Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for determining a transport block size are described. One example method includes determining a transport block size (TBS) of a first transport block by a communications apparatus. The communications apparatus determines a TBS of a second transport block based on the TBS of the first transport block, where the first transport block is different from the second transport block, the TBS of the second transport block is equal to the TBS of the first transport block, and a data channel carrying the first transport block and a data channel carrying the second transport block occupy a same time domain resource.

Abstract: An embodiment of this application provides an antenna port determining method. In a process of determining, based on QCL information and indication information that is used to determine an antenna port number, an antenna port on which downlink data is scheduled, antenna port group information is further introduced, so that the antenna port can be more accurately determined.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting a DMRS, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method and the apparatus are applicable to an NR system. The method for transmitting a DMRS may include: determining a time-frequency resource used to carry a DMRS; and then sending the DMRS by using the time-frequency resource.

Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the DMRS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.

Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the DMRS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.

Abstract: A channel measurement method and a communications apparatus, the method including generating, by a terminal device, first indication information, where the first indication information indicates one or more component features of a time-varying feature, and further indicates a weighting coefficient of each component feature of the one or more component features, and the one or more component features and the weighting coefficient of each component feature represent the time-varying feature of a channel, and sending, by the terminal device, the first indication information to a network device.

Abstract: A liquid heating appliance for making a beverage, the liquid heating appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, where at least a first of the plurality of heating components is powered using mains power, a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: a controller, and an energy storage device, wherein the controller is arranged to: control an amount of the mains power applied to the first of the plurality of heating components, control an amount of stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to at least a second of the plurality of heating components, and switch polarity of the voltage of the stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to the second of the plurality of heating components after one or more heating cycles associated with the second of the plurality of heating components.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting a DMRS, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method and the apparatus are applicable to an NR system. The method for transmitting a DMRS may include: determining a time-frequency resource used to carry a DMRS; and then sending the DMRS by using the time-frequency resource.

Abstract: A coupled bio-oscillating material is disclosed. The coupled bio-oscillating material comprises at least two cardiac muscle (CM) cell clusters and at least one cardiac fibroblast (CF) cell bridge on a substrate. The at least one CF cell bridge provides electrical conduction between the at least two CM cell clusters. The at least two CM cell clusters oscillate and synchronize at a unique phase ordering between the at least two CM cell clusters. The coupled bio-oscillating material can be used. The coupled bio-oscillating material can be used to create coupled bio-oscillator networks. A method of creating a coupled bio-oscillator network. The coupled bio-oscillator networks can be used for collective computing. A re-programmable bio-oscillatory network is also disclosed. The re-programmable bio-oscillatory network comprises a patterning layer, an enzyme channeling layer, and a pneumatic controlling layer.

Abstract: This application provides a data receiving method and apparatus and a data sending method and apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives a PDCCH and M PDSCHs that are scheduled by using DCI in the PDCCH, where time domain resources occupied by any two of the M PDSCHs do not overlap, and the M PDSCHs are associated with at least two different pieces of beam indication information. Transmit beams and/or receive beams of the M PDSCHs are related to a time interval between adjacent PDSCHs in the M PDSCHs. Because the time interval affects receiving efficiency of the PDSCH, the time interval may be used as a consideration for determining the transmit beam and/or the receive beam of the PDSCH, to optimize the transmit beam and/or the receive beam of the PDSCH. In this way, the receiving efficiency of the PDSCH is improved.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a quantity and size of subbands in a channel state information (CSI) reporting band for flexibility and reduced complexity of terminal addressing. The method includes: determining a channel state information subband size based on a bandwidth part (BWP), determining a quantity of channel state information subbands included in a channel state information reporting band based on (i) a carrier bandwidth (CC bandwidth), (ii) the BWP bandwidth or (iii) a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) bandwidth and the channel state information subband size. The method further includes determining an actual quantity of resource blocks included in a starting subband and an actual quantity of resource blocks in an ending subband in the channel state information subband.

Abstract: This application provides a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) transmission method and a communications device. The method includes: determining, by a communications device, a current mode of a resource scheduling unit, where the current mode is a frequency hopping mode or an aggregation mode, and performing, by the communications device, DMRS mapping or demapping by using a DMRS pattern corresponding to the current mode, where a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS in the DMRS pattern corresponding to the current mode is different from a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS in a preset DMRS pattern. In embodiments of this application, a location of a symbol occupied by a DMRS can be flexibly selected depending on different modes. Therefore, requirements of the different modes can be satisfied in the embodiments of this application, thereby improving network performance.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a channel estimation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to help reduce indication overheads. The method may include: generating and sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate M N-dimensional precoding vectors, each precoding vector is applied to one of M frequency bands, the M N-dimensional precoding vectors form a space-frequency matrix, and the space-frequency matrix is generated by performing weighted combination on a plurality of space-frequency component matrices, where the space-frequency matrix is an M×N-dimensional space-frequency vector or an X×Y space-frequency matrix, X and Y are one and the other of M and N, M?1, N?2, and both M and N are integers.

Abstract: A kettle (10) comprising: a hollow body (14) having a bottom wall (16) and a side wall (18) extending upwardly from the bottom wall (16) to a rim (19), with the side wall (18) surrounding a cavity (22) to receive water to be heated, the bottom wall (16) having an inner surface (17) facing the cavity (22), the inner surface (17) having an area; and a heating element (32) in thermal communication with the bottom wall (16) to thereby heat the water, the heating element (32) occupying a horizontal area that is at least 30% of the inner surface area (17).

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method and apparatus for sending a demodulation reference signal, and a demodulation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for sending a demodulation reference signal may include: generating a demodulation reference signal, where a sequence length of the demodulation reference signal is related to an attribute of the demodulation reference signal; and sending the demodulation reference signal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a microencapsuled conjugated linoleic acid glyceride powder and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps of preparing raw materials, preparing an aqueous phase and an oil phase, preparing an emulsion, and spray drying. The raw materials comprise, in parts by mass: 60-85 parts of conjugated linoleic acid glyceride, 5-35 parts of starch or colloid, 4-20 parts of small molecule filler, and 0.01-5 parts of antioxidant.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a channel estimation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to help reduce indication overheads. The method may include: generating and sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate M N-dimensional precoding vectors, each precoding vector is applied to one of M frequency bands, the M N-dimensional precoding vectors form a space-frequency matrix, and the space-frequency matrix is generated by performing weighted combination on a plurality of space-frequency component matrices, where the space-frequency matrix is an M×N-dimensional space-frequency vector or an X×Y space-frequency matrix, X and Y are one and the other of M and N, M?1, N?2, and both M and N are integers.

Abstract: A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.

Abstract: This application discloses a reference signal sending method and apparatus, to resolve a problem that only a fixed mapping manner and a single function are available in an existing RS mapping and configuration solution, so as to improve spectral efficiency. The method includes: determining a time-frequency resource used to carry a first reference signal, where the time-frequency resource is a dedicated time-frequency resource of at least one second reference signal; and sending the first reference signal by using the determined time-frequency resource.

Abstract: An appliance (10) to heat a liquid, the appliance (10) including: a hollow body (16) providing a chamber (23) to receive the liquid, the body (16) having a bottom wall (17) and a side wall (18) extending upwardly from the bottom wall (17) so as to surround the chamber (23); an electrical resistance heater (27) fixed to the body (16) and to which electric power is delivered so that the heater (27) has a raised temperature to heat the liquid contained in the chamber (23); a switch (29), adjacent the heater (27), that receives electric power and delivers electric power to the heater (27), the switch (29) being mounted in the body (16) and located so that heat generated by the switch (29) can be delivered to the liquid via conduction; and wherein the switch (29) is mounted on the body (16) to inhibit heat transfer by conduction between the heater (27) and switch (29).