Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: generating at least one frame, wherein the at least one frame is configured to include a first medium access control (MAC) header field and a second MAC header field, and a queue size (QS) is encoded in the first MAC header field and the second MAC header field; and sending the at least one frame to an access point (AP).

Abstract: A shared wireless fidelity (WiFi) communication device receives a first frame transmitted from a sharing access point (AP), and transmits a second frame to a non-AP station (STA). The first frame at least contains information of a shared period that is allowed to be used by the shared WiFi communication device, and the shared period is a subset of a time period of transmission opportunity (TXOP) obtained by the sharing AP. The second frame at least contains the information of the shared period.

Abstract: An identity certificate may be issued to a blockchain node. The issuance may include issuing a first identity certificate to a first terminal and receiving a second identity certificate issuance request that is from the first terminal. A second identity certificate may be issued to the first terminal, and a third identity certificate issuance request is received from the second terminal. A third identity certificate is issued to the second terminal, so that the second terminal forwards the third identity certificate to the third terminal.

Abstract: Method for assisting in a travel arrangement includes receiving, by a mobile terminal, a travel instruction, the travel instruction including a destination; obtaining vehicle information of a vehicle corresponding to the mobile terminal; obtaining destination information of the destination; and assisting in the travel arrangement based on at least one of the vehicle information or the destination information.

Abstract: The present application relates to a synthesis method for N-methyl-3-substituted methyl-4-pyrazolamide derivative and N-methyl-3-substituted methyl-4-pyrazolic acid, including the following steps: step S1: synthesis of intermediate E; step S2: synthesis of intermediate D; step S3: synthesis of intermediate C; step S4: synthesis of N-methyl-3-substituted methyl-4-pyrazolamide derivative; and synthesis of N-methyl-3- substituted methyl-4-pyrazolic acid by decomposition of N-methyl-3-substituted methyl-4-pyrazolamide derivative.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal coupling method for preparing ethylene by ethanol dehydration and device thereof. The device includes an ethanol dehydration reaction system, a quenching compression system, an alkaline washing system, a molecular sieve drying system and an ethylene purification and propylene refrigeration cycle system; ethanol dehydration reaction products in the ethanol dehydration reaction system serve as a heat source for preheating, vaporization and superheating of a raw material of ethanol; tower bottoms of an evaporation tower in the quenching compression system serve as a heat source for preheating of a feed stream of the evaporation tower and heating of an overhead gas of a quenching tower; products of ethylene in the alkaline washing system serve as a cold source for cooling of crude ethylene.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a message from an agent installed at a data replication server, the message comprising a status identifier of a checksum validation of a data replication operation, identifying a latency value associated with the data replication server, determining whether a data loss has occurred based on the status identifier of the checksum validation and the latency value, and in response to a determination that the data loss has occurred, transmitting a notification of the data loss to a computing system associated with the data replication server.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for kitchen waste digestion, including: a first treatment container, provided with a feed pipe and an exhaust pipe at a top, and internally configured with a plurality of pole plate pairs, the pole plate pairs including two pole plates, one of the pole plates being connected to a positive pole of a power source and another being connected to a negative pole of the power source, and a plurality of sieve holes being provided in each of the pole plates; and a second treatment container, a top of the second treatment container connecting to a bottom of the first treatment container, a middle part being configured with a plurality of filler layers spaced apart in a vertical direction, and a bottom being configured with an iron-carbon filler; and a filler in the filler layers including calcium peroxide and magnetite particles.

Abstract: A blockchain network includes a service sub-network, a consensus sub-network, and a routing layer configured to isolate the service sub-network from the consensus sub-network. A data processing method in the blockchain network includes: receiving a data processing request transmitted by a service node in the service sub-network; performing identity verification on the service node according to the data processing request; obtaining a running load of each consensus node in the consensus sub-network when the verification succeeds; determining, from the consensus sub-network according to the running load, a target consensus node configured to process the data processing request; and forwarding the data processing request to the target consensus node, and performing corresponding data processing on the data processing request by using the target consensus node.

Abstract: A system and method for cleaning an optical element of an EUV optical system is disclosed. The system and method may include receiving design data of one or more samples. The system and method may include simulating a plurality of irradiance distributions at a plane of an EUV optical sub-system based on the design data and one or more parameters. The system and method may include aggregating the plurality of irradiance distributions to generate an aggregated irradiance distribution. The system and method may include determining a predicted contaminate distribution based on both the aggregated irradiance distribution and a contaminate growth rate. The system and method may include determining a cleaning recipe for the one or more optical elements based on the predicted contaminate distribution.

Abstract: A method for replacing an identity certificate in a blockchain network includes a service subnet, a consensus subnet, and a routing layer used for isolating the service subnet from the consensus subnet. The method includes: receiving a root certificate replacement notification transmitted by a certificate authentication center; obtaining a public key corresponding to the certificate authentication center; verifying the root certificate replacement notification by using the obtained public key; forwarding the root certificate replacement notification to a consensus node in the consensus subnet after the validation succeeds, so that the consensus node records the root certificate replacement notification into a latest data block after a consensus on the root certificate replacement notification is reached; and requesting, when the data block is received, the certificate authentication center to replace an identity certificate.

Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes a vacuum chamber with a rotating target assembly therein. The rotating target assembly has an annular groove with a distal wall relative to an axis of rotation. The distal wall includes a porous region. The rotating target assembly is rotated to form a target by centrifugal force with a layer of molten metal on a distal wall of an annular groove in the rotating target assembly.

Abstract: A photomask includes a plurality of distinctly patterned regions to provide different respective intensities of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light in response to illumination with an EUV beam. The photomask may be part of a system that also includes a time-delay-integration (TDI) inspection tool with an EUV light source and a TDI sensor. The EUV light source is to generate the EUV beam. The photomask is to be loaded into the TDI inspection tool. The system further includes a reference intensity detector to be mounted in the TDI inspection tool to measure intensities of EUV light collected from the photomask.

Abstract: To calibrate a TDI photomask inspection tool, a photomask with a plurality of distinctly patterned regions is loaded into the tool. The plurality of distinctly patterned regions is successively illuminated with an EUV beam of light. While illuminating respective distinctly patterned regions, respective instances of imaging of the respective distinctly patterned regions are performed using a TDI sensor in the inspection tool. While performing the respective instances of imaging, a reference intensity detector is used to measure reference intensities of EUV light collected from the photomask. Based on the results of the respective instances of imaging and the measured reference intensities of EUV light, linearity of the TDI sensor is determined.

Abstract: A data backup method includes querying a first block of a first blockchain for unused transaction output information based on a first condition being met, the first block including each block of all blocks included in the first blockchain; generating transaction information according to the unused transaction output information obtained based on the querying, the transaction information indicating a transaction operation based on an account address to which the unused transaction output information belongs; recording the transaction information in a second block and releasing the second block, and recording the second block on which a consensus is reached on a second blockchain; and backing up the first blockchain into a storage system, and deleting the first blockchain. Counterpart apparatus, terminal, server, and/or non-transitory computer-readable medium are also contemplated.

Abstract: A system may include a fingerprint scanner and a magnetic switch coupled to the fingerprint scanner. The magnetic switch may couple a lid of a computing device to abase of a computing device. The system may further include an infrared (IR) scanner coupled to the magnetic switch. Additionally, the system may include an electronic switch coupled to the IR scanner.

Abstract: An acousto-optic modulator (AOM) laser frequency shifter system includes a laser configured to generate an incident beam, a first optical splitter optically coupled to the laser and configured to split the incident beam into at least one portion of the incident beam, at least one phase-shift channel optically coupled to the first optical splitter and configured to generate at least one frequency-shifted beam with an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) from the at least one portion of the incident beam received from the first optical splitter, and a second optical splitter configured to receive the at least one frequency-shifted beam from the at least one phase-shift channel and configured to direct the at least one frequency-shifted beam to an interferometer configured to acquire an interferogram of a sample with the at least one frequency-shifted beam.

Abstract: Heights on a surface of a photomask are measured using broadband light interferometry. The heights include heights of patterned areas of the photomask. A focal map is produced from the measured heights on the surface of the photomask. To produce the focal map, the measured heights of the patterned areas are adjusted based on fill factors for the patterned areas. The photomask is inspected for defects, using the focal map.

Abstract: An optical system with aberration correction is disclosed. The optical system may include an illumination source. The optical system may include a detector. The optical system may include one or more collection optics configured to image a sample onto the detector based on illumination from the illumination source. The optical system may include two or more aberration correction plates located in one or more pupil planes of the one or more collection optics. The two or more aberration correction plates may provide at least partial correction of two or more linearly-independent aberration terms. Any particular one of the two or more aberration correction plates may have a spatially-varying thickness profile providing a selected amount of correction for a single particular aberration term of the two or more linearly-independent aberration terms.

Abstract: A photomask-inspection system includes a vacuum chamber and a stage, disposed in the vacuum chamber, to support a photomask and to translate the photomask horizontally and vertically. The system also includes an EUV objective, disposed in the vacuum chamber, to collect EUV light from the photomask to inspect the photomask for defects and an optical height sensor, at least partially disposed in the vacuum chamber, to measure heights on a surface of the photomask. The system further includes a stage controller to translate the stage horizontally and vertically in accordance with a focal map for the photomask produced using the measured heights on the surface of the photomask.