Abstract: A residential gateway has a first, wired data connection and a second, wireless data connection. At least the second data connection connects to a network node which at least temporarily maintains simultaneous connections to at least one residential gateway and at least one mobile station. The residential gateway is communicatively connected to a load balancing controller. A method of operating the residential gateway for controlling load balancing comprises the residential gateway sending a registration request to the load balancing controller. The registration request comprises an identification of the residential gateway and an identification of the network node to which the residential gateway is communicatively connected. The residential gateway receives a listening address from which it receives load balancing control messages, and listens for load balancing control messages from the listening address.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, a device and a communication system for processing a common search area. The method includes: acquiring resource indication information about a first common search area of a control channel, or resource indication information about a first common search area and resource indication information about at least one second common search area; and determining, according to the resource indication information about the first common search area, or the resource indication information about the first common search area and the resource indication information about at least one second common search area, a location of the first common search area, or locations of the first common search area and at least one second common search area.

Abstract: A method for applying network services to data traffic forwarded between virtual private network (VPN) sites includes: receiving a data packet addressed to a target site associated with the VPN, determining services to be applied to the data packet according to a service chain, where the determining is a function of at least one of the VPN, the origin site or the target site, adding an indication of a VPN forwarding context onto the data packet, encapsulating the data packet with Network Service Header encapsulation, where a header for the encapsulated data packet indicates at least the service chain; forwarding the encapsulated data packet in accordance with the service chain, receiving the encapsulated data packet at the end of the service chain, terminating the service chain, removing the encapsulation, and forwarding the data packet to a target destination per the indication of a VPN forwarding context.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, adjusting a matching network utilizing a first tuning state resulting in a first tuning where the first tuning state is selected from among a first group of predetermined tuning states that increase performance in duplex operation, and responsive to a comparison of a first performance metric with a first reference metric, determining a weighted first tuning state and adjusting the matching network utilizing the weighted first tuning state resulting in a second tuning, where the weighted first tuning state is determined based on a weighting factor, the first tuning state, and a second tuning state selected from a second group of predetermined tuning states. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a non-data Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a wireless station to transmit a non-data PPDU; and to transmit a control frame separated from the non-data PPDU by a Reduced Inter-Frame Space (RIFS).

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a control plane of a service provider network including messages that facilitate network access by local equipment to subscribed services. A data plane managed by the network and separate from the control plane is also monitored. The data plane facilitates an exchange of user data between the connected devices, the network and the subscribed services. Local equipment are identified based on the monitoring of the control plane, and local network connectivity is established between the processing system and the local equipment. A common communication channel is established between the processing system and the network, wherein network access to the subscribed services is based on an exchange of the user data via the common communication channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Frames in a variable length frame format which are addressed to a plurality of users are multiplexed and preferably transmitted. Data frames having different lengths are multiplexed on a same time through space division multiple access, but since the multiplexed frames are transmitted while eventually having a same length, when the multiplexed data frames from the access point STA0 are received in the respective communication stations STA1 to STA3 in FIG. 4 or when data simultaneously transmitted from the respective communication stations STA1 to STA3 are received in the access point STA0 in FIG. 5, it is possible to eliminate an operation instability of AGC.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a flexible protocol data unit (PDU) packaging method thereof are provided. The user equipment performs a flexible PDU packaging procedure in a radio link control (RLC) layer when receiving configuration information that configures a 7-bit length indicator (LI) size and a flexible PDU size from a base station. The user equipment uses an exactly-filled LI to indicate the end of a service data unit (SDU) occurring at the end of the previous one PDU and an accumulated SDU size of the previous one PDU exceeds 123 octets. In addition, the user equipment utilizes a special value of a header extension (HE) field or an alternative E-bit of the header to indicate that the PDU includes only one SDU and the SDU is a complete SDU.

Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure include methods and apparatus that provide back-off procedures for avoiding device/network resource depletion in bad network conditions. A device user may selectively enable an auxiliary back-off procedure that extends the time between network service requests. For example, the auxiliary back-off procedure may be used if the device determines an attach request is unsuccessful when a reject message is received from the network and the reject message indicates a reject cause for which the device has no defined back-off to follow. The auxiliary back-off procedure may be also be used if the device determines that a service request is unsuccessful when the service request is ignored, i.e. no response is received from the network, or, when a service request reject is received from the network and the reject message indicates a reject cause for which the device has no defined back-off to follow.

Abstract: A wireless relay device may receive a request indicating that a wireless device has one or more delay-tolerant messages to be forwarded to a network. The wireless relay device may send a response message to the wireless device indicative of an estimated time to network contact. The wireless relay device then receives and caches the delay-tolerant messages to be forwarded. The wireless relay device may forward at least one of the one or more delay-tolerant messages.

Abstract: An example method includes broadcasting periodically, from a computing system, control packets over a network to instrument modules, where a control packet includes data representing sequence numbers of last data packets received from the instrument modules and information based on the sequence numbers, and the control packet includes slots for all of the instrument modules, with each slot containing the data that is specific to one of the instrument modules. The example method also includes receiving, at the computing system and in response to the control packet, via unicast and over the network, an acknowledgement packet from each of the instrument modules, where the acknowledgement packet includes repair information that is based on a broadcast control packet received by the instrument module from the computing system.

Abstract: A first communication terminal, unconnected with a communication network, searches for a second communication terminal existing around the own communication terminal. In the communication network, one of communication terminals functions as a master having a function of an access point and the rest of the communication terminals function as slaves of the master. Among the one or more second communication terminals found through the search, the first communication terminal determines a second communication terminal, in which information included in a communication message received from the second communication terminal shows that it is a connected master terminal which is a terminal connected with the communication network and functions as the master, to be a connection counterpart. Then, the first communication terminal configures a network with the determined connection counterpart.

Abstract: A method and a device for updating system information, a method and a device for acquiring system information, the method for updating a system information includes: when the system information changes, informing a UE that the system information changes, the system information includes essential system information and non-essential system information; from a next cycle, in each of N cycles, broadcasting the essential system information and the non-essential system information, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; after the successive N cycles, in response to a request from the UE through a dedicated channel of the UE, sending at least a part of the non-essential system information to the UE through the dedicated channel of the UE, where the request indicates that the UE fails to receive the non-essential system information from the broadcasting. Accordingly, system resource consumption is reduced.

Abstract: A terminal device transmits a RI for PDSCH transmission, receives first information used for determining a first maximum value of layers, the first maximum value being assumed for determining a bit width for the RI, and receives a transport block on a PDSCH, and decodes a code block of the transport block. Here, rate matching for the code block is performed based on the first information used for determining the first maximum value of the layer.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing full-duplex communications using a G.hn protocol are provided. A second node of a plurality of nodes is selected, by a first node with which to engage in full-duplex communications. A first seed common to the plurality of nodes is retrieved. A search is performed for a second seed assigned to the second node. A first portion of a frame is generated for transmission using a half-duplex communications mode, wherein transmissions using the half-duplex communications mode are detectable by each of the nodes. A first group of subcarriers is loaded with the first set of phases generated using the first seed and a second group of subcarriers is loaded with the second set of phases generated using the second seed. The first portion is transmitted, in the half-duplex communications mode, from the first node using the first and second groups of subcarriers.

Abstract: An integrated base station provides uplink and downlink wireless connectivity between user equipment and a wireless communication network. In order to accommodate certain features of the network, a bypass switch of the integrated base station is employed so that the baseband module of the base station is bypassed as to those features. In this case, selected data obtained from the RF transceiver of the integrated base station is processed by equipment in the back end system instead of by the baseband module. A first operation mode enables the baseband module to process the selected data, while a second operation mode bypasses the baseband module so that the back end system performs the processing. The bypass switch may be permanently activated. The bypass process allows for processing of the selected data in an efficient manner without requiring replacement of the integrated base station, thereby providing an efficient and cost-effective solution.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to buffer sizing of NoC link buffers by utilizing incremental dynamic optimization and machine learning. A method for configuring buffer depths associated with one or more network on chip (NoC) is disclosed. The method includes deriving characteristics of buffers associated with the one or more NoC, determining first buffer depths of the buffers based on the characteristics derived, obtaining traces based on the characteristics derived, measuring trace skews based on the traces obtained, determining second buffer depths based on the trace skews measured, optimizing the buffer depths associated with the network on chip (NoC) based on the second buffer depths, and configuring the buffer depths associated with one or more network on chip (NoC) based on the buffer depths optimized.

Abstract: A module includes: a first diplexer including a common terminal coupled to a first antenna, a first terminal, and a second terminal; a first duplexer including a common terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first diplexer and allowing transmission and a reception signals of a first band to pass therethrough; a second duplexer including a common terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first diplexer and allowing transmission and reception signals of a second band of which a frequency band is higher than a frequency band of the first band to pass therethrough; and a third duplexer including a common terminal coupled to a second antenna different from the first antenna and allowing transmission and reception signals of a third band of which a frequency band is between the frequency band of the first band and the frequency band of the second band to pass therethrough.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a random access channel (RACH) procedure based proximity-based service channel allocation are provided. One method includes controlling receiving, by a network node, a request for proximity-based service on a random access channel, the request being for at least one resource, and determining whether the requested at least one resource is allocable within a random access contention window. When the at least one resource is allocable, the method may include preparing a transmission of allocation information on a common control channel. When the at least one resource is not allocable, the method may include preparing a response for the request on the random access response channel, and preparing a transmission of allocation information either on common control channel or dedicated control channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling network access points in a wireless communicating system, said system comprising: one or more mobile stations, and one or more access points, each access point being arranged for operating in active mode or in inactive mode; said method comprising the steps of: transmitting, by a mobile station, a sensing signal indicating network and/or mobile station specific information associated with at least one mobile station of said system; receiving, by at least one access point or at least one control unit, said sensing signal; and controlling, by said access point or said control unit, transition from active mode to inactive mode, and vice versa, of one or more access points of said system based on said sensing signal.