Abstract: Methods and apparatus for synchronization of integrated circuits (ICs) within a wireless network. In one embodiment, a serial time protocol (STP) is disclosed for use within a wireless device of a wireless network. The disclosed STP provides a common protocol for communicating precision time information from one time-transmitter IC to another time-receiver IC within a wireless device. In one exemplary implementation, a time-transmitter and a time-receiver are implemented within the firmware of a wireless device. Various schemes utilizing the disclosed STP for time synchronization are also described.

Abstract: Provided are a switching method, a base station and a terminal. The method includes that: a base station configures a switching message for a narrow-bandwidth receiving mode, the switching message including time when a terminal is indicated to enter the narrow-bandwidth receiving mode and a position of a narrow bandwidth on a frequency band when the narrow-bandwidth receiving mode is entered; and the switching message is sent to the terminal to indicate the terminal to switch to the narrow bandwidth specified in the switching message for information reception, the narrow bandwidth being smaller than a system bandwidth. With adoption of the embodiments, the terminal may receive a signal on the narrow bandwidth, and reduction in power consumption of the terminal is facilitated.

Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first device, at least two pieces of timing advance (TA) information, wherein the at least two pieces of TA information are corresponding to at least two beams of the first device on the same carrier and performing, by the first device, timing adjustments on transmissions on the at least two beams based on the at least two pieces of TA information.

Abstract: Infrastructure equipment for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the infrastructure equipment operable to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a first one of a plurality of predetermined geographical regions during a first portion of a periodically repeating time duration and to transmit radio signals for reception by a terminal device located within a second, different, one of the plurality of predetermined geographical regions during a second, different, portion of the periodically repeating time duration.

Abstract: An apparatus, computer program, and method are provided for timing-based restriction of a data signaling direction. An operating cell is included in at least one of a plurality of groups with one or more other cells. In operation, a time is identified for restricting a direction of data signaling from the cell to a region, based on such time, while at least one of the one or more other cells of the at least one group is permitted to direct a data signaling thereof outside the region.

Abstract: The present discloaure relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method which make it possible to control redundancy of a header in packet communication. A region representing a packet length in a header of a packet is set according to a size of a payload of an input packet. A header of a baseband packet includes a minimum fixed length header including type identification information for identification of a type of the input packet or the stream and information of a packet length of the input packet or the stream stored in a payload of the baseband flame packet.

Abstract: A communication system includes multiple Point-of-Presence (POP) interfaces distributed in a Wide-Area Network (WAN), and one or more processors coupled to the POP interfaces. The processors are configured to assign to an initiator in the communication system a client Internet Protocol (IP) address, including embedding in the client IP address an affiliation of the initiator with a group of initiators, to assign to a responder in the communication system a service IP address, including embedding in the service IP address an affiliation of the service with a group of responders, and to route traffic between the initiator and the responder, over the WAN via one or more of the POP interfaces, in a stateless manner, based on the affiliation of the initiator and the affiliation of the service, as embedded in the client and service IP addresses.

Abstract: Disclosed is an interference coordination method, a base station, and a high altitude platform station. The high altitude platform station receives information that includes a location of a base station and a radius of a central area of a coverage area of the base station, and calculates an interference start time and an interference end time according to the received information and a flight parameter of the high altitude platform station. The high altitude platform station sends interference coordination information to the base station, where the interference coordination information includes the interference start time, the interference end time, and a frequency band of a carrier used in both an edge area of a coverage area of the high altitude platform station and the central area of the coverage area of the base station. The base station adjusts the coverage area of the carrier according to the interference coordination information.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus and method, respectively, mapping payload data of mapping input data streams onto a mapping output data stream having a channel bandwidth for transmission in a multi-carrier broadcast system. To enable selection of robustness for transmission of data, the apparatus includes a frame forming mechanism mapping data blocks of at least two mapping input data streams onto frames of the mapping output data stream covering the channel bandwidth, each frame including a payload portion, the payload portion including plural data symbols and being segmented into data segments each covering a bandwidth portion of the channel bandwidth. The frame forming mechanism is configured to map the data blocks of the at least two mapping input data streams onto data symbols of the payload portion and includes a MIMO mode selector selecting a MIMO mode of the data blocks per data segment and/or per mapping input data stream.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technologies.

Abstract: Techniques for routing data in a wireless communication network including a hybrid of infrastructure wireless local area network (WLAN) and neighbor awareness networking (NAN). A subscription is identified between a first NAN device in a first NAN cluster in the network and a second NAN device in a second NAN cluster in the network. The first NAN cluster includes at least one NAN device not included in the second NAN cluster. A first path is generated between the first NAN device and the second NAN device. The first path includes a first network access point (AP) in the network. Data is transmitted from the first NAN device to the second NAN device using the first path comprising the first AP.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication s technologies and IoT-related technologies. To this end, a communication device may determine control information for a superposition transmission, and acquire selection sources in response to the determined control information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. Dedicated frequency resources of a physical random access channel (PRACH) may be designated for large and small frequency hops to facilitate the determination of timing offsets for PRACH transmissions. For instance, a frequency hopping pattern within the PRACH channel having a plurality of single tone transmission may include a first number of hops associated with a first frequency hopping distance (e.g., large frequency hops), and a second number of hops associated with a second frequency hopping distance (e.g., small frequency hops).

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided to provide an active coordinator service in a sensor network, analyze maintenance information that indicates a battery level of a device, determine whether the device can continue to provide the active coordinator service; request maintenance information from another network device in the sensor network when the battery level does not satisfy a threshold level, determine whether the other network device can provide the active coordinator service based on its maintenance information, cease providing the active coordinator service when the other network device can provide the active coordinator service, in which a long-range wireless communication interface is turned off, and enable an IoT service that includes turning on a sensor, generating sensor information, and transmitting the sensor information to the other network device.

Abstract: One example of a device comprises: a central node that is as a communication data center of a network-on-chip; a plurality of leaf nodes that are as communication data nodes of the network-on-chip and for transmitting the communication data to a central leaf node; forwarder modules for connecting the central node with the plurality of leaf nodes and forwarding the communication data, wherein the plurality of leaf nodes are divided into N groups, each group having the same number of leaf nodes, the central node is individually in communication connection with each group of leaf nodes by means of the forwarder module, a communication structure constituted by each group of leaf nodes has self-similarity, and the plurality of leaf nodes are in communication connection with the central node in a complete multi-way tree approach by means of the forwarder modules of multiple levels.

Abstract: A switching device is provided and includes a processor and a physical layer device. The processor is configured to generate a synchronization frame and a corresponding follow up frame. The follow up frame is generated while or subsequent to the generating of the synchronization frame and without waiting for an egress timestamp indicating when the synchronization frame is to be transmitted from the switching device to a network device. The physical layer device is configured to: receive the synchronization and follow up frames from the processor; prior to transmitting the follow up frame to the network device, modify the follow up frame to include the egress timestamp indicating when the synchronization frame is transmitted from the switching device via the physical layer device; and perform a precision time protocol process including transmitting the synchronization and follow up frames from the switching device to the network device for clock synchronization.

Abstract: Examples herein involve managing credit returns in a multi-source credit managed communication system. In examples herein, a first amount of slots of a credit managed destination are allocated for a credit managed source and a second amount of slots of the credit managed destination are allocated for a secondary source. Credit returns are controlled to the credit managed source based on the second amount of slots and in response to a value of a counter that tracks an amount of data sent from the secondary source to the credit managed destination, an amount of data sent from the credit managed destination, the credit returns providing an ability for the first source to send data to the credit managed destination.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for data transmission at reduced data volumes includes sampling a data stream in consecutive time intervals and generating consecutive data packages, calculating, via principal component analysis, projections of its data points onto a set of principal components, aligning, via dynamic time warping, the projected data points to respective projected data points of an earlier generated data package and calculating distances between the aligned data points, determining and comparing the maximum of the calculated distances to a threshold value, and transmitting the newly generated data package to a data sink and setting the newly generated data package as the earlier generated data package for the next aligning step if the maximum distance exceeds the threshold value or otherwise inhibiting the transmission and retaining the earlier generated data package for the next aligning step.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to network communications, and more particularly to machine-to-machine (M2M) data communications. The present invention provides for a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing class-based Access Point Names (APNs) and service class layers for a machine-to-machine (M2M) network. The class oriented APNs are defined and assigned in relation to one or more characteristics of resource type, M2M application, quality of service (QoS), and bearer management.

Abstract: There are provided mechanisms for configuring resolution of uplink data. An exemplary radio equipment controller (REC) of an access node includes an interface (RCE-RE interface) to a radio equipment (RE) and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the REC to provide instructions to the RE regarding a resolution in time and/or frequency domain with which beam direction reports are to be transmitted to the REC on the REC-RE interface. The beam direction reports are based on uplink appointed reference symbols for sounding received by the RE on a radio interface and is to be transmitted from the RE to the REC. The REC may thus configure the resolution of the beam direction reports that are received by the REC.