Abstract: A lightning rod with an electric double layer and electric dipole moment type discharge amplification function, the lightning rod including: a support member (100) for moving a lightning current to the ground; an emission member (200) fitted to the support member (100) to collect charges of the ground according to the approach of a thundercloud and thus emit a large number of ions with the opposite polarity to the polarity of the thundercloud; ground charge chargers (300) fitted to the support member (100) and having spaces formed therein to charge the charges of the ground; an insulation member (400) disposed on top of the emission member (200); and discharge induction members (500) fixedly disposed on top and underside of the emission member (200) by means of the insulation member (400).

Abstract: Various implementations and techniques are disclosed to enable and provide communication devices, methods, and systems for sidelink communication resources configuration and management. Wireless devices use a communication resource configuration and management procedure to determine resources for sidelink communication with potential power saving.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to support using one of multiple types of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to perform one or more management procedures. A base station may configure and transmit one or more SSBs of second type that are smaller than SSBs of a first type. For instance, SSBs of a second type may include a first subset of signals and may exclude a second subset of the signals that are included in an SSB of the first type. An SSB of the second type may be transmitted in an active bandwidth region used for communications between a user equipment (UE) and the base station. The UE may receive an SSB of the second type in an active bandwidth region, may perform one or more measurements using the SSB of the second type, and may perform one or more management procedures.

Abstract: Devices, methods, user equipment (UE), evolved node B (eNB), and storage media are described suitable for coexistence operations for uplink communications on multiple unlicensed carriers. Various embodiments are implemented in LTE systems with license-assisted access (LAA) associated communications. In one embodiment, a UE processes one or more uplink grants from an eNB scheduling transmissions on multiple unlicensed carriers at a first time, and indicating a first channel access procedure. The UE then selects a first unlicensed carrier and performs the first channel access procedure, and performs a second channel access procedure on a second unlicensed carrier of the multiple unlicensed carriers.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) may transmit capability information including an indication of a discontinuous monitoring delay period. The UE may receive a message including an indication to adjust monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and monitor for the PDCCH during the discontinuous monitoring delay period. The UE may adjust monitoring for the PDCCH following the discontinuous monitoring delay period during a temporal period based on the received indication to adjust monitoring of the PDCCH. In some examples, at least one of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, downlink reference signal monitoring, uplink reference signal transmissions, and channel reporting is enabled during the temporal period while monitoring of the PDCCH is adjusted.

Abstract: Disclosed is an endoscope apparatus. The endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes: an endoscope including a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a human body; a flexible channel attached to the insertion section so that a part forms a passage in a longitudinal direction of the insertion section; and an assistant arm movably inserted into the passage and manipulated by a control device, and the assistant arm includes forceps capable of gripping a human body tissue, and a bending section bent by the control device to pull the human body tissue griped by the forceps.

Abstract: An acknowledgment (ACK)/negative-ACK (NACK)-based relaying scheme for uplink coverage improvement is provided. A relay station receives, from a destination device, a first feedback transmission associated with the first data transmission. The relay station determines whether the destination device successfully receives the first data transmission based on the first feedback transmission. The relay station communicates, with the destination device, a second feedback transmission associated with the first data transmission when the destination device does not successfully receive the first data transmission. The relay station communicates, with the destination device, a second data transmission associated with the second feedback transmission, in which the second data transmission comprises at least a portion of the first data transmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control signaling indicating a set of connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) configurations. The set of C-DRX configurations may include a first C-DRX configuration and a second C-DRX configuration, where at least one C-DRX configuration in the set of C-DRX configurations is a UE-group common C-DRX configuration. The set of C-DRX configurations may correspond to a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle of the base station. The UE may select a C-DRX configuration from the set of C-DRX configurations based on receiving the control signaling from the base station. Accordingly, the UE may use the selected C-DRX configuration to communicate with the base station. The selected C-DRX configuration may enable the base station to operate with reduced power consumption and higher DTX efficiency, among other benefits.

Abstract: Aspects relate to providing a status bit to a base station, where the status bit indicates whether all of multiple downlink transmissions have been successfully decoded. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a plurality of downlink transmissions from a base station, and generates a plurality of acknowledgement data respectively for the plurality of downlink transmissions, each of the plurality of acknowledgement data indicating whether a respective downlink transmission of the plurality of downlink transmissions has been successfully decoded. The UE further transmits, to the base station, at least one status bit based on the plurality of acknowledgement data, the at least one status bit indicating whether all of the plurality of downlink transmissions have been successfully decoded.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to have an outer surface on which a bottom surface of a substrate is seated; and a polishing head unit configured to face an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the polishing head unit includes: a polishing head connected to a driver; a polishing pad configured to face the polishing head; a polishing pad fixing ring disposed between the polishing head and the polishing pad; and a temperature sensor configured to overlap the polishing pad fixing ring and to be spaced apart from the polishing pad fixing ring.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to receiving one or more downlink transmissions from a base station, and transmitting, based on comparing one or more parameter values of the one or more downlink transmissions to one or more threshold values, a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the base station over uplink resources. Other aspects relate to receiving, from a user equipment (UE), feedback related to decoding one or more downlink transmissions, wherein the feedback includes an indication that the UE is transmitting a SRS, and receiving, based on the indication, the SRS from the UE over uplink resources.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support feedback for mixed grant types. In a first aspect, a user equipment (UE) is configured to determine a threshold associated with a number of bits for feedback of one or more physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) grant types. The UE is further configured to transmit a feedback message including feedback information for one or more received PDSCHs associated with the one or more PDSCH grant types. A number of bits of the feedback information included in the feedback message for the one or more received PDSCHs associated with the one or more PDSCH grant types is less than or equal to the threshold. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Aspects relate to compression of messages in a wireless communication system. For messages, such as ACK/NACK feedback in a communication system, messages having an occurrence above or below a certain number of events (e.g., ACK/NACK events) or a probability of the occurrence may be compressed into a single message. By compressing the messages into a single message, the overhead used to transmit such messages may be reduced.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for configuring a UE with a relay measurement configuration for measuring one or more candidate relays in preparation of switching to a target relay. The apparatus receives, from a source relay, a candidate relay configuration. The candidate relay configuration including information of candidate relays and a relay measurement configuration. The apparatus measures a reference signal of the source relay and each of the candidate relays based on the candidate relay configuration. The apparatus transmits, to the source relay, a measurement report of the reference signal of the subset of candidate relays. The apparatus establishes a connection with a subset of candidate relays. The apparatus receives, from the source relay, a relay switch command to switch to a target relay from the subset of candidate relays.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless node comprises one or more memories, and one or more processors, coupled to the memory. The one or more processors can be configured to transmit or receive tri-state feedback indicating a result of decoding one or more communications. The tri-state feedback can be associated with three potential states. The three potential states can indicate whether (i) decoding of a control channel was unsuccessful, (ii) decoding of the control channel was successful and decoding of a data channel was unsuccessful, or (iii) decoding of the control channel and the data channel was successful.

Abstract: An image stitching apparatus for inspecting a wind turbine, comprises a preprocessing module configured to generate a preprocessed image pair by removing background areas around blades of a wind turbine from photographed images of the wind turbine captured by a drone, an initial match point determination module configured to determine first initial match points in the preprocessed image pair by using a pre-trained deep learning module, a valid match point determination module configured to determine non-utilized match points out of the determined first initial match points, and determine valid match points by excluding the determined non-utilized match points from the determined first initial match points, and an image stitching module configured to perform image stitching between a plurality of images.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication using channel state information (CSI) correlation information for determining the validity of a CSI report. A user equipment (UE) can determine the CSI correlation information based on reference signal resources scheduled for measuring CSI and interference on a channel between the UE and a network entity. In some aspects, the CSI correlation information can be determined based on channel correlation information and/or interference correlation information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a downlink configuration including a set of resources for receiving downlink transmissions. The UE may determine a grant for performing uplink transmissions based on a radio resource control (RRC) message. The UE may determine, based on the downlink configuration, the grant, or both, an uplink configuration including a set of resources for transmitting the uplink transmissions at a set of uplink transmission occasions. In some aspects, the set of uplink transmission occasions may be arranged according to a non-uniform spacing pattern in a time domain. The UE may transmit, to a base station, one or more uplink transmissions based on the uplink configuration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a biosignal is disclosed. The apparatus may extract reference points from a waveform of a biosignal, determine a pulse direction of the biosignal based on the extracted reference points, and determine a feature point of the biosignal based on a feature point determining method corresponding to the determined pulse direction of the biosignal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a downlink configuration including a set of resources for receiving downlink transmissions. The UE may determine, based on the downlink configuration, an uplink configuration including a set of resources for transmitting scheduling requests at a set of scheduling request occasions. In some aspects, the set of scheduling request occasions may be arranged according to a non-uniform spacing pattern in the time domain. The UE may transmit, to a base station, one or more scheduling requests based on the uplink configuration.