Abstract: A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations and one or more user devices, UEs, for a communication with a base station and/or another UE using allocated resources. In case the UE gets out of coverage of a serving base station, at least some of the allocated resources of the serving cell are maintained or reserved for a predefined time interval, T.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a transceiver for a wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with at least one other transceiver of the wireless communication system using sidelink resource pools [e.g., mode 3 resource pool, mode 4 resource pool, shared resource pool, unshared resource pool or exceptional resource pool] of the wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit a data packet on one of the sidelink resource pools of the wireless communication system to the other transceiver of the wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to, if a PPPR value associated with the data packet or with data contained in the data packet indicates a high reliability [of the data packet], to re-transmit the data packet at least on once on another sidelink resource pool of the sidelink resource pools of the wireless communication system.

Abstract: Embodiment provide a transceiver of a wireless communication system, wherein the transceiver is configured to operate in a sidelink in-coverage, out of coverage or partial coverage scenario, wherein the transceiver is configured to operate, in dependence on a QoS and/or QoS requirement of the transceiver, using a selected configuration out of a set of configurations.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is described. The wireless communication network including a plurality of user devices, UEs. The UE communicates with one or more further user devices, UEs, of the wireless communication network over a sidelink. Responsive to a trigger for a transmission, the UE performs a sensing process for determining resources to be used for the transmission. The sensing process includes a plurality of radio resource selection processes. The UE selects from the plurality of radio resource selection processes the radio resource selection process to be applied dependent on one or more of the following: a traffic density, a traffic density of different types of traffic, a user density within a predefined area around the UE.

Abstract: An expansion system for temperature detection by means of thermomechanical expansion and movement has an expansion receptacle, an elongate fluid line which is connected in a fluid-conducting manner thereto, and a switching means which is mechanically operatively connected to the expansion receptacle for the purpose of actuation of a switching process of the switching means at a settable actuation point. A working fluid is contained in the expansion receptacle and in the fluid line. Furthermore, an activation material which is formed to change, upon contact with the working fluid or upon mixing with the working fluid, said working fluid with regard to its volume and/or its flowability is contained in the expansion system.

Abstract: A heating device for a hob has a flat carrier having a heating conductor side with heating conductors thereon and a switching device, the switching device having a movable switching contact and a mating contact associated therewith. The switching device has a switching arm movable in itself, said switching arm carries the switching contact and is electrically connected to an electric arm connecting means. The switching arm is fastened on the carrier and is formed from a bimetal strip. The mating contact is electrically connected to an electric mating connection means and fastened on the carrier. Switching arm, switching contact and mating contact are designed and arranged such that when a pre-defined switching temperature is exceeded, the switching contact and the mating contact are brought together, triggering a switching operation as a hot indicator for the hob, by the movement of the switching arm due to increasing heat.

Abstract: In a packaging system including a packaging machine and at least one component provided in addition to the packaging machine, the packaging system includes a display and a computer unit. The system is configured to display a performance graphic on the display. The computer unit includes a fault analysis section that is configured to detect a stop or output deficit of the packaging system and, when a stop or an output deficit is detected, to determine, from a list of error sources stored in a memory, an error source causing the stop or output deficit so that the determined error source is shown on the display.

Abstract: A photo-alignable object has a thickness of more than 2 ?m. The photo-alignable object can be in the form of a free standing film. Also, the photo-alignable object can have a topographical surface structure. The depth of the topographical surface structure can be larger than 100 nm, and preferably the depth of the topographical surface structure is larger than 1 ?m.

Abstract: A photo-alignable object has a thickness of more than 2 ?m. The photo-alignable object can be in the form of a free standing film. Also, the photo-alignable object can have a topographical surface structure. The depth of the topographical surface structure can be larger than 100 nm, and preferably the depth of the topographical surface structure is larger than 1 ?m.

Abstract: A temperature-controlled device for switching off a heating device at a limit temperature has a thermo-mechanical temperature sensor device, a switch-off device, and manual reactivation means. The switch-off device has switching means which are activated by a trigger for switching off the heating device. The manual reactivation means have a movable handle and transmission means for transmitting a force of an operator for reactivating the switching means after switching off the heating device by the trigger. The transmission means have a click spring which at the beginning is in a basic position and, when an operating force acting on said click spring exceeds a certain limit force, clicks to a deflected position. Said click spring in the basic position enables reactivating or re-switching on, respectively, of the switching means.

Abstract: An RF cable includes a connector housing having an RF signal output interface, a cable body having a first end portion connected to the connector housing and a second end portion comprising an RF signal input interface, an RF signal transmission path formed from the RF signal input interface through the cable body and the connector housing to the RF signal output interface, and a power measurement device integrated into the connector housing and configured to measure a power value of an RF signal transmitted through the RF signal transmission path. The RF cable further includes a measurement signal output interface, and a measurement signal transmission line connecting the power measurement device to the measurement signal output interface, the power measurement device being configured to output a measurement signal indicating the measured power value of the RF signal at the measurement signal output interface.

Abstract: An energy storage system for a vehicle has at least first and second electric motors and first and second energy storage cells arranged in the vehicle In a traction mode the first energy storage cell is interconnected with the at least one first electric motor and the second energy storage cell is interconnected with the at least one second electric motor. In a charging mode the first and second energy storage cells are interconnected with a respectively dedicated charging device separately and independently of one another or the first and second energy storage cells are interconnected in series and with a common charging device.

Abstract: Techniques related to group determination based on multi-table dictionary codes are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more non-transitory storage media store a sequence of instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method. The method comprises storing a fact table and a dimension table that share a domain dictionary. The fact table and the dimension table each have a column of encoded join keys that is decodable using the shared domain dictionary. A query may specify one or more row groups for the dimension table. To efficiently process the query, one or more group identifiers are assigned to the one or more row groups. Each row group corresponds to a different group identifier. This enables a code-to-group-identifier mapping to be generated. The code-to-group-identifier mapping correlates the encoded join keys to the one or more group identifiers.

Abstract: A cooking appliance has a cooking plate for the direct preparation of food products thereon and has a heating device thereunder, wherein the heating device runs parallel to the cooking plate and bears at least partially against the bottom side of the cooking plate. The heating device has a flat carrier disc running parallel to the cooking plate, on the bottom side and top side of which carrier disc there are arranged in each case heating means which in each case substantially cover the carrier disc. Both heating means have in each case a multiplicity of heating conductors to cover the bottom side and top side of the carrier disc. The carrier disc may be composed of micanite, and the heating conductors may be thick-film heating conductors.

Abstract: A method for operating a self-driving motor vehicle. A prescribed starting location and a prescribed destination are used to ascertain a driving route. A speed trajectory is determined for the ascertained driving route and the motor vehicle drives along the driving route independently on the basis of the determined speed trajectory. The determination of the speed trajectory includes the following method steps: (i) ascertainment of multiple candidate speed trajectories for the ascertained driving route, (ii) computation of an unpunctuality characteristic value for each of the ascertained candidate speed trajectories, wherein the unpunctuality characteristic value is a measure of a divergence from a prescribed desired time of arrival at the destination, and (iii) selection of that candidate speed trajectory having the unpunctuality characteristic value with the smallest magnitude.

Abstract: A system for incubating microfluidic droplets includes a droplet incubator, a gas exchanger and a conveyor. A method provides homogeneous incubation conditions in a droplet incubator by targeted introduction of gases and/or gas mixtures into a carrier fluid.

Abstract: An RF cable includes a connector housing having an RF signal output interface, a cable body having a first end portion connected to the connector housing and a second end portion comprising an RF signal input interface, an RF signal transmission path formed from the RF signal input interface through the cable body and the connector housing to the RF signal output interface, and a power measurement device integrated into the connector housing and configured to measure a power value of an RF signal transmitted through the RF signal transmission path. The RF cable further includes a measurement signal output interface, and a measurement signal transmission line connecting the power measurement device to the measurement signal output interface, the power measurement device being configured to output a measurement signal indicating the measured power value of the RF signal at the measurement signal output interface.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for performing join and aggregation operations for a received query using column dictionaries. In an embodiment, a query is received that requests to aggregate a measure column of a fact table based on an aggregate function and join the fact table with a dimension table on a join key column. Data of the fact table may be stored in one or more storage data units, for example a particular data portion of the fact table may be stored on a particular data storage unit. The respective data portion may include one or more column vectors corresponding to one or more columns of the fact table in which a cell element corresponds to a value at a particular row and a particular column of the one or more columns of the fact table. The cell element of the one or more column vectors includes a dictionary encoded value of the value at the particular column and row. This dictionary encoded value is mapped to the value of by a dictionary data structure of the particular column.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photo-alignment composition for the alignment of liquid crystals. Further the present invention relates to the liquid crystal alignment film and coating layer prepared from the said composition and the use to fabricate optical and electrooptical elements and devices.

Abstract: A temperature-controlled device for switching off a heating device at a limit temperature has a thermo-mechanical temperature sensor device, a switch-off device, and manual reactivation means. The switch-off device has switching means which are activated by a trigger for switching off the heating device. The manual reactivation means have a movable handle and transmission means for transmitting a force of an operator for reactivating the switching means after switching off the heating device by the trigger. The transmission means have a click spring which at the beginning is in a basic position and, when an operating force acting on said click spring exceeds a certain limit force, clicks to a deflected position. Said click spring in the basic position enables reactivating or re-switching on, respectively, of the switching means.