Abstract: A method for measuring power of a received signal includes the following steps: determining N type(s) of sampling rate(s) of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) according to a theoretical minimum sampling rate of the received signal; using the ADC to sample the received signal according to the N type(s) of sampling rate(s) within a period of sampling time and thereby obtaining sampling results; and measuring the power of the received signal according to the sampling results and the period of sampling time, wherein the theoretical minimum sampling rate is corresponding to a signal cycle of the received signal, the N is a positive integer, the N type(s) of sampling rate(s) is/are corresponding to N type(s) of sampling cycle(s), and any of the N type(s) of sampling cycle(s) and the signal cycle are coprime.

Abstract: A communication device for handling a Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR), includes a transforming module, configured to perform a first plurality of inverse fast Fourier transforms (IFFTs) on a plurality of coefficients in a scene according to a first inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) size and the scene, to obtain a plurality of results; a processing module, coupled to the transforming module, configured to obtain a plurality of norms of the plurality of results, and to obtain a plurality of values of the plurality of coefficients; and a transmitting module, coupled to the processing module, configured to perform a second plurality of IFFTs on a plurality of frequency-domain signals according to a second IFFT size, the plurality of coefficients with the plurality of values and the scene, to obtain a plurality of time-domain signals, wherein the second IFFT size is greater than the first IFFT size.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a network communication apparatus having full band monitoring mechanism. An antenna circuit receives a set of wireless signals in a full band. A receiving circuit includes receivers to receive the set of wireless signals to generate a set of received signals. A first part of the receivers operate in a service mode to perform data receiving on corresponding operation frequency sub-bands, and a second part of the receivers operate in a monitoring mode to perform interference signal monitoring on monitoring frequency sub-bands in the full band. The sub-band filtering circuits filters one of the received signals generated by one of the receivers operated in the monitoring mode to generate a filtered signal. The monitoring circuits perform monitoring on the filtered signal generated by the sub-band filtering circuits to generate signal parameter statistical data.

Abstract: A wireless communicating method includes: performing one resource unit allocation upon a channel; and allocating a first resource unit and a second resource unit in said one resource unit allocation to a station, wherein the first resource unit is different from the second resource unit. By using the wireless communication method, throughput rate can be improved.

Abstract: A time-division mechanism that a source station uses a proprietary frame for notifying switching from a normal bandwidth operation to a narrow bandwidth operation to at least one destination station in a wireless communication system, and uses a protection frame to reserve the service period for the narrow bandwidth operation without the interference from the normal bandwidth operation, wherein the service period of the narrow bandwidth operation is indicated in the protection frame.

Abstract: A wireless device is provided. The wireless device includes a first transmitting circuit, a second transmitting circuit and a controller. The first transmitting circuit is arranged to transmit a signal in a first band. The second transmitting circuit is arranged to selectively transmit a signal in the first band or in a second band according to a first control signal, wherein the second band is different from the first band. The controller is arranged to set the first control signal according to a transmission mode.

Abstract: A method of a ranging and positioning with sensor STA/neighbor AP is proposed. An initiating wireless device establishes an FTM procedure with a responding wireless device in an indoor wireless local area network. The initiating device exchanges FTM frames with the responding device and thereby receiving a first set of timestamps from the responding device. The initiating device receives a second set of timestamps associated with the exchanged FTM frames from one or more listening devices. Finally, the initiating device determines location information from the first and the second set of timestamps.

Abstract: A wireless device and an associated wireless device are proposed. The wireless device includes a first receiving circuit, a second receiving circuit and a detector. The first receiving circuit is arranged to receive signals in a first band. The second receiving circuit is arranged to selectively receive signals in the first band or signal reception in a second band according to a first control signal, wherein the second band is different from the first band. The detector is arranged to detect existence of a transmission signal in the second band to set the first control signal.

Abstract: A wireless communicating method includes: performing one resource unit allocation upon a channel; and allocating a first resource unit and a second resource unit in said one resource unit allocation to a station, wherein the first resource unit is different from the second resource unit. By using the wireless communication method, throughput rate can be improved.

Abstract: A time-division mechanism that a source station uses a proprietary frame for notifying switching from a normal bandwidth operation to a narrow bandwidth operation to at least one destination station in a wireless communication system, and uses a protection frame to reserve the service period for the narrow bandwidth operation without the interference from the normal bandwidth operation, wherein the service period of the narrow bandwidth operation is indicated in the protection frame.

Abstract: A wireless device and an associated wireless device are proposed. The wireless device includes a first receiving circuit, a second receiving circuit and a detector. The first receiving circuit is arranged to receive signals in a first band. The second receiving circuit is arranged to selectively receive signals in the first band or signal reception in a second band according to a first control signal, wherein the second band is different from the first band. The detector is arranged to detect existence of a transmission signal in the second band to set the first control signal.

Abstract: A method of a ranging and positioning with sensor STA/neighbor AP is proposed. An initiating wireless device establishes an FTM procedure with a responding wireless device in an indoor wireless local area network. The initiating device exchanges FTM frames with the responding device and thereby receiving a first set of timestamps from the responding device. The initiating device receives a second set of timestamps associated with the exchanged FTM frames from one or more listening devices. Finally, the initiating device determines location information from the first and the second set of timestamps.

Abstract: A portable device for receiving broadcast information is provided. A mixer down-converts a radio-frequency signal with a local oscillation clock to provide an intermediate frequency signal. A filter is arranged to filter the intermediate frequency signal. An analog-to-digital converter converts the filtered intermediate frequency signal into a digital signal according to a sampling rate. The broadcast information is obtained according to the digital signal. The local oscillation clock has a first frequency in a normal mode and a second frequency in a power-saving mode, and the second frequency is lower than the first frequency.

Abstract: A method of dynamic tone grouping (DTG) used by a transmitter in a wireless OFDM system is proposed. First, a sequence of coded and interleaved bits is de-multiplexed into a number of bit-streams. Each bit-stream is mapped into a sequence of QAM symbols, which are grouped into non-overlapping sets of QAM symbols. Unitary transformation is then applied on the QAM symbols to produce groups of complex signals. Finally, the complex signals are dynamically mapped to subcarrier groups based on tone mapping information to improve link performance. The tone mapping information is derived from information associated with each OFDM subcarrier, such as channel state information (CSI). The OFDM subcarriers are grouped into subcarrier groups according to the tone mapping information such that the channel quality of each subcarrier group is balanced. In addition, the tone mapping information is efficiently encoded and transmitted to/from a corresponding receiver.

Abstract: A preamble sequence detection and integral carrier frequency offset estimation method for OFDM/OFDMA wireless communication systems by formulating integral carrier frequency offset estimation and preamble sequence detection as a signal detection problem in multi-channel interference, obtaining the theoretically optimal solution, and deriving simplified, approximately optimal solutions, in which frequency-domain filtering is employed to calculate the required correlation values, which can drastically reduce the high computational complexity of the original theoretically optimal solution but result in little impact on precision. In addition, several further simplified algorithms are provided, some of which can even eliminate the use of multipliers. The using of frequency-domain filtering has high extensibility in application to related signal sequence detection problems.

Abstract: A communication apparatus, a method, and a tangible machine-readable medium thereof for processing ranging interference of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. The communication apparatus comprises a receiving unit, a processing unit, and a mask generating unit. The receiving unit receives the OFDM signal having a plurality of OFDM symbols. The processing unit estimates a delay value and an energy value of at least one ranging code according to the OFDM symbols. The mask generating unit generates a mask function according to the delay value and the energy value. Finally, the processing unit synthesizes the ranging interference in the OFDM signal and removes it according to the mask function.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method for OFDM and OFDMA channel estimation via phase-rotated polynomial interpolation and extrapolation (inter/extra-polation). For complexity reason, polynomial inter/extra-polation is an often considered method for channel estimation in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, in which the simplest choice is linear inter/extra-polation. But the performance of this method depends on the accuracy of symbol timing estimation as well as the channel delay spread. The invention mitigates the problem by adding a linear phase factor to polynomial inter/extra-polation, which corresponds to adding a delay (also called delay shift) in the time domain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a channel estimation technique for multi-carrier system which uses pilot signal to first obtain pilot subcarrier channel responses, then estimate the mean delay and the root-mean-square delay spread of the channel, and then uses interpolation to obtain the channel responses of arbitrary subcarriers. The present invention is able to perform channel estimation and to accurately estimate various channel delay parameters (such as the initial delay, the mean delay, and the root-mean-square delay spread) with very low quantity of pilot signal and with low computational complexity. In addition, the present invention has broad applicability, as it does not require the channel power-delay profile to be of certain specific types and it can operate in systems where pilot subcarriers have an irregular configuration.

Abstract: A method of dynamic tone grouping (DTG) used by a transmitter in a wireless OFDM system is proposed. First, a sequence of coded and interleaved bits is de-multiplexed into a number of bit-streams. Each bit-stream is mapped into a sequence of QAM symbols, which are grouped into non-overlapping sets of QAM symbols. Unitary transformation is then applied on the QAM symbols to produce groups of complex signals. Finally, the complex signals are dynamically mapped to subcarrier groups based on tone mapping information to improve link performance. The tone mapping information is derived from information associated with each OFDM subcarrier, such as channel state information (CSI). The OFDM subcarriers are grouped into subcarrier groups according to the tone mapping information such that the channel quality of each subcarrier group is balanced. In addition, the tone mapping information is efficiently encoded and transmitted to/from a corresponding receiver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a channel estimation technique for multi-carrier system which uses pilot signal to first obtain pilot subcarrier channel responses, then estimate the mean delay and the root-mean-square delay spread of the channel, and then uses interpolation to obtain the channel responses of arbitrary subcarriers. The present invention is able to perform channel estimation and to accurately estimate various channel delay parameters (such as the initial delay, the mean delay, and the root-mean-square delay spread) with very low quantity of pilot signal and with low computational complexity. In addition, the present invention has broad applicability, as it does not require the channel power-delay profile to be of certain specific types and it can operate in systems where pilot subcarriers have an irregular configuration.