Abstract: A process is proposed for producing a bipolar plate for an electrochemical device, said process comprising providing a first main plate body and a second main plate body as fibrous shaped bodies including carbon fibers and each having a joining face and an opposing useful face, infiltrating the main plate bodies with at least one carbon allotrope, locally applying silicon to respective joining sites in the joining faces, placing the joining faces against one another, such that the joining sites rest against one another and the useful faces of the two main plate bodies face away from one another, and at least locally heating the joining sites, such that the silicon melts and reacts with adjoining carbon to form a silicon-carbon bond.

Abstract: Systems and methods are for receiving, from a transmitter, a transport block comprising medium access control (MAC) subheader fields and data units, the transport block being divided into code block groups, a beginning of each code block group in the transport block comprising an alignment with a beginning of a respective MAC subheader field in the transport block; and based on the alignment, decoding the code block groups of the transport block.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for selective re-transmission of radio link channel (RLC) service data units (SDUs). In one aspect, the method can include actions of determining that transmission of an RLC SDU having a first sequence number was not successful, determining whether to re-transmit the RLC SDU, and based on a determination that the particular RLC SDU is not to be re-transmitted: moving a start location of an RLC transmission window to an RLC SDU that (i) has a sequence number that is greater than the first sequence number and (ii) has not been acknowledged, and transmitting a transmission to another device that indicates that the RLC SDU having the first sequence number is to be skipped.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to receive multiple scheduling request (SR) configurations, wherein each SR configuration is specific to an application, service, quality of service (QoS) flow or set of traffic characteristics, transmit a first type of SR, wherein a plurality of different types of SRs comprising at least the first type of SR and a second type of SR each correspond to a different one of the multiple SR configurations and receive an initial uplink grant for a data transmission in response to the first type of SR, wherein the initial uplink grant indicates one or more uplink resources assigned to the UE by a network based on an application, service, quality of service (QoS) flow or set of traffic characteristics specific to the first type of SR.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums are configured to perform operations including detecting a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that are transmitted for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), each of the SSBs having a SSB index comprising a set of bit values; detecting, from the plurality of SSBs, a first SSB received at a first time and a second SSB received at a second time that is different from the first time; decoding, for a first SSB of the plurality, first bit values of a first SSB index representing the first SSB and of a second SSB index representing the second SSB; determining, based on the first time and the second time, a receive time gap between the first SSB and the second SSB; and determining, based on the receive time gap and the first bit values of the first SSB index and the second SSB index, at least a second bit value of the first second SSB index representing the first SSB and the second SSB representing the second SSB.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) comprising a periodic cadence report (PCR) to a network, wherein the PCR indicates one or more characteristics of upcoming uplink traffic and receive an uplink grant for a data transmission from the network, wherein the uplink grant indicates uplink resources assigned to the UE based on the PCR.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer programs for ciphering information in a physical layer of a wireless communications network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method can include obtaining, by a UE, a transport block for transmission using the physical layer, determining, by the UE, whether the size of the transport block satisfies a predetermined threshold, and based on a determination, by the UE, that the size of the transport block satisfies a predetermined threshold size: ciphering, by the UE, the entire transport block, and transmitting, by the UE and to an access node, the ciphered transport block using the physical layer.

Abstract: Computed tomography (CT) measurement data of the patient is acquired using a CT device having a quantum counting X-ray detector, and the CT measurement data is processed to generate result data, considering a specific information content of the CT measurement data resulting from the use of the quantum counting X-ray detector in acquiring the CT measurement data. The result data is suitable for use in the planning of irradiation of the patient. The result data is provisioned to an interface such that the result data is usable for planning the irradiation of the patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a satellite communications system comprising a satellite with a spatial digital modulator for transmitting an incoming bit stream in multiple beams, wherein the spatial digital modulator is configured to generate transmit symbols by dividing the incoming bit stream into symbols of a symbol alphabet and to allocate each transmit symbol to a specific beam. The invention further relates to a method for transmitting a bit stream by such a satellite communications system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for determining and/or monitoring a state variable of a measurement object comprising an analysis sensor, a control apparatus and a read-out apparatus. The analysis sensor is configured to be introducible into the measurement object for remaining within the same, to be sensitive to an ion type and to generate measurement data based on a concentration of the ion type in the measurement object. The control apparatus controls the analysis sensor with respect to the generation of the measurement data. The read-out apparatus reads the measurement data out of the analysis sensor. Further, the invention relates to a respective method.

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate autonomous user equipment beam failure recovery abort aspects. One example aspect is a baseband processor configured to perform operations including: establishing a connection with a downlink (DL) beam; detecting a beam failure of the DL beam; in response to the beam failure, executing at least one of: a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure or a candidate beam detection (CBD) procedure; detecting a recovery abort condition while executing the at least one of: the BFR procedure or the CBD procedure; aborting the at least one of: the BFR procedure or the CBD procedure, in response to detecting that the recovery abort condition is satisfied; and maintaining the connection with the DL beam.

Abstract: A method is for providing a second artifact-reduced x-ray image dataset based on an artifact-affected x-ray image dataset of an examination object, the artifact being caused by an object at least one of on, outside of and within the examination object. In an embodiment, the method includes creating a first artifact-reduced x-ray image dataset based on the artifact-affected x-ray image dataset, based on which a second projection dataset is created; identifying an object area which maps the object in the at least one projection; creating a third projection dataset based on the first projection dataset; and crating the second artifact-reduced x-ray image dataset based on the third projection dataset, through which the second artifact-reduced x-ray image dataset is provided.

Abstract: Computed tomography (CT) measurement data of the patient is acquired using a CT device having a quantum counting X-ray detector, and the CT measurement data is processed to generate result data, considering a specific information content of the CT measurement data resulting from the use of the quantum counting X-ray detector in acquiring the CT measurement data. The result data is suitable for use in the planning of irradiation of the patient. The result data is provisioned to an interface such that the result data is usable for planning the irradiation of the patient.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to implement ad-hoc data bearers and/or inline signalling for data radio bearers via medium access control (MAC) control elements (CEs) in wireless communication systems.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for ad-hoc radio bearer and inline signalling via reflective quality of service and reflective quality of service approaches.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide ad-hoc radio bearers with different layer arrangements and headers for the layers.

Abstract: Process for producing coated mixed lithium oxide particles, in which mixed lithium oxide particles and a mixture comprising aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide are subjected to dry mixing by means of a mixing unit having a specific power of 0.1-1 kW per kg of mixed lithium oxide particles and mixture used, in total, under shearing conditions. Coated mixed lithium oxide particles comprising a mixture of aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide as coating material, wherein the aluminium oxide and the titanium dioxide are in the form of aggregated primary particles and the weight ratio of aluminium oxide to titanium dioxide is 10:90-90:10. Battery cell comprising the coated mixed lithium oxide particles.

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE), operable to generate an enhanced buffer status report (eBSR) is disclosed. The UE can identify packets for uplink transmission. The UE can filter the packets for uplink transmission, to identify a number of small packets pending for transmission and a number of larger packets, relative to the small packets, that are pending for transmission in the uplink transmission. The UE can encode the eBSR for transmission to a next generation node B (gNB), wherein the eBSR includes information identifying the number of small packets pending for transmission. The UE can have a memory interface configured to send to a memory the number of small packets pending for transmission.

Abstract: A method for providing an irradiation plan for irradiation of a target volume, comprises: acquiring a time-resolved 3D image dataset, wherein the 3D image dataset is time-resolved over at least one respiratory cycle of the patient, wherein the 3D image dataset is based on a time-resolved scan of an examination region of the patient and on an imaging respiration profile, wherein the examination region includes the target volume, and wherein the imaging respiration profile is based on a first respiration-correlated surrogate variable determined during the time-resolved scan; acquiring a respiration-correlated second surrogate variable of the patient, wherein the second surrogate variable describes a respiration of the patient during the irradiation; determining an irradiation respiration profile based on the second surrogate variable; determining the irradiation plan based on the 3D image dataset and the irradiation respiration profile; and providing the irradiation plan for an irradiation of the target volume.

Abstract: Process for producing coated mixed lithium oxide particles, in which mixed lithium oxide particles and a mixture comprising aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide are subjected to dry mixing by means of a mixing unit having a specific power of 0.1-1 kW per kg of mixed lithium oxide particles and mixture used, in total, under shearing conditions. Coated mixed lithium oxide particles comprising a mixture of aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide as coating material, wherein the aluminium oxide and the titanium dioxide are in the form of aggregated primary particles and the weight ratio of aluminium oxide to titanium dioxide is 10:90-90:10. Battery cell comprising the coated mixed lithium oxide particles.