Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a smart pseudo-palate for use in a Smart Electropalatograph (EPG) for Linguistic and Medical Applications (SELMA) system. In one aspect, the pseudo-palate is constructed from a thin, flexible polymer membrane and having an embedded electrode array. The pseudo-palate is configured to detect tongue contacts during speech while causing minimal disturbance or interference with speech motion. The disclosed pseudo-palate in the SELMA system is integrated with a microcontroller, wireless electronic module, and external readout app. The disclosure, in another aspect, relates to integration of the pseudo-palate with a smart sports/health mouth guard containing a series of sensors for monitoring head impacts, body temperature, and heart rate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, methods of drying porcine thyroid gland material and manufacturing DTE comprising vacuum drying porcine thyroid gland material in a way such that the temperature of the porcine thyroid gland material is maintained above a threshold temperature. Since applying vacuum, or reducing pressure, has a cooling effect on the porcine thyroid gland material, maintaining the porcine thyroid gland material above a threshold temperature can be achieved by gradually reducing pressure while simultaneously increasing the heat applied to the porcine thyroid gland material during the period of gradual pressure change. Such methods are advantageous in reducing bioburden (killing and impeding the growth of microorganisms) while maintaining therapeutic levels of thyroid hormones, as compared to certain methods of drying porcine thyroid gland material and/or manufacturing DTE known in the art.

Abstract: In some examples, a computing device of a first network storage receives a virtual machine image and executable instructions for creating a quorum component for a second network storage and a third network storage that replicate data. The computing device implements the virtual machine on the computing device based on the virtual machine image. Further, based on implementing the virtual machine, the computing device executes the executable instructions to create a logical volume on a storage device associated with the computing device, and to create, in the logical volume, at least one target volume for receiving quorum information from the second network storage and/or the third network storage. Connections are established between the virtual machine and the second network storage and the third network storage for the virtual machine to receive quorum information. The virtual machine stores the quorum information in the at least one target volume.

Abstract: A system and method accepts data from direct fault and parameters measurements and historical data in formatted and unformatted form organized by device or system class, specific unit and unit subsystems, and by operation to learn how to predict or correct specified maintenance or other operations. Disclosed examples use known data and learned information historical data to correct or elaborate service requests based on specified and likely (based on learned information) needed maintenance operations. The system and method are applicable to any device requiring prognostic maintenance or other service based on service orders and direct measurement of operating parameters.

Abstract: In a compaction scheme for a log structured merge (LSM) tree, a storage device is configured to: receive a first user data piece from a host; generate a first meta data piece for a highest level of the LSM tree, corresponding to the first user data piece; when the highest level exceeds a set storage limit, trigger a compaction process on the first and second meta data pieces to generate compacted meta data pieces excluding overlapping meta data elements of the second meta data pieces overlapped with the first meta data piece. Through a garbage collection, victim user data elements corresponding to the overlapping meta data elements are deleted.

Abstract: A system and method accepts data from direct fault and parameters measurements and historical data in formatted and unformatted form organized by device or system class, specific unit and unit subsystems, and by operation to learn how to predict or correct specified maintenance or other operations. Disclosed examples use known data and learned information historical data to correct or elaborate service requests based on specified and likely (based on learned information) needed maintenance operations. The system and method are applicable to any device requiring prognostic maintenance or other service based on service orders and direct measurement of operating parameters.

Abstract: In a compaction scheme for a log structured merge (LSM) tree, a storage device is configured to: receive a first user data piece from a host; generate a first meta data piece for a highest level of the LSM tree, corresponding to the first user data piece; when the highest level exceeds a set storage limit, trigger a compaction process on the first and second meta data pieces to generate compacted meta data pieces excluding overlapping meta data elements of the second meta data pieces overlapped with the first meta data piece. Through a garbage collection, victim user data elements corresponding to the overlapping meta data elements are deleted.

Abstract: A training system includes a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) configured to buffer training data; a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the DRAM and configured to downsample the training data and provide the DRAM with the downsampled training data; a computational storage consisting of a solid-state drive (SSD) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and configured to perform dimensionality reduction on the downsampled training data to generate training data batches; and a graphic processing unit (GPU) configured to perform training on the training data batches.

Abstract: The present invention relates a system and a method for optimizing Physical Cell ID (PCI) assignment in a wireless communication network such as an Open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN) (100). The method includes deploying an optimization service in an rApp (104) and registering the optimization service as a PCI-rApp within a Service Management and Orchestration Framework (SMO) (102), assigning a listing of unique predefined PCIs to operating cells of a selected range after satisfying one or more constraints and concluding that the procedure has been successful if the assignment of the PCI to each operating cell completes without using more than the listing of unique predefined PCIs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system of managing a plurality of neighbor cells of each target cell. The method includes capturing and reporting, by a central unit (CU) (512) associated with each target cell, a radio signal quality associated with each of the plurality of neighbor cells (354b, 354c, 354d) of a target cell (354a) based on signal strength measurements reported by a plurality of user equipments (UEs) (324a1, 324a2, 324a3) to the target cell, ranking and labeling the plurality of neighbor cells based on the radio signal quality associated with each of the plurality of neighbor cells and taking and managing an action based on the ranking and labeling. Particularly, the action is associated with the plurality of neighbor cells.

Abstract: Continuous, multiple-point surveying or measurement is performed on large areas or objects. The results may be coordinated or combined with 3D localization systems or methods employing GPS, manual theodolites, range finders, laser radars or pseudolites. One disclosed example describes the use of the invention as applied to the problem of routine and repeated inspection of large aircraft, though the system and method are equally applicable to other objects with large surfaces including ships, bridges and large storage structures like tanks, buildings, and roadways.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for identifying handover requirement by a Radio access network (RAN) controller in open RAN (O-RAN) environment. The O-RAN environment has a virtualized network architecture having at least one RAN controller that is able to control, via an E2 node, a plurality of user equipments (UEs) positioned in a serving cell, a cell covering a location for serving a UE, the serving cell is adjacent to a plurality of neighbour cells. The method includes parallel execution of the operations performed by the RAN controller for each serving cell and each of the neighbor cell and updating CIOs in stepwise i.e., gradually with repeated comparing of the serving cell load parameter with each of the plurality of neighbour cell load parameters and updating the serving cell handover parameter and the plurality of neighbour cell handover parameters based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method for identifying a user equipment for a real-time handover and selecting a target cell by a Radio access network (RAN) controller in a radio access network (RAN) environment includes obtaining a serving cell load parameter with respect to a neighbour cell load parameter associated with at least one neighbour cell, identifying the at least one user equipment positioned in a serving cell based on a channel quality index (CQI) and a throughput value, transmitting the serving cell load parameter with respect to the neighbour cell load parameter to the identified user equipment and selecting the target cell from the neighbour cells for the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for identifying a target cell for handover (HO) by a Radio access network (RAN) controller in an open RAN (O-RAN) environment includes obtaining at least one quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI) level associated with an active bearer in the user equipment, obtaining a received signal strength value, a first load values and a plurality of second load values for the neighbor cells and selecting the target cell from the neighbour cells based on the QCI level in the user equipment and the received signal strength value, the first load value and the second load value of neighbour cells.

Abstract: A method for identifying user equipment for real-time handover trigger in open-radio access network (O-RAN) environment includes steps to obtain a serving cell handover parameter with respect to a neighbour cell handover parameter, to determine user equipment from the plurality of user equipment positioned in the serving cell, to identify the user equipment positioned in the serving cell and transmit the serving cell handover parameter with respect to the neighbour cell handover parameter associated with the neighbour cell of a plurality of neighbour cells to the identified user equipment.

Abstract: A system and method accepts data from direct fault and parameters measurements and historical data in formatted and unformatted form organized by device or system class, specific unit and unit subsystems, and by operation to learn how to predict or correct specified maintenance or other operations. Disclosed examples use known data and learned information historical data to correct or elaborate service requests based on specified and likely (based on learned information) needed maintenance operations. The system and method are applicable to any device requiring prognostic maintenance or other service based on service orders and direct measurement of operating parameters.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for identifying a target neighbor cell for handover of a user equipment (UE) positioned in a serving cell to the target neighbor cell, a cell covering a location for serving the UE, the serving cell is adjacent to the plurality of neighbor cells, in a wireless communication network. The method comprising obtaining a received signal strength value and a load value for each candidate cells, wherein said signal strength value comprises one of Reference Signals Received Power (RSRP) and Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) and wherein said load values comprises physical resource block (PRB) utilization values. Further, the method includes performing sorting of candidate cells using a nested dual level threshold-based sorting process. Further, the method includes selecting a target cell from the sorted plurality of candidate cells.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating a handover (HO) procedure in an open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN) environment is disclosed. Particularly, a method for identifying a target cell for handover by a RAN controller in the O-RAN environment is disclosed. The O-RAN environment has a virtualized network architecture comprising the RAN controller is connected to an E2 node, the RAN controller is connected via the E2 node to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) positioned in a serving cell, a cell covering a location for serving a UE, the serving cell is adjacent to a plurality of neighbour cells. The method includes obtaining signal strength metrics and corresponding resource load metrics of each neighbour cell from a plurality of neighbour cells; comparing a plurality of cell parameters of the plurality of neighbour cells among each other based on one or more predefined threshold values and identifying the target cell based on the comparison.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for identifying handover requirement by a Radio access network (RAN) controller in open RAN (O-RAN) environment. The O-RAN environment has a virtualized network architecture having at least one RAN controller that is able to control, via an E2 node, a plurality of user equipments (UEs) positioned in a serving cell, a cell covering a location for serving a UE, the serving cell is adjacent to a plurality of neighbour cells. The method includes parallel execution of the operations performed by the RAN controller for each serving cell and each of the neighbor cell and updating CIOs in stepwise i.e., gradually with repeated comparing of the serving cell load parameter with each of the plurality of neighbour cell load parameters and updating the serving cell handover parameter and the plurality of neighbour cell handover parameters based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method and radio access network (RAN) controller (102) for providing real-time target cell recommendation for handover in an open-RAN (O-RAN) environment (400) is disclosed. The O-RAN environment has a virtualized network architecture having at least one RAN controller, the RAN controller is connected with a plurality of E2 nodes, the plurality of E2 nodes are connected to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) (112a, 112b, 112c, 112d and 112e) positioned in a serving cell (110) adjacent to a plurality of neighbour cells (108a,108b). The method comprising executing a first handover process to enable checking, at the atleast one UE, if triggering of handover is required and a second handover process to identify a target neighbour cell (108a/108b) for handover of the atleast one UE from the serving cell to the target neighbour cell and recommending the handover of the atleast one UE from the serving cell to the identified target neighbour cell based on the first handover process and the second handover process.