Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for computing a path for forwarding user data through the following steps: receiving a state measurement value or a state prediction value corresponding to the state measurement value of a state of a plurality of network resources within a mobile core network and a transport network; and computing the path for forwarding the user data, on the basis of either the state measurement value or the state prediction value, and topology of the mobile core network and topology of the transport network.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a well region located inside the semiconductor layer and having a first conductivity type, a source region located on the well region and having a second conductivity type, a gate region in contact with a side surface of the well region and surrounding the well region, a drift region in contact with bottom surfaces of the well region and the gate region and having the second conductivity type, and a contact region located on the well region and having the first conductivity type. The drift region includes a protruding region in contact with another side surface of the well region. The power semiconductor device includes a source electrode in contact with each of the source region, the contact region, and the protruding region.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for mesh compression utilizing octree-based trisoup coding includes encoding vertices of a mesh by using octree-based trisoup coding to increase coding efficiency for a three-dimensional mesh. The encoding/decoding method and the apparatus encode attribute information based on the information used in the trisoup coding to compress/reconstruct the three-dimensional mesh.

Abstract: Methods encode or decode a picture sequence, some having different resolutions, and store a bitstream of encoded video data. A decoding method includes decoding a first syntax for specifying a reference size of pictures referring to a high-level syntax structure and decoding a second syntax element for specifying a picture size scaled from the reference size of the pictures referring to the high-level syntax structure. The method includes deriving at least one offset factor and at least one scale factor representing a scale difference between a current picture including a current block to be decoded and a reference picture referred to by the current block.

Abstract: Apparatuses encode or decode a picture sequence, some having different resolutions, and store a bitstream of encoded video data. The apparatus has a processor, which decodes a first syntax element for specifying a reference size of pictures referring to the high-level syntax structure and a second syntax element for specifying a picture size scaled from the reference size of the pictures referring to the high-level syntax structure. The processor derives at least one offset factor and at least one scale factor representing a scale difference between a current picture including a current block to be decoded and a reference picture referred to by the current block. The processor generates a prediction block of the current block from the reference picture by using the motion vector of the current block, the at least one scale factor, and the at least one offset factor.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding using mixed cross-component prediction. In the disclosed embodiments, a video decoding device generates a linear model (LM) prediction block of a current chroma block by performing cross-component prediction according to an LM mode, and generates a non-LM prediction block of the current chroma block by performing prediction according to a non-LM mode. The video decoding device generates a final chroma prediction block of the current chroma block by combining the LM prediction block and the non-LM prediction block based on weights.

Abstract: A LiDAR point cloud coding method includes determining, from LiDAR information, a coding block that is a point cloud encoding/decoding unit, to improve the LiDAR point cloud coding efficiency. The LiDAR point cloud coding method also includes encoding/decoding points on a per coding block basis.

Abstract: A method for video coding uses various block partitioning structures. A method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes decoding, from a bitstream, a width and a height of the current block, and a split flag indicating whether the current block is to be partitioned. The method also includes checking for a value of the split flag. If the split flag is false, the method further includes checking whether the aspect ratio satisfies a preset first condition and whether the width and the height satisfy a preset second condition. If the aspect ratio satisfies the first condition and if the width and the height satisfy the second condition, the method further includes decoding from the bitstream a sequential split flag indicating an application of a sequential quad-tree structure. If the sequential split flag is true, the method further includes partitioning the current block into lower blocks by using the sequential quad-tree structure.

Abstract: Apparatuses decode or encode a picture sequence, some having different resolutions, and transmit a bitstream of video data. The decoding apparatus has at least one processor, which decodes a first syntax element for specifying a reference size of pictures referring to a high-level syntax structure and a second syntax element for specifying a picture size scaled from the reference size. The processor also derives, based on the first and the second syntax elements, at least one offset factor and at least one scale factor representing a scale difference between a current picture including a current block to be decoded and a reference picture referred to by the current block. The processor generates a prediction block of the current block from the reference picture by using the motion vector of the current block, the at least one scale factor, and the at least one offset factor.

Abstract: Methods encode or decode a picture sequence, some having different resolutions, and transmit a bitstream of encoded video data. The decoding method includes decoding a first syntax element for specifying a reference size of pictures referring to a high-level syntax structure and a second syntax element for specifying a picture size scaled from the reference size of the pictures referring to the high-level syntax structure. The method includes deriving at least one offset factor and at least one scale factor representing a scale difference between a current picture including a current block to be decoded and a reference picture referred to by the current block. The method includes generating a prediction block of the current block from the reference picture by using the motion vector of the current block, the at least one scale factor, and the at least one offset factor.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding utilizing prediction-transform skipping. In the disclosed embodiments, a video decoding device decodes a prediction skipping flag and a quantized transform block of the current block. The video decoding device inversely quantizes the quantized transform block to generate an inversely quantized transform block of the current block. When the prediction skipping flag is true, the video decoding device inversely transforms the inversely quantized transform block to generate a reconstructed block and stores the reconstructed block to filter the current picture and predict a next block.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for video coding using template matching-based intra prediction are disclosed. The video coding method and the video coding apparatus select an intra predictor by defining previously reconstructed pixels spatially adjacent to the current block as a template and performing a template matching-based search in the previously reconstructed region neighboring the current block.

Abstract: A point cloud coding device and a method using a dead zone quantization scheme adaptively, when encoding attribute values of points in a point cloud, are disclosed. The point cloud coding device and method adjust the size of dead zones based on the impact of various characteristics of the points on the prediction performance with the attribute values.

Abstract: An embodiment memory device includes a drain electrode disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a channel region in contact with the drain electrode, a source electrode in contact with the channel region, and a floating gate region in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode, the floating gate region including a nano-dot region including at least one nano-dot gate, wherein the drain electrode is overlapped with the nano-dot region, and wherein the nano-dot region is overlapped with the channel region.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for video coding using a matrix-based cross-component prediction are disclosed. The video coding method and apparatus predict a chroma component of a current block, by using a deep learning-based matrix operation, from a chroma component spatially adjacent to a chroma block of the current block and from a luma component spatially adjacent to a luma block corresponding to the chroma block.

Abstract: A two-electrode memory device includes a substrate, a floating gate disposed on the substrate and configured to store electrons, a tunneling insulating film disposed on the floating gate and configured provide electron tunneling, a channel disposed on the tunneling insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode that are each disposed on the tunneling insulating film and have electrical connection with the channel, and a plurality of metal nanodots disposed in the tunneling insulating film.

Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes decoding, from a bitstream, information associated with a neural-network-based filter, the information including a ratio between a size of an input picture to the neural-network-based filter and a size of an output picture from the neural-network-based filter. The method further includes generating a reconstructed picture by decoding the bitstream, and inputting the reconstructed picture into the neural-network-based filter to output a picture having a resolution different from that of the reconstructed picture.

Abstract: An encoding method is performed by a mesh encoding apparatus for encoding a mesh. A decoding method is performed by a mesh decoding apparatus for decoding a mesh. The encoding method includes: obtaining vertex information from a mesh; generating a first bitstream by encoding the vertex information; obtaining texture map information from the mesh; generating a second bitstream by encoding the texture map information; and combining the first bitstream and the second bitstream to generate a bitstream.

Abstract: In a method for establishing traffic path in RAN-CN-TN convergence network, the method may include: obtaining, by a SMF, traffic path related information from at least one of a network function (NF) and a TN controller; determining a routing identification (RID) for a traffic through the obtained traffic path related information; generating policy and rule information related to traffic paths based on the RID; and delivering the policy and rule information to at least one of a first type node, the TN controller, and a UE.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for video coding using template matching-based intra prediction are disclosed. The video coding method and the video coding apparatus select an intra predictor by defining previously reconstructed pixels spatially adjacent to the current block as a template and performing a template matching-based search in the previously reconstructed region neighboring the current block.