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Park takes paddlers up a creek
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 4:11 p.m.
If you're up for a wild goose chase, and if you have a canoe or kayak, and if you don't mind getting out of your boat to slosh around, let me recommend a little adventure on Myakkahatchee Creek.
The goose chase isn't even that wild.
Take Interstate 75 to Exit 182, turning west on Sumter Boulevard in North Port. Turn right on Lady Slipper Avenue, following the road as it veers right and becomes a gravel minefield with no street signs leading in any direction.
Hidden away is a brown sign signifying a Sarasota County park. There's no name on that sign, but the place is known as "The Oaks," or Oaks Park.
The sandy parking lot is shaded by a gorgeous canopy of trees leading to a picturesque dip in the creek.
If you're unlucky, the park will be buzzing with four-wheel ATVs, not to mention the rowdies who shoot up signs and tear up all the picnic tables that the county has tried to put in the park.
If you're lucky, like I was last Saturday evening, your toes will be the only ones dipping into the clear, cool water.
Paddling in limbo
Oaks Park isn't perfect. There's the persistent hum of traffic from the interstate, which is just a few hundred yards away.
If you drop down into the creek bed, though, and head away from I-75, it's like discovering another world.
All of a sudden it's shady and quiet. The creek trickles across sand and rocks. Grapevines and oak branches hang across the palms and palmettos.
If you're paddling, like I was, you get to limbo under low-lying branches.
The Myakkahatchee isn't for lazy paddlers, though.
You're going to have to get off your butt and pull your boat across logjams and shallow spots. Then you'll be able to paddle for a few yards. And then you'll have to get up and do it all over again.
Think of it as outdoor cross-training.
Scootching along
I wore my best pair of jogging shoes, which was a mistake, but I did bring my cheapest paddle.
That was a good idea, seeing as I used the blade to pry through tight spots and scootch along the shallows.
(The hard-cover dictionary on my desk doesn't have that particular verb, but the Online Slang Dictionary defines "scootch" as moving a short distance.)
While scootching and sloshing along, I kept an eye out for alligators and water moccasins. I didn't spot either one, but there were a surprising number of fish.
A local fisherman told me he's caught plenty of bass in the creek.
This is another reason to dip a paddle, or an old pair of sneakers, into the twisting and turning path of the Myakkahatchee.
If you Go!
North Port's 11-acre Oaks Park is on Mandrake Avenue, which is off Lady Slipper Avenue, which is off Sumter Boulevard, which is exit 182 off I-75.
Got all that?
There are no fountains or restrooms at this park. For more information, call 486-2547.
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"A wall in the middle of the main floor (Orchestra) seating divides it into two auditoriums. The former balcony is the third auditorium." This answers my question regarding this Warner being "twinned", but after reading this I realize it has been twinned plus one! Hope this Warner returns to a single screen venue.
Love the interior photo that "lost memory" once posted…sure miss that CT member who gave so much of his time and theatre knowledge to CT!
I have just reviewed the link posted on October 24, 2010 and can't believe my eyes! This theatre was beautiful! The folks of Rochester PA have truly lost a DeAngelis masterpiece!
clarkw: This is a remarkable post and one that truly got my attention! To think Mr. DeAngelis had all of his theatre blueprints at his home! It saddens me to think that local theatre folks didn't look him up at the time! I truly hope that his irreplaceable archive is somewhere safe and sound. If over time you have any other follow-up to this story, please post! Thanks!
Such a shame that Asheville no longer has the Imperial Theatre today!
Was the Strand originally on College?
Love the old ticket kios! The Warner Theatre/Erie PA still has a kios and it is used!
And SchineHistorian would know as she is the expert on Schine theatres!
Always nice to see a recent post on this Michael DeAngelo designed theatre…very unique exterior with the round windows and that shiny vitrolite.
mcnamara: Just checked out the link you posted…very nice! I wish all little towns could bring back a theatre like Blossburg PA did! Congratulations!
So nice to see this theatre become a theatre again! Must try to see it, in person, someday! Amazing that it was a feed store for 30 years!
I've been in the lobby of this theatre and found it to be a great old theatre that is now a teen center. Would love to see it returned to its original design though the lobby is still original.
Carmichael: Very nice post regarding your memories of the Carolina. I still hold out hope that someday the Carolina can be returned to the downtown area.
CSWalczak: Thanks!
Yes, any photos?
It's nice to read about this Oscar night fundraiser and to see a photo of the Denis Theatre on Washington Rd.
I haven't been to Mount Morris in the past year, but would like to return to see if the theatre is now "just a facade"! So many of these small towns across America that had small theatres have them no more.
What's the latest with this theatre that needs to be restored and returned to the citizens of Mt. Dora? If the nearby town of Eustis could do it, so can Mt. Dora!
LouB: A wonderful post about a survivor theatre! I have never met the Palace Theatre owner, but hope to this summer as I have talked to him over the phone!
Again, what a lovely theatre and thanks "Driveintheatre" for the addtional flickr photos! This theatre is truly a "gem"!
Thanks again for this Boxoffice article with photos! Another theatre that should be with us!
Thanks Joe for the 1941 Boxoffice article with photos! The fact that it was designed by Michael DeAnglis and was a grand art deco theatre made it special for me though sad to know learn that it is no longer with us due to those ugly words…urban renewal.
Keith: Nice to know that your great grandfather helped paint this cinema treasure in Columbus Ohio prior to its opening! What a painting legacy he left us all.
Thanks Chuck for the good news follow-up information. Do hope and pray there aren't any problems with the change of ownership!
I'm very saddened to learn about this theatre and how it is being used in 2012. I'm about to read the book by David Margolick, Elizabeth and Hazel. Perhaps all of us should read it and add To Kill A Mockingbird to that list of civil rights books.


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Dec. 16, 1947. R, M, WILSON 2,432,641
DISPENSING NOZZLE OR FAUCET Filed June 20, 1944 INVENTOR; Z3 lib/mic? M Wzisazz,
Patented Dec. 16, 1 947 UNITED DISPENSING NOZZLE OE FAUCET Ronald M. Wilson,
Pa., assignor, by
mesne assignments, to William M. Wilsons Sons, Inc., Lansdale, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application June 20, 1944, Serial No. 541,215
2 Claims.
This invention relates to dispensing nozzles or faucets, particularly to valve controlled nozzles of the type ordinarily used in filling the fuel tanks of automobiles, air craft, motor boats, etc. Discharge from nozzles of the kind referred to is invariably attended by violent swirling and turbulence of the liquids, which disturbance not only acts to retard the flow, but, in case of highly volatile fuels such as gasoline,.has the tendency to accelerate evaporation with resultant loss of a considerable amount of the liquids during each dispensing or filling operation.
My invention has for its purpose to obviate the above drawbacks, that is to say, to prevent swirling and turbulence in the liquid discharge from the nozzles with a view toward promoting freer flow of the liquids and at the same time minimizing the losses through accelerated evaporation due to the agitation of the liquids.
How this desiderata can be readily realized in practice will appear from the description which follows of the attached drawings, whereof Fig. 1 is a View, partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section, of a liquid dispensing nozzle suitably embodying the present improvement; and
Fig. 2 is a detail cross sectional view drawn to a larger scale and taken as indicated by the angled arrows II--II in Fig. 1.
The dispensing nozzle herein illustrated for convenience of exemplifying my invention is, generally speaking, of well known design and construction in that it has a body 5, with a coupling 6 at its horizontal inlet end for connection of a supply hose 1, and. a coupling 8 at its pendant outlet end which is internally threaded as at 9 for removable connection of a tubular discharge tip H). The nozzle is further provided as usual with a supporting handle II and a grasp lever I2 for actuating a control valve (not shown) within the body in a well known way.
Instead of having a plain interior as ordinarily, the nozzle tip Ill is provided, in accordance with my invention, with longitudinal flutings l3 which, in the illustrated instance are evenly spaced circumferentially, of uniform width and depth, and defined by grooves of smooth concavely-curved cross sectional configuration with sharp edged intervening ridges. Preferably the fiutings extend throughout the length of the tip but this is not necessarily essential,
In the use of the nozzle it will be evident that the fluting within the tip will be effective in checking swirling and turbulence set up in the liquid in its passage through the nozzle body 5 past the valve therein. As a consequence, the discharge from the tip will be quiet and direct so that evaporation losses are substantially eliminated with promotion of freer and more rapid liquid flow.
If desired or found desirable in practice, the nozzle tip 10 may be tapered instead of being cylindric as shown herein by way of example, and the character and cross sectional configuration of the fiutings varied to suit any special requirements which may arise. The immediately foregoing and other modifications I consider to be within the scope of the appended claims and have therefore deemed it unnecessary to separately illustrate them.
Having thus described my invention, I claim:
1. A nozzle for use with faucets and the like, in the form of a non-tapering cylindric tube with longitudinal internal flutings defined by circumferentially-arranged grooves of concavely rounded cross section, and separated by sharp-edged ridges.
2. An integrally-formed nozzle according to claim 1, having a solid wall and a smooth external surface.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,576,255 Szekely Mar. 9, 1925 1,844,233 Whitney Feb. 9, 1932
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Company has gotten bureaucratic. Lack strong leadership & vision from senior management after Jack left. There are product overlaps with different business units, which get territorial. There is not enough collaboration between the business units.
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I was reading recently a little memo from Disney. Went something like this.....
Downtown Disney has introduced a new guest offering called "Celebrate Tonight! Its a high-energy street party that focuses on what our guests are celebrating. DJs are our party hosts who engage guests to join in with stilt walkers and party crew for group dances and sing-alongs. Now running nightly!
Ok, so I wasted my time going to check out this new guest offering. Reading it... Its almost like they ripped out the discription of Move it, Shake it, Celebrate It! and just replaced the words "Magic Kingdom" with "Downtown Disney". The reality of the new PI entertainment is not nearly as good.
They now call PI's old West End Stage area "Celebration Plaza" via some banners, a few plasma tvs added to the area, and some minor club lighting. A couple of DJ's translates into two castmembers with microphones talking to guests asking them what they are celebrating. Stilt Walkers and party crew translates into two stilt walkers, walking around posing for pictures and offering High fives.
I am telling you, the old Family Fun Day Parade was more entertaining, and I am not being sarcastic. Seriously. Please Disney, just reopen some of your clubs already while you wait for buyers. This type of entertainment is not going to put on the illusion the PI is still a happening place, and if your going to sell off these old clubs to new tentants, your going to have to make them see the value of it.
Oh... and the Charaters in flight.... any wind gusts of over 20mph... and its closed. Again.... who thought a 300-400 foot balloon ride in the middle of the lighting capital of the world, was a good idea? This must be the "Bold new vision" Disney spoke of when they said they were going in a new direction for Pleasure Island. You have got to be pretty darn bold to go up in that thing on most spring, summer, or fall afternoons.


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A method described evaluates the pilot-to-data power ratio based on the values of the demodulated data at the output of a receiver such as a conventional maximal ratio combiner or an equalizer receiver. Since the data are not scaled to their particular decision grid, their distribution and statistics deviate from the ones defined by the known decision grid. Measuring these deviations of the statistics, the pilot-to-data power ratio and the appropriate demodulated data scaling can be accurately determined. Subsequent data processing may then commence.
1. In a communication system that transmits at least one data signal, a communication device having an output, the communication device having a receiver and demodulating the at least one data signal, the communication device performing a method, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) taking the absolute values of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver;
(b) accumulating the absolute values;
(c) using the accumulated absolute values and a predetermined number to obtain a scaling factor;
(d) using the scaling factor to scale the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver and obtain at least one scaled result; and
(e) using the at least one scaled result from step (d) to perform the demodulation of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver.
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(f) taking additional absolute values of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver;
(g) accumulating the additional absolute values;
(i) using the accumulation result in step (g) and a predetermined number to obtain a new scaling factor;
(j) using the new scaling factor to scale the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver and obtain at least one new scaled result; and
(k) using the at least one new scaled result of step (j) to perform demodulation of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver.
10. In a communication system with transmission of at least one data signal and a pilot signal, a communication device having a receiver and operable in the communication system for determining the power ratio between the data and pilot signals, the communication device performing a method, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) taking absolute values of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver;
(b) accumulating the absolute values to obtain a first value;
(c) using the first value with a first predetermined number to obtain a first scaling factor;
(d) accumulating the pilot signal values at the output of the receiver to obtain a second value;
(e) using the second value with a second predetermined number to obtain a second scaling factor, and
(f) using the first scaling factor in step (c) and the second scaling factor in step (e) to obtain an estimate for the power ratio of the at least one data signal and the pilot signal.
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(f) taking additional absolute values of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver;
(g) accumulating the additional absolute values;
(i) using the accumulation result in step (g) and a predetermined number to obtain a new scaling factor;
(j) using the new scaling factor to scale the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver and obtain at least one new scaled result; and
(k) using the at least one new scaled result of step (j) to perform the demodulation of the at least one data signal at the output of the receiver.
This application claims priority under 35 USC � 119(e)(1) of provisional application Ser. No. 60/359,220, filed Feb. 20, 2002.
This invention relates in general to the field of communications, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for the demodulation of data signals in communication systems. It also relates to the determination of the data to pilot power ratio in a CDMA communication system.
Code division multiple access (CDMA) has been extensively used in such applications as cellular and satellite communications. CDMA signals increase the spectrum required for the transmission of a particular data rate by modulating each information symbol with a spread spectrum code having a rate larger than the data rate. The same spreading code is used for each information symbol. Typically, the spreading code comprises of a few tens or a few hundreds elements, called chips. To decrease the correlations among spreading codes assigned to different users and thereby reduce the interference among the different users, the data stream after spreading is typically scrambled with a pseudonoise (PN) code that is generated serially and cyclically and has a larger period than the spreading code. Examples of such CDMA signal spreading are the schemes used by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and 3GPP2 communication systems and their respective evolutions of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and 1x-EVDV.
With CDMA, the signals from all users simultaneously occupy the same frequency band. The receiver discriminates the multiple signals by exploiting the properties of the spreading and scrambling codes that are applied to the signal of each user. The receiver attempts to match in time with the codes of the desired signal a replica of those spreading and scrambling codes. Only then the demodulation result is meaningful; otherwise it appears noise-like. Thus, if the arriving signals have different codes or different code offsets, they can be discriminated at the receiver.
The conventional receiver structure for CDMA signals is the well-known Rake receiver. The Rake receiver performs maximal ratio combining by multiplying each signal path with the conjugate of the corresponding channel estimate and then adding the individual results. The channel estimate is typically obtained through the use of a pilot signal. Alternatively, for Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) or M-ary Phase Shift Keying (MPSK) type modulation schemes, alternative receivers structures such as an equalizer or an interference canceller may be used to avoid the shortcomings of the Rake receiver when the signal is transmitted through a multipath-fading channel.
In order to successfully demodulate the data signal, the constellation of the corresponding data symbols after demodulation with any receiver type (Rake, equalizer, interference canceller) must have the distribution dictated by the particular modulation scheme. To achieve this objective, the data needs to be appropriately scaled. For example, for a Rake receiver or for an interference canceller incorporating the Rake receiver, the output of the maximal ratio combiner (MRC) must be scaled by the ratio of the data-to-pilot signal power. The same is true for an equalizer receiver using the pilot signal for training. The appropriate power ratio may be signaled by the transmitter, or alternatively, be computed at the receiver. The second option is preferable, if it can be implemented and does not lead to considerable performance losses, since it avoids the bandwidth consumption that would be otherwise needed for the signaling of the pilot-to-data power ratio. Computation of the data-to-pilot power ratio at the receiver is required by HSDPA and may be used for estimation of the data signal SNR, the noise variance, or for power control purposes as required by 3GPP and 3GPP2.
The conventional approach of measuring the data-to-pilot power ratio at the receiver is to compute the individual signal power or Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) for both pilot and data signals. This requires measurement of the received signal over several data periods to obtain the necessary quantities (signal power or SNR) and thereby introduces processing delay. This latency in the demodulation process may place additional constraints in the receiver's design when a particular communications application is sensitive to delays or when feedback is required from the receiver in a timely manner. Moreover, there is some additional receiver complexity involved with the signal power or SNR estimation process. Also, the robustness of the previous estimates may not be good enough to ensure small performance losses under all possible channel conditions. This is because the signal may be in fading or there may be signal paths that are too weak to be identified or to close to be discriminated. Such situations may affect the accuracy of the power or SNR estimates and degrade the performance of a receiver relying on them to perform demodulation of the received signal.
The features of the present invention, which are believed to be novel, are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention, may best be understood by reference to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like reference numerals identify like elements, and in which:
While the specification concludes with claims defining the features of the invention that are regarded as novel, it is believed that the invention will be better understood from a consideration of the following description in conjunction with the drawing figure.
The approach considered in the present invention circumvents some of the shortcomings of the prior art approach previously mentioned by examining the data symbol statistics after demodulation and comparing them to the known statistics that the demodulated data symbols must have. Based on the results of this comparison, the appropriate scaling can be found to place the demodulated data symbols in their correct decision grid. The performance of this approach is thus tied to the performance of the receiver.
The preferred embodiment of the invention and its performance benefits relative to the established approach are now described. The 3GPP High-Speed Packet Downlink Access (HSPDA) format will be considered an exemplary setup to describe the invention. However, the invention also applies to the 3GPP Release 1999, 3GPP2, 1xEVDV, and to any other CDMA system employing simultaneous pilot and data transmission without knowledge of the data-to-pilot power ratio. It is worth noting that the invention is not restricted to CDMA communication systems and can be applied without modifications to any communication system in general.
The disclosed invention applies to any type of Phase Shift Keying (PSK) or QAM modulation as examples. The description of the invention will use 16-QAM as the exemplary modulation setup, however the invention is not so limited. Also, the description of the despreading and demodulation process will consider the use of a conventional Rake receiver, also typically used by an interference canceller. It is straightforward to apply the disclosed data scaling method to the demodulated data from an equalizer as well.
The exemplary embodiment of the invention will be the calculation of the data-to-pilot power ratio to scale a demodulated signal having amplitude information into the correct decision grid to perform the reverse of the transmitter information mapping. However, this clearly extends to other applications such as computing the data signal SNR based on the data-to-pilot power ratio and the pilot SNR, and to computing the noise variance needed for turbo coding. The SNR information may be used to provide a link quality indication. It may also be used for power control and does not depend on whether or not information is carried in the amplitude of the data signal.
In a HSDPA system, the mobile or user equipment (UE) such as a cellular telephone is assigned a number of orthogonal codes with Spreading Factor (SF) of 16. Also, a Common Pilot Channel (primary or secondary CPICH) is transmitted along with the High-Speed Data Channel (HS-DSCH). The SF of the CPICH is SFCPICH=256 while the SF for each HS-DSCH channel is SFHS-DSCH=16, thus SFCPICH/SFHS-DSCH=16. The CPICH serves, among other purposes, to provide channel estimates to Rake and interference canceller receivers or to train an equalizer type receiver. In every case, the result of Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) or equalization for the HS-DSCH needs to be scaled by the HS-DSCH-to-CPICH power ratio in order to place the 16-QAM data symbols of HS-DSCH in the appropriate decision grid.
The output p(k,l) of the CPICH despreader for the kth pilot symbol and the lth multipath component is given as:
The output d(k,l,m) of the HS-DSCH despreader corresponding to the kth symbol on the mth HS-DSCH code for the lth multipath component is given as:
Performing MRC on d(k,l,m) for all L multipath components based on the channel estimate provided by p(k,l), the MRC output (assuming for notational simplicity a noiseless channel estimate�the effect of the noise component will be discussed later) after normalizing with the total p(k,l) power over all multipaths is given as:
As it was previously mentioned, the channel estimate may be provided by any linear filtering process for p(k,l) but the result of (3) will always hold true. It becomes evident, that the MRC output is scaled by the factor √{square root over (Ecd/Ecp)}, which needs to be removed in order for s(k,m) to be in its correct decision grid.
For 16-QAM modulation, the possible values for s(k,m) are −3, −1, 1, and 3. Assuming that the transmitted symbols are independent and identically distributed, a valid assumption in CDMA communications systems, the expected mean for |s(k,m)| is E[|s(k,m)|]=2. The expected variance is var[|s(k,m)|]=1. The decision for the scaling coefficient of d(k,m) in (3) may be based on a combination of the mean and variance of |s(k,m)| or higher order statistics may also be used.
For the exemplary setup, we consider only the mean of |d(k,m)|. The mean of |d(k,m)| over all M HS-DSCH multicodes for the channel estimation observation period of Nd=16Np is equated to 2 according to:
Notice that the summation in (4) can be over a smaller number of Nd=16Np data symbols, that is the initial mean estimate of |d(k,m)| may be computed in less than 1 pilot symbol period (Nd<16Np). The number of data symbols considered before obtaining the initial mean estimate of |d(k,m)| should be the minimum one ensuring adequate accuracy to avoid any performance degradation without undue delay. Once the initial mean estimate of |d(k,m)| is available, QAM de-mapping signal and further processing (such as decoding) may commence without further delay. As new data become available, the initial mean estimate of |d(k,m)| is continuously updated by taking into account the new data. For example, after an additional pilot symbol period the new mean estimate of |d(k, m)| is given as
For zero mean noise, which is typical in communication systems, the noise component n(k,m) omitted from (3) does not have a significant impact on the value of mean estimate of |d(k,m)|. This is because typical SNR values required to support reliable transmission of QAM signals in communication systems are significantly larger than 0 dB. This means that the term d(k,m)+n(k,m) most of the time retains the sign of d(k,m) in (3). In this case, the noise term has a zero net effect on the mean value of d(k,m)+n(k,m) and E[|d+n|]=|E[d+n]=|E[d]. Bias in the estimate of |d+n| is introduced only when n(k,m) has the opposite sign of d(k,m) and |n(k,m)|>|d(k,m)|. For example, for 16-QAM and ignoring the common scaling factor from both d(k,m) and n(k,m), the normalized values of d(k,m) are �1,�3. For d(k,m)=�3, |n(k,m)|≦|d(k,m)| with high probability and E[|d+n|]=|E[d+n]=|E[d]. For d(k,m)=�1, the same is true for |n(k,m)|≦1. For d(k,m)=+1 and |n(k,m)|>1, bias is introduced as for positive n(k,m), |d(k,m)+n(k,m)| is increased by n(k,m) while for negative n(k,m), |d(k,m)+n(k,m)| is decreased by |n(k,m)|−1 instead of n(k,m) (similar argument for d(k,m)=−1). Clearly, the only way for the bias in the estimate of |d(k,m)| not to be negligible, is for most of the results in (3) used to obtain the mean estimate of |d(k,m)| to be in error. For such poor SNR conditions, a relatively biased estimate of |d(k,m)| is not the source of performance degradation.
For biased noise, the bias should be removed from the mean estimate of |d(k,m)|. Moreover, for second or higher order statistics of d(k,m), the corresponding contribution of the noise term should be removed. Nevertheless, for the exemplary embodiment of zero-mean noise and computation of the data-to-pilot power ratio based on the mean estimate of |d(k,m)|, the noise term has no impact on the results as verified by the simulations conducted and discussed further below.
The output 170 of mean estimate circuit 160 is the mean absolute value as described in equation (4). Divider 180 divides output 170 by a value of 2, for the exemplary embodiment of 16-QAM. The resulting output (C) 190 is the estimate of the data-to-pilot power ratio that also provides the scaling factor needed to perform de-mapping for 16-QAM for the exemplary embodiment.
The disclosed invention described an algorithm to adjust for the unknown HS-DSCH-to-CPICH power ratio scaling the data at the output of a Rake or an equalizer receiver. The scaling factor to be removed is proportional to √{square root over (Ecd/Ecp)}. This factor can be estimated from the known statistics of the data constellation used to modulate the transmitted signal. The disclosed algorithm evaluates the statistics of the demodulated data symbols and compares them to the known statistics. For the exemplary setup of the mean value, only a summation of the absolute values of the demodulated data symbols at the output of the Rake or equalizer receiver is required. In the exemplary case of 16-QAM the result of the summation is compared to the value of 2 and the appropriate scaling coefficient 1/c is found according to (4).
The proposed power ratio estimation method has minimal latency as the demodulation can proceed without waiting for any additional data. Only processing delay is involved in computing the scaling coefficient. The complexity involved relates only to the summation of the absolute values of the demodulated data symbols which is a negligible portion of the overall receiver complexity. The performance of the disclosed algorithm directly relates to the receiver performance as the power ratio is computed after demodulation. As a result, the power ratio accuracy is ensured for a receiver capable of providing accurate decisions.
From the data-to-pilot power ratio and the pilot SNR estimate, the data SNR estimate can be directly obtained. Because the accuracy of the power ratio and the pilot SNR estimate are much better than the accuracy of a directly obtained data SNR estimate, the method of the disclosed invention can also be used to provide an accurate estimate for the SNR of the data signal which may be needed for power control, signal quality indication, or other purposes. The pilot SNR estimate may be computed by any of the methods known in the prior art.
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While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not so limited. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions and equivalents will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Short-handed Huskies prepare for NIT opener
UConn is limping into its NIT opener against Arizona State tomorrow night in Storrs.
Coming off an upset of No. 6 Syracuse, UConn is bursting with confidence.
The Huskies (17-6, 7-4) are in the thick of the Big East regular season title race. They have seven regular season games to state their case.
Since the Big East coaches picked them to place ninth in the preseason poll in October, they've been highly motivated to prove everyone wrong.
"We're not surprised," sophomore Ryan Boatright said of his team's success. "We knew a lot of people doubted us and we had a lot of critics. We knew we had a lot of people that wanted to see us do badly this year. So that really motivated us."
For the Huskies to achieve their goal of winning the title, they'll likely need to win their four remaining home games, starting with Saturday's noon time meeting with Villanova (15-10, 6-6). They also have three road games left.
About 2,000 tickets remained as of Friday afternoon.
UConn has won five of its last six games.
"We're playing excellent basketball right now and hopefully it keeps up…," coach Kevin Ollie said. "We're going to play hard and be like a Connecticut team and play with pride and understand, like I said in the press conference (Wednesday), they can't ban us from loving each other. We've just going to continue to do the same thing."
If UConn wins today, it would equal last year's Big East win total. The 2011-12 Huskies went 8-10.
Check out the attached video for more of Ollie's post-practice comments Friday.
UConn is limping into its NIT opener against Arizona State tomorrow night in Storrs.
Prior to its impressive American Athletic Conference Championship tournament run, UConn looked more like an NIT than NCAA post-season team.
UConn associate head coach Glen Miller didn't plan on getting much sleep on Saturday night.
Today's American Athletic Conference Championship semifinal doubleheader is underway here at the XL Center in Hartford. A crowd in the 12,000-13,000 range is expected for the UConn-Tulsa game. Tip-off time is 5 p.m.
UConn did what it was supposed to do on Thursday night.
Two of the American Athletic Conference's biggest rivals will battle tonight in tournament quarterfinal action at the XL Center in Hartford.
Daniel Hamilton had a long list of people to thank after becoming the sixth UConn player to receive a conference rookie of the year award.
UConn sophomore Amida Brimah was named the American Athletic Conference defensive player of the year today.
UConn placed three players on All-American Athletic Conference basketball teams.
The pairings are set for American Athletic Conference Championship tournament.
The regular season is officially over for UConn.
UConn is back on the road for its regular season finale.
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What Is The Best Aerosmith Song To Get Freaky To? [POLL]
We all know the reputation that Steven Tyler has for getting with the ladies, so which one of his songs is the best one to get your freak on to?
A Encounter with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
Q103 is proud to welcome Aerosmith & The Global Warming Tour with special guest Cheap Trick to Albany's Times Union Center on June 29th. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am, this week, listen to Q103 to Beat The Box Office and qualify to win FRONT ROW. Aerosmith is one of my all-time favorite bands, and I had the privilege to meet Steven Tyler and the band.
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The bad boys of Boston are coming to town! Steven Tyler says.."We're ready to kick ass and make out with yur motha"! Q103 welcomes Aerosmith and The Global Warming Tour to Albany's Times Union Center on Friday June 29th 7:30pm with special guests Cheap Trick. Keep the Q loud to beat the box office and win your tickets!
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The night before Thanksgiving was supposed to be the biggest party night of the year that featured Guns N' Roses at the Times Union Center. We have bad news, Axl will be very late as in- he is not coming. G N' R has cancelled the show and will not be rescheduling, tickets will be refunded at point of purchase. The only concert in town now is the Q103 Thanksgiving Hangover featuring Staind on Saturday.
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I am not a sports girl, at all. I never liked playing, watching or pretending to be interested in them. I think they're boring, pointless and a waste of time. I'm a metal chick who loves music, period. However, this past Friday, I had the opportunity to attend a hockey game, so I took it, and to my surprise, I had a blast.
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Monday afternoon, we announced that Guns N Roses was coming to the Times Union Center on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23rd at 7:30pm. Many questions started coming in to the Q103 studios such as "Is this a reunion show or is it just Axl?" "Will they be on time and actually show up?". I'm sorry to say it is NOT a reunion show, so what can you expect?
Guns N' Roses Coming to Albany
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Peripheral Neuropathy and HIV/AIDS... Feet feeling like they are asleep Stumbling when you walk Feet throbbing or cramping at night Sudden sharp shooting pains It is these slight or occasional sensations that are often overlooked byboth the patient and the doctor. Do not ignore these symptoms or they may getworse. In some cases the pain in the feet becomes so bad that it is difficultto walk or even sleep. If you have any of these symptoms, talk to your...
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HIV infection cure? Was told on CNN. What do you think? Mommy of three. (BERLIN PATIENT, 2010) (TIMOTHY BROWN, THE BERLIN PATIENT, 2010)Hello my beloved Dr. Bob. I hope you are feeling wonderfully. I am writing because I came upon this article today on CNN's news page. I think I know you enough to figure out what you think about it, but truly want to hear all you have to say about...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...are more likely to die from West Nile virus. Most worrisome: The transplant treatment itself, given only to late-stage cancer patients, kills up to 30% of patients. While scientists are drawing up research protocols to try this approach on other... Read more »
Doctors in Berlin claim to have found a "cure" for HIV (BERLIN PATIENT, 2010) (TIMOTHY BROWN, THE BERLIN PATIENT, 2010)Hi Dr. Bob.I was on the internet and ran across this article:http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1577949/I was wondering what you think about its potential and whether you think it holds up scientifically. I'm currently in medical school and am amazed by...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...Hello,We have been following the story of "The Berlin Patient" for a number of years. Due to a recent publication in the medical journal "Blood," the story has resurfaced with great fanfare. Read more »
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...no such thing as "Partially Blown AIDS." I'm delighted you are caring for your brother in his time of need. I wish all AIDS patients had loving family members to care for them and love them.Your fears about transmission are unwarranted. I can't... Read more »
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Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc....know what the guidelines are for diabetes. However, if insurance companies are issuing life insurance policies to diabetes patients, I am sure that this has been a change that has occurred over decades. Possibly in the future, the same will... Read more »
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"Krokodil," a homemade form of heroin now making inroads into the United States by way of Arizona, infects its users with a virus that eats flesh from the inside out and leaves addicts with a reptilian-like skin. Horrific photos of the drug's abusers have since surfaced, and Arizona officials fear the start of a new, uncontrollable epidemic.
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Keywords: Krokodil, drug abuse, Russia, Arizona, gangrene
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Widely abused in Russia, Krokodil is a homemade narcotic that is three-times cheaper than heroin. Created by mixing codeine with gasoline or oil, Krokodil is then filtered and then injected into the users body.
Two addicts recently arrived in emergency rooms with their flesh hanging off their body, exposing bone or with skin resembling that of a crocodile, hence its name.
This Russian man is suffering the side-effects of Krokodil use - Banner's Poison Control Center in Arizona says the two first cases of people using a drug that can rot flesh have been reported.
Scales: The drug is called Krokodil because it leaves users with scaly skin akin to that of a crocodile.
There are reportedly nearly three million users in Russia and the epidemic began in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
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