07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090040847 | OUTPUT ENABLE SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - An output enable signal generating circuit for a semiconductor memory apparatus includes an output control unit configured to receive CAS latency information and to generate an output control signal having enable timing according to a DLL on/off mode, and an output enable signal output unit configured to receive the output control signal and to output an output enable signal in response to a read command and a DLL clock signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040848 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device to/from which a data signal is input/output in synchronism with a clock, including: an input signal delaying circuit for delaying an input signal to output the delayed input signal; a delayed clock generation circuit for delaying an input clock by different amounts of delay time to thereby generate a plurality of delayed clocks; a plurality of delayed input signal holding circuits for holding the delayed input signal on the plurality of delayed clocks, respectively; an input signal latch timing determination circuit for outputting a determination signal indicating a timing at which to latch the delayed input signal, based on a plurality of held signals held by the delayed input signal holding circuits; and a held signal selector circuit for integrating the plurality of held signals into a single signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040849 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, TEST METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND SYSTEM - Each program circuit outputs an operating specification signal indicating a first or second operating specification according to a program state. Each specification changing circuit is set by a corresponding block selection signal and outputs an operating specification signal indicating a second operating specification. Each timing control circuit changes an output timing of a precharge control signal for a bit line according to the operating specification signal. By the operating specification signal from the specification changing circuit, a failure can be detected in each memory block before programming a program circuit. Thereafter, the failure can be relieved by the program circuit. The output timing of the precharge control signal can be set for each memory block by a block selection signal without wiring a dedicated signal line for setting each specification changing circuit. Accordingly, increase in chip size can be minimized. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040850 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, TEST METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND SYSTEM - An address switch circuit receives a row address signal supplied to a first address terminal group and a column address signal supplied to a second address terminal group. Further, the address switch circuit receives the row address signal supplied to the second address terminal group and thereafter receives the column address signal supplied to the second address terminal group and supplies the received row address signal and the received column address signal to the row decoder and the column decoder during a second operation mode. The number of semiconductor memories that are tested at once can be increased by executing an operation test of the semiconductor memories in the second operation mode. In addition, it becomes possible to test a semiconductor memory using test assets for other semiconductor memories. Consequently, the test efficiency can be improved, and the test cost can be reduced. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040851 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, TEST METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND SYSTEM - Each sub word line is coupled to a gate of a transfer transistor of a memory cell. A first switch of a sub word decoder couples the sub word line to a high level voltage line when a main word line is in an activation level. A second switch couples the sub word line to a low level voltage line when the main word line is in an inactivation level. A third switch couples the sub word line to the low level voltage line when a word reset signal line is in an activation level. A reset control circuit disables the inactivation of the main word line or the activation of the word reset signal line during a test mode. One of the second and third switches is forcibly turned off, and thereby, an operation failure of a sub word decoder can be detected easily. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040852 | Semiconductor Device and System - First and second data output circuits obtain corresponding parts of read data of a storage circuit to output to first and second input/output pads in a second test mode. First and second data input circuits obtain output data of the first and second data output circuits via the first and second input/output pads to output in the second test mode. A comparison object selection circuit selects output data of the first and second data input circuits to output in the second test mode. A judging circuit performs a test judgment by comparing output data of the comparison object selection circuit with expected value data and outputs a test result signal in the second test mode. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040853 | METHOD OF PRECHARGING LOCAL INPUT/OUTPUT LINE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE USING THE METHOD - A method and semiconductor memory device for precharging a local input/output line. The semiconductor memory device, which may have an open bit line structure, transmits data through local input/output lines that are coupled to bit lines of first to n-th memory cell array blocks (n being a natural number). The semiconductor memory device may include a precharge unit configured to generate a plurality of precharge signals and a controller configured to control precharging of the at least one local input/output line responsive to block information corresponding to activation of at least one of the memory cell array blocks and responsive to at least one of the precharge signals. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040854 | SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - The disclosed embodiments relate to an equalization circuit, which may include a first sense amplifier having an input, the input being electrically isolated from an input to a second sense amplifier. An equalizer may be connected to the input to the first sense amplifier to provide an equalizing voltage to the input to the first sense amplifier. The input to the first sense amplifier may be equalized by the equalizing voltage independent from the input to the second sense amplifier. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SENSE AMPLIFIER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - A method and system for providing a magnetic memory are described. The method and system include a plurality of magnetic storage cells, a plurality of bit lines, at least one reference line, and at least one sense amplifier. Each magnetic storage cell includes magnetic element(s) and selection device(s). The magnetic element(s) are programmable using write current(s) driven through the magnetic element. The bit and source lines correspond to the magnetic storage cells. The sense amplifier(s) are coupled with the bit lines and reference line(s), and include logic and a plurality of stages. The stages include first and second stages. The first stage converts at least current signal to at least one differential voltage signal. The second stage amplifies the at least one differential voltage signal. The logic selectively disablies at least one of the first and second stages in the absence of a read operation and enabling the first and second stages during the read operation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040856 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CHANGING REFRESH INTERVAL DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory core circuit having memory cells for storing data, a circuit configured to refresh the memory core circuit at a refresh interval, a temperature detecting unit configured to detect temperature, and a control circuit configured to shorten the refresh interval immediately in response to detection of a predetermined temperature rise by the temperature detecting unit and to elongate the refresh interval after refreshing every one of the memory cells at least once in response to detection of a temperature drop by the temperature detecting unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040857 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING DECOUPLING CAPACITORS THAT CAN BE DISABLED - An integrated circuit includes a decoupling capacitor configured to be enabled in response to the decoupling capacitor not increasing a standby current of the integrated circuit and disabled in response to the decoupling capacitor increasing the standby current of the integrated circuit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040858 | SRAM Device with a Power Saving Module Controlled by Word Line Signals - An SRAM device include: a latch unit for retaining data; one or more pass gate transistors controlled by a word line for coupling the latch unit to a bit line and a complementary bit line; and a power saving module coupled to the latch unit for raising a source voltage of the latch unit in response to a control signal on the word line, thereby reducing a leakage current for the latch unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040859 | Backup for Volatile State Retention in the Absence of Primary Circuit Power - A backup volatile state retention circuit is provided with low leakage current for employment with a volatile memory circuit to store the value of the latter during power down of the volatile circuit or during power-down or inactivation of neighboring or peripheral circuits or due to the loss of power of any of these circuits. An example of such a volatile circuit is a memory circuit having volatile memory cells such as employed in dynamic memory core, in particular, a random access memory (RAM) in CMOS circuitry. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040860 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SELECTIVELY PROVIDING DECODED ROW ADDRESS - A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a first bank block including a first bank group, a second bank block including a second bank group, and an address control unit that receives an address signal to selectively provide a decoded row address signal to the first bank block or the second bank block in response to a bank address signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040861 | Method of Operating a Memory Apparatus, Memory Device and Memory Apparatus - A memory apparatus includes at least two memory devices, each memory device including at least one memory bank. A method of operating the memory apparatus includes receiving a row activation command generated by a memory controller, wherein the row activation command includes a bank address. The method also includes activating a word line in a bank of one of the memory devices based on the row activation command, wherein the bank address is used to select the memory device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040862 | Drive For a Machine For Synthetic Material Plasticization and Injection - The drive device ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040863 | Extruder - In the case of an extruder with at least two parallel, rotating shafts turning in the same direction, the shafts are equipped with interlocking feed screw segments ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040864 | MICROFLUID MIXER, METHODS OF USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a mixer comprising a base plate; a top plate in intimate contact with a surface of the base plate; the intimate contact preventing a fluid loss from the bottom plate; the top plate comprising a plurality of first ports for the entry of a first fluid and a second fluid; a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the plurality of first ports; a first heating element; and an exit channel for removing an intimate mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid; and a reciprocatory device in physical contact with the mixing chamber; the reciprocatory device being operative to agitate the first fluid and the second fluid. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040865 | System for securing a container within a mixing machine - A holder and system for mixing a volume of material within a closed container in a mixing machine. Holders and systems in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may permit mixing of fluids in containers that are otherwise ill-suited for conventional mixing machines. The holder may include a receptacle or bucket into which a first insert or adapter is placed to receive and hold one end of the closed container. A second insert may also be inserted into the bucket to receive and hold a second end of the closed container. The bucket may include a tapered inner sidewall surface and one or both adapters may include side surfaces that generally conform to the sidewall surface. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040866 | ORBITAL AND RECIPROCAL WATER BATH - A water bath for laboratory use capable of two mixing motions is disclosed. Master magnets are mounted on eccentric shafts turned in a circular orbit by an electric motor beneath the bath. Slave magnets are mounted on a basket within the bath. The basket rides on spherical bearings within the bath. The bearings are received within tracks on the basket. A first set of the tracks are linear. A second set of the tracks are endless. When the bearings are received in the linear tracks, the basket moves in linear reciprocal motion in response to motion of the master magnets. When the bearings are received in the endless tracks, the basket moves in an orbit in response to motion of the master magnets. The tracks and the bearings are positioned so that a particular motion may be selected by orienting the basket within the bath. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040867 | Device for Processing Material by Mixing and/or Plasticization or Agglomeration - Device for processing material by mixing and/or plasticization or agglomeration A device for processing material by mixing and/or plasticization or agglomeration has a screw housing ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040868 | Liner for Vertical Mixer - A vertical mixer assembly for mixing a bulk material having improved wear-resistant is disclosed. The vertical mixer comprises a floor having an upper surface; at least one wall extending from the floor and having an interior surface and an upper edge; wherein the floor and the at least one wall define an open topped mixing chamber having a general tub-shape suitable for receiving the bulk material. The mixing chamber comprising an outlet for egress of mixed bulk material. The vertical mixer further comprises at least one vertical auger positioned in the mixing chamber for mixing the bulk material, the auger having an exterior surface suitable for mixing the bulk material upon operation of the auger; and a non-metallic wear-resistant material coating or covering at least a portion of the mixing chamber. Also disclosed herein are methods of increasing the wear-resistance of a vertical mixer. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENT OF AN ACOUSTIC DETECTOR - A method and system for automatically adjusting a sensitivity of an acoustic detector. The method comprises receiving an acoustic signal from a remote device, detecting the unique pattern embedded therein, changing a mode of operation based upon the detection, measuring a voltage created by the reception of the acoustic signal and adjusting the sensitivity of the acoustic detector based upon a measured voltage. The acoustic signal contains a unique pattern indicative of the remote device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040870 | Attenuating a Surface Seismic Wave - To attenuate a surface seismic wave, seismic sensors having a predetermined orientation with respect to a surface are provided, where the seismic sensors receive seismic waves including a seismic wave reflected from a subterranean structure and the surface seismic wave propagating in at least a first direction that is generally parallel to the surface. A signal that represents a partial derivative of a wavefield containing the surface seismic wave is provided, and the signal is integrated to obtain a response in which the surface seismic wave is attenuated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040871 | WIDE TOW ENABLED BY MULTICOMPONENT MARINE SEISMIC CABLE - A technique for use in towed-array, marine seismic surveys includes a method and an apparatus. The method includes accessing a set of multicomponent seismic data acquired in a wide tow, marine seismic survey; and interpolating a set of seismic data from the acquired seismic data in the crossline direction such that the combined acquired and interpolated seismic data meet the discrete spatial sampling theory requirements for array detection of broadside seismic signal and the discrimination and suppression of broadside linear noise. In some aspects, the technique includes programmed storage media and/or programmed computers for use in executing such a method. The apparatus is a wide tow array, including a plurality of streamers spaced apart by a cable separation exceeding the maximum cable spacing for array detection of broadside seismic signal and the discrimination and suppression of broadside linear noise as determined by discrete spatial sampling theory. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040872 | Removing Vibration Noise from Multicomponent Streamer Measurements - A technique includes obtaining a particle motion measurement and a pressure gradient measurement, which were acquired by seismic sensors while in tow. The technique includes removing noise from one of the measurements, which includes scaling the measurements relative to each other and subtracting one of the measurements from the other measurement. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040873 | Marine Seismic Sources and Methods of Use - Marine seismic sources and methods of use are described, one source comprising a first set of source arrays and a second set of source arrays, each source array of the first set alternates in cross-line position with source arrays of the second set, each source member of the first set hangs from a hang plate having a first length, and each source member of the second set hangs from a hang plate having a second length, wherein the first length is sufficiently longer than the second length such that downward traveling acoustic pulses emanating from source members in the first set are substantially deghosted by acoustic pulses emanating from corresponding source members of the second set. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040874 | Medication Reminder System and Method - A medication reminder system has a carrier device which is carried or worn by a user and a medication alert assembly or module associated with the carrier device. The medication alert assembly has at least one alarm device which produces a first alarm signal to remind the user to take a medication, a controller which controls actuation of the first alarm device, a timer associated with the controller having a pre-set time interval corresponding to a standard dosage time in hours between doses of the medication, the controller activating the first alarm device to emit an alarm signal on expiry of the pre-set time interval, and a reset switch operable by the user which deactivates the first alarm device and restarts the timer after each alarm activation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040875 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND DISPLAY OF A PLURALITY OF CALENDARS ON A DEVICE - A method and system are provided for synchronizing a plurality of calendars on a mobile device. An embodiment includes responsive to receiving a plurality of event objects, parsing each event object into event information and a calendar identifier. The method includes associating each event object with a calendar based on the calendar identifier. The method includes displaying the event objects on a calendar client executing on the consumer device, wherein each event object indicates the calendar with which it is associated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040876 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RADIO CLOCK, AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving device includes: an antenna to which a communication signal containing time information is inputted; a ground allowing the antenna to function; a conductive part; a gain characteristics change unit which interrupts continuity between the ground and the conductive part to change the gain characteristics of the antenna; a receiving unit which obtains the time information from the communication signal inputted to the antenna; and a control unit which commands the gain characteristics change unit to interrupt the continuity and commands the receiving unit to obtain the time information. When the time information cannot be obtained from the communication signal inputted to the antenna having a certain type of gain characteristics, the control unit commands the gain characteristics change unit to interrupt the continuity and commands the receiving unit to obtain the time information from the communication signal inputted to the antenna whose gain characteristics have been changed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040877 | PORTABLE TIMEPIECE AND ALARM LINKED TO SCHEDULED EVENTS - A portable electronic device is provided with the capability of accepting downloaded data. In particular, the data represents sports team schedule information so as to provide the user with an alarm indicating the start of his or her favorite team's game time. The device is also provided with audio playback for associated audio tracks such as the team song or a song associated with a team sport. The device is also capable of displaying downloaded team pictorial data such as its logo or emblem. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040878 | Invitation card with built-in countdown feature - A tangible invitation card extends an invitation by displaying information with regard to the invitation. A settable real-time clock sets a predetermined time which is displayed on a screen on the invitation card of time remaining to a selected target date for an event or earlier RSVP date related thereto. The card is programmed such that as the target date is approached, one or more visual displays and/or sounds count down and announce the time left to the target date for the RSVP or event. The invitation card is programmed with the necessary information to enable it to perform its reminder mission. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040879 | Wearable electronic device with multiple display functionality - A wearable electronic device for conveying information in an analog manner, wherein a controller is operable in a first mode and at least a second mode, the dial assembly is operatively coupled to the controller, and is a liquid crystal display assembly, and preferably a cholesteric liquid crystal display, wherein the dial assembly displays informational indicia corresponding to the mode in which the electronic device is operating, and wherein the informational indicia is changeable based on the mode in which the wearable electronic device is operating; and wherein the positioning of the display hand as it rotates in the one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions in the predefined increments conveys the information by referring to particular informational indicia, and wherein the controller operatively controls the positioning of the hand so that the hand can convey the information in the analog manner for each of the at least two modes. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040880 | CLOCK MOVEMENT COMPRISING INDICATORS FOR DISPLAYING UNITS AND TENS - Watch movement having a display mechanism with: several rotating indicators ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040881 | Portable apparatus and portable timepiece - A wristwatch (portable apparatus) is provided with a wristwatch exterior (apparatus exterior) having a through hole, a pipe, a push button, a coil spring, and a packing in a ring-like shape. The pipe is formed by providing an outwardly arranged cylinder portion having a spring receiving face integrally with an inserting cylinder portion. The pipe is fixed to the timepiece exterior by inserting the inserting cylinder portion to the through hole, and the outwardly arranged cylinder portion is arranged at an outer portion of the timepiece exterior. The push button includes a drawout preventing member attached to a shaft portion movably penetrating the pipe for preventing the shaft portion from being drawn out from the pipe, and an operating head provided at the shaft portion. The coil spring for urging the push button to an outer side of the timepiece exterior is interposed by the operating head and the spring receiving face. The packing for sealing an interval of the pipe and the push button is attached to either of the pipe and the push button within a range of a height L of the coil spring concentrically with the coil spring. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040882 | Timepiece - A wristwatch includes a case body, a rotary bezel, one or more pieces of operating screws, and a holding member. The case body includes a ring-like portion | 2009-02-12 |
20090040883 | Magnetic track using magnetic domain wall movement and information storage device including the same - Provided are a magnetic track using magnetic domain wall movement and an information storage device including the same. A magnetic track may comprise a zigzag shaped storage track including a plurality of first magnetic layers in parallel with each other, and stacked separate from each other, and a plurality of second magnetic layers for connecting the plurality of first magnetic layers. The information storage device may include the magnetic track having a plurality of magnetic domains, current applying device connected to the magnetic track, and a read/write device on a middle portion of the magnetic track. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040884 | ACCESSING PRE-RECORDED CONTENT ON A RECORD CARRIER - A system includes a first manufacturing apparatus ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040885 | Search Method - A search method of efficiently retrieving information is provided. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040886 | Disk playback apparatus and method - To provide a disk playback apparatus and a playback method which, upon issuance of a request for sound-playback from an arbitrary position on a disk, can playback sound instantly without disposing complicated switching means, the present invention provides a disk playback apparatus having access means for accessing a disk, and access-control means for controlling the access means to an arbitrary position on the disk, including storage means divided into a first area for storing at least one set of audio data having a specific length for at least one track, and a second area for storing remaining audio data for the one track; write means which accesses the disk, thereby writing the audio data—having the specific length and whose start point is an arbitrary position on the one track—into the first area, and writing the remaining audio data into the second area during playback of the audio data having the specific length; and read means for reading the audio data having the specific length and the remaining audio data continuously. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040887 | OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - This disclosure concerns an optical-disk reproduction apparatus comprising an amplifier which supplies information from an optical-disk as an information signal and a servo error signal; a servo controller controlling an optical-pickup read operation in response to the servo error signal; a rotation address producer producing a rotation address corresponding to a rotation angle of the optical disk; a memory in which the information signal, the servo error signal, and the rotation address are received and stored while correlated with one another; an error flag producer producing an error flag when determining that an error exists in the information signal; and a system controller determining a factor of production of the error flag using the servo error signal and rotation address stored in the memory, when the error flag producer produces the error flag, the system controller adjusting a servo parameter in the servo control circuit according to the determination result. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THE WOBBLE CLOCK SIGNAL - A method for generating a wobble clock signal. When the wobble signal becomes deformed or a defect on the optical disc is found, the present invention provides a stable wobble clock signal, which is used to maintain a stable rotation speed when the optical disc is processed. In addition, the present invention also determines whether the wobble signal is deformed according to the result of comparing the width of the wobble signal at different status with the average of the half cycle width of the wobble signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040889 | Wobble signal demodulation method and wobble signal demodulator - Pseudo synchronization due to crosstalk is detected with a small circuit scale in decoding address information from an MSK-modulated wobble signal. An MSK mark detection unit detects MSK marks periodically placed as synchronization signals in a wobble signal. A first synchronization state determination unit determines synchronization establishment with a detection position of each MSK mark as a reference, or out-of-synchronization. A prediction timing generation unit periodically generates a timing at which each MSK mark is to be detected based on the synchronization position after the establishment of synchronization. A second synchronization state determination unit compares a detection timing with the prediction timing, after the MSK mark is detected at a predetermined position within a period a predetermined number of times in succession, and determines the synchronization position as a pseudo synchronization position due to crosstalk on condition that there is a shift between the detection timing and the prediction timing. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040890 | Information recording/reproduction apparatus, information recording method and information recording medium - Provided is a recording/reproduction apparatus capable of securing a backup area for management information on a recording medium without affecting the capacity of a user data area. Before a hard disk drive or a disc medium (recording medium) is finalized, metadata is recorded in a metadata area and when the hard disk drive or the disc medium are finalized, a user data area portion corresponding to the volume of metadata required for the finalizing is set as a metadata mirror area and then the metadata recorded in the metadata area is copied to the metadata mirror area. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040891 | OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF OPERATING WHEN ABNORMAL, AND RELATED METHOD - An optical storage device capable of operating when abnormal, includes: a control unit for controlling operations of the optical storage device; and a sensor coupled to the control unit, where in a normal mode of the optical storage device, the control unit triggers the start-up or stop of a procedure through the sensor. The control unit is capable of controlling the optical storage device to enter an abnormal mode, and triggering the start-up or stop of the procedure in the abnormal mode according to whether the procedure times out or according to a user command. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040892 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA STRUCTURE, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A video object ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040893 | Optical pickup device and optical disk device - An optical pickup device or an optical disk device includes: a light source | 2009-02-12 |
20090040894 | Optical Head And Data Processing Apparatus Including The Same - An optical data processing apparatus reads and/or writes data from/on a data storage medium, in which first and second data storage layer are stacked. The apparatus includes: a light detector including at least one photodetector for generating a light quantity signal; a detecting optical system for guiding reflected light beams from a storage layer; and a signal processor for generating a layer sensing signal from the light quantity signal and determining, by the layer sensing signal, the type of data storage medium. The light detector includes a layer sensing photodetector arranged in view of an of an area of the light detector, and further includes a photodetector which is different from the layer sensing photodetector which receives the reflected light beam to generate a focus signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040895 | SYSTEM FOR SCRIBING A VISIBLE LABEL - A device is for scribing a visible label on the medium. The medium ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040896 | Optical disk apparatus and method of controlling optical disk apparatus - An optical disk apparatus includes a rotary driving unit rotating an optical disk which is flexible, an optical pickup irradiating light upon a recording surface of the optical disk on which writing/reading of information is performed, a stabilizing unit stabilizing vibration of the optical disk in a rotary axial direction by using pressure difference of air flow at least on a portion where writing/reading is performed, and being disposed on a side of the optical disk opposite to a side on which the recording surface is provided, and a control-adjustment unit analyzing a value of a tracking error signal of the optical disk obtained by scanning along a groove of the optical disk with use of the optical pickup, comparing the analyzed value of the tracking error signal of the optical disk and a value priorly obtained by scanning along a groove of a standard disk prepared beforehand, and adjusting a positional relation between the optical disk and the stabilizing member in a three dimensional space according to the result of the comparison. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040897 | Reproducing signal measuring method, signal reproducing apparatus, and optical recording medium - Regarding a signal recorded with a first frequency in a recording area on a specific first recording layer and a signal recorded with a second frequency different from the first frequency in a recording area on a second recording layer which might cause interlayer crosstalk in relation to the first recording layer, a reproducing signal measurement method for a multilayer optical recording medium having at least three recording layers includes reproducing the signal recorded in the recording area on the first recording layer, separating signals recorded respectively with the first and second frequencies, discriminating signal amplitude of the first frequency and a maximum value in signal amplitude of the second frequency, and calculating a signal amplitude ratio between them to measure interlayer crosstalk contained in the signal reproduced from the recording area on the first recording layer. Thus, the interlayer crosstalk quantity caused by unnecessary light can be measured quantitatively. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040898 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING A MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM - A method, a device, and a computer-readable medium for simulating a multilayer optical storage medium are disclosed. A multiple-layer optical storage medium is simulated by using a set of multiple single-layer media, wherein the number of multiple single-layer media is equal to or smaller than the number of multiple layers of the multiple layer optical storage medium, and each single layer of the set of multiple single-layer media comprises a copy of the corresponding layer of the multiple-layer medium. This is transparent to any application software accessing a device having such a single-layer medium inserted therein by the drive reporting to the application that a multi-layer optical storage medium has actually been inserted into the device for reading or writing. The device may be comprised in an audio-visual player and/or a recorder such as a DVD recorder. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040899 | Information Recording Device and Method, Computer Program for Record Control, and Information Recording Medium - An information recording device ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040900 | Pasting method of non-insulation sheet upon printed circuit board, as well as, printed circuit board and optical disk apparatus - A pasting method for pasting a non-insulation sheet | 2009-02-12 |
20090040901 | Information recording method and apparatus with suppressed mark edge jitters - Recording information is disclosed in which an information recording medium is irradiated with a recording energy beam that is power-modulated into at least a record power level and a record-ready power level lower than the record power level. The information is recorded on the recording medium in the form of length and interval of a mark portion. When forming a mark portion of a predetermined length, the radiation energy of the energy beam is increased as compared with when forming a mark portion of a different length before or after the first pulse of an energy beam pulse train including at least a pulse for forming the mark portion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040902 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE WITH SUCH OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE MOUNTED THEREON - An optical disk apparatus according to the present invention includes an optical pickup device and a control section for controlling an operation of the optical pickup device. The optical pickup device includes a plurality of first wiring lines for transmitting signals from the control section, a second wiring line to be used for an adjustment of the optical pickup device, and a connector section which is electrically connected to the first wiring lines. The optical disk apparatus further includes a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) which is connected to the connector section for electrically connecting the first wiring lines to the control section. The FPC includes a plurality of third wiring line for electrically connecting the first wiring lines to the control section, such that a pitch of the plurality of third wiring lines in a central portion of the FPC is broader than a pitch of the plurality of third wiring lines in a region of the FPC adjoining the connector section. Moreover, the connector section is electrically connected to the second wiring line, and the FPC being connected to the connector section electrically connects the first wiring lines to the control section, but does not electrically connect the second wiring line to the control section. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040903 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A hologram recording/reproducing apparatus records data as a hologram by applying signal and reference light beams to a hologram-recording medium, obtains a diffracted light beam by applying a reproduction light beam to the hologram, and reproduces the data using the diffracted light beam. The hologram recording/reproducing apparatus includes an external-cavity light source, a polarization-control element that changes a polarization angle of a light beam emitted from the external-cavity light source, a polarizing-beam-splitting element that splits the light beam to obtain two light beams and that changes a ratio between amounts of the two light beams, a photoreceptor that receives one of the two light beams, a spatial light modulator that receives the other beam and that generates signal, reference, and reproduction light beams, and a control unit that changes the polarization angle or polarization state of the light beam. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040904 | Laser Driving Device, Optical Head Incorporating Laser Driving Device, and Optical Disk Apparatus - Provided is a semiconductor laser driving device which enables to reduce unnecessary power consumption. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040905 | Objective lens driving device, control circuit, optical disc device and objective lens driving method - An objective lens driving device includes an objective lens holder | 2009-02-12 |
20090040906 | SIL NEAR-FIELD SYSTEM - A solid immersion lens (SIL) near-field system including: a radially polarized beam generator to generate a radially polarized beam; an SIL; an objective lens to focus the radially polarized beam on a bottom surface of the SIL; and a mask to shield a center portion of the radially polarized beam, the center portion being about an optical axis of the radially polarized beam. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040907 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical pickup device includes an objective-lens driving mechanism including a lens holder that holds an objective lens configured to focus a light beam emitted from a light source onto an optical disk, a support unit that movably supports the lens holder in a focusing direction parallel to an optical axis of the objective lens and in a tracking direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and magnets that apply predetermined magnetic fields to coils of the lens holder. The optical pickup device further includes a light source holding unit that fixedly holds the light source, and a yoke member attached to a magnet located at a position near the light source. The light source holding unit and the yoke member are thermally conductive metal. The yoke member extends toward the light source and is fixed to the light source holding unit in a thermally conductive manner. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040908 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An optical pickup performing recording, reproduction and deletion of information on or from an optical recording medium. The pickup includes light sources for information recording media using a blue wavelength beam, information recording media of DVD family and information recording media of CD family. A single object lens may be used to condense light from any of the light sources. A single aberration correction device may be disposed in a common light path between each of the light sources and the object lens. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040909 | Optical head device and optical information device - An optical head device is provided with a light source | 2009-02-12 |
20090040910 | Optical pickup device and optical disk device - A light source emits light with a first wavelength and light with a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength toward an optical disk from adjacent positions. An optical receiver detects light reflected from the optical disk. An astigmatism-generating element generates light used for focus control in a condition where a focusing position on one of two perpendicular cross sections including an optical axis of the light reflected from the optical disk is located ahead of the optical receiver and a focusing position on the other cross section is located behind the optical receiver are included. The astigmatism-generating element is a Fresnel mirror configured to include a plurality of reflecting mirrors. A level difference between the reflecting mirrors adjacent to each other is distributed in a range from a depth of substantially (natural number/2) times the first wavelength to (natural number/2) times the second wavelength | 2009-02-12 |
20090040911 | Cantilever on cantilever structure - In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having a first cantilever structure to move in a vertical direction, including a first plate formed of a conductive material, an insulation beam adapted on a portion of the first plate, and a second cantilever structure adapted on the insulation beam and including a second plate formed of a conductive material, where an air gap is present between the first and second plates. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040912 | OPTICAL DISC ASSEMBLIES FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS - This invention relates to an optical disc assembly capable of receiving an insert upon which an analyte of interest may be disposed. The optical disc assembly can be read by an optical disc reader, such as by a standard CD or DVD reader, and the analyte disposed on the insert can be detected by the optical disc reader. The optical disc assembly may have one or more data layer in which operational information or assay information is encoded. Hologram may be used to encode operational information or assay information. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040913 | Production Method and Production Apparatus of Optical Disc - In order to control a warp of a disc substrate so as to be a desired level, an optical disc production method includes: a step of supplying resin on the disc substrate; a step of mounting the disc substrate on an inside diameter portion of a turntable after supplying the resin; a step of providing an air-gap between an outside diameter portion of the turntable and a portion of the disc substrate that is not mounted; a step of extending the resin by spinning; and a curing step of curing the resin while spinning the disc substrate mounted on the inside diameter portion of the turntable, wherein in the step of extending the resin, a negative pressure is affected on a portion of the disc substrate that is not mounted, and in the curing step, the warp is controlled by curing the resin on the spinning disc substrate while maintaining effect of the negative pressure. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040914 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An optical disk ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040915 | INFORMATION RECORDING CARRIER AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING THE SAME - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040916 | Mobile Drive Optical Medium - A recording layer is described that is at least partially or entirely positioned at a distance T | 2009-02-12 |
20090040917 | Transmitting Apparatus, Receiving Apparatus, Transmitting Method, Receiving Method, Information Recording Medium and Program - In a transmission device | 2009-02-12 |
20090040918 | Random Access Preamble Detection for Long Term Evolution Wireless Networks - This invention is a method for preamble detection with estimation of UE timing advance (TA) and channel quality information (CQI) which uses a sliding window to detect the preamble and estimate user timing advance and channel quality information. The window length is set to the cyclic prefix length of data transmission. A preamble detection threshold is computed semi-analytically according to noise sample statistics. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040919 | Transmission Using Nested OFDMA - A transmission of information within a wireless cellular network may include a first and second group of samples. A first group of samples is created comprising at least a first and a last subgroup, wherein the last subgroup is same as the first subgroup. A second group of samples created. A transformed set of samples produced by jointly transforming the created first and second group with a discrete Fourier transform (DFT). The transformed set of samples is expanded to produce an expanded set, and the expanded set is transformed with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) to produce an OFDM symbol with a fractional payload. The first group of samples is a reference signal (RS), which is known to the receiver before the transmission occurs, while the second group of samples is information data. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040920 | Byzantine-Fault Tolerant Self-Stabilizing Protocol for Distributed Clock Synchronization Systems - A rapid Byzantine self-stabilizing clock synchronization protocol that self-stabilizes from any state, tolerates bursts of transient failures, and deterministically converges within a linear convergence time with respect to the self-stabilization period. Upon self-stabilization, all good clocks proceed synchronously. The Byzantine self-stabilizing clock synchronization protocol does not rely on any assumptions about the initial state of the clocks. Furthermore, there is neither a central clock nor an externally generated pulse system. The protocol converges deterministically, is scalable, and self-stabilizes in a short amount of time. The convergence time is linear with respect to the self-stabilization period. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST REROUTE IN A CONNECTION-ORIENTED NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for rapidly resuming, at times of failures, network traffic in a connection-oriented network by using an alternative route pre-computed and stored locally in nodes along an initial route without requiring signaling of upstream nodes or a master server. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040922 | EFFICIENT PROTECTION MECHANISMS IN A RING TOPOLOGY NETWORK UTILIZING LABEL SWITCHING PROTOCOLS - Efficient protection mechanisms for ring based label-switching networks are designed to protect point-to-point label switching paths (LSPs) while preventing misconnection and mismerge situations. The protection switching is performed by nodes adjacent to the point of failure. The switching decision is based on a locally detected signal fail condition. The operation of the protection mechanisms does not require the use of any protection switching protocol. In one embodiment of the present invention, the protection is achieved by assigning an exclusive label to each LSP. In another embodiment, the protection is achieved by providing a closed-loop protection tunnel and assigning a tunnel label for each such protection tunnel. In yet another embodiment, the protection is achieved by establishing a mirror path for each protected LSP. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040923 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DISTRIBUTING APPLICATION OR HIGHER LAYER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SIGNALING ENTITY OPERATIONAL STATUS INFORMATION AMONG SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) ENTITIES - Systems, methods, and computer program products for distributing application or higher layer communications network signaling entity operational status information among SIP entities are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining operational status information for an application or higher layer communications network signaling entity. Further, the method includes identifying at least one second SIP entity to receive the operational status information. The method also includes distributing the operational status information to the at least one second SIP entity. The first SIP entity, the at least one second SIP entity, and the application or higher layer communications network signaling entity are associated with network nodes separate from subscriber communication terminals. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040924 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOVING DISTINCTIVE TRAFFIC FLOWS TO A DIFFERENT PRIORITY SERVICE FLOW - A cable modem termination system (CMTS) is adapted to move particular traffic flows to a different priority service flow. The CMTS includes detection logic, or is coupled to detection logic, to detect the presence of particular traffic, logic to establish a different priority service flow between a cable modem termination system and a cable modem, and flow control logic to direct a given packet on to the different priority service flow if the given packet contains information that matches one or more classifiers. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040925 | DEVICE HAVING QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) CONFIRMATION AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING QoS - A UE is described herein that has a defined QoS database which is used to organize and store various QoS parameter sets which are used to help establish media flows. In one embodiment, the QoS database includes a plurality of tables, where each table is associated with a particular application, and where each table has a plurality of rows, and where each row includes a media type, a requested QoS parameter set, and an optional minimum QoS parameter set. An operator can use a communication network to populate/provision the QoS database. An operator can also use the communication network to fine-tune (update) the QoS database which enables them to enhance the bearer QoS for existing applications and to enable the appropriate bearer QoS for future applications. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040926 | System and Method of Traffic Inspection and Stateful Connection Forwarding Among Geographically Dispersed Network Appliances Organized as Clusters - A peering relationship among two or more network appliances is established through an exchange of control messages among the network appliances. The peering relationship defines a cluster of peered network appliances, and at each network appliance of the cluster traffic flow state information for all the network appliances of the cluster is maintained. Network traffic associated with traffic flows of the network appliances of the cluster is managed according to the state information for the traffic flows. This managing of the network traffic may include forwarding among the network appliances of the cluster (i.e., to those of the appliances handling the respective flows) at least some of the network traffic associated with one or more of the traffic flows according to the state information for the one or more traffic flows. The traffic flows may be TCP connections or UDP flows. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040927 | Content Server Latency Determination - A performance of a publisher server, a first content server, and a second content server is determined. Latency time information is determined based on the publisher server performance, the first content server performance, and the second content server performance, the latency time information representing a length of time to load content associated with each of the publisher server, the first content server, and the second content server. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040928 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for bi-directional resource allocation to decrease signaling for retransmissions - Methods and apparatus operative in a wireless communications system divide a communications resource available for performing information transmission and retransmission operations into a plurality of communication resource units. The units are ordered in a predetermined order. A first group of communication resource units are selected from the communication resource in ascending order and assigned to a first group of communications devices to perform information transmission operations in a first time period. A second group of communication resource units are selected from the communication resource in descending order and assigned to a second group of communications devices to perform information transmission operations in a second time period. At least a portion of the first group of communication resource units is assigned to the first group of communication resource units to perform retransmission operations. In operation often the first group of communication resource units will be available to perform retransmission operations in the second time period. In such a manner a non-adaptive HARQ retransmissions can be accommodated in a 3GPP LTE OFDM based wireless communications system. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040929 | Method and apparatus for dynamically managing hierarchical flows - Provided are a method and apparatus for dynamically managing hierarchical flows that more efficiently process packet traffic while maintaining compatibility with an existing packet data network in transferring both circuit traffic and packet traffic in a packet switched network. The method for dynamically managing hierarchical flows includes: receiving data packets, classifying the data packets according to attributes of the received data packets, and producing first flows; determining whether traffic of each of the first flows exceeds a predetermined bandwidth limit, and performing a packet drop process or producing second flows for first flows that exceed the bandwidth limit, according to a flow-specific policy; and performing second flow processing on the second flows according to a second flow policy. Only flows exceeding the bandwidth limit or causing congestion are hierarchically divided for management. This makes it possible to finely manage the flows without complex operations. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040930 | DATA PLANE AGGREGATION BASED ON ROUTE AND SERVICE TYPE - Methods and systems are operable to aggregate data. A plurality of data units can be received. The data units can be combined based upon a class associated with the data and a next hop associated with the data. A link can be provided for the combined data units based on service quality requirements for the traffic class associated with the class. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040931 | Method and device for determining the length of a shortest path in a network - A computer-implemented method for pre-processing a network, wherein the network comprises nodes and edges, each edge having a length measured according to a given metric, comprises the steps of selecting a source and a target node; determining a transit node for the selection; determining a length of a shortest path between the source node and the transit node; and storing it. A method for determining the length of a shortest path in the network may use the pre-processed network to answer the shortest path query in constant time. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040932 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR UTILIZATION RATE DISPLAY - An arrangement in a network device for displaying statistical data pertaining to data traffic that traverses the network device is provided. The arrangement includes a power supply arrangement for providing power to circuitry of the network device. The arrangement also includes a set of network ports, which includes a set of input network ports for receiving the data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting the data traffic from the network device. The arrangement further includes logic arrangement for analyzing data traffic and for displaying statistical data pertaining to the data traffic. The arrangement yet also includes a visual display arrangement, which is configured to display the statistical data, whereas the data traffic is configured to traverse the network device between the set of input network ports and the set of output network ports irrespective whether power is provided to the circuitry of the network device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040933 | AUTOMATICLLY ACTIVATED QUALITY MEASUREMENT - According to one aspect of the invention, determination of data that allows conclusions to be drawn about the cause of a disturbance is activated. The cause of the disturbance is then determined by a diagnostic application that takes the data into account. Data determination is automatically deactivated by taking into account a configurable time limit or after a fixed period of time. Activation of data determination is chronologically closely linked to the occurrence of the disturbance such that particularly meaningful data is determined for determining the cause. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040934 | Distributed System - Mutual node-fault monitoring keeps the values of abnormality counters, which keep track of error occurrences, consistent among all nodes. However, in some cases, the counter values may become inconsistent among the nodes depending on the error situation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040935 | Evaluation apparatus of hub unit and evaluating method of hub unit - In an evaluation apparatus of a hub unit, a signal processing unit outputs frequency analysis signals which indicate such a result obtained by that an output signal of an acceleration sensor fixed on a hub unit by a magnet is processed via an A/D converting unit and an envelope detecting unit, and thereafter, the processed sensor signal is analyzed for a frequency analysis by an FFT unit. Then, an evaluation output unit evaluates damage conditions of the hub unit based upon signal strengths of specific frequencies, and overall values, which are acquired from the frequency analysis signals, and then, outputs the evaluated damage condition to a display unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for scheduling transmissions in a wireless communication system are described. In some embodiments, a base station may comprise a network interface device to receive and process a long-term signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) from each subscriber station of a plurality of subscriber stations; a reference signal to interference plus noise ratio determining logic to determine a reference signal to interference plus noise ratio (Ref_SINR) for the each subscriber station; and a target fairness factor determining logic to determine a target fairness factor (TFF) for the each subscriber station; a real fairness factor determining logic to determine a real fairness factor (RFF) for the each subscriber station; and a pseudo CQI calculating logic to calculate a pseudo CQI for the each subscriber station based at least in part on the CQI, SINR, Ref_SINR, TFF and RFF. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040937 | COEXISTENCE OF DIFFERENT NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES - In at least some embodiments, a communication device includes a plurality of network technology subsystems, each subsystem associated with a different network technology. The communication device also includes a controller coupled to the plurality of network technology subsystems. The controller enables coexistence of the different network technologies in accordance with at least one monitored quality of service (QoS) parameter. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR END TO END ROUTE CONTROL - Session independent end to end route control is provided by coordination between a pair of route control devices. Each device determines whether received traffic qualifies for end to end route control and whether the device at the other end supports end to end route control. If so, then the route control devices determine a routing mode, such as tunneling or address translation, and routing parameters. The performance of the selected path is monitored and is changed if the performance becomes unacceptable. Path performance can be measured using one-way measurement techniques that use a common inbound path or a control channel. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BROADBAND SERVICES - A system and method are described for selecting a service state using a configurable abstraction layer. A comparison is made between network parameters of a Network Performance Layer and network services of a Service Layer. Once network parameters are within a threshold for providing a given service, a state change can be made in the configuration parameters to suit the provided service. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040940 | OFF-LINE BROADBAND NETWORK INTERFACE - A system for processing a data packet is disclosed and may include at least one processor that enables receiving of a data packet at a station on a network, the data packet having a preamble which includes a destination tag and a training sequence. The at least one processor may enable obtaining a channel model using the training sequence, and encoding each of one or more addresses that the station receives with the channel model to produce a result. The at least one processor may also enable comparing the result with the destination tag. The at least one processor may enable convolving of each of the one or more addresses that the station receives with the channel model to produce the result. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING NETWORK PERFORMANCE - A method for measuring network performance is provided in the present invention. The method is used to obtain a network address binding relationship of a measured flow from a network address translation (NAT) device between two measurement points, and configure flow description of the measured flow and the network address binding relationship to the measurement points. The measurement point extracts a target packet belonging to the measured flow according to the flow description or according to the flow description and the network address binding relationship, uses the network address binding relationship to make different measurement points create the same packet identification (ID) for the same packet, and generates and reports a packet abstract data according to a flow ID and the packet ID. Then, network performance indexes are calculated according to the packet abstract data reported by the measurement points. A network system is further provided in the invention. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING NETWORK PERFORMANCE - A method for measuring network performance is disclosed to solve the problem in active network performance measurement that a measurement point on receiving a packet is unable to determine the source of the packet after the network address translation (NAT). The method includes that a first measurement point constructs a probe packet containing address information about the first measurement point in a data field thereof based on a measurement instruction and sends the probe packet to a second measurement point via a NAT device for translating the network address, and the second measurement point receives the probe packet and determines the source of the packet according to the address information in the packet; and finally calculates network performance metrics, according to related information in the probe packet. A network system is also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040943 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROUTING IN A PACKET NETWORK SUPPORTED BY A TRANSPORT NETWORK - A method of controlling routing in a packet network supported by a transport network allowing the dynamic creation/suppression of links for transporting packets of said packet network, said method including a routing step, a step of informing other routers of said network of the metric assigned to each link of the packet network, and a step of creating/destroying a link. The link may have three states: a non-connected state if said two routers cannot be directly connected, a virtual connection state wherein a virtual metric is assigned to said link between said head end router and said tail end router of the same communication, and a real connection state wherein a real metric is normally assigned to said link. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040944 | Method and Bypass Device of Network-Based IP Allocation - The present invention provides a method and bypass device of IP allocation based on the network, the method comprising: establishing a mapping relation between the parameters of a visitor and an IP address; filing a request for visiting the network using the parameters of the visitor; performing authentication of AAA according to parameters of the visitor; finding the IP address corresponding to the successful parameters of the visitor from the mapping relation between the parameters of the visitor and the IP address and allocating the found IP address via DHCP to the network terminal being used by the visitor, to achieve the allocation of IP address based on the parameters of the visitor. The problem of the determination of the true identity of the visitor is solved and the safety of the network and the reasonable allocation of the network sources are improved. Other on-line or off-line devices are set using the IP address section correspond to the parameters of the visitor and thus, making these devices to realize the existing functions of the network devices according to the parameters of the visitor. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING GLOBAL TRAFFIC FLOW PARAMETERS FOR PACKET-BASED NETWORKS - Embodiments achieve simpler solutions to coexistence problems for wireless network subsystems in a single device. Some embodiments describe systems and methods for determining change in at least one network technology traffic flow, performing mapping functions between network technology-specific parameters of the changed traffic flow and global traffic flow parameters, and prioritizing the at least one changed network technology traffic flow based on the mapped global traffic flow parameters. Further embodiments alternatively describe a mapper for performing mapping between at least one network technology-specific parameter of a network technology subsystem traffic flow and at least one global traffic flow parameter. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040946 | Executing an Allgather Operation on a Parallel Computer - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for executing an allgather operation on a parallel computer that includes a plurality of compute nodes organized into at least one operational group of compute nodes for collective parallel operations, each compute node in the operational group assigned a unique rank, that includes: determining a contention-free logical ring topology for the compute nodes in the operational group; configuring, for each compute node in the operational group according to the contention-free logical ring topology, a routing table to specify a forwarding path to the next compute node in the logical ring topology; and repeatedly, for each compute node in the operational group until each compute node has received contributions for all of the other compute nodes in the operational group, forwarding a contribution for the allgather operation to the next compute node in the logical ring topology along the forwarding path. | 2009-02-12 |