Abstract: A peripheral component interconnect (PCI) device is provided for use in an environmental control and life support system (ECLSS). The PCI device includes a control card, mounting slots each of which is receptive of the control card and coupled with a piece of ECLSS equipment and a backplane configured to respectively provide, via communication and power signals, communications and power to the control card in any one of the mounting slots. With the control card received in one of the mounting slots, the control card accommodates multiple power levels, executes commutation logic and executes one or more of active current control and active current modulation in accordance with the one of the mounting slots and the piece of the ECLSS equipment coupled therewith.

Abstract: A power tool having multiple wireless communication states and a method of wirelessly communicating by a power tool. The power tool includes a motor, a battery pack interface that selectively receives a battery pack, a backup power source, and a wireless communication controller coupled to the backup power source and the battery pack interface. The wireless communication controller operates in a connectable state when coupled to a battery pack and transmits tool operational data to the external device and receives tool configuration data from the external device. The wireless communication controller operates in an advertisement state when the wireless communication controller is coupled to and powered by the backup power source. In the advertisement state, the wireless communication controller is configured to transmit the unique tool identifier. The external device may also display an indication of the communication state of the power tool.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power control method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a power control parameter for a sounding reference signal SRS, where the power control parameter for the SRS includes at least one of a target power parameter value for the SRS, a path loss compensation factor, and a closed-loop power control parameter value for the SRS; and determining transmit power for the SRS on a first carrier based on the power control parameter for the SRS. In this way, the SRS is transmitted at optimal transmit power on a switched-to carrier, ensuring that the SRS is received correctly.

Abstract: Embodiments of a high efficiency (HE) access point (HE AP) and HE station (HE STA) are generally described herein. The HE AP may transmit a frame that includes a transmit power envelope element to indicate local maximum transmit power constraints for an operating bandwidth of the HE AP on a per-segment basis. The operating bandwidth may be configurable for division into segments of a configurable segment size. The transmit power envelope element may include: a transmit power information field that includes: a local maximum transmit power count subfield that indicates the operating bandwidth, and a segment size subfield that indicates the segment size; and for each of the segments, a local maximum transmit power per segment field that indicates a local maximum transmit power for the segment.

Abstract: Approaches for wireless telecommunications systems (e.g., satellite systems), that employ beams that move in a pattern to increase the coverage area of the beams, are provided. A wireless telecommunications apparatus comprises an antenna configured to generate communications beams for providing data communications services over a respective coverage area on the surface of the Earth. The apparatus further comprises a processor configured to control each of at least one of the communications beams to move its coverage area in a respective pattern over a respective period of time. Further, a method comprises generating, via a wireless telecommunications apparatus, communications beams, wherein each beam provides data communications services over a respective coverage area on the surface of the Earth, and controlling each of at least one of the communications beams to move its coverage area in a respective pattern of movement over a respective period of time.

Abstract: A method and a communications system for speech communication includes a plurality of workstations and a plurality of radio transmission devices and radio receiving devices. There are control units in the signal path between the workstations and the radio transmission devices and the radio receiving devices. The control units select the speech signals of one of the workstations according to predetermined or predeterminable criteria when there is a simultaneous plurality of operating signals of a plurality of workstations, or overlap the speech signals of a plurality of workstations according to predefined criteria, and transmit the speech signal thus obtained, chosen or overlapped for sending on the radio transmission device. Further, the control units transmit a receiving signal to the workstations connected thereto when the speech signals transmitted from the radio receiving unit are present, and transfer the speech signals to said workstations.

Abstract: A transceiver circuit including: a substrate; a signal coupler configured on the substrate and including a coiled first conductive layer pattern; and a notch filter configured on the substrate and including a coiled second conductive layer pattern; wherein each of the first conductive layer pattern and the second conductive layer pattern is arranged as a substantially symmetrical pattern with respect to a first virtual axis.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism capable of improving use efficiency of communication resources during a transmission period of a wireless communication device belonging to another wireless communication network. [Solution] A wireless communication device including: a communication unit configured to receive a physical layer (PHY) header including modulation scheme information from a first wireless communication device belonging to a first wireless communication network different from a second wireless communication network to which a self-device belongs; and a control unit configured to control transmission power on a basis of information obtained in reception of the PHY header, and a wireless communication method.

Abstract: Machine learning and data analytics based systems and methods for generating recommendations for achieving optimal cellular connectivity based on connectivity details and current and predicted future events are provided. According to one embodiment, a carrier connection status based recommendation system, receives data pertaining to past, current, and predicted connection/performance data of various wireless carriers that it can recommend for a network, real-time user reports, external parameters such as expected weather, pre-determined parameters such as planned outages, and events that may impact performance of the carriers.

Abstract: Some embodiments herein relate to method in a user equipment for determining a transmit power to be used by the user equipment when transmitting in a radio communications network, which user equipment is served by a radio network node in the radio communications network. The user equipment receives, from the radio network node, an indication indicating a set of power control parameters out of multiple sets of power control parameters, which multiple sets of power control parameters are stored at the user equipment. The user equipment determines a transmit power based on the indicated set of power control parameters.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for receiving electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium, responsive to a signal quality of the electromagnetic waves satisfying a threshold: generating updated electromagnetic waves by conditioning the electromagnetic waves without modifying digital signals conveyed by the electromagnetic waves and inducing propagation of the updated electromagnetic waves along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile terminal with a call function or a texting function. The present invention controls the use of a mobile terminal by a manual operation because of an incoming call during movement. Location information indicating movement of a mobile terminal with a call or a message data exchange function is received by a GPS receiver, the distance and the movement speed are determined by using the measurement information of the two locations at every predetermined time, and whether or not the mobile terminal is moving in accordance with the movement speed is determined by a movement determination unit. When it is determined by the movement determination unit that the mobile terminal is moving, the display of incoming call information indicating an incoming call is set to non-displayed on the display unit, and at the same time, a notification sound from a speaker, etc. is invalid.

Abstract: Systems and methods may use radar channels for virtual reality streaming or output. A method may include sending virtual reality content to a head-mounted device over a radar channel, detecting a signal on the radar channel, propagating channel switch feedback to a virtual reality subsystem using an interface between the virtual reality subsystem and a wireless component. The method may include modifying the virtual reality content based on the channel switch feedback, such as by using the virtual reality subsystem.

Abstract: Various antenna systems are presented that have independently steerable receive and transmit beams. The antenna system may include multiple antenna element systems. Each antenna element system may include multiple phase shifters that alter the phase of received signals and signals to be transmitted. Directions of a first transmit beam, a second transmit beam, a first receive beam, and a second receive beam may be steered independently using the phase shifters. Each antenna element system may include a polarization system.

Abstract: A communication method in a wireless communication system includes receiving, by a resonator unit of a first signal transfer apparatus, a wireless signal transmitted from a transmission apparatus, acquiring resonance energy from the wireless signal using at least one of a matcher unit and the resonator unit of the first signal transfer apparatus, transferring the wireless signal to one end of a transmission line via the matcher unit of the first signal transfer apparatus using the acquired resonance energy, transferring the wireless signal to a second signal transfer apparatus connected to an opposite end of the transmission line, and transmitting the wireless signal to a reception apparatus having a wireless link established with the second signal transfer apparatus using a matcher unit and a resonator unit of the second signal transfer apparatus.

Abstract: This data reception apparatus includes a first buffer capable of retaining a received packet at least in units of error correction blocks and a first controller that requests a transmission apparatus to retransmit a lost packet in the error correction block retained in the first buffer and performs processing of recovering the lost packet, and reads, from the first buffer, the error correction block at a point of time at which each of a plurality of particular data correction-allowed times different from each other elapses, performs error correction on each error correction block read at each point of time, and outputs each error correction result.

Abstract: A transmission power management method is disclosed for a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the WCD is configured to operate in a simultaneously connected mode in relation to a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) served by respective network nodes. The method comprises dynamically determining a transmission power distribution for the plurality of RATs subject to a maximum transmission power constraint of the WCD and causing application of the determined transmission power distribution for the WCD. Causing application of the determined transmission power distribution may comprise transmitting a respective sounding signal towards the respective network node, wherein a respective signal level of the sounding signal is indicative of the determined transmission power distribution.

Abstract: A platoon server is in communication with a plurality of vehicles. The platoon server is programmed to receive a platoon request from a platoon candidate vehicle, the request including platoon data indicative of size, transmit power, and location of the candidate vehicle, admit the candidate vehicle to be a member vehicle of the platoon, and update which member vehicle of the platoon is platoon beacon based upon platoon data of each member vehicle of the platoon.

Abstract: Provided in the embodiment of the present invention are a D2D-based communication method and a terminal. The method comprises: a first terminal receives a discovery signal of a second terminal, the discovery signal comprising indication information for indicating the capability and/or the status of the second terminal; and the first terminal performs D2D communication with the second terminal on the basis of the instruction information. The embodiment of the present invention implements the D2D communication on the basis of the capability and/or status of the terminal, improving the flexibility of the D2D communication mode.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for identity management across multiple planes. The method includes receiving, by a MCPTT server, a first request message to establish a call between a first MCPTT client and the one or more second MCPTT client from a signaling plane entity. The first request message includes an application plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client. Further, the method includes translating, at the MCPTT server, the application plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client to a signaling plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client. Furthermore, the method includes sending, by the MCPTT server, the one or more second request message including the signaling plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client to the second MCPTT client for establishing the call via the signaling plane entity.