Abstract:
A distributed and opportunistic medium access control (MAC) layer protocol for randomized distributed space-time coding (R-DSTC), which may be deployed in an IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN), is described. Unlike other cooperative MAC designs, there is no need to predetermine, before packet transmission, which stations will serve as relays. Instead, the MAC layer protocol opportunistically recruits relay stations on the fly. Network capacity and delay performance is much better than legacy IEEE 802.11g network, and even cooperative forwarding using one relay station. Avoiding the need to collect the station-to-station channel statistics considerably reduces overhead otherwise required for channel measurement and signaling.
Abstract:
A system and method for performance modeling of integrated circuits is provided. A method for performing timing analysis on an integrated circuit is provided, the integrated circuit having a timing path. The method includes computing a number of non-common timing path elements in the timing path, assigning a timing de-rate factor to the timing path based on the number of non-common timing path elements, and computing a timing analysis on the integrated circuit using the assigned timing de-rate factor.
Abstract:
When it is advantageous to do so, a wireless LAN station sends data packets to a destination station via an intermediate station, instead of to the destination station directly. That is, the intermediate station, which serves as a helper to the source, forwards packets received from the source station to the intended destination station. This cooperative data transmission approach can result in system performance improvement, as long as the total time consumed by two-hop transmission (i.e., transmission via the helper station) is less than direct transmission. Such a determination may be made using rate information stored at each station. Specifically, using the rate information, signaling needed to set up a transmission, the amount of data to be transmitted, etc., transmitting the data directly and via a help station may be compared.
Abstract:
A pneumatic hammer drill includes: a pneumatic cylinder having a cylinder rear end fitted in a handle body, an air passage, and a pressure chamber; and an air valve adjacent to the cylinder rear end. The air valve has a front bearing end, a valve orifice interconnecting fluidly the air passage and the pressure chamber, and an opening disposed at the front bearing end in communication with the valve orifice. A piston is disposed slidably in the pressure chamber, and has a piston rear end capable of moving towards or away from the front bearing end. An air trap arrangement is associated with the piston rear end and the front bearing end to trap air between the same and around the opening so as to provide a shock-absorbing air cushion when the piston rear end moves towards the front bearing end.
Abstract:
A pneumatic hammer drill includes a handle body, a pneumatic cylinder, a piston, a tool, and a damping member. The handle body has an upper part that defines a front cavity and that has a rear end. The pneumatic cylinder has a cylinder rear end fitted in the front cavity, a front tool-connecting end, and a pressure chamber. The piston is disposed slidably in the pressure chamber. The tool is inserted into the pressure chamber through the front tool-connecting end. The damping member is made of a vibration-damping material, and is attached to the rear end of the handle body.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes an enclosure, a connector, a connector cover, and a resisting member. The enclosure defines at least one opening. The connector is disposed in the enclosure and corresponding to the at least one opening of the enclosure. The connector cover covers the opening to protect the connector and includes pivot shaft. The pivot shaft is rotatably connected to the enclosure. The resisting member elastically resists against the connector cover. The resisting member may be formed by a spring biased block that presses in an end of the pivot shaft to maintain the cover in open or closed position. A restricting member may be located in the opening to limit cover rotation in both open and closed positions.
Abstract:
A method and a coordinator of superframe management are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a coordinator, a GTS request from a node; determining the type of the node; allocating GTS in an active period based on GTS characteristics carried in the GTS request when the node is determined as an energy restricted device; allocating GTS in an active period and an inactive period based on GTS characteristics carried in the GTS request when the node is determined as an energy unrestricted device. As can be seen from the method of the present invention, for an energy unrestricted device, allocated GTS may extend to an inactive period. Since the length of slots allocated to the energy unrestricted node is extended, the QoS of the energy unrestricted node is improved and guaranteed. Meanwhile, since the method of the present invention considers and makes full use of the inactive period in the superframe, the network throughput is improved significantly.
Abstract:
A seed-specific expression vector and its construction methods and applications are disclosed. A fusion protein expression cassette consisting of Arachis hypogaea oleosin gene-apolipopoprotein A-IMilano (A-IM) gene driven by Brassica napus oleosin gene promoter is inserted between the HindIII and SacI sites of a plant binary expression vector pBI121, obtaining the plant expression vector pBINOA of the invention. In addition, a method for producing apolipoprotein A-IMilano is provided, in which the expression vector is used to transform oil sunflower which is used as a plant bioreactor. The method can not only improve the yield of apolipoprotein A-IMilano, but also greatly reduce production costs, and is suitable for industrial production.
Abstract:
Data is transmitted from a source wireless device to a destination wireless device by: (a) discovering node-to-node wireless channel conditions in a wireless network; (b) determining at least one of (A) wireless relay devices, (B) modulation schemes, and (C) transmission rates using the discovered node-to-node channel conditions; (c) signaling at least some of the determined information to the determined wireless relay devices; (d) receiving, with each of the wireless relay devices, a transmission of the data from the source wireless device; and (e) transmitting, with each of the wireless relay devices, a randomized, space-time encoded, part of the received data, to the destination device using the signaled at least some of the determined information.
Abstract:
A roller type adjustable screen fixing apparatus includes: a fixing base, having at least one operating slot; at least one distal plate device disposed at an external side of the distal plate, having at least two distal plates embedded in the operating slot, and slidably moving in the operating slot, and a frame plate disposed at an external side of the distal plate; at least one linking device, having at least one roller installed in the operating slot and linked with the distal plate; and a containing space, defined by the upper frame plates of the corresponding distal plates for installing a screen. The distal plate is contractible in the operating slot for adjusting the containing space, such that the invention can fit screens of different sizes, and provide a convenient replacement and a dynamic adjustment.