Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media of communication. In one aspect, a first terminal device receives, from a network device, a configuration for a direct path between the first terminal device and the network device and an indirect path between the first terminal device and the network device via a second terminal device. If a RLF is detected for one of the direct path and the indirect path and the other of the direct path and the indirect path is available, the first terminal device transmits, to the network device via the other of the direct path and the indirect path, a first RRC message for recovery of the RLF. In this way, a network may handle a RLF properly based on an indication of RLF recovery.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to communication. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a first terminal device receives a configuration of a sidelink transmission from a network device. The configuration indicates a start symbol for the sidelink transmission. The first terminal device performs the clear channel assessment for the sidelink transmission. If the CCA is successful, the first terminal device transmits a sidelink signal based on a length between a completion of the CCA and the start symbol. In this way, it improves resource efficiency. It can also improve access ability.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, and computer storage medium for communication. A method for communication, comprises: obtaining, at a terminal device from a network device, an offset value for adjusting a first delta preamble value for determining a transmission power for a random access channel, the first delta preamble value being determined based on a format of the random access channel; adjusting the first delta preamble value based on the offset value to obtain a second delta preamble value; determining the transmission power for the random access channel based on the second delta preamble value; and transmitting, to a network device, a random access message on the random access channel using the transmission power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media of communication. A terminal device receives a first configuration indicating a set of first occasions and a second configuration indicating a set of second occasions. The set of first occasions is associated with a first operation for the first network device or a second network device, and the set of second occasions is associated with a second operation for the second network device in a MUSIM gap. If a first occasion in the set of first occasions is overlapped with a second occasion in the set of second occasions, the terminal device performs one of the first operation and the second operation at least based on periodicity of the MUSIM gap. In this way, MUSIM gap collision may be handled.

Abstract: A substrate includes a copper trace. A copper pin holder has a hollow cylindrical member with a flange member. The flange member of the copper pin holder is held in contact with the copper trace. A laser beam is then applied to an upper surface of the flange member to form at least one direct copper-to-copper tack weld between the flange member of the pin holder and the copper trace. The hold on the copper pin holder is then released. The laser beam is then again applied to the upper surface of the flange member at a starting position and the applied laser beam is moved along a circumferential trace path about a perimeter of the hollow cylindrical member of the pin holder to form a direct copper-to-copper weld between the flange member of the pin holder and the copper trace.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for configurating and transmitting channel information. In the solution, a first node receives, from a second node or a function entity, at least one first message for sensing; and perform, based on the at least one first message, at least one of the following: transmitting, at least one second message to at least one of the second node or the function entity; or transmitting, to the second node, a second set of RSs to be measured by the second node to generate at least one third message comprising information used for sensing.

Abstract: A method and system to implement a technique including receiving at least one drilling parameter corresponding to an attribute related to a well in a formation as measured data, performing a first inversion operation (e.g., using machine learning methods) utilizing the measured data to generate first inversion result, determining whether the first inversion result meets a predetermined criteria related to quality of the first inversion result, and performing a geosteering operation based on the first inversion result when the first inversion result is determined to meet the predetermined criteria. If the first inversion result is determined not to meet the predetermined criteria, a second inversion operation (e.g., traditional methods) is used to invert the measured data to generate second inversion result, which is used for performing a geosteering operation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods of communication. In one aspect, a first device determines whether a second device fulfills a condition for communication with an A-IoT device. If the second device fulfills the condition, the first device initiates the communication between the second device and the A-IoT device. In this way, relevant information of potential second devices may be collected and one of the potential second devices may be determined for communication with an A-IoT device.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an effective mechanism for processing the MT SDT. In this solution, the terminal device in an inactive state receives a paging message indicating a MT SDT from a first network device; determines, whether a condition or a set of conditions for performing an uplink SDT is met; and transmits, based on a result of the determining, a radio resource control (RRC) resume request message to the first network device. In this way, it is ensured that the following feedback information and optional uplink SDT may be transmitted to the first network device, and the uplink data amount upon initiating MT SDT is under control.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for query and response in Internet of Things (IoT). In a solution, a communication device comprising: transmitting, to one or more terminal devices, a first command for scheduling a first transmission, the first command indicating a first set of time periods; receiving, from a first terminal device of the one or more terminal devices, first information of the first terminal device during a first time period of the first set of time periods; transmitting, to the first terminal device, a second command for scheduling a second transmission, the second command indicating a second set of time periods different from the first set of time periods; and receiving, from the first terminal device, second information of the first terminal device during a second time period of the second set of time periods.

Abstract: A method may include receiving transverse relaxation time (T2) distribution data associated with a geological formation, the T2 distribution data being acquired by a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool. The method may also involve decomposing the T2 distribution data into Gaussian distributions using inversion techniques, computing reconstructed acoustic values associated with the geological formation based on a first Gaussian distribution and a first pore type, receiving measured acoustic values associated with the geological formation, determining that the first pore type corresponds to the first Gaussian distribution based on the one or more reconstructed acoustic values and the one or more measured acoustic values, and in response to determining that the first pore type corresponds to the first Gaussian distribution, determining a pore size distribution (PSD) for the first Gaussian distribution based on an aspect ratio associated with the first pore type.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to PBCH and CORESET #0 configuration and behavior for operation on dedicated spectrum less than 5 MHz. A terminal device determines that a communication between the terminal device and a network device is operating on a dedicated spectrum of which bandwidth is less than a predetermined bandwidth. The network device transmits a SSB on a PBCH to the terminal device. A set of resource elements in the PBCH with subcarrier number k is set to zero, the set of resource elements is in one or more resource blocks, and k is relative to a start of the SS/PBCH block and k is in a range from 0 to a first predetermined number and/or a range from a second predetermined number to a total number of subcarriers in the PBCH. In this way, it can save resources by reusing the resources.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, and computer storage medium for communication. A terminal device receives, from a network device, a DCI scheduling multiple PDSCHs on multiple cells; determines, from the multiple cells, a reference cell for generating a HARQ-ACK codebook comprising multiple bit groups corresponding to the multiple cells; generates the HARQ-ACK codebook by determining, in a first bit group for a first cell of the multiple cells, a first bit position for a first PDSCH on the first cell, based on a reference bit position for a reference PDSCH on the reference cell in a reference bit group for the reference cell, the first PDSCH and the reference PDSCH having a TDRA row index; and transmits the HARQ-ACK codebook to the network device. As such, the length of bits in a HARQ-ACK codebook in a slot may be determined based on a reference cell when MC-DCI is applied. Accordingly, the proceeding complexity for generating the HARQ-ACK codebook may be reduced.

Abstract: A method may include acquiring NMR data and sonic data for a borehole in a subsurface geologic region; inverting the NMR data and the sonic data to determine volume fractions for a number of classes of pore types, where the classes include shape and size-based classes; and characterizing the subsurface geologic region based on the volume fractions for the number of classes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution on BWP switching. A network device transmits downlink control information to a terminal device. The downlink control information schedules a plurality of transmissions on a plurality of cells. Each cell from the plurality of cells includes one or more configured bandwidth parts (BWPs). If a value of a BWP indication in the DCI is not within a set of values configured for a cell of the plurality of cells, the terminal device ignores the BWP indication. In this way, it allows more flexibility on BWP combination for multiple cells by multiple DCI(s).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods of communication. In one aspect, a network device transmits, to a terminal device, a configuration indicating a radio bearer specific to information of an AI model. The terminal device performs transmission or reception of the information of the AI model on the radio bearer. In this way, delivery of AI model information in CP or UP may be enhanced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods of communication. In one aspect, a terminal device receives, from a network device, a configuration for security of a MAC layer. If a MAC CE is to be received, the terminal device performs, based on the configuration, at least one of deciphering or integrity verification on the MAC CE. In this way, MAC layer security may be ensured.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods and computer readable storage media of HARQ feedback for multiple data channels scheduled by a single DCI. The method comprises receiving, at a terminal device, control information from a network device; in accordance with a determination that transmissions of a plurality of transport blocks from the network device to the terminal device on a set of data channels are scheduled by the control information, determining a control channel for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, feedback information associated with the plurality of transport blocks; and transmitting the HARQ feedback information via the control channel to the network device. In this way, the enhancement on HARQ-ACK feedback mechanism for terminal device in a case when multiple TBs/independent PDSCHs are scheduled by a single DCI can be reached, which may alleviate possible PUCCH collisions and provide more flexibility.

Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for evaluating fracture characterization resulting from hydraulic fracturing. In embodiments, fiber-optic elements are placed in a wellbore and subjected to forces from a hydraulic fracture operation occurring within a geological stratum. Readings from the fiber-optic elements are taken and evaluated to form a fracture characterization of the geological stratum.

Abstract: An embodiment of a method for unsupervised analysis of borehole image data is provided in which a borehole image is divided into a plurality of image patches, and missing or degraded measurements within at least a portion of the image patches are reconstructed. The method further provides for generating feature embeddings for the reconstructed image patches and processing to enable grouping of image patches that exhibit similar geological texture characteristics. The resulting group assignments are then mapped back to depth-indexed intervals of the borehole image, thereby producing an automated representation of recurring geological textures without requiring labeled training data.