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How long to let a young tree grow fruit-less?
Just wondering how long (and if) everybody here picks the fruits off a young tree to make it grow larger. First year, second year, etc?
I know the conventional fruit tree wisdom is no fruit production for about the first two years, but figs seem to be an exception.
I have 4 little trees at the moment, varying sizes but I have only had all for less than 6 months. Even the littlest 1g is putting out figs but I have not let them stay on.
When do you decide that a tree is ready to produce fruit?
I always eat the little things, period. Yeah, my fig trees are not the best, but I cannot help myself, and it hasn't killed any of my trees. Even on cuttings in a jar of water, I get the occasional fig, and I just sit back in anticipation.
Anybody else out there want to give this post some rational, sensible advice? Unlike my own?
On a Second year tree you should leave no more than Half dozen fruits,third year 2 dozen or less 4th year three dozen or less,and so forth.
Any more fruits left and you risk a tree that will die over the next Winter,when grown outside Ideal climate like southern France or Fresno California.
Got eight new cuttings from a Greek guy today. Four are black fig tree cuttings and four are purple fig tree cuttings. Unknown varieties. The Black figs came off of a 13 year old tree which right now bears about 80 ripening figs. Mr. Kostopoulos knows his figs!
There are I think six little figs on the cuttings shown on the left. Anybody know if I should pop them off now to conserve the fig's energy, or to push my luck and hope to eat them in two weeks right off the cuttings? Help!
1.Remove the figs- take too much energy from cutting
2. Remove leaves except one, then cut the leaf in half with scissors.
3. Place your jar of water with cuttings inside to a shaded but warm place.
Be patient, I have seen updates on YouTube, figs4fun that rooting may take a while... Weeks or even a month
Hey, thanks jenniferarino83
Living in Florida, near the Greek community of Tarpon Springs, fig cuttings are abundant and free. I now have 7 figs in the ground, 3 in pots, and 8 cuttings in water. I will remove the baby figs from the cuttings in the morning. I like your advice and will follow it to the letter. Thank you!
Well Timmy:You risk ,death of the tree because it happened to my trees,when I left too many fruits on.
It is from my experience.
Now As my opinion,here is how I would explain.
Fig trees are very willing to produce fruits,as they think that is a way to preserve themselves,by producing seeds if a male pollen is available.
That is because most fruits producing fig trees are Females.
The more fruits the female produces the farther the seed will fall when eaten by a creature.
So some of them will grow into new trees.
The Young new plant,read the adverse environment is in, when in a pot in the north east,so,knowing is in peril,it produces fruits way before it is able to sustain those fruits ,and this is done for survival.
At the end of season it exhaust itself of all energy reserves,to grow those fruits,and so when Winter come it has no energy to survive the abnormal cold it has to endure in the North east cold Winters.
Right you are, noss!
Herman2 explained exactly what happened to my dearest fig tree, Steve. After a Greek friend of mine, Steve Kordis passed away, his back yard was torn out and Steve the Fig Tree was thrown away. Left out in a trash pile last August for four days in the brutal sun, Steve the Fig Tree had full root exposure. I found the dead stick that he had become. I took it home, planted it, watered it one time and just ignored it. In December, Steve had a leaf pop out at the top! Over the winter it made a weak recovery, and in early April, I got two black figs. I ate them, and a month later, the tree just took a terrible turn for the worse. I couldn't understand it until Herman2 offered up his wisdom about a dying momma tree.
But now, in it's organic orchard, mulched heavily, Steve is rebounding. By the time I put him in the orchard, all he had was 3 tiny penny sized leaves. So sad. But he's back!
Thanks again for the 'dying mother' explanation, Herman2.
Part of it depends where you live. In the south in zone 9 for example you basically have twice the growing season of someone in zone 5 or 6. So 1 growing season in z 9 is almost equal to 2 growing seasons up north. I think size of the plant is a much better indicator of when a plant should be allowed to fruit than a calender.

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"She kept showing herself to us [on the ultrasound]," said Griffin. "It was an oops we found out."
Still, Griffin couldn't be happier. After spending the past seven years playing with trucks and dinosaurs alongside her sons, 7-year-old Aidan and 4-year-old Dysan, she was looking forward to finally having a little girl in the family.
The 37-year-old mom wanted to celebrate the good news with loved ones, but she'd already had two elaborate baby showers for her first son and didn't want to come off as "greedy."
That's when her sister, Veronica Spencer, suggested throwing a sprinkle, a small party for second and subsequent pregnancies.
According to Rebecca Michals at babycenter.com, a website which focuses on pregnancy and parenting advice, such parties have been growing in popularity over the past year.
"It's exciting and fun to celebrate a coming baby, even if the mom already has all the car seats and strollers she needs," said Michals, director of global community and customer service.
Michals points to growing media attention from publications such as The New York Times, which last year featured sprinkles as a growing trend in the United States. Even Babies R Us updated its U.S. site's resource centre in January to offer do it yourself party tips and gift ideas for sprinkles.
And now, the low-key fete — which tends to include fewer guests and smaller, less expensive gifts such as diapers — is gaining favour among moms in Canada.
Ann Elisabeth Samson, editor of babycenter.ca, said she's been seeing small, but increasing discussion of baby sprinkles on the Canadian site over the past year.
One sunny afternoon last April, Griffin and 25 of her closest family and friends gathered at the historic Hugh Foster Hall in Milton, Ont. to celebrate the impending arrival of little baby Autumn.
At a rate of roughly $150 for four hours, the place was a steal, said Spencer, who hosted the event.
The goal of the sprinkle was cheap but chic. Spencer made the invitations herself, picked up sandwiches from Loblaws then dressed them up on pedestal cake plates left over from her wedding and persuaded her mother to bake gooey chocolate chip cookies.
Some of the guests even came early to help set up, arranging the tables in U shape, covering them with Spencer's own tablecloths and dressing them up with tiny bouquets of daises and mums (3 for $10 at the grocery store) to add just the right finishing touch. All in all, the tab for the sprinkle came to roughly $500. Spencer said she would've spent between $750 to $1,000 to throw a shower for 45 guests — the number of people who attended two separate showers for baby Aidan.
"It was a lovely party," said Vi Dias, one of Griffin's neighbours who attended the sprinkle. "It was a lot of fun and really low key."
In the spirit of the event there was no gift registry and Griffin wasn't expecting expensive items either. She'd already received a stroller and a car seat at a shower for her eldest son. Griffin said she received mostly clothes, but also smaller items like diapers, washcloths, hooded towels and a Sophie the Giraffe teether. Things, she said, that would wear out over time.
"The sprinkle was more of a celebration of me and the baby," she said. "It felt very intimate and involved just the people I was super close to."
That suited her guests just fine. A sprinkle eliminated the pressure to spend a lot of money and Dias, like many of those in attendance, enjoyed shopping for tutus and pink onesies.
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But won't baby Autumn, now 9 months old, resent not having a large bash like her eldest brother? "I don't think my kids care," said Griffin. "There's more important things to worry about."
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The Longest War
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TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED since the shocking attacks on the World Trade Center, and after seven years of conflict, the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq—only to move into Afghanistan, where the ten-year-old fight continues: the war on terror rages with no clear end in sight. In The Longest War Peter Bergen offers a comprehensive history of this war and its evolution, from the strategies devised in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to the fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond. Unlike any other book on this subject, here Bergen tells the story of this shifting war's failures and successes from the perspectives of both the United States and al-Qaeda and its allies. He goes into the homes of al-Qaeda members, rooting into the source of their devotion to terrorist causes, and spends time in the offices of the major players shaping the U.S. strategic efforts in the region. At a time when many are frustrated or fatigued with what has become an enduring multigenerational conflict, this book will provide an illuminating narrative that not only traces the arc of the fight but projects its likely future.
Weaving together internal documents from al-Qaeda and the U.S. offices of counterterrorism, first-person interviews with top-level jihadists and senior Washington officials, along with his own experiences on the ground in the Middle East, Bergen balances the accounts of each side, revealing how al-Qaeda has evolved since 9/11 and the specific ways the U.S. government has responded in the ongoing fight.
Bergen also uncovers the strategic errors committed on both sides—the way that al-Qaeda's bold attack on the United States on 9/11 actually undermined its objective and caused the collapse of the Taliban and the destruction of the organization's safe haven in Afghanistan, and how al-Qaeda is actually losing the war of ideas in the Muslim world. The book also shows how the United States undermined its moral position in this war with its actions at Guantánamo and coercive interrogations—including the extraordinary rendition of Abu Omar, who was kidnapped by the CIA in Milan in 2003 and was tortured for four years in Egyptian prisons; his case represents the first and only time that CIA officials have been charged and convicted of the crime of kidnapping.
In examining other strategic blunders the United States has committed, Bergen offers a scathing critique of the Clinton and Bush administrations' inability to accurately assess and counter the al-Qaeda threat, Bush's deeply misguided reasons for invading Iraq—including the story of how the invasion was launched based, in part, on the views of an obscure academic who put forth theories about Iraq's involvement with al-Qaeda—and the Obama administration's efforts in Afghanistan.
At a critical moment in world history The Longest War provides the definitive account of the ongoing battle against terror.
Peter Bergen is the author of Holy War, Inc. and The Osama Bin Laden I Know, both named among the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic and has worked as a correspondent for National Geographic television, Discovery, and CNN. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair, among other publications.
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It's the last week of March, and ice-out is still at least two weeks away, said Dave Emerson of Emerson Aviation.
Last year, ice-out was March 24, the earliest time in recorded history the winter ice cover had left the bays of the lake.
But Emerson, who flies over the lake regularly and has traditionally declared ice-out each year, said last year was unusual. Ice-out usually happens in mid-April.
"There's been no movement of the ice whatsoever; we're still a few weeks away," Emerson said Monday.
There has been another kind of movement on the ice of late, however, as bob house owners are moving their structures off the ice as the seasons change.
"I saw a large portion of the lake over the weekend and I might have seen one bob house," said Gilford Fire Chief Stephen Carrier.
State Fish and Game officials issued their annual warning to ice-fishing enthusiasts that bob houses, also known as ice shanties, must be removed from the ice no later than the end of the day on April 1, according to state law.
The warning was necessary, but for most, it may have been unneeded.
"Most ice fishermen know it's time to get off the ice at this time of year," said state Fish and Game Lt. Robert Bryant, who added that the warning is for those who aren't aware that the ice is growing unsafe.
In fact, though Fish and Game officers check the ice and its winter inhabitants regularly, the ice anglers probably know its condition better than anyone, Carrier said.
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Once off the ice, bob houses must not be left on public or private property without permission. That ensures that bob houses and their contents don't fall through the ice and become a hazard to boaters or get left behind on shore, said Sgt. Dave Eskeland of the N.H. Fish and Game Department's Law Enforcement Division.
Failure to remove a bobhouse from public waters, public property or private property by the deadline can result in a fine and a one-year loss of the owner's fishing license. If Fish and Game conservation officers cannot identify bob house owners, they have the authority to seize any bob house and its contents not removed by the deadline.
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A mobile station communicates with an RSVP-aware network over an air interface standard that has a wireless quality of service standard. The mobile station transmits an RSVP message to an end terminal through the network's RSVP-enabled routers. The end terminal transmits an RESV response message back to the mobile station. A base station controller intercepts this message and sets up the wireless resources if possible.
1. A method for generating end-to-end quality of service in a wireless network comprising a plurality of RSVP-enabled routers coupled to at least one base station controller that communicates traffic with a mobile station over a wireless link, the mobile station communicating to an end terminal through the network, the method comprising the steps of:
the mobile station transmitting traffic characteristics message to the plurality of routers through the wireless link using a wireless quality of service standard;
the end terminal receiving the traffic characteristics message;
the end terminal transmitting an RESV response message through the network to the mobile station;
a first base station controller of the at least one base station controllers intercepting the RESV response message;
the first base station controller checking wireless resources for capability to handle a call;
if the wireless resources cannot handle the call, the first base station controller dropping the RESV response message;
if the wireless resources can handle the call, the first base station controller setting up the wireless resources to handle the call; and
if the wireless resources can handle the call, the first base station controller forwarding the RESV response message to the mobile station.
2. The method of
coupling the end terminal to the network through a second base station controller of the at least one base station controller and a wireless link;
the second base station controller intercepting the traffic characteristics message before reaching the end terminal;
the second base station controller attempting to set up wireless link resources for transmitting the traffic characteristics message to the end terminal;
if the second base station controller cannot set up the wireless link resources, the second base station controller dropping the traffic characteristics message; and
if the second base station controller can set up the wireless link resources, the second base station controller forwarding the traffic characteristics message to the end terminal through the wireless link.
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. The method of
the Serving GPRS Support Node intercepting the traffic characteristics message and the RESV response message;
the Serving GPRS Support Node modifying the traffic characteristics message and the RESV response message to reflect constraints of the wireless link; and
the Serving GPRS Support Node forwarding the modified traffic message and the modified RESV response message.
6. A method for coupling a mobile station over an air interface, having a wireless quality of service standard, to an RSVP-aware network, the network being coupled to an end terminal, the mobile station having an application that is wireless quality of service standard compliant, the network comprising an RSVP agent and a plurality of routers that are RSVP-aware, the plurality of routers including a Serving GPRS Support Node, the method comprising the steps of:
the application providing an RSVP agent with the traffic characteristics that are used to generate an RSVP PATH message;
sending the PATH message towards the end terminal;
the plurality of routers intercepting the PATH message and installing a PATH state from the PATH message before forwarding the PATH message to the end terminal, the PATH state installed in the Serving GPRS Support Node including the mobile terminal's IP address and RSVP session information;
the RSVP agent intercepting the PATH message and generating an RESV message containing Flow_Spec information;
each router intercepting the RESV message and making a call admission decision based on the Flow_Spec information in the RESV message;
if data flow is admitted through a particular router, reserving the sources in that particular router for the data flow;
if data flow is admitted through the particular router, transmitting the RESV message to a next downstream node;
if the data flow is not admitted, generating an error message;
the RSVP agent in the Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node receiving the RESV message;
if the RESV message matches the installed PATH state, making a call admission decision based on router resources available;
a translator function mapping the Flow_Spec information to an Internet Protocol bearer attribute;
the translator function forwarding the mapped Flow_Spec information to a call admission controller;
the call admission controller identifying the mobile station using the IP address;
the call admission controller retrieving subscription information regarding the mobile station from the Serving GPRS Support Node; and
making a policy-based call admission decision based on the subscription information and requested quality of service.
7. The method of
8. The method of
if a new radio assignment bearer is required, the Serving GPRS Support Node sending a radio access bearer assignment message to an E-RAN resource manager;
the E-RAN resource manager triggering the RAB assignment;
if the RAB assignment is successful, the Serving GPRS Support Node sending a modified packet data protocol sub-context activation comprising the steps of:
the Serving GPRS Support Node sending a modified packet data protocol context message to the mobile station;
the Serving GPRS Support Node receiving the modified packet data protocol context response message from the mobile station;
the Serving GPRS Support Node sending an updated packet data protocol context request message to a Gateway GPRS Support Node; and
the Serving GPRS Support Node receiving the updated packet data protocol context response message from the Gateway GPRS Support Node; and
if the modified packet data protocol sub-context activation is successful, the RSVP agent forwarding the RESV message to the next node in the path.
9. The method of
if the next node in the path is the mobile station, the mobile station sending data; and
if the next node in the path is not the mobile station, generating an error message.
This is a 35 U.S.C. �111(a) application of provisional patent application U.S. Ser. No. 60/153,623 filed on Sep. 13, 1999 and claims full benefit therefrom.
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to wireless networks. Particularly, the present invention relates to RSVP signaling to improve quality of service in wireless data transmissions.
II. Description of the Related Art
ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) was developed in the mid-90s to combat congestion in data networks by allowing routers to decide in advance whether they could meet the requirements of an application flow. In the RSVP scheme, the routers reserved the desired router resources if they were available. RSVP signaling is currently widely used in Internet protocol (IP) networking equipment to improve the quality of service (QoS) provided to end-users. RSVP, however, is not typically used in wireless data services networks due to operator concerns about scalability and the overhead required to support potentially millions of host-to-host flows.
RSVP requests resources for simplex flows, (i.e., it requests resources in only one direction). Therefore, RSVP treats a sender as logically distinct from a receiver, although the same application process may act as both sender and receiver at the same time. RSVP occupies the place of a transport protocol in the protocol stack. However, RSVP does not transport application data but is an Internet control protocol. Like the implementation of routing and management protocols, an implementation of RSVP will typically execute in the background and not in the data-forwarding path.
RSVP is not a routing protocol. Routing protocols determine where packets get forwarded. RSVP is only concerned with the QoS of those packets that are forwarded in accordance with the routing.
FIG. 1 illustrates a typical wireline network using RSVP signaling. In this network, the sending terminal (101) can be a computer or other type of data terminal. The sending terminal (101) initiates a data session by requesting resources from the network. The network determines which routers (105, 106, 107, and 108) are needed in order to communicate between the sending terminal (101) and the end terminal (110). The required routers are then reserved for the session.
RSVP is useful when QoS needs to be guaranteed for a wireline terminal communicating over a network. However, when a wireless terminal needs to communicate over a wireless interface using an air interface standard such as general packet radio service (GPRS), QoS cannot be guaranteed. There is a resulting unforeseen need for a method to guarantee end-to-end QoS over a wireless network.
The present invention encompasses a process for generating end-to-end quality of service in a network that is coupled to a wireless mobile station. The network is comprised of a plurality of RSVP-enabled routers that are coupled to a base station controller. The base station controller communicates traffic over an air interface to the mobile station. The air interface standard has a quality of service standard that is interfaced to the RSVP-enabled routers.
The process interfaces the air interface quality of service standard with the RSVP-enabled routers. The mobile station then transmits an RSVP message to an end terminal through the base station controller and the plurality of RSVP-enabled routers.
The end terminal transmits an RESV response message back to the mobile station. The base station controller intercepts this message and attempts to set up the wireless resources required for the call. If the controller can set up the resources, it does so and forwards the RESV message to the mobile station. If the controller cannot set up the resources, the RESV message is dropped and the call is not allowed to go through.
In the preferred embodiment, the end terminal is a wireline terminal that is coupled to the network through a wireline interface. In another embodiment, the end terminal is a wireless terminal that is coupled to the network through a base station controller.
FIG. 1 shows a typical prior art wireline network using RSVP.
FIG. 2 shows a data network communicating with a wireless terminal in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a connection of a wireless terminal to a GPRS network.
FIGS. 4A and B show a flowchart of the process of the present invention.
FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the relationship between the SGSN and the Policy Control Function.
FIG. 6 shows a message flow diagram in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 7 shows a table that maps between Generic QoS and the RSVP Flow_Spec (Tspec and Rspec).
The present invention provides end-to-end QoS in a wireless environment. The process of the present invention provides a wireless terminal with the ability to interface the QoS of the air interface standard with the RSVP signaling of the network in order to provide the end-to-end QoS guarantee.
FIG. 2 illustrates a wireless system of the present invention. This system is comprised of a wireless mobile station (201), a network (203) comprised of a plurality of routers (205, 210, 215 and 216), and an end terminal (220 or 225) with which the mobile station (201) is communicating. The end terminal (220 or 225) can be coupled to the network (203) as either a wireless terminal (220), using one of many air interface standards, or as a wireline terminal (225).
In the preferred embodiment, the network (203) is a GPRS network coupled to the Internet. Alternate embodiments use a local area network, wide area network, or other types of networks.
Additionally, at least one base station controller (BSC) is required, depending on the proximity of the end terminal or mobile station to the originating base station. In the illustrated embodiment of FIG. 2, one BSC (230) couples the originating terminal (201) to the network (203) while a second BSC (235) couples the end terminal (220) to the network (203).
BSC's and their function are well known in the cellular telephone art. A BSC controls one or more base stations by routing the cellular radiotelephone signals from the mobile switching center to the appropriate base station with which a subscriber is registered.
In the preferred embodiment, the mobile stations or terminals are radiotelephones that communicate in a cellular environment. Alternate embodiments use other types of terminals such as wireless personal digital assistants, computers with wireless capability, and other wireless communication devices.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention uses the GPRS air interface standard and the subsequent discussion of the present invention is based on the GPRS standard. The present invention, however, is not limited to GPRS. Alternate embodiments use other air interface standards such as TDMA and CDMA.
GPRS is a packet-based data transmission standard for GSM data networks that allows transmission speeds over 100 kbps and supports IP. The IP support is particularly important now that companies are looking to the Internet as a way for their employees to access corporate intranets and consumers can gain additional mobility while downloading email and other data.
In order to better understand GPRS, FIG. 3 illustrates a GPRS terminal communicating with a GPRS network. A notebook computer (301) coupled to a GPRS-capable cellular radiotelephone or modem, either through a serial cable or other type of connection such as Universal Serial Bus (USB) or local wireless link, acts as the mobile station and generates the data signal to be transmitted. In alternate embodiments, the mobile station may also be a PC Card.
The mobile station (301) communicates with a GSM base station (305) that is controlled by a BSC. Unlike circuit-switched data calls that are connected to voice networks by the mobile switching center, GPRS packets are sent from the base station (305) to a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) (310). The SGSN (310) is the node within the GSM infrastructure that sends and receives data to and from the mobile stations. It also keeps track of the mobile stations within its service area.
The SGSN communicates with what is called the Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) (315), a system that maintains connections with other networks such as the Internet, X.25 networks or private networks. A GPRS network can use multiple serving nodes, but requires only one gateway node for connecting to an external network such as the Internet.
When the mobile station (301) sends packets of data, it is via the SGSN (310) to the GGSN (315) that converts them for transmission over the desired network, which could be the Internet, X.25 networks or private networks. IP packets from the Internet (325) addressed for the mobile station (301) are received by the GGSN (315), forwarded to the SGSN (310) and then transmitted to the mobile station (301) through the base station (305).
To forward IP or X.25 packets between each other, the SGSN (310) and GGSN (315) encapsulate these packets using a specialized protocol called the GPRS tunnel protocol (GTP) that operates over the top of standard TCP/IP protocols. But the details of the SGSN and GGSN are both invisible and irrelevant to the user who experiences a straightforward IP or X.25 connection that just happens to be wireless.
An interesting aspect of GPRS is how it achieves its high speeds of over 100 kbps when circuit-switched data today is limited to 9.6 or 14.4 kbps. GPRS uses the same radio channel as voice calls, a channel that is 200 kHz wide. This radio channel carries a raw digital radio stream of 271 kbps that, for voice calls, is divided into 8 separate data streams, each carrying about 34 kbps. After protocol and error correction overhead, 13 kbps is left for each voice connection or about 14 kbps for data. Circuit-switched data today uses one voice channel. GPRS can combine up to 8 of these channels, and since each of these can deliver up to 14 kbps of data throughput, the net result is that users will be able to enjoy rates over 100 Kbps.
However, not all eight-voice channels have to be used. In fact, the most economical mobile stations are limited to 56 kbps. The GPRS standard defines a mechanism by which a mobile station can request the amount of bandwidth it desires at the time it establishes a data session.
In subsequent discussions of the present invention, it is assumed that the mobile station is already registered with the cellular system in which it is operating. This registration process is well known in the art. It is also assumed that the mobile station has a default packet data protocol (PDP) context (that may only support best-effort QoS). The mobile station is running a QoS-aware application and its operating system is capable of generating and interpreting RSVP messages.
Any QoS-aware application can inform its QoS requirements and traffic profiles to the RSVP agent in the operating system using a QoS application such as Generic QoS (GQoS), which is well known in the art. The RSVP agent then generates the PATH and/or RESV messages using this information. The SGSN is assumed to have an RSVP agent and, therefore, is RSVP-enabled.
As is well known in the art, the RSVP agent is a process resident in a terminal, node or other device that handles the RSVP signaling for that device. The RSVP agent enables that device to interface with other RSVP enabled devices or networks.
The PATH message provides a traffic description that includes the bit rate, bandwidth requirement, and delay among other things. The RESV message provides the QOS parameters of the traffic to be received (known in the art as Flowspec), the source(s) from which QOS traffic is to be received (known in the art as Filterspec) and the destination of the traffic (the session).
If the mobile station application is the data sender, it generates the PATH message and receives an RESV message. If the mobile station application is the receiver of the data, it is going to generate an RESV message after it has received a PATH message from the sender. The RESV message will traverse the opposite route as traversed by the PATH message. The cases of the mobile station being the sender and the mobile station being the receiver of data are considered separately.
FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate a flowchart of the process of the present invention. If the mobile station is the sender, the QoS-aware application, resident in the mobile station, provides the RSVP agent with the traffic characteristics (step 401) that are used to generate an RSVP PATH message containing the Sender_Tspec. The Sender_Tspec contains information about the traffic profile to be generated by the application. The traffic profile items are referred to in the art as the Peak_rate, token_rate, token_bucket_size, and Max_sdu_size. These profile items are well known in the art and are not discussed further.
The PATH message is transmitted to the receiver (step 402) and is intercepted by the RSVP-enabled routers in the path. Each of the routers installs the PATH state and forwards the PATH message towards the receiver (step 404). The PATH state installed in the SGSN includes the senders IP address and the RSVP session information.
If the receiver is a wireless unit, in addition to the process followed below, the receiver's BSC or GGSN or any other network node where the RSVP agent may reside, intercepts the PATH message and initiates setting up the resources required for the call to go through. If no resources are available, the packets are dropped.
If the receiver is either a wireline unit or a wireless receiver, the RSVP receiver intercepts the PATH message (step 406) and generates an RESV message containing the Flow_spec (comprising R_Spec and Receiver_Tspec). R_Spec contains information about the QoS requirements (rate and delay_slack_term) for the traffic described in the Receiver_Tspec. This is often the same as the Sender_Tspec contained in the PATH message.
The RESV message traverses the network (step 408) from the receiver through the routers in the opposite direction. At each RSVP-enabled router a call admission decision is made (step 410) based on the Flow_spec contained in the RESV message. If the flow is admitted (step 412), resources are reserved for that flow in the router and the RESV message is transmitted to the next downstream node (414). Otherwise, an RESV_ERROR message is generated and sent to the receiver (step 416).
The RSVP-agent in the wireless network node (e.g., GGSN) receives the RESV message (step 418). If the RSVP session in the RESV message matches that in the installed PATH state, it makes a call admission decision based on router resources (step 422). If successful, it passes the Flow_Spec information to a translator function and the sender's IP address and RSVP session information to the Admission Controller function (step 424). These two functions are part of the Policy Control Function that is illustrated in FIG. 5 and may be located at GGSN or any other network node in the wireless network.
Referring to FIG. 5, it can be seen that the RSVP agent (505) in the GGSN (501) communicates with the Policy Control Function (510). The policy control function (510) includes the translator (515) and the admission controller (520).
Referring to FIG. 4B, the translator either maps the Flow_Spec parameters to the third generation IP bearer attributes (3G TR23.907) or uses the parameters as-is (step 426). This is done based on the configuration of the translator. It then passes this information to the Call Admission Controller (CAC) function (step 428).
The CAC identifies the user by the sender's IP address and gets its subscription information from the SGSN. A policy-based call admission decision is made based on the subscription information and the requested QoS (bearer attributes).
If a new Radio Access Bearer (RAB) is needed, the SGSN sends a RAB Assignment message to the Radio Access Network (RAN) resource manager (step 432) triggering the RAB assignment/modification procedure. During these past two steps of the process of the present invention, the QoS attributes that can be delivered to the user may be modified (downgraded) from those initially requested.
If successful, the SGSN initiates the PDP sub-context activation procedure in the subsequent four steps. These steps include the SGSN first sending a Modify PDP Context message to the mobile station (step 434). The SGSN then receives the Modify PDP Context response message from the mobile station (step 436).
After the receipt of the message, the SGSN sends an Update PDP Context Request message to the GGSN (step 438). The SGSN then receives an Update PDP Context Response from the GGSN (step 440).
If the above-described steps (434-440) are successful, the RSVP agent is allowed to forward the RESV message to the next node it its path (step 442). If the next node in the path is the mobile station (step 444), the receipt has been successfully established and the application can start sending data (step 446). The reservation may fail if the next node in the path is another router. In that case, the router generated RESV_ERROR message should trigger the PDP sub-context de-activation procedure on the part of the network (step 448).
The difference between the mobile station being the sender, as described above, and the mobile station being the receiver is the fact that the mobile station now generates the RESV message after it has received a PATH message from the sender. As in the previous case, the RESV message is captured by the RSVP-enabled wireless network node. The call admission control, RAB, and PDP sub-context establishment proceed as in the previous case. After successful completion of these events, the RESV message is allowed to proceed to its next destination.
FIG. 6 illustrates the message flow diagram of the present invention. This message flow diagram operates in conjunction with the flowchart of FIG. 4 discussed above. For purposes of clarity, the details of each message are not repeated again in FIG. 6 since they were already discussed with reference to FIG. 4.
The message flow starts with the mobile station sending a message to a wireless network node (e.g., GGSN) (601) with the PATH information. The Policy Decision Function sends the RESV message to the network node (605). The node sends the Flow_Spec message to the Policy Decision Function (610) containing the sender's IP address and subscription data.
The Policy Decision Function replies back to the SGSN with the policy-based call admission (615). The SGSN sends the RAB assignment request to the E-RAN (620).
The E-RAN replies back to the SGSN with the assignment complete message (625). The SGSN sends the modify PDP context message to the mobile station (630). The mobile station sends the response to the modify PDP context message back to the SGSN (635).
The SGSN updates the PDP context with the network node (e.g., GGSN) (640). The network node responds back to the SGSN (645). Finally, the network node sends the RESV message to the mobile station (650).
The table in FIG. 7 illustrates the preferred GQOS mapping between GQOS and RSVP Flow_Spec (Tspec and Rspec). The Universal Mobile Transmission System (UMTS) specification (3G TR23.907) lists a set of traffic attributes such as maximum bit rate, guaranteed bit rate, delivery order, maximum SDU size, SDU format, SDU loss ratio, residual bit error ratio, delivery of erroneous SDU's, transfer delay, and traffic handling priority. Note that there is a one-to-one mapping between some of the traffic attributes specified in UMTS and GQOS Flow_Spec parameters. For example, the maximum bit rate is mapped to the PeakBandwidth, the Guaranteed bit rate is mapped to the TokenRate, the Maximum SDU size is mapped to the MaxSduSize, and the Latency is mapped to the Transfer delay.
In summary, the process and system of the present invention provides end-to-end QoS to a wireless mobile station communicating with a network. The present invention interfaces the QoS standard used by the wireless air interface standard with the RSVP QoS process used by the network.
The RSVP signaling is used to perform PDP sub-context activation. RSVP is already a part of the WINDOWS 98 operating system. QoS Application Programming Interface (API) like MICROSOFT'S GQoS API are already part of the same operating systems (e.g., Windows 2000). Usage of already available IP QoS support in the E-GPRS network will be beneficial in many ways.
One benefit is to optimize the air-link messaging to establish PDP sub-context. Existing message sets, with small modifications, can be used. Also, development costs and cycle-times are reduced as already standardized and/or off-the-shelf software components can be used. Finally, new wireless API's need not be developed.
The above-described preferred embodiment does not prevent the usage of other proposed secondary PDP context (or PDP sub-context) activation procedures (e.g., 3GPP-1, 3GIP-1). However, preferably suitable checks are imposed in order not to duplicate the effort.
Numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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VRTSjre Patch for Daylight Savings Time (DST) - Linux
|Created: 2007-01-21
|Updated: 2007-01-21
|Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH53213
VRTSjre Patch for Daylight Savings Time (DST) - Linux
After clicking on the Download Now link below, move the VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v22.214.171.124.tar_290734.gz file to a new directory.
Use these commands to unpack and install the patch:
# mv VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v220.127.116.11.tar_290734.gz VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v188.8.131.52.tar.gz
# cksum VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v220.127.116.11.tar.gz
4085026294 30574836 VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v220.127.116.11.tar.gz
# gzip -d VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v184.108.40.206.tar.gz
# tar -xf VRTSjre15_LinuxAS_v18.104.22.168.tar
# ls
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VRTSjre package for DST fix on Linux
A bug, which breaks the functionality of DST when using EST, MST, and HST abbreviations, has been reported in the latest jdk versions.
For details, refer to http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do;?bug_id=6530336
This year, the U.S. has changed the way Daylight Savings will be handled. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S. beginning in 2007. The DST change now starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Many regions of Canada and Mexico have and are expected to follow suit as well.
The Symantec-provided Java Runtime Environments (JRE) VRTSjre15, will be affected by the upcoming changes in DST as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This will cause the time reported internally by the JRE to be off by 1 hour for 4 weeks each year, causing incorrect date and time processing for Symantec applications relying on these JREs. The new DST rules will go into effect in March 2007.
In order to comply with the DST changes, updates to the JREs have been provided.
Patch Installation
The DST Linux package is distributed in the native RPM format. Use the RPM program to install this package.
Steps: Replace VRTSjre15 with VRTSjre for installation of VRTSjre 1.4 package.
1) Download the RPM file to a temporary directory.
2) Change to that directory.
3) Uninstall the existing package using rpm -e <package> command.
4) Issue the "rpm -i <package>" command to install the VRTSjre15 package. You need to have the root permissions to install this package.
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To find out more about how the Adler Law Group can help your business identify risk and issues related to intellectual property ownership, corporation or LLC formation, or just assess risk associated with your business, contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation by emailing David @ adler-law.com, visiting our web site www.adler-law.com, or calling toll free to (866) 734-2568.
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Failure to Mind Corporate Details Leads to Loss of Copyright, Infringement Lawsuit
The case of Clarity Software, LLC v. Financial Independence Group, LLC is a great example the serious, negative consequences to intellectual property ownership when business owners and legal counsel fail to ensure that tasks are completed.
The short version is that the creator of computer software, Vincent Heck, sold the copyright in his software to settle a debt to a creditor, Eric Wallace, who intended to form Clarity Software, LLC to own and distribute the software. The lawsuit was for infringement of the copyright in the software.
As they say, "the devil is in the details." In this case, the detail that became a devil, and ultimately prevented Wallace from enforcing a copyright in the software, was the fact that Clarity Software, LLC was never properly formed and therefore lacked standing to sue for infringement.
Forgive me for employing yet another trite phrase, but "truth is often stranger than fiction." The Defendant proved that a veritable comedy of errors had occurred resulting in no record of the formation, including 1) the Department of State of Pennsylvania losing the certificate of organization, along with all records of the submission and filing of the certificate of organization, 2) the Plaintiff's bank (PNC Bank) losing its copy certificate of organization provided when Wallace opened a bank account (even though PNC Bank still had the signature card completed when the account was opened), and 3) Wallace, himself a former President of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, losing his copy of the certificate of organization and all records of his communications with his attorney.
Defendant successfully moved for summary judgment based on its argument that Plaintiff did not own the copyright at issue in the litigation since it was not properly organized as a Pennsylvania limited liability company and never acquired valid ownership of the copyright.
Hat tip to Pamela Chestek and her blog, Property Intangible, where she first wrote about this case October 13, 2014. The opinion and order can be found here: Clarity Software, LLC v. Financial Independence Group, LLC, No. 2:12-cv-1609-MRH (W.D. Pa. Sept. 30, 2014).
To find out more about how the Adler Law Group can help your business identify risk and issues related to intellectual property ownership, corporation or LLC formation, or just assess risk associated with your business, contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation by emailing David @ adler-law.com, visiting out web site www.adler-law.com, or calling toll free to (866) 734-2568..
Zombie Cinderella 'Survives' Walt Disney's Cinderella Trademark- No Likelihood of Confusion
United Trademark Holdings, Inc. ("Applicant") appealed a decision by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office refusing registration of its "ZOMBIE CINDERELLA" trademark for dolls when the USPTO held that it was confusingly similar to the registered "WALT DISNEY'S CINDERELLA" trademark.
In any likelihood of confusion analysis, two key considerations are the similarities between the marks and the similarities between the goods at issue. Applicant demonstrated that the story of "Cinderella," is a "well-known narrative … involving a beautiful young lady, her antagonistic stepsisters, a fairy godmother, a ball, a prince, and a pair of glass slippers, existing since at least as early as 1697."
The USPTO cited to nine other doll lines that use the name "Cinderella" holding that: 1) the mark is weak, and 2) CINDERELLA is not the dominant component of the cited, registered mark. The court found that while the dominant part of the mark -the term CINDERELLA – was similar, use of the terms "Walt Disney" and "Zombie" differentiated the two. The USPTO also found that "the design element of "WALT DISNEY'S CINDERELLA" may function, for juvenile customers, as a stronger source indicator than the term CINDERELLA, because it depicts a specific version of Cinderella that is associated with the Walt Disney animated film" of the same name.
Lastly, although the word "zombie" has little significance or distinctiveness as a source indicator in the marketplace for toys, the combination of ZOMBIE with CINDERELLA creates a unitary mark with an incongruous impression.
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Contracts for Interior Design Professionals
This crash course on legal contracts is designed for interior designers who are drafting a contract for the first time or wanting to make an existing one airtight.
There's a reason you became a designer, and it probably didn't have anything to do with lawyers and contracts.
You're the expert in color, fabric, floor plans, and furniture schemes, not intellectual property and arbitration provisions. If you're already confused, don't fret. This crash course is designed for those drafting a contract for the first time or wanting to make an existing one airtight. Led by David Adler, an actual lawyer who understands the ins and outs of the design industry, this workshop will cover the clauses you need to protect yourself in the unfortunate event that something doesn't work out as planned. Clients can be difficult enough. Don't let legal trouble slow you down.
In this class, you will learn how to:
- Define what you are doing for your client, as well as NOT doing for them
- Make sure you get paid on time and in full
- Protect yourself against outside factors that may affect cost and ability to complete a project
- Give yourself a way to get out of your contract if things aren't working
By the end of class, you will have:
- A basic understanding of key contract terms and the reasons as to why they are there
- A basic client agreement that you can use or customize
The Instructor, David Adler, is an attorney, nationally-recognized speaker, and founder of a boutique law practice focused on serving the needs of creative professionals in the areas of intellectual property, media, and entertainment law. He provides advice on choosing business structures, protecting creative concepts and ideas through copyright, trademark, related intellectual property laws and contracts, and structuring professional relationships. He has 17 years experience practicing law, including drafting and negotiating complex contracts and licenses with Fortune 500 companies, advising on securities laws (fundraising) and corporate governance, prosecuting and defending trademark applications, registrations, oppositions, and cancellations before the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and managing outside counsel. Currently recognized as an Illinois SuperLawyer® in the areas of Media and Entertainment Law, he was also a "Rising Star" for three years prior. He received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1997 and a double BA in English and History from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Outside the practice of law, David is an Adjunct Professor of Music Law at DePaul College of Law, formerly chaired the Chicago Bar Association's Media and Entertainment Law Committee, and is currently a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Intellectual Property Committee.
Identifying Intellectual Property Issues in Start-Ups – Live Webcast!
Do you work with start-up companies and need a basic understanding of the various intellectual property issues that can arise?
I will be co-presenting in this online seminar that will help you:
- understand the trademark and copyright problems your client may encounter with branding;
- learn how to protect your client's branding once established;
- familiarize your practice with patents, including what they protect, timing, and strategies to prevent inadvertent loss of patent rights before filing the application;
- understand trade secrets and the importance of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements;
- recognize intellectual property issues relating to technology, including open source code and the cloud;
- establish a proactive approach toward intellectual property ownership between cofounders, employees, and vendors; understand business names, domain names, promotional issues, and website content concerns.
The program qualifies for 1.5 hours MCLE credit.
I would like to personally invite you to attend the upcoming Law Ed program titled, "Identifying Intellectual Property Issues in Start-Ups," which I will be co-presenting via live webcast on Tuesday, May 27th.
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Owning Design: Protecting Original Design in an Age of Knock-Offs
A presentation on what goes into creating original designs and how these differ from copycats.
WHERE: Decoration & Design Building, J. Robert Scott Showroom, Suite 220
WHEN: Wednesday, October 2,2013 !2 p.m.
WHAT: From film to fashion, creative industries are taking steps to protect and promote original work. Designers and manufacturers need to know what steps they can take to protect their designs, their businesses, and their profits. The discussion will address issues related to how to protect original design (copyright & design patent) and the manufacturers (trademark, unfair competition).
INTERIORS Magazine Editorial Director Michael Wollaeger
J. Robert Scott Founder Sally Sirkin Lewis
Designer Laura Kirar [Web Site]
Intellectual Property lawyer David Adler
Showroom reception to follow.
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Socail Media, Search & Mobile Issues Discussed at ISSMM.org's Converge2012
The Future Of Social Is Moving From Mere Participation To Analysis & Strategic Initiatives
I had the opportunity to attend and participate in Converge 2012 run by the Institute for Social, Search & Mobile Marketing. The theme was mastering the Business of Social Media. The Conference had a great selection of speakers (yours truly included) and topics that really resonated with the audience. I hope to summarize here some of the take-aways I learned at this conference.
Business Is Now Social
The last few years have seen an unprecedented shift in the adoption of social platforms for businesses to reach and interact with customers. What started as a "dipping our toes into the water" excerise has now matured into jumping in with both feet. Not surprisingly, the first few presentations of the conference focused on the effect of so much participation: greater focus on ROI. The presentations covered a lot of ground, but here are the key take aways from Day 1:
- Businesses that fail to integrate the social channels may not exist in five years
- Analytics are maturing in terms of both measurement tools and metrics
- Better analytics are driving innovation by putting companies ahead of emerging issues instead of simply reacting to them
- Creating a Social Media culture must come from the top and flow down
- The growth of mobile platforms Is blurring the line between online and in-store experiences because of anywhere/anytime andpersonalized access
Day 1 concluded with the panel presentation in which I participated "Social Media "Venture Heaven" Money is flooding into social media, It's time to understand why." Key take-aways from this panel include the followig Data about the growth in Mobile:
- As of May, 2012, mobile comprises 10% of Internet traffic, up from just 4% less than a year and a half ago
- Mobile = ~8% of ecommerce
- Monetization growing rapidly 79% is Apps, 21% is from ads
- There has been a rapid increase in time spent relative money spent on ads; TV is roughly at parity while Mobile ad spend is about 1/10 of that
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- Platforms
- Improved user interfaces
- Sharing
- More emphasis on design aestheticS
In a world of ubiquitous fast Internet, mass blogging and micro-blogging, minute-by-minute status updates and customer complaints and recommendations, businesses need to focus on tailoring their product for their customers desires, rather that merely tolerating customer requests. Whatever device/platform customers use most will get the most attention from developers, accessory makers and potential new customers.


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As we mentioned in our last story on the embattled Howrey law firm, the remaining partners will vote this week on whether to wind down the 55-year-old shop. According to Am Law Daily, that vote is set to take place on Wednesday. For the past few weeks, Winston & Strawn has been waiting in the […]
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Howrey Going to Bring This to a Close?
The Howrey saga rolls on. The story has been interesting to cover, since it involves some colorful characters and illustrates a number of trends that are reshaping the large-law-firm landscape (as noted in the recent Washington Post piece on Howrey). But at a certain point, we're just going to want some closure on this story. […]
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After all, there are fewer partners for Howrey to lose with each passing day, as the Howrey lawyer diaspora continues to grow. Let's review the recent activity — and discuss some possible future defections. On Friday we reported that IP litigator Mark Whitaker would be joining Baker Botts. That news has now been publicly announced. […]
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This Is Howrey Do It: Partner Departures and Other Updates
This week has been fairly quiet in terms of news about the troubled Howrey law firm. A post over at the Howrey Doody Time blog — with a brilliant punny title (wish I had thought of it myself) — describes the current state of affairs as "a painful holding pattern." Well, this morning we do […]
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Now that you've figured out what to give your secretary this holiday season, what about the lawyers in your life? Many of you have friends or family members who are lawyers or law students, and if you haven't done so already, you need to get them — forgive the expression — Christmas presents (or holiday […]