Abstract: An LED light source, comprising one or more LED modules (100-800), wherein each of the LED modules (100-800) comprises an LED (110) and a circuit board (120), the LED (110) being fixed to the circuit board (120), electrodes (121, 122) being arranged on the circuit board (120), and pins of the LED (110) being electrically connected to electrodes (121, 122); the LED light source also comprises a bearing structure (10), wherein the bearing structure (10) is provided with a plurality of bearing surfaces (13, 14, 23, 24, 33, 34) for bearing the LED modules (100-800), and various bearing surfaces (13, 14, 23, 24, 33, 34) are arranged such that the normal directions of at least two bearing surfaces are different; and the LED light source also comprises a drive circuit arranged in an enclosure (1) thereof, wherein various LEDs (D3-D10) are connected in series between a current output end and a current input end of the drive circuit.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a first body made of light material and has a first recess, a closed bottom, a first hole, a first groove, a second recess and a shoulder formed between the first and second recesses. A second body made of strong material and has a first portion and a second portion so as to be respectively received in the first and second recesses. The first portion is rested on the shoulder. A ratchet wheel and a pawl respectively received in the second body, and a switch unit is connected to the second body to operate the pawl to be engaged with the ratchet wheel. The ratchet wrench has simple structure and easily assembled and manufactured. The ratchet wrench is light and durable.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for packet retransmission. The method comprises binding a plurality of consecutive packets of the device to obtain a bound packet. The method further comprises transmitting the bound packet for multiple times in at least one of a time domain and a frequency domain, wherein at least one of a time interval and a frequency interval is present between every two consecutive transmissions. Through binding a plurality of consecutive packets into one bound packet and transmitting the bound packet for multiple times at a time interval and/or a frequency domain interval in the time domain and/or the frequency domain, upon reception of the packet, not only the gain obtained by joint channel estimation across a plurality of subframes is maintained, but also the time diversity gain and the frequency domain diversity gain may also be obtained for each of the plurality of consecutive packets, thereby enhancing link performance.

Abstract: An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal can comprise a microprocessor communicatively coupled to a system bus, a memory, a communication interface, and a pluggable imaging assembly identified by a type identifier and configured to acquire an image comprising decodable indicia. The imaging assembly can comprise a two-dimensional image sensor configured to output an analog signal representative of the light reflected by an object located within the field of view of the imaging assembly. The EIR terminal can be configured to output, by processing the analog signal, the raw image data derived from the analog signal and/or a decoded message corresponding to the decodable indicia. The imaging assembly can be communicatively coupled to the system bus via an imaging assembly interface comprising a plurality of wires and a multi-pin connector. The imaging assembly interface can comprise one or more wires configured to carry the imaging assembly type identifier.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is implemented to include a communication interface and a processor. The processor is configured to process communications associated with the other wireless communication devices within the wireless communication system to determine one or more traffic characteristics of those communications as well as one or more class characteristics of the other wireless communication devices. The processor is configured to classify the communications into one or more access categories based on the one or more traffic characteristics and is configured to classify the other devices into one or more device class categories based on the one or more class characteristics. The processor is then configured to generate one or more channel access control signals based on these classifications. The communication interface of the device is configured to transmit the one or more channel access control signals to one or more of the other devices.

Abstract: A method for preparing a polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether carbonyl compound and/or methyl methoxyacetate as intermediates for producing ethylene glycol, which comprises passing a raw material: polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether or methylal together with carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas through a reactor carrying an acidic molecular sieve catalyst, and performing a reaction to prepare a corresponding product under an appropriate condition where no other solvent is added, in which the process of the reaction is a gas-liquid-solid three-phase reaction, the raw material of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether or methylal has a high conversion rate, each product has a high selectivity, the catalyst has a long service life, additional solvents are not required to be used, and reaction conditions are relatively mild.

Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to perform multicast communications amongst a group of peer devices. Embodiments described herein provide mechanisms for initiation (or establishment) and scheduling of a multicast group as well as enrollment of a device into a multicast group, merging of multicast groups, and termination of multicast groups.

Abstract: An access point selects a channel access policy for an electronic device in a wireless local area network (WLAN). During operation, an interface circuit of the access point receives a channel access preference from the electronic device. The channel access preference includes: a multi-user trigger-based channel access technique, a single-user contention-based channel access technique, or both. The interface circuit selects the channel access policy for the electronic device based, at least in part, on the received channel access preference. The channel access policy can also be selected based at least in part on a communication performance metric associated with communication in the WLAN. The interface circuit communicates the selected channel access policy to the electronic device, which subsequently accesses a communication channel and communicates packets with the access point in accordance with the channel access policy.

Abstract: A preamble, a first portion of a data payload, a midamble, and a second portion of the data payload of a single data unit are generated. The midamble is to be transmitted subsequent to transmission of the first portion of the data payload and prior to transmission of the second portion of the data payload. The midamble includes an indication of at least one characteristic of the data payload such as an indication of a size of the second portion of the data payload, or whether or not the data payload includes one or more other portions in addition to the first and second portions. A network interface of a communication device is configured to generate the preamble, the first and second portions of the data payload, and the midamble.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing acrylic acid from acetic acid and formaldehyde, which comprises (a) provision of a stream S1 comprising acetic acid and formaldehyde, where the molar ratio of acetic acid to formaldehyde in the stream S1 is in the range from 0.5:1 to 2:1; (b) contacting of the stream S1 with an aldol condensation catalyst comprising vanadium, phosphorus and oxygen to give a stream S2 comprising acrylic acid, where, in (b), the space velocity WHSV is in the range from 0.35 to 7.0 kg/kg/h.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is configured to generate frames based on any of a number of different frame formats for transmission to one or more other recipient wireless communication devices. The frame may be implemented to include data intended for two or more recipient devices. The device encodes first data intended for a first recipient device using first one or more coding parameters and encodes second data intended for a second recipient device using second one or more coding parameters. The manner by which the first and second data have been encoded is indicated within one or more other fields within the frames based on the selected frame format. In one example, a single preamble specifies the first and second one or more coding parameters. In another example, an initial preamble and one or more respective sub-preambles specify the first and second one or more coding parameters.

Abstract: A system and method for partial bandwidth communication. The system includes a device that has a transceiver configured to connect to a network, a memory storing an executable program and a processor. The program causes the processor to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to second device, determining if the data uses less than a predetermined bandwidth used as a unit for a carrier aggregation, determining a plurality of sub-bands in the predetermined bandwidth, each sub-band including at least one pilot and a plurality of frequency tones, receiving network information from the second device, the network information indicating a preferred sub-band of the sub-bands, assigning one of the sub-bands to the second device based upon the network information, generating a packet including an indication, the indication indicating the assigned sub-band; transmitting the packet to the second device and transmitting the data in the assigned sub-band.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for performing device-to-device broadcast communication in a wireless communication network, wherein the method comprises the steps of: obtaining a row except a 1st row for device-to-device broadcast in a Walsh matrix; performing device-to-device broadcast based on a transmission pattern determined by the obtained row, wherein the transmission pattern is: performing the following operations based on each element in the row sequentially: when the element is a first value, performing broadcast transmission of a same data packet; when the element is a second value, performing broadcast reception. Compared with the prior art, the present invention overcomes semi-duplexing limitation and reduces in-band emission, thereby achieves a better system performance.

Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to transmit, via a BTLE (or Bluetooth) interface, a first message indicating an operation associated with a Wi-Fi service (e.g., a service available via a Wi-Fi interface and/or Wi-Fi related interface parameters) to a peer device. The first message may include a service hash that indicates the operation. The service hash may be included in a first data structure. The first data structure may indicate availability of the Wi-Fi service. The device may receive a second message from the peer device indicating that the neighboring wireless station intends to subscribe to or provide the Wi-Fi service, e.g., via Wi-Fi peer-to-peer communications.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for online transaction verification. For example, a status of a commodity on flash sale is acquired; a verification code associated with the commodity on flash sale is acquired in response to the commodity on flash sale being purchasable; the verification code is output; an input voice password for flash sale is recorded; the voice password for flash sale is uploaded to a server for voice recognition, where order data is processed by the server in response to the uploaded voice password for flash sale matching with a predetermined verification code and a result related to the order data processing is returned; and the result is received and output.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods provide for compensating for pointing errors that may occur when using a coarse positioning mechanism for pointing a payload toward a target. According to aspects of the disclosure, a coarse positioning mechanism is configured to compensate for pointing errors that may occur when pointing a payload toward a target over a large angular FOV. The coarse positioning mechanism may be configured for a variety of applications, such as precision tracking applications and precision pointing applications over a large angular FOV. The coarse positioning mechanism may include adjustment mechanisms for one or more axes that are used to adjust the pointing direction of the target.

Abstract: Systems and technique for wireless communication are described. A describe technique includes transmitting, from a first device, a request to send (RTS) to the second devices to protect a wireless communication neighborhood of the first device and wireless communication neighborhood of the second devices for transmission of a multi-user frame; receiving clear to send (CTS) responses from the second devices; determining a bandwidth width for the multi-user frame based on a bandwidth availability among the second devices as indicated by the CTS responses and bandwidth indications included in the CTS responses, the multi-user frame comprising spatially steered data frames that are respectively intended for the second devices and are in accordance with the determined bandwidth width; and transmitting the multi-user frame to the identified devices in accordance with the determined bandwidth width.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a compound represented by the following structural formula: (Formula (I)); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of slave sampler multiplexers responsive to outputs of a master sampler that receives analog signals and whose output ports connect to integrating threshold comparators having capacitive digital-to-analog conversion offset adjustments for forming an analog-to-thermometer code conversion. A calibration state machine receives outputs of each of the integrating threshold comparators to control the capacitive digital-to-analog conversion offset adjustment of every integrating threshold comparator and to control a calibration digital-to analog converter. A thermometer code to binary code logic decoder receives outputs of each of the integrating threshold comparators and outputs digital samples.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of slave sampler multiplexers responsive to outputs of a master sampler that receives analog signals and whose output ports connect to integrating threshold comparators having capacitive digital-to-analog conversion offset adjustments for forming an analog-to-thermometer code conversion. A calibration state machine receives outputs of each of the integrating threshold comparators to control the capacitive digital-to-analog conversion offset adjustment of every integrating threshold comparator and to control a calibration digital-to analog converter. A thermometer code to binary code logic decoder receives outputs of each of the integrating threshold comparators and outputs digital samples.