Abstract: A method and apparatus for assigning a power of a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) in dual connectivity in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration for a minimum power per CG from a network, and assigns the power per CG based on the received configuration. In this case, at least one of the MCG or the SCG is configured with at least one timing advance (TA).

Abstract: The present invention claims a TR069 protocol management method oriented to a WIA-PA network, where a traditional TR069 network management system architecture is improved to extend a TR069 protocol only oriented to Internet terminal device management in an initial design from the Internet to a WIA-PA wireless sensor network; a session connection interaction process between an ACS and a CPE is expanded to establish a session connection between the ACS and a WIA-PA network node; a virtual device mechanism is designed by taking a WIA-PA network gateway as the CPE to store a TR069 data model and proxy device information corresponding to a WIA-PA data model and implement the TR069 protocol to manage the WIA-PA network node in a manner as simple and transparent as that for an interaction between the ACS and the common CPE; a management data model mapping mechanism is designed to establish a correlation from the WIA-PA data model described in TR069 to a standard WIA-PA data model; and a protocol conversion interlace

Abstract: Disclosed is an atmospheric information network comprised of a group of low earth orbit satellite-based sensors providing global coverage of the earth, together with one or more ground-based sensor networks, together with one or more mobile sensor networks, all operating to collect near-real-time or real-time data, together with data gathering from other governmental and commercial atmospheric data sources, together with software algorithms and processes for data reduction, data analysis, correlation of information, data fusion, modeling, reporting of near-real-time or real-time atmospheric conditions of air pollution and wind, and prediction of future atmospheric conditions of air pollution and wind. Such information is presented in geospatial and infographic formats on computer or mobile device displays, or electronic billboards.

Abstract: A case for a portable listening device includes a rechargeable battery and a first and a second charging system. The first charging system is configured to charge the portable listening device and the second charging system is configured to wirelessly charge a portable electronic device positioned outside of the case adjacent to an exterior charging surface.

Abstract: An audio/video (A/V) hub that determines an environment of a portable electronic device is described. In particular, the A/V hub may identify the environment based on performance information about communication between the portable electronic device and receiver devices (which was received from the receiver devices), and a history of behavior of an individual associated with the portable electronic device and the A/V hub. Alternatively, the A/V hub may identify the environment based on performance information about communication between the portable electronic device and the A/V hub and the portable electronic device and another A/V hub (which was received from the portable electronic device and/or the other A/V hub), and a history of behavior of an individual associated with the portable electronic device and the A/V hub. Based on the determination, the A/V hub provides an instruction to power on an A/V display device in the environment.

Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for adapting fixed access point coverage and/or power input/output in a network of moving things that may include autonomous vehicles.

Abstract: A test system for testing a device under test comprising an antenna array with multiple antennas and capable of controlling a radiation pattern of the antenna array, may comprise a test antenna system for emitting outgoing test signals to the device under test and receiving incoming test signals from the device under test, a control unit for controlling the device under test to set a first radiation pattern with a theoretical main lobe pointing to the test antenna system or to set a second radiation pattern with a main lobe comprising an angle larger than 0° with the main lobe of the first radiation pattern, and a test processing unit for evaluating the device under test based on signal levels of incoming test signals received by the test antenna system from the device under test and/or based on signal levels of outgoing test signals as received by the device under test.

Abstract: An embodiment floor control method includes receiving, by a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) server over an Long Term Evolution network, a first message sent by a user equipment (UE), where the first message includes an identifier of a group to which a talker corresponding to the UE belongs and a parameter indicating that an event type is a floor request, generating, by the MCPTT server, a second message according to the floor control policy and the first message, and sending the second message to the UE. The method includes receiving a response message of the second message sent by the UE, generating a first instruction message according to the response message of the second message, where the first instruction message is used to instruct a media resource function entity to perform uplink voice switching on a media plane, and sending the first instruction message to the media resource function entity.

Abstract: A base station signal matching device is a base station signal matching device mounted in a distributed antenna system for amplifying a received base station signal and transmitting the amplified base station signal to a user terminal. The base station signal matching device includes a first unit for generating first and second branch base station signals by using a power division function based on the base station signal, and transmitting the second branch base station signal to a third unit, and a second unit for matching the first branch base station signal to be suitable for signal processing of the distributed antenna system.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a system and method that automatically communicate data using a nonlinear, time-varying voice channel. The system may include one or more sensors, a controller, and a radio transmitter. The one or more sensors may be operable to detect a condition. The controller may be configured to receive an indication of the detected condition from the at least one sensor. The controller may be configured to generate a message including information of the detected condition based on the received indication of the detected condition. The radio transmitter may be configured to wirelessly transmit the generated message on the voice channel.

Abstract: A mobile electronic terminal holder attached to a substantially quadrangular-tabular mobile electronic terminal having a front face including an input unit for inputting by finger pressing, a back face opposite the front face, and a lateral face between the front face and back face, includes an arm projecting perpendicular to the front face, from a vicinity of the lateral face of the input unit. A tip of the arm extends forward from the front face by approximately the length from between the index and middle fingers to the ball of the thumb. While pressing the input unit with the thumb, the mobile electronic terminal is held by the tip of the arm lodged against the center portion of the palm, the back face being supported by fingers except the thumb, and the mobile electronic terminal and the arm being gripped between the center portion of the palm and the fingers.

Abstract: An evidentiary electronic processor receives identifying data associated with respective ones of a plurality of communication devices associated with an incident. The evidentiary electronic processor determines an assignment status of each communication device using the respective identifying data. The assignment status indicates that a communication device is one of assigned to the incident, unassigned to the incident and associated with a first profile that is relevant to the incident, or unassigned to the incident and associated with a second profile that is irrelevant to the incident. The evidentiary electronic processor receives sensor data associated with the incident from a sending communication device out of the plurality of communication devices. The evidentiary electronic processor processes the sensor data based on a respective assignment status associated with the sending communication device.

Abstract: A communications system comprises a terminal, and network resources. The terminal is operable to transmit substantially simultaneously a data portion and a data transfer request for that data portion to the network resources.

Abstract: One example aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for providing communication over a plurality of networks. The method can include intercepting a message from a communication management unit located on a vehicle to a first transmitter located on the vehicle, wherein the communication management unit is configured to manage communications over the first network, and wherein the first transmitter is configured to communicate over the first network. The method can include initiating a communication session with the first transmitter and a second transmitter located on the vehicle, wherein the second transmitter is configured to communicate over a second network. The method can include routing the message among the first transmitter and the second transmitter, wherein the communication management unit is unaware of the second transmitter.

Abstract: At a base station, a table is prepared that for each index value among multiple different index values, associates repetition counts of different channels correlated with each other. The base station acquires reception information indicating a reception state of a wireless signal at a mobile station, determines a repetition count for each channel based on the reception information, and acquires from the table, an index value corresponding to the respective repetition counts for the channels. The base station transmits to the mobile station, a wireless signal that includes the index value to notify the mobile station of the index value. The mobile station has a table that for each index value among different index values, associates repetition counts of different channels correlated with each other and acquires the repetition counts of the channels from the table, based on the index value from the base station.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may help an aerial vehicle network to provide substantially continuous service in a given geographic area. An example method may be carried out at an aerial vehicle that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in an aerial network that includes a plurality of geographic areas. The balloon may determine that it should update its vehicle-state in accordance with a vehicle-state profile for the first geographic area. Then, in response, the balloon may determine the vehicle-state profile for the first geographic area, which may include one or more state parameters for balloons operating in the first geographic area. The balloon may then operate according to the vehicle-state profile for the first geographic area.

Abstract: Aspects and features are directed to an uplink integrity detection sub-system. In one aspect, a distributed antenna system is provided that includes a remote antenna unit that communicates with wireless devices in a coverage area, additional remote antenna units that communicate with wireless devices in additional coverage areas, and a unit that communicates with the remote antenna unit and the additional remote antenna units. The unit includes a distributed antenna system controller. The distributed antenna system controller can determine that an undesirable signal component having a power level exceeding a threshold power is communicated via an uplink path from the remote antenna unit. The distributed antenna system controller can also minimize an impact of the undesirable signal component on the additional coverage areas of the additional remote antenna units. Minimizing the impact can include modifying the gain of the uplink path over which the undesirable signal component is communicated.

Abstract: Provided is a communication control device including a communication unit configured to make communication with one or more secondary communication nodes operating a secondary system using at least one of a frequency channel allocated to a primary system and a frequency channel adjacent to the frequency channel, a determination unit configured to determine an upper limit number of secondary systems or secondary communication nodes to be allocated with transmission power, and a power allocation unit configured to allocate transmission power to each secondary system or each secondary communication node in each secondary system based on the determined upper limit number and the acceptable interference amount of the primary system.

Abstract: A system for obtaining data files from a plurality of third party servers and transmitting the data files to a plurality of users is disclosed. The system includes at least one server, at least one satellite, and a plurality of local storage devices. The server is configured to download and save data files from a plurality of third party servers via an Internet connection and then directly communicate the data files to the satellite, which is configured to then relay the data files as radio frequency signals to the local storage devices. Each local storage device is configured to (i) receive and decode the radio frequency signals, (ii) store decoded radio frequency signals as transmitted data files, and (iii) render the transmitted data files accessible to at least one user computing device through a wireless network connection.

Abstract: An automatic wireless docking system includes a source device that includes a source device display screen, a display device, and a sink device that is coupled to the display device. The sink device determines a location of the source device and determines a motion of the source device. The sink device then identifies a wireless docking intent of the source device with the sink device based on the location of the source device and the motion of the source device. In response to identifying the wireless docking intent, the sink device establishes a current wireless docking session between the source device and the sink device.