Abstract: A method for realizing a geofence scenario with a system according to at least the OMA NGSI 9/10 standard, includes providing, by the NGSI-system, an NGSI subscription operation for subscribing NGSI-entities for notifications, Geofence scenario are defined by at least a geofence object set including mobile objects, a geofencing set including one or more geofences, and one or more geofence predicates for mathematically combining a geofence object set and a geofencing set, so as to provide a result including at least the values true and false. For subscribing to geofence event notification according to the NGSI subscription protocol, the geofence scenario is specified as NGSI operational scope for the NGSI subscription, and/or the geofence scenario is included as one or more attributes of a NGSI entity for the NGSI subscription.

Abstract: A method semantically queries a database by a machine-to-machine application. The database comprises hierarchically structured resources, and semantic information is annotated to at least one resource. The method includes issuing a semantic query for the database. A semantic engine analyzes the semantic query. The semantic engine translates the analyzed semantic query into one or more queries satisfying a communication protocol of the hierarchical resource structure of the database. The translated queries are provided to the database as a query result.

Abstract: A method for providing a demand-response (DR) signal assignment includes initializing reinforcement learning (RL) agents, each having an exploration scheme and being assigned to a consumer, with initial models about respective RL environments of the consumers. The RL agents send the models to an optimizer. The optimizer computes a DR signal assignment using the models. The RL agents send DR signals in accordance with the DR signal assignment to the consumers so as to aggregately achieve a load reduction by the consumers over a time window. The RL agents monitor the consumers over the time window, and update the models based on the monitoring.

Abstract: A method for transmitting, over a transport network, data belonging to a data flow includes creating a proxy network including a plurality of transport network proxies; defining a plurality of proxy pairs; defining a plurality of proxy pair links; determining, for each proxy pair link, a round trip time (RTT) of the respective proxy pair link; determining, using the determined RTTs of the plurality of proxy pair links, a list of one or more preferred paths for each proxy pair, each preferred path connecting, via one or more of the plurality of proxy pair links, one proxy of the respective proxy pair to the other proxy of the respective proxy pair; and transmitting, from an ingress proxy to an egress proxy, the data belonging to the data flow over a proxy pair path selected from the list of preferred proxy pair paths.

Abstract: A method for realizing a geofence scenario with a system according to at least the OMA NGSI 9/10 standard, includes providing, by the NGSI-system, an NGSI subscription operation for subscribing NGSI-entities for notifications. Geofence scenario are defined by at least a geofence object set including mobile objects, a geofencing set including one or more geofences, and one or more geofence predicates for mathematically combining a geofence object set and a geofencing set, so as to provide a result including at least the values true and false. For subscribing to geofence event notification according to the NGSI subscription protocol, the geofence scenario is specified as NGSI operational scope for the NGSI subscription, and/or the geofence scenario is included as one or more attributes of a NGSI entity for the NGSI subscription.

Abstract: A system, and method of using the system, for changing the angle of a bone of a subject is provided by the present disclosure.

Abstract: A method for transmitting, over a transport network, data belonging to a data flow includes creating a proxy network including a plurality of transport network proxies; defining a plurality of proxy pairs; defining a plurality of proxy pair links; determining, for each proxy pair link, a round trip time (RTT) of the respective proxy pair link; determining, using the determined RTTs of the plurality of proxy pair links, a list of one or more preferred paths for each proxy pair, each preferred path connecting, via one or more of the plurality of proxy pair links, one proxy of the respective proxy pair to the other proxy of the respective proxy pair; and transmitting, from an ingress proxy to an egress proxy, the data belonging to the data flow over a proxy pair path selected from the list of preferred proxy pair paths.

Abstract: A method for providing M2M data items according to M2M data subscriptions retrieved from an M2M frontend (FE) by an M2M backend (BE) to one or more M2M applications includes representing the data items by a set of parameters including a required update frequency and a weight representing an importance of the data item; determining a schedule for retrieving data items from the FE by the BE based on the weights of the data items; determining that an actual period required to update each of one or more respective data items is larger than a required period corresponding to the required update frequency and adding a penalty value to the weight of each of the respective one or more data items to provide updated weights; and modifying the schedule based on the updated weights.

Abstract: A method for performing distributed geographic event processing includes defining a geographical state system including: a universe of locations, a family of initial states which assigns an initial state to each location in the universe of locations, a set of geographic input events, each geographic input event including one or more state transition functions that map, for one or more locations in a support of the respective geographic input event, a current state to a pair of a next state and an output event, and a global aggregation function for aggregating sets of output events. The method further includes geographically dividing the universe of locations into a plurality of subsets; and instructing each of a plurality of computational nodes to instantiate a local state system corresponding to a respective one of the subsets.

Abstract: A method for providing M2M data items according to M2M data subscriptions retrieved from an M2M frontend (FE) by an M2M backend (BE) to one or more M2M applications includes representing the data items by a set of parameters including a required update frequency and a weight representing an importance of the data item; determining a schedule for retrieving data items from the FE by the BE based on the weights of the data items; determining that an actual period required to update each of one or more respective data items is larger than a required period corresponding to the required update frequency and adding a penalty value to the weight of each of the respective one or more data items to provide updated weights; and modifying the schedule based on the updated weights.

Abstract: A method for providing M2M data includes parameterizing M2M data subscriptions by parameters representing a data item to be subscribed, a required period, and a weight; determining, for all of the M2M data subscriptions, a schedule for retrieving data from a front end based on the importance of the data items such that when the actual period with which data updates for a data item can be provided is larger than the required period for the data item a penalty value is added to the weight; modifying the schedule based on the updated weights for retrieving data for the data items such that an overall penalty is minimized and/or an overall actuality of the cached data is maximized; and retrieving data items from the front end and caching the retrieved data from the front end by a back end.

Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide optimized electrical performance of interconnectivity components of multi-layer integrated circuits (IC) such as chip dice, for example. Different layers of the multi-layer IC include contact terminals that may be used to connect to circuits, systems, and carriers external to the IC.

Abstract: A method for performing distributed geographic event processing includes defining a geographical state system including: a universe of locations, a family of initial states which assigns an initial state to each location in the universe of locations, a set of geographic input events, each geographic input event including one or more state transition functions that map, for one or more locations in a support of the respective geographic input event, a current state to a pair of a next state and an output event, and a global aggregation function for aggregating sets of output events. The method further includes geographically dividing the universe of locations into a plurality of subsets; and instructing each of a plurality of computational nodes to instantiate a local state system corresponding to a respective one of the subsets.

Abstract: A method for providing M2M data includes parameterizing M2M data subscriptions by parameters representing a data item to be subscribed, a required period, and a weight; determining, for all of the M2M data subscriptions, a schedule for retrieving data from a front end based on the importance of the data items such that when the actual period with which data updates for a data item can be provided is larger than the required period for the data item a penalty value is added to the weight; modifying the schedule based on the updated weights for retrieving data for the data items such that an overall penalty is minimized and/or an overall actuality of the cached data is maximized; and retrieving data items from the front end and caching the retrieved data from the front end by a back end.

Abstract: A method for performing distributed geographic event processing includes: defining a geographical state system for a universe of locations that includes a model specifying a state transition function and a global aggregation function; providing a local state system for a subset of the universe of locations being defined as a single-machine implementation of the geographical state system; providing a local aggregation function being defined as an implementation of the global aggregation function of the geographical state system; and creating, via a processor, distributed scalable deployments that implement the geographical state system by dividing the universe of locations geographically among different computational nodes and by instantiating on each of the computational nodes an instance of the local state system and the local aggregation function conforming to the subset of the universe of locations assigned to the respective computational node.

Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide optimized electrical performance of interconnectivity components of multi-layer integrated circuits (IC) such as chip dice, for example. Different layers of the multi-layer IC include contact terminals that may be used to connect to circuits, systems, and carriers external to the IC.

Abstract: A surgical instrument for reducing a rod into a saddle of a fixation member includes a distal end for engaging the saddle and a proximal end. A reducing device is disposed between the distal end and the proximal end. The reducing device is operative to reduce the rod into the saddle. The reducing device defines a throughbore. The throughbore provides access there through by a first drive member to secure a plug to the saddle.

Abstract: A surgical instrument for reducing a rod into a saddle of a fixation member includes a distal end for engaging the saddle and a proximal end. A reducing device is disposed between the distal end and the proximal end. The reducing device is operative to reduce the rod into the saddle. The reducing device defines a throughbore. The throughbore provides access there through by a first drive member to secure a plug to the saddle.

Abstract: A method of processing a semiconductor wafer includes forming semiconductor dies in the semiconductor wafer, each die having an active region containing devices of an integrated circuit and an edge region surrounding the active region, adjacent ones of the dies being separated by a scribe line. The method further includes forming interconnect wiring over the active region of each semiconductor die in an interlayer dielectric, forming ancillary wiring over the edge region of each die in the interlayer dielectric, forming a passivation on the interlayer dielectric, forming bond pads over the interconnect wiring of each die, the bond pads of each die being in electrical connection with the interconnect wiring of that die, and forming additional bond pads over the ancillary wiring of each semiconductor die, the additional bond pads of each die being in electrical connection with the interconnect wiring of that die.

Abstract: A method for performing distributed geographic event processing includes: defining a geographical state system for a universe of locations that includes a model specifying a state transition function and a global aggregation function; providing a local state system for a subset of the universe of locations being defined as a single-machine implementation of the geographical state system; providing a local aggregation function being defined as an implementation of the global aggregation function of the geographical state system; and creating, via a processor, distributed scalable deployments that implement the geographical state system by dividing the universe of locations geographically among different computational nodes and by instantiating on each of the computational nodes an instance of the local state system and the local aggregation function conforming to the subset of the universe of locations assigned to the respective computational node.