All The Claims

1. A method, at a femtocell transceiver device comprising a Home Node B (HNB), comprising:
transmitting a first message to an HNB gateway (HNB-GW) comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaption (PUA); and
receiving a second message from said HNB GW in response to said first message indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second message indicates that the HNB-GW does not support PUA messages.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second message does not comprise parameters related to PUA support.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first message comprises a Home Node B Application Part (HNBAP) HNB REGISTER REQUEST message.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said second message comprises an HNBAP HNB REGISTER ACCEPT message.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second message comprises one or more parameters indicating that the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
7. The method of claim 6, and further comprising commencing transmitting PUA messages to said HNB-GW based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters indicating that the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein said HNBAP HNB REGISTER ACCEPT message further comprises one or more parameters indicating available location servers.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more parameters indicating the available location servers comprise a server identification, and a list of positioning methods supported by each server.
10. The method of claim 5, wherein said HNBAP HNB REGISTER ACCEPT message further comprises a reserved International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) value or a reserved International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) value to be used by the HNB in at least one positioning operation.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one positioning operation comprises determination of a location estimate for a user equipment device.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one positioning operation comprises determination of a location estimate for the HNB.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one positioning operation comprises providing positioning assistance data.
14. The method of claim 10, and further comprising transmitting a PCAP Position Calculation Request message to the HNB-GW including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
15. The method of claim 10, and further comprising transmitting a PCAP Information Exchanging Initiation Request message to the HNB-GW including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
16. The method of claim 10, and further comprising transmitting a PCAP Position Initiation Request message to the HNB-GW including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
17. A femtocell transceiver device configured as a Home Node B (HNB) device, comprising:
a network adapter to transmit messages to and receive messages from a data communication network; and
one or more processors to:
initiate transmission of an first message to an HNB gateway (HNB-GW) comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaption (PUA); and
obtain an second message received at said network adapter from said HNB GW in response to said first message indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
18. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 17, wherein the second message indicates that the HNB-GW does not support PUA messages.
19. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 18, wherein the second message does not comprise parameters related to PUA support.
20. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 17, wherein said first message comprises a Home Node B Application Part (HNBAP) HNB REGISTER REQUEST message.
21. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 17, wherein the second message comprises an HNBAP HNB REGISTER ACCEPT message.
22. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 17, wherein the second message comprises one or more parameters indicating that the HNB-GW can support PUA messages.
23. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 22, wherein said one or more processors are further to initiate commencement of transmission of PUA messages to said HNB-GW based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW can support PUA messages.
24. The femtocell transceiver device of claim 22, wherein said second message further comprises a reserved International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) or a reserved International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) value to indicate support of one or more positioning operations.
25. The femtocell transceiver of claim 24, wherein at least one of the one or more positioning operations comprise computation of a location estimate.
26. The femtocell transceiver of claim 24, wherein at least one of the one or more positioning operations comprise providing positioning assistance data.
27. The femtocell transceiver of claim 24, wherein the one or more processors are further to initiate transmission a PCAP Position Calculation Request message through said network adapter to the HNB-GW including said IMSI or IMEI value.
28. The femtocell transceiver of claim 24, wherein the one or more processors are further to initiate transmission of a PCAP Information Exchanging Initiation Request message through said network adapter to the HNB-GW including said IMSI or IMEI value.
29. The femtocell transceiver of claim 24, wherein the one or more processors are further to initiate transmission of a PCAP Position Initiation Request message through said network adapter to the HNB-GW including said IMSI or IMEI value.
30. A femtocell transceiver device configured as a Home Node B (HNB) device, comprising:
means for transmitting an first message to an HNB gateway (HNB-GW) comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaption (PUA); and
means for receiving an second message from said HNB GW in response to said first message indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
31. A non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus of a femtocell transceiver device configured as a Home Node B (HNB) to:
initiate transmission of a first message to an HNB gateway (HNB-GW) comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaption (PUA); and
obtain a second message received from said HNB GW in response to said first message indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
32. A method comprising, at a Home Node B gateway (HNB-GW), comprising:
receiving a first message from a Home Node B (HNB) device comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaption (PUA); and
transmitting a second message to said HNB device in response to said first message comprising one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein said one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW can support PUA messages comprises an HNB-GW PUA Support Indicator.
34. The method of claim 32, and further comprising receiving PUA messages from said HNB device based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW can support PUA messages.
35. The method of claim 32, wherein said second message further comprises a reserved International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) value or a reserved International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) value to be used by the HNB in support of one or more positioning operations.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein at least one of the one or more positioning operations comprise computation of a location estimate.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein at least one of the one or more positioning operations comprise providing positioning assistance data.
38. The method of claim 35, and further comprising receiving a PCAP Position Calculation Request message from the HNB device including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
39. The method of claim 35, and further comprising receiving a PCAP Information Exchanging Initiation Request message from the HNB device including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
40. The method of claim 35, and further comprising receiving PCAP Position Initiation Request message from the HNB device including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
41. The method of claim 32, wherein said first message comprises a Home Node B Application Part (HNBAP) HNB REGISTER REQUEST message.
42. The method of claim 32, wherein said second message comprises an HNBAP HNB REGISTER ACCEPT message.
43. A Home Node B gateway (HNB-GW) device, comprising:
a network adapter to transmit messages to and receive messages from a data communication network; and
one or more processors to:
obtain a first message received at said network adapter from a Home Node B (HNB) device comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaptation (PUA); and
initiate transmission of a second message through said network adapter to said HNB device in response to said first message comprising one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
44. The HNB-GW device of claim 43, wherein said one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW can support PUA messages comprises an HNB-GW PUA Support Indicator.
45. The HNB-GW device of claim 43, wherein said one or processors are further to obtain PUA messages received at said network adapter from said HNB device based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW can support PUA messages.
46. The HNB-GW device of claim 43, wherein said second message further comprises a reserved International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) value or a reserved International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) value to be used by the HNB in support of one or more positioning operations.
47. The HNB-GW device of claim 46, wherein at least one of the one or more positioning operations comprise computation of a location estimate.
48. The HNB-GW device of claim 46, wherein at least one of the one or more positioning operations comprise providing positioning assistance data.
49. The HNB-GW device of claim 46, wherein said one or more processors are further to obtain a PCAP Position Calculation Request message received at said network adapter from the HNB device including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
50. The HNB-GW device of claim 46, wherein said one or more processors are further to obtain a PCAP Information Exchanging Initiation Request message received at said network adapter from the HNB device including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
51. The HNB-GW device of claim 46, wherein said one or more processors are further to obtain and further comprising receiving PCAP Position Initiation Request message from the HNB device including said reserved IMSI or IMEI value.
52. A Home Node B gateway (HNB-GW) device, comprising:
means for receiving a first message from a Home Node B (HNB) device comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaptation (PUA); and
means for transmitting a second message to said HNB device in response to said first message comprising one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
53. A non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon, which are executable by one or more processors of a Home Node B gateway (HNB-GW) to:
obtain a first message received from a Home Node B (HNB) device comprising one or more parameters requesting support for Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) transport over PCAP User Adaptation (PUA); and
initiate transmission of a second message to said HNB device in response to said first message comprising one or more parameters indicating whether the HNB-GW is capable of supporting PUA messages.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for creating jamming within an area, the method comprising:
distributing a plurality of jammers to form a group in which each of the jammers can be arranged to transmit a jamming signal,
establishing communication directly between the jammers,
transferring information from one jammer to the other jammers, and
superposing the transferring of information on the jamming signal produced by the one jammer.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is superposed on the jamming signal produced by the jammer by modulating the jamming signal.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the jamming signal comprises jamming pulses, wherein the superposed information affects characteristics of the jamming pulses with regard to amplitude, pulse length andor distance between pulses.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
allocating a master function to one of the jammers in the group.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
initially allocating to all the jammers in the group of jammers a slave function with a possibility of one of a plurality of jammers changing later to a master function in response to the other jammers comprised in the group of jammers.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the jammers are distributed by being fired out.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the jammers are distributed by a shell.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein information transferred between jammers is utilized for controlling the transmission of jamming signals by the jammer that receives the information.
9. A jamming arrangement, comprising:
a plurality of communicating jammers intended to be distributed over an area, each jammer comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a logic unit, wherein the transmitter comprises an information-superposing unit configured to superpose information on a jamming signal of a transmitting jammer for transferring the information between communicating jammers.
10. The jamming arrangement according to claim 9, wherein each jammer comprises a jamming pulse generator for generating a jamming signal in the form of jamming pulses and a modulator that acts on the jamming pulse generator and is comprised in the information-superposing unit.
11. The jamming arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the receiver in each jammer comprises a detector configured to detect information superposed on a received jamming signal.
12. The jamming arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the receiver comprises a dynamic damping unit arranged before the detector in the path taken by the signal.
13. The jamming arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the detector comprises a demodulator.

What is claimed is:

1. Apparatus for lifting a load having an upright tubular sidewall, comprising:
a plurality of clamps constructed and disposed to grip spaced sidewall portions, each of the clamps having cooperable, relatively movable outer and inner jaws shaped to conform to the shape of the respective sidewall portions, the outer jaws being disposed to engage outer surfaces of the respective sidewall portions and the inner jaws being disposed to engage inner surfaces of the respective sidewall portions; and
a lifting mechanism constructed to close the clamps to grip the respective sidewall portions frictionally and then to raise the lifting apparatus with the load suspended from the clamps.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the outer jaws are fixed to a frame, and the inner jaws are supported on the frame for movement relative to the outer jaws.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the clamps are constructed and disposed to grip opposite sidewall portions.
4. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism is operatively connected to the inner jaws and is constructed to move the inner jaws into engagement with inner surfaces of the sidewall portions.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus has elements that support the apparatus on a top edge of the sidewall when the apparatus is positioned relative to the load for lifting.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a frame and a lifting member movable vertically relative to the frame, and the clamps are closed in response to upward movement of the lifting member relative to the frame.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the lifting mechanism includes linkages that connect the jaws of the clamps to the lifting member and that move to close the clamps when the lifting member is raised.
8. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the lifting mechanism includes a pair of incline surfaces that move followers when the lifting member is raised, and thereby close the clamps.
9. Apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the incline surfaces are part of wedge members mounted on the lifting member so as to move upwardly when the lifting member is raised, and the followers are mounted on pivot members pivotally supported on the frame, one of the jaws of each clamp being mounted on a respective pivot member and the other jaw of each clamp being fixed to the frame.
10. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the inner jaws are mounted on pivot members that are pivotally supported on the frame, and wherein the lifting member has a pair of wedges mounted thereon adjacent to the respective pivot members, each pivot member having a follower thereon engaging an incline surface of a respective wedge so that when the wedges are moved upwardly by the lifting member, the upward movement of the wedges is converted to pivotal movement of the pivot members and the inner jaws are moved toward the outer jaws to close the clamps on the sidewall portions, and then continued upward movement of the lifting member lifts the load.
11. Apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the wedges have guide surfaces, spaced from the incline surfaces and engaging guide members mounted on the frame for guiding movement of the wedges relative to the frame, and wherein the lifting member has additional guide surfaces engaging guide members mounted on the frame for guiding movement of the lifting member relative to the frame.
12. Apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the frame comprises a pair of spaced plates and the lifting member comprises a plate disposed between the plates of the frame.
13. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the inner jaws are mounted on first end portions of respective first links pivotally supported on the frame at intermediate regions of the first links, and wherein the lifting mechanism includes the first links and second links pivotally connected between respective second end portions of the first links and the lifting member.
14. Apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the frame comprises a pair of parallel frame parts, each of the first links comprises a pair of parallel link parts disposed adjacent to respective frame parts, and each of the second links comprises a pair of parallel link parts disposed adjacent to respective first link parts.
15. Apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the apparatus has a releasable latch for holding the links in positions that maintain the clamps open.
16. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus has a releasable latch for holding the lifting member at a position relative to the frame at which the clamps are open.
17. Apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the releasable latch comprises a pin insertable through corresponding holes in the lifting member and the frame.
18. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein jaws of the clamps have tapered lead-in portions to facilitate placement of the clamps over an upper edge of the sidewall portions.
19. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes handles for manually positioning the apparatus relative to a container.
20. A method of lifting a load having spaced sidewall portions, comprising:
disposing a plurality of clamps adjacent to respective sidewall portions, each clamp having cooperable, relatively movable outer and inner jaws shaped to conform to the shape of the respective sidewall portions, the outer jaws being disposed to engage outer surfaces of the respective sidewall portions and the inner jaws being disposed to engage inner surfaces of the respective sidewall portions;
moving the jaws of each clamp to close the clamps to grip respective sidewall portions frictionally; and
lifting the clamps so as to lift the load with the load suspended from the clamps.
21. A method according to claim 20, further comprising increasing clamping pressure between the jaws of each clamp in response to lifting of the load.
22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the increasing of the clamping pressure is due to a levering action that urges one of the jaws of each clamp toward the other jaw of each clamp.
23. A method according to claim 21, wherein the increasing of the clamping pressure is due to a wedging action that urges one of the jaws of each clamp toward the other jaw of each clamp.
24. A method according to claim 21, wherein the clamps are supported on a frame, and prior to closing the clamps on the respective sidewall portions the frame is supported on a top edge of the sidewall.
25. Lifting apparatus comprising a plurality of gripping devices having shaped surfaces for gripping spaced sidewall portions of a container between the surfaces of each gripping device, the surfaces being shaped to conform to the shape of the spaced sidewall portions and being actuated by the weight of the container andor its contents as the container is lifted to create a gripping force on the sidewall portions that allows the container and any contents to be lifted with the container suspended from the shaped surfaces.
26. Lifting apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the gripping devices are actuated by mechanical advantage devices.
27. Lifting apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the gripping devices are constructed to lift containers having straight sidewalls extending to a top edge of the sidewalls, the sidewalls being free of crimping, beading, or other surface formations that would aid in lifting of the containers.
28. Lifting apparatus comprising clamp means including cooperable first and second jaws, a frame, and a lifting member movable relative to the frame, the first jaw being fixed to the frame and the second jaw being mounted on a pivot member pivotally supported on the frame, and incline surface means fixed to the lifting member, the pivot member having a follower that engages the incline surface means to move the second jaw toward the first jaw in response to movement of the lifting member relative to the frame.
29. Lifting apparatus comprising a pair of spaced clamps, a frame, and a lifting member movable relative to the frame, each clamp having a first jaw fixed to the frame and a second jaw mounted on a pivot member pivotally supported on the frame, and a pair of incline surface members fixed to the lifting member, the pivot members having followers cooperable with the incline surface members, respectively, for moving the second jaws toward the first jaws when the lifting member is moved relative to the frame.
30. Lifting apparatus comprising a frame, a pair of spaced clamps, each clamp having cooperable first and second jaws, a pair of linkages, and a lifting member movable relative to the frame, the first jaws being fixed to the frame, and the second jaws being fixed to first links of the linkages, respectively, the first links being pivotally mounted on the frame and being pivotally connected to second links of the linkages, respectively, that are pivotally connected to the lifting member, the linkages being constructed to move the second jaws toward the first jaws in response to movement of the lifting member relative to the frame.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed:

1. A catalyst for producing chlorine dioxide having a slower rate of deactivation, consisting essentially of a catalyst support selected from the group consisting of a modified support modified by a Group IA carbonate salt or a Group IIA carbonate salt or a magnesium salt that can be converted to MgO and a support consisting of a Group IA carbonate salt or a Group IIA carbonate salt or a magnesium salt that can be converted to MgO, wherein the outside edge of said catalyst support is impregnated with palladium or palladium and another platinum group metal or palladium and a Group IB metal.
2. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein said another platinum group metal is platinum.
3. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein said Group IB metal is gold.
4. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein said palladium is present in an amount of 0.1 to 20%.
5. The catalyst according to claim 2, wherein said palladium and said platinum are present in an amount of 0.1 to 20%.
6. The catalyst according to claim 2, wherein said palladium and said platinum are present in a ratio of Pt to Pd of 0.01:1 to 2:1.
7. The catalyst according to claim 6, wherein said palladium and said platinum are present in a ratio of Pt to Pd of 0.2:1 to 0.8:1.
8. The catalyst according to claim 3, wherein said palladium and said gold is present in an amount of 0.1 to 20%.
9. The catalyst according to claim 3, wherein said palladium and said gold are present in a ratio of Au to Pd of 0.01:1 to 2:1.
10. The catalyst according to claim 9, wherein said palladium and said gold are present in a ratio of Au to Pd of 0.2:1 to 0.8:1.
11. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein said Group IA carbonate salt is K2CO3.
12. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein said Group IA carbonate salt is CaCO3.
13. The catalyst according to claim 1 wherein said modified support is a formed alumina modified with K2CO3 present in the amount of 2 to 50% by weight.
14. The catalyst according to claim 1 wherein said modified support is a high surface metallic or ceramic support.
15. The catalyst according to claim 14 wherein said modified support has a surface area of at least about 40 m2g.
16. The catalyst according to claim 14 wherein said modified support is gamma alumina, silica-alumina, silica, or titania.
17. The catalyst according to claim 1, said catalyst produced by a method consisting essentially of preadjusting the pH of an aqueous solution of a palladium or palladium and another platinum group metal or palladium and a Group IB metal salt to a pH range of 1 to 6.3, adding said solution to a slurry of said catalyst support and water, maintaining the pH of said slurry from 6 to 10 for several minutes at a temperature of 70 to 90 C., and adding a reducing agent, thereby impregnating the outside edge of said catalyst support with palladium or palladium and another platinum group metal or palladium and a Group IB metal.
18. A method of making a catalyst for producing chlorine dioxide having a slower rate of deactivation, said method consisting essentially of preadjusting the pH of an aqueous solution of a palladium or palladium and another platinum group metal or palladium and a Group IB metal salt to a pH range of 1 to 6.3, adding said solution to a slurry of water and a catalyst support selected from the group consisting of a modified support modified by a Group IA carbonate salt or a Group IIA carbonate salt or a magnesium salt that can be converted to MgO and a support consisting of a Group IA carbonate salt or a Group IIA carbonate salt or a magnesium salt that can be converted to MgO, maintaining the pH of said slurry from 6 to 10 for several minutes at a temperature of 70 to 90 C., and adding a reducing agent, thereby impregnating the outside edge of said catalyst support with palladium or palladium and another platinum group metal or palladium and a Group IB metal.
19. A method for generating chlorine dioxide from a chlorine dioxide precursor, said method comprising contacting an aqueous medium containing a chlorine dioxide precursor with a catalyst consisting essentially of a catalyst support selected from the group consisting of a modified support modified by a Group IA carbonate salt or a Group IIA carbonate salt or a magnesium salt that can be converted to MgO and a support consisting of a Group IA carbonate salt or a Group IIA carbonate salt or a magnesium salt that can be converted to MgO, wherein the outside edge of said catalyst support is impregnated with palladium or palladium and another platinum group metal or palladium and a Group IB metal.
20. The method according to claim 19 wherein the temperature is 5 to 80 C.
21. The method according to claim 20 wherein the temperature is 5 to 50 C.
22. The method according to claim 19 wherein the pH of said aqueous medium is 1 to 8.
23. The method according to claim 22 wherein the pH is from 4 to 8.
24. The method according to claim 19 wherein the time of the contact between said catalyst and said chlorine dioxide precursor ranges from 0.01 to 20 seconds.
25. The method according to claim 19 wherein said chlorine dioxide is contacted with contact lenses for disinfecting.
26. A two component package comprising the catalyst according to claim 1 and a chlorine dioxide precursor.
27. A method for generating chlorine dioxide from a chlorine dioxide precursor comprising providing a multicompartment container, a first compartment containing a chlorine dioxide precursor, a second compartment containing the catalyst according to claim 1, dispelling from said first compartment a quantity of said chlorine dioxide precursor to flow into said second compartment containing said catalyst, contacting said precursor with said catalyst thereby forming chlorine dioxide, and ejecting said chlorine dioxide from said container to the surface of an item to be disinfected or treated.