Abstract: A system and method for providing time domain allocations in a communication system. In an embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a time domain allocation in downlink control information associated with a radio network temporary identifier (“RNTI”) identifying the apparatus, and employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated with the apparatus. In another embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to associate a time domain allocation with a RNTI identifying a user equipment, and provide an indication of the time domain allocation in downlink control information to allow the user equipment to employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated therewith.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to time domain resource allocation for PUSCH transmission. In one embodiment, there proposes a method in a wireless communication device for Random Access (RA), comprising: transmitting a preamble on Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH); receiving a Random Access Response (RAR) message; transmitting, on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), a message for terminal identification (Msg3), wherein the time resource allocation of Msg3 is different than the time resource allocation of other message to be transmitted on the PUSCH (normal PUSCH). The embodiments herein can support flexible time resource allocation configuration for Msg3, and at the same time, the signaling overhead in RAR/DCI for indicating the time resource allocation of PUSCH carrying Msg3 can be reduced.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a wireless device receives a DCI configuration for a first set of DCI formats, each DCI of the first set of DCI formats having a same size measured as a number of bits. The wireless device receives a DCI configuration for a second set of DCI formats wherein the second set is different from the first set. The wireless device detects a first DCI from the first set of DCI formats and a second DCI from the second set of DCI formats based on the first DCI having a different size to the second DCI and the second DCI comprising at least one padding bit.

Abstract: A blockchain-based privacy protection method for a CCN includes: executing, by a trusted AAC, an initialization algorithm to generate common parameters and a master key, generating a public key and a private key for each consumer and publisher, and randomly generating, by the trusted AAC, its own public key and private key; calculating a public key, and generating ciphertext and uploading the ciphertext to a CSP; performing transaction on-chaining; and during decryption, finding, by the consumer, transaction information of the content on the consortium blockchain, sending an interest packet based on the transaction information, and obtaining ciphertext CT through a storage address in the transaction information; generating, by the consortium blockchain, an access transaction based on access information of the consumer; sending the ciphertext CT to the consumer through a data packet; and locally decrypting, by the consumer, the ciphertext CT, and verifying correctness of the content.

Abstract: A device including an antenna, a printed circuit board having a side-plated contact, and an antenna carrier that includes an integrated spring having a conductive surface, such that the conductive surface is communicatively coupled to the side-plated contact can be used in optical systems. Disclosed computer-implemented systems and methods may include a dark source that when applied as part of an augmented reality projector, can temporarily reduce the photosensitivity of a user's eyes. Furthermore, a method for forming a lens block over a substrate and hardening the lens block and a method for motion-tolerant optical heart-rate monitoring can be disclosed herein for optical systems.

Abstract: Systematic size matching procedures for downlink control information, DCI, provide exact instructions on how DCI size matching is to be performed in a NR wireless system, to meet predetermined limits for how many different DCI sizes may be monitored by a user equipment, UE. With these procedures, consistent and exact DCI size matching can be performed while keeping blind decoding procedures manageable, ensuring common understanding of DCI contents between the UE and the network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for associating power control states with Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises obtains information that indicates associations between two or more power control states and: (a) two or more TCI states, (b) two or more uplink (UL) channels, (c) two or more UL resources, (d) two or more UL resource sets, (e) two or more UL resource groups, or (f) any combination of two or more of (a)-(e). In this way, some embodiments herein enable efficient signaling to associate the TCI states with the power control states.

Abstract: A system and method for providing time domain allocations in a communication system. In an embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a time domain allocation in downlink control information associated with a radio network temporary identifier (“RNTI”) identifying the apparatus, and employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated with the apparatus. In another embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to associate a time domain allocation with a RNTI identifying a user equipment, and provide an indication of the time domain allocation in downlink control information to allow the user equipment to employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated therewith.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) (110, 500, 800) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving (401), at the UE (110, 500, 800), an indication of a time domain resource allocation table to use for one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions. The method comprises determining (402), based on the received indication, the time domain resource allocation table to use for the one or more PDSCH transmissions.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for transmitting a transport block comprises obtaining a first uplink aggregation factor. The first uplink aggregation factor is an integer value greater than one. The method further comprises obtaining a second uplink aggregation factor. The second uplink aggregation factor is an integer value greater than one and is different than the first uplink aggregation factor. The method further comprises: determining that a transport block is associated with a type of radio network temporary identifier (RNTI); selecting one of the first or second uplink aggregation factor based on the type of RNTI associated with the transport block; and transmitting the transport block on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) according to the selected uplink aggregation factor.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device for wireless transmission of data to a network node of a wireless communication network. The method comprises receiving, from the network node, at a first time slot, a first scheduling grant instructing the wireless device to transmit first data to the network node at a third time slot, and receiving, from the network node, at a second time slot later than the first time slot but earlier than the third time slot, a second scheduling grant instructing the wireless device to transmit second data to the network node at the third time slot. The method further comprises transmitting, to the network node at the third time slot, the second data, and possibly also the first data, in uplink transmission resources of the third time slot, wherein the transmission is performed in accordance with an instruction.

Abstract: A method of producing an optical material, wherein a polymerizable composition intended to polymerize to form the optical material comprises: a) monomeric compounds adapted to polymerize, b) at least one catalyst for initiating the polymerization of said monomeric compounds, and c) from more than 1,500 ppm to 3,000 ppm of a release agent, as compared to the total weight of the polymerizable composition, and wherein said polymerizable composition is polymerized under a polymerization cycle including a plurality of steps, the global duration of the polymerization cycle being of less than 19 hours.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for handling a limited set of Path Loss Reference Signals (PL-RSs). In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises determining a subset of a set of activated uplink (UL) transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states or activated joint or downlink (DL) TCI states for the wireless communication device for which the wireless communication device is to monitor associated pathloss reference signals. The method further comprises monitoring the pathloss reference signals for the subset of the set of activated UL TCI states or activated joint or DL TCI states. In this manner, the wireless communication device is enabled to have a well-defined framework for how to handle uplink output power when the network indicates a switch to a new UL state or new joint or DL TCI state for which the UE is not monitoring a pathloss reference signal.

Abstract: An ultra-large horizontal seepage test system with intelligent graded loading and variable seepage path is provided, which includes a water storage system, a water pressure system, a horizontal seepage test system and an intelligent loading and control system. The water storage system, the water pressure system and the horizontal seepage test system are connected in sequence, and the water pressure system is used to apply a water pressure and a vertical pressure to a test piece to be tested in the horizontal seepage test system. An outlet valve of the horizontal seepage test system is connected to the water storage system, and the intelligent loading and control system is used to control operations of electrical components of the water pressure system and the horizontal seepage test system. With the test system, a water head pressure can be loaded intelligently, and an infiltration angle of water inflow can be adjusted.

Abstract: Systems and methods for handling serving and non-serving cells having different frequency domain reference points for reference signal sequence generation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device (WCD) comprises obtaining information about a frequency domain reference point to be used for one or more reference signals on a non-serving cell of the WCD and applying the information about the frequency domain reference point to be used for the one or more reference signals on the non-serving cell of the WCD to receive or transmit one or more reference signals on the non-serving cell of the WCD. In this manner, inter-cell operation is enabled for a UE for cases when a network deployment uses different reference points for reference signal sequence generation for different cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmission and connection structure for connecting a sterile adapter to a surgical instrument including a first transmission member configured to be provided at the sterile adapter and a second transmission member configured to be provided at the surgical instrument. The first transmission member and the second transmission member each include a fitting surface, and the fitting surface includes a transmission fitting portion and a cylindrical fitting portion. The cylindrical fitting portion has a central axis aligned with a rotation axis of the first transmission member as well as a rotation axis of the second transmission member.

Abstract: Embodiments include a communication system including host computer, base station, and UE, and methods therein. The host computer provides user data and initiates a transmission carrying the user data to the UE via a cellular network comprising the base station. The UE receives, from the base station, an indication of an active bandwidth part (BWP), which is of size NBWP,1size in number of frequency-domain resource blocks (RBs). The UE receives an indication of one or more frequency-domain RBs assigned within the active BWP for carrying the user data. The indication is encoded based on a size NBWP,2size (<size NBWP,1size) of another BWP than the active BWP. The UE decodes the indication to obtain a starting virtual RB and a length of contiguously allocated RBs within the active BWP. The starting virtual RB is encoded with resolution K RBs, with K being based on a ratio of sizes NBWP,1size and NBWP,2size.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses to restore degraded speech via a modified diffusion model are described. An exemplary system is specially configured to train a diffusion-based vocoder containing an upsampler, based on pairing original speech x and degraded speech mel-spectrum mT samples; train a deep convoluted neural network (CNN) upsampler based on a mean absolute error loss to match the estimated original speech {circumflex over (x)}? outputted by the diffusion-based vocoder by extracting the upsampler, generating a reference conditioner, and generating a weighted altered conditioner cTn?. The system further optimizes speech quality to invert non-linear transformation and estimate lost data by feeding the degraded mel-spectrum mT through the CNN upsampler and feeding the degraded mel-spectrum mT through the diffusion-based vocoder. The system then generates estimated original speech {circumflex over (x)}? based on the corresponding degraded speech mel-spectrum mT. Other related embodiments are described.