters of the existing PDU session or match with PDU session parameters requested by the UE during the PDU session establishment procedure.

Abstract: A real traffic replay over wireless networks with environment emulation and an event-driven automata-synchronized replay method are disclosed. The system includes a first traffic capture module configured to capture packet traces and environment effects in a real environment, a first event transform module configured to transform the packet traces into a sequence of events, and a reproduce module configured to receive the environment effects from the first traffic capture module and the sequence of events from the first event transform module such as to control a replay of the environment effects in the real environment and the sequence of events coordinately by means of automata.

Abstract: In a machine-implemented method for use with a handheld device, a user is able to virtually try on a selected garment using augmented reality. The machine-implemented method includes: (A) establishing a garment database containing information corresponding to at least one garment, the information corresponding to each garment including a backside image of the garment; (B) establishing a marker database containing feature information of a backside marker; and (C) upon determining from a captured image of the user who is tagged with at least one physical maker that the physical marker corresponds to the backside marker, retrieving from the garment database the backside image of a selected garment, and superimposing the retrieved backside image onto the captured image of the user to form a composite image for display on a screen of the handheld device.

Abstract: A frame-merging method is adapted for a network that includes mesh and terminal units, in which any two units capable of communication form a communication pair, and one of the units operates as a key unit to transmit pending frames according to the frame-merging method. The frame-merging method includes: determining whether the key unit is a mesh or a terminal unit; for the communication pair recorded in each pending frame, selecting a suitable scheme from a plurality of frame-merging schemes, and extracting at least one of the pending frames from among the pending frames for use as part or all of a priority frame set; and comparing a total size of all frames included in the priority frame set with a suitable frame size, so as to determine whether the key unit is to send an aggregated frame. A frame-merging apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A real traffic replay over wireless networks with environment emulation and an event-driven automata-synchronized replay method are disclosed. The system includes a first traffic capture module configured to capture packet traces and environment effects in a real environment, a first event transform module configured to transform the packet traces into a sequence of events, and a reproduce module configured to receive the environment effects from the first traffic capture module and the sequence of events from the first event transform module such as to control a replay of the environment effects in the real environment and the sequence of events coordinately by means of automata.

Abstract: A channel utilizing method for a wireless network is adapted for channel utilization by a switch node having a number (N) of transceivers in an environment with a number (M) of channels, wherein (N)<(M). The channel utilizing method includes the steps of: calculating a channel weight set, and selecting one of the (M) channels according to the channel weight set; determining a notify mechanism according to a relation between the switch node and a neighbor node; using the notify mechanism to notify the neighbor node of a current state of the switch node; and calculating a channel stay-in period, and causing the switch node to stay in the selected one of the channels for a duration of the channel stay-in period. A channel utilizing system is also disclosed.

Abstract: In a machine-implemented method for use with a handheld device, a user is able to virtually try on a selected garment using augmented reality. The machine-implemented method includes: (A) establishing a garment database containing information corresponding to at least one garment, the information corresponding to each garment including a backside image of the garment; (B) establishing a marker database containing feature information of a backside marker; and (C) upon determining from a captured image of the user who is tagged with at least one physical maker that the physical marker corresponds to the backside marker, retrieving from the garment database the backside image of a selected garment, and superimposing the retrieved backside image onto the captured image of the user to form a composite image for display on a screen of the handheld device.

Abstract: A frame-merging method is adapted for a network that includes mesh and terminal units, in which any two units capable of communication form a communication pair, and one of the units operates as a key unit to transmit pending frames according to the frame-merging method. The frame-merging method includes: determining whether the key unit is a mesh or a terminal unit; for the communication pair recorded in each pending frame, selecting a suitable scheme from a plurality of frame-merging schemes, and extracting at least one of the pending frames from among the pending frames for use as part or all of a priority frame set; and comparing a total size of all frames included in the priority frame set with a suitable frame size, so as to determine whether the key unit is to send an aggregated frame. A frame-merging apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A channel utilizing method for a wireless network is adapted for channel utilization by a switch node having a number (N) of transceivers in an environment with a number (M) of channels, wherein (N)<(M). The channel utilizing method includes the steps of: calculating a channel weight set, and selecting one of the (M) channels according to the channel weight set; determining a notify mechanism according to a relation between the switch node and a neighbor node; using the notify mechanism to notify the neighbor node of a current state of the switch node; and calculating a channel stay-in period, and causing the switch node to stay in the selected one of the channels for a duration of the channel stay-in period. A channel utilizing system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an interconnect structure, including providing a semiconductor substrate having a first conductive layer thereon, and forming a dielectric layer overlying the semiconductor substrate and the first conductive layer. An opening is formed in the dielectric layer extending to the first conductive layer. A portion of the first conductive layer is removed through the opening to form a recess having a substantially curvilinear profile. The opening and the recess are filled with a second conductive layer.