Abstract: Signaling and feedback schemes of channel variation information from WLAN receiver are proposed. WLAN receiver performs channel tracking and obtains channel variation information. The signaling and feedback of channel variation information can help WLAN transmitter to decide when to apply travelling pilots or mid-amble in the transmission. Furthermore, the channel variation information can assist WLAN transmitter for scheduling the next transmission properly and thereby enhancing the system performance of WLAN.

Abstract: There are provided an information transmitter and an apparatus including the same. The information transmitter includes a signal generator configured to output an information signal including pulses changed from a first state to a second state or a third state and subsequently changed from the second state or the third state to the first state. A time period in which some of the pulses are changed from the first state to the second state or the third state may be shorter than a time period in which some of the pulses are changed from the second state or the third state to the first state. The information transmitter also includes a transmitting coil configured to receive the information signal and generate a magnetic field based on the information signal.

Abstract: A power management system for a personal area fabric having a plurality of nodes is presented. The system implements power management functions at the fabric-level via fabric-level power profiles reflecting the aggregated power profiles from some or all of the nodes in the fabric. The fabric-level power profiles are used to trigger the implementation of fabric power configurations that cause the individual nodes to modify their operations in the interest of a fabric-level power management plan.

Abstract: In wireless communications systems, a client terminal performs cell search procedure to find a suitable cell and camp on it to receive service from the network. In 3GPP LTE wireless communication system, the cell search involves the decoding of the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) which may take relatively long time to decode under poor channel conditions which in turn may affect the time it takes to receive service from a cell after cell reselection or handover. A method and apparatus are disclosed that perform the PBCH decoding across multiple instances that carry partly different and partly common PBCH information. This method enables a client terminal to receive service from a cell faster than conventional methods.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a sender side of a network communication, being sent from a sender to a destination over a network path, expressing certain conditions and actions in a form of a script and encoding the script into network packets, thus enabling routing decisions to be made. Routing devices along the network path are equipped with an execution environment and an application program interface (API) to allow the script to execute and intervene (i.e., “talk” with the routing device) in the routing process. Embodiments provided herein may be implemented to coexist with other existing routing protocols or may completely replace other existing routing protocols.

Abstract: A method and system for uplink-downlink transmission of message in a network. The method includes transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), to a radio access network (RAN) node, a random access channel (RACH) message including identifier information for identifying a serving gateway in a core network; receiving, by the UE, from the RAN node, a random access (RA) response message including uplink (UL) grant information; and transmitting, by the UE, to the RAN node, a data message including encrypted data in an idle mode. The data message is transmitted from the RAN node to the serving gateway based on the identifier information, and the encrypted data is generated by the UE, and the encrypted data is decrypted by the serving gateway.

Abstract: A method for testing network route convergence includes receiving input for specifying a route convergence threshold and a frame loss tolerance for a route convergence test. The route convergence test is initiated by transmitting data plane traffic addressed to at least one destination to a device under test (DUT). At least one route is advertised to the DUT. A first time instance when the at least one route is advertised to the DUT is recorded. Data plane traffic routed by the DUT is monitored. It is detected when data plane traffic for the at least one route reaches the route convergence threshold. In response to detecting that the data plane traffic reaches the route convergence threshold, a second time instance is recorded and a route convergence validation test phase is initiated.

Abstract: A method and system to help control transmission over an air interface from a base station to a served WCD. When the base station has a threshold small quantity of data to transmit over the air to a WCD, the base station will schedule the transmission to occur in a downlink PRB of a special subframe, rather than in a PRB of a regular downlink subframe. As the downlink PRB of the special subframe likely has fewer useable resource elements than the PRB of the regular downlink subframe, this process could help to minimize waste of air interface resources resulting from not making use of resource elements in an allocated PRB.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Prior to initiating the call, the call initiator's communication device records a personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator. A peer-to-peer connection is established between the call initiator's communication device and the call recipient's communication device, and the call initiator's communication device provides a call request message including the personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator to the call recipient's communication device via the peer-to-peer connection. Upon receipt of a notification from the call recipient that the call is accepted pursuant to review of the personalized audio or video invitation by the call recipient, a live voice connection between the call initiator and call recipient is established.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for transmit power control and repetition levels of random access requests in a wireless communications network. Power settings and repetition levels for random access request transmissions may account for, and/or be based on prior power settings or prior uplink channel repetition levels. Power settings may also be based on other factors, including a power ramp-up associated with current or prior random access procedures. Power settings may be computed by a user equipment (UE) or they may be indicated to a UE from another system node. The described features may be implemented as coverage enhancement techniques, for example, for devices employing Machine Type Communication (MTC).

Abstract: A guard period for switching between uplink and downlink subframes is created by shortening an uplink subframe, i.e., by not transmitting during one or more symbol intervals at the beginning of the subframe interval. A grant message includes signaling indicating when a shortened subframe should be transmitted. An example method is implemented in a first wireless node configured to transmit data in transmit subframes occurring at defined subframe intervals and having a predetermined number of symbol intervals. This example method includes determining (1620) that a transmit subframe is to be shortened, relative to the predetermined number of symbol intervals and, in response to this determination, shortening (1630) transmission of the transmit subframe by not transmitting during a beginning portion of the subframe interval for the transmit subframe and transmitting during the remainder of the subframe interval.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. The call initiator's communication device presents a recording interface including a multi-function button that, upon selection during a countdown duration, initiates a direct call to the call recipient. However, when the multi-function button is not selected during the countdown period and prior to initiating the call, a personalized audio or video invitation is created by the call initiator and is attached to the phone call data packet in place of the conventional Caller Id data packet. The call signaling may proceed in a conventional manner (e.g.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device, a packet including a first field over a first number of tones, and a second field over a second number of tones. The second number of tones is greater than the first number of tones by a number of one or more edge tones carrying data. The method further includes determining at least one of a communication mode and a channel estimation based at least in part on the one or more edge tones carrying data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for managing state transitions of communication circuitries in wireless networks. Embodiments manage radio resource control (RRC) state transitions and/or discontinuous reception (DRX) state transitions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless communication in the unlicensed spectrum between an eNB and UEs having different bandwidths, e.g., between a narrowband UE and a wideband eNB. A user equipment apparatus segments an uplink duration in each frame into multiple transmission units for each frequency, wherein a frame comprises an integer number of the transmission units. The apparatus transmits uplink communication based on the multiple transmission units, wherein each transmission unit comprises at least one on period and at least one off period corresponding to each of a plurality of frequencies, wherein during an on period the UE transmits uplink communication on the corresponding frequency and during an off period the UE refrains from transmitting uplink communication on the corresponding frequency. Each transmission unit may comprise multiple on periods and multiple off periods. The on/off periods may be configured by a base station or specified for each frame type.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatus for operating a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). The MANET includes a plurality of nodes that are identified as stationary nodes or mobile nodes. One or more of the identified stationary nodes are set as backbone nodes. A backbone network is formed by the one or more backbone nodes and an alias is determined for each backbone node. Channel access is allocated to each backbone node based upon the determined alias for the one or more backbone nodes.

Abstract: A data storage system can have adaptive data path routing that consists of a network controller connected to a plurality of data storage units that each have a local controller and memory. A front-end module of the network controller may direct a first data set from a first data storage unit of the plurality of data storage units via a primary data. A back-end routing module of the network controller can adapt to an amount of data accesses by transferring a second data set from a second data storage unit of the plurality of data storage units via a back-end data path.

Abstract: A method for adaptive radio link monitoring RLM) includes a network node obtaining configuration information about a user equipment (UE) receiver configuration associated with a UE, where the UE receiver configuration is implemented by the UE for receiving signals from the network node. The method further includes the network node adapting, based on the obtained configuration information, at least one radio transmission parameter associated with at least one downlink (DL) signal used by the UE for performing the RLM. The method also includes the network node transmitting the at least one DL signal with the adapted at least one parameter to the UE enabling the UE to perform the RLM.

Abstract: A guard period for switching between uplink and downlink subframes is created by shortening an uplink subframe, i.e., by not transmitting during one or more symbol intervals at the beginning of the subframe interval. A grant message includes signaling indicating when a shortened subframe should be transmitted. An example method is implemented in a first wireless node configured to transmit data in transmit subframes occurring at defined subframe intervals and having a predetermined number of symbol intervals. This example method includes determining (1620) that a transmit subframe is to be shortened, relative to the predetermined number of symbol intervals and, in response to this determination, shortening (1630) transmission of the transmit subframe by not transmitting during a beginning portion of the subframe interval for the transmit subframe and transmitting during the remainder of the subframe interval.

Abstract: The proposed methodology enables finding the most efficient roots in the network to carry multicast traffic, while further providing a theoretical basis for such selection. It guarantees the minimum expected delivery cost for multicast frames in the absence of any knowledge about the source and receivers.