Abstract: A circuit arrangement may include: an inverter comprising first electronic and second electronic switches coupled in series between a first and second input connections to form a bridge center point; a drive apparatus for the first electronic switch and the second electronic switch; a current-measuring apparatus which is designed and arranged to measure the current through the inverter; a short-circuiting apparatus which is designed to short-circuit the output when the output voltage exceeds a first predefinable threshold value; and an evaluation apparatus which is coupled to the current-measuring apparatus and is designed to determine the mean value of the current through the inverter and, when the mean value undershoots a second predefinable threshold value, to drive the drive apparatus in such a manner that the latter influences the operation of the inverter, by driving the electronic switches in such a manner that the current in the short-circuiting apparatus is reduced.

Abstract: A method for remotely controlling a device by a fixed transceiver station in a radio cell of a cellular mobile telecommunications network, the cellular mobile telecommunications network being at least one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), includes: transmitting to the device on a control channel, by the fixed transceiver station, control information specific to the radio cell; wherein the control channel is a channel or a portion of a channel used to broadcast location information; wherein the control information comprises an identification part for specifying the device; and wherein the device is not required to have a registration with the network.

Abstract: Process and land mobile system for operating a cellular land mobile network in which in case of an overload certain resources of the land mobile network currently being used can be released in order to be available for higher priority applications, and resources can be usable at the same time by several applications, characterized in that selection of the resource to be released takes place, for all resources under consideration an efficiency factor being determined and the resource with the lowest efficiency factor being released.

Abstract: A drive cartridge comprises an actuating mechanism, in which a spindle can be guided in a hollow cylindrical drive element between two end positions at an axial distance from one another. The positions are defined by the axial length of the drive element. A dome-shaped casing surrounds the drive element in a non-rotatable and non-displaceable manner. The drive element has an external contour with an eccentric profile and the internal contour of the dome-shaped casing has a positive fit only in those areas of the drive element in which the permissible normal stress exceeds a predefined upper limit.

Abstract: A method for enhanced Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection in a cellular mobile network, a User Equipment having information related to a PLMN selection mode, includes: transmitting the information related to the PLMN selection mode to a Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN) of the User Equipment; and in case that the User Equipment is able to attach to its RPLMN and to at least one other PLMN, performing an attachment of the User Equipment to the other PLMN based on the information related to the PLMN selection mode.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for operating a low-pressure discharge lamp may include a voltage source with two terminals; switches; and a series resonant circuit; a controller configured to control the switches such that an AC voltage is applied to the resonant circuit; a PTC thermistor coupled on one side to a circuit point of the resonant circuit and on the other side, at least one of via a diode, to the first terminal of the voltage source and, via a diode to the second terminal of the voltage source; a resistive element connected in series with a diode in the circuit between a terminal of the voltage source and the PTC thermistor; and an evaluation device configured to tap off the voltage drop across the resistive element and being coupled to the controller in order to deactivate the controller.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a mobile communications connection in a mobile communications network, particularly in a cellular mobile communications network, in the case of temporarily limited accessibility or availability of the mobile communications network due to an overload, between a prioritized first mobile communications terminal device and a non-prioritized second mobile communications terminal device, wherein the non-prioritized mobile communications terminal device is at least partially and at least temporarily blocked due to the overload situation, wherein the first prioritized mobile communications terminal device transmits a call connection attempt, the mobile communications network recognizes the call connection attempt as a prioritized call connection attempt and prioritizes said attempt over other, non-prioritized mobile communications terminal devices and transmits said attempt to the second non-prioritized mobile communications terminal device, wherein the blockage of the

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a mobile communications network having two or more supply levels (1, 2, 3), wherein the supply levels (1, 2, 3) overlap and are each formed by a plurality of transmission stations, wherein a first supply level (1) is defined as the standard level (1), which guarantees the availability of the mobile communications network, and a second supply level (2, 3) is at least partially and/or temporarily deactivated.

Abstract: A method for remotely controlling a device by a fixed transceiver station in a radio cell of a cellular mobile telecommunications network, the cellular mobile telecommunications network being at least one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), includes: transmitting to the device on a control channel, by the fixed transceiver station, control information specific to the radio cell; wherein the control channel is a channel or a portion of a channel used to broadcast location information; wherein the control information comprises an identification part for specifying the device; and wherein the device is not required to have a registration with the network.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a circuit for driving a fluorescent lamp is provided. The circuit may include a half bridge including a first switch and a second switch; a drive unit for driving the first switch and the second switch, it being possible for a predetermined state to be established using the drive unit, and it being possible for the driving of the first and the second switch to be modulated as a result of the predetermined state using the drive unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for renewing program files of a programmable, mobile telecommunications terminal, according to which the program files are transmitted from a telecommunications network to the telecommunications terminal via the air interface. The aim of the invention is to allow the program files to be renewed in a simple and cost-effective manner and with little effort. To achieve this, the terminal type is determined by the telecommunications network, new program files that exist in devices of the telecommunications network, or are available elsewhere are determined and made available for the identified terminal type and the existing new program files are automatically transmitted to the terminal via the air interface.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement for starting and operating one or more discharge lamps comprising a self-oscillating inverter (1), a resonant circuit (2), a low-pressure discharge lamp (5), a starting voltage controller (3) with a variable resistor (R1), and a lamp filament heating controller (4), wherein the lamp filament heating controller includes an additional variable resistor (R2) in the resonant circuit, which variable resistor measures the current flowing in the resonant circuit, and, in the event of a threshold value being exceeded, disconnects the half-bridge transistor (Q2) and thus limits the current flowing in the resonant circuit, this additional variable resistor (R2) being bypassed by a switch (Q3), depending on the lamp state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shut-off device comprising a housing which is to be connected to an adjacent conduit in a pressure-tight manner. A tubular passage is defined in the housing for a medium flowing through the conduit. Said device also comprises at least one sealing body which can be displaced by an articulated mechanism, by means of an adjusting drive that can be moved vertically in relation to the direction of flow, from an open position into a closed position in which the sealing contour of the at least one sealing body comes into contact with the tubular passage in a radially sealing manner. The articulated mechanism is guided parallel to the direction of displacement of the adjusting drive and comprises a bearing body to which the at least one sealing body is pivotably applied.

Abstract: A method for sharing or jointly using a GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network) mobile radio access network by at least a first mobile radio network operator and a second mobile radio network operator includes providing a radio access network for joint use by the at least first and second mobile radio network operators, wherein the radio access network provides at least a first radio frequency channel and a second radio frequency channel, the at least first and second radio frequency channels having each a TDMA frame (Time Division Multiple Access, frame) with eight time slots (TS0 to TS7), and associated dedicated time slots of the radio access network with the mobile radio network operators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic ballast for discharge lamps (LA) which have preheatable electrodes (E1, E2). The electronic ballast has a measuring apparatus (M), which is designed to measure, during the preheating process, a variable, which is correlated with the electrode temperature increased by the preheating, of at least one of the electrodes (E1, E2) of a connected discharge lamp (LA), and a control apparatus (C), which is designed to match the electrode temperature, during the preheating process, in response to the measurement by adjusting an operational parameter of the electronic ballast. Furthermore, the electronic ballast is designed to detect cross discharges or a sufficient operating temperature of one of the electrodes (E1, E2) and possibly to ignite the discharge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reduction of the incoming delay time in network-initiated data transmission in GPRS-mobile communication networks, wherein data transmission is initiated to a mobile communication terminal device in a ready state via a requesting network node, wherein the first data packet to be sent by the requesting network node has already been transmitted to the base station subsystem together with a Paging Request message.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, (I) wherein R1 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl or substituted arylalkyl; R2 is independently —NR3R4, (II) or (III) R3 is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl, R4 is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R5 is independently H, COR6, CO2R6, SOR6, SO2R6, SO3R6, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, —NH2, alkylamine, —NR7COR6, halogen, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R6 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, —NH2, alkylamine, aryl or heteroaryl; R7 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl;

Abstract: The present invention relates in one embodiment to compounds of formula (Ih) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with an acid or a base, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable prodrug and/or a stereoisomer thereof, wherein A is NR2?, S or O; R3a is H, OH, SH, NH2, —C(NR7)NR7?R8, —(CH2)paryl, —(CH2)pNR7R8, —C(O)NR7R8, —N?CR7R8, —NR7C(O)R8, alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, alkoxy, alkylamino, hydroxyalkylamino, halogen, aryl, or heteroaryl; R3 is H, —C(O)NRaRb, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, OH, SH, NR4?OR5?, NH2, hydroxyalkylamino, alkylamino, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or haloalkyloxy; X is NR2?, O, or S; Z is N or CR2?.

Abstract: Process for geographical location of a cellular terminal (101) within a cellular land mobile network (110) for finding a certain base station (100), each cell (102, 103, 104) of the land mobile network (110) an identifier sent [sic], the combination of the identifiers of the identifiers which have been received at a certain geographical position delivering a unique configuration (130, 140), the cellular terminal (101) being suited to storing these configurations (130, 140), when agreement of the current configuration (130, 140) with the configuration (130, 140) stored in the cellular terminal (101) is established a search of the cellular terminal (101) for the base station (100) being triggered, by means of the base station (100) the configuration (130, 140) being checked at the geographical position of the base station (100) and when the identifier of the cell (102, 103, 104) is modified, a new identifier and/or the new configuration (140) for transmission to the cellular terminal (101) being made available,

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive cartridge comprising an actuating mechanism, in which a spindle can be guided in a hollow cylindrical drive element between two end positions at an axial distance from one another, said positions being defined by the axial length of the drive element, and to a dome-shaped casing that surrounds the drive element in a non-rotatable and non-displaceable manner. The cartridge is characterized in that the drive element has an external contour with an eccentric profile and in that the internal contour of the dome-shaped casing has a positive fit only in those areas of the drive element in which the permissible normal stress exceeds a predefined upper limit.