Abstract: Techniques for optimizing technologies related to network path tracing and network delay measurements are described herein. Some of the techniques may include using an IPV6 header option and/or segment identifier field of a segment list or a TLV of a segment routing header as a telemetry data carrier. The techniques may also include using an SRv6 micro-segment (uSID) instruction to indicate to a node of a network that the node is to perform one or more path tracing actions and encapsulating the packet and forward. Additionally, the techniques may include using short interface identifiers corresponding to node interfaces to trace a packet path through a network. Further, the techniques may include using short timestamps to determine delay measurements associated with sending a packet through a network. In various examples, the techniques described above and herein may be used with each other to optimize network path tracing and delay measurement techniques.

Abstract: A self-powered pipeline pig includes a housing defining a trailing end, a leading end and a longitudinal axis. The plurality of internal flow channels extend longitudinally through the housing between the trailing end and the leading end. A power generation device is disposed in a first one of the plurality of internal flow channels. The power generation device generates electric power from a pipeline fluid flowing through the first flow channel during a pigging operation. A battery is disposed on the self-powered pipeline pig to provide electric power during the pigging operation to operate one or more components installed on the self-powered pipeline pig. The power generation device is electrically coupled to the battery to recharge the battery using the generated electric power.

Abstract: A method for automatic detection of a medical instrument orientation for robotic surgery is presented. The method determines the orientation of a marker device attached to the medical instrument in relation to the robotic system by comparing movement information. The method compares the information about a movement of the marker device from a tracking system with the information about a movement of the robotic arm, which movement data can be acquired by the robotic system. The orientation of the medical instrument with respect to the robotic system can be determined automatically and used for subsequent calculations such as an automatic and efficient precise alignment to a target trajectory or a correct positioning assistance for a mechatronic arm. A computer-implemented medical method of automatically determining an orientation of a medical instrument base in relation to a robotic system is provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more channel state information (CSI)-reference signals (RSs). The UE may transmit a compressed CSI report that comprises an indication of a plurality of channel metrics, an indication of a channel metric of the plurality of channel metrics comprising a compressed output of a machine learning model having an input as the channel metric, wherein at least one of the plurality of channel metrics is based at least in part on expected orthogonalization of the compressed CSI report at a network node. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signals (CSI-RSs). The UE may transmit a compressed CSI report via layer 2 signaling, the compressed CSI report being compressed using a machine learning model. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for enhancing sidelink resource utilization for a user equipment (UE) that supports full duplex (FD) communications. For example, an FD UE may receive incoming sidelink communication over a first set of resources and, in FD mode, simultaneously transmit another sidelink communication over the same first set of resources. According to aspects of the present disclosure, the potential interference between the two sidelink communications will be mitigated or reduced, such as by having the FD UE negotiate with other sidelink UEs over transmission power levels and related aspects, such as beam coordination and/or resource subset designation, or the like.

Abstract: A supernumerary robotic limb (SRL) system can include a plurality of rigid links, a joint that connects one rigid link to another rigid link in the plurality of rigid arms, and two variable stiffness actuators (VSAs) configured to drive the plurality of rigid links in order to complete at least one task. The VSAs can exhibit infinite rotation and infinite stiffness. The VSAs can include an output link. Additionally, the VSAs can include a set of elastic elements mounted on the output link. The VSAs can include an input link configured to provide kinetic energy for the output link. The VSAs can include a dynamic chassis configured to connect with the input link. Additionally, the VSAs can include a stiffness adjustor included in the dynamic chassis and configured to adjust an elastic transmission between at least one elastic element of the set of elastic elements and the output link.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform or cancel an uplink transmission in a subband full duplex (SBFD) resource based on whether the indicated uplink beam is enabled or restricted for SBFD. A network entity may monitor for or refrain from monitoring for an uplink transmission in an SBFD resource based on whether the indicated uplink beam is enabled or restricted for SBFD. A UE may be configured with a first uplink beam for half-duplex uplink resources and a second uplink beam for SBFD resources. The UE may perform uplink transmissions scheduled in SBFD resources using the first uplink beam. A UE may use a single uplink beam configured for both half-duplex uplink resources and SBFD resources, or a single uplink beam may be configured and restricted from SBFD resources, and the UE may cancel a scheduled transmission in an SBFD resource.

Abstract: An electric vehicle, system and method of charge transfer at the electric vehicle. The vehicle includes a charging circuit and a processor. The charging circuit includes a first battery, a second battery and a motor winding. The processor determines a desired reference current of the motor winding, a first voltage of the first battery and a second voltage of the second battery, calculates a power loss for each of a plurality of conduction modes based on the desired reference current, the first voltage and the second voltage, wherein each of the plurality of conduction modes transfers charge between the first battery and the second battery, selects a conduction mode from the plurality of conduction modes that has a least power loss, establishes a duty cycle parameter for the selected mode, and applies the conduction mode and the duty cycle parameter to the charging circuit to transfer the charge.

Abstract: A base station may configure CSI-IM resources in a downlink BWP in a full-duplex slot. A UE may measure interference components in the CSI-IM resources and generate/transmit a CLI report comprising the measurement of the interference components to the base station. The measurement of interference components may include an RSSI measurement of intra-cell CLI from an interfering uplink signal transmitted from an aggressor UE or a self-interference from an uplink channel of the UE. The uplink signal may be an SRS, and the CLI report may include the RSSI, an RSRP, and/or an RSRQ of the interference in the CSI-IM resources in the uplink channel. The CSI-IM resources and the CLI report may have various configurations.

Abstract: Various aspects relate generally to sounding reference signal (SRS) reference indicators (SRIs) indicating an SRS associated with a transmission configuration to use for transmission of a data channel communication. Some aspects more specifically relate to an SRI indicating an SRS from an SRS resource having a same duplexing type as a slot in which the data channel communication is scheduled. In some aspects, the SRI may indicate an SRS from an SRS resource that is not a most-recent SRS resource based on the most-recent SRS resource having a different duplexing type than the slot in which the data channel communication is scheduled.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a slot configuration that indicates a component carrier comprising a plurality of virtual component carriers. The UE may communicate based at least in part on the slot configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive transmission configuration indication (TCI) state restriction information indicating that a TCI state associated with sub-band full-duplex (SBFD) communications is restricted for downlink communications. The UE may communicate in accordance with the TCI state restriction information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, an indication of one or more full-duplex time intervals. The UE may receive, from the network node, an indication of a timing of a downlink communication, the downlink communication including at least one of a reference signal for measurement or a control channel communication. The UE may perform an action, based at least in part on the timing of the downlink communication indicating that the downlink communication is to occur during a full-duplex time interval of the one or more full-duplex time intervals or a non-full-duplex time interval, the action being associated with the downlink communication or an uplink communication that is to occur during the full-duplex time interval. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a resource availability based at least in part on measurement information, wherein the measurement information includes information related to a first measurement regarding a set of resources and a second measurement regarding the set of resources, and wherein the measurement information relates to self-interference associated with a transmission of the UE. The UE may communicate using a resource, of the set of resources, based at least in part on the resource availability. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for consolidating a subterranean geologic formation is provided. The method includes injecting a first composition, a second composition, and a third composition into the subterranean geologic formation. The first composition includes CaO, the second composition includes MgO, and the third composition includes NH4HF2. The method includes injecting at least one thermochemical fluid into the subterranean geologic formation to raise a temperature of the subterranean geologic formation to at least 120° C. The method includes reacting the third composition respectively with the first composition and the second composition to form CaF2 and MgF2 in the subterranean geologic formation. The method includes precipitating the CaF2 and the MgF2 on sand grains of the subterranean geologic formation to bind the sand grains together into a consolidated matrix in the subterranean geologic formation.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration of a first plurality of subbands having different sizes for channel state information (CSI) reporting. The configuration is for a bandwidth part configured for subband full duplexing with an uplink subband. A size of the subbands in the first plurality of subbands decreases closer in frequency to the uplink subband. The UE transmit a reduced CSI report payload including a plurality of CSI values, the reduced CSI report payload having fewer bits than a size of an absolute CSI value times a number of subbands in the first plurality of subbands. The UE may reduce the number of bits in the CSI report payload using differential CSI values instead of absolute CSI values, reporting CSI values for only a subset of the subbands, or using a fallback subband configuration with equal sized subbands.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques described herein support transmission of a transport block over multiple slots (TBoMS) with subband full duplex (SBFD) operation. For example, if a time domain resource allocation for a TBoMS includes both uplink slots and downlink slots configured with an uplink subband, a user equipment (UE) may determine which slots to use in accordance with a scheme for selecting available slots for the TBoMS from indicated candidate slots, and the UE may determine the transport block size based on the selected slots. In some examples, the UE may first determine the quantity of resource elements available in each of the different slot types, and then may determine the transport block size based on the quantity of resource elements available in each of the different slot types and the quantity of each of the different slot types.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support cell-group slot format indication (SFI) facilitating dynamic cross-cell operation are described. Cell-group SFI information of some examples supports full duplex operation implemented using cross-cell communication techniques. Devices may be provided with information regarding cell-groups and information regarding cell slot formats for cells in the cell-groups. For example, cell-group SFI may be provided for switching slot (symbol) types across cells for a number of slots, wherein a base station may define a cell-group and a cell-group SFI applies to cells within the cell-group. Cell-group SFI information may indicate cell slot formats for each cell of a selected cell-group to provide a device with slot formats used with respect to the cells of the cell-group. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A base station may identify a first antenna configuration of the base station and a second antenna configuration of a wireless device. The base station may select one or more codebook-based precoders for communication with the wireless device with LOS MIMO. The one or more codebook-based precoders may include at least one of a Legendre precoder, a block-DFT precoder, a DFT precoder, a block-Walsh precoder, a Walsh precoder, a block-Legendre precoder, a Kronecker Legendre precoder, a Kronecker block-DFT precoder, or a Kronecker block-Walsh precoder. The base station may transmit, to a wireless device, an indication of a second codebook-based precoder for transmission from the wireless device to the base station with LOS MIMO. The base station and the wireless device may communicate with each other with LOS MIMO based on one or more codebook-based precoders.