Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods which provide high bandwidth data communication with respect to a large coverage area using smart antenna and/or directional antenna (referred to herein as multi-beam antenna) technology. Circuitry may be provided at a WLAN AP to provide selection of particular antenna beams used in the downlink and/or uplink, control of multicast transmission, control of unicast transmission, and to provide antenna pattern shaping techniques. Embodiments implement multi-beam antenna technology with little or no hardware modifications to AP circuitry. Other embodiments implement multi-beam technology using radio front-end and/or radio hardware modifications to AP circuitry. Various diversity techniques may be implemented, such as selection diversity, maximum ratio combining, and equal gain combing. To provide desired antenna pattern shaping, phase offsets with respect to a signal as transmitted in each antenna beam may be employed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method which is used in a computer or a communicative mobile telephone to achieve the JiuGong input of Chinese characters and a Chinese language computer or mobile telephone thereof, in which Chinese characters are divided into two classes, that is, monolithic character and transverse character, the character fonts of starting strokes are divided into nine classes, each of which respectively corresponds to the number keys 1-9 to input, 81 radicals in nine groups are used, the JiuGong pattern introduction method is adopted, and the number keys 1-9 are used to input, so that two or three keys are enough to carry out the input of a character to be inputted. The method of this invention is easy to study and could be grasped within two minutes or three without learning by rote, even an inputter who is a tyro could in short time make the input speed up to above 30 words per minute.

Abstract: A finger controllable switching device (10) is provided with at least one connector element (107) for inputing information to the electronic device by connecting and disconnecting an electrical connection to the electronic device. A finger touchable key member (102) is arranged to select a switching position by a planar multi-directional movement of the key member towards triggering means (103) which are arranged to push against at least one connector element to make a connection. An elastic member (101) supports the key member to its rest position and restores the key member to its rest position to disconnect at least one connector element, when the key member is released from the finger's grip.

Abstract: A stable anaesthetic composition is described which is particularly suitable for use in cats and dogs. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of an anaesthetically effective amount of a water soluble cyclodextrin or a cyclodextrin derivative complex of alfaxalone and a buffer, excluding phosphate buffer pH 7.0, 0.1M mixed as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia 1998, such that the pH of the solution is from 6.0-8.0.