Abstract: A method for controlling tune-away of a UE from its serving base station during handover, where the UE is configured to tune away from its serving base station at scheduled tune-away times, is disclosed herein. The method includes, between a first scheduled tune-away time and a next, second scheduled tune-away time, (a) determining that the UE has threshold weak signal strength from the serving base station, and (b) responsive to determining that the UE has threshold weak signal strength from the serving base station, determining a remaining battery energy level of the UE. The method further includes, based at least in part on the determined remaining battery energy level of the UE, causing the UE to tune away from the serving base station before the second scheduled tune-away time to scan for target coverage.

Abstract: A source macro base station exchanges user data with a wireless communication device using an enhanced Radio Frequency (RF) service and receives RF measurement data from the wireless communication device. The RF measurement data is processed using a hysteresis parameter to detect a pico handover event to a target pico base station, and in response, determine if the target pico base station supports the enhanced RF service, and if the target pico base station does not support the enhanced RF service, the hysteresis parameter is modified to inhibit a pico handover to the target pico base station. The RF measurement data is processed to detect a macro handover event to a target macro base station, and in response, the hysteresis parameter is modified to drive a macro handover to the target macro base station if the target macro base station supports the enhanced RF service.

Abstract: A power converter may include a power inductor, a plurality of switches arranged to sequentially operate in a plurality of switch configurations, an output for producing the output voltage, wherein a first switch is coupled to a first output terminal of the output and a second switch is coupled to a second output terminal of the output, and a linear amplifier coupled to the output. The controller may be configured to, in a linear amplifier mode of the power stage, enable the linear amplifier to transfer electrical energy from an input source of the power stage to the load, and in at least one mode of the power stage other than the linear amplifier mode, sequentially apply switch configurations from the plurality of switch configurations to selectively activate or deactivate each of the plurality of switches in order to transfer the electrical energy from the input source to the load.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and corresponding apparatus to make use of hybrid-ARQ repetition factors as a way to differentiate service quality to various mobile terminals. Depending on a mobile terminal's subscription service class, such as the mobile terminal's PLMN, the mobile terminal may be made to use a particular hybrid-ARQ repetition factor. For instance, a mobile terminal of a high service class may be made to use a low hybrid-ARQ repetition factor, which may help the mobile terminal experience less downlink transmission delay and thus a higher downlink data rate. Whereas, a mobile terminal of a low service class may be made to use a high hybrid-ARQ repetition factor, which may cause the mobile terminal to experience more downlink transmission delay and thus a lower downlink data rate, and may further free up downlink transmission resources to facilitate better service for other mobile terminals.

Abstract: The present invention involves the use of nanoporous carbons derived from partially or fully demetalized metal carbides in personal protection equipment for the reversible absorption/adsorption of both broad and specific targeted gases. These materials have been specifically processed to provide enhanced effective loadings against specific harmful volatile organic compounds.

Abstract: An electronic system and method include a controller to actively control power transfer from a primary winding of a switching power converter to an auxiliary-winding of an auxiliary power supply. The switching power converter is controlled and configured such that during transfer of power to the auxiliary-winding, the switching power converter does not transfer charge to one or more secondary-windings of the switching power converter. Thus, the switching power converter isolates one or more secondary transformer winding currents from an auxiliary-winding current. By isolating the charge delivered to the one or more secondary-windings from charge delivered to the auxiliary-winding, the controller can accurately determine an amount of charge delivered to the secondary-windings and, thus, to a load.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an advertisement tag management system for enabling management of a plurality of tags embedded on a plurality of web pages associated with one or more publishers. The advertisement tag management system includes a rule creation engine configured to define a plurality of rules for each of the plurality of tags embedded in each of the plurality of web pages, a receiving module configured to receive a first set of information associated with one or more event types on the corresponding one or more publishers, a tag execution engine configured to execute each of the plurality of tags based on a pre-determined criterion and a file generating module configured to generate a file based on changes in each of the plurality of tags. Each of the plurality of rules is defined based on the pre-determined criterion. The plurality of tags is contained in a tag container.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for facilitating optimized serving of one or more advertisements on one or more publishers. The advertisement serving optimization system includes a fetching module configured for fetching a first set of parameters associated with one or more advertisers, the one or more publishers and the one or more advertisements associated with the one or more advertisers; a calculation module configured to calculate a probabilistic effective cost per thousand impressions value for a second set of parameters based on the first set of parameters; a priority setting module configured for ranking each of the plurality of advertisement campaigns associated with the corresponding one or more advertisers and an advertisement serving module configured to serve the one or more advertisements to one or more users on the corresponding one or more publishers based on the ranking of each of the plurality of advertisement campaigns.

Abstract: A buffer circuit includes first and second current generators, a comparator, a differential driver, and an inverter. The first current generator outputs a first current corresponding to a reference voltage. The second current generator generates a limit current corresponding to an input limit voltage, and outputs a second current having a size equal to about half of the limit current. The sizes of the first current and the limit current are controlled by the feedback voltage. The comparator generates the feedback voltage by comparing the first and second currents. The differential driver generates an internal current, and controls the internal current based on the feedback voltage. The magnitudes of an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the internal current are substantially equal to each other with respect to a reference value. The inverter generates an output current by inverting the internal current based on supply voltage.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an engine system including an engine, a controller, a clean emissions module (CEM), and a cooling system driven at least partly by the engine system for regulating a temperature of at least part of the CEM.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for associating parking areas with destinations based on automatically identified associations between vehicle operating information and non-vehicle operating information may include a vehicle identifying vehicle transportation network information including a primary destination, such that the vehicle transportation network information includes parking area information, and such that the parking area information includes parking area association information describing an association between at least one parking area from the plurality of parking areas and the primary destination based at least in part on an automatically identified association between vehicle operating information and non-vehicle operating information.

Abstract: A mobile station will sort wireless coverage sectors in order of distance of the sectors from the mobile station, and the mobile station will then scan for pilot signals from the sectors in the sorted order. The invention can be applied advantageously to provide an order of scanning remaining set sectors in a mobile station operating according to a code division multiple access protocol.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for assigning resources to a wireless communication device that experienced a call drop. A RAN may receive an origination request from a mobile station and make a first determination that within a predetermined amount of time prior to receiving the origination request the mobile station experienced a call drop. Responsive to making the first determination, the RAN may make a second determination that the RAN should allocate a first extent of resources to the mobile station rather than allocating a second extent of resources to the mobile station. The first extent of resources may be less than the second extent of resources. Responsive to making the second determination, the RAN may allocate the first extent of resources to the mobile station in response to the origination request rather than allocating the second extent of resources to the mobile station in response to the origination request.

Abstract: An emitting device (1) is intended for delivering photons with a chosen wavelength. This emitting device (1) comprises an InP substrate (2) with a directly modulated laser (3) arranged for generating photons modulated by a non-return-to-zero modulation to produce data to be transmitted, a passive ring resonator (4) monolithically integrated with the directly modulated laser (3) and having a resonance amongst several ones that is used for filtering a zero level induced by the data modulation, and a tuning means (5) arranged along the directly modulated laser (3) and/or around the ring resonator (4) to tune the photon wavelength and/or the ring resonator resonance used for filtering.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for automatic identification and mapping of consumer electronic devices to ports on an HDMI switch. A device that is connected to an HDMI switch is identified based on data received over an HDMI connection, and ports on the HDMI switch are automatically mapped and configured. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for back-end database creation for automatic identification and mapping of consumer electronic devices to ports on an HDMI switch. The back-end database may be created by the based on video and audio signatures received from a consumer electronic device and based on remote control information and signatures.

Abstract: Techniques are presented for adjusting a brightness of a front light that illuminates a display of an electronic device. Typically, page updates on certain types of displays, such as electronic paper displays, result in a relatively large but rapid change in brightness. Therefore, by adjusting the brightness of the front light during the update (e.g., when some, a majority, or all of the pixels are in the white state) and then adjusting the brightness back to another state upon or near completion of the update, the overall brightness perceived by the user remains more uniform. Increasing the uniformity of this perceived brightness in turn decreases the jarring effect of an update and increases the experience of the user.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a novel approach towards enhancing the threshold voltage of an enhancement-mode field-effect-transistor (E-mode FET) using doped or polarization-graded buffer layers and utilizing drain-connected field plates to engineer peak fields. Enhancement-mode field effect transistors (E-mode FETs) with doped buffer layers replacing conventional undoped buffer layers could enable larger threshold voltages, owing to higher capacitance from the back. These FETs with larger threshold voltages, however, would experience large operational electric fields near the drain contact. Described herein are embodiments of an E-mode FET further comprised of doped buffer layer(s) in the structure of the HEMT to enable larger positive threshold voltages, with optional one or more drain field plates that modify the electric field profile in the channel of the device and improve device breakdown characteristics.

Abstract: A record of comments made in previous artifact versions is displayed in the latest artifact version. Comment and reply chains are maintained in the latest artifact version, linking them with the artifact versions where they were introduced. The comment/reply history of an artifact, is viewable in a single latest version of the artifact.

Abstract: A system for controlling at least one heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning unit to increase efficiency while maintaining comfort. The system comprises at least one computer. The at least one computer is configured to receive an indication of measured occupant load. The at least one computer is further configured to send a control signal to the at least one heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning unit. The at least one computer may receive the indication of the measured occupant load by receiving from at least one sensor node at least a zone occupant quantity and a zone temperature. The at least one computer may send the control signal to the at least one heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning unit by sending a signal that controls at least one variable air volume box to set a supply air flow rate and a supply air temperature based on the measured occupant load.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating mitigation of interference using beamforming techniques are provided. In some embodiments, interference periodicity and interference duration associated with interference of a radar beam are used to determine an extent of time during which a lobe of a communication tower is to be modified in power, direction, or a combination thereof. Upon an occurrence of the extent of time, the lobe of the communication tower is modified in power, direction, or a combination thereof so that the lobe does not interfere with a radar beam emitted from a radar remote from the communication tower.