Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may send coupled configured grants to a transmitter user equipment (UE) and a receiver UE, respectively. For example, when transmitting a pair of configured grants that includes a first configured grant sent to a first UE and a second configured grant sent to a second UE, the base station may include an indication in each of the configured grants that sidelink semi-persistent scheduling resources are activated or deactivated. Additionally, the configured grants may indicate which UE is a receiver and which UE is a transmitter. For instance, the first configured grant may indicate that a first UE is to be the transmitter and a second configured grant indicate that a second UE is to be the receiver.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for indicating sidelink processes for sidelink feedback. A second user equipment (UE) may request hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) responses from a first UE for a particular set of sidelink processes over a physical sidelink feedback channel. To indicate multiple sidelink processes, the second UE may indicate, in sidelink control information, a window of sidelink processes. The window may be a sliding window that starts with a starting sidelink process and extends through other sidelink processes. The second UE may transmit data for the sidelink processes in the sliding window and receive feedback for the indicated sidelink processes. In some aspects, the first UE may select, in coordination with the second UE, the sidelink processes for which feedback is to be provided.

Abstract: Example interface information presenting methods, electronic devices and computer-readable storage media are provided. An example method includes: obtaining a target interface; in response to a first operation of a user, entering a screen-locked state, and obtaining a first picture displayed in the screen-locked state; processing the target interface to obtain a target picture; and displaying the target picture in the screen-locked state, to cover the first picture.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a first control resource pool associated with sidelink control signaling during a first sensing window and monitor a portion of a second resource pool associated with sidelink data signaling during a second sensing window. The UE may perform joint resource selection on the first resource pool and the second resource pool based on the monitoring during the first and second sensing windows. The UE may transmit a sidelink control information message including resource indication fields to reserve the selected sidelink control channel resources and selected sidelink shared channel resources. The UE may transmit the sidelink data message on one or more of the reserved sidelink shared channel resources.

Abstract: Systems, methods, non-transitory processor-readable media, and apparatuses for determining modulation reference signals include but not limited to receiving a Synchronization Signal (SS)/Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) block, the SS/PBCH block includes Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) Resource Elements (REs). A portion of a bandwidth of the SS/PBCH block is outside of a bandwidth of a system bandwidth. A mapping between a DMRS sequence and the DMRS REs is determined. A mapping between a Control-Chanel Element (CCE) and a first resource is determined.

Abstract: Network-controlled power control for side-link communications is disclosed. According to the described aspects, a power control framework is defined for network-controlled side-band or device-to-device (D2D) communications, in which transmission power for side-link communications may be stepped up enough for a base station in a connected mode with at least one of multiple user equipment (UE) devices to detect side-link communications between the UEs in order to take responsive action to enhance the reliability of the communications. The base station provides the configuration information to the UEs which may be used when preparing for transmissions of side-link traffic and/or feedback.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a configuration of a resource pool for configured grant uplink communications and one or more parameters for identifying a resource set from the resource pool, wherein the resource set is a subset of resources in the resource pool; identify the resource set of the resource pool based at least in part on the one or more parameters; and transmit a configured grant uplink communication in a resource selected from the resource set. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter user equipment (UE) may identify a sidelink resource allocation mode that indicates a manner in which one or more sidelink resources are allocated for use by the transmitter UE. The UE may transmit, to a receiver UE, sidelink control information (SCI) that includes an indication that is based at least on part on the sidelink resource allocation mode. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for testing an interfacial tribochemical reaction between a diamond wafer and active metal abrasive or metal oxide abrasive is provided. A surface of a diamond indenter used in a nano scratch tester is coated with a layer of the active metal abrasive or the metal oxide abrasive with uniform and controllable thickness by magnetron sputtering, and an interface interaction between the layer of the active metal abrasive or the metal oxide abrasive and the diamond wafer is controlled by a scratch test of the diamond wafer. Chemical components of an interaction section on a surface of the diamond wafer are analyzed by the scanning probe micro Raman spectrometer.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first UE may receive, from a second UE, resource reserving sidelink control information that indicates a transmit beam of the second UE and a sidelink resource of the second UE. The first UE may transmit data on the sidelink resource of the second UE using a transmit beam of the first UE that does not spatially overlap with the transmit beam of the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a first transmission in a first Channel Occupancy Time (COT) for a NR-U sidelink channel. The method also includes reserving, by the UE, a resource in a non-shared portion of a second COT and performing, by the UE, a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) Category (CAT) 4 operation at a start of the second COT, wherein the second COT is associated with the UE. The method includes performing, by the UE, a continuous transmission operation in the second COT based on successfully performing the LBT CAT 4 operation. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE, a second transmission in the reserved resource of the non-shared portion of the second COT based on successfully performing a second LBT CAT 1 or 2 operation. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to performing contention credit-based listen-before-talk (LBT) for communications over a shared radio frequency band (e.g., in a shared spectrum or in an unlicensed spectrum) are provided. A wireless communication device performs a first clear channel assessment (CCA) including a first countdown. The wireless communication device transmits, after a gap period from the first countdown, a first communication signal. The wireless communication device performs a second CCA including a second countdown. The wireless communication device transmits, beginning before an end of the second countdown, a second communication signal based on at least a first contention credit associated with the gap period.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing an organophosphorus degrading enzyme based multifunctional catalyst and an organophosphorus degrading enzyme based multifunctional catalyst and use thereof. In the present disclosure, the preparation method includes: directly adding a composite yolk-shell-structured nanomaterial into a crude enzyme solution of organophosphorus degrading enzyme with an affinity tag, and mixing, to obtain a mixture, and then subjecting the mixture to a separation, to obtain an organophosphorus degrading enzyme based multifunctional catalyst.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a communication from a second UE. The first UE may select an index that represents multiple control bits associated with the communication. The first UE may transmit an indication of the index in a portion of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource pool that is selected based at least in part on the index. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating control information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) may include sensing an interference level of at least one frequency, selecting, based on the interference level, a frequency, and communicating sidelink control information (SCI) in the selected frequency.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support relaxed sensing for new radio (NR) sidelink over millimeter wave (mmW) operating frequencies. In a first aspect, a method by a user equipment (UE) of wireless communication includes identifying a resource selection trigger that indicates selection of one or more sidelink slots from a resource selection window. The UE may obtain long-term interference sensing statistics observed by the UE prior to the resource selection trigger. The UE can reduce a default sensing window length in accordance with the long-term interference sensing statistics and transmit a sidelink transmission in the selected sidelink slots. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for techniques for providing sidelink feedback. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving, from a second UE, one or more sidelink data messages and transmitting, to the second UE, via a first sidelink feedback channel resource, a first feedback message comprising one or more feedback bits associated with the one or more sidelink data messages, wherein: the first sidelink feedback channel resource comprises a first partial interlace group of a first interlace group of resource blocks, and the first partial interlace group comprises at least two first resource blocks.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support configured reception with sidelink control information (SCI) repetition over a sidelink. In aspects, a receiving user equipment (UE) may be configured to conduct combined reception/decoding of SCI repetitions (received from a transmitting UE over a sidelink) over multiple time-frequency slots at pre-defined occasions (e.g., occasions configured by a base station) to decode a sidelink transmission. In aspects, a receiving UE may receive from a transmitting UE over a sidelink, a sidelink transmission during a reception occasion that includes a plurality of reception opportunities for the receiving UE. Each reception opportunity of the plurality of reception opportunities includes a repetition of an SCI. The receiving UE decodes the SCI by combining the repetitions of the SCI received in one or more reception opportunities, and decodes a data transmission (e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing high-purity vanadium pentoxide from vanadium-bearing shale by all-wet process. The technical solution is: the “Gradient continuous leaching system of vanadium-bearing shale” is used to wet activate and compound leach vanadium-bearing shale to obtain vanadium-containing acid leachate. The “pH adjusting device of the vanadium-containing acid leachate” is used to adjust the pH of vanadium-containing acid leaching leachate. The post-treatment solution is subjected to hydroxime countercurrent extraction after oxidation, and the raffinate returns to the water using in the wet activation and electrodialysis after neutralization, and the loaded organic phase is regenerated by countercurrent reduction stripping. The regenerated organic phase directly returns to hydroxime countercurrent extraction.

Abstract: A system is disclosed to detect failure of a diode that is connected in series with a battery and a contactor or other switch configured to connect the battery to a load when the contactor or other switch is in a closed position and to isolate the battery from the load when the contactor or other switch is in an open position. In various embodiments, the system includes a high value resistor connected between the anode terminal of the diode and ground, the connection to the anode terminal being on a load side of the contactor or other switch; and a voltage meter configured to measure a voltage across the high value resistor at least during a test in which a voltage is applied to a bus associated with the load while the contactor or other switch is in the open position.