Abstract: A gate driver circuit includes first through third transistors, a first voltage clamp, and control logic. The first transistor has a first control input and first and second current terminals. The first current terminal couples to a first voltage terminal. The first voltage clamp couples between the first voltage terminal and the first control input. The second transistor couples between the first control input and the second voltage terminal. The third transistor couples between the first control input and the second voltage terminal. The third transistor is smaller than the second transistor. The control logic is configured to turn on both the second and third transistors to thereby turn on the first transistor, and the first control logic configured to turn off the second transistor after the first transistor turns on while maintaining in an on-state the third transistor to maintain the first transistor in the on-state.

Abstract: An example circuit includes a plurality of light emitters connected in parallel between a first node and a second node. The circuit also includes a plurality of capacitors, with each capacitor corresponding to one of the light emitters, and a plurality of discharge-control switches, with each discharge-control switches corresponding to one of the capacitors. The circuit further includes a pulse-control switch connected to the plurality of light emitters. During a first period, the pulse-control switch restricts current flow, and each of the plurality of capacitors is charged via the first node. During a second period, one or more of the plurality of discharge-control switches allows current flow that discharges one or more corresponding capacitors. During a third period, the pulse-control switch allows current flow that discharges one or more undischarged capacitors of the plurality of capacitors through one or more corresponding light emitters.

Abstract: The location of a user equipment (UE) is determined at a scheduled location time based on location measurements for the UE received from one or more other entities. The location measurements are obtained at a plurality of times based on the scheduled location time. An uncertainty of the location that indicates a difference between the location and an actual location of the UE at the scheduled location time is determined and the location and the uncertainty of the location are sent to a requesting entity. The uncertainty of the location is based on a location uncertainty and a time uncertainty relative to the scheduled location time, which are combined into a single location uncertainty.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sidelink positioning method in a vehicle equipped with a distributed antenna, and a device therefor. A sidelink positioning method in a user equipment (UE) of a positioning vehicle equipped with a distributed antenna according to one aspect may comprise the steps of: performing a preliminary operation for sidelink positioning to select a nearby vehicle which is to participate in the positioning; exchanging, with the selected nearby vehicle, sidelink control information for the positioning; reselecting an antenna group, which is to participate in the positioning, on the basis of a signal received from the selected nearby vehicle; and performing the positioning using the reselected antenna group. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station (BS) or a network.

Abstract: Provided are a handover method, a handover device, and a network system. The handover method includes: receiving cell information of a second cell sent by a second network element, wherein the second cell is a cell managed by the second network element, and the cell information includes predicted cell load information of the second cell; and sending a handover instruction to a terminal in a case where the cell information satisfies a preset condition, wherein the handover instruction is used for instructing the terminal to perform handover to the second cell, and the case where the cell information satisfies the preset condition at least indicates that the predicted cell load information of the second cell is lower than a configured first threshold.

Abstract: A method of operating a power-on (PO) signal generator (which generates a PO signal and includes a supply-variation sensitivity-reducing (SVSR) load coupled between a first reference voltage and a first node, and a first transistor coupled between the first node and a second reference voltage, the SVSR load including a first resistor coupled between the first reference voltage and a second node, and a second transistor coupled between the second node and the first node, each of a control input of the SVSR load and a gate terminal the first transistor being coupled to a monitored voltage) includes: when the monitored voltage rises above a threshold voltage of the first transistor, turning on the first transistor, and pulling first and second voltages correspondingly on the first and second nodes, a third voltage of the second transistor, and the PO signal down to a logical low value.

Abstract: Aspects of dynamic and interactive machine learning and feature extraction techniques for performing beam interference management are disclosed. In one aspect, upon entering a coverage area, a UE may transmit a discovery message including one or more machine learning (ML) services for ML service discovery. Based on the ML service discovery, the UE may transmit a session request to establish a data service session between the UE and a network node based on the ML service discovery and other criteria such as extracted features. The network node may receive the ML discovery data and extracted features and aggregate this information with other intelligent network devices to enable the network node to predict a beam blockage during the ML inference data service session. The network node can adapt beam blockage predictions by changing the timing and direction of communications between network entities.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of base stations to which one or more terminal stations are connectable, and a base station control device controlling each of the plurality of base stations. The base station control device includes an information collection unit collecting connection information regarding the terminal stations connected to the base stations from each of the base stations, a list generation unit generating a white list indicating the terminal stations allowed to be connected to the base stations for each of the base stations based on the connection information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the white list to each of the base stations. Each of the base stations includes a reception unit receiving the white list, and a setting unit performing setting so as to allow or inhibit connection of each of the terminal stations to the base station based on the received white list.

Abstract: A clamping circuit comprises a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a gate, a source, and a drain, a diode, a first voltage source, and coupling circuitry configured to couple the first voltage source to the drain of the first FET and the diode to the source of the first FET.

Abstract: A wireless terminal comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a message. The message comprises one or more conditional handover configurations; at least one indication; and, at least one triggering condition; each of the one or more conditional handover configurations comprising at least one identity of a candidate target cell, the at least one indication indicating whether or not the message is provided as full configuration. The processor circuitry is configured to: store the one or more conditional handover configurations and the at least one indication; perform a handover to a target cell; and determine validity of the one or more conditional handover configurations based on the indication upon or after performing the handover.

Abstract: Techniques for determining levels of interactions amongst entities in a group are provided. A plurality of mobile electronic devices detect signal data indicating when pairs of devices are proximate to one another. A receiver receives the detected signal data, and a data structure representing a contact network is generated based on the received detected signal data. Based on the contact network, a first metric is generated comprising a quantification of an average number of other entities in the contact network with which an entity in the contact network will have interactions in a predetermined amount of time. Based on the contact network, a second metric is generated comprising a quotient comprising of a size of a component of the contact network divided by an overall network size of the contact network. Based on the first and second metric, a level of interaction amongst entities in the group is determined.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems and devices for establishing secure communication between a user equipment and a service application in a wireless communication. One method includes receiving, by the user equipment, an authentication and key management for service applications identifier (AKMAID) from an authentication server function (AUSF) upon successful completion of an authentication process for registering the user equipment with the communication network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an access point, a method, a medium, and a computer program product for the access point.

Abstract: An electronic circuit is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes: a half-bridge with a first transistor device (1) and a second transistor device (1a); a first biasing circuit (3) connected in parallel with a load path of the first transistor device (1) and comprising a first electronic switch (31); a second biasing circuit (3a) connected in parallel with a load path of the second transistor device (1a) and comprising a second electronic switch (31a); and a drive circuit arrangement (DRVC). The drive circuit arrangement (DRVC) is configured to receive a first half-bridge input signal (Sin) and a second half-bridge input signal (Sina), drive the first transistor device (1) and the second electronic switch (31a) based on the first half-bridge input signal (Sin), and drive the second transistor device (1a) and the first electronic switch (31) based on the second half-bridge input signal (Sina).

Abstract: A switch assembly for a radio frequency signal and corresponding radio frequency module and wireless device is disclosed. An example switch assembly comprises a first node coupled to an input of the switch assembly, a second node coupled to an output of the switch assembly, a first control node, and a common node; a first switch having a first plurality of transistors coupled between the first and second nodes, each transistor of the first plurality of transistors having a gate, a drain, and a source, each gate of the first plurality of transistors being coupled to the common node; a common resistor coupled between the first control node and the common node; and a second switch coupled between the first control node and the common node in parallel to the common resistor, the second switch configured to selectively bypass the common resistor.

Abstract: Medical emergency detection, decision-making, and support are triggered based on location of the user, and protective health documents and other information supporting the user's desired health outcomes are notified and delivered for health care use. When the user's entry into a patient care facility is detected via geofencing or another method such as beacons, and an emergency state is auto detected and/or user declared, alert notifications are triggered. The user's emergency contact information, medical history and other relevant information may be shared with emergency care personnel. Also, the user's emergency contacts and others in the user's care circle may be notified and provided instant online access to the user's protective health documents and other content provided by the user. The access to content to entities and individuals can be based on permission rights the user has predetermined.

Abstract: In a method of operating a circuit, at a beginning of a first edge of a driving signal, a first transistor is turned ON to pull, at a first changing rate, a voltage of the driving signal on the first edge from a first voltage toward a second voltage. Then, in response to the voltage of the driving signal on the first edge reaching a threshold voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage, the first transistor is turned OFF and an output circuit is caused to start a second edge of an output signal in response to the first edge of the driving signal. The second edge has a slew rate corresponding to a second changing rate of the voltage of the driving signal on the first edge from the threshold voltage toward the second voltage. The second changing rate is smaller than the first changing rate.

Abstract: A switched current source circuit, comprising first and second voltage source nodes; a load; a current source; and capacitor switching circuitry comprising a load node, a capacitor and a plurality of switches configured, based on a control signal, to adopt a biasing configuration followed by an active configuration, wherein in the biasing configuration, the load node is conductively connected to the second voltage source node to bias a voltage level at the load node, and the capacitor is connected so that it at least partly charges; and in the active configuration, the load node is conductively connected via the load to the first voltage source node, and via the capacitor to the current source to increase a potential difference between the first voltage source node and the load node.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with high arithmetic performance is provided. The semiconductor device employs the translinear principle, and the semiconductor device includes first to tenth transistors each including a metal oxide in a channel formation region and a first capacitor. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second transistor, a first terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the second transistor and a gate of the second transistor through the first capacitor. The second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to first terminals of the fourth and the seventh transistors and gates of the fifth and the eighth transistors. A gate of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to first terminals of the fifth and the sixth transistors, and a gate of the tenth transistor is electrically connected to first terminals of the eighth and the ninth transistors.

Abstract: A bootstrapping circuit that utilizes multiple pre-charged capacitor voltages and applies the capacitor voltages to the high side FET of a GaN bootstrapping driver. During the pre-charging phase of the bootstrapping driver, multiple capacitors are charged in parallel to the supply voltage. During the driving phase of the bootstrapping driver, the capacitors are connected in series through a number of FETs and connected to the gate terminal of the high side FET of the bootstrapping driver. As a result, the gate-to-source voltage of the high side FET is equal to or greater than the supply voltage during the driving phase, increasing the driving capability of the high side FET and reducing the total required capacitance and die area of the bootstrapping driver.