Abstract: A successive approximation-based joint scheduling method for a time sensitive network and an industrial wireless network includes: in an offline stage: S1, performing customization processing on a superframe structure in an industrial wireless network, determining a superframe duration and a slot length, and calculating the number of slots; S2, acquiring data packet information sent by a node, wherein the data packet information remains consecutive temporally; S3, constructing a training set and a test set for a slot requirement forecasting model; and S4, training the slot requirement prediction model; and in an online stage: S5, configuring a heterogeneous network, which involves configuring configuration information, which is determined in the off-line stage, for a cooperative scheduling subsystem, an industrial wireless gateway, a wireless routing device and an industrial wireless node; S6, performing slot prediction and assignment, and broadcasting beacons; and S7, performing data transmission according t

Abstract: Technologies for harmonic acoustic manipulation of colloidal particles include a system having a piezoelectric substrate coupled to one or more segmented acoustic transducers and a fluid positioned above the substrate. The segmented transducers have multiple segments, each with a resonant frequency equal to a harmonic frequency. The system further includes a controller that generates a harmonic signal including multiple harmonic components and applies the signal to the segmented acoustic transducers to generate an acoustic potential field in the fluid and manipulate the colloidal particles. The system may translate or rotate the particles, and may form the particles into a colloidal crystal monolayer. The system may selectively pair or otherwise group and separate individual particles. The system may pair and separate multiple groups of particles. The system may measure adhesion between particles. The system may pattern particles over a surface. The colloidal particles may be cells.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for communication between a radio equipment and a radio equipment controller are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a first transport equipment detects a bit rate of one of a radio equipment and a radio equipment controller. The one of the radio equipment and the radio equipment controller is connected with the first transport equipment through a first common public radio interface (CPRI) link. The first transport equipment locks a working bit rate of a first CPRI port of the first transport equipment to the detected bit rate. The first transport equipment generates a message indicating the detected bit rate and sends the message to a second transport equipment that is connected with the other of the radio equipment and the radio equipment controller through a second CPRI link.

Abstract: A method for energy saving in a communication network is provided. The method is implemented by a first network device in a communication network. The first network device may be communicatively connected to a second network device by a FlexE group. The method may comprise measuring a traffic rate of one or more FlexE clients carried over the FlexE group, and determining whether one or more PHYs of the FlexE group is to be shut down or activated based on the measured traffic rate and a first shutdown threshold or a first activation threshold.

Abstract: A method for energy saving in a communication network is provided. The method is implemented by a first network device in a communication network. The first network device may be communicatively connected to a second network device by a FlexE group. The method may comprise measuring a traffic rate of one or more FlexE clients carried over the FlexE group, and determining whether one or more PHYs of the FlexE group is to be shut down or activated based on the measured traffic rate and a first shutdown threshold or a first activation threshold.