Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for 2-step RA (2-step random access) performed by a terminal (UE) is provided.

Abstract: This application discloses example communication methods and example apparatuses. One example method includes receiving control information from a network device in a first cell, where the control information indicates to initiate a random access process in a second cell, and the control information includes a first identifier of the second cell. A random access process can then be initiated, based on the control information, in the second cell by using a random access parameter associated with the first identifier.

Abstract: A terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the terminal and the base station are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the method performed by the terminal in the wireless communication system comprises: receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the PDCCH including downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling one or more physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs); receiving the PDSCHs according to the DCI; and transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK/NACK) codebook for the PDSCHs.

Abstract: Exemplary methods for quantitative mapping of physical properties, systems and computer-accessible medium can be provided to generate images of tissue magnetic susceptibility, transport parameters and oxygen consumption from magnetic resonance imaging data using the Bayesian inference approach, which minimizes a data fidelity term under a constraint of a structure prior knowledge. The data fidelity term is constructed directly from the magnetic resonance imaging data. The structure prior knowledge can be characterized from known anatomic images using image feature extraction operation or artificial neural network. Thus, according to the exemplary embodiment, system, method and computer-accessible medium can be provided for determining physical properties associated with at least one structure.

Abstract: An apparatus including a pixel electrode circuit is provided. The pixel electrode circuit includes a first switch, a second switch, a first-type transistor, a first second-type transistor, and a second second-type transistor. The first switch and the second switch are respectively controlled by a first control signal and a second control signal. The first-type transistor includes a gate electrically connected to a first node, a first terminal connected to a first power supply voltage, and a second terminal connected to a third node. The first second-type transistor includes a gate electrically connected to a second node, a first terminal connected to a second power supply voltage, and a second terminal connected to the third node. The second second-type transistor includes a gate electrically connected to the second node, a first terminal being grounded, and a second terminal providing an output voltage.

Abstract: A compact LiDAR device is provided. The compact LiDAR device includes a first mirror disposed to receive one or more light beams and a polygon mirror optically coupled to the first mirror. The polygon mirror comprises a plurality of reflective facets. For at least two of the plurality of reflective facets, each reflective facet is arranged such that: a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge of the reflective facet correspond to a first line, a second line, and a third line; the first line and the second line intersect to form a first internal angle of a plane comprising the reflective facet; and the first line and the third line intersect to form a second internal angle of the plane comprising the reflective facet. The first internal angle is an acute angle; and the second internal angle is an obtuse angle.

Abstract: This application provides a reference signal generation method, a reference signal detection method, and a communications apparatus, so that a terminal device or a network device can generate a reference signal by using a pseudo-random sequence initial factor cinit provided in embodiments of this application. Compared with a solution in the current technology, the generation manner can support a relatively large quantity of reference signal sequences, to better meet requirements of a plurality of 5G scenarios. The method may include: obtaining a reference signal sequence based on a pseudo-random sequence initial factor cinit; and mapping the sequence to one or more OFDM symbols, where the pseudo-random sequence initial factor cinit is related to a parameter d, d max(log2(nID,max+1)?10,0) or d=max(log2 (nID,max+1)?12,0), max represents that a larger value is selected from two values, and nID,max represents a maximum value of a reference signal sequence ID.

Abstract: Described are devices, systems and methods for real-time remote control of vehicles with high redundancy. In some embodiments, two copies of at least one control command are received using two different wireless communication protocols, and are compared. The at least one control command is executed when the two copies are in agreement, but is rejected when the two copies differ. In other embodiments, additional wireless communication protocols may exist to provide a redundant mode of communication when one of the two different wireless communication protocols are unavailable. In yet other embodiments, redundant GPS units may be used to determine availability of any of the communication protocols, and relevant control commands may be downloaded in advance to circumvent a lack of coverage.

Abstract: A contact structure, contact pad layout and structure, mask combination and manufacturing method thereof is provided in the present invention. Through the connection of tops of at least two contact plugs in the boundary of core region, an integrated contact with larger cross-sectional area is formed in the boundary of core region. Accordingly, the process of forming electronic components on the contact structure in the boundary of core region may be provided with sufficient process window to increase the size of electronic components in the boundary, lower contact resistance, and the electronic component with increased size in the boundary buffer the density difference of circuit patterns between the core region and the peripheral region, thereby improving optical proximity effect and ensuring the uniformity of electronic components on the contact plugs inside the boundary of core region, and avoiding the collapse of electronic components on the contact plug in the boundary.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a device, a storage medium and a program product for displaying search results are provided. The method includes: acquiring a search instruction inputted by a user at a search page, wherein the search instruction carries a keyword; obtaining search results by searching based on the keyword, wherein the search results comprise at least one target application and a sub-application in the target application; and displaying the search results at the search page. An application and/or a sub-application in the application that a user wants to use is obtained by searching an inputted keyword and is displayed at the search page. This enables the user to quickly find a target application or a target sub-application from hundreds of applications.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, including: A terminal device determines first indication information, and sends the first indication information to an access network device, where the first indication information indicates one or two solutions, supported by the terminal device, in a first solution and a second solution, and both the first solution and the second solution are used to: when a first cell and a second cell jointly schedule the first cell, determine at least one of a maximum value of a number of PDCCH candidates that need to be monitored by the terminal device and a maximum value of a number of non-overlapping CCEs in the PDCCH candidates that need to be monitored.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, and the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate line and a stress layer. The substrate has a plurality of first fins protruded from the substrate. The gate line is disposed over the substrate, across the first fins, to further include a gate electrode and a gate dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the gate electrode layer and the first fins. The stress layer is disposed only on lateral surfaces of the first fins and on a top surface of the substrate, wherein a material of the stress layer is different from a material of the first fins.

Abstract: An information configuration method and apparatus, the method including receiving first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a time-frequency resource to which a positioning reference signal (PRS) is mapped and configuration information of a time-frequency resource to which a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block is mapped, determining, based on the first configuration information, the time-frequency resource to which the PRS is mapped and the time-frequency resource to which the SS/PBCH block is mapped, and skipping receiving, when the time-frequency resource to which the SS/PBCH block is mapped overlaps the time-frequency resource to which the PRS is mapped, the PRS on the overlapped time-frequency resource.

Abstract: Systems and methods of generating electrical current from at least one photovoltaic cell are described herein. In some embodiments, a dual-cell arrangement of photovoltaic cells may be disposed on a face. Equal parts of a first photovoltaic cell and a second photovoltaic cell may be disposed on the face such that when a portion of the face is shaded, the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell receive substantially equal amounts of electromagnetic radiation. In some embodiments, the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell comprises a plurality of sub-cell connected in series and parallel to optimize the power output form the partially exposed cells.

Abstract: Low data rate, low power, bi-directional transmissions may be provided over existing physical communication media (e.g., coaxial cables and/or optical fiber) and in the presence of higher bandwidth, higher power primary signals currently being transmitted over the communication media. The low data rate, low power, bi-directional transmissions may be accomplished using spread-spectrum modulated signals that are positioned in frequency relative to the primary signals, such that the low data rate, low power transmissions occur without detectable interference with the primary signals, which include multiplexed narrowband modulated signals. In some embodiments, the primary signals may be modulated using quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and multiplexed using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and the spread-spectrum modulated signals may be chirp spread spectrum (CSS) modulated signals modulated using Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK).

Abstract: Low data rate, low power, bi-directional transmissions may be provided over existing physical communication media (e.g., coaxial cables and/or optical fiber) and in the presence of higher bandwidth, higher power primary signals currently being transmitted over the communication media. The low data rate, low power, bi-directional transmissions may be accomplished using spread-spectrum modulated signals that are positioned in frequency relative to the primary signals, such that the low data rate, low power transmissions occur without detectable interference with the primary signals, which include multiplexed narrowband modulated signals. In some embodiments, the primary signals may be modulated using quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and multiplexed using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and the spread-spectrum modulated signals may be chirp spread spectrum (CSS) modulated signals modulated using Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK).

Abstract: A terminal device determines a physical resource block PRB position of a resource corresponding to a physical uplink control channel PUCCH; and the terminal device sends the PUCCH based on the PRB position, wherein the PRB position satisfies RBBWPoffset+?rPUCCH/NCS? or NBWPsize?1?RBBWPoffset??rPUCCH/NCS?, rPUCCH is a PUCCH resource index, NCS is a quantity of cyclic shifts of a common PUCCH resource set, RBBWPoffset is a frequency domain offset value of the common PUCCH resource set, and NBWPSize is a size of a bandwidth part configured with a PUCCH resource.

Abstract: A rotatable optical reflector device of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanning system used in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The rotatable optical reflector device comprises a glass-based optical reflector including a plurality of reflective surfaces and a flange. The rotatable optical reflector device further comprises a metal-based motor rotor body at least partially disposed in an inner opening of the glass-based optical reflector. The rotatable optical reflector device further comprises an elastomer piece having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface of the elastomer piece is in contact with a second mounting surface of the flange. The rotatable optical reflector device further comprises a clamping mechanism compressing the elastomer piece at the second surface of the elastomer piece, wherein movement of the metal-based motor rotor body causes the glass-based optical reflector to optically scan light in a field-of-view of the LiDAR scanning system.

Abstract: An elevating mechanism includes a base member, a first movable member, a second movable member, a first magnetic member, and a second magnetic member, the first movable member is movably disposed on the base member, the second movable member is movably disposed on the base member, the first magnetic member disposed on the first movable member, the second magnetic member corresponds to the first magnetic member and is disposed on the second movable member, when the second movable member is in a holding position, the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are attracted to each other.