Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed resource selection by a UE in a coexistence band. the method includes obtaining, through a first communication scheme modem, a set of candidate resources for resource selection within a resource selection window, and first sensing information for potential resources for transmission, obtaining, through a second communication scheme modem, resource information corresponding to the second communication scheme, the resource information including second sensing information and future reservations; processing the resource information corresponding to the second communication scheme with the first sensing information; excluding resources, which are identified as occupied based on the processed information, from the set of candidate resources for resource selection for use by the first communication scheme; and selecting a resource for use by first communication scheme from remaining resources within the set of candidate resources after the excluding.

Abstract: The present technology pertains to providing an improved user experience for user accounts taking group rideshare rides. In some aspects of the present technology, a rideshare service can use ride experience data relating to a group rideshare ride experience by a user account to determine that a user associated with the user account might have reason to be dissatisfied with the group rideshare ride, and can compensate the user account. In some aspects of the present technology, a rideshare service can proactively suggest a group rideshare itinerary to a user account when the group itinerary matches a previous itinerary arranged by the user account, and the suggested group rideshare itinerary can be offered at a preferred charge. In some aspects of the present technology, a rideshare service can permit a user account to create an organized carpool ride with other invited user accounts.

Abstract: A fleet management system implements a rewards-based feedback system to receive feedback from users of a rideshare service that provides rides using autonomous vehicles (AVs). The fleet management system maintains user accounts associated with each user and provides reward points to each user account. When the user is riding in an AV, the user can access a user interface to select a portion of the reward points and reward them to the AV. The fleet management system may analyze the point rewards to identify individual user preferences, to identify preferences across users, or to identify AVs for maintenance or other types of modification.

Abstract: There is described a computer implemented method for efficient aggregation of a Television White Space (TVWS) spectrum for backhaul use, said method comprising: providing a TVWS conversion substrate with a single antenna for combining multiple non-contiguous chunks of TVWS spectrum with said single antenna; providing a Multi-Path transport protocol; and providing an uncoupled, cross-layer congestion control algorithm for Multi-path Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides tetrahydroquinoline derivatives of Formula (I) wherein X1 and X2 each, independently, are oxygen or sulphur; R1 is a lower alkoxy, or an optionally substituted aryl group; R2 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, haloalkyl, or an amino group; R3 and R4 each, independently, are hydrogen, or lower alkyl groups; and R5 and R6 are optionally substituted aryl groups. The present disclosure also provides a method for making the compound of Formula (I).

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for configuring one or more user equipment (UE) devices in a multi-UE arrangement to communicate according to a preferred frequency range 2 (FR2) sidelink (SL) configuration. The systems and method involve determining, by a first user equipment (UE), one or more beam measurement reference signals corresponding to one or more beamform configurations from a special slot within a regular resource pool and relating to one or more beamform configurations and configuring the first UE, based at least in part on the one or more beam measurement reference signals, to transmit and receive FR2 SL transmissions with the second UE according to at least a beamform configuration of the one or more beamform configurations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method including identifying, for a transmission between a user equipment (UE) and one or more neighboring UEs, one or more interfering UEs of the one or more neighboring UEs by determining potential collisions between candidate resources identified by the UE and resources selected by the one or more neighboring UEs based on beam information, location information of the UE, measured signal strength, and resource reservation information, and excluding resources reserved by the one or more interfering UEs from a resource selection window.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for SL communication over an unlicensed band by utilizing a frequency interlaced design. A method performed by a UT includes determining whether the UE is operating in a localized mode or an interlaced mode for SL communication, and in response to determining that the LE is operating in the interlaced mode, decoding first stage SCI of a PSCCH based on an interlaced mapping scheme, decoding second stage SCI of a PSSCH based on the decoded first stage SCI, and decoding the PSSCH based on the decoded first and second stage SCI.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for sending enhanced feedback through PSFCH resources. In an embodiment, a receiving user equipment (Rx UE) determines that enhanced feedback is to be sent to a transmitting user equipment (Tx UE), such as based on resource pool configuration, a request from the Tx UE for enhanced feedback, or detection of a triggering event. The Rx UE encodes the enhanced feedback into a combination of a plurality of PSFCH resources based on an encoding scheme. The Rx UE then transmits the encoded feedback information in the plurality of PSFCH resources.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for improving resource selection schemes is provided. In an embodiment, Scheme 2 resource selection is improved by using a Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) resources to identify specific instances of conflicts in a periodic reservation of a resource. In an embodiment, Scheme 1 resource selection is improved by allowing a user equipment (UE) to include non-preferred resources in a candidate resource set based on one or more conditions and/or subject to one or more limitations. In an embodiment, condition triggered resource selection assistance is improved by restricting a UE from sending resource selection assistance information unless a second condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A fleet management system implements a rewards-based feedback system to receive feedback from users of a rideshare service that provides rides using autonomous vehicles (AVs). The fleet management system maintains user accounts associated with each user and provides reward points to each user account. When the user is riding in an AV, the user can access a user interface to select a portion of the reward points and reward them to the AV. The fleet management system may analyze the point rewards to identify individual user preferences, to identify preferences across users, or to identify AVs for maintenance or other types of modification.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for detecting whether an object is approaching an autonomous vehicle when a passenger is about to exit the autonomous vehicle, determining a speed and type of the object that is approaching the autonomous vehicle, determining whether the object will enter an exit zone when the passenger enters the exit zone based on the speed and the type of the object that is approaching the autonomous vehicle, and preventing the passenger from exiting the autonomous vehicle based on the determining of whether the object will enter the exit zone when the passenger enters the exit zone.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided in which a channel occupancy time (COT)-sharing indicator is received, at a first user equipment (UE), from a second UE. The first UE determines whether the first UE is able to use a time-frequency resource within a frequency range indicated by the COT-sharing indicator received from the second UE. In case that the first UE is able to use a time-frequency resource within the frequency range, data is transmitted with COT-sharing between the first UE and the second UE. In case that the first UE is unable to use a time-frequency resource within the frequency range, the data is transmitted without COT-sharing in a first resource selected by the first UE.

Abstract: A device may perform a transmission that may occupy at least a portion of a first slot and perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) sensing operation, wherein the LBT sensing operation may occupy at least a portion of an LBT gap, and at least a portion of the LBT gap may occupy at least a portion of a second slot. A device may perform a transmission that may occupy at least a portion of a first slot, transmit an indication of a resource for an LBT sensing operation, perform an LBT sensing operation for the transmission that may occupy at least a portion of a second slot, and transmit, based on the LBT sensing operation, a reservation signal that may occupy at least a portion of the second slot. A device select a resource for a transmission using a sidelink channel, and select a resource for an LBT sensing operation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for pre-emption, congestion control, and Tx/Rx alignment for use by a partial sensing UE. A method includes measuring resources within a first window; determining a number of the measured resources having an RSSI greater than a first threshold; determining a CBR based on the measured number of resources; and determining a CR limit based on the determined CBR and transmission priority.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for long term evolution (LTE) carrier determination by a new radio user equipment (NR UE), including determining whether an LTE carrier includes unused resources for data transmission, in response to determining the LTE carrier includes the unused resources, performing a collision determination, the collision determination being based at least in part on a randomized likelihood that transmissions of the NR UE on the LTE carrier will collide with transmission of one or more other NR UEs on the LTE carrier, and based on the collision determination, performing a transmission delay, the transmission delay occurring during a random back off period duration.

Abstract: Collaborative perception is based on recognition that a fleet of AVs and stationary infrastructure objects equipped with sensors may be configured to communicate with one another in sharing their sensor data, thus benefiting from collaborative perception, rather than being limited to their individual perception. Three specific scenarios of collaborative perception are disclosed. The first scenario relates to two AVs in the vicinity of one another exchanging complexity scores indicative of their respective environments. The second scenario relates to an AV detecting that it has a blind spot and seeking other AVs or infrastructure objects to provide information indicative of the environment in the blind spot. The third scenario relates to providing infrastructure objects equipped with sensors in appropriate locations so that, when an AV is in the vicinity of such objects, the AV may receive information from their sensors.

Abstract: A method and user equipment (UE) are provided. An assistance request is transmitted from a first UE to at least one second UE. Assistance information including an indication of a set of one or more resources for transmission is received by the first UE, from the at least one second UE. It is determined that the set includes a reserved resource. At least one resource, other than the reserved resource, is selected from the set of one or more resources, for transmission by the first UE.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for detecting whether an object is approaching an autonomous vehicle when a passenger is about to exit the autonomous vehicle, determining a speed and type of the object that is approaching the autonomous vehicle, determining whether the object will enter an exit zone when the passenger enters the exit zone based on the speed and the type of the object that is approaching the autonomous vehicle, and preventing the passenger from exiting the autonomous vehicle based on the determining of whether the object will enter the exit zone when the passenger enters the exit zone.

Abstract: Collaborative perception is based on recognition that a fleet of AVs and stationary infrastructure objects equipped with sensors may be configured to communicate with one another in sharing their sensor data, thus benefiting from collaborative perception, rather than being limited to their individual perception. Three specific scenarios of collaborative perception are disclosed. The first scenario relates to two AVs in the vicinity of one another exchanging complexity scores indicative of their respective environments. The second scenario relates to an AV detecting that it has a blind spot and seeking other AVs or infrastructure objects to provide information indicative of the environment in the blind spot. The third scenario relates to providing infrastructure objects equipped with sensors in appropriate locations so that, when an AV is in the vicinity of such objects, the AV may receive information from their sensors.