Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus for setting mist reduction conditions for reducing ink mist caused by ink ejection from a print head, comprising:
means for acquiring printing conditions related to an amount of generated ink mist that scatters in a printer mounted with the print head; and
means for setting a quantization threshold corresponding to the acquired printing conditions,
wherein the quantization threshold is set to control a degree of reducing the ink mist, and
wherein the quantization threshold is a threshold for execution of quantization processing of image data for printing an image.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the apparatus is comprised of the printer for printing on a print medium on the basis of the quantization threshold set by the setting means.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the apparatus is comprised of an external device connected to the printer for printing on a print medium on the basis of the quantization threshold set by the setting means.
4. An ink jet printing method for printing an image on a print medium by use of a print head which ejects ink, comprising:
an acquiring step for acquiring printing conditions related to an amount of generated ink mist that scatters in a printer mounted with the print head; and
a setting step for setting a quantization threshold corresponding to the acquired printing conditions,
wherein the quantization threshold is set to control a degree of reducing the ink mist, and
wherein the quantization threshold is a threshold for execution of quantization processing of image data for printing an image.
5. A system including an ink jet printer which prints an image on a print medium by use of a print head which ejects ink, and an external device connected to the printer, wherein the external device comprises:
means for acquiring printing conditions related to an amount of generated ink mist that scatters in the printer mounted with the print head; and
means for setting a quantization threshold corresponding to the acquired printing conditions, wherein the quantization threshold is set to control a degree of reducing the ink mist, and wherein the quantization threshold is a threshold for execution of quantization processing of image data for printing an image.
6. A computer-readable storage medium retrievably storing a computer program, wherein the program causes a computer to execute a method for setting a mist reduction condition for reducing ink mist caused by ink ejection from a print head, the method comprising the steps of:
an acquiring step for acquiring printing conditions related to an amount of generated ink mist that scatters in a printer mounted with the print head; and
a setting step for setting a quantization threshold corresponding to the acquired printing conditions,
wherein the quantization threshold is set to control a degree of reducing the ink mist, and
wherein the quantization threshold is a threshold for execution of quantization processing of image data for printing an image.
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 single box gabion comprising a plurality of interconnected side walls, each side wall comprising at least one substantially closed side wall element panel, wherein each substantially closed side wall element panel is manufactured of a rigid sheet material,
wherein the substantially closed side wall element panel is provided with means for connecting the substantially closed side wall element panel pivotally to a neighbouring side wall element panel, thus allowing the gabion to fold for storage or transport from the fully erected and connected condition without detaching any panels from one another; and
wherein said substantially closed side wall element panel is effective in preventing a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall without the aid of a gabion lining material.
2. (canceled)
3. The gabion according to claim 1, wherein the rigid sheet material has a rigidity that is sufficient to prevent excessive bulging of the side wall element panel when the gabion is filled with a fill material.
4. The gabion according to claim 1, wherein the hinge receiving means are provided on a region of the closed panel of greater thickness than an adjacent region of the panel.
5. The gabion according to claim 4, wherein the relatively greater thickness of the hinge receiving means section of the panel helps to prevent tearing of the panel by the hinge member in use of the gabion when the side walls of the gabion act to restrain the gabion fill material.
6. The gabion according to claim 4, wherein the region of the closed panel of relatively greater thickness is provided at or in the region of an interconnection edge of the closed panel.
7. The gabion according to claim 6, wherein the region of relatively greater thickness is an elongate panel region alongside or at the interconnection edge.
8. The gabion according to claim 7, wherein the elongate panel section of relatively greater thickness is provided by a folded over edge section of the substantially closed panel.
9. The gabion according to claim 8, wherein the corners of the panel at either or both ends of the edge being folded are removable so that they can be removed prior to folding in order to facilitate the folding over of the panel.
10. The gabion according to claim 1, further comprising a top panel that functions as a lid of the single box gabion.
11. The gabion according to claim 10, wherein the top panel is a substantially closed panel.
12. The gabion according to claim 1, wherein the hinge receiving means comprises one or more apertures in the panel and means for covering or blocking the one or more apertures to prevent or hinder a gabion fill material from escaping through said one or more apertures.
13. The gabion according to claim 1, further comprising coupling means to couple to another single box gabion.
14. The gabion according to claim 1, wherein the pivotal connection between neighbouring side wall element panels is achieved by providing a coil member helically threaded through a plurality of apertures along the interconnecting edges of the neighbouring side wall element panels.
15. The gabion according to claim 1, wherein each substantially closed panel having releasable interconnections which when released allow the side wall element panels to open with respect to the gabion to allow access from the side of the gabion to any contents of the gabion compartments.
16. A modular gabion structure, comprising a plurality of single box gabions of claim 1.
17. A method for deploying the foldable single box gabion according to claim 1, comprising transporting a folded gabion to a deployment site, unfolding the gabion and filling the gabion with a fill material.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the fill material is selected from the group consisting of sand, earth, soil, stones, rocks, rubble, concrete, debris, snow, ice and combinations of two or more thereof.
19. The method of claim 17, further comprising coupling the unfolded single box gabion to another unfolded single box gabion.

1. A method, implemented by a wireless transmitreceive unit (WTRU), of transmitting and receiving data, the method comprising:
transmitting an attach message for control plane only (CPO) mode, wherein data is transmitted and received devoid of an Internet Protocol (IP) address; and
receiving an attach accept message.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the attach message includes an evolved packet system (EPS) session management (ESM) container that is at least one of discarded or empty.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein an evolved packet system (EPS) session management (ESM) container is piggybacked to a packet data network (PDN) connectivity request message having a PDN type set to a value that indicates that no IP address allocation is necessary.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the attach accept message is for an attach type different than CPO mode.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
receiving a cause codeindication for attaching using the different attach type.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein public land mobile network (PLMN) reselection is performed on a condition that CPO mode is unsupported.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein CPO mode is for a predetermined time.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a network useable under certain conditions or triggers.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the IP address is a dummy IP address.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
entering an evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM)-registered CPO state.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
entering an EMM-deregistered state upon receipt of at least one of a detach message, a tracking area update (TAU) reject message, or an attach reject message.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
switching between the CPO mode and an IP address mode based on a conditiontrigger.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving one of a service accept message or radio resource control message indicating that a service request (SR) message or an extended service request (ESR) message for CPO mode is successful.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein establishment of signaling radio bearers indicates completion of service request (SR) message or an extended service request (ESR) message for the CPO mode.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
using a non-service request message to transition from an idle mode to a connected mode.
16. A method, implemented by a network, of transmitting and receiving data, the method comprising:
receiving an attach message for control plane only (CPO) mode, wherein data is transmitted and received devoid of an Internet Protocol (IP) address; and
transmitting an attach accept message.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
providing a target mobility management entity (MME) an indication of whether a wireless transmitreceive unit (WTRU) is in CPO mode or an IP address based mode.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein a target mobility management entity (MME) switches between the CPO mode and an IP address mode based on a conditiontrigger.
19. A wireless transmitreceive unit (WTRU), comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit an attach message for control plane only (CPO) mode, wherein data is transmitted and received devoid of an Internet Protocol (IP) address; and
a receiver configured to receive an attach accept message.
20. The WTRU of claim 19, wherein the attach message includes an evolved packet system (EPS) session management (ESM) container that is at least one of discarded or empty.

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 of wireless communication, comprising:
correlating a received signal with a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises two or more separate multipath components;
analyzing at least one of the two or more separate multipath components and obtaining a frequency offset of the received signal from the analysis;
splitting the received signal and the synchronization sequence into a plurality of time segments, wherein the correlating is applied to corresponding time segments of the received signal and synchronization sequence;
obtaining a plurality of correlated time segments for each of the two or more separate multipath components;
applying a differential product to correlated time segments of the at least one of the two or more separate multipath components, wherein the frequency offset of the received signal is obtained at least in part from a result of the differential product;
applying the differential product to correlated time segments of an additional multipath component of the two or more separate multipath components;
summing results of the differential products of the at least one multipath component and the additional multipath component; and
obtaining the frequency offset from a phase of the sum of the results of the differential products.
2. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
correlating a received signal with a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises two or more separate multipath components;
analyzing at least one of the two or more separate multipath components and obtaining a frequency offset of the received signal from the analysis;
obtaining an initial frequency offset estimation from at least one multipath signal associated with the received signal;
offsetting at least a portion of the received signal by the initial frequency offset estimation prior to the correlating, wherein the correlating the received signal with the synchronization sequence is accomplished in a frequency domain;
converting the resulting correlated signal to a time domain signal to distinguish the two or more separate multipath components;
correlating at least the offset portion of the received signal with an additional synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the additional synchronization sequence is separated in time from the synchronization sequence;
applying a differential product to at least one multipath component of the resulting correlated signal and to at least one multipath component of the second resulting correlated signal; and
obtaining the frequency offset from a result of the differential product(s).
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising employing a despreading function for correlating the received signal with the synchronization sequence.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising applying the differential product to at least two of the two or more separate multipath components and summing the results of the differential products.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising obtaining the frequency offset at least in part based on a phase of the sum of the results of the differential products.
6. The method of claim 2, further comprising splitting the received signal and the synchronization sequence into a plurality of time segments, wherein the correlating is applied to corresponding time segments of the received signal and synchronization sequence.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising;
obtaining a plurality of correlated time segments for each of the two or more separate multipath components.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
applying the differential product to correlated time segments of the at least one of the two or more separate multipath components, wherein the frequency offset of the received signal is obtained at least in part from a result of the differential product.
9. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining a strongest signal path of the received signal.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising defining a threshold range about the strongest signal path and identifying two or more significant multipath components based on at least one signal parameter.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising employing at least one of the following as one of the at least one signal parameter:
path signal strength or normalized path signal strength;
a number of discreet paths centered about the strongest signal path; or
path signal strength or normalized path signal strength in conjunction with a number of discreet paths centered about the strongest signal path.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising applying the differential product to the significant multipath components and obtaining the frequency offset at least in part on results of the differential products.
13. An apparatus that provides wireless communication, comprising:
a processing module that correlates a received signal with a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises two or more separate multipath components;
a multipath analysis module that evaluates at least one of the two or more separate multipath components and obtains a frequency offset of the received signal;
a logic module that applies a differential product to significant multipath components, wherein the multipath analysis module obtains the frequency offset at least in part on results of the differential products;
a signal modifier that offsets at least a portion of the received signal by the initial frequency offset estimation prior to the correlation by the processing module, wherein the processing module correlates the received signal with the synchronization sequence in a frequency domain; and
a frequency inverter that converts the resulting correlated signal to a time domain to distinguish the two or more separate multipath components;
wherein, the processing module correlates at least the offset portion of the received signal with an additional synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the additional synchronization sequence is separated in time from the synchronization sequence;
a logic module applies a differential product to at least one multipath component of the resulting correlated signal and to at least one multipath component of the second resulting correlated signal; and
the multipath analysis module obtains the frequency offset from a result of the differential product(s).
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processing module employs a despreading function to correlate the received signal with the synchronization sequence.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a compilation module that sums results of two or more differential products, the logic module applies the differential product to at least two of the two or more separate multipath components and the compilation module sums the results of the differential products.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a phase estimator that determines a phase of the sum of the results of the differential products, the multipath analysis module utilizes the phase, at least in part, to obtain the frequency offset of the received signal.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a timing module that splits the received signal and the synchronization sequence into a plurality of time segments, the processing module correlates corresponding time segments of the received signal and the synchronization sequence.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein:
the timing module obtains a plurality of correlated time segments for each of the two or more separate multipath components.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the logic module applies a differential product to correlated time segments of the at least one of the two or more separate multipath components, wherein the frequency offset of the received signal is obtained at least in part from a result of the differential product.
20. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a signal comparator that determines a strongest signal path of the received signal.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising a filtering module that defines a threshold range about the strongest signal path and identifies two or more significant multipath components based on at least one signal parameter.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the filtering module employs at least one of the following as one of the at least one signal parameter:
path signal strength or normalized path signal strength;
a number of discreet paths centered about the strongest signal path; or
path signal strength or normalized path signal strength in conjunction with a number of discreet paths centered about the strongest signal path.
23. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a logic module that applies a differential product to the significant multipath components, wherein the multipath analysis module obtains the frequency offset at least in part on results of the differential products.
24. An apparatus that provides wireless communication, comprising:
means for correlating a received signal with a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises two or more separate multipath components;
means for analyzing at least one of the two or more separate multipath components and for obtaining a frequency offset of the received signal from the analysis;
means for obtaining an initial frequency offset estimation from at least one multipath signal associated with the received signal;
means for offsetting at least a portion of the received signal by the initial frequency offset estimation prior to the correlation by the processing module, wherein the processing module correlates the received signal with the synchronization sequence in a frequency domain; and
means for converting the resulting correlated signal to a time domain to distinguish the two or more separate multipath components;
wherein, the means for correlating correlates at least the offset portion of the received signal with an additional synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the additional synchronization sequence is separated in time from the synchronization sequence;
means for applying a differential product to at least one multipath component of the resulting correlated signal and to at least one multipath component of the second resulting correlated signal; and
the means for analyzing obtains the frequency offset from a result of the differential product(s).
25. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
code for correlating a received signal with a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises two or more separate multipath components;
code for analyzing at least one of the two or more separate multipath components and obtain a frequency offset of the received signal from the analysis;
code for obtaining an initial frequency offset estimation from at least one multipath signal associated with the received signal;
code for offsetting at least a portion of the received signal by the initial frequency offset estimation prior to the correlating, wherein the correlating the received signal with the synchronization sequence is accomplished in a frequency domain;
code for converting the resulting correlated signal to a time domain signal to distinguish the two or more separate multipath components;
code for correlating at least the offset portion of the received signal with an additional synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the additional synchronization sequence is separated in time from the synchronization sequence;
code for applying a differential product to at least one multipath component of the resulting correlated signal and to at least one multipath component of the second resulting correlated signal; and
code for obtaining the frequency offset from a result of the differential product(s).
26. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
transmitting a wireless signal and a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof;
receiving a replica of the wireless signal, the replica comprises at least two multipath components;
correlating the replica of the wireless signal with the synchronization sequence, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises at least two distinct multipath components; and
determining a frequency offset between the wireless signal and the replica of the wireless signal from one or more of the at least two distinct multipath components;
correlating the replica of the wireless signal with a second synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the correlating with the synchronization sequence and the second synchronization sequence are implemented in a frequency domain;
converting the resulting correlated signal and the second resulting correlated signal to a time domain; and
applying a differential product to corresponding multipath components of the resulting correlated signal and the second resulting correlated signal to obtain the frequency offset.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising transmitting the frequency offset to a mobile device.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising employing a despreading function to correlate the replica of the wireless signal with the synchronization sequence.
29. An apparatus that facilitates wireless communication, comprising:
a transmitter that sends a wireless signal and a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof;
a receiver that obtains a replica of the wireless signal, the replica comprises at least two multipath components;
a signal processor that correlates the replica of the wireless signal with the synchronization sequence, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises at least two distinct multipath components; and
an analysis module that determines a frequency offset between the wireless signal and the replica of the wireless signal from one or more of the at least two distinct multipath components, wherein the signal processor correlates the replica of the wireless signal with a second synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the correlating with the synchronization sequence and the second synchronization sequence are implemented in a frequency domain; and
a frequency converter that transforms the resulting correlated signal and second resulting correlated signal to a time domain; wherein the analysis module applies a differential product to corresponding multipath components of the resulting signal and the second resulting signal to obtain the frequency offset.
30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the transmitter sends the frequency offset to a mobile device.
31. The apparatus of claim 29, further comprising a logic module that employs a despreading function to correlate the replica of the wireless signal with the synchronization sequence.
32. An apparatus that provides wireless communication, comprising: means for transmitting a wireless signal and a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof;
means for receiving from a replica of the wireless signal, the replica comprises at least two multipath components;
means for correlating the replica of the wireless signal with the synchronization sequence, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises at least two distinct multipath components;
means for determining a frequency offset between the wireless signal and the replica of the wireless signal from one or more of the at least two distinct multipath components, wherein the means for correlating correlates the replica of the wireless signal with a second synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the correlating with the synchronization sequence and the second synchronization sequence are implemented in a frequency domain; and
means for transforming the resulting correlated signal and the second resulting correlated signal to a time domain, wherein the means for determining applies a differential product to corresponding multipath components of the resulting correlated signal and the second resulting correlated signal to obtain the frequency offset.
33. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
computer-readable instructions configured to provide wireless communication, the instructions are executable by at least one computer to:
transmit a wireless signal and a synchronization sequence comprising a primary synchronization channel (PSC) sequence, a secondary synchronization channel (SSC) sequence, or a combination thereof;
receive a replica of the wireless signal, the replica comprises at least two multipath components;
correlate the replica of the wireless signal with the synchronization sequence, wherein a resulting correlated signal comprises at least two distinct multipath components;
determine a frequency offset between the wireless signal and the replica of the wireless signal from one or more of the at least two distinct multipath components;
correlate the replica of the wireless signal with a second synchronization sequence to obtain a second resulting correlated signal, the correlating with the synchronization sequence and the second synchronization sequence are implemented in a frequency domain;
convert the resulting correlated signal and the second resulting correlated signal to a time domain; and
apply a differential product to corresponding multipath components of the resulting correlated signal and the second resulting correlated signal to obtain the frequency offset.