Abstract: An apparatus, system or method for processing a sequence of data can involve determining an availability of a computational resource; adapting, based on the availability, a neural network to set a limit on use of the computational resource by the neural network during processing of a sequence of data, wherein the one or more processors being configured to adapt the neural network to set the limit comprises the one or more processors being configured to modify an update control included in the neural network based on a windowing function; and processing at least a portion of the sequence of data by the adapted neural network using the computational resource in accordance with the limit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method including obtaining metadata upon training a first Deep Neural Network and embedding the obtained metadata in a signal. The present disclosure relates to a method including obtaining metadata related to a prior training of a first Deep Neural Network and adapting a model of a second Deep Neural Network using the obtained metadata. The present disclosure also relates to the corresponding devices, computer storage medium and signal.

Abstract: In general, at least one example of an embodiment can involve determining a constraint associated with processing a sequence of data, adapting a neural network based on the constraint, wherein adapting the neural network comprises modifying, based on the constraint, a characteristic of a decision function included in the neural network; and enabling processing of at least a first portion of the sequence of data utilizing the adapted neural network and in accordance with the constraint.

Abstract: In general, at least one example of an embodiment can involve selecting a neural network from a plurality of neural networks based on an indication of resource availability and processing data using the selected neural network in accordance with the resource availability.

Abstract: Method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, corresponding cache. According to the invention, the method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, one or more caches being arranged along the transmission path between the client terminal and a remote server, several representations of said content part being available, comprises: —receiving (S0) at a first cache (R), from the client terminal, a request for a given representation of said content part belonging to a set of allowable representations selected among said available representations of the content part, said request further comprising a list of alternative representations of the set and auxiliary information for specifying the scope of the request; —checking (S1) at said first cache (R) if said given representation is stored in the cache; —in case said given representation is not cached, browsing (S2) at said first cache (R) alternative representations listed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing energy consumption of devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises at least one audio visual device connected via HDMI to a processor. The processor monitors via the processor any user initiated activity associated with said audio visual device and establishes an activity queue for the user initiated activity for the device. The processor also initiates a standby mode for said device when a period of inactivity has exceeded a threshold value.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for reserving bandwidth for an adaptive streaming client belonging to at least one network and configured for receiving a streaming content from at least one server, the streaming content being available at more than one data rate at the server. The device includes a stream identifier configured for detecting at least one streaming content requested by the client, a bandwidth manager configured for temporarily reserving for the client, when at least one event occurs, a transient bandwidth depending on the predetermined target data rate associated with the requested streaming content and a transient margin.

Abstract: Method for retrieving, by a client terminal, a content part of a multimedia content, a cache being arranged along the transmission path between the client terminal and a server, several representations of said content part being available, comprising: A/ sending a request for a first representation of said content part belonging to a set of allowable representations selected among said available representations of the content part; B/ in case said first representation is not cached, receiving a response message from said cache indicating that the first representation is not cached; and wherein, upon receipt of a response message, steps A/ and B/ are successively repeated with an alternative representation of said content part, different from the first representation, until one requested alternative representation has been received by the client terminal from said cache or until all allowable representations of the set have been requested.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus utilize communication devices and systems and/or Internet of Things (IoT) devices and systems to track a person's user interaction events, store them, and process the individual events or the accumulated history of these events for computing and generating an indicator of the level of user isolation for the tracked individual. During the monitoring and processing of the events, when the generated indicator meets or exceeds a predetermined value, an alert can be generated to notify the individual's friends, relatives, associates, or other identified persons to initiate contact with the senior.

Abstract: Method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, corresponding cache. According to the invention, the method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, one or more caches being arranged along the transmission path between the client terminal and a remote server, several representations of said content part being available, comprises: receiving (S0) at a first cache (R), from the client terminal, a request for a given representation of said content part belonging to a set of allowable representations selected among said available representations of the content part, said request further comprising a list of alternative representations of the set and auxiliary information for specifying the scope of the request; checking (S1) at said first cache (R) if said given representation is stored in the cache; in case said given representation is not cached, browsing (S2) at said first cache (R) alternative representations listed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for reserving bandwidth for an adaptive streaming client belonging to at least one network and configured for receiving a streaming content from at least one server, the streaming content being available at more than one data rate at the server. The device includes a stream identifier configured for detecting at least one streaming content requested by the client, a bandwidth manager configured for temporarily reserving for the client, when at least one event occurs, a transient bandwidth depending on the predetermined target data rate associated with the requested streaming content and a transient margin.

Abstract: The invention concerns a relay module comprising a capturing module for intercepting a first connection establishment request sent by a first host; a communication module configured for sending a second connection establishment request to establish an initial auxiliary connection between the relay module and a second host and for receiving, from said second host, a first acknowledgment response and a context discovery unit configured for activating: a forward mode to handle the traffic carried by the established main connection, in case the first connection establishment request and the first acknowledgment response present the same multipath property; a relay mode to handle the traffic carried by: an additional auxiliary connection established between the first host and the relay module; and the initial auxiliary connection established between the relay module and the second host, in case the first connection establishment request and the first acknowledgment response present different multipath proper

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple-port dual-band antenna system and the associated interface formed by DPDT or SPDT switches, that can be integrated on one and the same multi-layer structure.

Abstract: A microwave device of the slot-line type with a photonic band gap structure, including at least: a first substrate in a dielectric material having a first permittivity ?r1, a second substrate in a dielectric material having a second permittivity ?r2, and between the two substrates, a conductive layer in which at least one slot-line is engraved, with, on the face of the first and second substrates opposite the face in contact with the conductive layer, facing the slot-line, periodic metal patterns. A compact filtering structure is realized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna system designed to be used in a wireless link, having polarization directions, respectively for reception and emission, identical to the polarization directions, respectively for emission and reception, presented by a similar system placed in a geometric configuration of use that is different from that of the said first system. The invention enables identical devices to be implemented in separate items of equipment and in distinct positions while enabling the antenna pair to function correctly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active photonic band gap antenna. In this case, the photonic band gap structure is constituted by metal rods, some of which are discontinuous, namely composed of sections of rods connected by a switching element such as a PIN diode. According to the invention, only one rod in a row of rods seen from the radiating source is discontinuous. The antenna pattern can be controlled at a low cost.

Abstract: The invention relates to a planar antenna realised on a substrate comprising a slot of closed form dimensioned to operate at a given frequency in a short-circuit plane of at least one feed-line. The perimeter of the slot being designed such that p=k?s where k is a whole number greater than 1 and ?s the guided wavelength in the slot, the antenna comprising at least one first feed-line placed in an open circuit zone of the slot and a second feed-line placed at a distance d=(2n+1)?s/4 from the first line, where n is an integer greater than or equal to zero.

Abstract: The present invention relates to photonic band gap antennas. This antenna comprises according to a plane of directions x, y, a radiating source and a photonic band gap structure constituted by parallel metal rods, the rods repeating themselves nx times in the direction x and ny times in the direction y. The height of the rods seen from the radiating source is increasing. The invention is able to control the radiation pattern of the antenna in the vertical plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microwave device of the slot-line type with a photonic band gap structure, comprising at least: a first substrate in a dielectric material having a first permittivity ?r1, a second substrate in a dielectric material having a second permittivity ?r2, and between the two substrates, a conductive layer in which at least one slot-line is engraved, with, on the face of the first and second substrates opposite the face in contact with the conductive layer, facing the slot-line, periodic metal patterns. The invention enables a compact filtering structure to be realized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple-port dual-band antenna system and the associated interface formed by DPDT or SPDT switches, that can be integrated on one and the same multi-layer structure.