Deploying P2P networks for large-scale live video-streaming service [Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming]

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been adopted for Internet live video-streaming service, and several practical systems have been deployed in past years due to the inherent scalability and ease of deployment. However, most of these systems are commercial and proprietary, and hence little research was done in the area of characterizing practical system performance properties. In this article, we mainly present our experience on a practical P2P-based live video- streaming system called GridMedia, which was employed to broadcast live the Chinese Spring Festival Gala show over the Internet. Benefiting from two sets of flush-crowd traces with about 15,239 and 224,453 concurrent users in a 300 kb/s streaming session in 2005 and 2006, we perform a trace study to understand the service capacity, quality of streaming service, connection heterogeneity, user geographic distribution, and request and online duration characteristics. Our observations shed light on those systems and further improvements in the arena of large-scale live video-streaming service over the Internet.     

A Multilayer Data Copy Test Data Compression Scheme for Reducing Shifting-in Power for Multiple Scan Design

The random-like filling strategy pursuing high compression for today's popular test compression schemes introduces large test power. To achieve high compression in conjunction with reducing test power for multiple-scan-chain designs is even harder and very few works were dedicated to solve this problem. This paper proposes and demonstrates a multilayer data copy (MDC) scheme for test compression as well as test power reduction for multiple-scan-chain designs. The scheme utilizes a decoding buffer, which supports fast loading using previous loaded data, to achieve test data compression and test power reduction at the same time. The scheme can be applied automatic test pattern generation (ATPG)-independently or to be incorporated in an ATPG to generate highly compressible and power efficient test sets. Experiment results on benchmarks show that test sets generated by the scheme had large compression and power saving with only a small area design overhead.     

Density functional theory of high-k dielectric gate stacks

Density functional theory is the method of choice in theoretical materials science. It has also proved to be a useful tool in device engineering, particularly at nanoscale and when novel materials are involved. In this paper, we briefly review recent theoretical results in the area of the advanced gate stack materials engineering.     

DCXRD分析Ge/Si(001)多层纳米岛材料

结合透射电镜与原子力显微镜实验,用双晶X射线衍射方法分析了Ge/Si多层纳米岛材料.衍射的卫星峰可以被分解为两个洛仑兹峰,它们分别源于材料的浸润层区和纳米岛区.利用透射电镜得到Si和SiGe层的厚度比,估算出浸润层区与岛区的Ge组分分别为0.51和0.67.这是一种简单估算Ge/Si多层纳米岛材料中Ge组分的方法.     

采用高温传感器设计改造智能型耐高温钢包电子秤

文章重点阐述钢铁企业钢包电子秤的安装使用环境条件与分析;采用耐高温传感器的秤体结构设计;克服恶劣环境条件对电子秤影响,应采取的有效措施;阐述了电子秤的各种抗冲击、防高温辐射、防钢水烧损、防倾翻的措施;阐述了高温环境电子秤称量信号的特殊性处理方法与措施;对高温环境用电子秤的设计改造,具有一定的指导作用和参考价值.     

Some basic principles in dynamic theory of viscoelastic materials with voids

According to the basic idea of classical yin-yang complementarity and modern dual-complementarity, in a simple and unified way proposed by Luo, some basic principles in the dynamic theory of viscoelastic materials with voids can be estab- lished systematically. In this paper, an important integral relation in terms of con- volutions is given, which can be considered as the generalized principle of virtual work in mechanics. Based on this relation, it is possible not only to obtain the principle of virtual work and the reciprocal theorem, but also to derive systemati- cally the complementary functionals for the eight-field, six-field, four-field simpli- fied Gurtin-type variational principles and the potential energy-functional for the two-field one in the dynamic theory of viscoelastic materials with voids by the generalized Legendre transformations given in this paper. Furthermore, with this approach, the intrinsic relationship among various principles can be explained clearly.     

一种简便的计算层析系统X射线硬化校正方法

以实物拍摄为依据,用一种最简便的修正方法解决计算机X射线层析术成像时由于硬化效应引起的切片图灰度失真问题。用高性能数字X射线机FAXITRON MX-20(射线管焦点20μm,探测板灰度等级16位)对不同厚度的物体进行透射成像,测得对应的透射光强度,并利用新创的指数拟合法得到理想的拟合曲线,由此推导硬化效应的指数校正公式;最后利用实验室的微型计算机层析设备进行扇形束扫描,并逆投影重建生成计算层析断层图像,验证了该校正方法的实用性。该指数拟合法的误差不到常用的二阶多项式拟合法的1/3,对物体计算层析重构,硬化校正以前有明显的“杯状”伪迹,切片灰度不均匀,用指数法修正以后该伪迹消失,切片灰度均匀。     

Investigation of all-solid photonic bandgap fiber with low losses in low-order bandgaps

We report synoptically an investigation of design, fabrication and characterization of a new all-solid photonic bandgap fiber. By introducing an index depressed layer around a high index core in every unit cell of photonic crystal cladding, a novel all-solid bandgap fiber is predicted to obtain low confinement and bend losses within low-order bandgaps. After optimizing the structure parameters, we fabricate a batch of rods used for cladding cells, select a pure-silica rod for core cell and an inner-hexagonal jacket tube. We demonstrate an all-solid bandgap fiber with the transmission loss as low as 2 dB/km at 1,310 nm and a bandwidth of over 700 nm within the first bandgap. The guiding properties are also measured, respectively, such as transmission spectrum, attenuation spectrum, bend loss, mode field intensity profile, and chromatic dispersion.     

The freeze of intrapulse Raman scattering effect of ultrashort solitons in optical fiber

The effect of intrapulse Raman scattering (IRS) for the propagation of the femtosecond solitons in an optical fiber is investigated. To factually simulate its influence, a combination of 27 Lorentian lines to fit experimental Raman gain profile is adopted. By using nonlinear Schrödinger equation and finite-difference time domain method, the propagations of femtosecond fundamental solitons in an optical fiber are numerically calculated. When the initial power is suitably enhanced, it is found that the pulse shape is almost the same as initial pulse and the delay Raman response only makes small pulse shift. In other words, when ultrashort soliton is considered, the IRS effect is similarly frozen under the enhanced initial power.     

Notes on Superadditivity of Wigner–Yanase–Dyson Information

The classical Fisher information is superadditive in the sense that the Fisher information of a bivariate probability density is always not less than the sum of those of the marginals. The longstanding conjecture concerning the superadditivity of the Wigner–Yanase–Dyson information is a quantum analogue of this property. It is remarkable that Hansen constructed a numerical counterexample to the quantum case (J. Stat. Phys. 126: 643–648, 2007). However, the requirement of superadditivity of an information-theoretic quantity such as the Wigner–Yanase–Dyson information seems so intuitive, it is desirable to identify conditions as general as possible such that the superadditivity holds. In this paper, we establish the superadditivity in several physically significant cases.