Abstract: An optical waveguide includes an input diffractive optical element arranged for being aligned with an optical projector for diffracting light beams therefrom, a waveguide substrate n, and an output diffractive optical element. Light beams diffracted by the output diffractive optical element are coupled out of the waveguide substrate towards users' eyes. The output diffractive optical element has an effective area arranged to maintain a constant output flux per unit area therein for providing an uniform image in brightness when the image is being projected out of the waveguide substrate.

Abstract: Methods and system for a centralized unit and a distributed unit of a base station to operatively cooperate with each other are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first communication node includes: sending a first message to a second wireless communication node upon determining to switch a third wireless communication node to a radio resource control inactive mode. The first and second wireless communication nodes cooperate to serve as a first base station in a wireless network.

Abstract: Provided are a method, device and apparatus for acquiring information, and a computer storage medium. In the method for acquiring information, a first node receives a message transmitted by a second node, where the message is related to a cell group of the second node, each cell group includes one or more cells, and each cell belongs to a same wideband carrier. The first node acquires information on a cell under the second node from the message, that is, information on a cell in the each cell group. A device and an apparatus for acquiring information, and a storage medium are further provided.

Abstract: Provided are a location information measurement implementation method, a terminal, and an access network element. The location information measurement implementation method is applied to an access network element, and includes sending auxiliary positioning information to a terminal, where the auxiliary positioning information is used by the terminal for positioning measurement.

Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus and system for implementing a common process. The method includes that: a base station transmits a first request message to a CN device, the first request message being used for applying for establishing a first interface, the first interface being an interface between a radio access network (RAN) to which the base station belongs and a CN, and the first request message carrying at least one of: location area information of a specific geographical area configured for paging a UE, information of a public land mobile network (PLMN) supported by the base station, and base station type information of the base station; and the base station receives a first response message transmitted by the CN device, where the first response message is used for indicating that the first interface has been successfully established.

Abstract: Wireless communication methods are described for a user plane integrity protection failure detection and handling, determination and management of integrity protection enabled data rate that exceeds or is close to exceeding a user equipment's capability or threshold, and management of integrity protection or encryption mechanisms in a dual-connectivity system that includes a master network node and a secondary network node.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for cell information acquisition and reporting. One method includes receiving a request for configuration information and a synchronization block, determining that the synchronization block is not associated with the configuration information, and transmitting a failure indication in response to the request. Another method includes receiving a request for configuration information and a first synchronization block, determining that the first synchronization block is not associated with the configuration information, and the first synchronization block comprises information related to a second synchronization block that is associated with the configuration information, and determining whether a radio frequency retuning operation can be performed in order to obtain the configuration information.

Abstract: Among other things described, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, from a base station of a cell, to a user device requesting to camp on the cell, a message comprising a first field, wherein the first field is indicative of availability of another type of radio access technology (RAT) core network for communication via the base station, including, in the message, a second field whose value indicates that the user device is disallowed to access the another type of RAT core network, providing, when the user device is disallowed to camp on the cell, additional information regarding whether other intra-frequency cells that support the another type of radio access technology (RAT) core network are available for the user device to reselect.

Abstract: Some techniques for efficiently indicating a mapping relationship from physical random access channel preambles and/or random access resource specific to one or more system information blocks in a wireless communication network are described. One example method includes transmitting, from a network node, a message that identifies a number of random access preambles that are reserved for transmissions of system information requests by mobile devices.

Abstract: Methods and system for a centralized unit and a distributed unit of a base station to operatively cooperate with each other are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first communication node includes: in response to receiving a request, transmitting a first message to a second wireless communication node requesting to either establish or modify a context of a data radio bearer (DRB); and receiving a second message from the second wireless communication node indicating that the context of the DRB has been established or modified at the second wireless communication node, wherein the first message comprises first user plane address information of the DRB, and the second message comprises second user plane address information of the DRB.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for configuring minimization of drive test in a wireless network with a multi-connectivity architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting, to a second wireless communication node, configuration information for a minimization of drive test (MDT) measurement; and receiving, from the second wireless communication node, a feedback in response to the configuration information for the MDT measurement. The first wireless communication node and the second wireless communication node are both nodes in a wireless network.

Abstract: Provided are a handover method and apparatus. The method includes following steps: a UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message sent by a source base station, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a list of target cells for performing a conditional handover by the UE, information of each target cell in the list of the target cells for performing the conditional handover includes at least one of the following: frequency information of the target cell, a physical cell identifier of the target cell, a conditional handover command of the target cell generated by the target cell, or at least one piece of measurement configuration identifier information, and the at least one piece of measurement configuration identifier information is used for instructing an execution condition for the UE to perform a conditional handover in the target cell; and the UE performs a handover according to the RRC reconfiguration message.

Abstract: An optical waveguide includes an input diffractive optical element arranged for being aligned with an optical projector for diffracting light beams therefrom, a waveguide substrate, and an output diffractive optical element. Light diffracted by the output diffractive optical element is projected out of the waveguide substrate towards users' eyes. The output diffractive optical element has an effective area arranged to maintain a constant output flux per unit area therein for providing an uniform brightness of the light when the light is being projected out of the waveguide substrate.

Abstract: A method for image dehazing based on adaptively improved linear global atmospheric light of a dark channel. A haze image in haze weather is first obtained, a variation angle of atmospheric light of the image is obtain through calculating a slope of a connection line between a center and a center of gravity of a binary image of the image, a linear atmospheric light map that varies regularly along a variation direction of the atmospheric light is obtains, a dehazed image is solved through an atmospheric scattering model, and then a processed haze image taken in the haze weather is output.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a shallow trench isolation in the first substrate, the shallow trench isolation having a first depth, the first depth being a distance from a bottom of the shallow trench isolation to the first surface of the first substrate, a transistor on the first surface of the first substrate, a first dielectric cap layer covering the first surface of the first substrate, a first interconnect structure on the first dielectric cap layer, a carrier substrate bonded to the first substrate through the first dielectric cap layer, a second dielectric cap layer on the second surface of the first substrate; and a through silicon via extending through the second dielectric cap layer, the shallow trench isolation, and the first dielectric cap layer, and connected to the first interconnect structure.

Abstract: A computing device is provided including a motherboard including a control module, a first trusted platform module (TPM), and a second TPM. The control module directs security operations to the first TPM, wherein the control module is operable to detect whether or not the first TPM is damaged, and wherein the control module, in response to detecting that the first TPM is damaged, is operable to direct subsequent security operations to be performed by the second TPM. A computer program product is also provided including non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying program instructions executable by a processor to direct security operations to a first TPM coupled to a motherboard of the computing device, detect whether or not the first TPM is damaged, and, responsive to detecting that the first TPM is damaged, direct subsequent security operations to a second TPM coupled to the motherboard of the computing device.

Abstract: An example technique for communicating transmission delay includes receiving, at a first communication node, delay information from a second communication node for data packets transmitted from the second communication node to the first communication node, determining, by the first communication node, a transmission delay of the data packets based on the delay information, receiving, at the first communication node, a first message from a third communication node requesting the transmission delay of the data packets; and transmitting, from the first communication node in response to the first message, a second message to the third communication node, the second message including the transmission delay for the data packets.

Abstract: Provided are a transmission control method and device. The method includes that: a Control Plane (CP) network element receives a data transmission feedback message and/or a bearer management message sent by a User Plane (UP) network element, where the bearer management message is determined by the UP network element according to data transmission quality between the UP network element and a Distributed Unit (DU), and the data transmission feedback message is configured to indicate data transmission states of the UP network element and the DU; and a bearer of the UP network element is managed according to the data transmission feedback message and/or the bearer management message.

Abstract: A planar optical waveguide based on two-dimensional grating includes an optical waveguide substrate which is a transparent plane-parallel plate, and a functional grating element which includes a two-dimensional grating having two grating directions with an angle of 60° in between. The two-dimensional grating is either protruded or recessed into the top surface of the optical waveguide substrate. The output image from a micro-projector can enter the optical waveguide and then gets projected to cover the entire area of the functional grating element, enabling a human eye to view the output image across a large eye-box.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to mobility robustness in dual connectivity mode are described. In one representative aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, at a master communication node, a first message from a first secondary communication node requesting a change from a first connection to a second connection. The method includes transmitting a second message to the second secondary communication node to request establishing the second connection. The method includes receiving a third message from the mobile device confirming a configuration of the second connection. The method includes receiving a fourth message from the mobile device indicating a failure of the second connection. The method further includes transmitting a fifth message to the first secondary communication node to report that the change from the first connection to the second connection is an improper change.