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A method for deploying a cellular wireless communication network is provided. The method consists of: providing one or more micro base stations; autonomously deploying the micro base stations using a network access point linked to a cellular wireless communication network; and enabling configuration of the micro base stations to execute network operation commands from a network controller associated with the wireless communication network. Another aspect consists of enabling cooperation and network connectivity between micro base stations and other base stations, including micro base stations and large network base stations. Network connectivity to one or more cellular communication terminals associated with individuals or businesses subscribing to the cellular wireless communication network is enabled. A wireless network is also provided which is configurable to link a cellular wireless network through a high data transmission connection so as to define at least one access point between the micro base station and the wireless network. The network includes a wireless interface and receives operation commands from a network controller for configuration of micro base stations, to support the linking of cellular wireless terminals to the wireless network via the wireless interface by operation of the micro base station, as an intermediary. A corresponding system and computer readable medium is also provided

A system for self-organizing and auto-configuring mesh networks is disclosed. Special nodes (deemed special for their topological significance) are used as a starting point for forming clusters of fully connected nodes. Here, all nodes can communicate directly with one another and links are scheduled to meet the traffic requirements as indicated by their individual configuration and topological positions. Links that do not interfere with each other are scheduled to operate concurrently, thereby increasing the bandwidth offered by the whole system. When there is change to the system, such as leaving or introduction of a node, the system will adjust with minimum impact on its operation. Once all of the clusters are formed in a system, the clusters are now capable of inter-cluster communications with an increase in bandwidth for such communications.

Embodiments of the present invention delineate systems and methods for dynamically assessing and mitigating risk of an insured entity. An entity that provides insurance may, in various embodiments, use applications installed on mobile devices to monitor information that may reduce or mitigate fraudulent insurance claims. Additional embodiments of the present invention delineate systems and methods for providing a user of a mobile device with information relevant to a position of a mobile device, wherein such information may describe one of a risk and an opportunity within a predetermined distance of a location for the mobile device.

A partial resurfacing implant for use in repairing an articular cartilage defect site that includes a top articulating portion having a top surface that is configured with at least one radius of curvature to approximate the surface contour of the articular cartilage surrounding the defect site. The implant also includes a supporting plate that has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is attached to the top articulating portion by a locking mechanism. The bottom surface of the supporting plate is constructed to facilitate the insertion of the implant into the defect site. Extending from the bottom surface of the supporting plate is at least one implant fixation portion. The at least one implant fixation portion is integrally connected to and is oriented about normal relative to the bottom surface. A method of repairing an articular cartilage defect with the partial joint resurfacing implant is also disclosed.

A computerized system and related methods of identifying an optimum set of product configurations from a plurality of possible product configurations, wherein each product configuration has a plurality of features and each feature has a plurality of options, includes the steps of representing each of the possible product configurations as an ordered set or array of at least n-dimensions, each dimension of the array representing a predetermined one of the features, identifying a subset of valid product configurations, identifying which valid configurations are captured by other configurations through upgrades, conversions, or acceptance of different options, defining and solving an optimization model to identify the optimum set of valid product configurations based on a desired objective, such as to maximize profit, minimize cost, or maximizing coverage of customer demand, and then presenting the optimum set of valid product configurations that satisfy the desired objective.

A self expanding flexible or balloon expandable flexible device includes a helical strut member helically wound about an axis of the stent. The helical strut member comprises a plurality of helical strut elements. A plurality of individual helical elements are helically wound about the axis of the device in the same direction of the helical strut member with the helical elements extending between and interconnecting points on subsequent windings of the helical strut member. The device can be a flow diverter, anchor, revascularization device or filter. A self expanding flexible bifurcation device can include at least one leg. The at least one leg comprising the helical strut member and the plurality of individual helical elements helically wound about the axis of the device in the same direction of the helical strut member with the helical elements extending between and interconnecting points on subsequent windings of the helical strut member.

A conformal air defense (CAD) system is provided which is adapted to be attached externally to an aircraft as an appendage. The CAD system includes a conformal mounting adapter having an aircraft-to-adapter interface and upper adapter side. A mounting structure is provided which has an adapter interface and a mounting side, wherein the adapter interface is attached to the upper adapter side. A missile countermeasures system is mounted on the mounting side of the mounting structure. And a cover substantially encloses the countermeasures system, wherein the cover is removably fastened to the mounting side of the mounting structure.

A system for self-organizing and auto-configuring mesh networks is disclosed. Special nodes (deemed special for their topological significance) are used as a starting point for forming clusters of fully connected nodes. Here, all nodes can communicate directly with one another and links are scheduled to meet the traffic requirements as indicated by their individual configuration and topological positions. Links that do not interfere with each other are scheduled to operate concurrently, thereby increasing the bandwidth offered by the whole system. When there is change to the system, such as leaving or introduction of a node, the system will adjust with minimum impact on its operation. Once all of the clusters are formed in a system, the clusters are now capable of inter-cluster communications with an increase in bandwidth for such communications.

A method for building a knowledge base containing entailment relations, includingproviding at least one input pattern (p) with N pattern slots (N>1), the input pattern (p) expressing a specific semantic relation between N entities that fill the N pattern slots of the input pattern (p) as slot fillers,providing at least one cluster (c) of articles, the articles of the cluster (c) relating to a common main topic;processing the articles with respect to the input pattern (p) and identifying the identities which match the semantic type of the N pattern slots;if the at least one input pattern matches a portion of an article (a) of the at least one cluster (c):storing the N slot fillers (s1, s2, . . . , sN), which match the slots of the pattern (p), and a cluster identifier Ic of the cluster (c) into a first table S, wherein the N-tuple (s1, s2, . . . , sN) and the cluster identifier Ic of the associated cluster (c) form one element of the table S;for each element of table S, identifying appearances of the slot fillers (s1, s2, . . . , sN) in a plurality of articles of cluster (c) and for each appearance so identified, storing the slot fillers (s1, s2, . . . , sN) together with the sentence in which they occur into a second table C0;from the sentences stored in table C0, extracting patterns which span over the corresponding N slot fillers (s1, s2, . . . , sN), the extracted pattern expressing a semantic relation between the N slot fillers; andstoring the extracted pattern together with the input pattern as entailment relation into the knowledge base.

The invention discloses a cost optimization unmanned aerial vehicle base station deployment method based on an improved genetic algorithm, and mainly solves the problem that the unmanned aerial vehicle base station deployment cost is difficult to optimize in the prior art. The realization method comprises the following steps: 1) establishing a ground wireless communication coverage model of the unmanned aerial vehicle base station; 2) calculating the maximum coverage radius and the optimal hovering height of the unmanned aerial vehicle base station in the unmanned aerial vehicle base station ground wireless communication coverage model scene; 3) deploying the unmanned aerial vehicle base stations at the optimal hovering height, enabling the deployment problem to be reduced from three-dimensional dimensionality to a two-dimensional plane, establishing an unmanned aerial vehicle base station deployment optimization model taking unmanned aerial vehicle base station deployment number optimization as a target, and solving the model to obtain an optimal chromosome; 4) converting the optimal chromosome into a corresponding unmanned aerial vehicle base station coordinate set to obtain an optimal unmanned aerial vehicle base station deployment scheme, reducing the complexity of the deployment problem, improving the solution accuracy, and being applicable to communication network deployment planning, temporary communication network construction and disaster area emergency communication.

The present invention relates to a tibial prosthesis having an articulating component and a tray component. The articulating component is configured for attachment to the tray component. Additionally, the articulating component may be attached to the tray component in a first condition in which the articulating component is at least rotatable relative to the tray component. This allows for the tray component to be attached to the tibia in a position that provides for proper rotation of the tray component with respect to the tibia and / or prevents the tray component from overhanging the resected tibia. Then, the articulating component may be rotated and / or translated to a position that provides for proper alignment of the articulating component with a femoral prosthesis. Once in this positioned, a locking mechanism is used to rotationally fix the articulating component to the tray component.

Apparatus for splitting, imaging, and measuring wavefronts with a reference wavefront and an object wavefront. A wavefront-combining element receives and combines into a combined wavefront an object wavefront from an object and a reference wavefront. A wavefront-splitting element splits the combined wavefront into a plurality of sub-wavefronts in such a way that each of the sub-wavefronts is substantially contiguous with at least one other sub-wavefront. The wavefront-splitting element may shift the relative phase between the reference wavefront and the object wavefront of the sub-wavefronts to yield a respective plurality of phase-shifted sub-wavefronts. The wavefront-splitting element may then interfering the reference and object wavefronts of the phase-shifted sub-wavefronts to yield a respective plurality of phase-shifted interferograms. An imaging element receives and images the phase-shifted interferograms. A computer connected to the imaging element measures various parameters of the objects based on the phase-shifted interferograms. Examples of measurements include flow parameters such as the concentrations of selected gaseous species, temperature distributions, particle and droplet distributions, density, and so on. In addition to flow parameters, the displacement (e.g., the vibration) and the profile of an object may be measured.

A masking circuit for selectively masking scan chain inputs and / or outputs during scan testing of an integrated circuit, comprises a mask register having at least two mask register elements for each scan chain to provide a plurality of masking modes; and an input and output mask control circuit for each scan chain, each mask control circuit being connected between a test pattern source and a signature register and between a serial input and a serial output of an associated scan chain and being responsive to mask control data stored in the register elements for configuring the associated scan chain in one of the plurality of masking modes during a scan test of the circuit.

A system for reading RFID tags of articles within a cabinet includes a repositionable shelf. The repositionable shelf includes an antenna assembly having three antenna pairs. Each antenna pair has a loop antenna and a figure eight antenna. The antenna pairs are on a PC board. The PC board includes an RJ45 connector which provides both power to the antenna assembly as well as a communication interface for the antenna assembly. The RJ45 connector could be used to provide the RF signals from the antenna to a reader. The system could also include a repositionable divider for placement perpendicular to the repositionable shelf. The repositionable divider also includes a loop antenna and a figure eight antenna.

In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for statistical path selection for at-speed testing. One embodiment of a method for selecting a path of an integrated circuit chip for at-speed testing includes computing a process coverage metric for a plurality of paths in the integrated circuit chip and selecting at least one path that maximizes the process coverage metric.

The present invention is an LED module for channel letter illumination utilizing multiple through-hole LEDs in a pixel formation as a light source where one surface mounted LED or other forms of LEDs were previously used. The use of a number of small through-hole LEDs ideally requires that a beam angle between and including 15° and 180° in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively, be utilized. When multiple light sources are used on a module, the distance between light sources is to be between 20 mm and 1 cm. The use of several smaller LEDs reduces the current needed to generate light of appropriate intensity and, thus reduces energy cost and heat generation. The use of smaller LEDs also assists in excess heat dissipation.

A method of repairing an articular cartilage defect with the partial joint resurfacing implant includes surgically creating an opening in the articular cartilage defect site. The method also includes obtaining a partial resurfacing implant which is implanted into the opening. The partial resurfacing implant includes a top articulating portion, an implant fixation portion, and a locking mechanism. The implant fixation portion including an upper segment coupled to the top articulating portion and a bone interfacing segment configured to facilitate insertion into the articular cartilage defect site. The method further includes the bone interfacing segment being inserted into the opening with the top articulating portion and adjacent articular cartilage being positioned to each other to facilitate motion and load transfer over the defect site. Another method of repairing an articular cartilage defect with a partial joint resurfacing implant and a partial joint resurfacing implant are also disclosed.

Methods according to the present invention provide computationally efficient techniques for designing gauge patterns for calibrating a model for use in a simulation process, and which minimize degeneracy between model parameters, and thus maximize pattern coverage for parameter calibration. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of designing gauge patterns that achieve complete coverage of parameter variations with minimum number of gauges and corresponding measurements in the calibration of a lithographic process utilized to image a target design having a plurality of features. According to some aspects, a method according to the invention includes transforming the space of model parametric space (based on CD sensitivity or Delta TCCs), then iteratively identifying the direction that is most orthogonal to existing gauges' CD sensitivities in this new space, and determining most sensitive line width / pitch combination with optimal assist feature placement which leads to most sensitive CD changes along that direction in model parametric space.

Collisionless flight is achieved by overlaying a circulant digraph with certain characteristics over a model of the area to be flown. Each UAV then executes a flight path corresponding to a directed cycle of the circulant digraph where each vertex of the circulant digraph corresponds to two waypoints. The circulant digraph includes more vertices than the number of unmanned aerial vehicles and the number of vertices is divisible by the number of UAVs. Additionally, the circulant digraph has a first jump of 1, a second jump of one less than then number of UAVs. To maximize coverage, each of the vertices of the circulant digraph may then be individually updated such that they satisfy two tests: a convexity test and an isosceles avoidance test. The updated flight path of each UAV may then be relayed from a control station to each UAV.

A computerized system and related methods of identifying an optimum set of product configurations from a plurality of possible product configurations, wherein each product configuration has a plurality of features and each feature has a plurality of options, includes the steps of representing each of the possible product configurations as an ordered set or array of at least n-dimensions, each dimension of the array representing a predetermined one of the features, identifying a subset of valid product configurations, identifying which valid configurations are captured by other configurations through upgrades, conversions, or acceptance of different options, defining and solving an optimization model to identify the optimum set of valid product configurations based on a desired objective, such as to maximize profit, minimize cost, or maximizing coverage of customer demand, and then presenting the optimum set of valid product configurations that satisfy the desired objective.

A system and method are provided for selective bit-wise masking of X-values in scan channels in an integrated circuit (IC) during a built-in self test (BIST). The composite mask pattern is selectively generated according to locations of X-values identified in a simulation of the IC. The composite mask pattern is stored on the IC and cyclically maintained while being applied to the operational scan results of the IC. The composite mask pattern is recycled over a plurality of scan iterations to effectively prevent the X-values from influencing the resulting signature of the BIST that represents a functional fingerprint of the IC and minimize storage requirements for the composite mask pattern.

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and discloses a method for determining an uplink transmission diversity mode. The method comprises the following step of: transmitting a high-speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) command to user equipment (UE) on the HS-SCCH of high-speed special shared channels, wherein the HS-SCCH command comprises command type information, the command type information indicates the uplink transmission diversity mode, and the transmission diversity mode is an open loop transmission diversity mode or a closed loop transmission diversity mode. The invention also discloses a communication device. According to the embodiment provided by the invention, the uplink transmission diversity mode can be determined according to the actual situation so that the system properties such as system capacity, coverage range and the like are maximized in the UE during uplink transmission diversity.

A method of locating an acetabular cup implant (100) in a pelvis comprises locating a plurality of reference points on the pelvis, defining a target location of the implant relative to the reference points, and placing the implant at the target location. A method of locating a femoral head implant (102) is also disclosed, together with associated guidance systems.

Metropolitan transport method and system that allows maximizing journey time commitment and network coverage by running a first train in a first direction, defined from a starting point to a finishing point of a route including a plurality of stopping stations, where the first train runs through a tunnel having two levels, the first train running on a first level of the tunnel and stopping at all the stopping stations on the route; the method also including running a second train in the first direction of the route on the second level of the tunnel, where the second train does not stop at all the stopping stations on the route.

Systems, methods and computer readable media for deploying a cellular wireless communication network. The method consists of: providing one or more micro base stations; autonomously deploying the micro base stations using a network access point linked to a cellular wireless communication network; and enabling configuration of the micro base stations to execute network operation commands from a network controller associated with the wireless communication network. A wireless network is also provided which is configurable to link a cellular wireless network through a high data transmission connection so as to define at least one access point between the micro base station and the wireless network. The network includes a wireless interface and receives operation commands from a network controller for configuration of micro base stations, to support the linking of cellular wireless terminals to the wireless network via the wireless interface by operation of the micro base station.

The present invention is an LED module for channel letter illumination utilizing multiple through-hole LEDs in a pixel formation as a light source where one surface mounted LED or other forms of LEDs were previously used. The use of a number of small through-hole LEDs ideally requires that a beam angle between and including 15° and 180° in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively, be utilized. When multiple light sources are used on a module, the distance between light sources is to be between 20 mm and 1 cm. The use of several smaller LEDs reduces the current needed to generate light of appropriate intensity and, thus reduces energy cost and heat generation. The use of smaller LEDs also assists in excess heat dissipation.

A method of file preparation, ripping and plate making for high end graphics printed on cylindrical products utilizing Dry Offset printing presses. While utilizing two inverse angle techniques and one fixed angle on the Black, with virtually unlimited color pluralities, encompassing a majority of all open areas of the common printing blanket without any ink overlap. The nesting of the halftone dots at even coarse line screen rulings eliminating a dot rosette pattern and creating a continuous tone appearance. Print contrast is increased to that of offset printing quality and ink contamination over the course of the run length is virtually eliminated. This current invention also increases the ability to print white with colors as opposed to needing white coating done in advanced to transparent plastics and metallic surfaces.

Methods, devices and computer program products facilitate self-configuration and self-optimization of radio networks. An internal topology discovery is performed to assess characteristics of a plurality of access points within an internal network. An external cell discovery can also be performed to identify one or more access points operating within an external network. Based on the assessments obtained through the internal and / or external topology discovery processes, operational parameters are assigned to each access point within the internal network. Such operational parameters can include a transmit power associated with each radio node.

A gain-variable trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) in optical device is disclosed. The TIA has an improved dynamic range for receiving electrical signals and is configured to convert current signals from an avalanche photodiode (APD) to voltage signals. A resistor element is between the input and output terminals of the TIA, wherein the resistance of the resistor element can regulate the resistance and / or impedance value of the TIA, and a switch determines or controls the resistance of the resistor element. When the power of an optical signal received by the APD is higher than a predetermined value, the resistance becomes smaller and the gain of the TIA becomes greater. When the power of the optical signal is lower than the predetermined value, the resistance becomes greater. The gain of the TIA is automatically adjusted on the basis of the intensity of received optical signals to obtain a greater dynamic operational range.

A system for augmenting the coverage, information and robustness of an automatic identification system of ships incorporates standard AIS-type means, satellite links, coastal stations and processing centres handling the coordination of the means (maximising the coverage of the system in time) and the processing of the data (merging of different information to create extended context information). The system implements a scheduling algorithm for the resources mobilised, in order to optimise the coverage by ensuring a given level of redundancy for the purposes of reliability and responsiveness of the system.