Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical combiner and a manufacturing method thereof, and a plurality of light source units emitting an optical signal. A reflection unit having a plurality of reflection surfaces disposed on a path of the optical signal and reflecting the optical signal so as to face toward an optical fiber, and an optical fiber holder fixing the optical fiber at a position where the optical signal reflected by the plurality of reflection surfaces is focused is included. An optical combiner and a manufacturing method thereof in which an optical fiber holder includes a plurality of division members that are radially disposed with respect to a center part of the reflection unit are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for operating an unmanned delivery device. One embodiment of the method includes setting at least one sampling section with respect to a travel path to a destination of at least one delivery item, determining a type of the sampling section based on location information and altitude information of the sampling section, setting a traveling range including the at least one sampling section based on the type of the sampling section, generating route information including the at least one traveling range, and providing the route information to the unmanned delivery device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for communication between peer devices in which a cyclic-superframe including a plurality of superframes is used are provided. The method may include: receiving a discovery request command frame including information about a first cyclic-superframe for a peering period at an active contention access period (CAP) of the plurality of superframes; transmitting, to a peer device that has transmitted the discovery request command frame, a discovery response command frame corresponding to the discovery request command frame; and performing the peering period with the peer device based on the first cyclic-superframe.

Abstract: Provided is photochromic glass. The photochromic glass includes a photochromic layer having visible-light transmittance decreased at short-wavelength light and having visible-light transmittance increased at long-wavelength light, a short-wavelength transmission layer provided on a surface of the photochromic layer to transmit only the short-wavelength light among lights entering the photochromic layer, and a wavelength conversion layer provided on another surface of the photochromic layer opposite to the surface to convert a wavelength of light entering the photochromic layer into a long wavelength, or a long-wavelength transmission layer transmitting only the long-wavelength among lights entering the photochromic layer. The visible-light transmittance of the photochromic layer may adjust on both surfaces of the photochromic layer through the incident direction of light.

Abstract: Provided are a technique for providing focused Bessel beams having orbital angular momentum (OAM) to a plane to solve a problem of the related art in which Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams having OAM and used for multiplexing of a microwave transmission system are dispersed, and an electromagnetic wave generation apparatus and method for implementing the technique.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic field shielding apparatus including an energy transmitter configured to generate a magnetic field, an energy receiver configured to receive the magnetic field generated by the energy transmitter, and a magnetic shield configured to shield a leaked magnetic field that is not received by the energy receiver, the magnetic shield including at least one closed region through which the leaked magnetic field passes, and at least one open region including a protrusion through which the leaked magnetic field moves to an inside of the magnetic field shielding apparatus after absorbed into the closed region.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and a communication apparatus using multiple antennas in a wireless communication system. A communication method of a receiver comprises receiving reference signals from a transmitter of the communication system through beams to which the hybrid beamforming is applied; selecting at least one analog beam having a quality equal to or higher than a preset threshold value among analog beams belonging to the beams, based on the reference signals; and selecting at least one digital beam corresponding to the at least one analog beam and having a quality equal to or higher than the preset threshold value among digital beams belonging to the beams, based on the reference signals. Thus, performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: A method of decoding a image according to an embodiment of the present invention, which supports a plurality of layers, may comprise the steps of: receiving information on a reference layer used to decode a current picture for inter-layer prediction; inducing the number of valid reference layer pictures used to decode the current picture on the basis of the information on the reference layer; and performing inter-layer prediction on the basis of the number of valid reference layer pictures.

Abstract: An operation method of a base station in an IFD scheme may comprise receiving position information of each of a plurality of downlink (DL) terminals and a plurality of uplink (UL) terminals; determining a guard zone corresponding to each of the plurality of DL terminals based on the position information of each of the plurality of DL terminals; determining whether at least one UL terminal is located in the guard zone based on the position information of each of the plurality of UL terminals; determining a scheduling priority of each of the plurality of DL terminals according to whether at least one UL terminal is located in the guard zone; generating DL control information including frequency-time resource allocation information and interference control information based on the determined scheduling priority; and transmitting data signals and the DL control information to the plurality of DL terminals.

Abstract: A photonic frame switching system may include a main controller and at least one photonic frame wrapper line card. The main controller may determine a point in time at which a photonic frame wrapper line card transmits a photonic frame by allocating a time slot to the photonic frame wrapper line card. When the photonic frame switching system includes a plurality of photonic frame wrapper line cards, points in times at which the plurality of photonic frame wrapper line cards transmits the photonic frames may be synchronized. In particular, when a portion of the plurality of photonic frame wrapper line cards transmit a plurality of photonic frames having different destinations, points in times at to which all of the plurality of photonic frame wrapper line cards transmits the photonic frames may be adjusted based on a latency by a destination change.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing information of multiple cameras.

Abstract: Provided is a battery module and an electronic device, the battery module including a first battery, a second battery, a correcting element unit, and a battery controller, wherein the first battery includes a first internal resistance and provides a first current, the second battery is connected to the first battery, includes a second internal resistance and provides a second current, the correction element unit is connected to the first battery or the second battery and includes a variable resistor or a current source, the battery controller controls the correction element unit such that the first current is identical to the second current on a basis of a difference between values of the first internal resistance and the second internal resistance, and therefore performances of the first battery and the second battery are prevented from being deteriorated.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding that support a plurality of layers. The method for image decoding that supports a plurality of layers includes decoding information of a first layer which a picture of a second layer including a current decoding target block refers to; mapping the information of the first layer to a picture size of the second layer, configuring a reference picture list for the picture of the second layer by adding the mapped information of the first layer and generating prediction samples of the current decoding target block by predicting the current decoding target block of the second layer based on the reference picture list, and the information of the first layer includes at least one of a sample value and motion information of the first layer picture.

Abstract: A channel access method in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control and non-payload communication (CNPC) system is provided. The channel access method may include setting an uplink frequency and a downlink frequency to each of a ground station and an airborne radio station, and performing, by the ground station and the airborne radio station, an initial access using the uplink frequency or the downlink frequency.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network synchronization apparatus and method of a time division multiple access (TDMA)-based mesh network satellite communication system, the network synchronization method of a terminal in a satellite communication system including receiving timing error information from a central station, generating a mesh superframe start time (SST?) by reversing a sign of the timing error information, and receiving traffic information transmitted by a transmission terminal using the mesh SST?.

Abstract: Provided is a device and method for detecting an optical signal. The optical signal detecting device may include an optical de-multiplexer configured to de-multiplex an input optical signal to optical signals of different wavelengths; an optical coupling lens configured to allow the optical signals of different wavelengths to be incident; an optical signal reflector configured to reflect the optical signals of different wavelengths emitted from the optical couple lens; and an optical detector configured to detect the reflected optical signals of different wavelengths.

Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node, which controls a plurality of communication nodes included in a mobile xhaul network supporting mobility, may comprise performing an attach procedure between the first communication node and a second communication node among the plurality of communication nodes; configuring a path for communications between the second communication node and a third communication node for which attach procedure has been completed among the plurality of communication nodes; and supporting communications of the second communication node and the third communication node using the configured path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency low-loss power divider/combiner and power amplifier including the same, the power divider/combiner including a waveguide and a converter configured to convert an input signal received from an input signal terminal into a plurality of output signals and output the plurality of output signals to a plurality of output signal terminals corresponding to the plurality of output signals through the waveguide, wherein the waveguide includes the converter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: A voltage comparator comparing a voltage of a first input signal and a voltage of a second input signal is provided. The voltage comparator includes: a first switch pair transmitting, respectively, the first input signal and the second input signal to a control terminal of a first transistor and a control terminal of a second transistor in response to a clock signal; a second switch pair connecting a first terminal and a second terminal of the first transistor and connecting a first terminal and a second terminal of the second transistor in response to at least one of the clock signal and a reset signal; and a first reset switch connecting the control terminal of the first transistor and the control terminal of the second transistor in response to the reset signal.