Abstract: A network element (NE) configured as a local cloud switch point (CSP) comprises a memory configured to store remote virtual routing information in association with an identifier (ID) of a remote CSP in a mapping table, wherein the remote virtual routing information is associated with a remote virtual network associated with the remote CSP, and wherein the remote virtual routing information comprises a virtual extensible network (VXN) type identifier (ID), an address family ID (AFI), and a subsequent AFI (SAFI). The NE further comprises a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform encapsulation on a data packet to generate a encapsulated data packet by adding an outer header to the data packet based on the AFI, adding a virtualization header to the data packet based on the VXN type ID, and adding an inner header to the data packet based on the SAFI. The NE further comprises a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the encapsulated data packet to the remote CSP.

Abstract: Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal composition, and a liquid crystal display panel including the composition, and their preparation methods. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains a block copolymer and a cholesteric liquid crystal, wherein the block copolymer has a block A including a chiral group M1 and a block B including a chiral group M2, and the cholesteric liquid crystal has at least two different pitches. The display panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate placed by cell assembly, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises the cholesteric liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal layer in the planar texture is capable of reflecting light of at least two wavelengths in the visible light region.

Abstract: A motor apparatus and a motor driving circuit are provided. The motor apparatus includes a motor module and the motor driving circuit. The motor driving circuit includes a plurality of bridge arm circuits, a temperature sensor, and a control circuit. Each of the bridge arm circuits is controlled by one of the first PWM signals and one of the second PWM signals generated by the control circuit and outputs a driving signal to drive the motor module. The temperature sensor senses a temperature of the bridge arm circuits and provides a temperature sensing value to the control circuit. When the temperature sensing value is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature value, the control circuit increases a duty cycle of the first PWM signal of one bridge arm circuit and a duty cycle of the second PWM signal of the other bridge arm circuits to lower the temperature.

Abstract: A method implemented by network element (NE) configured as a local cloud switch point (CSP), the method comprising receiving a first post message from a remote CSP via a cloudcasting network, wherein the first post message indicates a remote virtual extensible network (VXN) identifier (ID) of a remote virtual network attached to the remote CSP, receiving a first data packet from a local virtual network attached to the local CSP, wherein the first data packet is associated with the remote virtual network, performing encapsulation on the first data packet to produce a first encapsulated data packet by selecting an encapsulation header for the first data packet based on the remote VXN ID and not based on network protocols of the local virtual network and the remote virtual network, and sending the first encapsulated data packet to the remote CSP.

Abstract: A method for producing microfibers includes the steps of (a) providing a base material; (b) forming the base material in a ring; (c) gripping opposing ends of the ring; (d) flipping one of the opposing ends relative to the other of the opposing ends, forming an upper portion and a lower portion; (e) folding the upper portion onto the lower portion; (f) stretching the folded upper and lower portions; and repeating steps (d)-(f) as desired. Different apparatuses for performing the method are also provided.

Abstract: A network element (NE) configured as a local cloud switch point (CSP) comprises a memory configured to store remote virtual routing information in association with an identifier (ID) of a remote CSP in a mapping table, wherein the remote virtual routing information is associated with a remote virtual network associated with the remote CSP, and wherein the remote virtual routing information comprises a virtual extensible network (VXN) type identifier (ID), an address family ID (AFI), and a subsequent AFI (SAFI). The NE further comprises a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform encapsulation on a data packet to generate a encapsulated data packet by adding an outer header to the data packet based on the AFI, adding a virtualization header to the data packet based on the VXN type ID, and adding an inner header to the data packet based on the SAFI. The NE further comprises a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the encapsulated data packet to the remote CSP.

Abstract: In a method for treating an aortic arch disease, after an intraoperative stent is expanded in an aorta and at least one arch branch vessel, and before the vessel is exactly anastomosed with an incision, by blocking a thoracic aorta between the incision and an arch branch vessel closest to the incision, the intraoperative stent in the thoracic aorta is also blocked, so that blood is prevented from flowing from the incision, and a proximal orifice of the intraoperative stent, and the low body perfusion may be recovered in advance, thereby reducing the circulatory arrest time of the low body perfusion and reducing the time of ischemia of visceral organs and lower limbs of a patient. Meanwhile, the flow of a cerebral perfusion through the right axillary artery may be recovered to a normal flow in advance, and the time of ischemia of the brain of the patient is reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided herein to enable single level network abstraction for a service across one or more domains. The embodiments use a single network ID to identify a service and a corresponding virtual network topology across any number of domains at a physical network. A virtual network topology can be abstracted for each service, based on the physical underlying network topology. A network controller determines, for a service, the virtual network topology within a physical network, and binds the service to the virtual network topology via a virtual network ID, which defines a single forwarding domain of the virtual network topology across the physical network. The virtual network ID is then indicated to the nodes of the virtual network topology, thus enabling the nodes to identify and forward traffic for the service, within the single forwarding domain, between end clients from edge to edge of the physical network.

Abstract: Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal composition, and a liquid crystal display panel including the composition, and their preparation methods. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains a block copolymer and a cholesteric liquid crystal, wherein the block copolymer has a block A including a chiral group M1 and a block B including a chiral group M2, and the cholesteric liquid crystal has at least two different pitches. The display panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate placed by cell assembly, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises the cholesteric liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal layer in the planar texture is capable of reflecting light of at least two wavelengths in the visible light region.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a suspension traction device guided over at least one pulley and at least one counter pulley located adjacent to the pulley. The suspension traction device is guided between the pulley and the at least one counter pulley.

Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.

Abstract: A method of providing high throughput and low latency Internet protocol (IP) transport using channel associated signaling (CAS) comprises receiving, by a network element, a packet, wherein the packet comprises user data and parameters for controlling traffic and bandwidth for a data flow along a common path, and wherein the header of the packet comprises the parameters for controlling traffic and bandwidth for the data flow along the common path, and controlling, by the network element, traffic according to the parameters in the packet.

Abstract: A method for controlling a data flow in a domain of an OpenFlow protocol controlled software-defined network (SDN) comprising receiving a request from a network element for instructions to route the data flow through the OpenFlow SDN, determining a route for the data flow through the OpenFlow SDN, transmitting a unified header to the network element in the OpenFlow SDN, wherein the unified header facilitates transmission of data flows through the OpenFlow SDN that are encoded according to a plurality of network abstraction types, and transmitting instructions for forwarding the data flow along the route through the OpenFlow SDN, wherein the instructions for forwarding the data flow along the route through the OpenFlow SDN comprise one or more match fields, one or more mask values corresponding to the match fields, and one or more actions for the network element in the OpenFlow SDN to perform on the data flow.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mechanism for discovering SDN specific topology information in a SDN interconnection network. SDN specific topology information may comprise SDN IDs, SDN member router ID lists, and SDN address lists. A SDNC associated with a local SDN domain in the SDN interconnection network may determine a set of routers and/or links in the local SDN domain for link advertisement and may associate the set of routers with the local SDN domain. The SDNC may further determine a set of border routers in the local SDN domain for broadcasting the link advertisements and SDN specific topology information to other interconnected SDN domains. The SDNC may receive link advertisement and SDN specific topology information from other interconnected SDN domains and may compute a best path through each router and/or link across the SDN domains.

Abstract: In a method for treating an aortic arch disease, after an intraoperative stent is expanded in an aorta and at least one arch branch vessel, and before the vessel is exactly anastomosed with an incision, by blocking a thoracic aorta between the incision and an arch branch vessel closest to the incision, the intraoperative stent in the thoracic aorta is also blocked, so that blood is prevented from flowing from the incision, and a proximal orifice of the intraoperative stent, and the low body perfusion may be recovered in advance, thereby reducing the circulatory arrest time of the low body perfusion and reducing the time of ischemia of visceral organs and lower limbs of a patient. Meanwhile, the flow of a cerebral perfusion through the right axillary artery may be recovered to a normal flow in advance, and the time of ischemia of the brain of the patient is reduced.

Abstract: In an elevator installation a belt-like support is guided over a roller. The roller includes at least one restraining element, which is arranged laterally of a roller contact surface. Lateral jumping-off of the belt-like support from the roller is thereby prevented. The restraining element additionally has a guide surface inclined toward the roller contact surface.

Abstract: A method for network control, comprising receiving a request for a network view from an application at a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller, creating a network view from a network map, wherein the network map comprises a representation of a plurality of network devices and network paths in a SDN-based multiple layer network, and wherein the network view comprises at least a portion of the devices or paths in the network map, and sharing the network view with the application.

Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a suspension traction device guided over at least one pulley and at least one counter pulley located adjacent to the pulley. The suspension traction device is guided between the pulley and the at least one counter pulley.

Abstract: A method implemented in a network element (NE) configured to implement a cloud rendezvous point (CRP), the method comprising maintaining, at the CRP, a cloud switch point (CSP) database indicating a plurality of CSPs and indicating each virtual network attached to each CSP; receiving a register message indicating a first CSP network address and a first virtual network attached to the first CSP; and sending first report messages indicating the first CSP network address to each CSP in the CSP database attached to the first virtual network.