Abstract: The proposed technology relates to path selection in wireless mesh networks. In particular the disclosure relates to methods for selection of one or more transmission paths from an originating node to a target node in a wireless mesh network, wherein there are at least two possible transmission paths between the originating node and the target node. More specifically, the disclosure proposes a method, performed in an originating node in a wireless network comprising several nodes wirelessly connected to each other, for enabling selection of a transmission path from the originating node to a target node, wherein there are at least two possible transmission paths between the originating node and the target node. The method comprises the steps of receiving SI discovery signals from nodes in the at least two possible transmission paths and estimating S2, based on the received discovery signals, radio channels H for transmission from the originating node to the nodes transmitting the discovery signals.

Abstract: Techniques are described that provide for generation of a first transport block (TB) that includes a number of code blocks (CBs) that are transmitted to a receiver during a first transmission time interval (TTI) having a first duration, and retransmission of any unsuccessfully received CBs in a second TTI having a duration that is selected from multiple available TTI durations. The second TTI may have a second TTI duration that is shorter than the first TTI duration, and may have CBs only from the first TB. One or more of a time duration or frequency resources of the second TTI may be selected based on the number of CBs that are retransmitted in the second TTI.

Abstract: A packet relay device automatically generates a whitelist including an authorized communication rule. The packet relay device snoops on communications between a DHCP server and a DHCP client in accordance with DHCP. When the IP address of a DHCP client is changed, the packet relay device also automatically changes IP address information included in a whitelist related to the DHCP client to IP address information newly allocated to the DHCP client.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a remote UE in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: measuring the quality of a link between a relay UE and the remote UE on the basis of an offset; and selecting a relay UE suitable for the remote UE on the basis of the measurement, wherein the offset is determined on the basis of information which may have an effect on communicating with a base station by the remote UE through the relay UE.

Abstract: Systems and methods of local thermal control of an access point include determining temperature associated with the access point including one or more radio chips operating therein; responsive to the temperature exceeding a first threshold, performing one or more thermal mitigation techniques to modify operating conditions of the one or more radio chips; and, responsive to the temperature being lower than a second threshold, reverting back the one or more thermal mitigation techniques.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving signals includes a receiver for receiving a time domain signal from a transmitter, wherein at least one first information bit is mapped, resulting in at least one first mapped symbol; at least one second information bit is mapped, resulting in at least one second mapped symbol; the at least one second mapped symbol is multiplied by at least one third information bit; and the time domain signal is generated from the at least one first mapped symbol and the at least one second mapped symbol.

Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing a robocall from leaving a voicemail are described. When an incoming call without a history information header (HIH) destined for a subscriber is detected, the incoming call is prevented from leaving a voicemail if the subscriber does not answer the incoming call. If the incoming call has the HIH, additional determination process based on a visited network address of the subscriber is performed to determine whether the incoming call is to be prevented from leaving a voicemail.

Abstract: A method of establishing an end-to-end tunnel for a virtual network extending across multiple domains using a first network controller element managing a first domain is provided. The method includes receiving a request from a second network controller element managing the first network controller element for an intra-domain locally-learned tunnel identifier (LLTI), sending an instruction to an egress network element of the first domain to generate the intra-domain LLTI in accordance with the request, receiving the intra-domain LLTI from the egress network element in accordance with the instruction, and sending the intra-domain LLTI to an ingress network element of the first domain. A method of establishing an end-to-end tunnel for a virtual network extending across multiple domains using an inter-domain LLTI is provided.

Abstract: This application relates to wireless networks and more specifically to systems and methods for determining the location of distributed radar detectors and selecting available channels free of radar signals from a plurality of radio frequency channels. One embodiment includes a cloud DFS super master and a radar detector communicatively coupled to the cloud DFS super master. The cloud DFS super master is programmed to receive the results of the scan for a radar signal from the radar detector and to generate integrated client device geolocation information. The cloud DFS super master is also programmed to determine a location for the radar detector based at least on the integrated client device geolocation information, and determine a radio channel free of the radar signal based at least on the location for the radar detector and the results of the scan for the radar signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a traffic switching method and apparatus. The method includes: establishing a mapping relationship between a performance parameter of a network and a forwarding node switching sequence, where the performance parameter of the network includes link usage rate before switching and link usage rate after switching; when traffic switching needs to be performed, obtaining a current performance parameter of the network, and determining, according to the mapping relationship, a switching sequence corresponding to the current performance parameter; and delivering a switching instruction to forwarding nodes according to the switching sequence, so as to control the forwarding nodes to sequentially perform traffic switching. In this way, traffic switching can be systematically implemented, thereby effectively avoiding a link congestion phenomenon in a switching process, and ensuring network performance.

Abstract: Facilitation detection of control channels with different transmission time intervals (TTIs) in wireless communications systems is described herein. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises: monitoring, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a first control channel in the beginning of a first TTI; and receiving, by the mobile device, a first downlink control information (DCI) on the first control channel in the first TTI, wherein information of the first DCI indicates a pattern of a second TTI associated with a second control channel, and wherein the second control channel occurs later than the first control channel and the second TTI is shorter than the first TTI. The computer-implemented method can also comprise determining, by the mobile device, whether to monitor the second control channel of the second TTI based on the information of the first DCI.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for a NAN proxy client transitioning a state in a wireless communication system. Here, the method for a NAN proxy client transitioning a state may comprise the steps of: the NAN proxy client transitioning, to a NAN proxy server, a request message requesting the escrowing of a proxy service; receiving a response message from the NAN proxy server; performing registration to the NAN proxy server on the basis of the response message; and the state of the NAN proxy client transitioning. Here, if the registration to the NAN proxy server is performed, the state of the NAN proxy client can be transitioned to a first state.

Abstract: A method and apparatus schedule user equipment uplink transmissions on an unlicensed carrier. An uplink grant can be sent. The uplink grant can include a field regarding a sounding reference signal transmission of a subframe. The sounding reference signal can be received in an initial discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol of the subframe. A physical uplink shared channel can be received in at least a portion of a remaining part of the subframe. The remaining part of the subframe can occur later than the initial discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to channel sensing in an unlicensed band in a wireless communication system, and a data transmission method based on the same, wherein the method is performed by a transmission node for transmitting data by performing the channel sensing and comprises the steps of: receiving a data transmission instruction from a control node; performing a channel sensing-related operation in at least one of channel sensing-related operation execution sections set prior to each of a plurality of transmission opportunity units allowed at the transmission node, according to the data transmission instruction; and transmitting data according to the data transmission instruction in the transmission opportunity unit corresponding to a specific channel sensing-related operation execution section, if it is determined that a channel for transmitting the data is in the unoccupied state in the specific channel sensing-related operation execution section, wherein a transmission p

Abstract: A method for receiving, by a station (STA), a signal in a wireless LAN system comprises: a step of receiving a frame which includes a SIG-A field including MCS information for a SIG-B field, and the SIG-B field encoded on the basis of any one MCS set among from multiple MCS sets; and a step of decoding the SIG-B field on the basis of the MCS information included in the SIG-A field, wherein a specific value in the MCS information indicating a first MCS level of a first MCS set from among the multiple MCS sets is re-used to indicate a second MCS level of a second MCS set, and which MCS level of the first MCS level and the second MCS level indicated by the specific value is set in the SIG-B field is implicitly indicated by a status of a channel on which the frame is received.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining the quantity of channel quality indicators (CQI). The method comprises: a terminal determining the quantity of ranks or the quantity of CQIs to be fed back according to at least one piece of the following pieces of information: the quantity of ports of a channel state information referenced signal (CSI-RS), the quantity of ports of a downlink demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and a configuration signalling of a base station. The present invention solves the problem of non-matching between CQIs reported by a TDD system under an FD-MIMO and CQIs actually needing to be used in the related art, improves the reliability of downlink transmission, saves overheads of a downlink signalling, and improves the downlink transmission performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the present invention is a method for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving information on a resource for the scheduling request (SR) from a base station (BS); transmitting the scheduling request (SR) using the scheduling request (SR) resource transmitted over a control channel; and transmitting a first buffer status report (BSR) using uplink (UL) contention-based resources transmitted over a data channel. The UL contention-based resources are determined based on at least one of the resource for the scheduling request (SR) or an identifier (ID) of the UE.

Abstract: Various aspects related to various apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to protect downlink (DL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform DL communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to communicate regarding uplink (UL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to an allocation vector. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to random access. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform UL communication(s). The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.