Abstract: An electronic device includes a transceiver and processing circuitry that is operatively coupled to the transceiver. The processing circuitry is configured to transmit, via the transceiver and to a second electronic device, a request for a wireless communication session with the second electronic device. The processing circuitry is also configured to communicate, via the transceiver, one or more first wireless signals during the wireless communication session with the second electronic device. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured, after communicating the one or more first wireless signals, to extend the wireless communication session by transmitting, via the transceiver and to the second electronic device, one or more second wireless signals based on no wireless signals being communicated via the wireless communication session for a duration of time.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, a device, a video processing method and a storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: receiving an input image; and processing the input image by using the convolutional neural network to obtain an output image. A definition of the output image is higher than a definition of the input image. Processing the input image by using the convolutional neural network to obtain the output image includes: performing feature extraction on the input image; concatenating the input image and the plurality of first images; performing the feature extraction on the first image group; fusing the plurality of second images and the plurality of first images; concatenating the input image and the plurality of third images to obtain a second image group; and performing the feature extraction on the second image group to obtain the output image.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can compensate for imbalances between multiple transport streams of an uplink (UL)-multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can adjust one or more signal metrics of multiple recovered transport streams of the UL-MIMO transmission that are received in the presence of imbalances between the multiple transport streams of the UL-MIMO transmission. As an example, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can inject noise into one or more of the multiple recovered transport streams to adjust the one or more signal metrics of the multiple recovered transmission streams to lessen the imbalances between the multiple transmission streams.

Abstract: Provided are a method for enhancing a video resolution enhancement, a computer readable storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining multiple image frames as input data, and obtaining initial data by performing feature extraction on the input data using a first three-dimensional convolutional layer; obtaining first feature data by performing down-sampling on the initial data at a preset multiple; obtaining first reference data by performing a convolution operation on the first feature data using a second three-dimensional convolutional layer to merge the first feature data as one frame; and obtaining first output data by performing up-sampling on the first reference data at the preset multiple.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to “on/off” determinations regarding the performance of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring during connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) on duration windows are disclosed herein. In some cases, a radio access network (RAN) predicts whether a downlink (DL) packet for a UE will arrive at a buffer of the RAN prior to an end of a CDRX on duration window of the UE, and sends a downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a power-saving radio network temporary identifier (PS-RNTI) (DCP) for the CDRX on duration window indicating whether or not the UE should perform PDCCH monitoring during the CDRX on duration window based on the prediction. In some cases, a UE determines a current state of DL traffic and adaptively uses DCP monitoring based on the current state of the traffic. Aggregation level adaptation by the RAN is also discussed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of image processing technology, and in particular, to image encoding, decoding methods and devices, an encoder-decoder. The method includes: acquiring a visual saliency heat map of an image of a current frame, and filtering, by using the visual saliency heat map of the image of the current frame, the image of the current frame to obtain a target image; acquiring, by using the target image and an input image of a next frame, a motion estimation vector and a target prediction image of the input image of the next frame; and encoding a difference image between the input image of the next frame and the target prediction image and the motion estimation vector.

Abstract: A confined silica/multi-walled carbon nanotube composite material, its preparation method, and application are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: S1: dispersing multi-walled carbon nanotubes in a methyl-substituted benzene solvent and subjecting them to ultrasonication for 10 minutes at room temperature; S2: after the completion of ultrasonication, adding liquid silicon tetrachloride to the multi-walled carbon nanotube/xylene suspension and continuing ultrasonication for 10 minutes at room temperature; S3: heating the mixture in an oil bath to 145° C. and performing reflux; S4: after the reaction is complete, naturally cooling to room temperature, centrifuging, washing, and drying the obtained solid to obtain a dry sample, thereby obtaining the confined silica/multi-walled carbon nanotube composite material.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices to handle frame blanking in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish wireless links according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The wireless device may determine to perform transmit and receive blanking for one or more antennas of the wireless device for the first radio access technology to perform sounding reference signal transmissions for the second radio access technology based at least in part on a band combination for the wireless links. The wireless device may determine a modification to channel state feedback reporting for the first radio access technology based at least in part on the transmit and receive blanking. The wireless device may perform channel state feedback reporting using the determined modification.

Abstract: An image processing method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a non-transient computer-readable storage medium. The image processing method includes: acquiring an original image; performing a fuzzy processing to the original image to obtain a fuzzy image; performing a high-dynamic-range image to the original image by using a first network model obtained by pre-training, to obtain a first characteristic matrix, wherein the first network model includes a dense residual module and a gate-control-channel conversion module; obtaining an auxiliary characteristic matrix of the original image according to the fuzzy image, wherein the auxiliary characteristic matrix includes detail information of the original image and/or low-frequency information of the original image; obtaining a target image according to the first characteristic matrix and the auxiliary characteristic matrix.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, a device, a video processing method and a storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: receiving an input image; and processing the input image by using the convolutional neural network to obtain an output image. A definition of the output image is higher than a definition of the input image. Processing the input image by using the convolutional neural network to obtain the output image includes: performing feature extraction on the input image; concatenating the input image and the plurality of first images; performing the feature extraction on the first image group; fusing the plurality of second images and the plurality of first images; concatenating the input image and the plurality of third images to obtain a second image group; and performing the feature extraction on the second image group to obtain the output image.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of image processing technology, and in particular, to image encoding, decoding methods and devices, an encoder-decoder. The method includes: acquiring a visual saliency heat map of an image of a current frame, and filtering, by using the visual saliency heat map of the image of the current frame, the image of the current frame to obtain a target image; acquiring, by using the target image and an input image of a next frame, a motion estimation vector and a target prediction image of the input image of the next frame; and encoding a difference image between the input image of the next frame and the target prediction image and the motion estimation vector.

Abstract: A method for processing an image includes acquiring an input image, performing down-sampling and feature extraction on the input image by an encoder network to obtain multiple feature maps, and performing up-sampling and feature extraction on the multiple feature maps by a decoder network to obtain a target segmentation image. Processing levels between the encoder network and the decoder network for outputting feature maps with the same resolution are connected with each other. The encoder network and the decoder network each includes one or more dense calculation blocks, and at least one convolution module in any dense computation block includes at least one group of asymmetric convolution kernels.

Abstract: An expression recognition method is described that includes acquiring a face image to be recognized, and inputting the face image into N different recognition models arranged in sequence for expression recognition and outputting an actual expression recognition result, the N different recognition models being configured to recognize different target expression types, wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method and an image processing apparatus. The image processing method includes: obtaining a to-be-converted SDR image; using a first convolutional network to perform feature analysis on the SDR image, to obtain N weights of the SDR image; where the N weights are respectively configured to characterize proportions of color information of the SDR image to color information characterized in preset N 3D lookup tables, the N 3D lookup tables are configured to characterize color information of different types; obtaining a first 3D lookup table for the SDR image according to the N weights and the N 3D lookup tables; using the first 3D lookup table to adjust the color information of the SDR image to obtain an HDR image; and using a second convolutional neural network to perform refinement correction on the HDR image to obtain an output image.

Abstract: An image processing method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: performing a channel expansion process on the input image to obtain a first intermediate image; performing a channel decomposition process for multiple times based on the first intermediate image, wherein each time of channel decomposition process includes: decomposing an image to be processed into a first decomposition image and a second decomposition image; concatenating first decomposition images generated in each time of channel decomposition process and second decomposition image generated in the last time of channel decomposition process to obtain a concatenated image; performing a post-processing process on the concatenated image to obtain a second intermediate image; and fusing the second intermediate image with the input image to obtain the first output image.

Abstract: A wireless network may include a device that communicates with base stations. The device may include a set of antennas. The network may transmit a message identifying a subset of frequency resources of a frequency band for the device. The subset can include a bandwidth part configuration, a component carrier configuration, and/or a physical resource block configuration. The device may generate wireless performance metric data with the set of antennas using the subset of frequency resources rather than averaging wireless performance metric data across the entire band. The device may identify a best performing antenna based on the performance metric data and may use that antenna to transmit signals. The best performing antenna may be different than when averaged across the entire frequency band, serving to optimize wireless performance particularly when the frequency band has a wide bandwidth.

Abstract: One or more antennas of an electronic device are selected to transmit wireless signals based at least in part on maximum transmitted power limits (MTPLs) associated with the antennas. The one or more antennas may also be selected based on signal characteristic values, efficiency values, or both signal characteristic values and efficiency values.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a III-V material layer and a gate structure. The gate structure includes a first portion and a second portion on the first portion. The first portion is on the III-V material layer. The first portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and adjacent to the III-V material layer. A length of the second surface of the first portion of the gate structure is less than a length of the first surface of the first portion of the gate structure. A length of the second portion of the gate structure is less than the length of the first portion of the gate structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having improved leakage current characteristics includes a semiconductor substrate with first and second nitride-based semiconductor layers so as to form a heterojunction therebetween with a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) region. A doped III-V nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed over the second nitride-based semiconductor layer. The doped layer has a substantially inverted trapezoidal cross-sectional shape with a longer inverted trapezoid base as an upper surface of the doped III-V nitride-based semiconductor layer and a width of the cross-sectional shape decreasing as the distance away from the upper surface increases. A gate electrode is disposed on or above the doped III-V semiconductor layer and positioned on or above the longer inverted trapezoid base. At least two source/drain (S/D) electrodes are disposed over the second nitride-based semiconductor layer.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications using a split bearer. A user equipment device may perform a recovery operation for a lost uplink packet. The recovery operation may be in response to an indication from the network or may be initiated autonomously by the device.