Abstract: A method for compensating group delay variations in a CDMA spread spectrum receiver, comprising: receiving an RF signal; generating an ideal replica signal; filtering the RF signal by one or more filters; obtaining an ideal auto-correlation function (ACF) of the ideal replica signal; distorting the ideal ACF to generate a distorted ACF by a filtering model of the one or more filters; aligning the ideal ACF and the distorted ACF; calculating a set of correction factors based on a ratio of the ideal ACF and the distorted ACF; calculating a cross-correlation signal based on the filtered RF signal and the ideal replica signal; and obtaining a compensated correlation signal by applying the set of correction factors to the cross-correlation signal.

Abstract: A method and a device for establishing connection are provided. The method for establishing connection is applied to a mobility management functional entity and includes: acquiring path selection reference information when a user equipment UE accesses a wireless network; and selecting a session management functional entity and/or a user plane anchor for the user equipment based on the path selection reference information.

Abstract: A wireless communications method includes: obtaining a plurality of stream inputs, wherein the stream inputs include a first stream input complying with a first packet format and a second stream input complying with a second packet format, and the second packet format is different from the first packet format; applying pre-coding to the stream inputs to generate a plurality of pre-coded stream outputs, respectively; and performing wireless transmission upon the pre-coded stream outputs, wherein downlink Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) transmission is involved in the wireless transmission of the pre-coded stream outputs.

Abstract: Methods are provided for switching networks for a mobile device using location based predictive algorithm. In these methods, a controller obtains a first network coverage map of a first network and a second network coverage map of a second network. The first network and the second network are configured to provide network connectivity to a mobile device. The method further includes the controller tracking the mobile device along a path over which the mobile device travels while the mobile device is connected to the first network, determining that a predicted future location along the path of the mobile device is not serviced by the first network and is serviced by the second network, and causing the mobile device to switch from the first network to the second network based on the mobile device reaching the predicted future location.

Abstract: The disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) transmission. The method may comprise: determining a start position of the NPUSCH transmission; performing the NPUSCH transmission, if the start position of the NPUSCH transmission is determined as a first of two contiguous subframes; and postponing the NPUSCH transmission, if the start position of the NPUSCH transmission is determined as a second of the two contiguous subframes. The two contiguous subframes may be configured as a time division duplex (TDD) uplink subframe based on at least one of TDD configurations 1 and 4. The two contiguous subframes may be defined for a subcarrier spacing of 3.75 kHz.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fifth-generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a fourth-generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, in which an operating method of a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving information about a UE group to which the same uplink resource is allocated from a base station; receiving uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group from the base station; performing channel access for uplink transmission on the basis of the received uplink resource allocation information; and transmitting uplink data to the base station after accessing a channel, wherein the channel access may be performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.

Abstract: A standard track smart home system, comprising: a gateway device (1), a power interface of the gateway device (1) being respectively connected to a power supply live line (L) and a power supply zero line (N), the gateway device (1) remotely connecting to at least one user terminal, and the gateway device (1) being also used for connecting to a plurality of first expansion devices (10); and a standard track (T), the gateway device (1) and the plurality of first expansion devices (10) being arranged side by side on the standard track (T) and connected to one another by means of a plurality of wiring terminals, and outgoing interfaces of each of the first expansion devices (10) being respectively connected to one or more smart home devices.

Abstract: A wireless device identification system including one or more sensors each having at least one software defined radio to receive signals transmitted between one or more wireless devices and a mobile wireless device, one or more processors, and one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to capture cellular information, Wi-Fi information, Bluetooth information, and local network information from the received signals. The instructions can include correlating the captured information to the mobile wireless device by creating a weighted edge relationship graph having a plurality of nodes, including a node corresponding to each of the cellular information, the Wi-Fi information, the Bluetooth information, and the local network information, and determining an association strength between each node of the relationship graph.

Abstract: Presented herein are methodologies for handling multicast traffic that is transmitted to mobile devices in a given basic service set (BSS). The methodology includes detecting membership of clients in an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast group in a basic service set of a wireless network; determining whether the IP multicast group and its associated multicast traffic meet predetermined criteria; when the IP multicast group and its associated multicast traffic meet the predetermined criteria, negotiating with each client in the IP multicast group to have a target wake time (TWT) that includes, at least, a coincident overlap window of sufficient duration to transmit the multicast traffic associated with the IP multicast group; and transmitting the multicast traffic associated with the IP multicast group during the coincident overlap window, wherein the coincident overlap window is different from a delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) service period.

Abstract: A relaying module (68) includes a radio interface (88) and a processor (84). The radio interface is configured to wirelessly receive uplink messages originating in a wireless device (24) that communicates messages with a Base Station (BS) (32) in a communication network (20), and wirelessly transmit repeated uplink messages of at least some of the received uplink messages toward the BS. The processor is configured to hold one or more transmission constraints that define limitations of using network resources for wireless transmissions in the communication network, to receive one or more uplink messages from the wireless device, to select at least some of the received uplink messages for repeated transmission, to allocate to the selected uplink messages respective network resources so as to maximize performance of the communication network under the transmission constraints, and to transmit the selected messages as repeated messages toward the BS, in accordance with the allocated network resources.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for sending information and channel monitoring processing. The method comprises: when a terminal receives a wake-up signal and is woken up, monitoring, within a time window, a paging channel and/or a control channel in a discontinuous reception or an extended discontinuous reception manner; if the terminal receives a paging message and/or control channel scheduling information within the time window, then processing the paging message and/or processing the control channel scheduling information; and if the terminal does not receive a paging message and/or control channel scheduling information within the time window, then not monitoring the paging channel and/or control channel any more, and continuing to receive a wake-up signal. A base station sends the wake-up signal to the terminal, and sends, within a time window, information over a paging channel and/or a control channel in a discontinuous reception or an extended discontinuous reception manner.

Abstract: HVAC components having improved efficiency are described. In one embodiment, excessive sleep current draw in a battery-powered device having a microcontroller is detected by measuring a voltage drop across a MOSFET device coupled in a forward-conducting orientation in series between the battery and the microcontroller, causing a transistor to conduct when the voltage drop exceeds a predetermined threshold to generate a first trigger signal, integrating the first trigger signal to generate a second trigger signal, and generating an interrupt to the microcontroller. In another embodiment, a battery-saving method of operating an HVAC component includes maintaining the HVAC device in the sleep mode, receiving a user input to wake the device, transmitting a data request and returning the HVAC component to the sleep mode, waking up the HVAC device to poll an adjacent network node storing a cached response, displaying the response, and returning the HVAC device to sleep.

Abstract: A method for generating a non-uniform constellation is provided. The method comprises the step of performing a first process, the first process comprising the steps of: obtaining a first constellation defined by one or more parameter values; and generating a second constellation based on the first constellation using a second process. The second process comprises the steps of: obtaining a set of candidate constellations, wherein the set of candidate constellations comprises the first constellation and one or more modified constellations, wherein each modified constellation is obtained by modifying the parameter values defining the first constellation; determining the performance of each candidate constellation according to a predetermined performance measure; selecting the candidate constellation having the best performance as the second constellation.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to acquire a first higher layer configuration indicating at least a long uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration. The instructions are also executable to acquire a second higher layer configuration indicating multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations. One set of PUCCH resource configurations within the multiple sets of PUCCH resource configurations include the long PUCCH resource configuration. The instructions are further executable to select a set of PUCCH resource configurations from the sets of PUCCH resource configurations based on a payload size of uplink control information (UCI). The instructions are additionally executable to transmit the UCI on a PUCCH resource, the PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource configuration within the selected set of PUCCH resource configurations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forwarding non-consecutive data blocks in uplink transmissions including receiving a plurality of data blocks from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU); storing the received data blocks in a buffer; forwarding data blocks from the buffer to an entity higher than a medium access control (MAC) entity based on a frame number associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the stored data blocks; initializing a timer in response to a determination that the data blocks stored in the buffer include non-consecutive data blocks, the determination that the data blocks stored in the buffer include non-consecutive blocks indicating a missing data block; and forwarding non-consecutive ones of the data blocks stored in the buffer to the entity higher than the MAC entity on a condition that the timer has expired and the missing data block has not been received by the wireless network device.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for generating cell-specific signals using an antenna array with dual-polarized antenna elements. A method is performed by a network device. The method comprises obtaining antenna weights for two sector-specific signals, each sector-specific signal giving rise to a respective sector-specific radiation pattern. The method comprises generating a first cell-specific signal, the first cell-specific signal giving rise to a first cell-specific radiation pattern, wherein antenna weights for the first cell-specific signal are determined such that the radiation pattern matches both sector-specific radiation patterns.

Abstract: A communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the system can determine whether user equipment within a covered area of the communication system are to have backhaul access to another communication system and/or whether to adjust the point of presence of the user equipment.

Abstract: During operation, an access point communicates with one or more electronic devices. Based at least on the communication, the access point determines an available capacity metric of the access point. Then, the access point provides the determined available capacity metric to one or more second access points, and receives available capacity metrics of the one or more second access points. Moreover, the access point compares the available capacity metric and a parameter corresponding to the available capacity metrics. Based at least in part on the comparison, the access point dynamically and selectively performs load balancing, where performing the load balancing involves providing a recommendation to at least a first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, and where the recommendation indicates that the first electronic device, which is associated with the access point, transition to a different communication channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an error indication processing method and system, and a device, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that normal transmission of a service data packet is affected due to an inconsistency between contexts of an access node and a user plane network element in a next generation mobile communications network.

Abstract: A wireless device identification system including one or more sensors each having at least one software defined radio to passively receive signals transmitted between one or more wireless devices and a mobile wireless device, one or more processors, and one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to capture cellular information, Wi-Fi information, Bluetooth information, and local network information from the received signals. The instructions can include correlating the captured information to the mobile wireless device by creating a weighted edge relationship graph having a plurality of nodes, including a node corresponding to each of the cellular information, the Wi-Fi information, the Bluetooth information, and the local network information, and determining an association strength between each node of the relationship graph.