Abstract: A method and apparatus operate a user client wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network. A communication link can be established at the user client wireless communication device with a user wireless wide area network communication device. A random challenge and an authentication token can be received from a wireless wide area network. The random challenge and the authentication token can be sent to the user wireless wide area network communication device. The at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key can be received from the user wireless wide area network communication device, where the at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key is for the wireless wide area network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus operate a user client wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network. A communication link can be established at the user client wireless communication device with a user wireless wide area network communication device. At least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key for a wireless wide area network can be requested from the user wireless wide area network communication device. The at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key can be received from the user wireless wide area network communication device. At least one count of a number of uplink non access stratum messages transmitted by the user wireless wide area network communication device can be received.

Abstract: A method and apparatus determine parameters and conditions for line of sight MIMO communication. Reference signals can be received at a receiving device from a transmitting device. A channel matrix can be measured based on the reference signals. At least two of a first line of sight channel parameter, a second line of sight channel parameter, and a third line of sight channel parameter can be extracted based on the channel matrix. The first line of sight channel parameter can be based on transmitting device antenna element spacing. The second line of sight channel parameter can be based on a product of the transmitting device antenna element spacing and a receiving device antenna element spacing. The third line of sight channel parameter can be based on the receiving device antenna element spacing. The at least two line of sight channel parameters can be transmitted to the transmitting device.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for codebook sub-sampling. In various implementations, a wireless terminal receives a reference signal, determines, based on the reference signal, a first precoding index i2 for a first subband and a second precoding index i?2 for a second subband. The wireless terminal transmits a representation of i2 and a representation of 4 to a base station. In various implementations, i?2 belongs to the set Si2 which, in one implementation, equals {mod(i2?K1k,K), k=0, 1, . . . , K2}, where K1>1, and where K2>1 and K>1 are integers. According to an implementation, the wireless terminal receives the reference signal from a first base station and transmits the representations of i2 and i?2 to a second base station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for low latency transmissions. A resource assignment can be received. A first set of time-frequency resources in a subframe can be determined from the resource assignment. A second set of time-frequency resources in the subframe can be determined. The second set of time-frequency resources can be for a low latency data transmission. The second set of time-frequency resources can overlap with at least a portion of the first set of time-frequency resources. A regular latency data transmission in the subframe can be decoded based on the determined first and second set of time-frequency resources. The regular latency transmission can have a longer latency than the low latency transmission.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for low latency transmissions. A first control channel can be transmitted in a first temporal portion of a subframe. The subframe can include a plurality of OFDM symbols in a time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. The first control channel can occupy a first portion of subcarriers less than the plurality of subcarriers. The first control channel can assign first data resources only in the first temporal portion of the subframe. A second control channel can be transmitted in a second temporal portion of a subframe. The first temporal portion can occupy at least one different first OFDM symbol in the subframe from the second temporal portion. The second temporal portion can occupy at least one different second OFDM symbol in the subframe from the first temporal portion. The second control channel can occupy a second portion of subcarriers that is less than the plurality of subcarriers.

Abstract: A method and user equipment in a carrier frequency to perform contention based random access. The method includes receiving an indication from a network entity whether a cell in the carrier frequency supports a 2-step random access procedure. When the 2-step random access procedure is supported in the cell, a random access procedure is selected between the 2-step random access procedure and a 4-step random access procedure, wherein each of the 2-step random access procedure and the 4-step random access procedure includes one or more preambles, which are configured in the cell to be associated with one of the 2-step random access procedure or the 4-step random access procedures.

Abstract: A method in a wireless communication terminal includes receiving configuration signaling for transmitting on a first set of radio resources wherein transmitting only on the first set of radio resources leads to a time-domain periodic repetitive pattern of transmissions from the terminal in a transmission interval that causes interference to a companion device communicably coupled to the wireless communication terminal. The terminals selects a second set of radio resources for transmitting on in the transmission interval such that transmissions on a combination of the second set of radio resources and the first set of radio resources does not lead to a periodic repetitive pattern of transmissions from the terminal in the transmission interval.

Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device including receiving (410) a composite control channel including at least two control channel elements, each control channel element only contains radio resource assignment information, for example, a codeword, exclusively addressed to a single wireless communication entity. The device combines (420) at least two of the control channel elements, and decodes (430) the combined control channel elements.

Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device including receiving (410) a composite control channel including at least two control channel elements, each control channel element only contains radio resource assignment information, for example, a codeword, exclusively addressed to a single wireless communication entity. The device combines (420) at least two of the control channel elements, and decodes (430) the combined control channel elements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus determine parameters and conditions for line of sight MIMO communication. A transmitter can transmit reference symbols from a regularly spaced subset of a set of transmitting device antenna elements of the transmitter with elements spanning one or more spatial dimensions. The transmitter can signal transmit antenna element spacings in each dimension that can be used by the transmitter for data transmission.

Abstract: A method and apparatus determine parameters and conditions for line of sight MIMO communication. Reference signals can be received at a receiving device from a transmitting device. A channel matrix can be measured based on the reference signals. At least two of a first line of sight channel parameter, a second line of sight channel parameter, and a third line of sight channel parameter can be extracted based on the channel matrix. The first line of sight channel parameter can be based on transmitting device antenna element spacing. The second line of sight channel parameter can be based on a product of the transmitting device antenna element spacing and a receiving device antenna element spacing. The third line of sight channel parameter can be based on the receiving device antenna element spacing. The at least two line of sight channel parameters can be transmitted to the transmitting device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus determine parameters and conditions for line of sight MIMO communication. Reference signals can be received. A channel matrix can be measured based on the reference signals. A least-squared error estimate of the measured channel matrix can be determined. A sum-squared error can be calculated based on the least-squared error estimate. The sum-squared error based on the least-squared error estimate can be compared to a threshold. The measured channel matrix can be ascertained to be classified as a line of sight multiple input multiple output channel based on comparing the sum-squared error based on the least-squared error estimate to the threshold.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal that communicates on a plurality of sub-carriers divided into a plurality of frequency bands, wherein each frequency band includes at least one sub-carrier. The terminal measures a channel quality indicator (CQI) for a plurality of frequency bands, identifies a subset of frequency bands for which the channel quality indicator has been measured based on a subset criterion, and transmits a report identifying a subset of frequency bands for which a channel quality indicator has been measured or frequency bands not in the subset. In some embodiments, the report also includes a subset CQI value associated with at least the subset of frequency bands.

Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device including receiving (410) a composite control channel including at least two control channel elements, each control channel element only contains radio resource assignment information, for example, a codeword, exclusively addressed to a single wireless communication entity. The device combines (420) at least two of the control channel elements, and decodes (430) the combined control channel elements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus include establishing a communication connection with a communication network via an access point. As part of establishing a communication connection, information is received for defining a format of the communication connection. The format to be used as part of the communication connection includes one or more parameters which are received from the communication network when establishing the communication connection. At least one of the one or more received parameters serves to define a control channel transmission structure to be used as part of the format. A control channel including one or more control channel transmissions is then received in support of the established communication connection, based upon the control channel transmission structure defined by the at least one of the one or more received parameters.

Abstract: A method and apparatus include receiving a resource allocation in a control information message. The resource allocation includes one or more resource blocks, wherein each of the one or more resource blocks comprises a plurality of subcarriers. An indication is received in the control information message identifying whether one or more guard subcarriers are present on a respective one or more of the edges of at least one resource block of the resource allocation.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for codebook sub-sampling. In various implementations, a wireless terminal receives a reference signal, determines, based on the reference signal, a first precoding index i2 for a first subband and a second precoding index i?2 for a second subband. The wireless terminal transmits a representation of i2 and a representation of i?2 to a base station. In various implementations, i?2 belongs to the set Si2 which, in one implementation, equals {mod(i2?K1+k,K), k=0, 1, . . . , K2}, where K1>1, and where K2>1 and K>1 are integers. According to an implementation, the wireless terminal receives the reference signal from a first base station and transmits the representations of i2 and i?2 to a second base station.

Abstract: An electronic device (200) includes a user interface (205), a communication circuit (206), and an audio capture device (212) to receive ambient audio signals from an environment about the electronic device. A voice control interface engine (214) is operable with the audio capture device to process signals received from the audio capture device to identify at least some speech from the ambient audio signals. One or more processors (203) are operable with the voice control interface engine to compute a noise index as a function of the ambient audio signals and the at least some speech. The one or more processors can optionally identify a source of the at least some speech. Where the noise index exceeds a predefined criterion, the one or more processors can execute a communication operation on one or more of the user interface or the communication circuit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for low latency transmissions. A first control channel can be transmitted in a first temporal portion of a subframe. The subframe can include a plurality of OFDM symbols in a time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. The first control channel can occupy a first portion of subcarriers less than the plurality of subcarriers. The first control channel can assign first data resources only in the first temporal portion of the subframe. A second control channel can be transmitted in a second temporal portion of a subframe. The first temporal portion can occupy at least one different first OFDM symbol in the subframe from the second temporal portion. The second temporal portion can occupy at least one different second OFDM symbol in the subframe from the first temporal portion. The second control channel can occupy a second portion of subcarriers that is less than the plurality of subcarriers.