Abstract: A contactless system is described in which multiple execution environments may be coupled to a near field communication (NFC) controller, wherein each execution environment is configured to communicate with remote readers via the NFC controller using an assigned one of a plurality of communication protocols. During a polling session from a proximate reader, responding to a request command using a requested communication protocol and activating one of the plurality of execution environments assigned to the requested communication protocol to use the NFC controller. An arbitration is performed in response to each polling session such that a same combination of communication protocol and execution environment is not activated for adjacent polling sessions.

Abstract: A cover panel is disposed on a surface of an electronic apparatus and is made of sapphire. A flexible printed wiring board extends in a state of being curved in the electronic apparatus. A gap reduction member is in contact with at least a curved portion of the flexible printed wiring board from the cover panel side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the area of communication, and especially to a method and an arrangement for antenna calibration in a communication system comprising a baseband unit (BBU) and distributed radio remote units (RRUs). The present invention aims to limit antenna calibration duration in the antenna calibration chain. A cable delay based on the length of the cable connecting the BBU and the RRU is obtained. A delay compensation is calculated based upon the cable delay. Thereupon the antenna calibration chain utilized by the BBU and the RRU is adapted based upon the delay compensation.

Abstract: Described is a system and method for assigning a frequency to an access point in a wireless network comprising a plurality of access points. The system and method includes accessing a rule-base to obtain a set of rules for the wireless network, accessing a license database to obtain information about relevant wireless nodes in a region, creating a list of possible primary node frequencies from a list of frequencies associated with primary wireless nodes in the license database, creating a list of possible secondary node frequencies from a list of frequencies associated with secondary wireless nodes in the license database, identifying a list of clear frequencies from a set of unused frequencies, selecting a frequency from frequencies in the lists of possible primary node frequencies, possible secondary node frequencies, and clear frequencies and registering the frequency in the license database.

Abstract: A directional notch filter for simultaneous transmit and receive of wideband signals comprises an antenna, an antenna match, a receiver, a power combiner, a first directional coupler, a second directional coupler and a shaping filter accepting a signal and producing a compensation signal as a replica of an antenna reflection transfer function, wherein the first and second directional couplers produce signals and portions of signals received by the antenna and sent to the receiver via the power combiner. The receiver can produce a receiver signal and the first directional coupler can produce a first signal as a portion of an overall signal received by the antenna, the first signal comprising at least reflection of a signal from the power amplifier and the second directional coupler samples a small portion of the receiver signal, said second directional coupler producing a second signal.

Abstract: Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving near field communication (NFC) device positioning for performing a NFC action based on one or more sensory cues. In one example, a NFC device may be equipped to detect that a device is attempting to perform a NFC action to communicate with a remote NFC device and may provide a first sensory cue to indicate a first location on a first surface of the device corresponding to an antenna location on a second surface of the device in response to the determination that the device is attempting to perform the NFC action. The NFC device may be further operable to determine a type of NFC action the device is attempting to perform and provide a second sensory cue indicating a second location on the first surface of the device based on one or more factors associated with the determined type of NFC action.

Abstract: A communication module includes a circuit substrate having a first high-frequency processing section related to mobile phone communication, a system section having a baseband processing section and application processing section, and a power circuit section, a sealing member covering the electronic components mounted on the circuit substrate, a conductive shield layer formed on a surface of the sealing member, and a shield wall formed in the sealing member so as to demarcate one or both mounting areas of the system section and power circuit section and the mounting area of the first high-frequency processing section. The circuit substrate includes a core layer that is a conductive layer thicker than the other conductive layers and that functions as a ground. Electronic components are arranged in through-holes formed in the core layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for non-calibrated Automatic Frequency Correction (AFC) of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes identifying, by the portable terminal, signal strengths of signals received from neighboring base stations of a cell in which the portable terminal is currently located; searching for a frequency burst serving that provides synchronization acquisition information for synchronization with a base station; determining to perform the AFC according to a result of the searching for the frequency burst; and storing AFC data extracted through the AFC.

Abstract: A wireless device for providing specific absorption rate (SAR) control comprising a wireless transmitter, a capacitance sensor, and a processor coupled to the wireless transmitter and the capacitance sensor, wherein the processor is configured to receive a first capacitance measurement from the capacitance sensor, estimate a relative proximity of a human body to the apparatus based on the measurement, determine a target transmission time for the wireless transmitter within a time period based on the estimate, and switch off the wireless transmitter for a portion of the time period if a transmission time of the wireless transmitter during the time period exceeds the target transmission time.

Abstract: A new methodology for detecting, localizing, tracking, and counting objects. The method for state/space estimation includes arranging in a space a first pair of radio frequency sensors in a network of nodes. The first pair of radio frequency sensors is calibrated to determine a first fading condition associated with the first pair of radio frequency sensors. A signal strength of at least one signal sent between the first pair of nodes is measured. A first likelihood model is determined based on the first fading condition. A first posterior distribution is estimated based on the signal strength of the at least one signal using the first likelihood model for purposes of determining object information within the space.

Abstract: An NFC card includes an antenna circuit including an antenna coil having at least one magnetic axis, and at least one integrated circuit linked to the antenna circuit. The magnetic axis of the antenna coil is substantially parallel to at least one side of the card, and the card further includes at least one electrically conductive screen extending near the antenna coil, which does not cross the magnetic axis. The card does not include any magnetically permeable material between the at least one conductive screen and the antenna coil. Embodiments of the invention are applicable in particular to SIM-NFC card and SD-NFC cards.

Abstract: A contactless system is described in which energy is scavenged from an electromagnetic field provided by a proximate reader device. An embedded processor and a volatile memory circuit within a near field communication (NFC) controller are operated using the scavenged energy. Parameter data from the proximate reader device may be acquired while conducting a near field communication transaction. A non-volatile memory (NVRAM) server is coupled to the NFC controller and also operates using the scavenged energy. Parameter data may be stored within the NVRAM server by sending a command and the parameter data from the NFC controller to the NVRAM server. At the completion of the transaction, the electromagnet field may be removed and all parameter data stored within the NFC controller will be lost. However, the next time the electromagnetic field is applied, the NFC controller may retrieve the parameters from the NVRAM server by sending a command.

Abstract: A system for presentation of multiple NFC credentials via an NFC baseband in a portable communication device during a single NFC transaction. The system comprises a secure element having a directory of available NFC credentials stored therein, wherein the ordering of the available NFC credentials usually indicates the priority. The system further comprises a pre-determined multiple-credential start Application ID (AID) wherein the directory includes a plurality of NFC credentials after the pre-determined multiple-credential start AID. A method for presenting multiple NFC credentials during a single NFC transaction is also disclosed.

Abstract: An NFC card includes an antenna circuit including an antenna coil having at least one magnetic axis, and at least one integrated circuit linked to the antenna circuit. The magnetic axis of the antenna coil is substantially parallel to the plane of the card, and is at an angle of 45°±25° with respect to a longitudinal axis LX of the card. Embodiments of the invention are applicable in particular to SIM-NFC card and SD-NFC cards.

Abstract: A network device 10 according to the present invention includes a management unit 11 configured to manage a cell-to-be-monitored and a cell-to-be-controlled in association with each other, and an instruction unit 13 configured to give a predetermined instruction to a radio base station which manages the cell-to-be-controlled in association with the cell-to-be-monitored, upon detection of a predetermined trigger in the cell-to-be-monitored.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a buffer circuit has a capacitor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, an input signal being inputted to the first terminal, a first inverting amplifier circuit configured to invert and amplify a signal of the second terminal of the capacitor, a second inverting amplifier circuit configure to invert and amplify an output signal of the first inverting amplifier circuit, and a MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) transistor comprising a third terminal, a fourth terminal and a gate, the third terminal being connected to the second terminal of the capacitor, the fourth terminal being connected to a connection node of the first and the second inverting amplifier circuits, an inversion signal of the input signal being inputted to the gate.

Abstract: Provided is a radio communication terminal capable of ending communication processing in a normal manner even if removed from an information processing terminal in the course of the communication processing. According to the present invention, the radio communication terminal operates by receiving power from an external apparatus connected thereto and includes a radio communication unit for performing radio communication with a radio base station, a battery capable of operating the radio communication terminal without receiving power from the external apparatus, and a control unit, in case of disconnection from the external apparatus in the course of the communication processing using the radio communication unit by receiving power from the external apparatus, for controlling the radio communication terminal to switch over to operation powered by the battery and carry out continuing processing to end the communication processing in the normal manner and then to stop the operation powered by the battery.

Abstract: A surrounding cell monitoring method is applied in a mobile terminal wirelessly communicating with a first cell through a first target channel. The surrounding cell monitoring method includes the steps of: determining whether adjacent channel interference (ACI) of the target channel exists; determining whether a first power level of the adjacent channel is greater than a second power level of the target channel by a threshold difference when the ACI exists, when the ACI does exist; determining whether an adjacent BSIC of the adjacent channel can be decoded when the first power level is greater than the second power level by the threshold difference; and skipping an operation of decoding a target BSIC of the target channel when the adjacent BSIC of the adjacent channel can be decoded successfully.

Abstract: The present invention is a modular, reconfigurable and cognitive Microsystem that dynamically adapts itself to a given radio context for an improved user experience and health risk detection while enabling the realization of custom telehealth products in a flexible and highly integrated manner. The Microsystem of the invention is made of one or several semiconductor dies, with complementary functionality, that are integrated both vertically and horizontally. By default, the Microsystem of the invention includes a ‘base’ die made of dual-mode and dynamically reconfigurable functional blocks implementing the whole ‘Bluetooth Low Energy’ standard and a portion of the ‘Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4’ specification. The Microsystem according to the invention is particularly well-suited for the collection and transfer of (tele)health data but can also be applied to other application markets and devices having the need to support the operating modes, ‘Bluetooth Low Energy’ and/or ‘Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver, and an NFC IC carried by the housing and coupled to the processor. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an NFC antenna carried by the housing, and a coupling circuit between the NFC IC and the NFC antenna. The coupling circuit may include a capacitive network including capacitors coupled in series with each other and in parallel with the NFC antenna, a transmit branch coupled between the NFC IC and a first node between a first pair of capacitors, and a receive branch coupled between the NFC IC and the first node between the first pair of capacitors.