Abstract: The disclosure relates to a network entity for selecting a communication relay from a plurality of communication relays within the service area of a base station covering a plurality of geographic positions, wherein each communication relay is able to retransmit a communication between the base station and a user equipment, wherein the network entity comprises a divider configured to divide the service area into a plurality of different regions based on an attenuation measure at each geographic position, a determiner configured to determine for each pair of regions a spatial isolation measure based on the attenuation measures at the geographic positions within the regions, and a selector configured to select a communication relay based on the spatial isolation measures associated with the geographic position of each communication relay.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to an information transmission apparatus, method, and system. In a communications apparatus provided in an embodiment, a processing module is configured to determine a frame structure of a serving cell. In the determined frame structure, one radio frame includes at least one first subframe. The first subframe includes: a first part that includes a symbol used for downlink transmission; a second part that includes a guard period GP; and a third part that includes a symbol used for uplink transmission, and the uplink transmission includes uplink control information transmission; and a transceiver module is configured to send and receive information in the serving cell. The third part is used for uplink control information transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resolver, which includes a stator made of a magnetic material and having a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots alternately formed at an inner side thereof; insulation covers respectively having a tooth insulating unit formed at an inner side thereof corresponding to the teeth and mounted to the stator at both upper and lower surfaces of the stator; and coils wound on the teeth with the tooth insulating unit being interposed therebetween, wherein a coil occupying ratio per slot, which is defined by the following equation and represents a ratio of area occupied by the coils in a slot to which the insulation covers are fixed, is 35% or below: Coil occupying ratio per slot=(area occupied by coils in a single slot)/(area of a single slot)??Equation.

Abstract: A controller node for a wireless communication system includes a processor for operating the controller node in a configuration test context. The processor is configured to transmit at least one configuration test message including at least one configuration test setting and at least one operational setting to at least one first radio node and at least one second radio node, receive a test report indicating at least one result of at least one configuration test of the configuration test context, determine from the test report a capability of the at least one first radio node to operate as an authorized and verified radio node in the wireless communication system, and transmit the capability to the at least one first radio node that the at least one first radio node is an authorized and verified radio node.

Abstract: A security protection method and an apparatus to implement security protection for a plurality of non-access stratum (NAS) connection links. The method includes determining, by a terminal, a first parameter, where the first parameter is used to indicate an access technology used to transmit a non-access stratum NAS message. The terminal can support at least two access technologies, and can separately maintain a corresponding NAS COUNT for each of the at least two access technologies. The method further includes performing, by the terminal, security protection on the NAS message based on the first parameter, a NAS key, and a NAS COUNT corresponding to an access technology used to transmit the NAS message. This application is applicable to a process of performing security protection on a NAS message.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for transmitting downlink feedback information, a base station, and a terminal device, so as to ensure that the base station correctly receives the downlink feedback information sent by the terminal device, thereby effectively improving a transmission success rate of the downlink feedback information. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the method includes: sending, by the base station, indication information to the terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate a target time-frequency resource location, the target time-frequency resource location is a time-frequency resource location at which the terminal device sends the downlink feedback information, and the downlink feedback information is used to feed back a reception status of downlink data that should be received by the terminal device; and receiving, by the base station, the downlink feedback information sent by the terminal device.

Abstract: A method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment (UE) context and UE identity are provided. The method for access includes: when a UE accesses a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network, judging, by a network node, whether a Globally Unique Mobility Management Entity Identifier (GUMMEI) carried by the UE or a Mobility Management Entity Group Identity (MMEGI) in the GUMMEI is allocated or mapped by the SAE network; if the GUMMEI or MMEGI is allocated by the SAE network, selecting, by the network node, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) according to the GUMMEIA network device includes an identity attribute obtaining module and a network resource node allocation module. Therefore, the access of the UE is achieved.

Abstract: A local oscillator (LO) distribution system is described. The LO system includes a plurality of phase-locked loop (PLL) modules coupled to each other in a one-way, circulant coupling topology. Each PLL module receives a reference clock signal and outputs an output LO signal. Each PLL module provides a local LO signal to an adjacent downstream PLL module, where the local LO signal is a frequency divided version of the output LO signal. Each PLL module receives an adjacent LO signal from the adjacent upstream PLL module. The phase of the output LO signal is made to be coherent with the phase of the reference clock signal and the phase of the adjacent LO signal, using a feedback loop.

Abstract: Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers, a channel structure extending vertically through the memory stack, and a semiconductor layer above the memory stack. The channel structure includes a channel plug in a lower portion of the channel structure, a memory film along a sidewall of the channel structure, and a semiconductor channel over the memory film and in contact with the channel plug. The semiconductor layer includes a semiconductor plug above and in contact with the semiconductor channel.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, a device, and a system, and relate to the communications field, so as to reduce signaling exchange performed when an access network device pages UE, save a network resource, and improve data transmission efficiency. The paging method includes: receiving, by user equipment (UE), paging information sent by an access network device, where the paging information is used to instruct the UE to send a paging response by using an uplink data sending resource; and obtaining, by the UE, the uplink data sending resource according to the paging information, and sending paging response information to the access network device by using the uplink data sending resource.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photonic device such as a variable optical attenuator, in which two signal components, propagating in modes of two different polarization states, are converted to two different modes of the same polarization state prior to modulation. The modulation of both components is performed by a single device which applies the same modulation strength to both components. The two signal components can be converted back to propagate in the two different polarization states following modulation.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. A first network device negotiates with a second network device to determine target data. The first network device supports wireless communication based on a first radio access technology RAT. The second network device supports wireless communication based on a second RAT. The first network device sends based on the first RAT to a terminal device, the target data and RAT type indication information that is used to indicate the second RAT. In this way, user experience can be improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the communications field, and discloses a BGP logical topology generation method, and a device. The method includes: obtaining, by a controller, node information of a first forwarder and BGP session information of the first forwarder, and obtaining node information of a second forwarder and BGP session information of the second forwarder; and generating, by the controller, a BGP logical topology between the first forwarder and the second forwarder according to the node information and the BGP session information of the first forwarder, and the node information and the BGP session information of the second forwarder that are obtained. The technical solution provided in the present invention can implement collection of a BGP logical topology between forwarders by the controller, which is favorable for the controller to manage forwarders running the BGP protocol.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical module that includes a circuit board, a first chip, a second chip, and a lens assembly, wherein the first chip and the second chip are arranged respectively on the surface of the circuit board, and the lens assembly is arranged above the first chip and the second chip; the lens assembly includes a first optic fiber insertion port, a second optic fiber insertion port, a first reflecting surface, and a second reflecting surface; the distance between the axis of the first optic fiber insertion port, and the axis of the second optic fiber insertion port is less than the distance between the first chip and the second chip; and the first reflecting surface faces the first chip, the first reflecting surface faces the second reflecting surface, and the second reflecting surface faces the first optic fiber insertion port.

Abstract: A method, user equipment (UE) and application server for adding media stream of multimedia session. A UE1 establishes a multimedia session with a UE2, receives a media stream adding request directed at the multimedia session of the UE1; the media stream adding request includes an identity of a UE3 and the media type of the media flow requested to be added; the UE3 is controlled to establish a media stream of the media type with the UE2. Therefore, adding the media stream on the UE3 is realized, and the user may realize the multimedia session with the peer end through multiple UEs, thereby avoiding the inconvenience that the media stream can only be added to the two parties in the session and living up to the users' diversified requirements on the multimedia services.

Abstract: A method for configuring radio resource control (RRC) includes: receiving, by user equipment, an RRC configuration message sent by a first base station, where the RRC configuration message includes first RRC configuration content and a channel configuration parameter; configuring, by the user equipment, a first RRC connection between the user equipment and the first base station in response to the first RRC configuration content, and establishing a second RRC connection between the user equipment and a second base station based on the channel configuration parameter; receiving, by the user equipment, second RRC configuration content sent by the second base station; and configuring, by the user equipment, the second RRC connection between the user equipment and the second base station in response to the second RRC configuration content. According to the present disclosure, a transmission delay between base stations can be reduced and signaling load of a master base station can be reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of 3D memory devices having zigzag slit structures and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the substrate, an array of memory strings each extending vertically through the memory stack, and a plurality of slit structures laterally dividing the array of memory strings into a plurality of memory regions. Each of the plurality of slit structures extends vertically through the memory stack and extends laterally in a first zigzag pattern in a plan view.

Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises: a transceiver being configured to measure a plurality of interference powers associated with a plurality of radio resources; and a processor being configured to determine, on the basis of the plurality of interference powers, conflicting radio resources of the wireless communication device. The transceiver is further configured to transmit data identifying the conflicting radio resources of the wireless communication device to at least one other wireless communication device and to receive data identifying conflicting radio resources of the at least one other wireless communication device.

Abstract: A fine timing measurement FTM method and a communications device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an FTM request frame from at least two communications devices; and sending a first FTM measurement frame according to the FTM request frame, where the first FTM measurement frame includes a measurement parameter of each of the at least two communications devices and identifier information used to indicate each communications device, so that each communications device obtains the measurement parameter according to the identifier information.

Abstract: The method includes: determining, by user equipment, first uplink control information and second uplink control information, where a length of a time domain resource corresponding to the first uplink control information is less than a length of a time domain resource corresponding to the second uplink control information; and when the time domain resource corresponding to the first uplink control information overlaps with the time domain resource corresponding to the second uplink control information, transmitting, by the user equipment, third uplink control information on the overlapping time domain resource, where the third uplink control information includes at least one of fourth uplink control information and fifth uplink control information, the fourth uplink control information includes some or all of the first uplink control information, and the fifth uplink control information includes some or all of the second uplink control information.