1. A package for a retail item comprising:
a panel having a front side and a back side;
an enclosure attached to said panel, said enclosure enclosing the retail item;
a bar code printed on either the front side or the back side of said panel; and
an aperture defined in said panel and passing through said bar code, said aperture adapted to receive a hook for hanging the package.
2. The package of claim 1, wherein said bar code is adapted to be read by a machine at a checkout counter, said bar code providing information to the machine that enables the machine to determine the price of the retail item.
3. The package of claim 1, wherein said bar code is a Universal Product Code.
4. The package of claim 1, wherein said panel is made out of cardboard.
5. The package of claim 1, wherein said enclosure is made of plastic and said enclosure completely surrounds the retail item.
6. The package of claim 1, wherein said aperture is circular.
7. The package of claim 1, wherein said aperture is non-circular and includes a top end that is narrower than a bottom end.
8. The package of claim 1, wherein said bar code is printed on the front side of said panel and said front side of said panel includes information about the retail item printed thereon in a location outside of said bar code.
9. The package of claim 1, wherein said retail item is a flowable material and said enclosure houses said flowable material.
10. The package of claim 1, wherein said aperture has a height that is less than one half of the height of said bar code.
11. The package of claim 1, wherein said aperture is defined between the ends of said bar code.
12. The package of claim 1, wherein said aperture is defined generally midway between the ends of said bar code.
13. The package of claim 1, wherein said aperture is defined adjacent to a top of said panel.
14. The package of claim 1, wherein said bar code provides price information for said retail item and a product number for said retail item.
15. A package for a retail item comprising:
a panel having a front side and a back side;
a retail item attached to said panel;
a bar code printed on either the front side or the back side of said panel; and
an aperture defined in said panel and passing through said bar code, said aperture adapted to receive a hook for hanging the package.
16. The package of claim 15, wherein said bar code is adapted to be read by a machine at a checkout counter, said bar code providing information to the machine that enables the machine to determine the price of the retail item.
17. The package of claim 16, wherein said bar code is a Universal Product Code.
18. The package of claim 17, wherein said panel is made out of cardboard.
19. The package of claim 15, wherein said aperture is circular.
20. The package of claim 15, wherein said aperture is non-circular and includes a top end that is narrower than a bottom end.
21. The package of claim 15, wherein said bar code is printed on the front side of said panel and said front side of said panel includes information about the retail item printed thereon in a location outside of said bar code.
22. The package of claim 15, wherein said aperture is defined adjacent a top of the panel.
23. The package of claim 15, wherein said bar code provides price information for said retail item and a product number for said retail item.
24. The package of claim 15, wherein said retail item is attached to said panel by way of a fastener selected from the group consisting of staples, tapes, adhesives, and ties.
25. The package of claim 15, wherein said aperture is defined between the ends of said bar code.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method implemented in a cellular radio communications network, comprising:
detecting a need for a cell identifier associated with one of the previously-operational cells in the cellular radio communications network that is already supporting one or more UE call connections;
determining neighbor cell relations (NCR) information from cell(s) neighboring the one previously-operational cell;
based on the NCR information, determining a cell identifier for the one previously-operational cell that is different from cell identifiers indicated in the NCR information; and
providing the different cell identifier to another cell different from the one previously-operational cell.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is distributed and implemented in more than one radio network nodes.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information from one or more user equipment (UE) terminals regarding transmissions received from multiple cells including the same cell identifier.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the NCR information includes information regarding cell identifiers for other cells.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the cell identifiers for cells different from the one previously-operational cell are each associated with a corresponding signature sequence.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
detecting that a first cell identifier associated with a first cell is the same as a second cell identifier associated with a second cell, and
selecting one of the first and second cells to be the one previously-operational cell and to change its associated cell identifier.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein a cell identifier change message sent to a cell neighboring the selected cell includes a time parameter from a receiving cell to indicate when to change the corresponding cell identifier for the selected cell to the different cell identifier.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising one or more user equipment terminals (UEs) being served by the one previously-operational cell performing measurements on the cell identifier for the one previously-operational cell when the one previously-operational cell discontinues transmission of a cell identifier signature sequence for the one previously-operational cell.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein one or more of the UEs reports to the one previously-operational cell a detection of the one identifier for the one previously-operational cell during a time when the one previously-operational cell discontinues transmissions of the cell identifier signature sequence for the one previously-operational cell.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell identifiers are reporting cell identifiers used by UE terminals to identify cells associated with a reporting parameter provided by the UE terminals in measurement reports sent by the UE terminals to the cellular radio communications network, the method further comprising providing UE terminals with the different cell identifier for the one previously-operational cell.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the cellular radio communications network is a long term evolution (LTE) network and the cell identifiers are measuring cell identifiers (MCIs) used by UE terminals to identify cells associated with a measurement parameter detected by the UE terminals in measurement reports sent by the UE terminals to the LIE network.
12. The method of claim 6, wherein the selected cell is selected based on one or more of the following decision points: a lowest cell identifier at the cellular radio communications network level, a shortest neighbor cell relations (NCR) list, most recently changed cell identifier, a youngest cell, a lowest cell type, or a smallest maximum power.
13. An apparatus implemented in a cellular radio communications network that includes multiple previously-operational cells that is already supporting one or more UE call connections, comprising electronic circuitry configured to perform the following tasks:
determine neighbor cell relations (NCR) information from one or more cells neighboring a selected one of the previously-operational multiple cells;
based on the NCR information, determine a different cell identifier for the selected cell that is different from cell identifiers indicated in the NCR information; and
provide the different cell identifier to one or more other cells.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a detecting cell includes electronic circuitry configured to perform the detect and select tasks, and the selected cell includes electronic circuitry configured to perform the determine and provide tasks.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to receive information from one or more user equipment (UE) terminals regarding transmissions received from first and second ones of the multiple cells including the same cell identifier.
16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to receive information regarding cell identifiers for other cells.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the cell identifiers for other cells are each associated with a corresponding signature sequence.
18. The apparatus of claim 13 implemented in a system of multiple cells, wherein a first cell informs one or more user equipment terminals (UEs) served in the first cell of a discontinued transmission time period during which the first cell discontinues transmission of a first cell identifier and during which the one or more UEs are requested to determine whether the first cell identifier is broadcasted by another cell.
19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to:
detect that a first cell identifier associated with a first one of the multiple cells is the same as a second cell identifier associated with a second one of the multiple cells, and
select one of the first and second cells to be the selected cell and change its corresponding cell identifier.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a cell identifier change message sent to the one or more other cells neighboring the selected cell includes a time parameter from a receiving cell to indicate when to change the cell identifier for the selected cell to the different cell identifier.
21. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic circuitry is distributed at multiple radio network nodes.
22. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the cellular radio communications network is a long term evolution (LTE) network and the first and second cell identifiers are measuring cell identifiers (MCIs) used by UE terminals to identify cells associated with a measurement parameter detected by the UE terminals in measurement reports sent by the UE terminals to the LTE network.
23. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the selection is based on one or more of the following decision points: a lowest cell identifier at the cellular radio communications network level, a shortest neighbor cell relations (NCR) list, most recently changed cell identifier, a youngest cell, a lowest cell type, or a smallest maximum power.
24. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to provide UE terminals the different cell identifier for the selected cell.
25. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to determine an initial cell identifier for the one cell.
26. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the need for a cell identifier associated with the one cell includes determining an initial cell identifier for the one cell.