Abstract: An apparatus, e.g., a UE, for transmission of information modulated onto RSs using index modulation is disclosed. The UE may receive, from a base station, a configuration of one or more RS resources of an RS resource set. The one or more RS resources may be associated with an index modulation technique including a plurality of UL or DL information bits. The UE may transmit, to the base station, or receive, from the base station, the plurality of UL or DL information bits. The plurality of UL or DL information bits may include at least one of one or more first bits or one or more second bits. At least one of the one or more RS resources may be selected based on at least one of the one or more first bits or the one or more second bits.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may obtain updated location information, and determine a time difference between a previous communication with a network and a scheduled uplink transmission. Based on the determined time difference, the UE may determine a timing advance (TA) component of a TA value to apply for the uplink transmission, and transmit an uplink message in the uplink transmission according to the determined TA value and the location information. In some examples, the time difference may be based on a first duration between the uplink transmission and a previous uplink transmission, a second duration between the uplink transmission and a previous TA command received from the network, or both. In some examples, the determined TA value may be based on additional parameters, such as an autonomous adjustment step, an aggregate adjustment rate, a scaling factor, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for user equipment (UE) positioning using one or more intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs). A method that may be performed by a UE includes for each IRS of the one or more IRSs: identifying a first IRS reflection center, measuring a first impulse response from the IRS to obtain a first measured impulse response representation, determining a first impulse response for a first ray reflected from the first IRS reflection center of the IRS, estimating a first position of the UE based on, at least, the first IRS reflection centers for each of the one or more IRSs and the first impulse responses for each of the one or more IRSs, and estimating a second position of the UE in an iterative manner until one or more conditions are satisfied.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a semiconductor fin. A gate structure is over the semiconductor fin, in which the gate structure has a tapered profile and comprises a gate dielectric. A work function metal layer is over the gate dielectric, and a filling metal is over the work function metal layer. A gate spacer is along a sidewall of the gate structure, in which the work function metal layer is in contact with the gate dielectric and a top portion of the gate spacer. An epitaxy structure is over the semiconductor fin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology field of caking of crystal particles, and in particular relates to a method for predicting a critical caking cycle of crystal particle. The method includes: establishing a CHS crystal bridge growth model database of a crystal particle with a same type of crystal particle to be predicted firstly, selecting existed data in the corresponding CHS crystal bridge growth model database based on an equivalent particle radius, a stored ambient temperature, and an environmental high and low humidity cycle condition of the crystal particle to be predicted, respectively, and calculating the critical caking cycle according to experience calculation equations, wherein a result obtained by calculation is a predicted critical caking cycle of the crystal particle to be predicted.

Abstract: Disclosed are an integrated mining method and an integrated mining system of coal breaking, coal extraction and water circulation in a U-well. The integrated mining system includes a first ground facility unit, a second ground facility unit, a jet unit and an extraction unit. The first ground facility unit is configured to transport jet fluid to the jet unit. The jet unit is configured to break a coal seam in a sub-segment to obtain broken cinders. The extraction unit is configured to extract a coal-water mixture. The second ground facility unit is configured to receive the coal-water mixture. In response to determining that an extraction of the sub-segment is complete, the jet unit and the extraction unit is configured to move to a next sub-segment using powers provided by the first ground facility unit and the second ground facility unit.

Abstract: A coal and coalbed methane mining system based on ground drilling includes: a drilling component, a coal mining drill bit and a ground facility group. The coal mining drill bit is set at a predetermined end of a directional borehole in a coal seam, connected to the drilling component through a connecting pipeline. The ground facility group is connected to the drilling component, to provide coal cutting slurry for the coal mining drill bit, receive reflux slurry carrying coal and coalbed methane, and precipitate and separate the reflux slurry carrying the coal and the coalbed methane. A coal and coalbed methane mining method based on ground drilling and related devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a bandwidth part configuration that indicates one or more bandwidth parts associated with at least one beam and switch, based at least in part on the bandwidth part configuration, from a first bandwidth part of the one or more bandwidth parts as an active bandwidth part to a second bandwidth part of the one or more bandwidth parts as the active bandwidth part. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may include a first set of antenna arrays disposed in a first shape and a receiving device may include a second set of antenna arrays disposed in a second shape. A first axis that intersects an antenna array of the first set of antenna arrays and a centroid of the first shape may be offset from a vertical direction by a first angular offset. A second axis that intersects an antenna array of the second set of antenna arrays and a centroid of the second shape may be offset from the vertical direction by a second angular offset that is different than the first angular offset. The transmitting device may transmit signaling to the receiving device using the first and second sets of antenna arrays, respectively based on difference between the first and second angular offsets.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a horizontal well cuttings bed processing method and device. The method includes: based on drilling engineering information of a horizontal well, predicting a distribution pattern of a cuttings bed throughout a drilling process, determining a cuttings bed height risk level in each well section, and outputting a cuttings bed removal solution associated with the well section. According to the present disclosure, processing accuracy and processing efficiency of the cuttings bed in a horizontal well can be improved, and accumulation of the cuttings bed in the horizontal well can be effectively resolved.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a position estimation entity determines a set of position estimates associated with a set of user equipments (UEs), obtains first measurement information associated with a set of signals as reflected off of a target intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), determines a position estimate of the target IRS based on the set of position estimates and the first measurement information, and determines an orientation, relative to a common orientation reference frame, of the target IRS based on the set of position estimates and at least the first measurement information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for wireless communication for determining the position of a wireless node. The method comprises receiving a set of reference signals from a set of at least four positioning devices, wherein the positioning devices are not arranged in a single plane. A signal propagation delay of each one of the set of reference signals is determined and a position of each one of the set of positioning devices is obtained. A convex localization problem is solved for the wireless node based at least in part on the determined signal propagation delay of each one of the set of reference signals and the position of each one of the set of positioning devices. The position of the wireless node is determined based at least in part on solving of the convex localization problem.

Abstract: A stator for a rotating electrical machine is disclosed, the stator comprising a stack of stator laminations (20) forming a stator core (48; 60; 74; 80; 82). A lamination (20) comprises a plurality of cooling fins (28) arranged in at least one group of at least two fins. The cooling fins in a group are connected by a peripheral connecting member (30). The laminations are arranged in packs of at least one lamination. A group of fins (28) in one pack of laminations lies circumferentially between two adjacent groups of fins in an adjacent pack of laminations. A cooling fin (28) in one pack of laminations is interposed between two cooling fins in a group of cooling fins in another non-adjacent pack of laminations. This can allow a good thermal performance to be achieved while at the same time providing good mechanical strength and being cost effective to manufacture.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration of a control region in a delay-Doppler domain. The UE may receive, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication with orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) precoding. The UE may decode the PDCCH communication with OTFS precoding based at least in part on the configuration of the control region in the delay-Doppler domain. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for positioning. A receiver measures a time of arrival (ToA) of a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission of a first PRS sequence transmitted by a first transmitter, measures a ToA of a PRS transmission of a second PRS sequence transmitted by a second transmitter, and determines an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) as a difference between the ToA of the PRS transmission of the first PRS sequence and the ToA of the PRS transmission of the second PRS sequence, wherein the OTDOA is less than half a maximum differential delay expected between the PRS transmission of the first PRS sequence and the PRS transmission of the second PRS sequence, and wherein a repetition duration of the first PRS sequence and the second PRS sequence is greater than 10 milliseconds (ms) and at least twice the maximum differential delay.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid-phase hybrid capture method, including the steps of probe design and synthesis, library construction and hybrid capture. The hybrid capture is optimized, and the method of the present disclosure can be used for the construction of various nucleic acid sample capture libraries from different sources, effectively increasing the capture efficiency, shortening the experimental time, and simplifying the experimental process, and the method is used for target region (Panel) capture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel hybrid capture probe for enrichment of a target nucleic acid sequence. Its principle is that a probe sequence is divided into three segments: a middle segment is a target sequence binding segment; a 5? end segment of one probe can be complementarily paired with a 3? end segment of another probe, and a 3? end segment of one probe can be complementarily paired with a 5? end segment of another probe. This novel probe can bind more robustly to a target sequence, and has better effects in hybrid capture and targeted enrichment at low starting amounts or small target regions (Panels) compared with traditional hybrid capture probes.

Abstract: A method for operating a communications controller includes selecting a search space configuration out of a set of candidate search space configurations for a user equipment served by the communications controller, wherein the search space configuration specifies one or more search spaces to be monitored out of a set of search spaces, and signaling the selected search space configuration to the user equipment.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to receiving, from a network node, a first transmission for configuring a configured grant, wherein the configured grant allocates one or more resources associated with an uplink transmission process having a transmission process identifier, obtaining a first indication that the network node uses a fallback downlink control information (DCI) format, and modifying, based at least in part on obtaining the first indication and the transmission process identifier, the uplink transmission process. Other aspects relate to configuring a device for modifying the uplink transmission process, receiving uplink communications based on the modified uplink transmission process, and/or the like.