Abstract: In one example, a method for video coding includes receiving input data associated with a current block in an image frame, generating an inter predictor of the current block, and generating an intra predictor of the current block based on samples of neighboring pixels and an intra prediction mode that locates the samples of neighboring pixels. The method further includes generating a final predictor of the current block by combining the inter predictor and the intra predictor according to one or more intra weight coefficients associated with the intra prediction mode, and encoding or decoding the current block based on the final predictor to output encoded video data or a decoded block. The one or more intra weight coefficients indicate one or more ratios that corresponding one or more portions of the intra predictor are combined with the inter predictor, respectively.

Abstract: A method based on standalone secondary synchronization signals (SSSs) can include receiving a configuration of an SSS burst at a user equipment (UE) from a base station in a wireless communication network. The SSS burst can include standalone SSSs grouped into SSS sets. Each SSS set can be associated with a beam index. The configuration can indicate frequency and timing locations of the standalone SSSs. The method can further include performing pre-synchronization, radio resource management (RRM) measurement, or cell detection based on the standalone SSSs in the SSS burst.

Abstract: An intelligent riveting system comprising a hydraulic riveting tool (1), a riveting position identification system, a riveting displacement detection system, a riveting pressure detection system and a central processing system, wherein the central processing system acquires image information and carries out position identification, encoding and storage to form riveting position data in one-to-one correspondence, acquires real-time displacement data and riveting oil pressure data of each riveting position to form real-time data corresponding to riveting displacement values and riveting pressure values, and compares same with a standard to carry out quality determination. By means of the intelligent riveting system, a riveting position and an installation parameter are automatically identified and acquired, and the riveting quality is automatically determined; and by means of storing data during riveting and installation, the traceability of rivet installation quality can be achieved.

Abstract: A method of sidelink communications can include receiving at a user equipment (UE) a configuration for a first resource pool indicating a first size of a first first-stage sidelink control information (SCI) in terms of a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and a second size of the first first-stage SCI in terms of a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs). The first resource pool can be divided into slots in time domain and sub-channels each occupying a set of PRBs in frequency domain. The first first-stage SCI having the first size of the number of OFDM symbols and the second size of the number of PRBs indicated by the configuration for the first resource pool can be transmitted within a first slot and a first sub-channel of the first resource pool.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for switching to the next Uu bandwidth part (BWP) from a sidelink BWP (SL BWP) that is switched from an original Uu BWP. For example, the method can include operating, at a user equipment, on an original Uu BWP, switching from the original Uu BWP to an SL BWP, and switching from the SL BWP to the next Uu BWP. In some embodiments, switching from the SL BWP to the next Uu BWP can include switching from the SL BWP to the original Uu BWP followed by switching from the original Uu BWP to the next Uu BWP. In other embodiments, switching from the SL BWP to the next Uu BWP can include switching from the SL BWP to a default Uu BWP followed by switching from the default Uu BWP to the next Uu BWP.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus, which can include a receiving circuitry and a processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry can be configured to receive a configuration indicating that a preconfigured number of consecutive symbols within a slot are used for a sidelink transmission. The receiving circuitry can be further configured to receive the sidelink transmission over the preconfigured number of consecutive symbols within the slot. The processing circuitry can be configured to process a data transmission of the sidelink transmission received over the preconfigured number of consecutive symbols within the slot. Aspects of the disclosure also provide a method.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for radio resource management (RRM) measurement and channel estimation. The method can include receiving first reference signals of a first system in a wireless communication network at a user equipment (UE), receiving second reference signals of a second system in the wireless communication network at the UE, receiving a quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration from one of the first system and the second system, the QCL configuration indicating the first reference signals and the second reference signals are quasi-co-located (QCLed) or co-located, and performing an RRM measurement and/or a channel estimation based on a combination of the QCLed first reference signals and second reference signals.

Abstract: A method of sidelink transmission with two-stage sidelink control information (SCI) can include transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) including a 1st-stage sidelink control information (SCI) over a sidelink from a transmission user equipment (Tx UE) to a reception user equipment (Rx UE), and transmitting a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) that is associated with the PSCCH and multiplexed with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS). The 1st-stage SCI indicates a first PSSCH DMRS pattern of the DMRS multiplexed with the PSSCH.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for synchronization to a common synchronization reference source. For example, the apparatus can include receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry can be configured to receive from a BS a signaling indicating a timing offset between sidelink synchronization timings of the apparatus and a GNSS. The processing circuitry can be configured to adjust the sidelink synchronization timing of the apparatus based on the timing offset.

Abstract: Expression systems for the expression of an ?9?10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) are described. Also described are methods of using the expression systems to identify agonists, antagonists, or allosteric modulators of an ?9?10 nAChR.

Abstract: A method of video coding using palette coding mode for color video in a non-444 color format is disclosed. The non-444 video data can be converted to the 444 format so that the palette designed for the 444 format can be used for the non-444 video data. For the 4:2:0 color format, each chroma sample collocated with corresponding quad luma samples is padded with three chroma samples to form converted quad chroma samples. For the 4:2:0 color format, if a current pixel does not belong to the color palette, one or more escape values are signaled for the current pixel and the escape value associated with the chroma sample of the current pixel for each color component is not signaled for three of the quad chroma sample locations collocated with corresponding quad luma samples.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for intra prediction for a current block using directional intra prediction based on neighboring pixels around the current block are disclosed. Embodiment according to the present invention derives the gradient for the current pixel from the neighboring reconstructed pixels along a prediction direction of directional intra prediction. The gradient derived is used to form the final intra prediction. In another embodiment of the present invention, the intra prediction for slant vertical and horizontal directions is derived based on the neighboring reconstructed pixels in a neighboring row adjacent to the top side of the current block and the neighboring reconstructed pixels in a neighboring column adjacent to the left side of the current block.

Abstract: A method for intra prediction mode decoding for a current block based on multi-level most probable mode (MPM) sets. The method includes determining one or more MPM candidates for a first-level MPM set, and determining one or more most probable remaining mode (MPRM) candidates for a second-level MPM set. Wherein the one or more MPRM candidates are identified based on a mode of a neighboring block of the current block, and the one or more MPRM candidates are different from any MPM candidate in the first-level MPM set. The method also includes decoding syntax information related to a current intra prediction mode corresponding to the current block according to the multi-level MPM sets using a decoder, and decoding the current block based on the determined current intra prediction mode.

Abstract: According to at least one aspect, a method for predictive Intra coding is provided. The method comprises: determining a set of Intra prediction modes used for prediction unit (PU) blocks with a plurality of different block sizes comprising a 4×4 block size and at least two other block sizes; applying predictive Intra coding to a first PU block having a first block size that matches a block size in the plurality of different block sizes based on one or more neighboring PU blocks according to a first Intra prediction mode selected from the set of Intra prediction modes; and applying predictive Intra coding to a second PU block having a second block size that is different from the first block size and matches a block size in the plurality of different block sizes according to a second Intra prediction mode selected from the set of Intra prediction modes.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for radio resource management (RRM) measurement and channel estimation. The method can include receiving first reference signals of a first system in a wireless communication network at a user equipment (UE), receiving second reference signals of a second system in the wireless communication network at the UE, receiving a quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration from one of the first system and the second system, the QCL configuration indicating the first reference signals and the second reference signals are quasi-co-located (QCLed) or co-located, and performing an RRM measurement and/or a channel estimation based on a combination of the QCLed first reference signals and second reference signals.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives a video bitstream corresponding to compressed video, wherein Filter Unit (FU) based in-loop filtering is allowed in a reconstruction loop associated with the compressed video. The method then derives reconstructed video from the video bitstream, wherein the reconstructed video is partitioned into FUs and derives a merge flag from the video bitstream for each of the FUs, wherein the merge flag indicates whether said each of the FUs is merged with a neighboring FU. The method further receives a merge index from the video bitstream if the merge flag indicates that said each of the FUs is merged, and receives the filter parameters from the video bitstream if the merge flag indicates that said each of the FUs is not merged. Finally, the method applies the in-loop filtering to said each of the FUs using the filter parameters.

Abstract: A method of video coding using palette coding mode for color video in a non-444 color format is disclosed. The non-444 video data can be converted to the 444 format so that the palette designed for the 444 format can be used for the non-444 video data. For the 4:2:0 color format, each chroma sample collocated with corresponding quad luma samples is padded with three chroma samples to form converted quad chroma samples. For the 4:2:0 color format, if a current pixel does not belong to the color palette, one or more escape values are signaled for the current pixel and the escape value associated with the chroma sample of the current pixel for each color component is not signaled for three of the quad chroma sample locations collocated with corresponding quad luma samples.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop filter processing of video data in a video encoder or decoder are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention conditionally allow sharing of loop filter parameters. In one embodiment, sharing of loop filter information between the current block and a neighboring block is determined according to a condition. If the condition indicates that sharing of loop filter information is allowed, a merge flag is coded and incorporated in the video bitstream in an encoder, and a merge flag is parsed from the video bitstream and decoded in a decoder. In one embodiment, the condition depends on region partitioning of the picture, where region partitioning partitions the picture into regions and the region may correspond to a slice or a tile. The condition is set to indicate that sharing of loop filter information is allowed if the block and the neighboring block are in a same slice/tile.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of decoding a block, and the method includes receiving a flag indicating whether a current intra prediction mode is equal to any of one or more most probable modes, deriving, based on a value of the flag, the current intra prediction mode from a decoded mode index, and decoding the block according to the current intra prediction mode. The current intra prediction mode belongs to a mode set that includes a DC mode, a Planar mode, and at least one directional mode. The deriving the current intra prediction mode includes, when the mode index corresponds to a first mode index value representing the Planar mode, deriving the current intra prediction mode to be the Planar mode; and, when the mode index corresponds to a second mode index value representing the DC mode, deriving the current intra prediction mode to be the DC mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus derive a motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate set for a block. Embodiments according to the present invention determine a plurality of spatial neighboring blocks of the block, obtain one or more spatial MVP candidates from motion vectors associated with the spatial neighboring blocks, determine whether one or more redundant MVP candidates exist in the spatial MVP candidates, generate a first MVP candidate set, wherein said generating the first MVP candidate set comprises not including the determined one or more redundant MVP candidates into the first MVP candidate set, and generate a final MVP candidate set according to the first MVP candidate set.