Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send or receive configuration information. The configuration information is related to configuration of a reference signal used in a discovery process of an integrated access backhaul (IAB) link node.

Abstract: A microspheric ionomer having a cross-linked structure, a preparation method therefor, applications thereof, and a preparation system thereof. The ionomer comprises structure units A represented by formula (1), structure units B represented by formula (2), and a cross-linking structure provided by a cross-linking agent, M being separately selected from H, a metal cation, and a straight chain, a saturated alkyl of branched or ring-shaped C1-C20, R being H or a methyl; and metal cations are introduced to part of structure units A in the ionomer. The ionomer shows an outstanding effect on nucleation of PET, serves as a nucleating agent for PET modification, so as to obtain a corresponding PET composition.

Abstract: An edge-lit backlight module (7) includes a light guide plate (71), at least one polarizer (72) and at least one light source (73). The light guide plate (71) has side faces (71a). A polarizer (72) is disposed opposite to a side face (71a) of the light guide plate (71). A light source (73) is disposed on a side of a polarizer (72) away from the light guide plate (71). The at least one polarizer (72) is configured to convert light emitted from a light source (73) disposed on a side of the polarizer away from the light guide plate to the light guide plate (71) into linearly polarized light.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining watch time loss regions in media content items. In one aspect, features for a video are input into a trained model that is trained to output watch time loss regions. The trained model is trained using labels corresponding to known watch time loss regions in training videos and features of training videos that correspond to the known watch time loss regions. A watch time loss region defines a time window of a video during which a likelihood of a user stopping playback of the video is more than a threshold likelihood. In response to inputting the feature for the first video into the trained model, data regarding watch time loss regions for the video is obtained from the model and provided to an entity involved in providing the video to a user.

Abstract: A method comprising: sampling a temporal causal graph from a temporal graph distribution specifying probabilities of directed causal edges between different variables of a feature vector at a present time step, and from one variable at a preceding time step to another variables at the present time step. Based on this there are identified: a present parent which is a cause of the selected variable in the present time step, and a preceding parent which is a cause of the selected variable from the preceding time step. The method then comprises: inputting a value of each identified present and preceding parent into a respective encoder, resulting in a respective embedding of each of the present and preceding parents; combining the embeddings of the present and preceding parents, resulting in a combined embedding; inputting the combined embedding into a decoder, resulting in a reconstructed value of the selected variable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus for wireless communication comprises: a processing circuit configured to: determine whether a first user equipment satisfies a condition for performing direct link communication with a second user equipment by using an unlicensed frequency band resource; and if the condition is satisfied, control the first user equipment to perform direct link communication with the second user equipment by using the unlicensed frequency band resource.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a double-deck multi-span bridge construction method. According to the double-deck bridge construction method of the present disclosure, construction is carried out by using a method of disassembling a support jig frame in a graded and span-separated mode, an upper chord jig frame and a lower chord jig frame can be used in a recycle manner, and construction costs are reduced. In addition, a construction period of building the support jig frame is shortened, and other construction operations can be synchronously carried out on a span in which the jig frame is disassembled, for example, fire retardant coating construction can be carried out on a mounted bridge deck after the jig frame is disassembled, and the construction period of a double-deck multi-span bridge is effectively shortened.

Abstract: An amphibious robot for in-service inspection of drainage pipelines and a control method thereof are provided. The robot includes a robot body, a detection module for detecting environmental state and pose information of robot itself, a propulsion module including a car-like propulsion module and a ship-like propulsion module for controlling robot movement, a structure conversion module for realizing the conversion between the two modes, a ground terminal controller for remote information monitoring and issuing instructions, a mobile terminal controller for receiving instructions and controlling robot movement and structure conversion, and a power module.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. An electronic device in communication with a counterpart communication device comprises a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to: determine the state of a link between the electronic device and the counterpart communication device by means of measuring a link maintenance message transmitted by the counterpart communication device when a predetermined condition relative to the counterpart communication device is met, but not to transmit a feedback message for the link maintenance message, wherein the link maintenance message is used for confirming that the link is maintained between the electronic device and the counterpart communication device.

Abstract: A display substrate, includes: a display region. The display region includes a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on a substrate, a plurality of first signal lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction. At least one sub-pixel includes a driving circuit, and the driving circuit includes a plurality of transistors and at least one storage capacitor. The transistor at least includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The plurality of first signal lines is located in a third conductive layer. The third conductive layer is located on a side of a control electrode of a transistor of the driving circuit away from the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a user equipment for satellite communication, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: evaluating a transmission power requirement for a user equipment to communicate with a satellite; and assisting, via an auxiliary device, the user equipment in executing at least part of the communication with the satellite when the transmission power constraint of the user equipment fails to meet the transmission power requirement, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to acquire, via the satellite, a communication mode to be switched to, and the processing circuits transmit, to the satellite, a notification indicating that a current communication mode needs to be switched, with the notification comprising information indicating the need to switch to a communication mode that meets the transmission power requirement.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic apparatus in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) system according to the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit, and is configured to: configure, according to the electronic apparatus and a subcarrier interval of a link between sub-nodes of the electronic apparatus, a slot formatting cycle for the link, the slot formatting cycle comprising a pre-determined number of slots; and configure, for the link, a slot format of each slot in one slot format cycle. The electronic apparatus, the wireless communication method, and the computer readable storage medium of the present disclosure optimize slot format configuration in IAB systems.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of a wireless communication system, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to configure, directly or indirectly on the basis of one or more height thresholds for user equipment and a current height of the user equipment, operation of the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of the embodiments of the disclosure, configuring, on the basis of a height threshold, operation of a user equipment optimizes communication performance in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, configured to: obtain at least height information of each user equipment among one or more user equipments; and for each user equipment, allocate resources to the user equipment on the basis of at least the height information of the user equipment and one or more height thresholds for the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, resources are allocated on the basis of a height threshold, so that time-frequency resource allocation in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario may be optimized, resource utilization efficiency may be improved, and interference may be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a user equipment for satellite communication, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: evaluating a transmission power requirement for a user equipment to communicate with a satellite; and assisting, via an auxiliary device, the user equipment in executing at least part of the communication with the satellite when the transmission power constraint of the user equipment fails to meet the transmission power requirement, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to acquire, via the satellite, a communication mode to be switched to, and the processing circuits transmit, to the satellite, a notification indicating that a current communication mode needs to be switched, with the notification comprising information indicating the need to switch to a communication mode that meets the transmission power requirement.

Abstract: Provided are a device and method for a wireless communication system, and a computer readable storage medium. The device comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: acquire the current three-dimensional spatial location of a user equipment, and determine a resource for the user equipment according to information showing a mapping relationship at least between three-dimensional spatial regions and resources. According to an aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, time delay can be decreased and transmission performance can be optimized by pre-establishing a mapping relationship between three-dimensional spatial regions and resources and assigning to the user equipment an uplink/downlink time-frequency resource on the basis of the mapping relationship.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for overlaying content on video streams. In one aspect, a category of a video is identified. Confidence scores are determined that each indicate a likelihood that a location in a frame includes a feature of a feature type. A weight for each feature type is determined, based on the category, that reflects an importance of not occluding features of the feature type. Confidence scores are adjusted, for each feature type, based on the weight for the feature type, to generate adjusted confidence scores. The adjusted confidence scores are aggregated for each location for each frame to generate aggregated and adjusted confidence scores. A location at which to position overlaid content during video display is determined based on the aggregated and adjusted confidence scores. The overlaid content is provided for display at the determined location in the video.

Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory devices and methods are provided. In one aspect, a fabrication method includes forming a conductor/insulator stack over a substrate, forming a dielectric layer of a dielectric material including atomic hydrogen over a part of the conductor/insulator stack, and performing a thermal process to release the atomic hydrogen from the dielectric material and diffuse the atomic hydrogen into the conductor/insulator stack.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of a wireless communication system, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to configure, directly or indirectly on the basis of one or more height thresholds for user equipment and a current height of the user equipment, operation of the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of the embodiments of the disclosure, configuring, on the basis of a height threshold, operation of a user equipment optimizes communication performance in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a User Equipment (UE), a method, and a computer readable storage medium. According to the present invention, a method for determining location of a positioning reference signal (PRS) comprises: obtaining a subcarrier interval of a resource block (RB); and determining a time-frequency location of the PRS in the RB according to the subcarrier interval. The electronic device, the UE, the method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present invention can be used for designing the PRS with respect to an NR communication system more reasonably, so as to optimize the positioning of the UE.