Abstract: A method for encoding vertex orientations, also known as normal components, of a 3D mesh model comprises a first clustering of the normal components, determining for each of the first clusters a sphere sector to which most of its elements belong, mapping normal components to a predefined sector, re-clustering the normal components in the predefined sector into second clusters, determining predictors for the second clusters and encoding a normal component by its residual, a reference to its predictor and data indicating which of said mirror mapping operations were performed. A sphere sector is obtained by dividing a sphere into m equal spherical segments and dividing each of said spherical segments into n equal sectors. The first clustering for the sector mapping and the second clustering for predictive coding result in an improved compression ratio.

Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a first transceiver comprising a controller configured to select one of a plurality of frequency regions, wherein bandwidths of the frequency regions are non-uniform, and wherein the first transceiver is configured to transceive, according to a first protocol, first wireless signals in the one of the plurality of frequency regions selected by the controller; an arbiter configured to select one or more frequency channels based on the one of the plurality of the frequency regions selected by the controller; and a second transceiver configured to transceive, according to a second protocol, second wireless signals only in the one or more frequency channels selected by the arbiter.

Abstract: In a wireless network including a first cell and a second cell, it is determined whether a measure of mobility of a user device meets a mobility criterion, and it is determined whether a size of the second cell meets a cell size criterion. When it is determined that (i) the measure of mobility of the user device meets the mobility criterion and (ii) the size of the second cell meets the cell size criterion, the user device is prevented from being switched from the first cell to the second cell, or at least one of (i) a handover parameter or (ii) a cell reselection parameter is adjusted in order to change a probability that the user device will switch from the first cell to the second cell.

Abstract: A device including a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The first transceiver is configured to selectively transmit and receive first signals in a first frequency band according to a schedule. The first signals include at least cellular signals. The second transceiver is configured to selectively transmit and receive second signals in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The second signals include at least WiFi signals. An arbiter is configured to generate status reports indicating statuses of channels in the first frequency band and/or the second frequency band, receive the schedule as generated based on the statuses, and selectively modify the status reports based on an expected transmission and/or reception of the first signals by the first transceiver, and/or an expected transmission and/or reception of the second signals by the second transceiver.

Abstract: An engineered coated abrasive product having a three dimensional pattern of abrasive structures formed by embossing an abrasive slurry formulation that was first surface coated with a functional powder, wherein the abrasive slurry includes green, unfired abrasive aggregates having a generally spheroidal or toroidal shape, the aggregates formed from a composition comprising abrasive grit particles and a nanoparticle binder. The coated abrasive product is capable of finishing and repairing defects in surfaces, including coated surfaces.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device is disclosed which additionally includes a lightly-doped P-type buried layer under a P-type channel region and a moderately-dope P-type buried layer in the lightly-doped P-type buried layer. The two buried layers result in a lower base resistance for an equivalent parasitic NPN transistor, thereby impeding the occurrence of snapback in the device. Additionally, an equivalent reverse-biased diode formed between the channel region and the buried layers is capable of clamping the drain-source voltage of the device and sinking redundant currents to a substrate thereof. Furthermore, the design of a gate oxide layer of the RF LDMOS device to have a greater thickness at a proximal end to a drain region can help to reduce the hot-carrier effect, and having a smaller thickness at a proximal end to the source region can improve the transconductance of the RF LDMOS device.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for avoiding interference among multiple radios. In some aspects a communication channel of a first wireless interface of a device is determined to be adjacent to a frequency band in which a second wireless interface of the device is configured to communicate and channel measurement results are altered prior to transmission by the first wireless interface to a base station, effective to prevent the base station from selecting, for use by the first wireless interface, the channel adjacent to the frequency band of the second wireless interface.

Abstract: A method, implemented by one or more processors, for scheduling traffic streams in a communication network includes determining, via a processor, a plurality of sets of one or more cell characteristics. Each set of cell characteristics in the plurality of sets of cell characteristics corresponds to a different cell in a plurality of cells. The method also includes determining, via a processor, a first set of one or more traffic characteristics corresponding to a first traffic stream, selecting, via a processor, a first cell from the plurality of cells based on (i) the plurality of sets of cell characteristics and (ii) the first set of traffic characteristics, and assigning, via a processor, the first traffic stream to the first cell for an entire duration of the first traffic stream.

Abstract: The embodiment of the utility patent discloses a LED matrix display screen, which comprises multiple horizontal circuit board and vertical circuit board. The multiple horizontal circuit board, equidistantly welded with LED beads, are equidistantly welded on the vertical circuit board. And the vertical circuit board is equipped with the controller which can control the LED lamps welded on the horizontal circuit board. The embodiment of the utility patent LED matrix display screen, through multiple arranged LED lamp, can better display different graphics. Moreover, each row of the LED lamps are equipped on the horizontal circuit board. Result from that it not only will be better to decrease the distance between every LED lamps and reduce the weight whole display screen, but also make it be easily partitioned in order to replace the parts of it and repair it.

Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a transmitter configured to transmit, according to a first protocol, first wireless signals in a first frequency band; and a receiver configured to receive, according to a second protocol, second wireless signals in a second frequency band, wherein the second frequency band is adjacent to or overlaps the first frequency band; and an arbiter configured to allow the transmitter to transmit the first wireless signals according to the first protocol while the receiver receives the second wireless signals according to the second protocol responsive to at least one of i) a signal power level of the first wireless signals being less than a first signal power threshold; and ii) a signal power level of the second wireless signals being greater than a second signal power threshold.

Abstract: For most large 3D engineering models, the instance positions of repeating instances of connected components show significant multiple spatial aggregation. The invention uses several KD-trees, each for one cluster of points which are spatially aggregated. The multiple KD-trees generate a relatively short data stream, and thus improve the total compression ratio. A method for encoding points of a 3D mesh model comprises steps of determining that the mesh model comprises repeating instances of a connected component, and determining for each repeating instance at least one reference point, clustering the reference points of the repeating instances into one or more clusters, and encoding the clustered reference points using KD-tree coding, wherein for each cluster a separate KD-tree is generated.

Abstract: A method for using a location-based service while preserving anonymity includes receiving a location associated with a mobile node, receiving an anonymity level associated with the mobile node, computing a region containing the location of the mobile node and a number of footprints based on the anonymity level, wherein each of the footprints from a different user, and providing the region to a location-based service to thereby preserve anonymity of the mobile node. A method also allow a mobile device or its user to specify the anonymity level by selecting a public region consistent with a user's feelings towards desired privacy.

Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a Mobile Wireless Standards (MWS) transceiver configured to transceive MWS signals in accordance with a schedule, wherein the schedule is based on link status reports transmitted by the MWS transceiver as part of the MWS signals; one or more Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band transceivers, wherein each ISM band transceiver is configured to transceive ISM band signals; and an arbiter configured to modify the link status reports, prior to transmission of the link status reports, based on at least one of i) an expected transmission of the ISM band signals by one of the ISM band transceivers, and ii) an expected reception of the ISM band signals by one of the ISM band transceivers.

Abstract: A parasitic lateral PNP transistor is disclosed, in which, an N-type implanted region formed in each of two adjacent active regions forms a base region; a P-type doped polysilicon pseudo buried layer located under a shallow trench field oxide region between the two active regions serves as an emitter; and a P-type doped polysilicon pseudo buried layer located under each of the shallow trench field oxide regions on the outer side of the active regions serves as a collector region. The transistor has a C-B-E-B-C structure which alters the current path in the base region to a straight line, which can improve the current amplification capacity of the transistor and thus leads to a significant improvement of its current gain and frequency characteristics, and is further capable of reducing the area and increasing current intensity of the transistor. A manufacturing method of the parasitic lateral PNP transistor is also disclosed.

Abstract: 3D mesh models are widely used in various applications for representing 3D objects. These models are made of vertices and corresponding triangles, which can be compressed based on prediction and residuals. The present invention improves the accuracy of parallelogram prediction, particularly near sharp features. The proposed 3D mesh model encoding comprises analyzing the spatial or dihedral angles between triangles, clustering triangles with similar or equal dihedral angles, and defining a representative dihedral angle for each cluster. Triangles of each cluster are then encoded relative to individual prediction triangles having the representative dihedral angle according to the cluster. Additionally, the prediction triangle may be mirrored. An indication of the encoding mode is inserted into each vertex of the encoded bitstream.

Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a first transceiver comprising a controller configured to select one of a plurality of frequency regions, and a transmitter configured to transmit, according to a first protocol, first wireless signals in the one of the plurality of the frequency regions selected by the controller, wherein each frequency region is characterized by a respective type of unwanted interference generated responsive to the transmitter transmitting the first wireless signals in the respective frequency region; an arbiter configured to select one or more frequency channels based on the one of the plurality of the frequency regions selected by the controller; and a second transceiver configured to transceive, according to a second protocol, second wireless signals only in the one or more frequency channels selected by the arbiter.

Abstract: A method for using a location-based service while preserving anonymity includes receiving a location associated with a mobile node, receiving an anonymity level associated with the mobile node, computing a region containing the location of the mobile node and a number of footprints based on the anonymity level, wherein each of the footprints from a different user, and providing the region to a location-based service to thereby preserve anonymity of the mobile node. A method also allow a mobile device or its user to specify the anonymity level by selecting a public region consistent with a user's feelings towards desired privacy.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system including a plurality of client stations including at least one client station that is not configured to utilize carrier aggregation, different coverage areas correspond to different frequency bands being utilized. Wireless medium resources are allocated and frequency band(s) are assigned, jointly, to the client stations based on one or more coverage areas corresponding to one or more frequency bands in which each client station is located, whether client stations are configured to utilize carrier aggregation, demand factors, and indications of channel quality.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device is disclosed which additionally includes a lightly-doped P-type buried layer under a P-type channel region and a moderately-dope P-type buried layer in the lightly-doped P-type buried layer. The two buried layers result in a lower base resistance for an equivalent parasitic NPN transistor, thereby impeding the occurrence of snapback in the device. Additionally, an equivalent reverse-biased diode formed between the channel region and the buried layers is capable of clamping the drain-source voltage of the device and sinking redundant currents to a substrate thereof. Furthermore, the design of a gate oxide layer of the RF LDMOS device to have a greater thickness at a proximal end to a drain region can help to reduce the hot-carrier effect, and having a smaller thickness at a proximal end to the source region can improve the transconductance of the RF LDMOS device.

Abstract: In a wireless network including a first cell and a second cell, it is determined whether a measure of mobility of a user device meets a mobility criterion, and it is determined whether a size of the second cell meets a cell size criterion. When it is determined that (i) the measure of mobility of the user device meets the mobility criterion and (ii) the size of the second cell meets the cell size criterion, the user device is prevented from being switched from the first cell to the second cell, or at least one of (i) a handover parameter or (ii) a cell reselection parameter is adjusted in order to change a probability that the user device will switch from the first cell to the second cell.