Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. In the method, when a symbol length remains unchanged, different cyclic shift code lengths and different useful symbol lengths may be configured, for example, a first cyclic shift code length and a second cyclic shift code length that are different, and a first useful symbol length and a second useful symbol length that are different, to flexibly adjust a frame structure.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for transmitting neural network (NN) parameters for artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) model training in a wireless communication network to reduce overhead and delays for AI/ML model training processes. A base station (BS) may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information indicative of a sparsification configuration for one or more layers of a NN. The sparsification configuration may be indicative of whether sparsification is enabled for a respective layer and/or for each neuron in the respective layer, whether the neuron is connected or disconnected to another neuron in another layer of the NN. The UE may transmit, to the BS, one or more NN parameters associated with one or more connected neurons according to the sparsification configuration. In some embodiments, the sparsification configuration may be configured or determined by the BS.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a communication system comprising a first branch and a second branch. The first branch includes a transmit chain and a reference chain. The transmit chain includes a DPD, a DAC, a frequency mixer, a power amplifier (PA), a circulator, a filter, and a first antenna array that are sequentially connected. The second branch includes a receive chain comprising a second antenna array, a low noise amplifier, a frequency mixer, and an ADC that are sequentially connected. In an SBFD slot, the transmit chain is configured to perform downlink radio frequency transmission on a baseband signal; the receive chain is configured to perform uplink radio frequency transmission on a radio signal; and the reference chain collects a radio frequency signal output by the PA, uses the radio frequency signal as a reference signal, and performs linear cancellation processing on a received signal output by the receive chain.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for adapting configurations for converting between analog and digital signals. An apparatus receives, from a device, information indicative of an operating configuration for converting between analog and digital signals at the apparatus, and operates according to the operating configuration to which the received information is related. The operating configuration is associated with a bit resolution used by the apparatus when converting signals, a sampling rate used by the apparatus, and/or a combination of bit resolution and sampling rate used by the apparatus.

Abstract: A first communication apparatus measures a measurement signal to obtain a measurement result; and the first communication apparatus sends the measurement result and measurement time information to a second communication apparatus, where the measurement time information indicates a measurement time point or a measurement time window at which the first communication apparatus performs the measurement. In this manner, the first communication apparatus may report the measurement time information of the measurement result. Therefore, the measurement time information of the measurement result is provided.

Abstract: A first apparatus obtains first data; and the first apparatus may further determine, based on first diversity information, whether to send the first data. The first diversity information is determined based on the first data and a set of second data, and the second data includes historical data sent by the first apparatus and/or data indicated by a second apparatus. For example, the first data is training data. The first apparatus may determine the first diversity information based on the first data, and historically sent training data and/or specified training data, and determine, based on the first diversity information, whether to send the first data. In some embodiments, the first apparatus does not need to send all training data.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for learning an artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) model over a self-organized topology to enable heterogeneous neural network structures in distributed AI/ML training processes. The method comprises: a first node receives a first AI/ML model from a second node and transmits the first AI/ML mode and a model collection indicator to one or more nodes associated with the first node. The first node receives reports related to respective associated AI/ML models of its associated node(s) and generates, based on the reports, a second AI/ML model having a neural network (NN) structure equivalent to that of the first AI/ML model. However, the AI/ML models of the first node's associated node(s) may have NN structures that differ from the NN structure of the first and second AI/ML models.

Abstract: An optical lens includes: a first region, including a first incident surface and a first emergent surface that face each other, wherein the first incident surface is for, when a display panel is detected, receiving a first light ray from a plane region, and the first light ray exits from the first emergent surface after passing through the first region; a second region, connected to the first region, including a second incident surface and a second emergent surface that face each other, wherein the second incident surface is for, when the display panel is detected, receiving a second light ray that is from a curved-surface region and propagates in a first direction, and the second light ray exits from the second emergent surface in a second direction after passing through the second region; and the first emergent surface and the second emergent surface are located in a same plane.

Abstract: A fully-isolated metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device includes a substrate, an isolation well, a gate structure, a source region, a gradient region, a drain region, a first well, and an electro static discharge (ESD) protection region. The isolation well is formed in the substrate, and the gate structure is formed on the isolation well. The source region and the gradient region are formed in the isolation wells on both sides of the gate structure respectively, and the drain region is formed in the gradient region. The first well is formed below the drain region in the gradient region, and the ESD protection region is formed in the first well. The isolation well and the ESD protection region have a first conductivity type, and the gradient region and the first well have a second conductivity type.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A first communication apparatus receives first information, where the first information is used to schedule transmission of first data and transmission of second data, the first data corresponds to a first reliability level, the second data corresponds to a second reliability level, and the first reliability level is different from the second reliability level; the first communication apparatus determines second information, where a first correspondence exists between the second information and both the first reliability level and the second reliability level; and the first communication apparatus transmits the first data and the second data based on the second information.

Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, the method including receiving first indication information sent by a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate a time domain position of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) set on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and the DMRS set includes N DMRSs, where a quantity of candidate PDSCHs that meet a first condition in M candidate PDSCHs of the PDSCH is greater than or equal to a first threshold, receiving second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate a first PDSCH, and receiving, on the first PDSCH based on the first indication information and the second indication information, data sent by the network device.

Abstract: A first terminal determines a first resource used to send a sensing signal; and sends the sensing signal to at least one second terminal by using the first resource, sends the sensing signal to both a network device and the at least one second terminal by using the first resource, or separately sends sensing signals to the at least one second terminal and the network device by using the first resource and a second resource, where the second resource is a resource used to send the sensing signal, and the first resource and/or the second resource are/is some resource units in a first resource set, where the first resource set includes resources used to send uplink information.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for configuring a topology for artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) in a wireless communication network. The topology may be configured centrally by a network device or may be self-organized by the nodes in the topology utilizing announcement and discovery messaging. Nodes in the topology may be configured as a Type 1 node that is configured to collect and aggregate a plurality of AI/ML models for obtaining a first type AI/ML model or as Type 2 node that is configured to obtain a second type AI/ML model with its own training data without an aggregation operation, wherein the configured topology includes a connection between at least one Type 1 node and zero or more Type 2 nodes, and/or a connection between at least two Type 1 nodes.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for processing information bits in a wireless communication network. A communication device receives a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the RRC signaling comprises time window information and time unit format information, wherein the time window information comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) time sequence K1 set, wherein K1 is a time relationship between a time unit of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a time unit of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or wherein the K1 is a time relationship between a time unit of a (PDSCH) and a time unit of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The device determines HARQ feedback information based on the time window information and the time unit format information and sends the HARQ feedback information.

Abstract: Some aspects of the present disclosure provide an adaptive sensing method that enables separate power control parameter configuration for uplink (UL) communication transmission or sidelink (SL) communication transmission and sensing transmission. When a signal or a channel is used for both communication and sensing, two sets of parameters may be configured, a first set of parameters for UL or SL communication and a second set of parameters for sensing. Some aspects of the present disclosure provide a distributed power control method that involves slow power ramping of a transmitted signal used for sensing. The distributed power control method may also include interference avoidance. Some aspects of the present disclosure provide a centralized power control method that involves, a centralized network side device, such as a base station, sending a signaling to adapt UE power to mitigate interference between UEs when interference is detected.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A terminal receives first control information, where the first control information is used to trigger a channel state information (CSI) operation corresponding to a first secondary component carrier, the first secondary component carrier is in a deactivated state, and the CSI operation includes one or more of the following: aperiodic CSI reporting, aperiodic CSI measurement, semi-persistent CSI reporting, or semi-persistent CSI measurement. The terminal performs, based on the first control information, the CSI operation corresponding to the first secondary component carrier.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided. After determining a first split point based on first information, a first apparatus sends second information to a second apparatus, where the second information indicates the first split point. The second apparatus uses the first split point based on the second information. The first split point corresponds to a first model, and the first model is used for split learning. The first information may include one or more of the following: a split point expected by a terminal, electricity quantity information of the terminal, a storage capability of the terminal, computing power of the terminal, or a measurement result related to channel quality.

Abstract: A method for detecting a display panel defect, including: collecting a panel image of a to-be-detected display panel, a plurality of first pixels of the display panel corresponding to a plurality of second pixels in the panel image; converting the panel image into a binary image; dilating each bright spot region in the binary image such that adjacent bright spot regions communicate with each other to form at least one closed communication region in the binary image; determining a region of interest mask image in the binary image in accordance with the at least one closed communication region; determining a region of interest in accordance with the region of interest mask image and the panel image; and performing feature identification on the region of interest to determine a defect of the display panel.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device obtains first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes one or more of the following: a type of first information, a quantization granularity of the first information, a feedback resource of the first information, a feedback periodicity of the first information, a measurement resource corresponding to the first information, a reference signal corresponding to the first information, and a mapping relationship between the reference signal corresponding to the first information and the measurement resource corresponding to the first information. The terminal device sends the first information to a network device based on the first configuration information, where the first information is used to assist an artificial intelligence (AI) model of the network device. The network device assists the AI model of the network device based on the first information.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for protecting a reference signal (RS) and/or adjusting timing advance (TA) values to be used for timing synchronization between an apparatus (e.g. user equipment (UE))) and a device (e.g. transmit-and-receive point (TRP)) in a wireless network. The device operates in full-duplex (FD) mode and the apparatus operates in half-duplex (HD) or FD mode. In some embodiments, RSs transmitted in uplink and downlink directions are protected by puncturing one or more portions of time-frequency resources so that interference from other signals can be avoided or mitigated. The punctured portion of the time-frequency resources may be one or more symbols that together overlaps with a symbol at which the RS is to be received or sent. The device may send information indicating the portion to puncture using a higher-layer signaling, a dynamic signaling, or a preconfiguration by the network.