A gradationally stacked cake-like assembly includes a plurality of annular stories overlaid with one another to form a cake-like assembly or tower, wherein each annular story is formed by centripetally fastening a plurality of individual gift box units and each gift box unit may be taken out from each annular story very conveniently. Further, a switching array couples a second contact of each capacitor of the first and second plurality of capacitors to a common mode voltage to determine a first bit of a digital output signal. The performance inputs are data associated with a performance of the vessel during the voyage. If the preamble signature corresponds to an RACH in current use, the UTRAN determines whether there is a signature corresponding to an available RACH. The method may also include setting an initial carbon dioxide tension in a membrane oxygenator of an extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation system based on the obtained information. Another embodiment may provide a network comprising a cable modem termination system, and a cable modem wherein the cable modem may transmit data to the CMTS with a streaming protocol that sends multiple requests for upstream bandwidth to transmit data and receives multiple grants to transmit data, and transmits data to the CMTS as grants are received.