31st week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220248440 | Radio Network Node, UE and Methods Performed Therein for Handling Communication - The present disclosure relates to telecommunications. In one of its aspects, the disclosure concerns a method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for controlling communication in a wireless communications system using preconfigured resources. The method comprises transmitting a message to a radio network node using the preconfigured resources. The UE is to be identified by the radio network node based on the message and an identification of the UE is further associated with at least one of a preconfigured resource configuration and an indication that the message is associated with a preconfigured resource transmission. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248441 | SIDELINK INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides an information reporting method and apparatus, and a terminal and a readable storage medium. The method includes: a sending end obtains a period of transmission resources configured and authorized by a network; transmit a transmission block to a receiving end based on the transmission resources, the transmission resources being used for transmitting a same transmission block or a plurality of different transmission blocks; report a preset information quantity of report information to the network according to a transmission status and/or a feedback status of the receiving end. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248442 | CONTROLLING MODEM MEMORY USED BY UPLINK DATA - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a control message indicating a resource configuration for uplink and downlink transmissions. The UE may determine an uplink buffer threshold for a modem buffer of the UE based on the resource configuration. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a feedback request message requesting that the base station provide feedback for at least one previously transmitted uplink packet based on a comparison of an amount of previously transmitted uplink data and scheduled uplink data stored in the modem buffer relative to the uplink buffer threshold. The UE may receive, based on transmitting the feedback request message, a feedback response message corresponding to a first previously transmitted uplink packet of the at least one previously transmitted uplink packet. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING BUFFER STATUS REPORT, USER EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for reporting a buffer status report, user equipment and a computer-readable storage medium. The method for reporting the buffer status report includes: determining, by user equipment, UE, logical channel groups, LCGs, with data to be transmitted, and a first number of LCGs assigned to send buffer sizes; and sending, by the UE, buffer sizes of the LCGs with data to be transmitted by means of a buffer status report, BSR, according to determined first number. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248444 | TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATE TYPES FOR SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL AS SOURCE REFERENCE SIGNAL - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a UE capability report that indicates which transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state types the UE is able to support when using a sounding reference signal (SRS) as a source reference signal for a TCI state. The UE may receive, from the base station, a configuration for one or more TCI state types for the SRS as the source reference signal based at least in part on transmitting the UE capability report. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248445 | PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) REPETITION FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH A PUCCH RESOURCE INDICATOR (PRI) - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for supporting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI). In some aspects, a PUCCH repetition factor is dynamically indicated that is applicable to multiple PUCCHs or multiple PUCCH types. For example, an apparatus receives downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a first PDSCH and includes a PRI indicating a repetition factor of a first PUCCH associated with the first PDSCH and at least one additional PUCCH. In some other aspects, the PRI includes a repetition indicator associated with a repetition factor, such as a PUCCH repetition factor. In one aspect, a repetition indicator associated with a repetition factor is included in DCI and the repetition indicator is associated with multiple PUCCH types. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248446 | SKIPPING SEMI PERSISTENT SCHEDULING (SPS) OR CONFIGURED GRANT PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (CG PUSCH) OCCASIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to skipping occasions, such as high frequency control packets, for overhead reduction. The control packets may be semi persistent scheduling (SPS) occasions, or configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared control channel (PUSCH). In a general aspect, for example, a user equipment (UE) may receive signaling activating SPS occasions and monitor for downlink control information (DCI) multiplexed in at least some of the SPS occasions. The DCI indicates at least one of the SPS occasions to be skipped from being monitored by the UE. The UE may transmit configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasions to a network entity and transmit uplink control information (UCI) multiplexed in at least some of the CG PUSCH occasions. The UCI indicates at least one of the CG PUSCH occasions to be skipped from being monitored by the network entity. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248447 | ADAPTATION OF ACTIVE TIME PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING USING BAND-WIDTH PART SWITCHING - A method, network node and wireless device for adaptation of search space (SS) density by bandwidth part (BWP) switching are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device (WD) is configured to switch between a sparse search space (SS) configuration and a dense SS configuration, and monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to one of the sparse SS in a first BWP, and the dense SS in a second BWP. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248448 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal apparatus receives a DCI format used for scheduling of a PDSCH, and transmits HARQ-ACK information in a slot n. In a case that a higher layer parameter is given, for a PDSCH group g, a monitoring occasion for PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format satisfying a condition is included in a set of monitoring occasions for PDCCH for the slot n. Based at least on the set of monitoring occasions for PDCCH for the slot n, the HARQ-ACK information is generated. The condition includes the following: condition 1 is that the HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI format is triggered to be transmitted in the lot n, and condition 2 is that the PDSCH group g is indicated by a PGI field included in the DCI format. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248449 | METHOD, EQUIPMENT FOR RECEIVING SCHEDULING INFORMATION, TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a method for receiving scheduling information, comprising steps of: receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI); and determining, according to a mapping relationship between configured transmission resources used for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and scheduling information in the DCI, scheduling information corresponding to the PUSCH in the DCI. Compared with the prior art, in the present invention, the scheduling information in the DCI is determined by the mapping relationship between the configured transmission resources used for transmitting the PUSCH by a UE and the scheduling information in the DCI, so that a base station can schedule all UEs for which there is a mapping relationship between PUSCH configured transmission resources and the scheduling information in DCI by sending only one piece of DCI. The scheduling overhead is reduced, the resource waste is reduced, and the efficiency of scheduling terminals by a communication system is significantly improved. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248450 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME - The present invention provides a method for transmitting and receiving a downlink signal between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and a device supporting the method. As a specific example, the present invention includes a method for: transmitting and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal in an unlicensed band so that a base station and a terminal transmit and receive system information associated with a particular synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; and, based on the PDCCH signal, transmitting and receiving a PDSCH signal including the system information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248451 | Methods and Apparatus for Sidelink Communications and Resource Allocation - Methods and systems are provided in which a UE transmits sidelink (SL) control information comprising a scheduling assignment (SA) indicating an SL transmission resource for a SL data transmission to a target UE. The SL transmission resource is based on one or more occupied SL resources identified by the UE and the SL transmission resource includes resources for an initial transmission and one or more retransmissions. The UE then transmits the SL data transmission using the SL transmission resource according to the transmitted SL control information. This is done without receiving, in a downlink control information (DCI), a grant of communication resources. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248452 | CONTROL PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL FOR ADDITIONAL CONTROL CAPACITY - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication including first downlink control information (DCI) that grants resources for a dedicated control physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication. The UE may receive the dedicated control PDSCH communication, wherein the dedicated control PDSCH includes second DCI. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248453 | USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURED GRANT CONFIRMATION MAC CE FOR MULTIPLE ACTIVE CONFIGURED GRANTS - A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive first downlink control information (DCI) used for indicating a deactivation of a configured grant corresponding to a configured grant configuration with a first index. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, based on a reception of the first DCI, a configured grant confirmation medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The configured grant confirmation MAC CE includes a value indicating a deactivation status of the configured grant configuration with the first index. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL STATE REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to channel state reporting in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: establishing a PC5 radio resource control (RRC) connection between the first wireless device and a second wireless device; receiving sidelink control information (SCI) from the second wireless device, wherein the SCI instructs the first wireless device to perform sidelink (SL)-channel state information (CSI) reporting for the PC5 RRC connection; triggering the SL-CSI reporting; and based on that a sidelink resource for the SL-CSI reporting is unavailable and the first wireless device is configured with a mode in which sidelink resources are scheduled by a network, transmitting a signal related to the SL CSI reporting for requesting the sidelink resource to the network. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248455 | VALIDATING UPLINK CONFIGURED GRANTS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques are described herein for managing timers for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes associated with multiple configured grants that are active at the same time. Techniques are also described herein for allocating HARQ identifiers (IDs) to HARQ processes associated with multiple configured grants that are active at the same time. A user equipment (UE) may configure timers to be associated with a HARQ ID and a configured grant. A base station or UE may include indicators of the configured grants associated with a HARQ process when exchanging signaling about the HARQ process. A UE may allocate HARQ IDs to multiple configured grants to reduce a likelihood that HARQ processes collide. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248456 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a terminal, a base station and a signal transmission control method whereby a response signal can be efficiently transmitted when the terminal receives downstream allocation control information via an R-PDCCH. An extraction unit receives downstream control information via one of a first downstream control channel, which is transmitted by use of one or more control channel elements (CCE) associated with an upstream control channel resource, and a second downstream control channel different from the first downstream control channel, and also receives data via a data channel. A control unit selects, from resources associated with CCE and from particular resources reported by a base station, an upstream control channel resource to be used in transmission of the response signal, and controls the transmission of the response signal. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248457 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-USER TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) SYSTEM - Methods, devices and systems are provided for performing for multi-user (MU) transmission. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive a frame, decode the received frame and determine whether the received frame is a null data packet (NDP) multi-user (MU) media access control (MAC) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (NDP MU MAC PPDU) based on meeting an NDP condition. The NDP MU MAC PPDU may correspond to an MU transmission and may include a PLCP header which includes an NDP signal (SIG) field having MU control information. Based on the received frame meeting the NDP condition, the WTRU may be further configured to process the NDP SIG field, generate a response based on the NDP SIG field and the MU control information, and transmit the response. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248458 | CONTENTION FREE RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are a contention free random access method and device, for solving the problem that there are no solutions applicable to a contention free random access 2-step RACH and for performing data transmission by means of a PUSCH resource in a communication process. In the embodiments of the present application, a network side device sends, to a terminal, allocation information of a preamble code and/or a PRACH resource; and the terminal sends a random access request by means of the preamble code and/or the PRACH resource, and sends uplink data on a PUSCH resource corresponding to the preamble code and/or the PRACH resource. Said method provides a two-step random access method for contention free random access, and also provides a method for performing data transmission by means of a PUSCH resource when the contention free random access is performed. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248459 | CONFIGURING RANDOM ACCESS CHANNELS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless communication network includes a wireless device receiving, from a network, a configuration corresponding to a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). The wireless device receives, from the network via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, a bitmap that provides an indication of time locations corresponding to synchronization signal (SS) blocks. The wireless device determines, based on the configuration and the bitmap, a time slot that does not overlap with the time locations to perform a PRACH transmission during the determined time slot. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248460 | STRATEGIC CHANNEL SENSING - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform, during at least a portion of a sensing window, a sensing process to identify a quantity of resources of a sidelink channel that are available for transmission by the UE during a selection window. The UE may terminate the sensing process before expiry of the sensing window based on the quantity of resources satisfying an early termination threshold. The UE may then transmit, during the selection window, a set of data over the sidelink channel using the quantity of resources. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248461 | METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL DETECTION MECHANISM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method, device, apparatus, and storage medium for determining a channel detection mechanism relate to the technical field of communications. The method implements uplink transmission through an uplink channel of an unlicensed spectrum and includes: receiving, by a terminal, notification information from a base station; and determining, by the terminal, a channel detection mechanism for the uplink transmission based on the notification information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248462 | TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINT DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION FOR CHANNEL SENSING - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may detect that an antenna of a second wireless communication device is to perform a channel sensing procedure on a channel during a time occasion. The first wireless communication device may transmit, during the time occasion in one or more directions other than a direction of the antenna of the second wireless communication device, a signal that satisfies an energy detection threshold. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248463 | LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK FAILURE PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure processing method, a terminal, and a network side device. The LBT failure processing method can be performed by the terminal. The method includes sending LBT failure information by using a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a case of an LBT failure. The present disclosure limits a manner of reporting LBT failure information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248464 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - Disclosed is an information processing method, comprising: a terminal device receives position indication information sent from a network device, at least one bit of the position indication information indicating a first set comprising at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) position index, and the position indication information indicating the position where SSB measurement needs to be performed in a measurement window. Also disclosed are an information processing method, a terminal device, a network device, and a storage medium. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248465 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus compliant with an IEEE 802.11 series standard capable of performing Multi-Link communication with a plurality of other communication apparatuses using a plurality of links with different frequency channels is provided. The communication apparatus generates a key for encrypting a frame to be communicated for each one of the plurality of links, receives, from a first communication apparatus from among the plurality of other communication apparatuses, a notification indicating disconnection or suspension of one or more links of the plurality of links, confirms a state of communication via the plurality of links between the plurality of other communication apparatuses and the communication apparatus in a case where the notification is received, and determines whether or not to re-generate the key for each one of the plurality of links on the basis of a result of the confirmation. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248466 | RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of this application provide an unlicensed frequency band-based resource configuration method and an apparatus, to resolve a problem of configuring a fixed frame period FFP for a terminal device operating in an unlicensed frequency band in a current technology. The method includes: A network device sends fixed frame period FFP configuration information to a terminal device, where the FFP configuration information indicates an FFP configuration of the terminal device, an FFP is a period used by the terminal device to transmit a signal, the FFP includes channel occupancy time COT and an idle period Idle period, the channel occupancy time COT is used by the terminal device to transmit the signal, and the idle period is used by the terminal device to perform LBT. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC SENSITIVITY CONTROL FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE - An information handling system includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor detects a first RF signal of the RF signals received by the transceiver from a first access point (AP), and determines whether an energy level for the first RF signal is above a energy level threshold. If so, the processor determines whether basic service set (BSS) color of the first RF signal is the same as BSS color of a second RF signal from a second AP. If not, the RF signal is coming from a different network. The processor calculates distance to the second AP, determines and configures receive sensitivity energy level threshold based on the calculated distance. If the energy level of the first RF signal is less than the receive sensitivity energy level threshold, the processor continues to receive RF signals from the second AP, and continue to reject RF signals from the interfering network. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248468 | TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY CONTINUATION TIMEOUT FOR DIRECTIONAL MULTI-GIGABIT NETWORKS - A wireless communication device, system and method. The device includes a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry includes logic to: determine a training field length associated with a directional multigigabit (DMG) CTS frame of another wireless communication device; determine a Clear-To-Send time (CTS_Time) parameter based at least in part on the training field length; determine a transmit opportunity (TXOP) continuation timeout for the device based on the CTS_Time parameter; and set a network allocation vector (NA V) for the device based on the TXOP con-tinuation timeout. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248469 | AGGREGATED UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL TRANSMISSION FOR TWO STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE - This disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for wireless communications, and more particularly to aggregating physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource units relating to a random access message. A user equipment (UE) may identify a random access message of a random access procedure. The random access message may include a random access preamble and a random access payload. The UE may aggregate multiple PUSCH resource units of a set of PUSCH resource units associated with one or more PUSCH occasions (POs) based on one or more of a payload size of the random access payload or a modulation and coding scheme associated with the random access payload. As a result, the UE may transmit the random access payload of the random access message on a PUSCH using time and frequency resources of the aggregated multiple PUSCH resource units over the one or more POs. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248470 | METHODS FOR SELECTING AND CONFIGURING RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL, ACCESS DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE - Methods for selecting and configuring a random access channel, an access device and a network device are provided. The method includes: obtaining parameter information and time-frequency resource allocation information corresponding to at least two types of random access channels, the parameter information including a subcarrier spacing and a preamble sequence, a random access channel bandwidth obtained in accordance with the subcarrier spacing and a length of the preamble sequence being smaller than or equal to a maximum transmission bandwidth of a satellite access device, the subcarrier spacing including a reference value of a maximum frequency offset to be resisted by a satellite system; selecting target parameter information from the parameter information in accordance with a capability and an operating scenario of the access device and a frequency offset proportion of each random access channel; and selecting a random access channel in accordance with the target parameter information, and transmitting a random access signal in accordance with the time-frequency resource allocation information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248471 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT - A communication method being applied to a user equipment (UE) and includes: obtaining a first indication indicating at least one of possible random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) positions, actual transmitted synchronization signal block (SSB) positions, frame based equipment (FBE) frame period (FFP) information, or uplink/downlink (UL/DL) pattern within the FFP; obtaining a second indication indicating channel occupancy time (COT) information; and determining, based on the first indication and the second indication, valid RO for physical RACH (PRACH) transmission. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248472 | SYSTEM INFORMATION REQUESTING METHOD, CORRESPONDING USER EQUIPMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A method for providing System Information (SI), the method including transmitting information about first associations between a plurality of preamble sequences and a plurality of pieces of SI, and about second associations between the pieces of SI and a plurality of system information blocks (SIBs); receiving a preamble from a user equipment (UE), the preamble including one of the preamble sequences; identifying one of the SIBs based on the one of the preamble sequences, the first associations, and the second associations, the one of the SIBs including one of the pieces of SI associated with the one of the preamble sequences; and transmitting the one of the SIBs to the UE. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248473 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A wireless communication method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and acquiring, by the terminal device, a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to the random access request. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248474 | CONFIGURATIONS FOR NARROWBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Aspects relate to one or more configurations for wireless communication via a radio frequency (RF) band. A user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) may support communication on a first RF band. A first minimum bandwidth size may be defined for first RF band. The first minimum bandwidth size may be smaller than a second minimum bandwidth size defined for a second RF band available to the UE. The UE and the BS may each communicate via the first RF band according to a first configuration that is based on the first minimum bandwidth size. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248475 | METHOD WHEREBY TERMINAL TRANSMITS AND RECEIVES SIGNALS FOR CARRYING OUT RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present disclosure provides a method whereby a terminal transmits and receives signals for carrying out a random access channel (RACH) procedure in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving first information about a transform precoder related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted via message A; on the basis of the first information, transmitting message A including the PUSCH and a physical random access channel (PRACH); and in response to message A, receiving message B including contention resolution information, wherein the first information may be used to indicate transform precoding for the PUSCH on the basis that the PUSCH is transmitted via message A. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248476 | BUNDLE SIZE CONFIGURATION FOR DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL BUNDLING IN CASE OF UPLINK RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL MESSAGE REPETITION - Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for determining, such as by a user equipment (UE), a bundle size for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling for an uplink random access channel (RACH) message sent with repetition and transmitting the uplink RACH message with DMRS bundling according to the determined bundle size. For example, in some aspects of the present disclosure, the uplink RACH message is sent with a number of repetitions and the bundle size is determined as a function of the number of repetitions. In some aspects, the bundle size is determined based on operation band. In some aspects, the bundle size is determined, based on a duplexing mode in which the UE is operating. In some aspects, the bundle size is determined, at least in part, based on signaling from the base station. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248477 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL MESSAGE REPETITION INDICATION FOR RETRANSMISSION - Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for retransmitting a random access channel (RACH) message, for example, based on parameters for initial RACH transmission. For example, a user equipment (UE) transmits an initial transmission of an uplink RACH message with repetition. The UE receives a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a retransmission of the uplink RACH message with repetition. The UE determines parameters for the retransmission of the uplink RACH message with repetition based, at least in part, on parameters for the initial transmission of the uplink RACH message with repetition. The UE retransmits the uplink RACH message to the network entity with repetition in accordance with the determined parameters. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248478 | Secure Wireless Networks For Vehicle Assigning Authority - A system and method ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220248479 | Data Transmission Method and Apparatus - A data transmission method, including receiving, by a terminal device, first information from a session management function (SMF) network element, where the first information indicates to bind a first packet data unit (PDU) session and a second PDU session, and transmitting, by the terminal device, data based on the bound first PDU session and the bound second PDU session. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248480 | LINK COMBINING AND COMPONENT CARRIER SELECTION ACROSS SIDELINK AND ACCESS LINK INTERFACES - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a relay user equipment (UE) may detect, on a sidelink, a sidelink transmission that carries a transport block (TB) to be forwarded to a base station. The relay UE may detect, on an access link, an uplink transmission that carries the TB. The relay UE may generate a message that includes the TB to be forwarded to the base station, wherein the message includes data associated with the TB that is obtained from one or more of the sidelink transmission or the uplink transmission. The relay UE may transmit the message to the base station via the access link. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248481 | Device to Network Relay - When there is a role switch between a first apparatus acting as a relay node towards a wireless network for one or more second apparatuses acting as remote nodes a relay context used by the first apparatus towards the wireless network is communicated to a second apparatus using sidelink communication. After that the first apparatus starts to act as a remote node and the second apparatus starts to act as a relay node using the relay context. Use of the same relay context makes the role switch transparent to the wireless network. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION - There is provided a method and apparatus for supporting device to device communication between a source device and a destination device. The method includes transmitting, by the SRC device, one or more of reference signals, data information and control information (CI) in sub-frames (SFs) between two consecutive special SFs in a time division duplex (TDD) pattern. The method further includes receiving, by the SRC device, one or more of other reference signals, other data information and other CI in other SFs between other two consecutive special SFs in the TDD pattern. The method further includes switching, by the SRC device, operations between downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) in the one of the two consecutive special SFs or one of the other two consecutive special SFs. In the method, each frame of the TDD pattern includes at least two special SFs. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248483 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE RELATED TO PLURALITY OF EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a communication circuit, and a processor configured to control the communication circuit to connect with a plurality of external electronic devices through independent communication links to each of the plurality of external electronic devices and, based on identifying that the plurality of external electronic devices belongs to a set of devices, control the display to display a first user interface including information indicating that the plurality of external electronic devices belongs to the set of devices, based on coupled-device information of at least one external electronic device among the plurality of external electronic devices. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248484 | RELAY CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - Relay connection establishment method and device are disclosed. The method includes: sending, by source UE, a first direct communication request message to next-hop relay UE of the source UE, where the first direct communication request message is used to request to establish, in a process of establishing a relay connection from the source UE to target UE, a first direct communication connection between the source UE and the next-hop relay UE of the source UE; and receiving a first direct communication accept message from the next-hop relay UE of the source UE, where the first direct communication accept message is used to indicate acceptance of the request for establishing the first direct communication connection in the process of establishing the relay connection. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE DATA COMMUNICATION RADIO LINK AGGREGATION IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - An information handling system includes a concurrent dual band (CDB) radio and a link aggregator. The CDB radio establishes a first data link on a first frequency band and concurrently establishes a second data link on a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The link aggregator operates in a first mode to establish the first data link and the second data link with a first remote device, and operates in a second mode to establish the first data link with the first remote device and to establish the second data link with a second remote device different from the first remote device. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248486 | MULTI-LINK DEVICE CLASSIFICATION BASED NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY - Optimization of radio communications of a wireless network of a local site may be provided. A probe frame or an association frame may be received from a Client Device (CD) operating in the local site that identifies at least one operating class and Multi-Link (ML) capability information of the CD. Channel information of at least one Access Point (AP) having ML capability in the local site may be embedded in a probe response frame or in an association response frame based on the at least one operating class and the ML capability information of the CD. The probe response frame or the association response frame that includes the channel information of the at least one AP having ML capability in the local site may be transmitted, as unicast, to the CD. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248487 | TECHNIQUES FOR CELL SELECTION FOR DUAL-CONNECTIVITY - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a condition associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) is satisfied. The UE may select a cell, from a list of anchor cells associated with a second RAT and configured for dual-connectivity, for a connection based at least in part on the determination that the condition associated with the first RAT is satisfied. The UE may establish the connection with the selected cell. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING SERVICE DELIVERY OPERATING IN EN-DC MODE - In an example embodiment, a method of optimizing service delivery performed by a UE operating in EN-DC mode is disclosed. The method comprises detecting that a network service is ongoing at the UE using a first radio access technology (RAT), based on an application request sent by the UE to a network, wherein the first RAT is one of long-term evolution (LTE) and NR. The method further comprises detecting, during the ongoing network service being availed using the first RAT, a frequency of one or more NR network procedures being performed by the UE to be greater than a first threshold frequency. The method further comprises modifying a measurement interval associated with an NR cell measurement procedure, in response to detecting the frequency of the NR network procedures to be greater than the first threshold frequency. Furthermore, the method comprises continuing the Network Service using the first RAT. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248489 | MULTI-LINK DEVICE (MLD) ASSOCIATION - One example discloses a first multi-link device (MLD) within a wireless local area network (WLAN), including: a controller configured to receive a multi-link setup request for the first MLD to associate with a second MLD on a first set of PHY-layer links; wherein the controller is configured to transmit a response to the second MLD; and wherein the response associates the first MLD with the second MLD on a second set of PHY-layer links. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248490 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MEASUREMENT REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREGATION TECHNIQUE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a base station receives a measurement report in a wireless communication system using a carrier integration technique comprises the steps of: generating a cell list for a second cell according to whether the second cell to be added from a first cell belongs to the same cell group as the first cell; transmitting, to a terminal, a measurement report command including configuration information related to the cell list; and receiving, from the terminal, a measurement report of the second cell on the basis of the configuration information, if the second cell belongs to the same cell group as the first cell. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 4th-Generation (4G) or 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond the 4G system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A method of a central unit-control plane (CU-CP) included in a secondary node (or secondary gNB (SgNB)) in a wireless communication system supporting evolved universal terrestrial radio access and new radio dual connectivity includes receiving, from a master node (or master eNB (MeNB)), a first message requesting the SgNB to allocate a radio resource for a bearer, and transmitting a second message, including indication information indicating whether a packet data convergence protocol version of the bearer has been changed, to the CU-UP included in the SgNB. The indication information is generated based on the first message. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248492 | Data Transmission Method, Communication Apparatus, and Communication System - A first terminal device obtains first data from a network device based on a first identifier, where the first identifier is used to identify a first cooperation group, and the first cooperation group includes the first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device forwards the first data to the second terminal device. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248493 | Small Data Transmission - A first base station receives a request from a second base station. The request is a request for a context of a wireless device. The request for the context of the wireless device comprises small data transmission assistance information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248494 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING A USER EQUIPMENT TO AN INACTIVE STATE - Wireless communications systems and methods related to transition of a user equipment (UE) to an inactive state are provided. In some aspects, a multi-subscriber identity module (MSIM) UE may request a network to transition one subscription or SIM to an inactive state when another subscription or SIM has a higher priority. In some aspects, a UE may request for the UE to be transitioned to an inactive state based on the signal quality of network signals at the location of the IF. In some aspects, a UE may request a network to transition the network to an inactive state when downlink data transmission from the network to the UE has stalled | 2022-08-04 |
20220248495 | BEARER MAPPING IN IAB NODES - According to some embodiments, a method performed by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network node comprises receiving a backhaul channel configuration from a network node. The backhaul channel configuration comprises a mapping of one or more traffic identifiers to one or more wireless backhaul channels. The method further comprises receiving incoming traffic for transmission on a wireless backhaul channel, determining the wireless backhaul channel for transmitting the incoming traffic based on a type of the incoming traffic and the mapping of one or more traffic identifiers to one or more wireless backhaul channels, and transmitting the received incoming traffic on the determined wireless backhaul channel. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248496 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TIMER CONFIGURATION - Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to determining configuration of a DRX timer. A wireless device determines a relationship between a DRX timer and different scheduling units and determines a time unit of the DRX timer based on the determined relationship. Then, the wireless device calculates a time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the time unit. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248497 | AMF NODE AND METHOD THEREOF - In response to revocation of authorization of a first network slice identifier for a User Equipment (UE) ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220248498 | REDUNDANT DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) WITH FAILOVER CAPABILITY - One exemplary aspect generally relates to public safety communication systems employing Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and/or a Digital Distribution System (DDS) as part of a distributed wireless network. More specifically, one aspect relates to a DAS/DDS architecture utilizing a software (re)configurable network. Even more specifically, one aspect relates to a DAS/DDS architecture having a redundant system topology as well as failover capabilities at one or more of the hardware/software level and/or the communication link level. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248499 | WIRELESS SUPERNETWORK FOR DENSE ENVIRONMENTS - A wireless supernetwork (WiSNET), or a superintegrated network, allows multiple network technologies to plug and play into one open wired and wireless network, particularly serving dense user environments. WiSNET allows the redirection of independently deployed technologies and provides improved network efficiency, affordability, and user convenience. In embodiments, WiSNET integrates input data from two or more disparate service providers. The WiSNET includes a service delivery system, a data aggregation system that provides aggregated input data, and a local delivery system that transmit the aggregated input data to multiple categories of user via a superintegrated access platform. A superintegrated management system enables assignment of a network slice and/or a service slice to each of a plurality of user profiles. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248500 | MULTI-ZONE HEATER CONTROL FOR WAFER PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - A method of providing power to a plurality of heaters in multiple zones for wafer-processing equipment may include causing a voltage to be supplied to a plurality of power leads configured to supply the voltage to a plurality of different heating zones in a pedestal, causing current to be received from the plurality of different heating zones through a return lead that is shared by the plurality of power leads, and causing a polarity of the voltage provided to the plurality of power leads to switch. The switching frequency may be configured such that a DC chucking operation can be active at the same time to hold a substrate to the pedestal. Duty cycling the heating zones that share the return lead may minimize the current through the shared return lead. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248501 | ATTACHABLE SELF-RESISTANCE HEATING/SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC INTEGRATED GRADIENT FILM MATERIAL - An attachable self-resistance heating/super-hydrophobic integrated gradient film material. The film material is made of an adhesive resin, an electrically and thermally insulative resin, a thermally and electrically conductive filler, and a thermally conductive insulating filler. The adhesive resin and the electrically and thermally insulative resin respectively form an adhesive layer and a base body, and the two are bonded together. The thermally and electrically conductive filler and the thermally conductive insulating filler are respectively added to an intermediate layer and an upper layer of the base body, to divide the base body into three gradient regions from top to bottom, wherein a super-hydrophobic structure is constructed on the surface of the uppermost area. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248502 | HEAT TREATMENT DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a heat treatment device includes: a chamber capable of maintaining an atmosphere that is decompressed from an atmospheric pressure; an exhaust unit capable of exhausting an inside of the chamber through an exhaust port provided in the chamber; a support portion provided inside the chamber and capable of supporting a workpiece; a first heating unit provided inside the chamber and capable of heating the workpiece; an adhesion preventive plate detachably provided on an inner wall of the chamber; and a second heating unit capable of heating the adhesion preventive plate. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248503 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH PUFF DETECTOR - An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid-storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a control system. The second electrode is spaced from the first electrode. At least a portion of the liquid storage portion is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first electrode and the second electrode, and detect a draw on the aerosol-generating system based on the measured electrical quantity information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248504 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING A HEATING DEVICE OF A HOB, AND HOB - A hob has a radiant heating device, a hob plate above said radiant heating device and a safety temperature limiter between said radiant heating device and hob plate, which safety temperature limiter is designed to deactivate the radiant heating device when a switch-off temperature is reached. In order to actuate the radiant heating device, a cooking vessel is first placed on the hob plate above the radiant heating device and then the radiant heating device is activated and at the same time detection of a first switch-on time starts. When a switch-off temperature is reached at the safety temperature limiter, the radiant heating device is deactivated by said safety temperature limiter. The first switch-on time that has elapsed up to that point between activation and deactivation of the radiant heating device is detected and compared with a predefined limit switch-on time. If the first switch-on time lies below the limit switch-on time the radiant heating device is switched off. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248505 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PROVISION OF ELECTRIC POWER TO AN INDUCTION COIL - The invention relates to a method for controlling the provision of electric power to an inductive element, in particular an induction coil (L), of an induction cooking appliance ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220248506 | INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The induction heating apparatus includes a current conversion circuit, a first working coil whose one end is connected to the current conversion circuit, a second working coil whose one end is connected to the current conversion circuit or the other end of the first working coil, a working coil base that accommodates the first working coil and the second working coil, a resonance capacitor that connects to the other end of the second working coil, a first relay that adjusts a connection between the other end of the first working coil and the resonance capacitor, a second relay that selectively connects one end of the second working coil to any one of the other end of the first working coil and the current conversion circuit, and a controller that controls the first relay's and the second relay's connections. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248507 | INDUCTION HEATING COIL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An induction heating coil according to the present disclosure includes a pair of arcuate pipes curved in an arcuate shape along a circumferential direction of an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical object to be heated, and a straight pipe connecting one ends of the arcuate pipes to each other, in which at least one wall is formed inside the straight pipe, the at least one wall extending along a longitudinal direction of the straight pipe and dividing an internal path of the straight pipe into a plurality of paths, and at least one rhombic through holes is formed in the wall. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248508 | TRANSPARENT METAL COATINGS FOR CAMERA PANE IN MICROWAVE OVEN - A heating appliance, such as a microwave oven, includes a housing having interior walls with interior surfaces defining a cooking chamber for heating food. The heating appliance also includes a camera positioned within the housing to capture images of food in the chamber, and a shield positioned between the camera and the food. The shield has a body with a first surface facing an area for receiving food within the chamber and a second opposite surface facing the camera. The shield includes a first transparent conductive metal coating on one or both of the first surface and the second surface, such that the shield dissipates heat and reflects microwave radiation to protect the camera. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING TIME TO TEMPERATURE IN MICROWAVE APPLIANCES - A method of displaying time to temperature for a microwave appliance includes operating the microwave appliance to heat an article positioned within a cooking chamber of the microwave appliance, measuring a temperature of the article with an infrared camera of the microwave appliance, calculating an estimated time until the temperature of the article is less than a threshold temperature based at least in part on a cook time input, the measured temperature of the article, and a current power setting of the microwave appliance, and presenting the estimated time on a display of the microwave appliance. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248510 | STIRRER DRIVE SHAFT WITH VENTILATION - A stirrer shaft for a microwave oven includes a shaft body configured to connect between a stirrer motor on a first end of the shaft body, and a set of stirrer blades spaced apart from the stirrer motor. The stirrer body includes a flow passage therethrough for equalizing pressure in a sealed stirrer cavity of the microwave oven. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248511 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus includes a light source, a driver circuit, a high side control module and a low side control module. The light source includes a LED module. The driver circuit includes a high side circuit and a low side circuit for generating a driving current to the LED module. The high side control module for controls the high side circuit. The high side control module includes a voltage stabilizer and a current trigger. The voltage stabilizer is placed on a voltage input of a high side. The current trigger is connected to an output of the voltage stabilizer. The low side control module controls the low side circuit. The low side control module includes a buck converter, a constant current trigger, and a low side constant current source. The buck converter is connected to a second input of the current trigger. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248512 | A CONTROL DEVICE FOR LIGHTING APPARATUS, CORRESPONDING LIGHTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control device for lighting apparatus includes a plurality of electrically-powered light radiation sources activatable to emit light radiations of different colors and produce a combined light radiation. The luminous flux intensities of the light radiation sources are adjustable to vary the color and the intensity of the combined light radiation. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248513 | MICRO-LED AMPLITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system for an LED array relies on defining a first and a second group of separately addressed LED pixels, with the first group including pixels with an average current no less than the current at a Q point and a second group including pixels with an average current less than the current at a Q point. An amplitude signal provided to the first group of separately addressed LED pixels is selectively modulated, while providing a DC mode 100% duty cycle. An amplitude signal provided to the second group of separately addressed LED pixels is fixed, and a modulated duty cycle is provided. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248514 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus includes a rectifier, a loading module, a constant current switch module and a current supplemental module. The rectifier is connected to an output of the AC power for receiving an AC signal to convert the AC signal to a positive wave signal. The loading module includes multiple loading units. The loading module is disposed on the output of the rectifier. The constant current switch module is connected to output of each loading unit and to control the working cycle of each loading unit so as to ensure a total passing current of the loading module is opposite in phase to the positive wave signal to keep output power constant. The current supplemental module supplies output current to the loading module when the positive wave signal is in sufficient to drive the loading module. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248515 | LED DIMMING CIRCUIT, DIMMING DEVICE, AND DIMMING METHOD - Disclosed are an LED dimming circuit, a dimming device and a dimming method. The LED dimming circuit comprises a reference voltage source, a line voltage compensation module, a dimming module, and a constant current source module. The line voltage compensation module outputs a compensation information to the reference voltage source according to a current line voltage, the reference voltage source modulates a reference voltage according to the compensation information, and then outputs a voltage reference having the compensation information to the dimming module, the dimming module outputs, according to the voltage reference having the compensation information and an externally input dimming signal, a dimming voltage to the constant current source module, the constant current source module controls a working current of an LED lamp string according to the dimming voltage. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248516 | LED CIRCUITS AND ASSEMBLIES - An LED lighting device is disclosed. The LED lighting device includes a first LED circuit and at least one additional LED circuit. The first LED circuit and the at least one additional LED circuit include at least two phosphor coated discretely packaged LEDs connected in series. The phosphor coated discretely packaged LEDs in the first LED circuit emit a different color of light than the phosphor coated discretely packaged LEDs in the at least one additional LED circuit. The LED lighting device also includes a switch configured to be actuated by an end user and provide the end user with a means to produce a change in brightness of at least one of the first LED circuit or the at least one additional LED circuit, or switch at least one of the first LED circuit and the at least one additional LED circuit on or off. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248517 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus includes a rectifier, a loading module and a current supplemental module. The rectifier is connected to an output of the AC power for receiving an AC signal. The rectifier converts the AC signal to a positive wave signal. The loading module is disposed at an output of the rectifier. The loading module includes multiple loading units connected in series. Output of each loading unit is connected to a current limit module. Each current limit module has a voltage conductive threshold and a working cycle dispatched to each current limit module according to the positive wave signal. The current supplemental module is connected to an output of the rectifier and an input of the loading module. The current supplemental module charges the current limit module during the working cycle and outputs current to the loading module when the positive wave signal is not sufficient to drive the loading module. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248518 | COLORED LIGHT APPARATUS BASED ON SIGNAL EDGES FROM POWER SUPPLY LINE - A colored light apparatus controlled by input edge signals from a power supply line includes a signal edge generator configured to generate signal edges and output the signal edges to a power supply line; a plurality of LED modules each including an LED group, and an LED driver to drive the LED group based on the signal edges from the power supply line. The LED modules are electrically connected between a common anode and a common cathode. The controllable switch module is turned between ON and OFF controlled by the control circuit of said signal edge generator. Signal edges are generated when the controllable switch module turns from ON to OFF, or the controllable switch module turns from OFF to ON. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248519 | CIRCUIT BOARD WITH SENSOR CONTROLLED LIGHTS AND END-TO-END CONNECTION - Printed circuit boards with sensor controlled illumination units and end-to-end connection capabilities. For example, a lighting element, sensor/detector, and computational control element are implemented on a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board also includes end-to-end connection terminals that allow multiple printed circuit boards to be operably coupled together in an end-to-end manner. This provides a scalable system that can be modularized to a base unit for installation in various packages, orientations, or environments. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248520 | CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRAL REFLECTING STRUCTURE FOR A SENSING CIRCUIT - A wall-mounted keypad may include a light detector circuit located inside the keypad that is configured to measure an ambient light level in a space. The light detector circuit may receive ambient light through an aperture that is hidden from view by the keypad. The keypad may include a reflector for directing ambient light onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include an enclosure that houses the light detector circuit. The enclosure may define a recess that exposes at least a portion of the light detector circuit. The enclosure may include a reflector that may focus ambient light received through the aperture onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include a control circuit that may be configured to illuminate the indicia of respective buttons of the control device in response to actuations of the one or more buttons, in accordance with the measured ambient light level. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248521 | KEYPAD OVERLAY WITH ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE DISSIPATION - A plastic keypad with data entry elements and at least one display element is protected from electrostatic discharge by an assembly having an overlay substrate on which an electrically-conductive arrangement is disposed. The overlay substrate has a top side and a back side with a precisely-positioned vias formed through the substrate. A top surface of the top side is a layer of a conductive polymer. The back side is printed with at least one layer of color ink that depict a plurality of alpha-numerical and pictorial elements of the keypad. The electrically-conductive arrangement is disposed on the overlay substrate to collect electrostatic charges on the top side, transfer the electrostatic charges to the back side through the plurality of vias and drain the transferred electrostatic charges to a ground. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248522 | Consumables for Processing Torches - Consumables for cutting torches include a distributor, an electrode, and a nozzle. The distributor defines a plurality of ports that extend from an internal cavity of the distributor to an exterior surface of the distributor. The electrode is disposed within and irremovably, fixedly coupled to the distributor. The nozzle defines at least one set of passageways that direct gas into a gap defined between the electrode and the nozzle, the nozzle being irremovably, fixedly coupled to the distributor. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248523 | RF QUADRUPOLE PARTICLE ACCELERATOR - An apparatus may include a drift tube assembly, the drift tube assembly defining a triple gap configuration, and arranged to accelerate and transmit an ion beam along abeam path. The apparatus may include a resonator, to output an RF signal to the drift tube assembly, and an RF quadrupole triplet, connected to the drift tube assembly, and arranged circumferentially around the beam path. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248524 | CIRCUIT STRUCTURE - Provided is a circuit structure having a novel structure that allows heat from a heat-generating component to be dissipated more efficiently. A circuit structure includes: a heat-generating component that generates heat when energized; energization bus bars that are connected to connection portions of the heat-generating component; cooling members that are formed separately from the energization bus bars, and are connected to the connection portions of the heat-generating component along with energization bus bars, and the heat-transfer portions that are provided in the cooling members, and are in heat-conductive contact with a heat-dissipating body. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248525 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR APPLICATIONS - An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and thermal management system, method, and automotive radar system for an integrated circuit of a product circuit board (PCB) of a radar sensor includes a shield member disposed above the integrated circuit and extending to unpopulated areas of the PCB and configured to shield the integrated circuit from EMI and transfer heat energy generated by the integrated circuit away from the integrated circuit, and a set of pin members configured to be inserted through respective apertures defined by the shield member and the PCB and configured to transfer the heat energy from the shield member to an environment external to the PCB. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248526 | LOW DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE FOR HIGH-SPEED MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION - A low dielectric substrate for high-speed millimeter-wave communication includes a quartz glass cloth with a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0001 to 0.0015 and a dielectric constant of 3.0 to 3.8 at 10 GHz, and an organic resin with a dielectric loss tangent within 80% to 150% of the dielectric loss tangent of the quartz glass cloth at 10 GHz and a dielectric constant within 50% to 110% of the dielectric constant of the quartz glass cloth at 10 GHz. This provides a low dielectric substrate for high-speed millimeter-wave communication where the low dielectric substrate makes it possible to send signals that are stable and have excellent quality with no difference in propagation time between wirings even if the substrate has an uneven resin distribution and the quartz glass cloth above and below the wirings, and the difference in dielectric loss tangent between members has been reduced to lower transmission loss. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248527 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a window that includes a substantially planar base and an edge portion that protrudes from an edge of the base, a display panel disposed on the base of the window, and a flexible printed circuit board disposed on and electrically connected to the display panel. The flexible printed circuit board includes a neck portion in contact with the display panel, a body portion connected to the neck portion and that has an area greater than that of the neck portion, and a first slit formed in the body portion. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248528 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND GROUNDING ASSEMBLY THEREOF - An electronic device includes a casing, a circuit board and a grounding assembly. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface, wherein an input terminal and an output terminal are disposed on the second surface. The grounding assembly comprises a conducting terminal, a first grounding element and a second grounding element. The conducting terminal is disposed on the first surface of the circuit board, and the first grounding element is disposed adjacent to the conducting terminal. The first grounding element penetrates the circuit board and electrically couples with the conducting terminal and the casing, and the second grounding element correspondingly penetrates the circuit board and the conducting element, so that a first portion of the second grounding element electrically couples with the input terminal and the output terminal of the circuit board, and a second portion of the second grounding element electrically couples with the conducting terminal. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248529 | CONTROL UNIT - The control unit includes a wiring board on which a connector is disposed. The connector is disposed on a back surface of the wiring board, the back surface being a back surface on a back side of a facing surface facing a body of the control unit. The wiring board includes legs protruding from the back surface on the back side of the facing surface facing the body. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248530 | WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate having no core substrate includes a build-up layer including insulating layers and conductor layers such that the insulating layers include first, second, third and fourth insulating layers and that the conductor layers include a first conductor layer formed on the first insulating layer and a second conductor layer formed on the second insulating layer. The build-up layer has a first surface having the first insulating and first conductor layers, a second surface having the second insulating and second conductor layers, the third insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer on the opposite side of the first conductor layer, and the fourth insulating layer formed on the second insulating layer on the opposite side of the second conductor layer, and the build-up layer is formed such that the first and second insulating layers contain no core material and the third and fourth insulating layer include core material. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248531 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer, a first conductor layer, a second insulating layer, a second conductor layer, a connection conductor, and a coating film. The first conductor layer includes a conductor pad and a wiring pattern such that the conductor pad is formed in contact with the connection conductor and that the wiring pattern is covered by the coating film, the conductor pad has a surface facing the second insulating layer and having first surface roughness higher than surface roughness of a surface of the wiring pattern, and the coating film has opening exposing a portion of the surface of the conductor pad from the coating film and having area larger than area of interface between the conductor pad and the connection conductor and that the connection conductor is formed on the portion of the surface of the conductor pad and is separated from the coating film. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248532 | Opposing Planar Electrically Conductive Surfaces Connected for Establishing a Two-Dimensional Electric Connection Area Between Component Carrier Stacks - A component carrier includes a first stack having at least one first electrically insulating layer structure and at least one first electrically conductive layer structure, and a second stack with at least one second electrically insulating layer structure and at least one second electrically conductive layer structure. The first stack and the second stack are connected with each other so that a vertical two-dimensional electrically conductive connection is established. The first stack has a first cavity and the second stack has a second cavity, the first cavity and the second cavity being separated by at least one further electrically insulating layer structure. At least one of the first cavity and the second cavity is delimited by a wall being at least partially lined with an electrically conductive coating. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248533 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer, a first conductor layer, a second insulating layer, a second conductor layer, a connection conductor penetrating through the second insulating layer and connecting the first and second conductor layers, and a coating film formed on a surface of the first conductor layer such that the coating film is adhering the first conductor layer and the second insulating layer. The first conductor layer includes a conductor pad and a wiring pattern such that the conductor pad is in contact with the connection conductor and the wiring pattern is covered by the coating film, the conductor pad of the first conductor layer has a surface facing the second insulating layer and having a first surface roughness higher than a surface roughness of a surface of the wiring pattern, and the coating film has opening such that the opening is exposing the conductor pad entirely. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248534 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a flexible display module and a method for manufacturing the flexible display module. The flexible display module includes a flexible display panel, a driving chip and a circuit board. The flexible display panel includes a display region and a bonding region, and the driving chip and the circuit board are arranged at the bonding region. The circuit board includes a first flexible printed circuit and a first printed circuit board provided with an electronic element, the first printed circuit board is coupled to one end of the first flexible printed circuit, and the first flexible printed circuit includes a bonded portion coupled to the bonding region of the flexible display panel. The first flexible printed circuit is bent so that a first space is defined by the first flexible printed circuit, the first printed circuit board and the flexible display panel. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248535 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circuit board, with inbuilt protection against incoming and outgoing electromagnetic interference (EMI), includes an insulating adhesive portion, a first signal line, and a second signal line. The first signal line and the second signal line are surrounded and separated by an electromagnetic shielding film against EMI. The insulating adhesive portion fills a gap between the first signal line and the electromagnetic shielding film and a gap between the second signal line and the electromagnetic shielding film. External interference with signals in the circuit board is reduced, mutual interference between the first signal line and the second signal line is reduced, and electromagnetic radiation of the circuit board is also reduced. A method for manufacturing the circuit board is also disclosed. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248536 | Secure electronic circuit and corresponding assembly process - An electronic circuit, which includes: a printed circuit, at least one first electronic component and at least one second electronic component. The at least one first electronic component includes an interconnection face provided with electrical interconnections brazed on an external face of the printed circuit. The interconnection face is opposite the external face. The brazed electrical interconnections form at least one space between the interconnection face and the external face. The at least one second electronic component is brazed on the external face and is at least partly housed in the at least one space. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248537 | Double-Sided Circuit Non-Oxide-Based Ceramic Substrate and Method for Manufacturing Same - The object of the invention is to provide a double-sided circuit non-oxide-based ceramic substrate excellent in radiation property and low in cost, and a method for manufacturing the same. A double-sided circuit non-oxide-based ceramic substrate related to the present invention includes a high heat-conductive non-oxide-based ceramic substrate that includes a through hole, a holding layer that is formed on a wall surface of the through hole, and an electro-conductive metal section that is held inside the through hole by the holding layer and does not include an active metal. The double-sided circuit non-oxide-based ceramic substrate related to the present invention preferably includes electrodes (thin film electrodes) that shield end surfaces of the holding layer and end surfaces of the electro-conductive metal section which are exposed to front and back surfaces of the ceramic substrate. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248538 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL PATTERN - The present invention relates to a method for forming a metal pattern on a pattern formation section set on a base material. In the present invention, a substrate provided with a fluorine-containing resin layer on a surface of the base material including the pattern formation section is used. The present inventive method for forming a metal pattern includes steps of: forming a functional group on the pattern formation section; and applying a metal ink including an amine compound and a fatty acid as protective agents to the base material surface to fix the metal particles on the pattern formation section. In the present invention, a fluorine-containing resin having a surface free energy measured by the Owens-Wendt method of 13 mN/m or more and 20 mN/m or less is applied as the fluorine-containing resin layer. Further, a metal ink including ethyl cellulose as an additive is applied as the metal ink. | 2022-08-04 |
20220248539 | METHODS AND MECHANISMS FOR MAINTAINING AN ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER IN A PRE-STRETCH STATE AND USES THEREOF - In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to an actuator which includes at least the following: a pre-stretched electro-active polymer film being pre-stretched in a single or biaxial planar directions; at least one first semi-stiff conductor attached to a first surface of the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film, wherein the first surface is parallel to the single or biaxial planar stretch directions; at least one second semi-stiff conductor attached to a second surface of the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface; where the semi-stiff conductors are configured to: fix the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film in a pre-stretched state and allow the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film to expand; a pair of mechanical connectors coupled to each end of an active region of the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film. | 2022-08-04 |