Abstract: Coating installations are provided that include storage tanks for an aqueous base component and a non-aqueous hardener component, circulation lines for the components from the respective storage tanks, a mixer and an entrance to the mixer with a connection between each circulating line and the entrance to the mixer, and a release valve for the non-aqueous hardener component. The coating installation downstream of the non-aqueous hardener release valve is filled with a non-aqueous solvent composition comprising 0 to 10 wt. % of N-alkyl pyrrolidone, 0 to 5 wt. % of dimethyl sulfoxide, 10 to 50 wt. % of ?-butyrolactone, 10 to 50 wt. % of at least one monoalcohol, 10 to 60 wt. % of at least one organic solvent inert towards isocyanate groups, other than ?-butyrolactone, other than N-alkyl pyrrolidone, and consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and, optionally, nitrogen, and 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one additive.

Abstract: A non-aqueous solvent composition comprising 0 to 10 wt. % of N-alkyl pyrrolidone, 0 to 5 wt. % of dimethyl sulfoxide, 10 to 50 wt. % of ?-butyrolactone, 10 to 50 wt. % of at least one monoalcohol, 10 to 60 wt. % of at least one organic solvent inert towards isocyanate groups, other than ?-butyrolactone, other than N-alkyl pyrrolidone, and consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and, optionally, nitrogen, and 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one additive. The non-aqueous solvent composition can be used as barrier liquid within a coating installation of an industrial mass production coating line for the application of water-borne two-component polyurethane coatings.

Abstract: A process for the production of a multi-layer coating includes applying a coating layer from an aqueous pigmented coating composition A onto a substrate provided with an EDC primer and applying a base coat layer from an aqueous coating composition B overlying the coating layer. A clear coat layer is applied onto the base coat layer and the three coating layers are jointly bake-cured. The coating compositions A and B are different from each other and coating composition A comprises (i) binder solids, (ii) free polyisocyanate, (iii) a pigment content free of special effect pigments and comprising carbon black pigment and/or titanium dioxide pigment, and (iv) talcum filler.

Abstract: A method for detecting interactions on a forwarding element in a network, the element adapted to forward data according to rules, a rule set installed on the element, and including a match set and corresponding action set, the match set including at least one match field and the action set including one or more actions wherein action to be performed when matching a match set includes determining one or more relations between match sets based on match field relations, determining one or more relations between action sets, determining one or more interactions between rules based on determined relations between match sets and action sets, each rule being tested against another rule for determining the interaction, and reducing the rule set to an actual rule set according to determined interactions so that the actual rule set includes only rules with no interactions among them.

Abstract: A method for identifying at least one electrically powered device by a power supply device via a powerline connection, includes: a) connecting the at least one electrically powered device via a powerline to core power supply; b) sensing that a powerline connection is available by the at least one electrically powered device; c) generating a specific load by modulation of the power according to a unique identifier of the at least one electrically powered device on the powerline connection; d) sensing the generated specific load by the power supply device connected to the powerline connection; and e) extracting the unique identifier information from the specific load by the power supply device. An electrically powered device, a power supply device, a power distribution unit, and a corresponding system are also described.

Abstract: A method of operating a packet dropper in a congestion exposure-enabled network, wherein sending hosts and receiving hosts communicate with each other by sending flows of packets over network paths via intermediate routers, which, upon detecting congestion, mark packets of the flows as congestion packets, wherein congestion is indicated to the sending hosts by way of a congestion feedback mechanism, and wherein the sending hosts, upon receiving congestion indications, declare a subset of the packets they send as congestion response packets, thereby producing either conformant flows or non-conformant flows, depending on whether the amount of congestion response packets is balanced with the indicated congestion level or not, is characterized in that the packet dropper carries out in succession a series of traffic analyzing steps for identifying the non-conformant flows. Furthermore, a corresponding packet dropper for use in a congestion exposure-enabled network is described.

Abstract: A method of policing network traffic based on congestion on a flow-based programmable switch, such as an OpenFlow switch is provided. The method polices congestion-causing flows in a network by detecting congestion at a flow-based programmable switch on the network. Once congestion has been detected, the method identifies one or more flows that are causing the congestion at the flow-based programmable switch, and penalizes the flows that were identified as causing congestion. A flow-based programmable switch including a data plane having input ports, output ports, and forwarding rules that map packets received on an input port to an output port based on a packet matching a rule in the forwarding rules is also described.

Abstract: A method for optimizing network performances, wherein the network includes one or more network nodes (1), performance parameters of the network nodes (1) being controlled by element of dedicated optimization modules (3), wherein each optimization module (3) monitors at least one performance parameter of the network node (1) to which the optimization module (3) is associated and generates a change request for the current value of the performance parameter on the basis of preset rules, is characterized in that the change requests generated by different optimization modules (3) of the network node (1) are forwarded to a shared controlling element (2), wherein the shared controlling element (2) enforces a coordination of the received change requests on the basis of a configurable algorithm. Furthermore, a corresponding system is disclosed.

Abstract: A non-aqueous solvent composition comprising 0 to 10 wt. % of N-alkyl pyrrolidone, 0 to 5 wt. % of dimethyl sulfoxide, 10 to 50 wt. % of ?-butyrolactone, 10 to 50 wt. % of at least one monoalcohol, 10 to 60 wt. % of at least one organic solvent inert towards isocyanate groups, other than ?-butyrolactone, other than N-alkyl pyrrolidone, and consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and, optionally, nitrogen, and 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one additive. The non-aqueous solvent composition can be used as barrier liquid within a coating installation of an industrial mass production coating line for the application of water-borne two-component polyurethane coatings.

Abstract: A method for supporting congestion management in a congestion exposure-enabled network, wherein sending hosts and receiving hosts communicate with each other by sending flows of packets over network paths via intermediate routers, which, upon detecting congestion, mark packets of the flows as congestion packets by including congestion information, wherein congestion is indicated to the sending hosts via a congestion feedback mechanism, and wherein the sending hosts, upon receiving congestion indications, declare a subset of the packets they send as congestion response packets by including congestion information, depending on whether the amount of congestion response packets is balanced with the indicated congestion level or not is characterized in that aggregated congestion is determined on the basis of congestion information included in packets that are sent over the network paths between the sending hosts and the receiving hosts.

Abstract: A process for the production of a multi-layer coating includes applying a coating layer from an aqueous pigmented coating composition A onto a substrate provided with an EDC primer and applying a base coat layer from an aqueous coating composition B overlying the coating layer. A clear coat layer is applied onto the base coat layer and the three coating layers are jointly bake-cured. The coating compositions A and B are different from each other and coating composition A comprises (i) binder solids, (ii) free polyisocyanate, (iii) a pigment content free of special effect pigments and comprising carbon black pigment and/or titanium dioxide pigment, and (iv) talcum filler.

Abstract: For allowing a particularly economic operation of a network with a high degree of energy conservation a method for operating a wireless radio network, especially a radio access network, is claimed, wherein the wireless radio network includes a core network, a number of base stations and at least one mobile host for wireless communication via at least one base station, wherein the method is characterized in that an association of powered on and powered off base stations within definable base station partitions will be arranged in a coordinated manner, thereby maintaining a minimum number or the smallest possible number of powered on base stations being necessary for accommodating a current traffic demand. Further, a network is claimed, preferably for carrying out the above mentioned method.

Abstract: A non-aqueous solvent composition comprising 0 to 10 wt. % of N-alkyl pyrrolidone, 0 to 5 wt. % of dimethyl sulfoxide, 10 to 50 wt. % of ?-butyrolactone, 10 to 50 wt. % of at least one monoalcohol, 10 to 60 wt. % of at least one organic solvent inert towards isocyanate groups, other than ?-butyrolactone, other than N-alkyl pyrrolidone, and consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and, optionally, nitrogen, and 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one additive. The non-aqueous solvent composition can be used as barrier liquid within a coating installation of an industrial mass production coating line for the application of water-borne two-component polyurethane coatings.

Abstract: A process for the production of an automotive OEM multi-layer coating, includes, but is not limited to applying a base coat layer onto an automotive substrate, applying a clear top coat layer onto the base coat layer, and jointly curing the base coat and clear top coat layers. The base coat layer is applied from a modified water-borne base coat produced by mixing an unmodified water-borne base coat with a polyisocyanate crosslinker component making use of a static mixer, and wherein the polyisocyanate crosslinker component comprises at least one polyisocyanate crosslinker and ?-butyrolactone as water-miscible solvent.

Abstract: For allowing a very effective resource management and network utilization a method for resource management within a wireless network, especially EPS (Evolved Packet Core) of LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, is described, wherein a congestion control of data-traffic is performed. The method is characterized in that for congestion control a Re-ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) function will be used wherein the Re-ECN function includes a policing function and a dropping function. Further, a corresponding wireless network is described, preferably for carrying out the above mentioned method.

Abstract: A method of policing network traffic based on congestion on a flow-based programmable switch, such as an OpenFlow switch is provided. The method polices congestion-causing flows in a network by detecting congestion at a flow-based programmable switch on the network. Once congestion has been detected, the method identifies one or more flows that are causing the congestion at the flow-based programmable switch, and penalizes the flows that were identified as causing congestion. A flow-based programmable switch including a data plane having input ports, output ports, and forwarding rules that map packets received on an input port to an output port based on a packet matching a rule in the forwarding rules is also described.

Abstract: Method for detecting interactions on a forwarding element in a network, the element adapted to forward data according to rules, a rule set installed on the element, and including a match set and corresponding action set, the match set including at least one match field and the action set including one or more actions wherein action set to be performed when matching a match set and a priority assigned to each rule, includes: determining one or more relations between match sets based on match field relations; determining one or more relations between action sets; determining one or more interactions between rules based on determined relations between match sets and action sets, each rule being tested against another rule for determining the interaction; and reducing the rule set to an actual rule set according to determined interactions so that the actual rule set includes only rules with no interactions among them.

Abstract: For allowing an efficient consumption of resources of a physical substrate network a method for operating at least one virtual network on a substrate network is claimed, especially within a framework of a self-organizing model for optimizing resource consumption of the substrate network, wherein the virtual networks are including a plurality of virtual nodes each being assigned to respective substrate nodes of the substrate network and wherein two adjacent virtual nodes of the same virtual network are connected by a virtual link which is corresponding to one or more respective substrate node links, including the following steps: Identifying a traffic pattern within at least two substrate nodes with regard to the resources individually consumed by the virtual networks; reallocating of the resources depending on an evaluation of the identified traffic patterns for optimizing resource consumption within the substrate nodes, wherein the identifying step and the evaluation and decision to execute the reallocation

Abstract: A method for supporting distribution of warning messages, is characterized in that an NGN (Next Generation Network) infrastructure is employed for distribution, wherein the infrastructure includes a plurality of network elements including endpoints, wherein a hierarchical architecture is defined for the network elements, wherein groups of network elements including endpoints with specific characteristics are defined, wherein each of the network elements provides its group membership information to at least one higher-tier network element, and wherein at least one group warning controller is provided that, upon receiving a request from a source node, generates a warning message for one or more target groups and forwards the warning message to lower-tier network elements of the respective target group or groups towards endpoints.

Abstract: A method for identifying at least one electrically powered device by a power supply device via a powerline connection, includes: a) connecting the at least one electrically powered device via a powerline to core power supply; b) sensing that a powerline connection is available by the at least one electrically powered device; c) generating a specific load by modulation of the power according to a unique identifier of the at least one electrically powered device on the powerline connection; d) sensing the generated specific load by the power supply device connected to the powerline connection; and e) extracting the unique identifier information from the specific load by the power supply device. An electrically powered device, a power supply device, a power distribution unit, and a corresponding system are also described.