Abstract: A wireless relay communication apparatus is operated and is adapted to exclusively communicate over a second wireless communication channel, which is incompatible in at least one property, aspect, or parameter, with a first wireless communication channel. A message indicating a capacity to act as a relay in the second communication channel is transmitted over the second wireless communication channel. A transmission, received over the second communication channel from a source communication apparatus, includes information enabling the relay communication apparatus to determine that the transmission is to be relayed to a destination communication apparatus. Accordingly, the relay communication apparatus relays the transmission to the destination communication apparatus over the second communication channel.

Abstract: An RA (Random Access) procedure is performed by a UE (User Equipment) in cell of a gNB (next-generation Node B) of a mobile network. The UE activates, based on first data, a primary PCell. The UE receives second data from the gNB about one or more secondary PCells for (i) configuring the one or more secondary PCells and for (ii) performing an RA procedure in the one or more secondary PCells. The UE further receives third data from the gNB, indicating which of the one or more secondary PCells is to be activated. After the UE determines that the primary PCell is switched off, it activated the indicated secondary PCell, based on the second and third data. The UE performs an RA procedure in the activated secondary PCell based on the second data.

Abstract: A first communication apparatus of a radio access network transmits paging messages to one or more second communication apparatus in accordance with a paging scheme. The one or more second communication apparatus configure their receivers to be enabled accordingly, while remaining in an operating mode in which they are not fully connected to the first communication apparatus. Small data transmissions may be transmitted from the first to the one or more second communication apparatus after appropriately configuring the receivers of the one or more second communication apparatus to be enabled, while remaining in the operating mode in which they are not fully connected to the first communication apparatus. The required configuration information, in particular times for aperiodic transmissions and/or radio resources used for transmitting and/or the indication for the end of the aperiodic transmission, is transmitted by the first communication apparatus in a paging message.

Abstract: A control method for controlling the lateral movement of a motor vehicle including a steering structure for following a predetermined trajectory on a road. The control method includes selecting at least one environmental parameter external to the motor vehicle. The selection of the environmental parameter is a function of a collision risk associated with this environmental parameter. The command for the steering structure is determined according to the collision risk and according to the lateral shift of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: Quantization is a technique that may be used to reduce precision while maintaining performance of a neural network model during training of the neural network model, or before the neural network model is deployed. During inference, a neural network model with a fixed quantization level is used to produce predictions. In online services, such as running neural network models continuously or frequently for long periods of time in data centers, the neural network model with a fixed quantization level may not always perform optimally due to changes and/or shifts in system load and input data during inference time. A flexible and adaptive approach to quantization and a system to support adaptive quantization during inference time can be employed to address such concerns.

Abstract: A communication frame for an OTFS transmission system includes at least one first-type and at least one second-type block. At least the first-type block includes data signals two-dimensionally arranged along the delay domain and the Doppler domain of which at least one has a superimposed pilot signal. The second-type block includes data signals two-dimensionally arranged along the delay domain and the Doppler domain which may or may not have superimposed pilot signals. At least one second-type block is preceded and followed, in the delay-domain, by first-type blocks, the first-type blocks preceding and following a second-type block having at least one identical data symbol and associated superimposed identical pilot symbol at an identical location in the two-dimensional arrangement. An OTFS transmitter generates and transmits the communication frame, and a receiver uses its properties for compensating oscillator frequency offset and channel estimation.

Abstract: A communication frame for an OTFS transmission system includes first-type and second-type blocks. The first-type block includes pilot signals, guard signals, and data signals, the second-type block exclusively includes data signals. The pilot symbols, guard signals, and data symbols of the first-type block, and the data symbols of the second-type block, are arranged along the points of a grid in the delay-Doppler domain. In the communication frame, a first-type block is followed by a second-type block, and a second-type block is followed by a first-type block. In the first-type block at least one pilot symbol is surrounded on at least three sides by one or more guard symbols. Points of the grid of the first-type blocks in the delay-Doppler domain that are not occupied by pilot symbols or guard symbols are used for data symbols. The communication frame permits determining oscillator frequency offset and channel coefficients in a receiver.

Abstract: A pallet loading system may comprise a processor, and memory with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive package loading data, the package loading data including characteristics of a package to be placed on the pallet and characteristics of a loading operator. A placement location for the package on the pallet may be determined using an artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) algorithm based on the characteristics of the package and the characteristics of the loading operator and a visual marking (such as a visual projection) may be displayed at the placement location. The system may output an instruction to the loading operator to place the package at the displayed placement location.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for privacy-preserving facemask-compliance-level measurement. In an embodiment, a mask-compliance measurement system includes a processor that is configured to generate, from an image of a person, a facial depth image of a region of a face of the person, and to generate facial wavelet descriptors from the facial depth image. The processor is also configured to determine spectral-density values of the wavelet descriptors, and to analyze the spectral-density values to generate a mask-wearing-compliance result for the person. In an embodiment, the analyzing includes using a classification model that is trained to classify sets of spectral-density values with respect to facemask wearing in images from which the spectral-density values were derived.

Abstract: A Rendering as a Service (RaaS) platform for generating a rendering of industrial equipment, the RaaS platform configured to perform operations comprising receiving, via a graphical user interface presented on a user device, a first user selection of a three-dimensional (3D) model of the industrial equipment, receiving, via the graphical user interface, a second user selection of one or more rendering options from a plurality of selectable rendering options presented via the graphical user interface, obtaining, at the RaaS platform based on the first user selection, the 3D model of the industrial equipment from a remote data source, and executing a rendering job, based on the first user selection of the 3D model and the second user selection of the one or more rendering options, to generate the rendering of the industrial equipment.

Abstract: A Rendering as a Service (RaaS) platform configured to perform operations comprising generating a graphical representation of a plurality of selectable rendering options based on a 3D model of the industrial equipment, the plurality of selectable rendering options comprising a plurality of views of the 3D model from a plurality of different viewpoints of a virtual camera, transmitting the graphical representation of the plurality of selectable rendering options from the RaaS platform to a user device for presentation, receiving, at the RaaS platform, a user selection of one or more rendering options from the plurality of selectable rendering options presented via the graphical user interface of the user device, and executing a rendering job, at the RaaS platform based on the 3D model and the user selection of the one or more rendering options, to generate the rendering of the industrial equipment.

Abstract: A method for generating a rending of industrial equipment for use in an interactive virtual environment within a metaverse platform, the method comprising receiving, from the metaverse platform, a render request identifying a three-dimensional (3D) model of the industrial equipment to be rendered, generating and communicating to the metaverse platform, a virtual object request based on the render request, the virtual object request requesting virtual object data associated with the 3D model to be rendered, receiving, from the metaverse platform, virtual object data based on the virtual object request, wherein the virtual object data is in a first format, and generating and transmitting, to the metaverse platform and based on the virtual object data, a 3D model rendering for use in representing the industrial equipment in the interactive virtual environment within the metaverse platform, wherein the 3D model rendering is generated in a second format different than the first format.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of 3D extrusion bioprinting, and in particular, to compositions of bioinks including components that are typically non-extrudable or present low printability. The present bioink comprises a rheology modifier, such as a partially crosslinked polyacrylic acid, a crosslinking polymer, and, optionally, one or more additives. The bioink provides for the use of synthetic crosslinking polymers as well as modified or unmodified biopolymers, and exhibits good printability.

Abstract: A method for generating a rending of industrial equipment, the method comprising receiving a render request from a first remote data source, the render request identifying a three-dimensional (3D) model of the industrial equipment to be rendered, generating a virtual object request based on the render request, the virtual object request identifying a second remote data source comprising virtual object data associated with the 3D model to be rendered, receiving the virtual object data from the second remote data source based on the virtual object request, wherein the virtual object data is in a first format, generating a 3D model rendering based on the virtual object data, wherein the 3D model rendering is in a second format different than the first format, and transmitting the 3D model rendering to the first remote data source for use in representing the industrial equipment in an interactive environment.

Abstract: A sheathed blade assembly for minimizing or preventing contact between the moving interior blade and the exterior sheath. The assembly includes an exterior sheath having a first portion and second portion with an inner lumen therebetween, an interior blade movable within the inner lumen of the exterior sheath, a first pocket within a first surface of the interior blade, and a first ball bearing within the first pocket. The first ball bearing creates a clearance amount between the first surface of the interior blade and the first portion of the exterior sheath. The assembly may also include a second pocket within a second surface of the interior blade for a second ball bearing. The second ball bearing creates a clearance amount between the second surface of the interior blade and the second portion of the exterior sheath. The second pocket is in a staggered configuration relative to the first pocket.

Abstract: A system for adapting at least one parameter of a controller, the system including: processor circuitry; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor circuitry, cause the processor circuitry to: receive a robot model specification including differentiable robot dynamics, a controller specification including the at least one parameter, and a network condition specification including a non-differentiable discrete communication event; generate a differentiable simulation by: simulating the robot model specification; and transforming the non-differentiable discrete communication event into a continuous differentiable function based on a membership function; and tuning the at least one parameter using gradient-based optimization on the differentiable simulation to improve robot performance under the network condition specification; and output the tuned at least one parameter to configure the controller.

Abstract: A user equipment centric cell including a user equipment (UE) that employs standardized vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages and that includes at least a roadside unit (RSU) having sidelink (SL) groupcast capability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a user device, a base station, and data transmission and reception methods to be performed by a user device and a base station in a communications system. The user device comprises circuitry which, in operation, calculates the starting location of a paging region comprising resources in which user devices are paged, the paging region including paging information for paging said user device; and determines an offset with respect to the starting location of the paging region, the offset indicating the location of the paging information for paging said user device relative to the starting location of the paging region.

Abstract: This patent application is directed to a method for detecting intrusions and anomalies, an intrusion and anomaly detecting edge computing unit, and a system for detecting intrusions and anomalies.

Abstract: Various aspects of techniques, systems, and use cases may be used for operating, controlling, programming, or configuring an energy efficient robotic arm. An example technique may include identifying a planned trajectory for a robotic arm, selecting a candidate joint of the robotic arm to lock, and recomputing the planned trajectory to determine a joint-locked trajectory while the candidate joint is locked. The example technique may include outputting a control signal to lock the candidate joint and causing the robotic arm to use the joint-locked trajectory.