Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for simultaneous unified TCI state update for a group of cells are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a configuration of one or more CC lists, simultaneous TCI state update is supported for all CCs in each CC list; receiving, for a CC list, an indication of common TCI state in one CC in the CC list to update TCI states of all CCs in the CC list, wherein, TCI state ID(s) are included in the indication of common TCI state; determining, for the CC list, application time of the common TCI state, the application time is based on a reference SCS; and applying the TCI state ID(s) included in the indication of common TCI state to all of CCs in the CC list after the determined application time.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for closed loop power control for PUSCH and PUCCH transmissions in multi-TRP scenario are disclosed. A method at an UE comprises receiving one or multiple DCIs, each DCI includes a first TPC field and a second TPC field and schedules one or multiple PUSCH or PUCCH transmissions; determining mappings between TPC commands and the scheduled PUSCH or PUCCH transmissions, wherein, each mapping is between two TPC commands indicated by the first TPC field and the second TPC field of each DCI and the scheduled PUSCH or PUCCH transmission(s), each of which is mapped to a closed loop index, by the DCI; calculating closed loop power adjustment for each of the scheduled PUSCH or PUCCH transmissions according to the received TPC command(s) between each of the scheduled PUSCH or PUCCH transmissions and its scheduling DCI and the mappings; and transmitting each of the scheduled PUSCH or PUCCH transmissions with a power based on its calculated closed loop power adjustment.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback for multiple Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) based multiple Transmit Receive Points (TRP) transmission are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a plurality of configurations of control resource sets (CORESETs), wherein each CORESET comprises a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) in frequency domain and a plurality of symbols in time domain, and time-frequency resources identified by the CORESET are used to transmit a Downlink Control Information (DCI); a processor that determines a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback selected from a group consisting of: a separate HARQ-ACK feedback and a joint HARQ-ACK feedback; and a transmitter that transmits the determined HARQ-ACK feedback; wherein the separate HARQ-ACK feedback is transmitted through a plurality of uplink resources; and the joint HARQ-ACK feedback is transmitted through one uplink resource.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for radio frequency (RF) sensing. In an aspect, a network entity (e.g., base station or road-side unit) may perform RF sensing in a first mode for sensing a horizontal angle using horizontal multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) radar with vertical beamforming, in which a two-dimensional MIMO antenna array is configured into a plurality of vertical columns, each column comprising a plurality of antenna elements configured to transmit as a phased array, each column transmitting a different orthogonal signal from the other columns. The network entity may perform RF sensing in a second mode for sensing a vertical angle using vertical MIMO radar with horizontal beamforming, in which the MIMO antenna array is configured into a plurality of horizontal rows, each row comprising a plurality of antenna elements configured to transmit as a phased array, each row transmitting a different orthogonal signal from the other rows.

Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a housing, a capillary structure, and a working fluid. Both the capillary structure and the working fluid are located in the housing. An area of a surface of the capillary structure in contact with an inner surface of the housing is less than an area of the inner surface. The housing has a cavity. The working fluid in a liquid state is located in the capillary structure. The working fluid in a gaseous state is located in the cavity. The housing includes a first region and a second region. The capillary structure includes a first part located in the first region and a second part located in the second region. The second part includes a trunk structure and a branch structure.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission and reception in multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) are disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmitter for selectively transmitting a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to a first identity, and selectively transmitting a second PUCCH resource to a second identity, wherein each one of the PUCCH resources carries a set of uplink control information (UCI); and a processor that determines whether there is an overlap between the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to transmitting an indication of a capability to support concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of at least one of multiple uplink channels across multiple component carriers. In addition, a configuration to transmit over the at least one of the multiple uplink channels over the multiple component carriers using concurrent transmission or time division multiplexed transmission can be received based on the indication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method preparation method for three-layer artificial blood vessel and application thereof. The three-layer artificial blood vessel comprise three layers, electrospinning inner layer, dense middle layer and electrospinning outer layer, the three-layer structure is closely combined and difficult to separate. The inner layer with a cytoskeleton-like structure can promote the formation of intima; the dense middle layer can effectively prevent the leakage of biomacromolecules and increase the puncture resistance of the whole artificial blood vessel; and the outer layer can promote the growth of tissue cells and better integrate with tissue. The three-layer artificial blood vessel provided by the invention has excellent blood compatibility, good flexibility, good puncture resistance and interlayer peeling resistance. The preparation method is convenient and is suitable for industrial scale production.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for predicting customer sentiment for a product is provided. Customer data is received for multiple products and a vector of customer sentiments is generated that is associated with different aspects of the products. Images are received for multiple products and a latent vector for the images are generated using a pre-trained image processing model. Textual description for products is received and a latent vector for the textual description is generated using a pre-trained natural language processing model. A deep multimodal design evaluation (DMDE) model is designed to integrate the latent vectors of the images and the textual descriptions to predict customer sentiment for new product designs based on their images and textual descriptions. A new product design is provided to the trained DMDE model to obtain predicted customer sentiments for one or more attributes or a new product design is generated with favorable predicted customer sentiments.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for using subband precoding for uplink transmissions. In some cases, a UE may transmit sounding reference signals (SRS) to a network entity, receive information indicating at least one of a set of one or more frequency domain (FD) bases and linear combination coefficients, determined based on the SRS transmission, determine subband precoding based at least in part on linear combinations of the FD bases based on the linear combination coefficients, and transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) with the subband precoding.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for scheduling hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and controlling the transmit power of the HARQ feedback. An example method generally includes generating a configuration for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource sets assigned to at least one user equipment (UE), wherein each of the PUCCH resources sets comprises PUCCH resources, transmitting the configuration for the PUCCH resource sets to the at least one UE, generating an uplink control reporting indication indicating the PUCCH resources associated with downlink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port groups, transmitting the uplink control reporting indication, to the at least one UE, for use in reporting uplink control information (UCI), and receiving at least a part of the UCI associated with at least one of the downlink DMRS port groups from the at least one UE via the PUCCH resources indicated in the uplink control reporting indication.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel state information (CSI) reporting with time domain (TD) compression. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more CSI-RS from a base station (BS). The UE measures the one or more CSI-RS. The UE determining a mapping order for placing CSI feedback in one or more CSI reports and sends the one or more CSI reports to the BS based on the measurements, the one or more CSI reports providing TD compressed CSI feedback including at least linear combination coefficients associated with TD bases used for the TD compression.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining default spatial relation for uplink signals are disclosed. A method comprising: determining a default spatial relation for transmission of an uplink signal if no higher layer parameter for indicating a spatial relation is configured for the transmission of the uplink signal; and transmitting the uplink signal using the determined default spatial relation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for UE grouping are disclosed. A method at a base unit comprises configuring one or more higher layer parameter sets for SRS transmission with at least one of frequency hopping, repetition and antenna switching and transmitting a DCI containing a non-zero SRS request field or a higher layer signaling to trigger a SRS transmission in the symbols in one or more normal subframes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one aspect, the described techniques provide for identifying interference signals on multiple layers or resources and determining whether the interference signals transmitted on a particular layer or resource were precoded using linear precoding (LP) or NLP. In this aspect, a receiving device may equalize signals received from a transmitting device (e.g., filter out interference signals) based on determining whether the interference signals were precoded using a first type of precoding (e.g., linear precoding (LP)) or a second type of precoding (e.g., NLP). In another aspect, the described techniques provide for performing interference measurements on signals precoded using NLP based on categorizing interference resources as being precoded using LP or NLP. In this aspect, a receiving device may perform and report measurements differently for interference signals precoded using LP and interference signals precoded using NLP.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for beam determination. An exemplary method of the present application includes: receiving information indicating a set of joint or uplink common transmission configuration indication (TCI) state; and for a user equipment (UE) capable of transmitting an link transmission according to more than one TCI state simultaneously in a time interval where the set of joint or uplink common TCI state is applicable, transmitting the uplink transmission according to: a) the set of joint or uplink common TCI state simultaneously, or b) the set of joint or uplink common TCI state simultaneously and a beam indication associated with the uplink transmission.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a base station includes receiving a channel state information (CSI) payload at a neural network CSI decoder. The method also includes decoding the CSI payload to generate a quantity (N) of precoding vectors for N transmission layers. The method further includes orthogonalizing the N precoding vectors to generate N orthogonal precoding vectors. The method still further includes transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), downlink data that is precoded in accordance with the N orthogonal precoding vectors.

Abstract: A network configuration method includes receiving, in response to a target electrical device being powered on, a hotspot activation instruction from a user, transmitting the hotspot activation instruction to a to-be-connected electrical device through a base station, to cause the to-be-connected electrical device to enter an automatic network configuration phase, and receiving a network connection instruction transmitted by a terminal device. The network connection instruction includes a wireless network identifier and a corresponding password. The method further includes transmitting the wireless network identifier and the corresponding password to the to-be-connected electrical device through the base station after the target electrical device has been successfully connected to a network based on the wireless network identifier and the corresponding password, to enable the to-be-connected electrical device to connect to a network based on the wireless network identifier and the corresponding password.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel estimation based on transmission spatial information. An example method of wireless communication by a user equipment includes receiving an indication of transmission spatial information associated with a network entity; receiving a reference signal from the network entity based on the transmission spatial information; and transmitting, to the network entity, channel state information (CSI) based on the received reference signal and the transmission spatial information.