Abstract: A control packet is broadcast over a route, containing first and second metric values of different transmission characteristics of the route. At a local node, control packets from multiple nodes are received and examined for their source. If the packets are received from upstream nodes, the metrics of the received packets are updated, the second metric is weighted and summed with the first metric to produce a number of combined metrics and a minimum value of the combined metrics is detected. One of the routes having the detected value is selected as a route to an upstream node. If the control packets are received from downstream nodes, the second metric is weighted and summed with the first metric to produce a number of combined metrics and a smaller values of combined metrics are detected corresponding in number to usable antennas and routes of the detected values are selected.

Abstract: A system for retrieving building structure data. The system includes a building structure data base which stores building structure data and a retrieval unit for retrieving the data base. The building structure data includes a plurality of house plan data and a plurality of attribution information, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of house plan data. The retrieval unit further includes an extraction unit for referring the plurality of attribution information to a house plan information entered externally, and extracting at least one house plan data which has an attribution information which is identical or similar to the house plan information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a HOUT position control circuit used to control the horizontal position of display image in a multisync monitor. The circuit has: a first PLL circuit that is phase-locked with input horizontal synchronous signal; a second PLL circuit that is phase-locked with output of the first PLL circuit; and a circuit for generating a delay between outputs of the first PLL circuit and the second PLL circuit to control the delay amount from the input horizontal synchronous signal to output horizontal drive signal.

Abstract: To provide a terminal location estimation method capable of accurately estimating a location of a mobile terminal when providing information services according to the location of the terminal in a radio communication system. A positioning server sends a location measurement probe message to the mobile terminal in order to measure the location of the terminal. Each of base stations receives a response message broadcasted from the terminal, measures the reception level and delay spread and sends the measurement results to the positioning server. The positioning server has a radio wave propagation estimating portion and a database for storing estimation results thereof. The server estimates the location of the terminal by checking the measurement results of the base stations against the estimation results on radio wave propagation stored in the database.

Abstract: In soft hand over in a code division multi access mobile radio communication system, interference in a down link caused by transmission from a plurality of base stations for one mobile station, can be restricted. Control of transmission power is performed according to command from the mobile station only in the base station serving as a primary base station which has minimum propagation loss with the mobile station during soft hand over, and the base stations other than the primary base station perform transmission with restricting output. In comparison with the transmission power control performed by the conventional plural base station transmission, interference for the peripheral mobile station can be reduced to achieve higher down link capacity.

Abstract: In soft hand over in a code division multi access mobile radio communication system, interference in a down link caused by transmission from a plurality of base stations for one mobile station, can be restricted. Control of transmission power is performed according to command from the mobile station only in the base station serving as a primary base station which has minimum propagation loss with the mobile station during soft hand over, and the base stations other than the primary base station perform transmission with restricting output. In comparison with the transmission power control performed by the conventional plural base station transmission, interference for the peripheral mobile station can be reduced to achieve higher down link capacity.

Abstract: There is disclosed a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit for use in an improved deflection correction circuit for a larger and flat display device. The PLL circuit has a phase comparator circuit, a filter, and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) connected in series in this order. The output signal from the VCO is fed back to the phase comparator circuit. The PLL circuit further includes a period-detecting circuit for detecting the period of an externally applied signal and a frequency divider circuit. This frequency divider circuit divides the frequency of the output signal from the VCO according to the period detected by the period-detecting circuit and feeds the resulting signal back to the VCO.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of selecting a base station according to which optimal quality can be achieved in the communication between a mobile station and a communication destination by efficiently using resources of the entire wireless network, as well as a mobile station and a base station. The base station selection method selects one from a plurality of base stations connected to the relay server, for a connection with the mobile station. In the method, each base station retains abase station routing cost which is a cost for the path connecting the base station to the communication network. And the mobile station measures a toward-base station routing cost for the path between itself and each base station, calculates a total routing cost for each base station by adding the base station routing cost and the toward-base station routing cost, and selects a base station associated with a minimal total routing cost when establishing a relay connection with the communication network.

Abstract: In a multi-hop wireless communication network where network nodes are interconnected by a common wireless resource, a source node formulates a message containing first and second address fields and a data payload field. The first address field identifies a neighbor node on a destination side of the network node and the second address field identifies a neighbor node on a source side of the network node, and transmits the message toward a destination. Each transit node discards the message depending on; at least one of the first and second address fields of the message, updates the first and second address fields according to neighbor nodes of the transit node, and broadcasts the message using the common wireless resource.

Abstract: In a communication system for performing short-range radio communication between a plurality of communication nodes, each of the communication nodes includes a transmission/reception unit and first and second circuits. The transmission/reception unit transmits/receives an elastic wave. The first circuit drives the transmission/reception unit on the basis of transmission data. The second circuit demodulates reception data from an output from the transmission/reception unit. A communication method is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention realizes configuration management, failure monitoring and control of hardware resources in an open architecture computer on which a plurality of OSs run. A management agent 2111 run on a partition 211 performs communication with a management console 10, management of data on hardware and software failure occurred in the partition 211, and communication with a partitioning control unit 221. The partitioning control unit 221 utilizes partition configuration information 2211 to manage and control hardware allocated to each partition 211, and to intermediate communication between the hardware 231 and the management agents 2111. A hardware data collection unit 23111 manages configuration information of all the hardware in the computer, and monitors status of and failures in the hardware.

Abstract: An object of the present invention provides a method of predicting radio wave propagation characteristics that can implement a ray launching technique at higher speed. A plurality of Central Processing Units (CPUs) are interconnected via a network, and a recording device that can be read or written from all the CPUs is installed, and plural rays radiated from a predetermined transmitting point are divided into a plurality of groups, each group being assigned to a different CPU, whereby the CPUs perform a ray launching processing for the assigned rays independently and simultaneously to predict the radio wave propagation characteristics. The plural rays radiated from the transmitting point are divided and assigned to the CPUs, and the ray launching processing is performed simultaneously, resulting in a shorter computation time.

Abstract: To shorten a required estimation time while keeping an estimation precision in an object environment given for estimating propagation characteristics with a ray launching method. In the case where a ray is propagated within a given observation area, and collides with a barrier residing on its path, a space in the vicinity of the ray is divided into a plurality of partial spaces until a predetermined condition is satisfied. The space in the vicinity of the ray that is considered to cause a degradation in the estimation precision is divided in reflection until there is less influence of degradation, whereby each of the subdivided partial spaces can be handled individually, so that the estimation precision of radio wave propagation characteristics can be made better than a conventional method.

Abstract: In a method of controlling transmission power in a mobile station which switches a plurality of base stations from one to another with a hand-off time interposed on switching, an increase of the transmission power is suppressed with reference to reception levels of pilot signals sent from the plurality of the base stations which are divided into a first group of base stations under connection and a second group of base stations under non-connection. Specifically, the transmission power is slowly or gradually increased or kept constant when the reception level of the pilot signal sent from the second group base station exceeds that of the pilot signal sent from the first group base station.

Abstract: To provide a data transmission method and an apparatus thereof in a relay transmission type radio network capable of selecting an appropriate down-link relay route according to a location of a terminal station. A first relay node having received an up-link ACK packet transmitted by the terminal station transmits to an second relay node the up-link ACK packet including a source terminal station ID and a relay source node ID representing its own node ID. The second relay node having received the up-link ACK packet registers information on a pair of the source terminal station ID and the relay source node ID with a relay node list, and selects an appropriate route of a down-link packet addressed to the terminal station by using the information registered with the relay node list.

Abstract: In a code division multiple access (CDMA) cellular type mobile radio communication system, in order to realize effective system operation with neither more nor less of radio base stations which are simultaneously communicated with a mobile station on carrying out soft handoff, it is possible for the mobile station to communicate with the radio base stations having proper numbers in accordance with propagation environment and a moving speed of the mobile station by changing threshold levels for selection of the radio base stations and a hysteresis margin therefor on the basis of a variation rate in a propagation loss estimated by a reception level of a pilot signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of removing water and a free acids content in an electrolytic solution for a lithium battery, and to an electrolytic solution for a lithium battery having a low water content and acids content. The present method is characterized by comprising steps of (a) leading an inert gas through the solvent having a water content of 100 ppm or lower under heating of the solvent to vaporize water together with the solvent to thereby reduce the water content of the solvent, and (b) dissolving the lithium electrolyte in the solvent while maintaining a temperature of the solvent at 20° C. or lower. The present method can make the water content at most 3 ppm and the free acids content less than 1 ppm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting a shield in predicting the radio wave propagation characteristics by a technique of the geometrical optics capable of detecting a content which a ray strikes, at high rate, when the ray is radiated within the observation space. In the case where the rays and the contents are given, the projected objects given by the line or plane are set up, and if an image of the content projected onto the projected object and an image of the ray projected onto the projected object do not intersect, the content is excluded from the shield detection object. A plurality of projected objects i (i=1 to M) are prepared, the selection of shield detection object is performed for each projected object i in order for i=1 to M, and the content of the shield detection object is concluded in sequence.

Abstract: A radio network can select a route of minimum path loss among entire relay routes and can set the relay route satisfactorily resistive against interference. The radio network has a core node connected to a wired network, relay nodes each relaying at least one of a down-link data packet transmitted from the core node and an up-link data packet directed toward the core node, and a terminal station capable of transmission and reception of data packet with both of the core node and the relay node. The relay node has total path loss to be minimum at least one of between relay nodes includes in a relay route of the data packet and between the relay node and the core node.

Abstract: To provide a propagation environment notification method in radio communication allowing a user to easily understand radio propagation environment information. When receiving a service start command C1 from a user terminal 100, a server 102 transfers software for clients to the user terminal 100 (C2). The user terminal 100 starts the transferred software for clients, and a user condition inputting process P2 is carried out to collect user specific information and radio base station information and transfer the same to the server 102 (C3). When receiving the information, the server 102 starts a distribution information generating process P1 for generating radio propagation environment information based on the information, and the generated information is transferred to the user terminal 100 (C4), and is converted into a format convenient for the user by the software for clients transferred on the user terminal 100, and displayed on the user terminal 100 (P3).