Abstract:
An active tracking system includes an imager configured to image the temperature of a biological tissue and a heating laser configured to heat regions of the biological tissue. The imager locates high-temperature regions of the biological tissue and the heating laser is controlled to point toward target regions of the biological tissue based on the located high-temperature regions. The active tracking system can be used to control a heating laser to continuously heat a target region of a biological tissue even when the target region moves relative to the heating laser. The active tracking system could allow one or more target regions of a biological tissue to be ‘tagged’ with heat by the heating laser and to be tracked even when the one or more target regions move relative to the heating laser. Devices and methods for operating such active tracking systems are also provided.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for using radio layer information to enhance network transport protocols are provided. Channel characteristics are obtained from a radio layer in a mobile device. The channel characteristics indicate the quality of a connection between the mobile device and a base station. Based on the channel characteristics, a bandwidth of the connection between the mobile device and the base station is calculated. A server is instructed to transmit data to the mobile device at the data rate determined based on the determined bandwidth.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for requesting media content segments via multiple network connections. In one implementation, a processing device requests, via a first network connection, a sequential transfer of a first media content segment in a first direction. The processing device requests, via a second network connection, a sequential transfer of the first media content segment in a second direction. The processing device requests, based on a determination that the first media content segment has been received, from at least one of the first network connection or the second network connection, a second media content segment.
Abstract:
A method of data communication rate control is provided. The method includes an application service provider receiving, from a mobile service provider, an indication of a data rate for transmission of data from a server associated with the application service provider to a mobile device. The method also includes transmitting data to the mobile device from the server associated with the application service provider based on the received data rate indication.