Abstract: An ultra-wideband electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure includes multiple EBG units in an array. Each EBG unit includes a power plane, a dielectric substrate and a ground plane from top to bottom. The power plane includes a patch, a coupled complementary split ring resonator (C-CSRR) and a plurality of semi-improved Z-bridge structures. Each edge of the patch is provided with a semi-improved Z-bridge structure. The C-CSRR is provided within a ring formed by the semi-improved Z-bridge structures. The Z-bridge structure includes a first horizontal branch, a first vertical branch, a second horizontal branch and a second vertical branch connected in sequence. The second vertical branch is connected to the patch. First horizontal branches of adjacent EBG units are connected to each other. A circuit board including the aforementioned EBG structure is also provided.

Abstract: According to an embodiment there is provided a method for managing wireless communication between a sending wireless device and a receiving wireless device in a wireless network, the method comprising the sending wireless device: transmitting to the receiving wireless device one or more uplink communications using a first transmission setting; determining whether a link quality of the communication link falls outside of a predefined range; and in response to determining that the link quality falls outside of the predefined range: determining at least first and second probing transmission settings that differ from each other and from the first transmission setting; transmitting a first probing transmission using the first probing transmission setting and a second probing transmission using the second probing transmission setting; receiving from the receiving wireless device a selection of one of the first and second probing transmission settings; and adopting the selected probing transmission setting for use w

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for controlling transmission settings for one or more wireless devices in a wireless network. The method comprises: monitoring uplink communications from a sending wireless device to a receiving wireless device; determining one or more link quality metrics comprising a frame loss ratio and one or more signal strength metrics for the uplink communications; determining a link quality between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device based on the link quality metrics; determining whether the link quality falls outside of a predefined range; and in response to determining that the link quality falls outside of the predefined range, sending an instruction to the sending wireless device to update one or more transmission parameters to adjust a link budget for future transmissions by the sending wireless device to the receiving wireless device.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for controlling transmission settings for one or more wireless devices in a wireless network. The method comprises: monitoring uplink communications from a sending wireless device to a receiving wireless device; determining one or more link quality metrics comprising a frame loss ratio and one or more signal strength metrics for the uplink communications; determining a link quality between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device based on the link quality metrics; determining whether the link quality falls outside of a predefined range; and in response to determining that the link quality falls outside of the predefined range, sending an instruction to the sending wireless device to update one or more transmission parameters to adjust a link budget for future transmissions by the sending wireless device to the receiving wireless device.

Abstract: According to an embodiment there is provided a method for managing wireless communication between a sending wireless device and a receiving wireless device in a wireless network, the method comprising the sending wireless device: transmitting to the receiving wireless device one or more uplink communications using a first transmission setting; determining whether a link quality of the communication link falls outside of a predefined range; and in response to determining that the link quality falls outside of the predefined range: determining at least first and second probing transmission settings that differ from each other and from the first transmission setting; transmitting a first probing transmission using the first probing transmission setting and a second probing transmission using the second probing transmission setting; receiving from the receiving wireless device a selection of one of the first and second probing transmission settings; and adopting the selected probing transmission setting for use w

Abstract: According to an embodiment there is provided a method of radio resource allocation performed in a gateway or network server communicatively connected to a plurality of wireless nodes. The method comprises computing, for each spreading factor out of a number of spreading factors, a probability of successful receipt of an uplink communication from a wireless node from the plurality of wireless nodes based on spreading factor settings of the plurality of wireless nodes, determining, for a given link level budget, a spreading factor that provides a maximum likelihood of successfully completing uplink communications and determining, for the determined spreading factor, a transmission power that provides the given link level budget.