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An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus comprising a first edge protection proxy in a first network to: receive a request for an access token from a network repository function in the first network, the access token to be used by a first network function in the first network to request a service from a second network function in a second network; validate the request based on configurations allowed to access services provided by networks different from the first network; and in accordance with a successful validation of the request, transmit the request to a second edge protection proxy in the second network, the transmitted request comprising verified information concerning the first network function. at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus comprising a first edge protection proxy in a first network to: receive a request for an access token from a network repository function in the first network, the access token to be used by a first network function in the first network to request a service from a second network function in a second network; validate the request based on configurations allowed to access services provided by networks different from the first network; and in accordance with a successful validation of the request, transmit the request to a second edge protection proxy in the second network, the transmitted request comprising verified information concerning the first network function. receive a request for an access token from a network repository function in the first network, the access token to be used by a first network function in the first network to request a service from a second network function in a second network; validate the request based on configurations allowed to access services provided by networks different from the first network; and in accordance with a successful validation of the request, transmit the request to a second edge protection proxy in the second network, the transmitted request comprising verified information concerning the first network function.
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of FDs (floating diffusions), each FD set in a unit of shared pixels including at least two or more pixels; a floating interconnection line connecting the FDs each set in the unit of the shared pixels, the FDs being provided in each row having a predetermined row number; and a switch changing over between connection and disconnection of the floating interconnection line to the FDs in each row on a basis of control signals generated by a vertical transfer control section, wherein the switch includes a plurality of switches connectable to the floating interconnection line and corresponding to the FDs in each row having the predetermined row number, and the switches to be subjected to summation among the plurality of switches being connected to the floating interconnection line in response to a demanded resolution, wherein the demanded resolution is low in a sensing mode and high in an imaging mode of the solid-state imaging device, and wherein among the plurality of switches being connected to the floating interconnection line the switches for the shared pixels to be subjected to summation are connected at slightly delayed times to the floating interconnection line in response to the demanded resolution so that on a basis of the control signals generated by the vertical transfer control section the timing of connections of the switches to the floating interconnection line is staggered. a plurality of FDs (floating diffusions), each FD set in a unit of shared pixels including at least two or more pixels; a floating interconnection line connecting the FDs each set in the unit of the shared pixels, the FDs being provided in each row having a predetermined row number; and a switch changing over between connection and disconnection of the floating interconnection line to the FDs in each row on a basis of control signals generated by a vertical transfer control section, wherein the switch includes a plurality of switches connectable to the floating interconnection line and corresponding to the FDs in each row having the predetermined row number, and the switches to be subjected to summation among the plurality of switches being connected to the floating interconnection line in response to a demanded resolution, wherein the demanded resolution is low in a sensing mode and high in an imaging mode of the solid-state imaging device, and wherein among the plurality of switches being connected to the floating interconnection line the switches for the shared pixels to be subjected to summation are connected at slightly delayed times to the floating interconnection line in response to the demanded resolution so that on a basis of the control signals generated by the vertical transfer control section the timing of connections of the switches to the floating interconnection line is staggered.
A system comprising: a backscatter device comprising: an antenna configured to backscatter a protocol specific carrier signal having a first frequency; baseband circuitry configured to provide data for transmission; a waveform generator configured to provide a square wave having a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is a difference between the first frequency and a third frequency; a sub-carrier phase modulator coupled to the baseband circuitry and the waveform generator, the sub-carrier phase modulator configured to shift the square wave in accordance with the data to provide an output signal; and a switch coupled to the antenna, the switch configured to control the antenna to backscatter the carrier signal in accordance with the output signal such that the first frequency is mixed with the second frequency to transmit the data in a backscatter signal at the third frequency, wherein the backscatter signal is arranged in accordance with a wireless communication protocol implementing phase-shift keying; a helper device configured to transmit a carrier signal including the first frequency, wherein the first frequency is in an adjacent band of an 802.11 protocol band; and a receiver configured to receive the backscatter signal at the third frequency, wherein the helper device and the receiver are separate electronic devices, wherein the receiver is configured to receive signals in accordance with 802.11 protocols, and wherein the receiver is further configured to be tuned to a center frequency that is different from a center frequency of the helper device. an antenna configured to backscatter a protocol specific carrier signal having a first frequency; baseband circuitry configured to provide data for transmission; a waveform generator configured to provide a square wave having a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is a difference between the first frequency and a third frequency; a sub-carrier phase modulator coupled to the baseband circuitry and the waveform generator, the sub-carrier phase modulator configured to shift the square wave in accordance with the data to provide an output signal; and a switch coupled to the antenna, the switch configured to control the antenna to backscatter the carrier signal in accordance with the output signal such that the first frequency is mixed with the second frequency to transmit the data in a backscatter signal at the third frequency, wherein the backscatter signal is arranged in accordance with a wireless communication protocol implementing phase-shift keying; a helper device configured to transmit a carrier signal including the first frequency, wherein the first frequency is in an adjacent band of an 802.11 protocol band; and a receiver configured to receive the backscatter signal at the third frequency, wherein the helper device and the receiver are separate electronic devices, wherein the receiver is configured to receive signals in accordance with 802.11 protocols, and wherein the receiver is further configured to be tuned to a center frequency that is different from a center frequency of the helper device.
A shape memory alloy actuation apparatus comprising: a support structure; a movable element; a suspension system (8, 10) that supports the movable element on the support structure and is arranged to guide movement of the movable element with respect to the support structure along a movement axis and to constrain movement of the movable element with respect to the support structure along axes (X, Y) perpendicular to the movement axis; and two lengths of shape memory alloy wire each connected at one end to the support structure and at the other end to the movable element arranged to apply respective forces to the movable element with respective components parallel to the movement axis that are in opposite directions, the two lengths of shape memory alloy wire being inclined at a first acute angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to a plane normal to the movement axis, and being parallel, or being inclined from parallel by a second acute angle as projected on the plane normal to the movement axis, characterized in that the two lengths of shape memory alloy wire apply a couple to the movable element perpendicular to the movement axis and the suspension system is arranged to resist the couple applied to the movable element by the two lengths of SMA wire. a support structure; a movable element; a suspension system (8, 10) that supports the movable element on the support structure and is arranged to guide movement of the movable element with respect to the support structure along a movement axis and to constrain movement of the movable element with respect to the support structure along axes (X, Y) perpendicular to the movement axis; and two lengths of shape memory alloy wire each connected at one end to the support structure and at the other end to the movable element arranged to apply respective forces to the movable element with respective components parallel to the movement axis that are in opposite directions, the two lengths of shape memory alloy wire being inclined at a first acute angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to a plane normal to the movement axis, and being parallel, or being inclined from parallel by a second acute angle as projected on the plane normal to the movement axis, characterized in that the two lengths of shape memory alloy wire apply a couple to the movable element perpendicular to the movement axis and the suspension system is arranged to resist the couple applied to the movable element by the two lengths of SMA wire.
Method for operating a converter-based grid unit, which is arranged electrically within an AC voltage section or adjacent to an AC voltage section of an electrical grid and is electrically connected to said AC voltage section, wherein, in the method, a control device adjusts the infeed and drawing of active power and/or reactive power into and from the AC voltage section through actuation of at least one converter (21, 22) of the converter-based grid unit, wherein - a plurality of measurement values is transmitted to the control device, which measurement values at least also relate to different measurement variables and/or different measurement locations within the AC voltage section or the converter-based grid unit, and - the control device selects a respective measurement value group from the plurality of available measurement values by selecting in accordance with a predefined selection guideline, and actuates the at least one converter (21, 22) on the basis of the measurement values of the respectively selected measurement value group, characterized in that - the selection guideline is determined for different forecast operating states of the AC voltage section through simulation of the converter-based grid unit and the AC voltage section or at least one subsection of the AC voltage section influenced by the converter-based grid unit and is stored in a memory of the control device in the form of a selection guideline dataset. - a plurality of measurement values is transmitted to the control device, which measurement values at least also relate to different measurement variables and/or different measurement locations within the AC voltage section or the converter-based grid unit, and - the control device selects a respective measurement value group from the plurality of available measurement values by selecting in accordance with a predefined selection guideline, and actuates the at least one converter (21, 22) on the basis of the measurement values of the respectively selected measurement value group, characterized in that - the selection guideline is determined for different forecast operating states of the AC voltage section through simulation of the converter-based grid unit and the AC voltage section or at least one subsection of the AC voltage section influenced by the converter-based grid unit and is stored in a memory of the control device in the form of a selection guideline dataset.
Replaceable filter device for the purification of air or gases, comprising an upright filter housing characterized in that the upright filter housing is rectangular-shaped and that the filter device comprises two or more filter elements (2,2') that cover 90 to 100% of the internal length of the upright filter housing with a flat filter bed in the longitudinal direction of the upright filter housing, and characterized in that all the air or gas inlet and outlet of the filter device are situated in the same ground plane formed by one of the flat ends of the upright filter housing, wherein the ground plane is the end of the upright filter housing when the upright filter housing is in operation and the replaceable filter device can be connected via this ground plane onto a coupling platform of an industrial installation.
A power conversion device, comprising - a plurality of converter cells connected in series with one another, for converting electrical power, and also each one of the plurality of converter cells, including: - two power terminals (Po, No), - a bypass element electrically coupled between the two power terminals (Po, No), - an electrical energy storage element, and - semiconductor devices (21-24, 31-34) arranged as a plurality of converter arms that are electrically coupled with the electrical energy storage element and configured to perform electrical power conversion between the two power terminals (Po, No) and the electrical energy storage element during a normal operation of the converter cells, - a fault detection unit configured to detect abnormality in any of the plurality of converter cells, and - a gate drive unit configured to drive each of the semiconductor devices (21-24, 31-34), characterised in that: - the fault detection unit is configured to control the bypass element to be close-circuited with respect to a particular converter cell when abnormality is detected therewith in any one of the converter cells, - the gate drive unit is configured to drive the semiconductor devices (21-24, 31-34) of the particular converter cell to form an electric current path in parallel with the bypass element without including the bypass element, at the same time that the bypass element is set close-circuited or in advance thereof, wherein the particular converter cell is set to perform a turn-on operation by the fault detection unit. - a plurality of converter cells connected in series with one another, for converting electrical power, and also - two power terminals (Po, No), - a bypass element electrically coupled between the two power terminals (Po, No), - an electrical energy storage element, and - semiconductor devices (21-24, 31-34) arranged as a plurality of converter arms that are electrically coupled with the electrical energy storage element and configured to perform electrical power conversion between the two power terminals (Po, No) and the electrical energy storage element during a normal operation of the converter cells, - a fault detection unit configured to detect abnormality in any of the plurality of converter cells, and - a gate drive unit configured to drive each of the semiconductor devices (21-24, 31-34), - the fault detection unit is configured to control the bypass element to be close-circuited with respect to a particular converter cell when abnormality is detected therewith in any one of the converter cells, - the gate drive unit is configured to drive the semiconductor devices (21-24, 31-34) of the particular converter cell to form an electric current path in parallel with the bypass element without including the bypass element, at the same time that the bypass element is set close-circuited or in advance thereof, wherein the particular converter cell is set to perform a turn-on operation by the fault detection unit.
An optical test bench for an optical instrument of the telescope type, the instrument comprising an optical objective, a photo-detection unit disposed at the focal point of said optical objective and at least one light source disposed in the vicinity of said photo-detection unit, the optical pupil of the optical objective having a first diameter, the bench comprising a single flat mirror having a second diameter that is less than the first diameter and means for disposing said flat mirror so that the image of the light source provided by the optical objective and reflected by said flat mirror focuses on the photo-detection unit, said received image being a partial image of the optical objective, the bench comprising means for analysing said received image, characterised in that the analysis means are configured to carry out a partial characterisation by determining the optical quality of part of the objective on the basis of said received image, the analysis means also being configured to determine the drift of the optical quality of the telescope on the basis of said partial characterisation.
An assembly comprising a first rigid circuit board and a second rigid circuit board, wherein each of the rigid circuit boards (L1, L2) comprises a carrier layer, which is made of metal or ceramic and on which an insulation layer is respectively arranged, wherein at least one electric line is arranged on each of the respective insulation layers, and wherein the rigid circuit boards (L1, L2) are mechanically and/or electrically connected to one another by means of a flexible circuit board (5, 6), characterized in that the flexible circuit board (5, 6) is laminated on at least one rigid circuit board (L1, L2).
A method of operating a quadrupole device comprising: operating the quadrupole device in a first mode of operation; and operating the quadrupole device in a second mode of operation; wherein operating the quadrupole device in the first mode of operation comprises applying one or more first voltages to the quadrupole device such that the quadrupole device is operated in the first stability region and such that at least some ions are stable within the quadrupole device; and wherein operating the quadrupole device in the second mode of operation comprises applying one or more second voltages to the quadrupole device such that the quadrupole device is operated in a different, higher order stability region and such that at least some of the ions that were stable within the quadrupole device in the first mode of operation are stable within the quadrupole device in the second mode of operation; characterised in that the quadrupole device is switched from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation while said at least some of the ions within the quadrupole device maintain stable trajectories and are retained within the quadrupole device. operating the quadrupole device in a first mode of operation; and operating the quadrupole device in a second mode of operation; wherein operating the quadrupole device in the first mode of operation comprises applying one or more first voltages to the quadrupole device such that the quadrupole device is operated in the first stability region and such that at least some ions are stable within the quadrupole device; and wherein operating the quadrupole device in the second mode of operation comprises applying one or more second voltages to the quadrupole device such that the quadrupole device is operated in a different, higher order stability region and such that at least some of the ions that were stable within the quadrupole device in the first mode of operation are stable within the quadrupole device in the second mode of operation; characterised in that the quadrupole device is switched from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation while said at least some of the ions within the quadrupole device maintain stable trajectories and are retained within the quadrupole device.
A communication system for providing network access over a satellite communication link, the communication system comprising: a network access point configured to be coupled to a network and to a user access point, wherein the network access point is configured to be coupled to the user access point via the satellite communication link, the user access point being coupled to one or more user terminals configured to access the network; wherein: the network access point is configured to monitor information passed between the network and the user access point to create an estimate of future usage of the satellite communication link by the user access point based on the information, wherein the information comprises web page requests from the user access point, and the network access point is configured to, in response to receiving a subsequent web page request from the user access point, allocate satellite communication link return channel resources for the user access point based on the estimate. a network access point configured to be coupled to a network and to a user access point, wherein the network access point is configured to be coupled to the user access point via the satellite communication link, the user access point being coupled to one or more user terminals configured to access the network; wherein: the network access point is configured to monitor information passed between the network and the user access point to create an estimate of future usage of the satellite communication link by the user access point based on the information, wherein the information comprises web page requests from the user access point, and the network access point is configured to, in response to receiving a subsequent web page request from the user access point, allocate satellite communication link return channel resources for the user access point based on the estimate. the network access point is configured to monitor information passed between the network and the user access point to create an estimate of future usage of the satellite communication link by the user access point based on the information, wherein the information comprises web page requests from the user access point, and the network access point is configured to, in response to receiving a subsequent web page request from the user access point, allocate satellite communication link return channel resources for the user access point based on the estimate.