Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for preparing channel state information (“CSI”). One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver configured to communicate with a base unit over a radio access network using at least one transmission layer and determining a total number of non-zero coefficients over a set of layers. The processor determines an indication of the total number of non-zero coefficients, where determining the indication of the total number of non-zero coefficients comprises encoding the total number of non-zero coefficients by selecting a codeword from a plurality of candidate codewords. The processor prepares CSI, where the CSI comprises the indication of the total number of non-zero coefficients and the transceiver transmits the CSI to the base unit.

Abstract: For Type-II codebook compression, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a reference signal and a processor that identifies a set of beams based on the reference signal. The processor generates a set of coefficients associated with each beam in the set of beams based on the reference signal and identifies a set of tap indices, where the set of tap indices is a common subset of coefficient indices that is the same over the set of beams. The processor generates a combinatorial codeword representing the set of tap indices and reports the combinatorial codeword for the set of tap indices as part of a CSI feedback report.

Abstract: An icemaker appliance includes a cabinet. A refrigeration system includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. The refrigeration system is charged with a refrigerant. The refrigeration system further includes a modulator having a reservoir and a supply conduit. The reservoir of the modulator is positioned on an outlet conduit of the evaporator. A first end portion of the supply conduit is coupled to an inlet conduit of the evaporator, and a second end portion of the supply conduit is coupled to the reservoir of the modulator. The refrigerant is flowable into and out of the reservoir of the modulator through the supply conduit of the modulator. An ice maker is positioned within the cabinet. The evaporator of the refrigeration system is coupled to the icemaker such that the refrigeration system is operable to chill the icemaker.

Abstract: A system for providing allergen information includes an allergen sensor located on a vehicle designed to detect allergen data corresponding to levels of at least one allergen in an environment of the vehicle. The system further includes a network access device located on the vehicle and designed to transmit the allergen data to a remote server and to receive an allergen map from the remote server, the allergen map being based on the allergen data from the vehicle and from additional vehicles, and indicating the levels of the at least one allergen at various locations on the allergen map. The system further includes an output device designed to output data. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the allergen sensor, the network access device, and the output device and designed to control the output device to output the allergen map received from the remote server.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication device is provided. A reference signal is received from a network entity, and a default set of individual beams is defined, each of the beams having an associated direction. A compression matrix is determined, and an indication of the determined compression matrix is sent to the network entity. The compression matrix is applied to the default set of individual beams resulting in a new set of composite beams, where at least one of the composite beams includes a combination of multiple individual beams from the default set, and where the multiple individual beams included in the at least one of the composite beams each extend in a different direction. A set of beam weighting values is determined, and the determined set of beam weighting values is sent to the network entity.

Abstract: An ice making assembly includes an ice mold defining a mold cavity and a refrigeration loop having an evaporator in thermal communication with the ice mold. A compressor is operably coupled to the refrigeration loop for circulating a flow of refrigerant through the refrigerant loop to cool the evaporator and the ice mold. After ice is formed, a flow regulating device may divert a portion of the flow of refrigerant around the condenser through a bypass conduit to slowly increase a temperature of the refrigerant within the evaporator to release formed ice from the ice mold while preventing thermal shock and cracking.

Abstract: An electric ice press is provided herein and may be utilized to reshape an initial ice billet into a sculpted ice nugget. The electric ice press may include a mold body having a first mold segment and a second mold segment movable relative to each other. A heated guide rail extends between the first mold segment and the second mold segment to transfer heat from the first mold segment to the second mold segment. The heated guide rail may be a heat pipe for transferring heat generated by a base heater in the first mold segment or an electrical resistance heating rod for generating heat, either of which requires only a single power cord electrically coupled to only the first mold segment.

Abstract: One apparatus includes a processor and a radio transceiver that receives a set of reference signals transmitted from transmission point. The processor selects a subset of beams from a plurality of orthogonal beams based on the received set of reference signals and computes sets of amplitude and phase parameters for one or more channel compression matrices. In some embodiments, each channel compression matrix corresponds to one transmission layer of a multiple-layer transmission and each channel compression matrix is comprised of one or more column vectors. The processor controls the radio transceiver to send indications of the sets of amplitude and phase parameters.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for preparing channel state information (“CSI”). One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver configured to communicate with a base unit over a RAN using spatial multiplexing, wherein multiple transmission layers are transmitted at a time, each transmission layer comprising multiple beams. The processor identifies a set of non-zero amplitude parameters and a set of zero amplitude parameters over the set of layers. The processor computes a number of non-zero amplitude parameters and determines an indication of the number of non-zero amplitude parameters. The processor determines the location of zero amplitude parameters to generate a set of location bits. The processor prepares CSI that includes the indication of the number of non-zero amplitude parameters and the set of location bits. The transceiver transmits the CSI to the base unit.

Abstract: A CBSR configuration can include a set of restricted beams. Each restricted beam of the set of restricted beams can be associated with a restricted beam gain coefficient. A plurality of sets of quantized coefficients can be determined based on the CBSR configuration. A set of quantized coefficients corresponding to a particular restricted beam can generate a set of quantized weights at a set of frequencies based on a least a Fourier transform of the set of quantized coefficients of the particular restricted beam. The plurality of sets of quantized coefficients can be determined such that quantized weights of the particular restricted beam satisfy a constraint based on at least the set of quantized coefficients corresponding to the particular restricted beam and the restricted beam gain coefficient. A CSI report can be transmitted. The CSI report can include the plurality of sets of quantized coefficients.

Abstract: A CBSR configuration can include a set of restricted beams. Each restricted beam can be constrained by a maximum gain. A set of beams including one or more restricted beams can be selected based on received reference signals. A set of precoder coefficients, each forming a beam gain, can be determined for each selected beam. A function of the set of precoder coefficients can satisfy the maximum gain constraint. The function can be proportional to an average of amplitudes of members of a subset of the set of precoder coefficients or a square root of an average of squared values of amplitudes of members of the subset. A CSI report including at least an indicator of the set of selected beams, an indicator of the set of precoding coefficients, and coefficients of the selected beams can be transmitted.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating inspection of fire alarm systems includes a graphical user interface rendered on a touchscreen display of a mobile computing device receiving selections of inspection results. The graphical user interface includes a testing pane, which indicates devices that are currently being tested, and a selection pane, which indicates devices yet to be tested. The devices indicated by the selection pane are filtered according to the inferred location of the inspector or the inferred order of test. Selection of devices indicated by the selection pane results in those devices being indicated by the testing pane. Results of inspections of the devices indicated by the testing pane are then selected by the touchscreen display detecting gestures (e.g. swipes toward the left or right) corresponding to different results. The results are sent to a connected services system and stored in a connected services database.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining information corresponding to beamforming. One method (1400) includes determining (1402) a grouping arrangement corresponding to a type of beamforming. The type of beamforming includes analog beamforming, digital beamforming, hybrid beamforming, or some combination thereof. The method (1400) includes determining (1404) a set of information corresponding to the grouping arrangement. The set of information includes the type of beam-forming. The method (1400) includes transmitting (1406) the set of information to a base unit.

Abstract: In one exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, an ice making assembly is provided for making clear ice. The ice making assembly may include a conductive ice mold, an insulation jacket, and a water dispenser. The conductive ice mold may define an upper portion of a mold cavity extending from a top end to a bottom end. The insulation jacket may extend downward from the conductive ice mold. The insulation jacket may define a lower portion of the mold cavity. The lower portion of the mold cavity may be a vertically open passage aligned with the upper portion of the mold cavity. The water dispenser may be positioned below the insulation jacket to direct an ice-building spray of water to the mold cavity through the vertically open passage of the insulation jacket.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for generating a channel state information report. A set of reference signals transmitted from a base station are received, and a set of beams are identified based on the set of reference signals. The set of reference signals is transformed to obtain a set of vectors of amplitude and phase coefficients of a compressed codebook, each amplitude coefficient vector and phase coefficient vector corresponding to an identified beam in the set of beams. The amplitude coefficient vector for each identified beam in the set of beams is adjusted by a selected value, wherein the selected value is determined such that the amplitude coefficient vector corresponding to a particular beam is normalized to a known predetermined value. A predefined oversampling factor is set to a subset of the set of beams to a value greater than one, wherein the particular beam is excluded from the subset of beams.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for generating a channel state information report having information corresponding to a set of layers. The method includes receiving a set of reference signals transmitted from a network including at least one base station. A set of beams are identified based on the set of reference signals. A pair of amplitude and phase coefficient vectors are obtained by transforming the received set of reference signals, wherein each pair of the amplitude and phase coefficient vectors corresponds to a beam in the set of beams in each layer of the set of layers. The layers from the set of layers are partitioned into a set of layer-groups. A beam bitmap vector is generated for each layer-group indicating a subset of a selected set of beams within the layer-group. A coefficient bitmap vector is generated for each of the selected set of beams in each layer indicating the coefficients with non-zero amplitude values, based on the beam bit map vector.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for receiving a configuration of a plurality of transmission configuration indicator states for a serving cell for physical downlink shared channel transmissions, wherein each of the plurality of transmission configuration indicator states contains parameters for configuring a quasi-co-location relationship between downlink reference signals and demodulation reference signal ports of the physical downlink shared channel transmissions. A physical downlink control channel is received, which includes downlink control information for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel.

Abstract: An ice making assembly and method for making clear ice utilizing an ice making appliance are provided herein. The ice making appliance may include a cabinet, an ice mold, a heating element, and a controller. The ice mold may be positioned within the freezer chamber and define a mold cavity. The heating element may be mounted within the ice mold in conductive thermal communication with the mold cavity. The controller may be configured to initiate an ice making operation. The ice making operation may include maintaining the freezer chamber below a first sub-freezing during an ice formation cycle subsequent to a volume of water being received within the mold cavity, and heating the ice mold during the ice formation cycle at the heating element as a portion of the volume of water freezes to a frozen volume.