Abstract: A base station may apply a nonlinear precoding to data for MU-MIMO transmission to a set of paired UEs to generate a first set of precoder symbols, and apply a linear precoding to the first set of precoder symbols to generate a second set of precoder symbols using a linear precoding matrix. The base station may normalize the second set of precoder symbols, and scale the second set of precoder symbols, before transmission of the data, using a scaling factor based on one or more of modulation symbols or a channel matrix. The base station may apply the linear precoding to DMRS associated with the data. The base station may transmit the second set of precoder symbols based on the second set of precoder symbols and the DMRS to the set of paired UEs.

Abstract: A deep neural network (DNN) media noise predictor configured for one-dimensional-magnetic (1DMR) recording or two-dimensional-magnetic (TDMR) is introduced. Such architectures are often combined with a trellis-based intersymbol interference (ISI) detection component in a turbo architecture to avoid the state explosion problem by separating the inter-symbol interference (ISI) detection and media noise estimation into two separate detectors and uses the turbo-principle to exchange information between them so as to address the modeling problem by way of training a DNN-based media noise estimators. Thus, beneficial aspects include a reduced bit-error rate (BER), an increased areal density, and a reduction in computational complexity and computational time.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus comprising a first terminal to receive an input signal of a circuit under test; a second terminal to receive an output signal of the circuit under test. A first and second phase splitter configured to generate a first and second phase signal, I1 and I2, and a first and second quadrature signal, Q1 and Q2. A first and second multiplexer, each coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal and configured to alternately pass the input and output signals of the circuit under test to the inputs of the first and second phase splitters. A double-quadrature mixer having four inputs configured to receive I1, Q1, I2, and Q2, and an output. A calculation unit to determine one or both of a phase shift of the circuit under test and/or a gain of the circuit under test based on the output of the double-quadrature mixer.

Abstract: A method for communication includes obtaining channel estimates that approximate a response of a communication channel between a transmitter and one or more receivers, and performing an iterative process for improving one or more predefined quality metrics of communication between the transmitter and the one or more receivers. The iterative process includes mapping at least the channel estimates into a transmission scheme of the transmitter using a mapping policy, causing the transmitter to apply the transmission scheme, obtaining, based on signals transmitted from the transmitter to the one or more receivers using the transmission scheme, values of the one or more predefined quality metrics, and modifying the mapping policy to improve the quality metrics.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing channel state information associated with sidelink air interfaces. A method that may be performed by a first wireless node (e.g., a user equipment) includes receiving, from a base station, a reference signal (RS) configuration indicating one or more sidelink resource sets and transmitting, to one or more second wireless nodes, one or more sidelink reference signals based at least in part on the RS configuration. The method also includes receiving one or more feedback reports from the one or more second wireless nodes, wherein each of the feedback reports includes an ordered sequence of at least one parameter associated with a sidelink channel quality of the sidelink reference signals. The method further includes forwarding the one or more feedback reports to the base station.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for audio and lighting control in a bus system. For example, in some embodiments, a bus system may be configured for operation as a light organ and/or to generate sound effects based on accelerometer data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for modifying modulated signals for transmission. The system receives a modulated signal comprising a speech signal and a carrier wave and generates first and second spectral signals by converting the modulation signal and carrier wave from the time domain to the frequency domain respectively. The system then determines spectral bands for the first and second spectral signals. For each spectral band, the system calculates a weighted spectral band value based on a magnitude of the first spectral signal within the spectral band and generates a modified spectral signal by modifying the second spectral signal with the weighted spectral band value. The system then converts the modified spectral signal from the frequency domain to the time domain and transmits the converted modified spectral signal to a server.

Abstract: A transformer-based antenna switching network includes a transformer having a secondary winding that extends between a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal couples to ground through a first switch and connects to a first antenna. The second terminal couples to ground through a second switch and connects to a second antenna.

Abstract: A control circuit, comprising a processor, and a computer readable medium is described. The computer readable medium stores logic that causes the processor to analyze performance data of a link carrying data encoded in a first modulation format with a degradation prediction algorithm to determine a predicted level of degradation of the link. The processor provides first control signals to a transmitter block, and second control signals to a receiver block based upon the predicted level of degradation of the link over time. The first control signals cause the transmitter block to encode data to be transmitted over the link in a second modulation format. The second control signals cause the receiver block to decode data received from the link using the second modulation format. The first and second modulation formats conform to requirements of a same m-quadrature amplitude modulation protocol.

Abstract: A first clock signal is generated from a reference clock signal. A first frequency associated with the first clock signal is less than a reference clock frequency associated with the reference clock signal. The first clock signal is propagated towards a first component of an integrated circuit through a clock tree. A second clock signal having a second frequency is generated from the first clock signal at a terminal point of the clock tree. The second clock signal is provided to the first component.

Abstract: A frequency hopping device is co-located with a set of frequency hopping devices, and includes a controller that is configured to identify from a plurality of channels, first and second sets of channels that are available and unavailable for an adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) operation associated with the frequency hopping device, respectively. The controller is further configured to assign a lowest priority level to each channel of the second set of channels, an intermediate priority level to each channel of the first set of channels that is to be utilized by the set of frequency hopping devices, and a highest priority level to each remaining channel of the first set of channels. Further, the controller is configured to generate an AFH map based on a number of channels that have the highest priority level, and execute the AFH operation based on the AFH map.

Abstract: A device and method for a receiver configured to perform timing recovery decoupled feed-forward equalizer (FFE) adaptation. The receiver device can include an analog front-end (AFE) device, which is coupled to a time-interleaved (TI) interface. The TI interface is coupled in a timing recovery feedback loop to FFE equalizers, a digital signal processor (DSP), a delay timing loop (DTL) device, and a clock device, which feeds back to the TI interface. The DSP has an additional pathway to the FFE equalizers, which has an additional pathway to the DTL device. The DTL loop is equipped with an interleave specific enable/disable vector Q[1:N] that can turn on/off the contribution of the specific time interleave errors to the timing recovery loop, which allows the FFE adaptation process to be decoupled from the timing recovery loop.

Abstract: A method for emulating a communication system with fast changing link condition, applied to a testbed system including an interference emulator, a transmitter, and a receiver, includes: by the transmitter, generating code-word symbols, in an initial symbol sequence, according to information bits; evaluating an interference condition and a time duration for each code-word symbol; reordering the code-word symbols to a reordered symbol sequence based on interference conditions; evaluating a total time duration of code-word symbols under each interference condition; and transmitting the code-word symbols in the reordered symbol sequence. The method also includes: by the interference emulator, obtaining the total time duration of code-word symbols under each interference condition from the transmitter; and providing an emulated interference environment by ordering the time durations of different interference conditions.

Abstract: A threat detection apparatus and a threat detection method thereof for a wireless communication system are provided. The threat detection apparatus receives an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) message for positioning a user equipment (UE) from a serving base station (BS), and determines that the UE connects to a false BS when the identity of the serving BS is not on the identity list. If the identity of the serving BS is on the identity list, the threat detection apparatus calculates a first distance according to the measurement report message transmitted from the UE, and calculates a second distance between the UE and the serving BS according to the OTDOA message. When the difference between the first distance and the second distance is larger than a threshold, the threat detection apparatus determines that the UE connects to the false BS.

Abstract: A communication system includes multiple distributed antenna circuits and an access point (AP). The AP is coupled to the distributed antenna circuits and includes multiple transmit chains, multiple receive chains, and an antenna control circuit communicatively coupled to the transmit chains and the receive chains. The antenna control circuit is configured to determine a subset of the distributed antenna circuits to communicatively couple to at least some of the transmit chains to transmit data to a wireless station (STA) that is in range of the subset. A corresponding method includes determining the subset to communicatively couple to the at least some of the transmit chains of the AP. The method includes communicatively coupling the subset to the at least some of the transmit chains. The method includes directing the data from the at least some of the transmit chains to the subset of the distributed antenna circuits.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a signal processing method, wherein a frame is generated in which at least one position of occurrence of a transition in a pulse value is determined from an input bitstream. According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a signal processing method, wherein a frame including at least one pulse having a pulse width not less than a minimum pulse width is generated from an input bitstream.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for a network test that by capturing in-phase values of a reflected signal off a transmission medium or irregularity therein. The in-phase values are converted to time-domain, which is then halved and converted back to the frequency domain to identify calculated quadrature values associated with the measured in-phase values. The measured in-phase values and calculated quadrature values may be used to determine impedance reflection/transmission characteristics of transmission medium or an irregularity therein. The measured in-phase values and calculated quadrature values may be used to determine if the transmission medium is minimum phase.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a signal by performing MIMO beamforming in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a first STA performs MIMO beamforming during a second STA and TDD-based SP. The first STA transmits a signal to the second STA on the basis of a result of the MIMO beamforming. The SP includes a plurality of TDD slots. The MIMO beamforming includes a first sub-step and a second sub-step. In the first sub-step, after receiving a first MIMO beamforming setup frame from the second STA, the first STA transmits a second MIMO beamforming setup frame in the first allocated TDD slot among the TDD slots allocated to the first STA. In the second sub-step, after receiving a first MIMO beamforming feedback frame from the second STA, the first STA transmits a second MIMO beamforming feedback frame in a first allocated TDD slot among the TDD slots allocated to the first STA.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for channel-war polar code construction.

Abstract: A decision feedback equalizer includes: a feedforward equalizer, a feedback equalizer, a slicer and a decision adjustment unit. The feedforward equalizer is arranged to generate a feedforward output signal based on an input signal. The feedback equalizer is coupled to the feedforward equalizer and arranged to generate a feedback output signal according to a decision output signal. The slicer is coupled to the feedforward equalizer and the feedback equalizer, and is controllable by a decision adjustment parameter, wherein the slicer is arranged to perform a slicer decision on a sum of the feedforward output signal and the feedback output signal, thereby generating the decision output signal. The decision adjustment unit is coupled to the slicer, and is arranged to adjust the decision adjustment parameter according to a sleep state of a communication device in which the decision feedback equalizer is disposed.