Abstract: In some embodiments, a surface-mountable device can include an electrical element and a plurality of terminals connected to the electrical element. The surface-mountable device can further include a body configured to support the electrical element and the plurality of terminals. The body can have a rectangular cuboid shape with a length, a width, and a height that is greater than the width. The body can include a base plane configured to allow surface mounting of the device.

Abstract: A model generation method includes updating, by at least one processor, a weight matrix of a first neural network model at least based on a first inference result obtained by inputting, to the first neural network model which discriminates between first data and second data generated by using a second neural network model, the first data, a second inference result obtained by inputting the second data to the first neural network model, and a singular value based on the weight matrix of the first neural network model. The model generation method also includes at least based on the second inference result, updating a parameter of the second neural network model.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for digital wireless communication, and more specifically, for initializing and using demodulation reference signals. In one exemplary aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a communication node includes generating a first portion of an initial value of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based, at least in part, on combining a time index and at least a portion of an ID index. The method also includes generating a second portion of the initial value of the DMRS based, at least in part, on the ID index, and generating the initial value of the DMRS by combining at least the first and second portions. The method further includes transmitting or receiving the DMRS.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a first electromagnetic wave propagating along a transmission medium, detecting, according to the first electromagnetic wave, an obstruction on a first portion of an outer surface of the transmission medium, responsive to the detecting the obstruction, configuring a material to have similar properties to the obstruction, the material being positioned along a second portion of the outer surface of the transmission medium, and generating a second electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without relying on an electrical return path to facilitate propagation of the second electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium, the material facilitating propagation of the second electromagnetic wave from the second portion of the outer surface of the transmission medium to the first portion of the transmission medium affected by the obstruction. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Devices and methods for providing communication channel congestion levels to determine whether to apply power and/or time back-offs, and if so, how to apply said back-offs. The device may be configured to estimate a congestion level of a communication channel, wherein the congestion level indicates an availability for transmissions over one or more time periods; determine a projected time back-off for an ensuing packet transmission based on the congestion level; and determine whether to apply a transmission back-off based on the projected time back-off and a transmission energy budget based on one or more time-averaging specific absorption rate (TAS) parameters for regulating a radiation exposure to a user of the device.

Abstract: A tree-based format may be implemented for data stored in a data store. A table may be maintained across one or multiple storage nodes in storage slabs. Storage slabs may be mapped to different nodes of a tree. Each node of the tree may be assigned a different range of distribution scheme values which identify what portions of the table are stored in the storage slab. Storage slabs mapped to child nodes in the tree may be assigned portions of the range of distribution scheme values assigned to a parent. Storage nodes may be added or removed for storing the table. Storage slabs may be moved from one storage node to another in order to accommodate the addition or removal of storage nodes.

Abstract: A radio frequency transmitter includes a digital-to-analog converter, an analog baseband processor, and a modulator. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to convert a digital frequency-converted signal into a first analog signal, where the digital frequency-converted signal is obtained by performing digital frequency conversion on a digital baseband signal based on a first frequency signal; the analog baseband processor is configured to perform filtering and gain adjustment on the first analog signal to obtain a second analog signal; and the modulator is configured to perform up conversion based on a second frequency signal and the second analog signal, to obtain a radio frequency signal, where the second frequency signal is determined based on a local frequency signal and the first frequency signal.

Abstract: An origination device (e.g., a base station) receives relaying information from a signal forwarding device in a grant or a broadcast message. The relaying information can be information pertaining to channel conditions and/or quality (e.g., a Channel Quality Indicator) of a first communication link between the signal forwarding device and a destination device, and/or an encoding rate based on channel conditions associated with the first communication link. The origination device utilizes the relaying information to determine a first set of encoding parameters that correspond to channel conditions associated with the first communication link between the signal forwarding device and a destination device. The origination device encodes a first set of data according to the first set of encoding parameters and transmits the encoded first set of data to the signal forwarding device. The signal forwarding device transmits the encoded first set of data to the destination device.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method in a wireless communication receiver comprises receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal, delaying the RF signal with a set of time delays, shifting the RF signal with a set of offset frequencies, compressing in time the RF signal with a set of compression factors, correlating the RF signal after subjecting to said delaying, shifting and compressing in time with a reference signal, and selecting a first delay, first offset frequency, and first compression ratio that corresponds to a peak resulting from said correlating, wherein the said first delay, first offset frequency, and first compression ration representing the difference between the RF signal and the reference signal.

Abstract: This application discloses a load relocation method, apparatus, and a system. The method includes determining, by a communications network entity, a target access management entity for load relocation; and sending, to an access network entity, an identifier of an original access management entity and an identifier of the target access management entity or an address of the target access management entity with respect to the access network entity. The access network entity sends a message from UE to the target access management entity based on the identifier of the original access management entity carried in the message from the UE. In the foregoing solution, signaling overheads in a load relocation process are reduced and load relocation efficiency is improved.

Abstract: An electronic device, includes an intelligent reflecting surface and an electronic device controller. The intelligent reflecting surface is configured to reflect all or a part of a received signal. The electronic device controller is configured to control the intelligent reflecting surface to determine a first phase of the intelligent reflecting surface to increase a relay gain of first data of the received signal, determine a second phase related to second data, and control a phase of the intelligent reflecting surface based on a sum of the first phase and the second phase to reflect the first data and the second data to a receiving device by beamforming.

Abstract: For supporting higher data rates, resource configuration includes: acquiring, by a terminal, a configuration of physical resources; and performing, by the terminal, transmission according to the configured physical resources, wherein performing, by the terminal, transmission according to the configured physical resources comprises one of: neither performing, by the terminal, uplink transmission nor performing downlink reception on the configured physical resources; performing, by the terminal, only downlink reception on the configured physical resources; and performing, by the terminal, only uplink transmission on the configured physical resources.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus may include several detectors, each of which may be configured to detect a signal received by a corresponding antenna of several antennas. The apparatus may include a processing system configured to detect a remote apparatus based on outputs from the detectors. The apparatus may include several modem radio frequency chips each including a corresponding detector of the several detectors, and a modem baseband chip including the processing system. The processing system may be configured to allow at most one of the detectors to output a detection declaration to the processing system at a time. The processing system may be configured to send a power-down command to and disconnect from each of the detectors that does not detect the signal from a corresponding antenna of the several antennas.

Abstract: A resource management method performed by a CP in C-RAN system includes configuring M user-centric cells for M terminals with a plurality of ANs, and determining a number K of orthogonal resource sharing groups sharing a same orthogonal resource; selecting K user-centric cells as group headers for the K orthogonal resource sharing groups, and adding the selected K user-centric cells as group headers to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups; configuring the K orthogonal resource sharing groups by sequentially adding ungrouped user-centric cells to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups; and dividing total system resources into K orthogonal resources, and mapping the divided K orthogonal resources to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups, respectively.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station supporting random access. The UE first transmits a first radio signal, and then receives a second radio signal. A first bit block is used for generating the first radio signal, the first bit block includes a positive integer number of bits, the first bit block carries a first identifier and a first data block, the first bit block lacks a field used for indicating RRC connection request cause information, a field used for indicating RRC connection reestablishment request cause information or a field used for indicating RRC connection resume request cause information compared with a Msg3, the first data block includes a positive integer number of higher-layer bits, the second radio signal carries a second identifier. The first identifier is equal to the second identifier.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for automatically managing a plurality of Wi-Fi access points using a network management cloud. In order to manage the plurality of Wi-Fi access points, a connection is established between one or more Wi-Fi access points and a client device using the network management cloud. The network management cloud, then, receives and analyzes information from the client device related to controlling one or more Wi-Fi access points. Thereafter, the network management cloud determines one or more operation settings for the one or more Wi-Fi access points based on the analyzed information. The one or more operation settings of the one or more Wi-Fi access points are then configured using the network management cloud. Thus, the one or more Wi-Fi access points are configured by the client device through the network management cloud.

Abstract: An apparatus includes multiple signal paths for signal transmission, and control circuitry. The multiple signal paths include a first signal path and a second signal path. The first signal path is configured to convert a digital baseband signal to a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a first frequency and a first gain. The second signal path is configured to convert a digital baseband signal to a second RF signal having a second frequency and a second gain, wherein the second gain is less than the first gain. The control circuitry is coupled to the plurality of signal paths and is configured to receive one or more control signals to enable selective activation of at least one signal path of the plurality of signal paths.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of establishing metadata associated with a transaction in a transaction processing system having application logic for executing the transaction, the computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a requestor, request data associated with the transaction, the request data comprising data and metadata. The method also includes peeking, during receiving the request data, of the request data looking for the metadata associated with the transaction and responsive to finding metadata associated with the transaction, directly instantiating an instance of application logic.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing structure and attribute based graph partitioning. An exemplary system can receive a plurality of transactions, with each transaction identifying a point of sale and an item exchanged by the transaction. The system can generate a structure graph of the plurality of transactions and receive a request to partition the structure graph into sub-categories. The system can then retrieve, from a database, attributes of each respective structure vertex in the structure vertices. Using those attributes and the structure graph, the system can generate a structure-attribute graph. The system can then generate a unified neighborhood matrix of the structure-attribute graph; and partition the structure graph based on the unified neighborhood matrix.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a power allocation method and a related device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first downlink control information sent by a network device, where the first downlink control information includes first power allocation information for a plurality of transport layers; determining, by the terminal device, a first transmit power of each of the plurality of transport layers based on the first power allocation information; and sending, by the terminal device, first uplink data based on the first transmit power of each transport layer. Transmission efficiency of a system can be improved by implementing the embodiments of this application.