Abstract: A digital communication receiver generates soft decision values at the output of a maximum likelihood sequence estimator module. The values are fed into a following forward error correction module that uses the soft-decision input signal to improve error correction performance. The disclosed techniques can be used for receiving optical signals in an optical communication network.

Abstract: A wireless communication method and system utilizing optical transmission technology to transport analog signals directly to/from the antenna, without ADC/DAC, so that the optical transport facility can be utilized more efficiently and there is no need to adapt the digital data rate to the transport capacity, as the analog transmission is independent of the digits buried in the given spectrum. Complicated operation is moved into a centralized location, so that a cell site (base station) is light and flexible. In contrast, the standardized approach in the industry, which involves digitized interface between the antenna and the control processor, hits capacity limits of the current transport technology.

Abstract: A compact microstrip to waveguide dual coupler transition includes a multilayer printed circuit board configured with a rectangular region on an upper surface of the multilayer printed circuit board, wherein the rectangular region has a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges; a transition probe configured on the upper surface of the multilayer printed circuit board, wherein a terminal of the transition probe extends into the rectangular region through a long edge of the rectangular region, and another terminal of the transition probe is electrically connected to a power amplifier; a first coupler probe configured on the upper surface of the multilayer printed circuit board, wherein a terminal of the first coupler probe extends into the rectangular region; and a second coupler probe configured on the upper surface of the multilayer printed circuit board, wherein a terminal of the second coupler probe extends into the rectangular region.

Abstract: Techniques for optical communications using optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) include operating a signal transmitter to modulate laser light to produce modulated light that carries, in optical domain, OFDM subcarriers for carrying communication information, without a frequency guard band between the OFDM subcarriers, and pilot subcarriers for channel estimation at a signal receiver, each pilot subcarrier being free of communication information, and controlling optical power of the pilot subcarriers to vary with optical frequencies of the pilot subcarriers so that optical power of a pilot subcarrier at a high optical frequency is different from optical power of another pilot subcarrier at a low optical frequency.

Abstract: This document provides wireless communications technologies, including methods, devices and systems. For example, a method of facilitating wireless communications is provided to include operating a wireless network to receive an access probe transmission from an access terminal requesting an access channel grant; perform, based on the received access probe transmission, a persistence test with the access terminal; receive a subsequent probe transmission for the access channel grant request; and perform, based on the received subsequent probe transmission, a subsequent persistence test with the access terminal.

Abstract: An optical transmitter comprises: first and second sets of optical in-phase and quadrature modulators; an integrable tunable laser assembly; a first polarization beam splitter that is configured to divide the continuous-waveform optical signal into a x-polarized tributary and a y-polarized tributary, each of the x-polarized tributary and the y-polarized tributary is modulated by one of the first and second sets of optical in-phase and quadrature modulators in accordance with the two respective input signals; a second polarization beam splitter that is configured to combine the modulated x-polarized tributary and the modulated y-polarized tributary into one optical signal; and an optical modulator that is configured to modulate the combined optical signal using a driving voltage, wherein the driving voltage has a bias point that is reduced by a predefined offset from a predefined reference voltage level.

Abstract: A transceiver used in a radio unit for wireless communication, comprises: a circuitry board including a transmitter and a receiver; a first connector on a first side of the circuitry board, wherein the first connector is configured to be connected to an interface card; a second connector on a second side of the circuitry board, wherein the second side is opposite the first side and the second connector is configured to be connected to a digital card via a flexible circuit; and a pair of transmit port and receive port located on the second side of the circuitry board, wherein the transmit port is coupled to the transmitter and the receive port coupled to the receiver, respectively. When the transceiver is part of a split-mount radio unit (SRU), the first connector is connected to the interface card and the second connector is not in use. When the transceiver is part of an all-outdoor radio unit (AOU), the second connector is connected to the digital card and the first connector is not in use.

Abstract: Techniques, apparatuses, and systems can include mechanisms for transmitting and receiving data on one or more reverse link acknowledgement channels.

Abstract: In Software defined elastic optical networks, modulation format and constellation size may be flexibly modified. As a result, digital signal processing (DSP) algorithm should be compatible with different modulation schemes or readily reconfigurable at the optical coherent receiver. Therefore we propose a novel cascaded adaptive blind equalizers based on decision-directed modified least mean square (DD-MLMS) algorithm for polarization separation and carrier phase recovery. The algorithm is square quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) independent so that it could be applied in the elastic optical systems. The 28 Gbaud polarization multiplexing quadrature phase shift keying (PM-QPSK) and PM-16QAM back-to-back transmission is demonstrated. The results show that the performance is very close to the general algorithm but with a benefit of the reduced operation complexity.

Abstract: A peer-to-peer network comprises a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being operable to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions with another intelligent terminal node, a plurality of network service nodes coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, the plurality of network service nodes comprise at least one of the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, at least one user P2P function module operable to store, locate and distribute service resource information related to user policies, and at least one network P2P function module operable to store, locate and distribute service resource information related to operator provider policies, and operable to exert stricter security control than the at least one user P2P function module.

Abstract: An Outdoor Coupler Unit (OCU) is described to combine or split, transmit and receive microwave signals from multiple Outdoor Units (ODUs). The OCU has low signal loss by utilizing circulators. The OCU concept allows for system expansion beyond two ODUs if desired, and can be placed outdoors in close proximity to an antenna or antennas.

Abstract: A method of conveying transmit power information from a first cell to a second cell is provided. The first cell prepares a data structure including a plurality of elements, each element corresponding to a respective downlink subframe in a radio frame associated with the first cell and its value corresponding a respective minimum transmit power reduction level promised by the first cell during the downlink subframe. The first cell then transmits the data structure to the second cell via a predefined interface. The second cell processes the data structure and schedules one or more user equipments in one or more downlink subframes of the radio frame in Evolved Packet accordance with the data structure.

Abstract: Techniques, devices, and systems that include mechanisms for network assisted fast adjustment of open loop power control mechanism. monitoring reverse link channels include calculating, based on results of the monitoring, an initial power adjustment value for controlling power of a wireless device in communication with the network and broadcasting the initial power adjustment value over a forward link control channel at least as often as a paging channel transmission cycle over the forward link control channel.

Abstract: Systems, devices and techniques for processing an optical signal transmitted from a source over a transmission medium having a length L and performing compensation of non-linear distortions include formulating the compensation as a digital back propagation algorithm by logically dividing the length L into N steps and compensating non-linear distortions for each step as a function of an attenuation adjusting constant parameter that can be selected from a range between 0.3 and 0.7.

Abstract: Techniques for facilitating Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications include providing an M2M system that implements one or more pre-defined M2M Application Programming Interface (API) profiles, providing a network interface for the M2M system, receiving a profile query over the network interface, and responding with information about the implemented one or more-pre-defined M2M API profiles.

Abstract: System and method for implementing a link aggregation system, a protection system, and an XPIC application for an all outdoor radios system using a wireless channel operating at a license-free 60 GHz band are provided. The license-free 60 GHz band offers a wide frequency bandwidth that can support a high speed data rate up to 10 Gbps in full duplex mode, frequency reuse, and high security due to its fast oxygen absorption at 60 GHz. As such, a wireless channel operating at the license-free 60 GHz band may be used for a link aggregation system to support wireless local area network (LAN) connections with the speed up to 7 Gbps. In addition, a wireless connection operating at the license-free 60 GHz band may be used to support both XPIC application and protection system for all outdoor radios to achieve a transmission speed of up to 10 Gbps in a full duplex mode.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the configuration of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) are disclosed. The systems and methods include providing user equipment with the locations of CSI-RS reuse information. Several encoding patterns and exemplary methodology for both the identification of the CSI-RS resource element locations are provided in exemplary embodiments. In addition, exemplary embodiments provide muting methods and systems for a physical downlink shared channel resource elements.

Abstract: A method is provided for synchronizing a first radio unit with a second radio unit associated with an all outdoor radios system, the method including: receiving, at the first radio unit and the second radio unit, respectively, a communication signal from a common communication source; receiving, at the first radio unit and the second radio unit, respectively, a reference signal from a common reference source; synchronizing the communication signal at each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit with the reference signal such that the each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit generates an output signal having substantially the same frequency and substantially the same phase; and transmitting the output signal from each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit to a remote receiver through an antenna.

Abstract: We describe and demonstrate a novel and simple scheme to generate flattened optical subcarriers using only phase modulators driven by single frequency fundamental sinusoidal sources. 160.8 Gb/s PM-QPSK experiment over a single subcarrier has been demonstrated.

Abstract: A heterodyne optical signal detector and method performed thereby, the signal detector including an optical signal spectrum shaper operable to modify the shape of the frequency spectrum of a received optical signal, a laser local oscillator (LO), and polarization beam splitters (PBSs) to divide the signal and the LO into orthogonal components, waveguides in which intermediate frequency (IF) signals are formed, balanced photodetectors (BPDs) arranged to receive the IF signals and operable to convert the IF signals into electric signals, and analog to digital converters (ADCs) that digitize the electric signals.