Abstract:
An airdisk (80) performs a TDMA/FDMA (Time Division Multiple Access/Frequency Division Multiple Access) wireless broadcast, divided into periodically-repeated time-slotted data items, analogous to sectors on a rotating disk, over multiple broadcast frequencies, analogous to tracks on a disk. The data items (1-14) on the airdisk may be sorted according to user interest, user profile, or from polling user preferences as by the monitoring of an uplink for user requests. The monitoring of the uplink can be performed in a time less than the rotation period of the airdisk. Users may be precluded from requesting data already on the airdisk for a prescribed time period. The sorting of the data items may be according to rank of popularity, iteratively calculated by an objective function which exchanges ranked weighted data items on the airdisk to obtain the value of candidate sort orders which optimize the objective function.
Abstract:
A system and method for the direct reconstruction of a diffusion image from measurements of the transmitted intensity of the scattered radiation effected by irradiating the object (710) with a time-domain source (720). The transmitted intensity detected by detector (730) is related to the diffusion coefficient by an integral operator. The image is directly reconstructed by a processor (750), with input means (760) and output means (770), by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm, as determined with reference to the integral operator, on the transmitted intensity.
Abstract:
A system and method for the direct reconstruction of the absorption and diffusion images from measurements of the transmitted intensity of the scattered radiation effected by irradiating the object (710) with a time-domain source (720). The transmitted intensity detected by the detector (730) is related to the absorption and the diffusion coefficients by an integral operator. The images are directly reconstructed by a processor (750) by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm, as determined with reference to the integral operator, on the transmitted intensity.
Abstract:
Ferroelectric capacitor heterostructures exhibiting exceptional reliability and resistance to fatigue and imprinting comprise hybrid electrodes of highly conductive platinum (14) with polycrystalline metallic oxide (15) and ferroelectric materials (16) deposited on Si-CMOS-compatible substrates (11) without the requirement for interposed crystallographic orientation templates.
Abstract:
In a network-based telephone system [100] including a service control point (SCP) [102] for accessing a call processing record (CPR), an intelligent peripheral (IP) [104] provides an intelligent interface between a caller and the SCP [102]. The IP [104] communicates with the SCP [102] through a peripheral interface (PI) [128]. External systems [106] are accessed by SCP [102] through a generic data interface (GDI) [124] to obtain customer data. The GDI [124] keeps track of the data stored in the various external systems [106]. Upon receiving a request for data, GDI [124] forms sub-requests, routes the sub-requests to the appropriate external systems [106], and returns a message containing the requested data.
Abstract:
In a telephone network, customized advanced intelligent network (AIN) services are provided to standard IN/1 "800" service customers. An IN/1 service switching point (IN/1 SSP) (130) receives a call directed to the standard IN/1 "800" service customer (112), and generates an "800" query to an "800" services data base (156). An "800" service control point ("800" SCP) (150) generates an "800" response containing a carrier identification code, and the IN/1 SSP routes the call via a trunk group designated by the carrier identification code. An AIN-equipped service switching point (AIN SSP) (126) then generates an AIN query to an AIN service data base (174). In response, an AIN-equipped service control point (AIN.SCP) (170) executes AIN service records corresponding to the standar IN/1 "800" service customer to generate an AIN response containing call processing instructions. The AIN SSP (126) then uses the call processing instructions to complete the call.
Abstract:
A method and system are provided for managing memory to reassemble data packets received from different virtual channels in an ATM network. The method and system recognizes that both reliable and best effort traffic must be supported by a network interface. The system makes use of a virtual First-In-First-Out (FIFO) concept that partitions random access memory (RAM) space into multiple FIFO queues. The virtual FIFOs can have different sizes, and can be allocated to connections depending on quality of service requirements. A dedicated embedded controller (721) to provide flexibility is used in the system, as well as Content Addressable Memory (CAM) devices (723, 724) and external logic. The method and system can also be applied at ATM transmitters in the implementation of congestion control algorithms.
Abstract:
A Nonpublished Number Messaging (NPNM) (100) system allows a caller (102) to leave a message for a party having a nonpublished telephone number. When a caller calls directory assistance to request a telephone number, an operator service system (OSS) switch (106) routes the call to a directory assistance operator (108). The operator enters the requested listing into an operator console (108) and a search is made in an OSS database (DB) (110). When it is determined that the requested telephone number is nonpublished, the OSS switch (106) routes the call to an audio response unit (ARU) (112), which plays a recorded message, and then routes the call to a voice mail service (VMS) (114) provider. The VMS Provider records a message left by the caller and then delivers it to the appropriate party.
Abstract:
A Broadband Intelligent Network employs an ATM fast-packet (51) switch to route signaling cells from a calling party (52) to a switch port (53) directly connected to a network controller (64). The signaling cells carry a service request for download of a program module or data from a network resource unit (63) to the calling party, or for download of a program module or data from the calling party apparatus to a network host resource unit, or for service circuit service to the calling party or in a connection path between the calling party and a called party, or for a message broadcast. The network controller (64) responds to the information in the signaling cells and establishes the necessary switched virtual connections in the ATM switch (51) to provide the requested services. A service creation program (31) may be downloaded to the customer from the network (61), und used by the customer to create a new service script which is subsequently downloaded to the network for execution.
Abstract:
Our audio processing system for use in teleconferencing systems includes a microphone (1-25), receiver (1-26), and substantially the same comb filter (1-42) and frequency scaler (1-60) at each station for reducing acoustic echo and increasing the margin of acoustic stability. The comb filters and frequency scalers cooperate with one another in that the frequency scalers each induces a shift in frequency which corresponds to the peak-to-trough spacing of the transfer function of the comb filters. Our audio processing system may also include auxiliary echo suppressors (410, 510) for reducing acoustic echo and increasing the margin of acoustic stability in systems having high and low transmission delays. Other devices may be employed for reducing noise and smoothing out the operation of individual components in the system. Since the comb filters employed at each station are not complementary, but are substantially the same, our audio processing system can mitigate the effects of acoustic instability and echo in point-to-point and multipoint audio processing systems. Furthermore, since each station utilizes substantially the same equipment, the need for equipment negotiation between stations and equipment changes prior to a conferencing session is obviated.