Abstract: A system, device, and a method are disclosed that may implement the control of aspects of the physical layer, including channels and/or signals, for ambient IoT devices in a manner that may ensure efficient, reliable, and low-power transmission of data. Methods may implement a frame structure and transmission, a control channel structure and function, a wake-up signal structure and transmission, and multiple access schemes for ambient IoT devices. For example, a method includes an ambient Internet of Things (IoT) device receiving an energizing signal, receiving a first signal including a preamble and a data field, that requests a response from the ambient IoT device based on the energizing signal, and in response to the first signal, transmitting a second signal including a preamble, a control channel field, and a data field.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing power consumption during paging reception. The method includes identifying, by a UE, one paging frame of a plurality of paging frames or one paging occasion of a plurality of paging occasions in a paging frame, the plurality of paging frames being continuous in time instances in a beginning of a paging cycle, and the plurality of paging occasions being continuous in time instances in a beginning of the paging frame, and receiving, from a network node by the UE, a paging message in at least one paging frame of the plurality of paging frames or at least one paging occasion of the plurality of paging occasions. The plurality of paging frames includes a legacy paging frame and a non-legacy paging frame, and the plurality of paging occasions includes a legacy paging occasion and a non-legacy paging occasion.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for reducing power consumption at a network level by utilizing PRACH frequency and time resource configurations for NES. A method performed by a terminal includes receiving, from a base station, first channel configuration information including a first PRACH configuration index and a PRACH mode indicator; receiving, from the base station, control information indicating a second PRACH configuration index corresponding to the first PRACH configuration index, based on the PRACH mode indicator; and performing PRACH transmissions at PRACH occasions, based on a PRACH configuration corresponding to the second PRACH configuration index. The second PRACH configuration index bundles the PRACH occasions in at least one of a time domain or a frequency domain.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, by a processor, a transmission comprising a channel sensing metric associated with a communication resource within a communication network for a plurality of wireless devices, wherein the plurality of wireless devices comprises ambient Internet of Things (IoT) devices; determining, by the processor, whether establishing a communication link with the communication resource comprises a collision with one of the plurality of wireless devices in the communication network based on the received channel sensing metric; selecting, by the processor, the communication resource based on the determination; and establishing, by a processor, the communication link using the selected communication resource.

Abstract: A method of performing integrated sensing and communications includes sending, by a gNB in a cellular network, a control signal and a reference signal to a user equipment; receiving, by the gNB, a first sensing signal from the user equipment, the first sensing signal having an initial power; sending, by the gNB, a power control message, to the user equipment, the power control message including a power adjustment command; receiving, by the gNB, a second sensing signal from the user equipment, the second sensing signal having a transmit power varying according to the power adjustment command; and identifying, by the gNB, an object based on the second sensing signal.

Abstract: There is provided a connector assembly comprising: a first connector comprising: a main body; a first hollow body having an inner face, the first body being rotatably mounted to the main body and comprising a connection protrusion projecting inwardly from the inner face; and a biasing body mounted to the main body and the first body for applying a biasing rotational force on the first body in a first rotational direction; and a second connector comprising a second hollow body provided with a recess configured for receiving the connection protrusion therein, the second body comprising an engaging protrusion projecting within the recess. The second connector being configure such that when the connection protrusion is pushed against the second body, the first body is rotated in a second rotational direction until the connection protrusion is positioned into the retaining slot, thereby removably securing the first and second connector together.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for resource allocation in ambient IoT systems. A method performed by a first device in an ambient IoT system includes activating as a cluster head for ambient IoT devices, in response to a first condition being met; transmitting a first energizing signal to the ambient IoT devices on a first carrier frequency; transmitting an advertisement signal to the ambient IoT devices; and receiving, from a first ambient IoT device among the ambient IoT devices, a first backscattered signal based on the first energizing signal and the advertisement signal.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for performing A-IoT based communications. The method includes receiving, by an A-IoT device, an energizing signal, causing, based on the energizing signal, the A-IoT device to become activated, storing energy from the energizing signal in the A-IoT device, a duration of the energizing signal including a duration associated with activating the A-IoT device and/or a duration associated with storing the energy to satisfy a threshold amount of energy, receiving, by the A-IoT device, a first signal including a preamble, at least a portion of the preamble indicating a beginning of a payload associated with the first signal, and decoding, by the A-IoT device, at least a portion of the payload based on the preamble.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for ambient Internet of Things (A-IoT) systems. The system and method include transmitting a carrier wave to an ambient Internet of Things (IoT) device, transmitting a control signal and a payload signal to the A-IoT device, and receiving a back scattering signal from the A-IoT device after a time delay. The time delay is between the transmitting of the control signal and the receiving of the back scattering signal.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for performing communication by receiving a light reference signal (RS) on a carrier frequency where a synchronization signal block (SSB) is not detected; in response to receiving the light RS, obtaining a light RS measurement and transmitting a light RS measurement report based on the light RS measurement; and starting to receive at least one SSB on the carrier frequency based on the light RS measurement report.

Abstract: An inventive luminescent material suitable for use as a phosphor for an LED includes a nitridophosphate material having a general formula AEy-xLi10-2yP4N10:Eux, wherein (i) AE includes one or more of Ca, Sr, or Ba, and (ii) y?x>0. In some instances, y can equal 2 and x can be between 0 and 0.1. In some instances, AE can include only Ca; in some other instances, AE can include a majority amount of Ca and lesser amounts of Sr or Ba. In some instances, the luminescent material can exhibit a peak emission wavelength greater than 600 nm.

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 system and method are disclosed for planning a product assortment based on a sales forecast without using a cross elasticity by receiving a percentage pricing change for at least two substitutable products of an inventory in a supply chain network having one or more supply chain entities, and at least two substitutable products are grouped in the same product category and at least one of at least two substitutable products is grouped in a product assortment, calculating an average percent pricing change for the product category including at least two substitutable products and a direct effect factor and cross-effect factor for each of at least two substitutable products, and identifying an item of at least two substitutable items to be removed from the product assortment based, at least in part, on a substitutable demand calculated by modeling a price increase of a substitutable item to infinity.

Abstract: A method of Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) analysis comprises: (a) delivering a first ion beam from a first ion source and comprising ions having a first composition onto an area of a sample, wherein the kinetic energy of the ions is not greater than 50 kilo-electron-Volts (keV); (b) simultaneously with the delivering of the first ion beam onto the sample area, delivering a second ion beam from a second ion source onto the sample area, the second ion beam comprising ions having a second composition, wherein the kinetic energy of the ions of the second ion beam is not greater than 50 keV; and (c) detecting X-rays that are emitted from the sample area in response to the simultaneous delivery of the first and second ion beams thereto.

Abstract: A system for pumping and metering a fluid for a turbine engine, which system includes at least one pump for the fluid and an electronic computer configured to determine the flow rate of the fluid to be delivered to the turbine engine, the pumping and metering system being wherein it further includes a first electric motor and a second electric motor, which are each configured to drive the at least one pump, and in that the electronic computer includes a first control loop for controlling at least the first electric motor and a second control loop for controlling at least the second electric motor.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for ISAC. A method performed by a sensing initiator includes performing a sensing session setup to exchange sensing capability information with sensing responders for a sensing application; performing a sensing measurement setup with a sensing responder identified in the sensing session setup; and performing sensing measurements with the sensing responder during a sensing burst based on the sensing measurement setup. The sensing burst includes one or more sensing measurement instances. A sensing measurement instance among the one or more sensing measurement instances includes a polling phase, a reporting phase, and at least one of a DL sensing phase or a UL sensing phase.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided in which a user equipment (UE) receives configuration information from a base station (BS). The configuration information includes an indication enabling artificial intelligence (AI)-based handover. The UE determines that an event triggers transmission of a measurement report based on UE measurements and AI inference by the UE. The UE transmits the measurement report to the BS, and performs the AI-based handover to a target BS. The AI-based handover is initiated based on the measurement report.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recessed pivot hinge for hingeably fastening a door leaf in a door frame, including a pivot; a fitting sleeve in which the pivot is fitted in a height-adjustable manner; a socket which is fastenable in a recessed manner in the door frame or forms part thereof; and a fastening body, to be recessed into the door leaf, for fastening in the door leaf; wherein provision is made for an end of the pivot to be drawn into the socket using magnetic elements of the pivot and the socket; and where the fitting sleeve is fastened in the fastening body so as to be adjustably displaceable in a first direction (X), transverse to the height direction (Z), and in a second direction (Y), transverse to the first direction (X) and transverse to the height direction (Z).

Abstract: An assembly may include a rim-rotor turbine having a hub adapted to be mounted or connected to a rotating shaft, a rim-rotor, the rim-rotor having a cooling ring defining at least one cooling channel, and a plurality of blades with each of the plurality of blades contacting the rim-rotor. A stator vane assembly is positioned upstream of the rim-rotor turbine, and has an outer shroud defining a main flowpath aligned with the plurality of blades of the rim-rotor turbine and configured to direct hot gas toward the plurality of blades of the rim-rotor turbine, and vanes in the main flowpath. A cooling guide vane assembly has an inner shroud defining a cooling flowpath aligned with the cooling ring of the rim-rotor turbine and configured to direct cooling gas toward the cooling ring of the rim-rotor turbine, and vanes in the cooling flowpath.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for reducing power consumption in cell selection/reselection. The method includes transmitting, to a network node by the UE, a wake-up signal (WUS) in response to a trigger condition, receiving, from the network node by the UE, a confirmation message of a receipt of the WUS, and receiving an on-demand message via a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) or a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) within a time window.