Abstract: A network management apparatus and method for remotely controlling a state of an IT device in order to use WOL to change a remote device from an inactive state to an active state over an IP network. The network management apparatus includes a detection pattern generator, a remote state controller, and a wake-up cause analyzer. By activating an inactivated PC connected over an IP network and positioned at a remote site using WOL to control a state of another IT device interoperating through the IP network as well as a state of the PC, it is possible to inactivate the device without unnecessarily having to leave the device on and then control the device as necessary, thereby reducing power consumption of the device and extending a lifetime of the device.

Abstract: Provided is an olivine-type lithium iron phosphate having a composition represented by Formula I, comprising 0.1 to 5% by weight of Li3PO4, and comprising no Li2CO3 or, if present, comprising Li2CO3 in an amount less than 0.25% by weight: Li1+aFe1?xMx(PO4?b)Xb (I) wherein M, X, a, x and b are as defined above. The lithium iron phosphate comprises no lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) or, if present, comprises the Li2CO3 in an extremely small amount, and comprises Li3PO4 having superior electrochemical stability, thermal stability and ionic conductivity, thus advantageously imparting high-temperature and storage stability as well as stability and rate properties to lithium secondary batteries, when used as a cathode active material for the lithium secondary batteries.

Abstract: An apparatus for verifying a vehicle in an inter-vehicular communication environment includes: a communication unit configured to receive a basic safety message and a verification message from a remote vehicle that is allowed to engage in inter-vehicular communication; and a controller configured to determine that the remote vehicle is reliable when the communication unit receives the verification message from the remote vehicle at least a predefined number of times over a predefined period of time, and to generate permission to utilize the basic safety message received from the remote vehicle when the controller determines that the remote vehicle is reliable.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display area, a peripheral area, and a boundary area between the display area and the peripheral area and further includes: a first substrate; a switching element disposed on the first substrate in the display area; a pad disposed on the first substrate in the peripheral area and electrically connected with the switching element; a protective film disposed on the first substrate in the display area, the peripheral area, and the boundary area, and covering the switching element and the pad; a color filter disposed on the protective film in the display area; and a planarization film covering the color filter and contacting the protective film in the boundary area and the peripheral area. The planarization film is provided with a first opening overlapping the pad and at least one second opening formed in the boundary area.

Abstract: A network cooperation-based low power type charged broadcasting set-top box and a controlling method therefor, the set-top box sub-dividing a standby mode of the set-top box into an active standby mode, in which only background functions are processed without processing a main function, and a passive standby mode, in which no functions are processed; extending the passive standby mode occupation time to more than that of the active standby mode; and including a way of transitioning between operating modes by exchanging information regarding the set-top box through an inter-cooperation between a charged broadcasting network and the set-top box, thereby reducing the power consumption of a processor (SoC) which processes multimedia contents and minimizing the power consumption while the set-top box is in standby mode.

Abstract: Provided are a method of fabricating a 3-dimensional transistor sensor and the sensor and a sensor array thereof. The method of fabricating the 3-dimensional transistor sensor includes forming an insulating layer on a silicon substrate, forming a silicon layer on the insulating layer and forming a 3-dimensional silicon fin by etching the silicon layer, forming a source area and a source electrode at one end of the silicon fin, forming a drain area and a drain electrode at the other end the silicon fin, and forming a gate area at a center of the silicon fin, surrounding three surfaces of a gate with a gate insulating layer, forming a sensing gate layer configured to surround a portion of the gate insulating layer, and sealing an upper portion of the gate insulating layer excluding the sensing gate layer.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control an operation of the nonvolatile memory device. The controller includes a volatile memory including a first index storage unit in which first index information for first data buffers are stored and a second index storage unit in which second index information for second data buffers are stored, a first central processing unit (CPU) configured to perform allocation and release of allocation of the first data buffers by accessing the first index storage unit of the volatile memory, and a second CPU configured to perform allocation and release of allocation of the second data buffers by accessing the second index storage unit of the volatile memory.

Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of planes; and a controller suitable for determining whether a first read operation for the nonvolatile memory device is a random read operation, and accessing at least one first target plane of the first read operation, according to an access merge process, depending on a determination result, wherein the controller simultaneously accesses the first target plane and at least one second target plane included in the nonvolatile memory device, according to the access merge process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for directly synthesizing monocyclic aromatic compounds and long-chain olefin compounds from a carbon dioxide-rich synthetic gas and, specifically, a method for directly synthesizing monocyclic aromatic compounds and long-chain olefin compounds from a carbon dioxide-rich synthetic gas, the method comprising a step of preparing a C1-C15 short-chain hydrocarbon by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis and a step of preparing monocyclic aromatic compounds and long-chain olefin compounds by dehydrogenating the short-chain hydrocarbon products, and maximizing the yield of the short-chain hydrocarbon by using, as a synthetic gas to be used in FT synthesis, a carbon dioxide-rich synthetic gas in which the molar ratio of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide is delimited to a specific range, and maximizing the yield of the monocyclic aromatic compounds or the long-chain olefin compounds by specifying the composition of a catalyst to be used in the dehydrogenation and the temperature and pressure

Abstract: A controller includes: a victim list update unit suitable for storing information on an error block in a victim list when the error block is detected; a control unit suitable for deciding whether or not to perform a copy operation based on whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied; a copy unit suitable for copying the error block into a destination super block while maintaining a location of a die when the control unit performs the copy operation; and a victim list delete unit suitable for deleting the victim list including the error block when the copy operation ends.

Abstract: A method for operating a data storage device including a non-volatile memory device including a first region and a second region includes: storing data from a data cache memory in memory blocks in the first region; determining a first garbage collection cost with respect to a first target memory block having the least valid page among the memory blocks in the first region in which the data are kept; determining a second garbage collection cost with respect to a second target memory block having the least valid page among the memory blocks in the first region from which the data are cleared; and performing a garbage collection operation to copy valid data of a garbage collection target memory block into memory blocks in the second region based on a comparison result of the first garbage collection cost and the second garbage collection cost.

Abstract: In a method of operating a data storage device including a non-volatile memory device, which includes a closed memory block and an open memory block, a scan pointer and a map scan information of the open memory block is generated. The scan pointer indicates a page next to a page to which a writing operation is completed. The map scan information includes a logical address information mapped in a page of the open memory block. When the data storage device is recovered from a power loss, the logical address information is read based on the map scan information. An address map is rebuilt based on the read logic address information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in accordance with a transmission mode in a communication system. A method for transmitting data by a transmitter in a communication system, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe message to a receiver on the basis of at least one transmission mode of a multicast transmission mode and a unicast transmission mode; receiving a reception report message including status information of a network from the receiver; determining a transmission mode of one of the multicast transmission mode and the unicast transmission mode on the basis of the reception report message; and transmitting the data to the receiver on the basis of the determined transmission mode.

Abstract: A operating method of memory system including a controller and a memory device may efficiently flush map data for the Sudden Power Off Recovery SPOR.

Abstract: A data processing system includes a host suitable for providing an access request; and a plurality of memory systems suitable for storing or reading data thereto or therefrom in response to the access request, wherein the host includes a host memory buffer suitable for storing a plurality of meta-data respectively corresponding to the plurality of memory systems, wherein each of the plurality of meta-data includes a first threshold value representing storage capacity for user data in a corresponding memory system among the plurality of memory systems, a second threshold value representing a number of read operations for logical block addresses (LBAs) of the corresponding memory system, a third threshold value representing a temperature of the corresponding memory system and respective LBAs of the plurality of memory systems.

Abstract: A method for operating a data storage device which includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, includes generating a valid page count table including the number of valid pages of each of closed blocks among the plurality of memory blocks in which data are written in all pages thereof and the number of valid pages of at least one open block among the plurality of memory blocks in which data is written in a part of pages thereof; generating a valid page scan table including a scan pointer for scanning the number of valid pages of the open block; and backing up the valid page count table and the valid page scan table in a meta block among the plurality of memory blocks.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be utilized for an intelligent service (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and a safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of the technology. A method for providing a push-to-talk (PTT) service in a communication system, which is proposed by an embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: generating a file format including information associated with time points at which multiple pieces of data should be reproduced; and reproducing the multiple pieces of data on the basis of the file format.

Abstract: A peripheral component interconnect (PCI) device includes a first memory which includes a plurality of page buffers, a base address register which includes a plurality of base addresses, and a first address translation unit which translates each of the plurality of base addresses to a corresponding one of a plurality of virtual addresses. A map table includes a plurality of map table entries each accessed in correspondence to each of the plurality of virtual addresses, and maps each of the plurality of virtual addresses onto a physical address of physical addresses of the plurality of page buffers. The first address translation unit translates each of the plurality of virtual addresses to a corresponding one of the physical addresses using the map table.

Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of storage regions; and a controller. The controller may be coupled between a host and the memory device, and perform a read retry operation when a read error occurs in any one of the storage regions based on occurrence possibilities for a plurality of different type of defects in any one storage region where a read error occurred.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to technologies for sensor networks, machine to machine (M2M), machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be used in intelligent services based on such technologies (smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital educations, retail businesses, securities, disaster network communication, and safety-related services). Provided is a method of controlling, by a relay device, screen sharing between a plurality of terminals, the method includes: receiving a screen image of a first terminal from the first terminal; and transmitting the received screen image to at least one second terminal.