Abstract: A composite confinement apparatus assembly is provided. The composite confinement apparatus assembly includes a quantum object confinement apparatus and a photonic platform. The confinement apparatus includes one or more electrical components and is fabricated on a confinement apparatus substrate. The photonic platform includes one or more photonic components that are hosted by a photonic platform substrate. The photonic platform substrate is mechanically coupled to the confinement apparatus substrate to form the composite confinement apparatus assembly.

Abstract: A cladding system comprising: a framing structure configured to be fixedly mounted to a wall of a building, said framing structure having one or more designated locations for mounting a cladding module thereon; a utility infrastructure configured to be connected to the framing structure and establish a pathway for a utility resource, said pathway having a utility port for interfacing with a cladding module being disposed at one of said designated locations when said utility infrastructure is connected to said framing structure; and at least one first cladding module having a functional element, said at least one cladding module being configured to be mounted to the framing structure at any one of said designated locations, said functional element being configured for connecting to the utility port for establishing said pathway and for interfacing with said utility resource therethrough.

Abstract: An air convection system configured for use in building structure having a suspended ceiling dividing the building structure to an upper plenum in airflow communication with an HVAC unit, and a lower area, said air convection system comprising; an air convection module having a plenum opening configured to face said plenum, a lower area opening configured to face said lower area; a controllable airflow facilitating unit configured to selectively facilitate airflow at least form said plenum opening to said lower area opening; and a control system configured to receive an operational signal indicative of at least one operational parameter of said HVAC unit, and operate said airflow facilitating unit in accordance with said operational signal.

Abstract: Controller apparatus operative in conjunction with a climate control system including at least first and second climate control elements, the controller apparatus comprising a hardware processor providing hysteresis coupling between the at least first and second climate control elements, including providing at least one first hysteresis plan controlling the first climate control element, and at least one second hysteresis plan controlling the second climate control element. The first and second hysteresis plans each have at least one parameter, and at least one parameter of the second hysteresis plan is/are coupled to at least one parameter of the first hysteresis plan by computing the at least one parameter/s of the second hysteresis plan as a function of at least one parameter/s of the first hysteresis plan.

Abstract: System and method for deploying physical connectors within walls, ceilings and floors, comprising a. Displaying a representation of a 3D structure wherein a polyhedron with faces corresponding to at least one wall defines polyhedral nets; b. Accepting human selection of locations, on the faces, for nodes e.g. water outlets, electrical outlets, or intersections between physical connectors, each node belonging to a resource network e.g. a water pipe, electrical or sewage network; and •c. for each network to be deployed in the structure: •for each of the nets, generating a graph including nodes which represent physical resource nodes respectively; and edges, which represent connectors between nodes, and weights defined for edges; scoring each net's graph and, accordingly, selecting best net/s; and deploying resource node/s, and pipes and/or cables in the structure according to a routing plan which interconnects nodes and is derived from the graph generated for the best net.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing structural members with coated main and side surfaces, the system comprising at least one structural member having at least one main surface; at least one side surface which is obliquely oriented relative to the main surface; and a coating apparatus operative, in a single pass over the structural member, to deposit at least one coating on said at least one structural member including said at least one main surface and said at least one side surface.

Abstract: A smart home control method comprising using at least one hardware processor to perform the following: generating an initial set of recommendations for, and/or operative limitations on, home control actions; measuring wellbeing indexes aka scores and using the scores as feedback to determine which home control actions improve the scores including introducing perturbations of device operation including applying at least one perturbation to at least one parameter of at least one home appliance; measuring the perturbations' effect on the scores, and further optimizing of house management to yield increased wellbeing by retaining post-perturbation values of at least one individual parameter of at least one individual home appliance, which yielded increased wellbeing relative to pre-perturbation values of the individual parameter of the individual home appliance.

Abstract: An HVAC system operative in conjunction with plural HVAC devices deployed at premises, the system comprising control logic operative to selectably maintain each of at least two climate control states and to selectably transition between said at least two states.

Abstract: A method for generating data regarding individuals in an area of interest including operating a radar system which may be deployed in the area of interest, to provide a radar image including raw radar data; and/or using a hardware processor configured to store a trained model for analyzing the radar image, thereby to generate object recognition data, wherein the raw radar data generated by the radar system both undergoes signal processing, thereby to generate processed radar data which is used for said training, and is used directly, without signal processing, for training said model.

Abstract: A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the downlink subframe vary Forward Error Correction (FEC) types for a given modulation scheme as well as support the implementation of a smart antenna at a base station in the communication system. Embodiments of the system are also used in a TDD communication system to support the implementation of smart antennae. A scheduling algorithm allows TDM and TDMA portions of a downlink to efficiently co-exist in the same downlink subframe and simultaneously support full and half-duplex terminals.

Abstract: A computerized system for estimating real estate value, the system comprising: a user interface prompting human experts to generate at least one first estimate of at least one real estate item's value; and a processor configured to receive input characterizing the at least one real estate item aka asset (e.g. house), and, based at least partly on the input, to generate at least one second estimate of the at least one real estate item's value; and logic which combines the at least one first estimate and the at least one second estimate, thereby to yield an ensemble estimate of the at least one real estate item's value.

Abstract: A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the downlink subframe vary Forward Error Correction (FEC) types for a given modulation scheme as well as support the implementation of a smart antenna at a base station in the communication system. Embodiments of the system are also used in a TDD communication system to support the implementation of smart antennae. A scheduling algorithm allows TDM and TDMA portions of a downlink to efficiently co-exist in the same downlink subframe and simultaneously support full and half-duplex terminals.

Abstract: A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the downlink subframe vary Forward Error Correction (FEC) types for a given modulation scheme as well as support the implementation of a smart antenna at a base station in the communication system. Embodiments of the system are also used in a TDD communication system to support the implementation of smart antennae. A scheduling algorithm allows TDM and TDMA portions of a downlink to efficiently co-exist in the same downlink subframe and simultaneously support full and half-duplex terminals.

Abstract: A method of simplifying the encoding of a predetermined number of bits of data into frames including adding error coding bits so that a ratio of the frame length times the baud rate of the frame times he bit packing ratio of the data divided the total bits of data is always an integer. The method may also convolutionally encode the bits of data so that the same equation is also always an integer.

Abstract: A method of simplifying the encoding of a predetermined number of bits of data into frames including adding error coding bits so that a ratio of the frame length times the baud rate of the frame times he bit packing ratio of the data divided the total bits of data is always an integer. The method may also convolutionally encode the bits of data so that the same equation is also always an integer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for requesting and allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes a combination of techniques that allow a plurality of CPEs to communicate their bandwidth request messages to respective base stations. One technique includes a “polling” method whereby a base station polls CPEs individually or in groups and allocates bandwidth specifically for the purpose of allowing the CPEs to respond with bandwidth requests. The polling of the CPEs by the base station may be in response to a CPE setting a “poll-me bit” or, alternatively, it may be periodic. Another technique comprises “piggybacking” bandwidth requests on bandwidth already allocated to a CPE. Currently active CPEs request bandwidth using unused portions of uplink bandwidth that is already allocated to the CPE. The CPE is responsible for distributing the allocated uplink bandwidth in a manner that accommodates the services provided by the CPE.

Abstract: A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the downlink subframe vary Forward Error Correction (FEC) types for a given modulation scheme as well as support the implementation of a smart antenna at a base station in the communication system. Embodiments of the system are also used in a TDD communication system to support the implementation of smart antennae. A scheduling algorithm allows TDM and TDMA portions of a downlink to efficiently co-exist in the same downlink subframe and simultaneously support full and half-duplex terminals.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for requesting and allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes a combination of techniques that allow a plurality of CPEs to communicate their bandwidth request messages to respective base stations. One technique includes a “polling” method whereby a base station polls CPEs individually or in groups and allocates bandwidth specifically for the purpose of allowing the CPEs to respond with bandwidth requests. The polling of the CPEs by the base station may be in response to a CPE setting a “poll-me bit” or, alternatively, it may be periodic. Another technique comprises “piggybacking” bandwidth requests on bandwidth already allocated to a CPE. Currently active CPEs request bandwidth using unused portions of uplink bandwidth that is already allocated to the CPE. The CPE is responsible for distributing the allocated uplink bandwidth in a manner that accommodates the services provided by the CPE.

Abstract: A method for alleviation of congestion in a mobile communications network includes detecting congested cells in the mobile communications network, identifying subscribers with active data sessions in the congested cells; and optimizing bandwidth usage for at least one of the identified subscribers. A bandwidth optimization system includes a network sampling interface to receive at least subscriber, cell and data session identifiers from a network data packet sampler, where the sampler identifies the identifiers from internal data traffic within a mobile communications network, and a network awareness engine (NAE) to at least cross reference the identifiers with external data traffic output by the mobile communications network to at least detect congested cells and associated subscriber data sessions emanating from the mobile communications network.

Abstract: A method for alleviation of congestion in a mobile communications network includes detecting congested cells in the mobile communications network, identifying subscribers with active data sessions in the congested cells; and optimizing bandwidth usage for at least one of the identified subscribers. A bandwidth optimization system includes a network sampling interface to receive at least subscriber, cell and data session identifiers from a network data packet sampler, where the sampler identifies the identifiers from internal data traffic within a mobile communications network, and a network awareness engine (NAE) to at least cross reference the identifiers with external data traffic output by the mobile communications network to at least detect congested cells and associated subscriber data sessions emanating from the mobile communications network.