1. A method for discovering a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
monitoring, by a first UE, an uplink signal in a mobile communication system;
extracting, by the first UE, first information for identifying a UE that is to be discovered and that transmits the uplink signal from the monitored uplink signal;
transmitting, by the first UE, a monitoring report message carrying the first information to a base station so that the base station can determine the UE to be discovered in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message upon receiving the monitoring report message, and return a monitoring report response message carrying a device ID of the UE to be discovered to the first UE; and
upon receiving the monitoring report response message, acquiring, by the first UE, the device ID of the UE to be discovered in accordance with the monitoring report response message and completing the discovery process of the UE;
the method further comprising:
upon receiving a control message transmitted from the base station after the base station cannot identify the UE to be discovered, performing, by the first UE, an uplink signal transmission process in accordance with transmission parameters carried in the control message, so that the uplink signal transmitted by the first UE in accordance with the carried transmission parameters can be monitored more easily.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first UE is a user terminal device or an enhanced local access (eLA) device.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink signal is a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and the first information is information of the SRS.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink signal is a signal on a resource block (RB) of an uplink subframe on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and the first information is signal intensity of the signal on the RB of the uplink subframe on the PUSCH.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of monitoring, by the first UE, the uplink signal in the mobile communication system comprises:
determining, by the first UE, time-frequency resources of a signal to be monitored; and
sampling, by the first UE, the signals on the time-frequency resources by using an uplink signal reception technique, to obtain a baseband sampled signal.
6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the first UE, a user update message carrying a device ID of a second UE transmitted from the base station, and after the second UE transmits the first information extracted from the monitored uplink signal to the base station, identifying, by the base station, the first UE in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message; and
acquiring, by the first UE, the device ID of the second UE in accordance with the user update message, and completing the discovery process of the second UE.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring report response message specifically includes an message that is returned to the first UE and carries the device ID of the UE to be discovered when the base station, after identifying the UE to be discovered, judges that the UE to be discovered is allowed to be discovered in accordance with a strategy corresponding to the UE to be discovered.
8. A device for discovering a UE, comprising:
a monitoring circuit, configured to monitor an uplink signal in a mobile communication system;
a parsing circuit, configured to extract first information for identifying a UE that is to be discovered and that transmits the uplink signal from the monitored uplink signal;
a first transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a monitoring report message carrying the first information to a base station so that the base station can identify the UE to be discovered in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message upon receiving the monitoring report message, and return a monitoring report response message carrying a device ID of the UE to be discovered to the first UE; and
a first discovering circuit, configured to, upon receiving the monitoring report response message transmitted after the base station identifies the UE to be discovered, acquire the device ID of the UE to be discovered in accordance with the monitoring report response message and complete the discovery process of the UE;
the device further comprising:
a transmission controlling circuit, configured to, upon receiving a control message transmitted from the base station after the base station cannot identify the UE to be discovered, control a transmitter to perform an uplink signal transmission process in accordance with transmission parameters carried in the control message, so that the uplink signal transmitted by the first UE in accordance with the carried transmission parameters can be monitored more easily.
9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the monitoring circuit specifically comprises:
a determining unit, configured to determine time-frequency resources of a signal to be monitored; and
a sampling unit, configured to sample the signal on the time-frequency resources by using an uplink signal reception technique, to obtain a baseband sampled signal.
10. The device according to claim 8, further comprising:
a first receiving circuit, configured to receive a user update message carrying a device ID of a second UE transmitted from the base station, wherein after the second UE transmits the first information extracted from the monitored uplink signal to the base station, the base station identifies the first UE in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message; and
a second discovering circuit, configured to acquire the device ID of the second UE in accordance with the user update message, and complete the discovery process of the second UE.
11. The device according to claim 8, wherein the monitoring report response message specifically includes an message that is returned to the first UE and carries the device ID of the UE to be discovered when the base station, after identifying the UE to be discovered, judges that the UE to be discovered is allowed to be discovered in accordance with a strategy corresponding to the UE to be discovered.
12. A first UE, comprising:
a transmitter;
a receiver;
a decision making circuit, configured to determine time-frequency resources of a signal to be monitored in accordance with a cell broadcast message, and control the receiver to sample the signal on the time-frequency resources by using an uplink signal reception technique, to obtain a baseband sampled signal;
a parsing circuit, configured to extract first information for identifying a UE that is to be discovered and that transmits the uplink signal from the monitored uplink signal;
a first transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a monitoring report message carrying the first information to a base station so that the base station can identify the UE to be discovered in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message upon receiving the monitoring report message, and return a monitoring report response message carrying a device ID of the UE to be discovered to the first UE; and
a first discovering circuit, configured to, upon receiving the monitoring report response message transmitted after the base station identifies the UE to be discovered, acquire the device ID of the UE to be discovered in accordance with the monitoring report response message and complete the discovery process of the UE;
the first UE further comprising:
a transmission controlling circuit, configured to, upon receiving a control message transmitted from the base station after the base station cannot identify the UE to be discovered, control a transmitter to perform an uplink signal transmission process in accordance with transmission parameters carried in the control message, so that the uplink signal transmitted by the transmitter can be monitored more easily.
13. The first UE according to claim 12, further comprising:
a first receiving circuit, configured to receive a user update message carrying a device ID of a second UE transmitted from the base station, wherein after the second UE transmits the first information extracted from the monitored uplink signal to the base station, the base station identifies the first UE in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message; and
a second discovering circuit, configured to acquire the device ID of the second UE in accordance with the user update message, and complete the discovery process of the second UE.
14. The first UE according to claim 12, wherein the monitoring report response message specifically includes an message that is returned to the first UE and carries the device ID of the UE to be discovered when the base station, after identifying the UE to be discovered, judges that the UE to be discovered is allowed to be discovered in accordance with a strategy corresponding to the UE to be discovered.
15. A base station, comprising:
a second receiving circuit, configured to receive a monitoring report message carrying first information, which is the information extracted from an uplink signal monitored by the first UE in a mobile communication system for identifying the UE that is to be discovered and that transmits the uplink signal;
a determining circuit, configured to determine the UE to be discovered in accordance with the first information; and
a first transmitting circuit, configured to return a monitoring report response message carrying a device ID of the UE to be discovered to the first UE, so that the first UE can complete the discovery process of the UE in accordance with the device ID of the UE to be discovered;
the base station further comprising:
a second transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a control message carrying transmission parameters after the UE to be discovered cannot be identified, so that the first UE performs an uplink signal transmission process in accordance with the transmission parameters and can be monitored more easily.
16. The base station according to claim 15, wherein the first UE is a user terminal device or an enhanced local access (eLA) device.
17. The base station according to claim 15, further comprising:
a second transmitting circuit, configured to, upon identifying the first UE in accordance with the first information carried in the monitoring report message transmitted from the second UE, transmit a user update message carrying the device ID of the second UE to the first UE, so that the first UE completes the discovery process of the second UE in accordance with the device ID of the second UE.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus comprising:
(a) a first fluid applicator for contacting a first portion of a medical device with a first fluid; and
(b) a second fluid applicator for contacting a second portion of said medical device with a second fluid, said second fluid applicator applying said second fluid in effective isolation from said first portion of said medical device and said first fluid applicator applying said first fluid in effective isolation from said second portion of said medical device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first fluid applicator comprises a fluid conduit system including a support system for attaching said fluid conduit system to said medical device such that-when attached to said device, fluid flowing through said conduit system contacts a flow region.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said support system comprises a support that inserts within an opening in said tissue, said support iaving a passageway such that fluid flowing through said conduit system flows through said passageway and contacts said first portion of said tissue.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a fastener that holds said medical device against said support.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first fluid is selected trom the group consisting of a liquid bath, a liquid spray, an aerosol and a gas.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said second fluid is selected from the group consisting of a liquid bath, a liquid spray, an aerosol and a gas.
7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said second fluid applicator comprises a container for holding a fluid into which said tissue attached to said conduit system is immersed.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of said fluid applicators comprises a sprayer that direct streams of liquid at said tissue attached to said conduits.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a frame that holds a sheet section of a medical device to facilitate said application of said second fluid in effective isolation from said first portion of said medical device, said first portion being one side of said sheet section.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said second portion is a side of said sheet opposite said first portion.
11. A method of treating a medical device comprising the steps of:
(a) contacting a first portion of said device with a first fluid such that a second portion of said device is not significantly contacted by said first fluid; and
(b) contacting said second portion of said device with a second fluid substantially different from said first fluid such that said first portion of said device is not significantly contacted by said second fluid.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said contacting of said first portion involves flowing a first fluid through a fluid conduit system attached to said device such that said fluid flowing through said conduit system contacts said first portion of said device.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said fluid conduit system comprises a support that inserts within an opening in said device, said support having a passageway such that fluid flowing through said conduit system flows through said passageway and contacts said first portion of said device.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein said contacting of said second portion is performed by surrounding said device with said second fluid, said second fluid comprising a liquid.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein said contacting of said second portion is performed by spraying the second portion of said device with said second fluid, said second fluid comprising a liquid.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein said contacting of said second portion is performed by surrounding said device with said second fluid, said second fluid comprising a gas.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein said contacting steps involve contacting a sheet-shaped device or portion of a device with one of two different fluids on either surface of said sheet.
18. An isolated vascular tissue comprising a first region treated with a surface modifying composition and a second region substantially devoid of modification by said surface modifying composition.
19. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said surface modifying composition comprises a calcification inhibiting composition.
20. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said surface modifying composition comprises polyvalent metal cations.
21. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said surface modifying composition comprises an antimicrobial composition.
22. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said surface modifying composition comprises a fixation composition.
23. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said surface modifying composition comprises a decellularization composition.
24. The vascular tissue of claim 23, wherein said decellularization composition comprises digestive enzymes.
25. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said first region comprises a flow region.
26. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said second region comprises a flow region.
27. The vascular tissue of claim 18, wherein said first and second regions comprise opposite sides of a sheet material.
28. A vascular tissue comprising an outer decellularized portion and an inner portion substantially devoid of decellularization.
29. A vascular tissue comprising an outer decellularized portion and an inner decellularized portion comprising leaflets, said-leaflets substantially maintaining the mechanical properties of the native leaflets.