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1. An integral polymer grid which comprises an oriented polypropylene grid, either uniaxially or biaxially stretched, said polypropylene grid having a minimum of 20% polypropylene in the beta crystalline form .
2. The integral polymer grid of claim 1, wherein said polypropylene grid has a minimum of 50% polypropylene in the beta crystalline form.
3. The integral polymer grid of claim 1, wherein said polypropylene grid has a concentration of a beta nucleant of about 10 ppm to about 100 ppm of said grid.
4. The integral polymer grid of claim 1 wherein said polypropylene grid has at least 80% polypropylene in the beta crystalline form.
5. A starting material for making a uniaxially or biaxially oriented grid which comprises a polypropylene sheet having perforations or indentations to form openings when said sheet is stretched and having a minimum of 20% polypropylene in the beta crystalline form.
6. The polypropylene sheet of claim 5 having a minimum of 50% polypropylene in the beta crystalline form.
7. The polypropylene sheet of claim 5 having a concentration of beta nucleant of about 10 ppm to about 100 ppm.
8. The polypropylene sheet of claim 5 having at least 80% polypropylene in the beta crystalline form.
9. A method of making an integral polypropylene grid which comprises adding a beta nucleating agent to polypropylene and forming or casting said beta nucleated polypropylene into a sheet-like starting material having a defined pattern of holes or depressions, and uniaxially or biaxially orienting said starting material under controlled conditions to form said holes or depressions into grid openings.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein said beta nucleating agent is a red quinacridone dye.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein said beta nucleating agent is present at a concentration of about 10 ppm to about 100 ppm.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the beta nucleating agent is added in a concentrated form having about 450 ppm to about 2000 ppm of the beta nucleating agent in a polypropylene resin mixture.
13. The integral polymer grid of claim 1 wherein said polypropylene grid has increased tensile, torsional and flexural strength when compared to the same polypropylene grid manufactured without addition of a beta nucleating agent.
14. A reinforced civil engineering structure comprising a mass of particulate material and a reinforcing oriented polypropylene grid therefor, either uniaxially or biaxially stretched, which has a minimum of 20%-30% polypropylene crystals, and preferably up to about 80%, in the beta form.
15. A method of constructing a civil engineering structure which comprises providing a mass of particulate material and reinforcing said material with an oriented polypropylene grid, either uniaxially or biaxially stretched, which has a minimum of 20%-30% polypropylene in beta crystalline form, and preferably up to about 80%, in beta crystalline form.
16. The integral polymer grid made by the method of claim 11, wherein the extruded sheet can be run at line speeds that are at least 5% faster than the line speeds for an extruded polypropylene sheet with no added beta nucleant and the same starting thickness.
17. The integral polymer grid made by the method of claim 11, wherein the grid has thickness in the node junction region between the machine direction and transverse direction strands that is at least 10% less than that of a biaxially oriented web made from an extruded sheet with no added beta nucleant and the same starting sheet thickness.
18. The integral polymer grid made by the method of claim 11, wherein the grid has a thickness in the node junction region between the machine direction strands and transverse direction strands that is at least 5% more than that of a biaxially oriented web made from an extruded sheet with no added beta nucleant and the same starting sheet thickness.
19. The integral polymer grid made by the method of claim 11, wherein the grid has a tensile strength measured at 2% elongation in the machine direction, that is at least 10% higher than that of a biaxially oriented web made from an extruded polypropylene sheet with no added beta nucleant and the same starting thickness.
20. The integral polymer grid made by the method of claim 11, wherein the grid has a tensile strength measured at 5% elongation in the machine direction, that is at least 10% higher than that of a biaxially oriented web made from an extruded polypropylene sheet with no added beta nucleant and the same starting thickness.
21. The integral polymer grid made by the method of claim 11, wherein the grid has a increased node width, narrower strand width, increased flexural rigidity and decreased torsional rigidity than that of a biaxially oriented web made from an extruded polypropylene sheet with no added beta nucleant and the same starting thickness.
22. An extruded polypropylene sheet for manufacturing an integral geogrid structure comprising a nucleating agent in a concentration of about 10 ppm to about 100 ppm of total polypropylene content.
23. The sheet of claim 21, further comprising additives selected from the group consisting of stabilizers, pigments, and processing agents which do not nucleate the alpha crystal form of polypropylene.
24. A method of manufacture of a polypropylene sheet containing a nucleating agent which comprises:
(a) adding a nucleating agent to a polypropylene batch for a final concentration of nucleating agent of between about 10 ppm to about 100 ppm; and
(b) extruding a starting sheet.
25. The method of claim 23 further comprising uniaxially orienting the polypropylene in the sheet.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein the sheet is biaxially oriented.
27. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of adding a beta nucleating agent to the polypropylene is carried out by adding a beta nucleating concentrate to non-nucleated polypropylene, said concentrate containing from about 450 ppm to about 2000 ppm of said beta nucleating agent.
28. A concentrate for use in manufacturing an oriented polypropylene grid which comprises polypropylene and a beta nucleating agent, said nucleating agent being present in a concentration from about 450 ppm to about 2000 ppm in the concentrate.

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 base station, comprising:
a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel into each of plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band;
a receiving unit configured to receive a UE capability regarding a bandwidth from a mobile station; and
a specifying unit, coupled to the receiving unit, configured to specify, using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block, among the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band, one or more basic frequency blocks to be used by the mobile station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed, regardless of UE capabilities is used;
wherein communication with the mobile station is maintained in the predetermined basic frequency block, after communication with the mobile station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.
2. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the specifying unit specifies, among the plural basic frequency blocks which are formed by dividing the system band based on a maximum transmission and reception bandwidth of the mobile station, the one or more basic frequency blocks.
3. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the specifying unit specifies, among the plural basic frequency blocks in which a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is reduced or removed, the one or more basic frequency blocks.
4. A mobile station, comprising:
a transmitting unit configured to transmit a UE capability regarding a bandwidth to a base station;
a control unit configured to set, among plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band, a transmission or reception band to one or more basic frequency blocks specified using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block from the base station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed regardless of UE capabilities is used; and
a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel multiplexed into each of the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band;
wherein the control unit maintains communication with the base station in the predetermined frequency block, after communication with the base station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.
5. A basic frequency block specifying method in a base station, comprising the steps of:
multiplexing a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel into each of plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band;
receiving a UE capability regarding a bandwidth from a mobile station; and
specifying, using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block, among the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band, one or more basic frequency blocks to be used by the mobile station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed regardless of UE capabilities is used;
wherein communication with the mobile station is maintained in the predetermined basic frequency block, after communication with the mobile station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.
6. A band control method in a mobile station, comprising the steps of:
transmitting a UE capability regarding a bandwidth to a base station;
setting, among plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band, a transmission or reception band to one or more basic frequency blocks specified using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block from the base station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed regardless of UE capabilities is used; and
receiving a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel multiplexed into each of the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band;
wherein communication with the base station is maintained in the predetermined basic frequency block, after communication with the base station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.
7. The base station according to claim 1, wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.
8. The mobile station according to claim 4, wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.
9. The basic frequency block specifying method according to claim 5, wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.
10. The band control method according to claim 6, wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.

1. A weapon, comprising:
a warhead including destructive elements; and
a guidance section with a target sensor configured to guide said weapon to a target, including:
a front lens configured to provide a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens configured to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor, wherein said fast fresnel lens is formed from multiple substantially concentric circles that include random perturbations.
2. The weapon as recited in claim 1 wherein an optical focusing power of at least said front lens is selected to provide a predetermined focal length of said multi-lens focusing system.
3. The weapon as recited in claim 1 wherein said target sensor includes a filter on a back planar surface of said fast fresnel lens.
4. The weapon as recited in claim 1 further comprising an antenna configured to receive instructions after launching from a delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target and receive mission data before launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target.
5. The weapon as recited in claim 1 wherein said warhead includes destructive elements formed by non-explosive materials.
6. The weapon as recited in claim 1 further comprising a folding lug switch assembly configured to provide a mechanism to attach said weapon to a delivery vehicle, arm said warhead, or enable weapon guidance systems associated with said guidance section.
7. The weapon as recited in claim 1 further comprising an aft section including flight control elements, tail fins and power elements.
8. The weapon as recited in claim 1 further comprising an aft section including a tail fin having a modifiable control surface area thereby changing an aspect ratio thereof.
9. The weapon as recited in claim 1 further comprising an aft section with a variably shaped tail fin.
10. The weapon as recited in claim 1 wherein said weapon is a Mark-76 derived weapon or a bomb dummy unit (BDU)-33 derived weapon.
11. A method of operating a weapon, comprising:
providing a warhead including destructive elements;
guiding said weapon to a target with a guidance section having a target sensor, including:
a front lens that provides a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor, wherein said fast fresnel lens is formed from multiple substantially concentric circles that include random perturbations.
12. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein an optical focusing power of at least said front lens is selected to provide a predetermined focal length of said multi-lens focusing system.
13. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising receiving mission data via an antenna of said weapon before launching from a delivery vehicle and receiving instructions via said antenna after launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target.
14. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising employing a folding lug switch assembly for at least one of the following:
providing a mechanism to attach said weapon to a delivery vehicle,
arming said warhead, and
enabling weapon guidance systems associated with said guidance section.
15. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising guiding said weapon to said target in accordance with a tail fin having a modifiable control surface area thereby changing an aspect ratio thereof.
16. A method of manufacturing a weapon, comprising:
forming a warhead including destructive elements; and
forming a target sensor of a guidance section, including:
providing a front lens as a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
locating a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor, wherein said fast fresnel lens is formed from multiple substantially concentric circles that include random perturbations.
17. The method as recited in claim 16 wherein an optical focusing power of at least said front lens is selected to provide a predetermined focal length of said multi-lens focusing system.
18. The method as recited in claim 16 further comprising providing an antenna about a surface of said weapon configured to receive mission data before launching from a delivery vehicle and receive instructions after launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to a target.
19. The method as recited in claim 16 further comprising providing a folding lug switch assembly projecting from a surface of said weapon that provides a mechanism to attach said weapon to a delivery vehicle.
20. The method as recited in claim 16 further comprising providing an aft section with a tail fin having a modifiable control surface area.
21. A weapon system, comprising:
a delivery vehicle; and
a weapon, including:
a warhead including destructive elements,
a guidance section with a target sensor configured to guide said weapon to a target, including:
a front lens configured to provide a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens configured to cooperate with said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor, wherein said fast fresnel lens is formed from multiple substantially concentric circles that include random perturbations, and

an aft section including flight control elements and tail fins.
22. The weapon system as recited in claim 21 wherein an optical focusing power of at least said front lens is selected to provide a predetermined focal length of said multi-lens focusing system.
23. The weapon system as recited in claim 21 wherein said weapon further includes an antenna configured to receive mission data before launching from said delivery vehicle and receive instructions after launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target.
24. The weapon system as recited in claim 21 wherein said weapon further includes a folding lug switch assembly employable for at least one of the following:
providing a mechanism to attach said weapon to said delivery vehicle,
arming said warhead, and
enabling weapon guidance systems associated with said guidance section.
25. The weapon system as recited in claim 21 wherein said tail fins have a modifiable control surface area thereby changing an aspect ratio thereof.
26. A weapon, comprising:
a warhead including destructive elements; and
an aft section including a tail fin having a modifiable control surface area thereby changing an aspect ratio thereof.
27. The weapon as recited in claim 26 wherein said tail fin has an extendable surface or a retractable surface to modify said control surface area.
28. The weapon as recited in claim 26 wherein said tail fin has a deformable surface to modify said control surface area.
29. The weapon as recited in claim 26 wherein said tail fin has a deformable surface coupled to a rod, pin and dowel configured to extend or retract said deformable surface within or without said tail fin to modify said control surface area.
30. The weapon as recited in claim 26 further comprising a folding lug switch assembly configured to provide a mechanism to attach said weapon to a delivery vehicle, arm said warhead, or enable weapon guidance systems associated with a guidance section of said weapon.
31. The weapon as recited in claim 26 further comprising an antenna configured to receive instructions after launching from a delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to a target and receive mission data before launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target.
32. The weapon as recited in claim 26 further comprising a guidance section with a target sensor configured to guide said weapon to a target, including:
a front lens configured to provide a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens configured to cooperate with said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor.
33. The weapon as recited in claim 26 wherein said warhead includes destructive elements formed by non-explosive materials.
34. The weapon as recited in claim 26 wherein said aft section includes flight control elements and power elements.
35. The weapon as recited in claim 26 wherein said weapon is a Mark-76 derived weapon or a bomb dummy unit (BDU)-33 derived weapon.
36. A method of operating a weapon, comprising:
providing a warhead including destructive elements;
modifying a control surface area to change an aspect ratio of a tail fin when guiding said weapon to a target.
37. The method as recited in claim 36 wherein said tail fin has one of the following:
an extendable surface or a retractable surface to modify said control surface area, and
a deformable surface coupled to a rod, pin and dowel configured to extend or retract said deformable surface within or without said tail fin to modify said control surface area.
38. The method as recited in claim 37 further comprising employing a folding lug switch assembly for at least one of the following:
providing a mechanism to attach said weapon to a delivery vehicle,
arming said warhead, and
enabling weapon guidance systems associated with said guidance section.
39. The method as recited in claim 36 further comprising guiding said weapon to said target with a guidance section having a target sensor, including:
a front lens that provides a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens that cooperates with said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor.
40. The method as recited in claim 36 further comprising receiving mission data via an antenna of said weapon before launching from a delivery vehicle and receiving instructions via said antenna after launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target.
41. A method of manufacturing a weapon, comprising:
providing a warhead including destructive elements; and
providing an aft section including a tail fin having a modifiable control surface area thereby changing an aspect ratio thereof.
42. The method as recited in claim 41 wherein said tail fin has one of the following:
an extendable surface or a retractable surface to modify said control surface area, and
a deformable surface coupled to a rod, pin and dowel configured to extend or retract said deformable surface within or without said tail fin to modify said control surface area.
43. The method as recited in claim 41 further comprising providing a folding lug switch assembly projecting from a surface of said weapon that provides a mechanism to attach said weapon to a delivery vehicle.
44. The method as recited in claim 41 further comprising providing a guidance section having a target sensor, including:
a front lens that provides a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens that cooperates with said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor.
45. The method as recited in claim 41 further comprising providing an antenna about a surface of said weapon configured to receive mission data before launching from a delivery vehicle and receive instructions after launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to a target.
46. A weapon system, comprising:
a delivery vehicle; and
a weapon, including:
a warhead including destructive elements,
a guidance section configured to guide said weapon to a target, and
an aft section including a tail fin having a modifiable control surface area thereby changing an aspect ratio thereof.
47. The weapon system as recited in claim 46 wherein said tail fin has one of the following:
an extendable surface or a retractable surface to modify said control surface area, and
a deformable surface coupled to a rod, pin and dowel configured to extend or retract said deformable surface within or without said tail fin to modify said control surface.
48. The weapon system as recited in claim 46 wherein said weapon further includes a folding lug switch assembly employable for at least one of the following:
providing a mechanism to attach said weapon to said delivery vehicle,
arming said warhead, and
enabling weapon guidance systems associated with said guidance section.
49. The weapon system as recited in claim 46 wherein said guidance section has a target sensor, including:
a front lens that provides a cover to protect said target sensor from an environment, and
a fast fresnel lens behind said front lens that cooperates with said front lens to provide a multi-lens focusing system for said target sensor.
50. The weapon system as recited in claim 46 wherein said weapon further includes an antenna configured to receive mission data before launching from said delivery vehicle and receive instructions after launching from said delivery vehicle to guide said weapon to said target.

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 for establishing a new security association between a mobile node and a network source, the method comprising:
a first trust authority creating a first token comprising a security association between a network source and a mobile node, the first token being encrypted using a first key known to the mobile node and the first trust authority within a home network associated with the mobile node;
the first trust authority creating a second token comprising the security association between the network source and the mobile node, the second token being encrypted using a second key known to the first trust authority and a second trust authority associated with the network source; and
sending the first token and the second token to the second trust authority using a chain of trust infrastructure,
wherein the network source uses a third key known to the second trust authority and the network source to decrypt a third token, the third token comprising the security association between the network source and the mobile node, and wherein the network source uses the security association between the network source and the mobile node to create a media independent handover (MIH) message for the mobile node.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the chain of trust infrastructure is an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) protocol.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first trust authority is a home AAA server.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second token further comprises: a message authentication key, an information encryption key, and a key validity period.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first key is a long term secret or a short-term secret established as part of an earlier authentication between the mobile node and the home network.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the method further comprises:
receiving an authentication request; and
creating the first token and the second token in response to the authentication request.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is implemented when the mobile node is not in direct communication with the home network.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the second trust authority is the network source, and wherein the network source has a security relationship with the home network.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the network source is within a foreign network.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the second trust authority is an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server in the foreign network.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the network source is not an AAA client of a foreign network AAA server and has a relationship with the foreign network through the AAA client of the foreign network AAA server.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the home network sends the first token and the second token proactively based on a trigger from a set of sources comprising a trust authority, another network, or the mobile node.
13. The method of claim 1:
wherein the second trust authority decrypts the second token to produce the security association between the network source and the mobile node, creates the third token, the third token being encrypted using the third key, and sends the first token and the third token to the network source, and
wherein the network source sends the MIH message to the mobile node.
14. A network component comprising:
a processor configured to implement a method for establishing a new security association between a mobile node and a network source, the method comprising:
creating a first token comprising a security association between a network source and a mobile node, the first token being encrypted using a first key known to the mobile node and a first trust authority within a home network associated with the mobile node;
creating a second token comprising the security association between the network source and the mobile node, the second token being encrypted using a second key known to the first trust authority and a second trust authority associated with the network source; and
sending the first token and the second token to the second trust authority using a chain of trust infrastructure,
wherein the network source uses a third key known to the second trust authority and the network source to decrypt a third token, the third token comprising the security association between the network source and the mobile node, and wherein the network source uses the security association between the network source and the mobile node to create a media independent handover (MIH) message for the mobile node.
15. The network component of claim 14, wherein the chain of trust infrastructure is an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) protocol.
16. The network component of claim 14, wherein the first trust authority is a home AAA server.
17. The network component of claim 14, wherein the second token further comprises:
a message authentication key, an information encryption key, and a key validity period.
18. The network component of claim 14, wherein the first key is a long term secret or a short-term secret established as part of an earlier authentication between the mobile node and the home network.
19. The network component of claim 14, wherein the processor implements the method when the mobile node is not in direct communication with the home network.
20. The network component of claim 14, wherein the network source is within a foreign network, and wherein the second trust authority is an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server in the foreign network.
21. The network component of claim 14, wherein the home network sends the first token and the second token proactively based on a trigger from a set of sources comprising a trust authority, another network, or the mobile node.