Abstract: Method of resource selection where a selection window with a total number of resources is set. The method includes setting a sensing window and monitoring slots by decoding a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP), setting a threshold, excluding any restricted resources from the total number of resources, excluding any occupied resources from the total number of resources, and determining if an initial number of remaining resources is greater than or equal to an initial percentage of the total number of resources.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for pre-emption, congestion control, and transmission (Tx)/reception (Rx) alignment for use by user equipments (UEs) with limited power. The method includes identifying a set of mandatory slots per at least one resource pool or bandwidth part (BWP); monitoring the set of mandatory slots; and receiving transmission (Tx) and reception (Rx) alignment information during at least one of the monitored mandatory slots.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method includes monitoring for at least one of a first condition or a second condition, wherein the first condition includes a CSI-RS or a PDSCH overlapping with an uplink subband in a subband full-duplex operation and becoming non-contiguous in a frequency domain, and wherein the second condition includes different network antenna patterns or power patterns being used in a network energy saving operation for transmission of the CSI-RS; and relaxing processing requirements related to at least one of a processing timeline or occupied computational resources, in response to the first condition or the second condition occurring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which can be effectively used for preventing or treating obesity or metabolic syndrome, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. in Chemical Formula 1, R1 and R2 are the same as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A method for random access in a communication network may include detecting a first candidate beam at a UE, detecting a second candidate beam at the UE, transmitting, from the UE, one or more first messages of a random access procedure, and indicating, by the one or more first messages, the first candidate beam and the second candidate beam. Another method for random access in a communication network may include detecting a first candidate beam at a UE, detecting a second candidate beam at the UE, receiving, at the UE, traffic information for the first candidate beam and the second candidate beam, selecting the first candidate beam based on the traffic information, and transmitting, based on the selecting, a first message of a random access procedure using the first candidate beam. The traffic information comprises load information.

Abstract: A method may include generating a receive timing error group (Rx TEG) based on a time delay of a receive (Rx) signal, wherein the time delay is a time measured from an arrival of the Rx signal at a Rx antenna to a time of the Rx signal being digitized and time-stamped at a baseband processor of a user equipment (UE), determining a timing error group (TEG) index corresponding to the generated Rx TEG, determining a positioning measurement associated with the Rx antenna used to generate the Rx TEG, and reporting the positioning measurement associated with the Rx TEG index.

Abstract: A system and method for accommodating reduced capability user equipment in a mobile network. The method may include a method for accommodating bandwidth-limited UEs in the initial access process, employing an extended System Information Block #1, or employing, for bandwidth-limited UEs, a separate Synchronization Signal Block, a separate initial Control Resource Set, and a separate Radio Resource Control System Information Block #1.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided in which it is detected that a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is satisfied based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement. It is determined whether the condition is detected over a first duration based on an L1 measurement, in response to detecting that the condition is satisfied based on the L3 measurement, and the measurement report is transmitted in case that the condition is detected over the first duration.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource are provided. A last physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a monitoring occasion (MO) with a largest MO index, from among a plurality of MOs, on a serving cell with a largest cell index, from among a plurality of serving cells, is identified based on a search space identifier (ID) independent of a control resource set (CORESET) index. The PUCCH resource is determined from the last PDCCH.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided for enhanced beam management framework for spatial and power domain adaptation in NES. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station, control information preconfiguring the terminal with a set of CSI-RS resources, wherein each CSI-RS resource in the set of CSI-RS resources is uniquely mapped to a powerControlOffsetSS value; receiving a set of CSI-RS signals; performing a measurement of each of the CSI-RS signals of the set; and transmitting a CSI report including the measurements of each of the CSI-RS signals in the set.

Abstract: A method and system include a symbol processing block to generate log likelihood ratios (LLRs) associated with one or more data symbols. The method and system include a channel estimation (CE) module to receive the LLRs from the symbol processing block, and to process iterative CE (ItCE) for new radio (NR) based at least on reference signals and the LLRs. The CE module can process the ItCE with a granularity of one or more resource blocks (RBs) based at least on pilot resource elements (REs) and virtual pilot REs obtained from the LLRs. The CE module can process the ItCE based at least on a frequency domain orthogonal cover codes (FD-OCC) structure of the reference signals. The reference signals can be demodulation reference signals (DMRS) configured in 5G NR. The CE module can process the ItCE by updating a CE result by adding a quantity that represents a contribution obtained from virtual pilot REs.

Abstract: Various aspects include a method of providing, by a network to a UE device, a transmission grant. The method includes initiating a process to provide the transmission grant for a transmission within a particular time. The method includes verifying that there is no cancellation indication that overlaps the particular time. The method includes providing, based on the verification, the transmission grant to the UE device. The method includes determining whether there is no transmission that overlaps with a cancellation window associated with a monitoring occasion, and based on the determination, skipping the monitoring occasion. Also disclosed a system for providing a transmission grant to the UE device.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided in which a user equipment (UE) acquires, from a base station (BS), a first timing advance (TA) value for a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second TA value for a second TRP via random access channel (RACH) signaling based on an identifier. The UE manages the first TA value and the second TA value during multi-TRP transmission within a cell having the first TRP and the second TRP.

Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus may include a chucking stage supporting a substrate, a sinusoidal generator supplying a sinusoidal wave to the chucking stage, a non-sinusoidal generator supplying a non-sinusoidal wave to the chucking stage, and a mixer between each of the sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal generators and the chucking stage. The chucking stage may include a chuck body and a plasma electrode in the chuck body. The mixer may include a high pass filter between the sinusoidal generator and the plasma electrode, a low pass filter between the non-sinusoidal generator and the plasma electrode, and a band stop filter between the low pass filter and the plasma electrode.

Abstract: A method of training an autoencoder that includes encoder neural networks and decoder neural networks. The method includes training the encoder neural networks in which weights of the decoder neural networks are fixed. The method also includes iteratively training the decoder neural networks for a number of iterations. For each iteration of the training of the decoder neural networks, a pair of decoder neural networks is replaced by another pair of neural networks, and a second decoder neural network of the pair of decoder neural networks utilizes different parameters than a first decoder neural network of the pair of decoder neural networks.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed. The method includes configuring the UE with a first UL subband configuration for communicating with an external device, wherein the first UL subband configuration designates a first set of one or more resource blocks (RBs) inside of a carrier for the UE to perform UL transmission, receiving a downlink (DL) signal indication, and overriding the first UL subband configuration with a second subband configuration based on the DL signal indication, wherein the second subband configuration designates a first communication configuration of the first set of one or more RBs inside of a subband and a second communication configuration of a second set of RBs outside of the subband.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light source apparatus and method for integrating diffused light with high efficiency using a collimating including an axicon lens, collimating it, tuning the wavelength of desired light, and passing it.

Abstract: A FINFET includes a substrate having a semiconductor fin extending upward from a first surface thereof, and first and second power rails on first and second opposing sides of the semiconductor fin, respectively. A base of the semiconductor fin may be recessed within a trench within the surface of the substrate, and the first and second power rails may at least partially fill the trench. A through-substrate via may be provided, which extends from adjacent a second surface of the substrate to at least one of the first and second power rails. A source/drain contact is also provided, which is electrically connected to a source/drain region of the FINFET and at least one of the first and second power rails.

Abstract: A method and user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a scheduling of an uplink (UL) signal on a target cell that collides with a UL signal on a source cell; determining a time duration from an ending symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the UL signal on the target cell; determining that a first symbol of the UL signal on the source cell is after the time duration from the ending symbol of the PDCCH; and dropping at least a portion of the UL signal on the source cell in response to determining that the first symbol of the UL signal on the source cell is after the time duration from the ending symbol of the PDCCH.

Abstract: An image processing device for performing an image blurring method includes an image preprocessor configured to determine an in-focus area and an out-of-focus area for sub-images of an externally received image, the sub-images generated based on pixel values of the externally received image. The image processor is also configured to calculate disparity values between the sub-images in the out-of-focus area. The image processing device further includes an image combiner configured to perform a blur operation on the out-of-focus area depending on a strength of the blur operation determined based on the disparity values and to sum sub-images on which the blur operation is performed.