Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses a data transmission and a radio access network based notification area update (RNAU) procedure of a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: entering a RRC inactive state of a UE based on RRC configuration information; starting a timer for RNAU procedure; transmitting small data at the RRC inactive state of the UE; and in response to receiving response information corresponding to the transmitted small data, restarting the timer for RNAU procedure. The method further includes that the timer for RNAU procedure expires after the UE has triggered the small data transmission procedure. The UE may suspend the RNAU procedure. The UE may cancel or resume the RNAU procedure depending on the small data transmission procedure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for releasing configured grant (CG) resources. In an embodiment of the present application, the method includes determining whether CG resources in a first cell need to be released; and in response to determining that the CG resources need to be released, transmitting a CG resource releasing report or releasing the CG resources. The CG resource, in some cases, is for the data transmission of UE in idle mode or inactive mode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for beam failure recovery for sidelink unicast communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication may include: in response to detecting a beam failure on sidelink between the first UE and a second UE, transmitting a beam failure recovery query (BFRQ) to the second UE on at least one candidate beam; and in response to receiving a beam failure recovery response (BFRR) from the second UE, selecting one or more new beams for sidelink transmission based on the BFRR.

Abstract: Methods for uplink transmission using a preconfigured uplink resource are provided. One embodiment of the subject application provides a method performed by a user equipment, including receiving a first preconfigured uplink resource configuration and one or more preconfigured uplink resource indications, and initiating an uplink transmission according to the first PUR configuration and the one or more PUR indications. Related apparatuses are also disclosed.

Abstract: A transmit end obtains a frequency hopping parameter and resource allocation information of a to-be-transmitted message, where the frequency hopping parameter includes at least one of bandwidth part indication information, beam indication information, reference signal configuration information, subcarrier spacing indication information, transmission waveform indication information, slot type indication information, channel type indication information, and transmission carrier indication information. The transmit end determines, based on the resource allocation information and the frequency hopping parameter, a physical resource used to send the to-be-transmitted message, where the physical resource includes information about a frequency domain resource on which the to-be-transmitted message is mapped in at least one time unit. The transmit end sends the to-be-transmitted message by using the physical resource.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for multiplexing MAC CEs. One embodiment of the subject application provides a method including: receiving an uplink grant associated with a first retransmission scheme; selecting one or more first media access control (MAC) control elements (CEs) from a first number of MAC CEs according to the first retransmission scheme, wherein the one or more first MAC CEs are associated with the first retransmission scheme; and multiplexing the one or more first MAC CEs to a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) associated with an uplink grant.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for data transmission. In an embodiment of the present application, the method includes: receiving configuration information for data transmission, wherein the configuration information for data transmission indicates at least one of the following: first configuration information indicating pre-configured bundling resource(s) for one transport block (TB) or pre-configured at least one slot for at least one TB; and second configuration information indicating at least one resource for data transmission during at least one random access channel (RACH) procedure; and performing the data transmission based on the configuration information when a user equipment (UE) is in radio resource control (RRC)_IDLE state or RRC_INACTIVE state.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving handover requests with network information. One method (1000) includes transmitting (1002) a handover request to a target device. The handover request includes: first information indicating that a source communication network corresponding to a source device is unable to support a predetermined quality of service; and second information corresponding to capacity of the source communication network. The method (1000) includes receiving (1004) a response to the handover request.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for paging. An exemplary method of the present application includes: receiving paging grouping information associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), receiving paging group identity (ID) information indicated in PDCCH, and determining whether to decode physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on the paging grouping information and the paging group ID information. Embodiments of the present application can improve the legacy paging mechanism and efficiently reduce unnecessary paging receptions, and accordingly save power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for conditional reestablishment and consecutive reestablishment. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving, at a user equipment (UE), conditional reestablishment configuration information indicating a set of execution conditions for a set of candidate cells, wherein each candidate cell of the set of candidate cells is associated with at least one execution condition; and evaluating the set of execution conditions based on the conditional reestablishment configuration information. The UE may autonomously perform a reestablishment procedure in response to the condition is met. In addition, the UE can perform consecutive reestablishment based on the configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for user equipment (UE) scheduling-based resource allocation. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first UE for wireless communication includes: broadcasting a scheduling indication comprising a serving range; receiving a scheduling request from a second UE within the serving range; and providing resource information to the second UE for performing sidelink transmission.

Abstract: Embodiment of the present application is directed to a method and apparatus for target IAB node selection. According to an embodiment of the present application, the method includes receiving hop number information and end-to-end link quality information associated with a plurality of IAB nodes, wherein the plurality of IAB nodes include serving IAB nodes of an IAB node and at least one neighbor IAB node of the IAB node, and each of the serving IAB nodes and the at least one neighbor IAB node is associated with at least one active route. The method may further include reporting end-to-end link quality information associated with each of the at least one neighbor IAB node.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for access control of a small size and infrequent data transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving access control configuration information; and performing an access control of a user equipment (UE) based on the access control configuration information, wherein the UE is configured with a pre-configured uplink (UL) resource, and the UE supports a small size and infrequent data transmission in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state or RRC idle state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: receiving, at a first base station from a second base station, assistant information related to user equipment (UE) grouping; and determining whether to transmit a reference signal (RS) associated with a paging message for a UE based on the assistant information.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical energy storage device formed from an electrostatic deposition process employs a composite particle including active material (AM) particle with adhered binder and optionally conductive particles formed with sufficient interaction forces between the individual ingredient particles to form an effective composite particle which can overcome particle separation during electrostatic charging, fluidization, and/or mechanical conveyance. Secondary binder particles undergo deagglomeration to form sub particles, which are adhered to the AM particles having a predetermined morphology. Smaller conductive particles, typically carbon black (CB) or similar carbon, are bound to the binder and adhere to the AM particles. The result is a composite particle adhered for withstanding separation forces imposed from electrostatic deposition onto a current collector.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical energy storage device formed from an electrostatic deposition process employs a composite particle including active material (AM) particle with adhered binder and optionally conductive particles formed with sufficient interaction forces between the individual ingredient particles to form an effective composite particle which can overcome particle separation during electrostatic charging, fluidization, and/or mechanical conveyance. Secondary binder particles undergo deagglomeration to form sub particles, which are adhered to the AM particles having a predetermined morphology. Smaller conductive particles, typically carbon black (CB) or similar carbon, are bound to the binder and adhere to the AM particles. The result is a composite particle adhered for withstanding separation forces imposed from electrostatic deposition onto a current collector.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for or small data transmission of a user equipment (UE) in an RRC_IDLE state or an RRC_INACTIVE state. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: a method may include maintaining a priority variable for each logical channel of at least one logical channel; determining a value of the priority variable for each logical channel after performing a first logical channel prioritization (LCP) procedure; receiving a message indicating a MAC reset; and after receiving the message, in a second LCP procedure subsequent to the first LCP procedure, using the value as an initial value of the priority variable for each logical channel of the at least one logical channel. Embodiments of the present application can satisfy the QoS requirement and fairness for the traffics transmitted in the logical channels in NR systems.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus for sidelink DRX alignment. An exemplary method includes: obtaining configuration information indicating at least one DRX configuration for a data, wherein the at least one DRX configuration is associated with a first resource pool; and transmitting or receiving the data based on the at least one DRX configuration indicated by the configuration information. Embodiments of the present application can minimize the power consumption of the UEs as well as ensuring the data transmission among the UEs.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for wireless communication. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: transmitting, at a first user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration sidelink via relay message on a sidelink between the first UE and a second UE; and starting a timer associated with the RRC reconfiguration sidelink via relay message. The second UE may act as a relay node and may transfer the received message to a destination UE or base station. The destination UE or base station may response to the first UE before a timer expires.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a vehicle includes: acquiring a to-be-inspected image of an inspected vehicle (S11); acquiring a visual feature of the to-be-inspected image using a first neural network model (S12); retrieving a template image from a vehicle template library based on the visual feature of the to-be-inspected image (S13); determining a variation region between the to-be-inspected image and the template image (S14); and presenting the variation region to a user (S15). The system of inspecting a vehicle includes a radiation imaging device (150), a display device (130), an image processor (140), and a storage device (120). The present disclosure further includes a computer-readable storage medium.