Abstract: A receiving circuit includes a plurality input nodes to receive an input signals and an output node to output a signal corresponding to the input signal. An amplifier in the circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. A first switch selectively connects one of the input nodes to the input terminal of the amplifier. A second switch selectively connects the one of the input nodes to the output node. A controller supplies control signals to the first switch and the second switch. An impedance matching section is connected between the input nodes and the amplifier.

Abstract: An equivalent circuit of a converter (4) is represented by a series connection between an equivalent capacitor (41) and an equivalent resistor (42), and the converter (4) includes a controller that adjusts a power factor of the input power by controlling a capacitive reactance (Xc) of the equivalent capacitor (41).

Abstract: A system and method for multi-beacon management including: determining occurrence of a trigger event; determining a beacon to be acted upon; determining the settings to be assigned; assigning the settings to the beacon; and operating the beacon according to the settings.

Abstract: A mobile device with the NFC function includes an NFC chip, multiple SIM card slots, a power supply unit, and an eSE integrated into the NFC chip. One SIM card slot is connected to a first power port on the NFC chip. The power supply unit is connected to a second power port on the NFC chip. When the mobile device performs near field communication, the second power port on the NFC chip is triggered to output a first level signal. Each of the rest SIM card slots is connected to the power supply unit. The eSE is connected to the power supply unit. The power supply unit is configured to supply power to the eSE and the SIM card slot that is connected to the power supply unit, when the first level signal is received.

Abstract: A wireless terminal that supports operation on a first wireless technology and operation on a second wireless technology performs a first set of measurements on a received signal on first operating frequency of the first wireless technology, wherein the first set of measurements are performed during time periods that overlap time periods during which the wireless terminal transmits signals of the second wireless technology. The terminal also performs interference avoidance to avoid interference from transmissions of signals of the second wireless technology to reception of signals of the first wireless technology if the first set of measurements indicates interference due to transmission of signals of the second wireless technology by the wireless terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing a transaction between a mobile device and an access device. Value information is provided to the access device by the mobile device. The value information is not necessary to complete the transaction.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a request to steer wireless signals generated by a plurality of dielectric antennas, and adjusting, by the controller, a plurality of adjustable delays coupled to a transceiver to adjust an orientation of wireless signals received or generated by the plurality of dielectric antennas, each of the plurality of dielectric antennas comprising a feed point coupled to a different one of the plurality of adjustable delays, the transceiver facilitating reception or transmission of electromagnetic waves propagating via a different one of the feed points of the plurality of dielectric antennas along corresponding dielectric feedlines without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Switched-mode power supply with switch resizing. A power converter can include an inductor coupled between an input node and an intermediate node, a semiconductor device coupled between the intermediate node and an output node, and a plurality of drive transistors. Each one of the plurality of drive transistors can have a drain coupled to the intermediate node and a source coupled to a ground potential.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: connecting, using a network communication device of a mobile device, to a communication network; detecting, using a short range wireless communication device of the mobile device, one or more known devices; determining, using a processor of the mobile device, that the one or more known devices are authorized to connect to the communication network through the mobile device; sending, using the short range wireless communication device, control data for accessing the communication network to the one or more known devices; and communicating, using the network communication device of the mobile device, data for the one or more known devices via the communication network. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method for providing information associated with a target Bluetooth device. A first, search-attempting Bluetooth device sends an inquiry message for searching for a nearby target Bluetooth device. A target Bluetooth device responds by sending an inquiry response message including predefined information mark data. The first Bluetooth device extracts link information from the information mark data, and uses the link information to access information associated with the target Bluetooth device. If the link information includes a user manual link or an application link, after the first Bluetooth device and the target Bluetooth device are paired, the manual link or the application link are used for obtaining a manual associated with the target Bluetooth device or downloading an application associated with the target Bluetooth device.

Abstract: A data medium stores a group of data and comprises i) at least a first element suitable for interacting magnetically with a second element, located in the vicinity of a contactless reader comprising a second near field communicator and coupled to an electronic device having at least two predefined configurations, for coupling to this contactless reader, and ii) a first near field communicator arranged for cooperating with the second near field communicator to transfer some data of this group into the contactless reader, so that the electronic device uses the transferred data to configure itself in a predefined configuration corresponding to these transferred data.

Abstract: A system and method for multi-beacon management including: determining occurrence of a trigger event; determining a beacon to be acted upon; determining the settings to be assigned; assigning the settings to the beacon; and operating the beacon according to the settings.

Abstract: A user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes a first and second base station that perform communication with the user apparatus by inter-base station carrier aggregation. The user apparatus receives, from the first base station, a first detection parameter on uplink transmission power reporting set for a first cell group that is a cell group of the first base station. The user apparatus also receives a second detection parameter on uplink transmission power reporting set for a second cell group that is a cell group of the second base station. The user apparatus reports uplink transmission power information to one of or both of the first and second base station when detecting a report trigger of the uplink transmission power information in a cell group of the first and second cell group by a detection parameter of the first and second detection parameter.

Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) filtering circuitry includes transmit signal filtering circuitry and receive signal filtering circuitry. The RF filtering circuitry is configured to separate RF transmit signals within a transmit signal frequency band from RF receive signals within a receive signal frequency band. A tunable impedance is coupled to the transmit signal filtering circuitry and adjusted such that the attenuation of the RF transmit signals is greater in a first portion of the receive signal frequency band than in a second portion of the receive signal frequency band in a first mode of operation, and greater in the second portion of the receive signal frequency band than in the first portion of the receive signal frequency band in a second mode of operation.

Abstract: Systems, components, and methods for tracking, monitoring, and optionally reminding for use with hospitals, businesses, and office buildings. The components of the systems can include wearable advertising devices (WAD) that emit BLE signals, repeaters and/or gateways for receiving and relaying the BLE signals over a BLE Mesh network to a remote server. IR codes can be included to detect the presence of a WAD before the WAD is energized to emit a BLE signal.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described of devices and associated methods for processing a signal using a plurality of vector signal analyzers (VSAs). An input signal may be split and provided to a plurality of VSAs, each of which may process a respective frequency band of the signal, where the respective frequency bands have regions of overlap. Each VSA may adjust the gain and phase of its respective signal such that continuity of phase and magnitude is preserved through the regions of overlap. The correction of gain and phase may be accomplished by a complex multiply with a complex calibration constant. A complex calibration constant may be determined for each VSA by comparing the gain and phase of one or more calibration tones generated with each region of overlap, as measured by each of the VSAs.

Abstract: A multi-functional apparatus is provided with a casing including first openings, a second opening, a third opening, a fourth opening, a fifth opening, and first and second cavities; a PCB in the casing and including a plurality of USB ports in the first openings respectively, an on/off switch in the second opening, a power-on light in the third opening, a power connector in the fourth opening, and a USB receptacle in the fifth opening; first and second holders retractably disposed in the first and second cavities respectively, each of the first and second holders including a horizontal platform and a vertical door; a seat on the PCB and including exposed recesses; and hollow members each including two peripheral flanges on lower and upper ends respectively, and wells on the peripheral flanges respectively. The lower flange of each hollow member is releasably disposed in one of the recesses.

Abstract: The invention provides for optimizing Near Field Communications (NFC) at a NFC-enabled interaction terminal configured for conducting user interactions. The invention provides for a user to designate which user credentials are applied to which type of NFC-enabled interaction terminals. A NFC-enabled interaction terminal-specific Application Identifier (AID) is assigned to the user credentials, and, in use, the AID list that is communicated, via NFC, by a mobile communication device to the NFC-enabled interaction terminal includes the NFC-enabled interaction terminal-specific AID, which implements an AID selection order that prioritizes use of the AID. In response, the application executing on the mobile communication device processes commands from the NFC-enabled interaction terminal using the pre-designated user credentials.

Abstract: An asset tracking system that utilizes a wireless network system and has primary (main) and secondary (sub) tracking devices or ‘tags’ that are assigned to assets. The main tracking device acts as a coordinator and the sub tracking devices surrounding the coordinator act as end-devices. Each main device acts as a gateway network to long range communication while each sub device can only communicate in proximity profile (short range or nearby communication). Each sub device can communicate only with a main device. The main device passes data from the sub device to a remote host transparently. Each sub device sends its data when it triggered by a ‘ping’ from the main device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for canceling cross-coupled satellite signals in a LNB IC include receiving a first satellite signal at a first input of the LNB IC and filtering the first satellite signal using a first adaptive filter, the first adaptive filter having first filter coefficients; combining the adjusted first satellite signal with a second satellite signal received at a second input of the LNB IC to generate a first combined satellite signal; measuring the total output power of the combined satellite signal; changing the filter coefficients of the first adaptive filter; remeasuring the total output power of the first combined satellite signal after the changing of the first filter coefficients to determine whether the total power of the first combined satellite signal has decreased.