Abstract: Power management in a distributed communications system, such as a distributed antenna system (DAS), that includes determining user activity at remote units of the DAS. When user activity in one or more remote units falls below or above a specified threshold, power usage by the one or more remote units is reduced or increased accordingly. The power usage may reduced and/or increased by turning select remote units on or off, by increasing or reducing an operating voltage of one or more power amplifiers, and/or by turning select multiple-in, multiple-out (MIMO) front ends on or off. Power may be reduced such that wireless coverage within a specified area is maintained.

Abstract: A method for beamforming in a communication network includes generating a plurality of beamforming training (BFT) units associated with a beamforming session between a pair of devices, where each of the plurality of BFT units corresponds to a different beamsteering vector, causing a first non-zero subset of the plurality of BFT units to be transmitted during a first timeslot, and causing a second non-zero subset of the plurality of BFT units to be transmitted during a second timeslot, where the first time timeslot and the second timeslot are not contiguous.

Abstract: Communication transmission methods and systems are provided. Firstly, a base station is configured to set an indicator for determining whether a first wireless communication technology and a second communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions by the base station. Then, a user equipment, is configured to receive a voice call by a user equipment from the base station and determine whether to answer the voice call using the first wireless communication technology or the second communication technology, when the first wireless communication technology and the second communication technology are not allowed simultaneously shown by the indicator.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods in a wireless communication network for allocating resource elements of a transmission resource to a control channel. The invention also relates to different nodes of a wireless communication network. The transmission resource comprises a first number of resource blocks each comprising one or a plurality of subsets of resource elements. One method in a control node comprises the steps: obtaining a bitmap for configuration of the transmission resource, wherein the bitmap is adapted to identify at least one subset of resource elements within the transmission resource (S1); allocating the at least one identified subset of resource elements to the control channel (S2); and transmitting control data on the at least one subset of resource elements allocated to the control channel to a receiving node (S3).

Abstract: A communications system, including a mobile radio network including local base stations to communicate data to and from mobile communications devices via a wireless access interface. The mobile radio network is adapted to include a message processor and a message store, the message store arranged to store an indication of each of one or more message exchanges in a set of predetermined message exchanges between the base stations and one or more of the communications devices, each message exchange including a predetermined set of predetermined messages and requiring predetermined up-link and/or down-link communications resource for communicating the message exchange on the up-link and/or down-link, between a base station and the communications device.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for transferring control of an existing multi-participant conversation (5, 15, 25), in which at least two communication terminals (D1, D2, D3) are connected to each other through a data connection (C1, C2, C5), to a conference control application (KS). The method comprises the following steps: Establishment of a virtual conference room (CR) that serves as an anchor point for the application (KS) and can be a virtual participant in the conference, switching (9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59) of the conference room (CR) into the existing data connection (C1, C2, C5), and assignment (8, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) of the master role to the conference room (CR), wherein a signal generated by the application (KS) causes the switching (9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59) of the conference room (CR) into the existing data connection (C1, C2, C5), and the assignment (8, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) of the master role to the conference room (CR).

Abstract: A method of transmitting and receiving a control channel in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station allocates a data channel to a radio resource, adds start position information of the data channel into a payload of a control channel, and performs signaling for indication information on the start position information added into the payload of the control channel to a terminal. Accordingly, the legacy system and the enhanced system can efficiently transmit a control channel.

Abstract: The techniques discussed herein reduce the power consumption of a Wi-Fi tethering device by switching the Wi-Fi functionality of the Wi-Fi tethering device from a normal operational mode to a sleep mode during idle intervals. The techniques implement a sleep protocol where a Wi-Fi tethering device and the Wi-Fi client device coordinate and establish a sleep schedule. Moreover, the techniques describe a sleep interval adaptation algorithm to establish sleep duration intervals based on data packet exchange patterns associated with different applications executing on the Wi-Fi client device and/or different operations being performed by the Wi-Fi client device.

Abstract: In generating a data unit for transmission via a communication channel, a preamble of the data unit is generated, including i) generating a set of training fields, and ii) mapping each training field in the set of training fields to a plurality of space-time streams. When the set of training fields consist of four training fields, each training field in the set of training fields is mapped to four space-time streams according to a first space-time stream mapping matrix. When the set of training fields consists of six training fields, each training field in the set of training fields is mapped to six space-time streams according to a second space-time stream mapping matrix, wherein the first space-time stream mapping matrix is not a submatrix of the second space-time stream mapping matrix. A data portion of the data unit is generated so that a receiver device can receive the data portion via a corresponding number of space-time streams using channel information derived from the set of training fields.

Abstract: A method of routing multicast traffic, suitable for use in a network comprising a router node connected to a first data network and to a second data network, the router node having a capability to route multicast traffic from the first and second data networks to a user equipment, is provided. The method comprises: receiving a first message from the user equipment at the router node, the first message requesting membership of a first multicast group having a first multicast address; and inhibiting receipt of multicast traffic having the first multicast address from at least the second data network by the user equipment, dependent upon a determination as to whether the first message may relate to a multicast address in the first network.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a channel transmission status, can be used in the communication field. The method includes receiving a command for controlling activation of a secondary carrier. Within a preset delay time after the secondary carrier is activated, a channel transmission status corresponding to the secondary carrier to a continuous transmission status can be set.

Abstract: A system for managing a cellular wireless communication network. The system comprises a data store that comprises cellular wireless communication performance metrics, a computer, and an application that is stored in a non-transitory memory of the computer and executed by the computer. The application receives a selection of base transceiver stations, retrieves metrics associated with the selected base transceiver stations from the data store, analyzes the metrics associated with the selected base transceiver stations, identifies a low usage base transceiver station that is one of the selected base transceiver stations, wherein the low usage base transceiver station is associated with a usage that is less than a predefined usage threshold, determines an average of an at least one metric based on the metrics of the selected base transceiver stations excluding the low usage base transceiver station, and transmits the average of the at least one metric.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, in relation to an uplink transmission method, the present invention relates to a method which includes: generating a signal for uplink transmission; transmitting the signal by using a subframe #n; if the subframe #n and a subframe #n+1 are subframes for respectively different links, not transmitting the signal in the last symbol of the subframe #n; and if the subframe #n and the subframe #n+1 are subframes for the same link, transmitting the signal by using the last symbol of the subframe #n, and to a device for same.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is proposed for coordinating communication amongst wireless communication devices in a wireless network. The coordination scheme creates a side channel between heterogeneous wireless devices to enhance their cooperation. At the transmitter, the coordination scheme appends a customized preamble to a data payload, where the preamble is comprised of a sequence of energy pulses separated by a gap and the duration of the gap encodes coordination data for the receive device. At the receiver, the coordination scheme detects the preamble of the data packet; extracts the coordination data from the preamble of the data packet; and coordinates communication between the transmit device and the receive device using the coordination data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first interface of a switch interconnects with a broadband modem within a wide area network (WAN), while a second interface of the switch interconnects with a WAN interface of a router, where the router provides a gateway between the WAN and a local area network (LAN). Additionally, a web server is provided at the switch, where the web server is reachable to the WAN on the first interface and to the LAN on the second interface. The switch may then inspect traffic received at the first and second interfaces, and determines, based on inspecting, whether to transparently forward the traffic between the first and second interfaces or to redirect the traffic to the web server.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optimizing data transmission include receiving an indicator indicating the availability of a first communication channel, the first communication channel having a higher data rate than a second communication channel. Aspects can include determining whether the first communication channel is available to transmit data based on the indicator, and transmitting the data via the first communication channel, upon determining that the first communication channel is available. Additionally, aspects include entering a sleep state, upon determining that the first communication channel is not available, and determining whether the first communication channel has become available during a subsequent awake period. Entering a sleep state and determining whether the first communication channel has become available during a subsequent awake period may occur until the first communication channel becomes available or until an expiration of a timer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an architecture for a Digital Capacity Centric Distributed Antenna System (DCC-DAS) that dynamically manages and distributes resources in different locations where there is demand for capacity. The DCC-DAS also allows for the routing of resources to other applications such as location finding devices, jamming devices, repeaters, etc.

Abstract: An apparatuses and methods of tearing down a direct communication link are disclosed. In one innovation, a wireless communication apparatus for communicating with two or more communication devices includes a memory unit configured to store network information of a communication link between the apparatus and a first network communication device and store direct link information of a direct link between the apparatus and a second wireless communication device, a processor operationally coupled to the memory unit, the processor configured to retrieve the direct link information from the memory unit and determine that a direct link between the apparatus and the second device is inoperative, and further configured to generate a first frame indicating that the direct link is inoperative, and a transmitter operationally coupled to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit the first frame for notifying at least the second device that the direct link is inoperative.

Abstract: A method for receiving a data packet is described. The method may include receiving a frame in a host Ethernet adapter from an Ethernet network. The frame may be parsed to determine a data packet size. A work queue element (WQE) may be selected from two or more available WQEs having different data packet size capacity. Data packet storage may be provided for each WQE, including at least some cache storage associated with a processor. The data packet may be stored in the data packet storage associated with the selected WQE based on the data packet size, including storing in the cache for data packets under selected conditions.

Abstract: Backoff snooze wake power consumption within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. If a communication (e.g., transmission) attempt fails (e.g., by a wireless station (STA), smart meter station (SMSTA), etc.), then a backoff snooze countdown may be performed before a subsequent communication is attempted. Also, if communication activity is detected on the communication medium, then such a backoff snooze countdown may be performed before monitoring the communication medium or a subsequent communication attempt is made. Such a backoff snooze countdown may be based on a codeword value (e.g., such as provided within a beacon received from an access point (AP)), and different respective backoff snooze countdowns may be made based on different respective codeword values. Such backoff snooze countdowns are performed outside of a restricted access window (RAW) in which only devices of a particular class (e.g., low-power, Z, etc.) have access to the communication medium.