Abstract: Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communications, comprising determining to use a reduced paging cycle to page a user equipment (UE) of a first type that supports the reduced paging cycle, the reduced paging cycle having a shorter period relative to a paging cycle used with UEs of a second type which do not support the reduced paging cycle, and paging the UE of the first type in accordance with the reduced paging cycle. Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for conveying system information by a base station, comprising broadcasting a first system information common to each cell of a group of cells in an area and broadcasting a second system information that can vary between cells in the group of cells, wherein the second system information is broadcast more frequently than the first system information.

Abstract: A method of operating multiple time alignment timers (TimeAlignmentTimer) is provided for facilitating communication between and evolved Node B (eNB) and a User Equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting multiple carriers. The method includes starting a first TAT of a first group including the primary cell, starting a second TAT when Timing Advance (TA) information on a second group not including the primary cell is received; and determining transmission of at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative-acknowledgement (HARQ ACK/NACK), a physical uplink control channel, and a sounding reference signal according to a start and an expiration of at least one of the first and second TATs.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method used in a control node and an associated control node. The control node controls a serving radio node in a wireless communication network and the serving radio node serves one or more client radio nodes which are connected to the serving radio node via one or more links. The method includes determining to apply a sounding and sensing related configuration for the serving radio node in each link of the one or more links, if at least one link related parameter of the link satisfies a first predefined condition; and transmitting an enablement signal to the serving radio node, the enablement signal indicating enabling application of the sounding and sensing related configuration in the link. The present disclosure further discloses a method used in a serving radio node under control of a control node and an associated serving radio node. Moreover, the present disclosure discloses another method used in a control node and an associated control node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A channel state information feedback method and apparatus of a terminal (1200) is provided for measuring channel quality and reporting the measurement result to a base station (1300) in the mobile communication system supporting multi-carrier multiple access scheme such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA).

Abstract: A wireless base station includes: a communication unit 101 configured to communicate with a mobile station which measures radio quality of a signal transmitted in each of a plurality of cells; an acquisition unit 102 configured to acquire load information related to a load of a network including a wireless base station forming the cell; and a control unit 103. The control unit 103 receives information indicating a measurement result of the radio quality of the signal transmitted in each of the plurality of cells and a state of a battery of the mobile station, from the mobile station via the communication unit, determines a signal, radio quality of which is to be measured by the mobile station, based on the measurement results of the radio qualities and the state of the battery of the mobile station, indicated in the information received, and the load information acquired by the acquisition unit, and notifies the signal determined to be measured to the mobile station via the communication unit.

Abstract: Embodiments include signal transmission methods and transmitting devices for a multi-antenna wireless communication system. The method comprises mapping one or more modulation symbols onto one or more transmission layers, thereby creating one or more modulated transmission layers and mapping the modulation symbols of the one or more modulated transmission layers onto resource elements of respective one or more time-frequency resource grids. The method further comprises performing precoding for each of the one or more time-frequency resource grids.

Abstract: The disclosure relates in some aspects to an energy-aware architecture that supports a low power scheduling mode. For example, a media access control (MAC) architecture for a base station (e.g., an enhanced Node B) and associated access terminals (e.g., UEs) can take the power needs of the access terminals into account when scheduling the access terminals. In some aspects, an access terminal may support a particular frame structure for a low power mode. Accordingly, scheduling of the access terminal may include use of the particular frame structure during low power mode.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing power consumption of energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator. The network coordinator includes a wireless transceiver and a controller. The wireless transceiver is configured to provide access to the wireless sensor network. The controller is configured to determine whether a wireless device that is wirelessly communicating with the network coordinator is powered via energy harvesting. The controller is also configured to schedule, based on a determination that the wireless device is powered via energy harvesting, the wireless device to communicate via the wireless sensor network using a priority timeslot of a superframe of the wireless sensor network. The priority timeslot is a timeslot occurring in an initial portion of the superframe.

Abstract: A wireless communication device transmits data to multiple wireless terminals at the same timing. The wireless communication device includes a complement calculation part configured to calculate the amount of complement for transmission data for each wireless terminal among multiple wireless terminals on multiple subcarriers distributed and assigned thereto, a complementation part configured to complement transmission data using the amount of complement calculated for each wireless terminal, and a transmitter configured to transmit the complemented transmission data to multiple wireless terminals via multiple subcarriers. The wireless communication device further includes a frame generator configured to generate frames (e.g. OFDMA frames) used to multiplex and transmit the complemented transmission data to multiple wireless terminals. The complement calculation part calculates the amount of complement based on the number of available subcarriers, which is determined via carrier sensing.

Abstract: A transmission opportunity (TXOP) owner transfer request is received at a first communication device from a second communication device. The TXOP transfer request indicates that the second communication device is requesting to transfer ownership of a first TXOP to the first communication device, wherein the first TXOP is owned by the second communication device. In response to receiving the TXOP owner transfer request, the first communication device initiates a second TXOP which is owned by the first communication device.

Abstract: A communication system includes: a first communication device that transmits a plurality of frames at a transmission time interval shorter than a time required for transmitting a minimum frame; and a second communication device that performs timing synchronization with the first communication device on the basis of the plurality of frames when a reception time interval of the plurality of frames received is equal to the transmission time interval.

Abstract: In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may generate a first frame for allocating resources to a plurality of stations. The first frame may contain an indication as to whether a station(s) is allocated at least one of a set of resource units (RUs) of a plurality of RUs, such as a center 26-tone RU. The set of resource units may be based on a channel bandwidth of the wireless communications. The indication may be contained in a common block field of signal fields, such as a common block field of high efficiency (HE) signal content channel(s) of an HE signal field. The station(s) may receive the first frame and determine whether the one of the set of RUs is allocated. The station(s) may transmit a second frame to the access point based on resource allocation information in the first frame. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable data terminal (PDT) adapted to participate in a wireless mesh network including a plurality of peer PDTs can comprise: a PDT module including an encoded information reading (EIR) device, and a mesh point (MP) module communicatively coupled to the PDT module. The MP module can include a microcontroller and at least one wireless communication interface and can be configured to perform IEEE 802.11-conformant wireless station services including authentication, de-authentication, privacy, and MAC service data unit delivery, and IEEE 802.11-conformant wireless distribution system services including association, disassociation, distribution, integration, and re-association. The MP module can be further configured, responsive to receiving a MAC frame addressed to a recipient inside the wireless mesh network, to deliver the MAC frame using the distribution service.

Abstract: A method for identifying VLANs associated with a network includes gathering actual network element configuration data from a plurality of network elements in the network, wherein the actual network element configuration data identifies one or more VLANs that at least some of the plurality of network elements are actually allocated to; correlating the actual network element configuration data with administrative VLAN data; and determining one or more VLANs that are not commonly identified in both the actual network element configuration data and the administrative VLAN data.

Abstract: A system has a plurality of communications devices within a geographic area. Each device is capable of communicating from within the geographic area with any other device proximate the device, and is also capable of communicating from within the geographic area with a communications service having access to an area external to the geographic area if such communications service is operational and available to the device. At least one of the devices is a gateway device that communicates from within the geographic area with the communications service, and at least some of the devices are non-gateway devices that communicate from within the geographic area with the gateway device. Each non-gateway device communicates from within the geographic area with the area external thereto by way of the gateway device and the communications service communicated with by the gateway device.

Abstract: A routing method for a wireless mesh network and a wireless node performing the method are provided. The method includes performing a route algorithm and finding available paths to reach a destination node, recording the available paths, a parent-child node relationship, and a link-state in a route table, and transmitting or transferring data by using an optimal path among the available paths. The method also includes selecting another available path as the optimal path when the optimal path is not operable, updating the route table, and notifying a parent wireless node. The method further includes performing a block route algorithm when receiving a node-added message for creating a block route table in a block where the newly-added node belongs, updating the route table according to the block route table for acquiring updated available paths, selecting one of the updated available paths as the optimal path, and notifying the parent wireless node.

Abstract: There is provided a device for detecting LTE frame synchronization, including: a CP correlator calculating a correlation of a cyclic prefix (CP) included in each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an LTE signal processed digital conversion; a frequency offset compensation unit compensating a frequency offset for a synchronization signal in the LTE signal by using a symbol frequency offset calculated based on the CP correlation; a synchronization signal correlation calculation unit performing a correlation calculation in a time domain with respect to the synchronization signal, of which the frequency offset is compensated, by considering a symbol start timing obtained based on the CP correlation; and a frame synchronization detection unit detecting the frame synchronization of the LTE signal based on a result of the correlation calculation for the synchronization signal.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method for providing a physical-layer control mechanism in accordance with a wireless local area network communication protocol allowing a high data rate. At a wireless receiver, a physical-layer data frame may be received compliant with the wireless local area network communication protocol. When the physical-layer data frame includes only one data unit, a length of an enhanced directional multi-gigabit header from a header associated with the physical-layer data frame may be obtained, and the enhanced directional multi-gigabit header from the physical-layer data frame may be enhanced based on the length. When the physical-layer data frame includes more than one data unit, a first length of a first data unit may be obtained from a first header associated with the first data unit, and the first data unit may be identified from the data frame based on the first length.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a random access using a random access channel (RACH) are disclosed. The WTRU detects a format of control information in at least one control channel element (CCE) of a common area in a control portion of a downlink transmission. The control information indicates a resource allocation in a data portion of the downlink transmission. The WTRU recovers a random access response assigned to the WTRU from the indicated resource allocation of the data portion on a condition that the at least one CCE has a random access radio network terminal identifier (RA-RNTI) assigned to the WTRU.

Abstract: A resource allocation method and apparatus whereby a master base station of a virtual cell having at least one slave base station for cooperative resource allocation to a mobile station in a wireless communication system are provided. The resource allocation method includes transmitting, to the slave base station, a resource allocation request message including information on the resource to be allocated to the mobile station, receiving a resource allocation response message including one of accept and reject indications to the resource allocation request from the slave base station, transmitting, to the mobile station, a resource allocation information including a result of resource allocation negotiation with the slave base station, and transmitting data to the mobile station in cooperation with the slave base station based on the resource allocation information.