Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for indicating that a video frame is coded as a generalized P/B (GPB) frame in order to reduce a cost of coding and constructing a second reference picture list in video coding. For a GPB frame, which has identical reference picture lists, signaling and constructing both the first and second reference picture lists may be redundant. The techniques of this disclosure may include coding syntax elements indicating that the video frame is coded as the GPB frame, and coding syntax elements indicating a number of reference pictures and reference picture list construction commands for only a first reference picture list. The techniques also include constructing the first reference picture list based on the syntax elements, and then creating the second reference picture list as a duplicate of the first reference picture list.

Abstract: A method and device for processing spur components associated with a received wireless signal are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes first selecting a sub-band of a spectral band of the received signal. The selected sub-band is scanned, and a detection routine is executed to detect a spur within the scanned sub-band having a peak magnitude above a predetermined threshold. The spur frequency is determined, and the spur may be removed by a cancellation unit based on the determined frequency. The method also includes tracking the frequency of the spur to ensure continued suppression over time and under dynamic conditions.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to hosting a group call at a wireless user device. An embodiment receives, by the wireless user device, registration information for a plurality of client devices, receives, by the wireless user device, a call request for a call among two or more of the plurality of client devices, sets up, by the wireless user device, the call among the two or more client devices, receives, by the wireless user device, a media stream, and transmits, by the wireless user device, the media stream to at least one of the two or more client devices.

Abstract: Techniques to support positioning for terminals in Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) are described. A SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) may receive supported network information from a SUPL Location Platform (SLP), which is a location server in SUPL. The supported network information may indicate one or more radio access networks supported by the SLP, one or more types of measurement supported by the SLP, and/or information that the SET is allowed to send to the SLP. The SET may send network measurement information for a supported radio access network to the SLP. The network measurement information may include cell and/or access point (AP) information for one or more access points or base stations in the supported radio access network. The SLP may determine a location estimate for the SET based on the network measurement information from the SET.

Abstract: A method of determining a position of a target device includes: sending a first measurement signal from a first known-position device; receiving the first measurement signal at a second known-position device; receiving a first acknowledgement signal from the target device at the first known-position device and at the second known-position device; determining the position of the target device using first timing information associated with the first measurement signal and the first acknowledgement signal, a first position of the first known-position device, and a second position of the second known-position device.

Abstract: Techniques for prioritizing time critical data for transmission during a power-limited state in DC-HSUPA operation are described. A user equipment (UE) may be in a power-limited state. The UE may identify non-scheduled, time critical data and scheduled data as available for transmission. The UE may detect that a minimum transport block size is about to be selected for a transmission on a secondary uplink carrier. The UE may prioritize the non-scheduled, time critical data over the scheduled data and transmit the non-scheduled, time critical data on a primary uplink carrier based on the prioritizing. The UE also may transmit the scheduled data during a transmission time interval (TTI) that is different from the TTI during which the non-scheduled, time critical data was transmitted. The non-scheduled, time critical data and the scheduled data may be transmitted using transmit diversity.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided that include adaptively configuring a rise-over-thermal (RoT) threshold at a base station to improve communications with one or more devices while mitigating interference to one or more other base stations. A potential device pathloss to the macrocell can be computed based on a measured pathloss thereto applied with a coverage area of the low power base station to emulate a worst-case device, one or more received measurement reports, and/or the like. The RoT threshold can be computed based at least in part on the pathloss and/or a maximum interference level at the macrocell. In addition, the RoT threshold can be adapted based on a reverse link attenuation level.

Abstract: A computer control system and a method of controlling a computer are disclosed. One such system includes an area-array sensor and a processor. The processor may have a navigation mode, and when set to this mode, the processor is configured to execute certain tasks. Those tasks may include acquiring a first information set and acquiring a second information set from the sensor. The first information set may represent reflected energy received by the sensor at the first time and the second information set may represent reflected energy received by the sensor at the second time. The first information set indicates a first contact area corresponding to that portion of an indicator object (such as a finger or stylus) which contacts the platen at the first time, and the second information set indicates a second contact area corresponding to that portion of the indicator object which contacts the platen at the second time.

Abstract: A method of determining a position location of an asset tag within an indoor position location system includes filtering a history of locations of an asset tag within the indoor position location system. Such a method further includes computing, based on the history, a likelihood that the asset tag is in a predetermined room of the indoor position location system.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for tuning a wireless power transmitter. In one aspect a device configured to wirelessly provide power to a load is provided. The device includes a signal driver configured to provide power along a power path. The device further includes a first tuning circuit along the power path, configured to tune reactance at the signal driver, introducing undesired harmonic content. The device further includes a second tuning circuit along the power path, configured to tune reactance at the signal driver and to generate complementary harmonic content, at least partly canceling the harmonic generated at the first tuning circuit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described that allow for partial matching of published services or service names, including compressed service names. The described features employ compression techniques, including hashing; and they allow for partial matching of compressed service name strings. Various embodiments are described that provide for identifying a desired service (or attributes of a desired service) and comparing one or more advertised attributes. The comparison of desired and advertised attributes may be utilized to determine, select, and or locate an advertised service.

Abstract: Aspects include computing devices, systems, and methods for adjusting the assignment of tasks to processor cores in a multi-core processing system to increase operating life and maximize device performance by wear-leveling the processor cores. A reliability engine may be configured to collect operation or built in self test data of thermal output and current leakage, and historical operation time for a group of equivalent processor cores configured for the same purpose. Collected data may be applied to a weighted function to determine priorities for each equivalent processor core in the group. The reliability engine may rearrange a virtual processor identification translation table according to the priorities of the equivalent processor cores. A high level operating system may issue a process request specifying a processor core and the specified processor core may be translated to a different processor core according to the order of processor cores dictated by the priorities.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) integration compatible with shrinking device technologies includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) formed in a common interlayer metal dielectric (IMD) layer with one or more logic elements. The MTJ is connected to a bottom metal line in a bottom IMD layer and a top via connected to a top IMD layer. The MTJ substantially extends between one or more bottom cap layers configured to separate the common IMD layer and the bottom IMD layer and one or more top cap layers configured to separate the common IMD layer and the top IMD layer. The MTJ can include a top electrode to connect to the top via or be directly connected to the top via through a hard mask for smaller device technologies. The logic elements include vias, metal lines, and semiconductor devices.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for aligning a path of movement of a mobile device with an indoor routing graph. In one particular embodiment, a mobile device may trace a path of movement from a starting point to a point of intersection with a routing graph that defines feasible movement within an area. Responsive to a detecting a point of intersection, a mobile device may estimate a contiguous route from one or more locations of the routing graph to a starting point.

Abstract: A method for feedback detection by an electronic device is described. The method includes receiving a first microphone signal by a first microphone. A feedback loop includes the first microphone and a speaker. The method also includes receiving a second microphone signal by a second microphone that is outside of the feedback loop. A first signal based on the first microphone signal and a second signal based on the second microphone signal exhibit a higher correlation in presence of feedback and exhibit a lower correlation in absence of feedback. The method further includes determining a correlation based on the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal. The method additionally includes determining whether feedback is occurring based on the correlation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for operating a communications system using both licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. Unlicensed spectrum may be used as a primary band for transmitting data packets and TCP may be implemented for selectively transmitting (e.g., retransmitting) a subset of the transmitted data packets via licensed spectrum. Selective transmission of the subset of data packets via licensed spectrum may be based on a transmitter failing to receive and acknowledgment (ACK) message in response to one or more transmitted data packets on the unlicensed spectrum. Selective retransmission may be based on a transmitter detecting interference and/or it may be based on a receiver reporting information about channel conditions. In some cases, a transmitter may simultaneously receive channel condition information for both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. In other cases, unlicensed spectrum may be utilized for data packet transmission and licensed spectrum may be utilized for ACK messages.

Abstract: A method includes performing a memory operation at a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element by, during a single memory clock cycle, reading a first value stored at the MTJ storage element, comparing the first value to a second value to be stored at the MTJ storage element, and selectively writing the second value to the MTJ storage element based on the comparison.

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for obtaining a location fix for a mobile device are presented. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying a region in which the mobile device is located. The method further includes receiving assistance data pertaining to one or more access points within the region, wherein the assistance data is indicative of signal information pertaining to the one or more access points at multiple locations within the region. The method also includes generating, at the mobile device, a heatmap representative of multiple locations within the region as compared against the signal information pertaining to the one or more access points that are in communication range. The method additionally includes determining the location fix based at least in part on the generated heatmap.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for session management and control procedures for supporting multiple groups of sink devices in a peer-to-peer wireless display system are described. One implementation may include an apparatus configured to transmit multimedia content to a plurality of sink devices. The apparatus may comprise a processor configured to connect to each of the sink devices with a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer connection. The processor may further be configured to receive capability information from each of the sink devices. The processor may further be configured to generate a control message including a group session ID and a transport port number. The processor may further be configured to determine a set of streaming parameters for the sink devices. The processor may further be configured to transmit, using the transport port number and according to the set of streaming parameters, the particular multimedia content to each of the Wi-Fi peer-to-peer connected sink devices.

Abstract: An optimizing compiler performs optimization that can employ complex transformations of the compiler input—such as transition table transpose of a transition table for a finite state machine and finding “hot spots” of the finite state machine—and provides compiled code for finite state machines that is more efficient (with regard either to time efficiency or space efficiency or both) than compiled code provided by general purpose optimizing compilers, which generally can not perform complex transformations like transition table transpose for finite state machines. Compiled code may be optimized for particular hardware for an embedded system. Performance of a finite state machine executing in hardware is optimized by finding states and transitions of the finite state machine that occur more or most frequently, referred to as “hot spots”, and generating optimized code tailored to execute the finite state machine more quickly, or using less instructions, for those states and transitions.