Abstract: A mounting bracket has a rim configured to encompass a cavity formed in a countertop. At least one flange of the rim has a first edge joined to an inner edge of the rim and a second edge configured to extend into the cavity. One or more fasteners formed on the rim may be configured to engage with corresponding features of a cover plate. The mounting bracket can be configured to strengthen the countertop in the vicinity of the cavity when fastened to the countertop.

Abstract: A medical device used for grasping a body tissue has a main body having a first arm rotatably connected to a second arm at a pivot point. The main body has a proximal end and a distal end. A handle portion and a locking portion are disposed at the proximal end of the main body. A gripping portion including at least one flexible member is disposed at a distal end of the main body. The at least one flexible member is one of a flexible silicone band and a first gel-filled silicone pad and a second gel-filled silicone pad.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to report feedback to a base station to address polarization impairments in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications. The UE and the base station may establish a communications link using a pair of orthogonally polarized beams, where the pair of polarized beams may be selected based on a beam sweep procedure. The UE may transmit a report to the base station indicating one or more polarization parameters associated with beam pairs identified in the beam sweep procedure, such as one or more orthogonality parameters, one or more polarization parameters relating to one or more beam pairs, or one or more angular spread parameters. Based on the report, the base station may transmit a beam configuration to the UE for polarization MIMO communications.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network entity may receive an indication of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) configuration associated with a first network node and an indication of one or more RIS codebooks associated with one or more second network nodes. The network entity may transmit, using the RIS configuration associated with the first network node, the one or more RIS codebooks associated with the one or more second network nodes, and one or more link parameters associated with the first network node, an indication of a RIS codebook containing at least one RIS configuration that is associated with the first network node and the one or more second network nodes. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits beamforming capability information indicating one or more adaptive beam weights. The UE receives, after outputting the beamforming capability information, an indication of beamforming adjustment phase information. The beamforming adjustment phase information is based on circuit-level information of the UE associated with at least one of an adaptive beam weight synthesis period or an adaptive beam weight usage period. The UE adjusts the one or more adaptive beam weights based on the indication.

Abstract: Aspects relate to mechanisms for generating an enhanced beamforming codebook to cover an out-of-coverage region of an antenna module of a wireless communication device (e.g., a UE). The UE may include an initial beamforming codebook configuring a plurality of beam weights intended to cover an in-coverage region corresponding to a boresight direction and a neighborhood thereof of the antenna module. The UE may further configure one or more additional sets of beam weights intended to cover the out-of-coverage region beyond the boresight direction and the neighborhood thereof and then add the one or more additional sets of beam weights to the initial beamforming codebook to produce the enhanced beamforming codebook.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a rank information change signal associated with rules for switching between a two-layer (2L) mode and a four-layer (4L) mode via an antenna panel displacement operation. The UE may transmit a transition time parameter associated with an amount of time for transitioning between the 2L mode and the 4L mode. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications systems are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, a set of beam-swept synchronization signals associated with a testing procedure for the UE. The UE may select a first beam pair associated with a first antenna module of the UE from a set of multiple beam pairs associated with the received synchronization signals. The UE may receive a first module lock command and a first beam lock command, and may utilize the commands in performing a first set of measurements of the first beam pair at the first antenna module. The UE may receive a first beam lock deactivation command to release the first beam lock command of the first beam pair, and a first module lock deactivation command to release the first module lock command of the first antenna module.

Abstract: Disclosed are white space communications systems for wideband communications over TVWS bands. The white space communications systems include tunable frequency filters for providing non-contiguous coverage according to WSDB requirements blocking segments associated with occupied TV channels.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity may output an array configuration to a configurable reflective device (CRD), wherein the array configuration defines a first angle of reflection or refraction at a first frequency and a second angle of reflection or refraction at a second frequency for a reflective array of the CRD. The network entity may output a first transmission, to a first user equipment (UE) via the CRD, at the first frequency according to the array configuration, the first frequency selected based on the first angle of reflection or refraction and a first location of the first UE. The network entity may output a second transmission, to a second UE via the CRD, at the second frequency according to the array configuration, the second frequency selected based on the second angle of reflection or refraction and a second location of the second UE.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for controlling foldable user equipment (UE) functionality according to an indication to change a separation angle between a first portion of the foldable UE and a second portion of the foldable UE. Some examples involve providing a prompt to change the separation angle. In some examples, the indication may be associated with transmission of signals, reception of signals, a downlink data rate, an uplink data rate, or a combination thereof. According to some examples, providing the prompt may involve providing a visual prompt, providing an audio prompt, providing a sensory output, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for providing timing and bandwidth management of ultra-wideband, wireless data channels (including radio frequency and wireless optical data channels). According to one embodiment, a hub adapter includes a first high-speed computer peripheral interface, first digital circuitry coupled with the high-speed computer peripheral interface; and a first free-space-optical (FSO) transmitter coupled with the digital circuitry, and a first FSO receiver coupled with the digital circuitry. The first FSO transmitter is configured to transmit a data channel and an out-of-band control signal comprising timing information and bandwidth management information to a computer peripheral adapter and the data channel is configured to operate at a bit rate greater than 1 gigabits per second (Gbps).

Abstract: The present application relates to an electrically conductive asphalt mastic (ECAM) composition that includes an asphalt binder, a mineral filler, and a plurality of conductive carbon microfibers, between 3 and 12 mm in length, which are the sole source of electrical conductivity in the ECAM composition where the conductive carbon microfibers and the mineral filler are dispersed in the asphalt binder, and wherein said conductive carbon microfibers are present in the ECAM composition in an amount of less than 2.00% of total volume of the ECAM composition. The application further relates to an electrically conductive asphalt concrete (ECAC) composition that includes an asphalt binder, a mineral filler, an aggregate, and a plurality of conductive carbon microfibers, where the conductive carbon microfibers are the sole source of electrical conductivity in the electrically conductive asphalt concrete composition.

Abstract: An optical chip may include a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structure. The optical chip may include a capacitor over at least a portion of an active layer of the VCSEL structure that is outside of an active region of the VCSEL structure. The capacitor may include a first metal layer over the portion of the active layer, a dielectric layer on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on the dielectric layer. The optical chip may include an isolation region between a substrate of the VCSEL and a portion of the capacitor outside of the VCSEL.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating antenna module information, beamforming capabilities, power control information, etc., for computing devices capable of operating in multiple form factor configurations. A example technique includes detecting that the UE is operating in a first form factor configuration of a plurality of form factor configurations the UE is adapted to operate in. The technique also includes, in response to the detection, transmitting information associated with at least one antenna module of the UE in the first form factor configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for providing timing and bandwidth management of ultra-wideband, wireless data channels (including radio frequency and wireless optical data channels). According to one embodiment, a hub apparatus is disclosed for providing out-of-band bandwidth management for a free-space-optical (FSO) data channel associated with a first device. The hub apparatus includes a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, an FSO transmitter coupled with the processor, and an FSO receiver coupled with the processor. The FSO transmitter may be configured to transmit a control signal comprising timing information and bandwidth management information.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE). The UE may transmit signaling indicating antenna module capability information including geometric shape information associated with one or more antenna modules of the UE. The UE may receive an indication of a number of reference signals (RSs). The number of RSs is based on the antenna module capability information. The UE may perform beamforming, in accordance with the received indication.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, beam-swept synchronization signals. The UE may select a first beam pair from a set of beam pairs associated with the set of beam-swept synchronization signals. The UE may perform one or more freespace spherical coverage measurements of a first antenna module based on selecting the first beam pair. The UE may calculate one or more blockage-impaired spherical coverage metrics of the first antenna module based on the one or more freespace spherical coverage measurements and a blockage transformation. The UE may calculate a predictive spherical coverage value of the UE in a blockage environment based on the one or more blockage-impaired spherical coverage metrics of the first antenna module and may calculate a conformance metric for the UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications systems are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, a set of beam-swept synchronization signals associated with a testing procedure for the UE. The UE may select a first beam pair associated with a first antenna module of the UE from a set of multiple beam pairs associated with the received synchronization signals. The UE may receive a first module lock command and a first beam lock command, and may utilize the commands in performing a first set of measurements of the first beam pair at the first antenna module. The UE may receive a first beam lock deactivation command to release the first beam lock command of the first beam pair, and a first module lock deactivation command to release the first module lock command of the first antenna module.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and system for beam forming and beam steering within ultra-wideband, wireless optical communication devices and systems. According to one embodiment, a free space optical (FSO) communication apparatus is disclosed. The FSO communication apparatus includes an array of optical sources wherein each optical source of the array of optical sources is individually controllable and each optical source configured to have a transient response time of less than 500 picoseconds (ps).