Abstract: A method of forming a titania-coated inorganic particle comprising the steps of (a) stirring a mixture of a titania precursor such as a titanium alkoxide and an inorganic particle such as a hollow glass particles in an organic solvent such as an alcohol for more than 1 h to cause adsorption of the titania precursor on the surface of the inorganic particle; and (b) adding water dropwise to the mixture under stirring to convert the titania precursor to titania which then forms a coating on the inorganic particle. A method for forming a paint formulation, a titania-coated inorganic particle, a paint formulation comprising a titania-coated inorganic particle and use of a titania-coated inorganic particle in a paint formulation is also described.

Abstract: Systems and methods are introduced to enable cross-domain discovery. Systems and methods are also introduced to create representations of resources and information discovered from cross-domain discovery.

Abstract: A network data analytics (NWDA) function and method of policy optimization in a communication network are provided. The NWDA performs data analytics on the communication network traffic, and includes communication interfaces to connect to other network elements in the communication network. The method comprises the NWDA function configured to receive a request for a policy input, send instructions to network elements to obtain network performance measurement data, receive the measurement data from the network elements, and transmit a policy input based on the received measurement data.

Abstract: A coupling thermal management system of a pure electric vehicle based on phase change heat storage. The system includes a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit, where heat exchange can be achieved between the refrigerant circuit and the coolant circuit through a plate type heat exchanger. The refrigerant circuit includes an electric compressor, an inside-vehicle heat exchanger, an outside-vehicle heat exchanger, a bidirectional electronic expansion valve, a four-way directional valve, a gas-liquid separator, first three-way valve, a first gate valve, a second gate valve, a plate type heat exchanger and a refrigerant tube. The coolant circuit includes a battery pack, a phase change material, a heat storage heat exchanger, a water pump, a second three-way valve, a third three-way valve, a fourth three-way valve and a coolant tube. The plate type heat exchanger is also included in the coolant circuit.

Abstract: Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.

Abstract: A method for discovering causality from data includes acquiring to-be-processed data, and obtaining a covariance matrix of the to-be-processed data; determining a first target column in the covariance matrix, taking the number of columns of the first target column as a first place in a rearrangement sequence, and obtaining a first upper triangular matrix according to the first target column; determining a position of the number of columns of the covariance matrix other than the first target column except the first place in the rearrangement sequence according to the first target column and the first upper triangular matrix, and obtaining an upper triangular matrix in each position determination; obtaining an adjacency matrix according to an upper triangular matrix and a rearrangement sequence obtained in final position determination; and generating directed acyclic graph (DAG) by using the adjacency matrix, and taking the DAG as causality discovery result of the to-be-processed data.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for notifying Quality of Service (QoS) information to User Equipment (UE), Users, and Application server. Embodiments of the present invention may analyze the network QoS and/or statistics of QoS parameters using one or more functions such as Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF). Embodiments may also provide control plane (CP) functions which may send the QoS information to the UE depending on the UE subscription, application and/or network slice.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a data transmission method and a communication apparatus. The method may be applied to a data transmission or data distribution scenario in a peer-to-peer P2P network. The method includes: A first end node sends delayed transmission information to a second end node, where the delayed transmission information indicates time information at which the first end node delays sending first data to the second end node. When determining that the second end node accepts the delayed transmission information, the first end node delays sending the first data to the second end node, to alleviate a load of the first end node, so that a network congestion problem caused by a large-scale concurrent data request can be resolved.

Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, etc. directed to enablers for blockchain-enabled wireless systems are provided. Among the apparatuses, is an first apparatus that may be configured to receive, from a network application, a registration request including information indicating a plurality of application-le vel requirements for a distributed ledger service, including one or more performance requirements, and one or more actions; determine a node of a distributed ledger system to associate to the network application based at least in part on the performance requirement; provide, to each of a one or more computing resources, executable code for conducting one or more of the one or more actions; and send a confirmation of registration to the network application.

Abstract: The concept of a service layer message template is introduced, which may be a request template or a response template. Message templates may be created and stored at the service layer. Each message template may contain a set of request or response parameters and their values. Once in place, an application can send a request to the service layer that does not include the request parameters contained in the message template (i.e. request template); instead, a message template identifier may be sent. Since request parameters are included in the message template and stored at the service layer, communication overhead between the service layer and the application (or another service layer) may be reduced.

Abstract: A signal receiving apparatus and method are provided. When a baseband signal is restored, an orthogonal polarization state of light does not need to be precisely controlled. This is easy to implement and can reduce system costs. The apparatus includes an optical splitter configured to split a first polarization multiplexing optical signal into at least two second polarization multiplexing optical signals, and input the two second polarization multiplexing optical signals into at least two optical signal processing modules. An optical signal processing module is configured to couple the second polarization multiplexing optical signal, and input a coupled optical signal to a photoelectric detector configured to convert the coupled optical signal into an analog signal. An analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the analog signal into a digital signal, and input the digital signal to a digital signal processor configured to process the digital signal to obtain a baseband signal.

Abstract: A modular and distributed architecture for data stream processing and analysis is described to incorporate data stream analytics capabilities, called Data Stream Analytics Service (DSAS) in the IoT/M2M service layer. Each service layer node hosting DSAS can be split into two independent modules, Stream Forwarder and Stream Analytics Engine. Stream Forwarder is a light weight processing modules that can be responsible for data preprocessing and routing. Stream Analytics Engine is responsible for performing actual analytics on the data stream. Separating the two functionalities enables the service layer nodes to efficiently distribute stream analytics tasks across multiple nodes.

Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to transaction management in blockchain-enabled wireless systems are provided. Among the methods is a method that may include obtaining data from one or more sources and one or more parameters from at least one of the one or more sources; generating a transaction for the data based at least in part on the one or more parameters; determining a node of a distributed ledger based at least in part on the one or more parameters; and sending the transaction to the node of a distributed ledger.

Abstract: Mechanisms for multidimensional data modeling and operations and related procedures are described. Resource structures for multidimensional data can be used. This can allow lumped operations such as RESTful operations and procedures on the multidimensional data. A new attribute “SamplingPeriodCovered” can be used to indicate the time interval when the related time series data (or any multi-dimension data streams) are stored. This can reduce the total size of the data stored.

Abstract: Methods and Systems for modifying or releasing a Multicast/Broadcast (MB) session for delivery of MB Data to a plurality of Electronic Devices (EDs) connected to a (Radio) Access Network (R)AN node is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more triggers, and instructing the various network functions and (R)AN nodes to modify (or release) the MB session dependent on the received trigger.

Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to messaging through blockchain networks are provided. Among such methods is a method that may be implemented in a device comprising circuitry, including a transmitter, a receiver and a processor, and may include any of receiving a request to send a message including a message and information indicating a source of the message, a destination of the message and a distributed ledger system; determining a first node associated with a distributed ledger system based, at least in part, the information indicating the distributed ledger system and the information indicating the destination; generating a transaction for the message; and sending the transaction to a second node of the distributed ledger system.

Abstract: A subscriber issues a message to a resource host to request subscription to multiple resources. This message may indicate identifiers of these resources, event notification criteria for each individual resource and define cross-resource notification criteria such as time window type and time window size. The resource host issues cross-resource notifications to the subscriber or its designated notification targets when expected changes on the target resources occur within a time window.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure provides for a method for user equipment (UE) internet protocol (IP) address management. The method includes sending by an application function (AF), a request to a policy control function (PCF), the request including information identifying traffic and an indication that a UE IP address associated with the traffic should be preserved. The method further includes sending by the PCF, to a session management function (SMF) being responsible for managing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session associated with the traffic, a policy and charging control (PCC) rule including the indication. In some embodiments, the request is sent by the AF to the PCF via a network exposure function (NEF). In some embodiments, the method further includes managing, by the SMF, the UE IP address according to the PCC rule. In some embodiments, the managing includes preserving the UE IP address for a PDU session associated with the traffic.

Abstract: A network function and a method for associating a UE of a UE group to a PDU session with in a CN. The NF establishes a shared PDU session for the UE group before all of the UEs in the UE group register with the CN and binds a UE that has not yet registered with the CN to the shared PDU session when the UE registers with the CN, provided the UE will share at least one of a UL UP connection and a DL UP connection associated with the shared PDU session. The NF may be an SMF.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing a polymeric clay composition for coating. A clay-polyacrylate composite is produced, where the clay-polyacrylate composite includes one or more layers of clay intercalated with polyacrylate, where the one or more layers of clay include at least one organosilane coupling agent including an acrylate moiety, where the at least one organosilane coupling agent is attached to a surface of the one or more layers of clay and the polyacrylate is covalently attached to the organosilane coupling agent, and where the polyacrylate consists of a first acrylate monomer and a second acrylate monomer having different solubility, where the first acrylate monomer is a hydrophilic acrylate monomer including a hydroxyl (—OH) group and the second acrylate monomer is a hydrophobic acrylate monomer which repels water. Furthermore, the clay-polyacrylate composite is mixed with a solution including a polymer to form the polymeric clay composition.