Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current luma block, deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current luma block, generating a prediction block of the current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current chroma block, and the deriving of an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block may comprise determining whether or not CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Mode) can be performed for the current chroma block.

Abstract: A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber-nanowire composite-based sheet having super-amphiphilic characteristics. In the present invention, fibers including metal nanoparticles or metal oxide nanoparticles embedded in the fibers or located on the surface of the fibers are synthesized, and a sheet based on a composite in which metal nanowires or metal oxide nanowires have been grown from the above fibers is provided. A sheet of the present invention has super-amphiphilic characteristics and can be used in various fields such as the antibacterial filter field, the antibacterial film field, the antiviral filter field, the antiviral film field, the antifouling coating field, the drug delivery vehicle field, or the water treatment filter field.

Abstract: A separator cutting device cuts a sheet-shaped separator with which at least one electrode is laminated. The separator cutting device includes a laser generator configured to emit a laser beam, a scanner configured to control an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser generator, and an end mirror configured to reflect the laser beam passing through the scanner toward the separator and disposed at a side of the scanner.

Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment is a camera module including a lens assembly including a liquid lens including a first liquid and a second liquid which form an interface therebetween, a voltage controller which applies a driving signal to the liquid lens to adjust the interface, a temperature sensor which detects temperature information of the liquid lens, an image sensor which receives light passing through the lens assembly, a sensing unit which detects information corresponding to the interface of the liquid lens, and a compensation unit which outputs feedback information to the voltage controller using the information corresponding to the interface of the liquid lens and the temperature information.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component including: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and external electrodes disposed outside the body and connected to the internal electrodes, wherein 1.5?Hfs/Hfc?5.0 when the internal electrode includes hafnium (Hf), Hfc indicates an average Hf content (at %) in a center of the internal electrode, and Hfs indicates an average Hf content (at %) in the internal electrode, measured from the center of the internal electrode to an interface thereof in contact with the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method of a communication node may comprise: transmitting required network configurations for applying each of artificial neural network models to a network node; and transmitting a status report of the first model including a model identifier field and a model information field for each of the artificial neural network models to the network node to activate at least one artificial neural network model among the artificial neural network models, wherein each of the required network configurations includes a configuration identifier and network configuration information.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: transmitting channel state prediction-related information to a base station; receiving a channel prediction request signal for a first time instance from the base station; receiving auxiliary reference signal(s) (RS(s)) and a first RS from the base station based on the channel state prediction-related information; and transmitting channel prediction information for the first time instance to the base station, wherein the channel state prediction-related information includes information indicating that channel state information prediction of the terminal is possible, and the channel prediction request signal includes configuration information of the auxiliary RS(s) and configuration information of the first RS.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving a channel state information (CSI) request message from a base station, the CSI request message including first indication information indicating one of quantization configuration information of a first artificial intelligence (AI) model configured in the terminal to encode and transmit CSI; quantizing generated CSI feedback information based on the first indication information; and transmitting a CSI report message including the quantized CSI feedback information to the base station.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a CU of a base station, configuration information of one or more candidate cells and configuration information for measurement; performing L1 measurement on the candidate cells based on the configuration information for measurement; acquiring uplink synchronization for the candidate cells by performing an uplink synchronization management procedure for the candidate cells based on the configuration information of the candidate cells; reporting a result of the L1 measurement to a DU of the base station; receiving, from the DU of the base station, information on a target cell, being the target cell to switch among the candidate cells, based on the result of the L1 measurement; and applying the uplink synchronization acquired through the uplink synchronization management procedure to the target cell.

Abstract: A vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication-based electronic toll collection system (ETCS) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one roadside unit (RSU), a token issuer checking a de-identified token of a vehicle by communicating with an on-board unit (OBU) of the vehicle via the at least one roadside unit, and a clearing house communicating with the token issuer and charging a toll to a driver/owner of the vehicle. The token issuer generates toll information of the vehicle based on the de-identified token of the vehicle and location information of the at least one roadside unit involved in checking the de-identified token.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water treatment device, and more specifically to a water purifier capable of removing scale in a simple manner.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate having first and second surfaces opposed to each other, and including an insulation member, a plurality of redistribution layers on different levels in the insulation member, and a redistribution via having a shape narrowing from the second surface toward the first surface in a first direction; a plurality of UBM layers, each including a UBM pad on the first surface of the redistribution substrate, and a UBM via having a shape narrowing in a second direction, opposite to the first direction; and at least one semiconductor chip on the second surface of the redistribution substrate, and having a plurality of contact pads electrically connected to the redistribution layer adjacent to the second surface among the plurality of redistribution layers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for a fuel cell electrode including an active particle which includes a core comprising platinum, a transition metal excluding platinum, and an oxide of a non-transition metal; and a shell disposed on the core and including platinum, wherein the active particle includes platinum and the non-transition metal in a molar ratio of 100:1.80 to 100:4.00, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell including the same.

Abstract: Silicon oxide-based negative electrode active materials and negative electrodes for a secondary battery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a silicon oxide particle including a metal silicate; and a hydrocarbon coating layer on the silicon oxide particle, wherein a peak Pa in a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectral analysis of the negative electrode active material is detected in a range from 2880 cm?1 to 2950 cm?1 and a peak Pb in a FT-IR spectral analysis of the negative electrode active material is detected in a range from 2800 cm?1 to 2865 cm?1.

Abstract: A method of monitoring and managing performance of an artificial neural network model for an air interface may comprise: receiving, by a network (NW) including a communication node performing a function of monitoring and managing performance of an artificial neural network model, a performance metric of the artificial neural network model from a user equipment (UE); and controlling, by the communication node, activation or deactivation of the artificial neural network model according to the performance metric, wherein the artificial neural network model is activated to improve a main performance metric of a mobile communication system including the communication node and the UE connected through an air interface.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The anode active material includes a plurality of composite particles, each composite particle including a silicon-based active material particle including silicon; and a carbon coating layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the silicon-based active material particle, wherein a relative standard deviation of G/Si peak intensity ratios of a Raman spectrum as defined in Equation 1 measured for each of 50 different composite particles among the plurality of composite particles is 50% or less.

Abstract: A cap assembly includes a retainer member provided at an outlet end of a discharge line through which a target fluid is discharged to the outside in a gravitational direction, the retainer member having a guide hole configured to guide the target fluid to the outside, a cap member configured to be movable from a first position at which the cap member closes the guide hole to a second position at which the cap member opens the guide hole in accordance with a discharge pressure of the target fluid, and a weight member provided in the cap member and configured to apply a load to the cap member so that the cap member moves to the first position when the discharge pressure applied to the cap member by the target fluid is eliminated.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving a first message including state information of a base station from the base station; identifying preliminary inactive state information included in the first message when the state information of the base station indicates a preliminary inactive state; and performing a cell selection based on the preliminary inactive state information.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving a reference signal from a base station; generating channel information based on the reference signal; generating wavelet-transformed channel information by applying wavelet transform to the channel information; generating compressed channel information by compressing the wavelet-transformed channel information; and transmitting the compressed channel information to the base station.