Abstract: A wireless wideband transceiver may be able to communicate with multiple frequency-hopped spread-spectrum (FHSS) devices concurrently over multiple frequencies over a short range by including a plurality of digital chains corresponding to the FHSS physical channels, individually and dynamically compensated for in-phase/quadrature imbalance in the transmit and/or receive portion. To further improve communications the transceiver may also mitigate cross interference between adjacent channel signals that are received and/or transmitted simultaneously, avoid false reception and/or transmission of co-channel signals, delay respective FHSS channels transmissions relative to other channels transmissions, speed up connection to FHSS devices and coordinate Time Division Duplexing (TDD) operation according to application dependent TX/RX binary pattern.

Abstract: A wireless wideband transceiver may be able to communicate with multiple frequency-hopped spread-spectrum (FHSS) devices concurrently over multiple frequencies over a short range by including a plurality of digital chains corresponding to the FHSS physical channels, individually and dynamically compensated for in-phase/quadrature imbalance in the transmit and/or receive portion. To further improve communications the transceiver may also mitigate cross interference between adjacent channel signals that are received and/or transmitted simultaneously, avoid false reception and/or transmission of co-channel signals, delay respective FHSS channels transmissions relative to other channels transmissions, speed up connection to FHSS devices and coordinate Time Division Duplexing (TDD) operation according to application dependent TX/RX binary pattern.

Abstract: A frequency-hopped spread-spectrum multiple-access (FHSS-MA) wideband transceiver may support frequency-division multiple-access (FDMA) functionality by including a plurality of digital chains corresponding to FHSS-MA physical channels, individually and dynamically compensated for in-phase/quadrature imbalance in the transmit and/or receive portion. A FHSS-MA transceiver supporting FDMA functionality may coordinate FH sequence selection among FHSS physical channels to minimize inter-channel interference while also supporting legacy FHSS-enabled devices (e.g., Bluetooth®). The FHSS-MA transceiver may be incorporated into a wireless bridge device to facilitate low-latency communications over wireless local-area networks (WLANs), wireless wide-area networks (WWANs) or broadcast, with multiple FHSS-enabled devices that may be paired with the wireless bridge device using FHSS-MA channels. The wireless bridge device may enable a FHSS-enabled device to re-pair with a personal device.

Abstract: A frequency-hopped spread-spectrum multiple-access (FHSS-MA) wideband transceiver may support frequency-division multiple-access (FDMA) functionality by including a plurality of digital chains corresponding to FHSS-MA physical channels, individually and dynamically compensated for in-phase/quadrature imbalance in the transmit and/or receive portion. A FHSS-MA transceiver supporting FDMA functionality may coordinate FH sequence selection among FHSS physical channels to minimize inter-channel interference while also supporting legacy FHSS-enabled devices (e.g., Bluetooth®). The FHSS-MA transceiver may be incorporated into a wireless bridge device to facilitate low-latency communications over wireless local-area networks (WLANs), wireless wide-area networks (WWANs) or broadcast, with multiple FHSS-enabled devices that may be paired with the wireless bridge device using FHSS-MA channels. The wireless bridge device may enable a FHSS-enabled device to re-pair with a personal device.

Abstract: System, apparatus, and method to manage data communication rates in a wireless network are described. In an embodiment, a system may include multiple antennas, multiple transceivers to connect to the multiple antennas; and a media access controller to connect to the transceivers. The media access controller may send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units using the transceivers. The media access controller may receive an acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from the first physical protocol data unit. The media access controller may select a third number of media access control protocol data units for a second physical protocol data unit using the second number.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for communicating over an extended range in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a packet is generated to include an extended range header if the mobile station is identified as an extended range mobile station. The extended range header and a data portion of the packet have a lower data rate than packets for regular range mobile stations and are encoded to correspond to rates for un-encoded transmissions to the regular range mobile stations.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods for coordinating communications among wireless networks and a co-located wireless communication device are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, frame-timing parameters are reported by a broadband wireless access (BWA) network node to a node of a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the WLAN node may transmit the frame-timing parameters to an access point ad the WLAN. The BWA network node and the WLAN node may be co-located within the wireless communication device. The transmission time of downlink transmissions for receipt by the WLAN node may be selected by the access point based on the frame-timing parameters to reduce interference caused by concurrent uplink transmissions by the BWA network node.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of coexistence mode switching among collocated transceivers. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes monitoring reception reliability of a first transceiver in relation to concurrent transmission activity of a second, collocated, transceiver; and based on the monitoring, setting a flag indicating a request by the first transceiver that the second transceiver modify its coexistence mode.

Abstract: Embodiments of a mobile station and a method for channel sounding in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, channel sounding is performed using a single radio frequency transmitter chain in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In some embodiments, portions of a channel sounding preamble are serially transmitted on several transmit mobile-station antennas to enable MIMO beamforming by an access point.

Abstract: Briefly, some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods for locating a wireless communication station. For example, a system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes a wireless access point to transmit a low-power security query through a dedicated security channel; and a wireless communication station to transmit, in response to said security query, a low-power security response through said dedicated security channel.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system for acquiring, by a communication device, an address sequence of an acquired packet transmitted over a communication channel and determining whether to receive the acquired packet. The method involves comparing the address sequence with one or more address sequences of previously-acquired packets stored in an address list. Then, if the address sequence does not appear in the address list, the address sequence is stored in the list. If the address sequence of the packet, match an address sequence stored in the address list, the packet is received and the and further checked to determine whether the address sequence of the packet is erroneous. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of coexistence mode switching among collocated transceivers. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes monitoring reception reliability of a first transceiver in relation to concurrent transmission activity of a second, collocated, transceiver; and based on the monitoring, setting a flag indicating a request by the first transceiver that the second transceiver modify its coexistence mode.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of extended-range wireless communication. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes receiving a probe request including an indication of a requested transmission scheme, and transmitting a data packet using the requested transmission scheme.

Abstract: Embodiments of a mobile station and a method for channel sounding in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, channel sounding is performed using a single radio frequency transmitter chain in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In some embodiments, portions of a channel sounding preamble are serially transmitted on several transmit mobile-station antennas to enable MIMO beamforming by an access point.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver capable of passive scanning at least one channel used in a first wireless communication technique and approximating the start time, end time and period of interference caused by signals created from a second wireless communication technique within the channel; and wherein the transceiver is capable of tuning transmission times to be in-between expected time intervals of the interference.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for communicating over an extended range in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a packet is generated to include an extended range header if the mobile station is identified as an extended range mobile station. The extended range header and a data portion of the packet have a lower data rate than packets for regular range mobile stations and are encoded to correspond to rates for un-encoded transmissions to the regular range mobile stations.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods for coordinating communications among wireless networks and a co-located wireless communication device are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, frame-timing parameters are reported by a broadband wireless access (BWA) network node to a node of a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the WLAN node may transmit the frame-timing parameters to an access point ad the WLAN. The BWA network node and the WLAN node may be co-located within the wireless communication device. The transmission time of downlink transmissions for receipt by the WLAN node may be selected by the access point based on the frame-timing parameters to reduce interference caused by concurrent uplink transmissions by the BWA network node.

Abstract: Briefly, some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods for locating a wireless communication station. For example, a system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes a wireless access point to transmit a low-power security query through a dedicated security channel; and a wireless communication station to transmit, in response to said security query, a low-power security response through said dedicated security channel.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of clock synchronization. For example, a system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes a wireless access point to transmit a signal instructing a plurality of wireless communication stations to substantially simultaneously transmit wireless signals at a pre-defined time; and a wireless communication station including a synchronizer to synchronize, at a non allocated time slot, a clock of the wireless communication station to a clock of the wireless access point based on an estimated frequency offset of a data packet received from the wireless access point.

Abstract: Briefly, some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of wireless signal detection. For example, an apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include a multi-receiver configuration including a plurality of wireless receivers; an activation controller to selectively activate a first number of said receivers in a detection mode to search for a wireless signal, and to selectively activate a second number of said wireless receivers in a reception mode to receive said wireless signal, and a detector to detect said wireless signal based on at least one extended detection portion of at least one data packet carried by said wireless signal.