Abstract: Disclosed herein is a frailty diagnosis apparatus. The frailty diagnosis apparatus includes a physical performance meter and a processor for determining a frailty index of a target person based on physical performance of the target person obtained by the physical performance meter. The physical performance meter includes at least one among a gait speed meter for measuring a gait speed of the target person, a body balance meter for measuring a body balance maintenance time of the target person, and a muscle strength meter for measuring a muscle exercise time.

Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless backhaul channel comprising generating a radio frame comprising a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot comprises a plurality of symbols in time and a plurality of sub-carriers in a system bandwidth, broadcasting a broadcast channel signal comprising a transmission schedule to a plurality of remote units in a number of consecutive sub-carriers centered about a direct current (DC) sub-carrier in at least one of the time slots in the radio frame regardless of the system bandwidth, and transmitting a downlink (DL) control channel signal and a DL data channel signal to a first of the remote units, wherein the DL data channel signal is transmitted by employing a single carrier block transmission scheme comprising a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreading for frequency diversity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing krill oil. A method of preparing krill oil may include providing a dried krill powder; obtaining an extract after adding spirits of wine to the dried krill powder; obtaining a passing solution from which salt and cholesterol are removed by passing the extract through a column; obtaining a krill concentrate by decompression-concentrating the passing solution; and obtaining krill oil by stationarily positioning a mixture obtained by adding spirits of wine to the krill concentrate, layer-separating the stationarily positioned mixture, extracting a supernatant of the layer-separated mixture, and concentrating the extracted supernatant.

Abstract: An example device includes motion sensing and processing circuitry to generate compensated motion data for a first time based on raw motion data and a set of motion indicators including a velocity indicator for the device calculated based on the raw motion data; a radar sensor to receive reflections indicating detections and generate data points for the first time representing the detections, in which each data point includes position and velocity information of a corresponding detection relative to the radar sensor; a first circuit to generate object data for the first time based on the set of the data points and the compensated motion data for the first time; and a second circuit to calculate, based on the object data for the first time and a characteristic of the radar sensor, for each cell in a grid representing an FOV of the radar sensor at the first time, probabilities of the cell being in a free state, a stationary state, and a dynamic state.

Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless backhaul channel comprising generating a radio frame comprising a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot comprises a plurality of symbols in time and a plurality of sub-carriers in a system bandwidth, broadcasting a broadcast channel signal comprising a transmission schedule to a plurality of remote units in a number of consecutive sub-carriers centered about a direct current (DC) sub-carrier in at least one of the time slots in the radio frame regardless of the system bandwidth, and transmitting a downlink (DL) control channel signal and a DL data channel signal to a first of the remote units, wherein the DL data channel signal is transmitted by employing a single carrier block transmission scheme comprising a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreading for frequency diversity.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an inverse radar sensor model processor and a grid mapping processor. The inverse radar sensor model processor receives radar sensor data for a time k from a radar sensor, generates object data based on the radar sensor data, and calculates instantaneous masses at the time k for each cell in a field of view (FOV) of the radar sensor based on the object data and a sensor characteristic. The inverse radar sensor model processor outputs the calculated instantaneous masses to the grid mapping processor, which also receives accumulated masses for each cell in the FOV for a time period 0:k?1. An accumulated mass represents a combination of instantaneous masses for the cell at each time increment in the time period 0:k?1. The grid mapping processor generates updated accumulated masses for a time period 0:k.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a frailty diagnosis apparatus. The frailty diagnosis apparatus includes a physical performance meter and a processor for determining a frailty index of a target person based on physical performance of the target person obtained by the physical performance meter. The physical performance meter includes at least one among a gait speed meter for measuring a gait speed of the target person, a body balance meter for measuring a body balance maintenance time of the target person, and a muscle strength meter for measuring a muscle exercise time.

Abstract: A method for performing code block segmentation for wireless transmission using concatenated forward error correction encoding includes receiving a transport block of data for transmission having a transport block size, along with one or more parameters that define a target code rate. A number N of inner code blocks needed to transmit the transport block is determined. A number M—outer code blocks may be calculated based on the number of inner code blocks and on encoding parameters for the outer code blocks. The transport block may then be segmented and encoded according to the calculated encoding parameters.

Abstract: A method for uplink (UL) wireless backhaul communication at a wireless backhaul remote unit in a radio access network comprising receiving a configuration for radio frames and a transmission schedule through a downlink (DL) physical layer broadcast channel, wherein the transmission schedule comprises a transmission allocation for the remote unit, generating a UL data frame, wherein generating the UL data frame comprises performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on a data bit stream to generate a plurality of FEC codewords, wherein performing the FEC encoding comprises performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding on the data bit stream to generate a plurality of RS codewords, performing byte interleaving on the RS codewords, and performing Turbo encoding on the byte interleaved RS codewords to generate one or more Turbo codewords, wherein each Turbo codeword is encoded from more than one RS codeword, and transmitting the UL data frame according to the transmission allocation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a radar processing chain for frequency-modulated continuous wave radar systems. A transmitter transmits a plurality of chirps, each comprising an electromagnetic radiation signal, at a region of interest. A receiver front-end receives reflected electromagnetic radiation for each chirp and generates a time series of beat-signal samples for each chirp at each antenna of a plurality of antennas. A signal processor detects objects within the region of interest by providing a frequency domain representation of each time series of beat-signal samples as sample values for a set of range bins representing respective distances from the receiver, correcting the sample values for each of the set of range bins to provide a set of clutter corrected samples for each range bin, and determining an angular spectrum for each of a subset of the set of range bins from the clutter corrected samples.

Abstract: A mm-wave system includes transmission of a millimeter wave (mm-wave) signal by a plurality of transmitters to multiple objects, and receiving of return—mm-wave signals from the multiple objects by a plurality of receivers. A processor is configured to perform an algorithm to derive complex-valued samples and angle measurements from each receiver to identify one object from another object. The processor further extracts signal waveforms that correspond to each object and process the extracted signal waveforms to estimate breathing rate and heart rate of the identified object.

Abstract: A method for performing code block segmentation for wireless transmission using concatenated forward error correction encoding includes receiving a transport block of data for transmission having a transport block size, along with one or more parameters that define a target code rate. A number N of inner code blocks needed to transmit the transport block is determined. A number M—outer code blocks may be calculated based on the number of inner code blocks and on encoding parameters for the outer code blocks. The transport block may then be segmented and encoded according to the calculated encoding parameters.

Abstract: A method for uplink (UL) wireless backhaul communication at a wireless backhaul remote unit in a radio access network comprising receiving a configuration for radio frames and a transmission schedule through a downlink (DL) physical layer broadcast channel, wherein the transmission schedule comprises a transmission allocation for the remote unit, generating a UL data frame, wherein generating the UL data frame comprises performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on a data bit stream to generate a plurality of FEC codewords, wherein performing the FEC encoding comprises performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding on the data bit stream to generate a plurality of RS codewords, performing byte interleaving on the RS codewords, and performing Turbo encoding on the byte interleaved RS codewords to generate one or more Turbo codewords, wherein each Turbo codeword is encoded from more than one RS codeword, and transmitting the UL data frame according to the transmission allocation.

Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless backhaul channel comprising generating a radio frame comprising a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot comprises a plurality of symbols in time and a plurality of sub-carriers in a system bandwidth, broadcasting a broadcast channel signal comprising a transmission schedule to a plurality of remote units in a number of consecutive sub-carriers centered about a direct current (DC) sub-carrier in at least one of the time slots in the radio frame regardless of the system bandwidth, and transmitting a downlink (DL) control channel signal and a DL data channel signal to a first of the remote units, wherein the DL data channel signal is transmitted by employing a single carrier block transmission scheme comprising a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreading for frequency diversity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silicon-carbon composite negative-electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery having improved electrochemical properties which contains a carbon material derived from a wood-based material and a compound containing an isocyanate functional group in order to improve unstable dispersibility of silicon-based particles used as a negative-electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, thereby improving electrical conductivity and producing stable electrode slurry. Further, a method for producing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an inverse radar sensor model processor and a grid mapping processor. The inverse radar sensor model processor receives radar sensor data for a time k from a radar sensor, generates object data based on the radar sensor data, and calculates instantaneous masses at the time k for each cell in a field of view (FOV) of the radar sensor based on the object data and a sensor characteristic. The inverse radar sensor model processor outputs the calculated instantaneous masses to the grid mapping processor, which also receives accumulated masses for each cell in the FOV for a time period 0:k - 1. An accumulated mass represents a combination of instantaneous masses for the cell at each time increment in the time period 0:k - 1. The grid mapping processor generates updated accumulated masses for a time period 0:k.

Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless backhaul channel comprising generating a radio frame comprising a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot comprises a plurality of symbols in time and a plurality of sub-carriers in a system bandwidth, broadcasting a broadcast channel signal comprising a transmission schedule to a plurality of remote units in a number of consecutive sub-carriers centered about a direct current (DC) sub-carrier in at least one of the time slots in the radio frame regardless of the system bandwidth, and transmitting a downlink (DL) control channel signal and a DL data channel signal to a first of the remote units, wherein the DL data channel signal is transmitted by employing a single carrier block transmission scheme comprising a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreading for frequency diversity.

Abstract: Provided is a method of predicting a cardiopulmonary function comprising measuring motion of a cardiopulmonary function measurement-target person, by a motion sensor, determining a gait speed of the cardiopulmonary function measurement-target person according to the motion of the cardiopulmonary function measurement-target person, by a processor, and predicting a cardiopulmonary function index of the cardiopulmonary function measurement-target person, based on the gait speed of the cardiopulmonary function measurement-target person, by the processor.

Abstract: A method for uplink (UL) wireless backhaul communication at a wireless backhaul remote unit in a radio access network comprising receiving a configuration for radio frames and a transmission schedule through a downlink (DL) physical layer broadcast channel, wherein the transmission schedule comprises a transmission allocation for the remote unit, generating a UL data frame, wherein generating the UL data frame comprises performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on a data bit stream to generate a plurality of FEC codewords, wherein performing the FEC encoding comprises performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding on the data bit stream to generate a plurality of RS codewords, performing byte interleaving on the RS codewords, and performing Turbo encoding on the byte interleaved RS codewords to generate one or more Turbo codewords, wherein each Turbo codeword is encoded from more than one RS codeword, and transmitting the UL data frame according to the transmission allocation.

Abstract: A mm-wave system includes transmission of a millimeter wave (mm-wave) signal by a plurality of transmitters to multiple objects, and receiving of return—mm-wave signals from the multiple objects by a plurality of receivers. A processor is configured to perform an algorithm to derive complex-valued samples and angle measurements from each receiver to identify one object from another object. The processor further extracts signal waveforms that correspond to each object and process the extracted signal waveforms to estimate breathing rate and heart rate of the identified object.