Abstract: A tunable inductor arrangeable on a chip or substrate comprises a first winding part connected at one end to a first input of the tunable inductor arrangement, a second winding part connected at one end to the other end of the first winding part, a third winding part connected at one end to a second input of the tunable inductor arrangement, a fourth winding part connected at one end to the other end of the third winding part, and a switch arrangement arranged. The switch arrangement tunes the tunable inductor by selectively connecting the first and fourth winding parts in parallel and the second and third winding parts in parallel, with the parallel couplings in series between the first and second inputs, or connecting the first, second, fourth and third winding parts in series between the first and second inputs. Corresponding transceivers, communication devices, methods and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: In an operating method of a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) including a transmission circuit and a reception circuit, the operating method includes receiving, from a modem, first information for setting transmission power of the transmission circuit or second information about a blocker which is a frequency signal unused by the RFIC, obtaining an allowable value of phase noise of a local oscillator included in the transmission circuit, using the first information, obtaining an allowable value of phase noise of a local oscillator included in the reception circuit, using the second information, determining a level of a driving voltage, using the obtained allowable values of the phase noises, and providing the driving voltage to the local oscillators.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a transmission power for a radio connection from at least one interior antenna of a motor vehicle to at least one radio device outside of the vehicle. At least one seat occupancy sensor of the motor vehicle signals seat occupancy of an associated vehicle seat by means of an associated occupancy signal. The transmission power at the at least one interior antenna is controlled in accordance with the occupancy signal. The disclosure further relates to a control device and to a motor vehicle having such a control device.

Abstract: Digital multimedia is broadcast to wireless receivers on a unidirectional wireless broadcast channel, while control data necessary for presentation of the multimedia is provided on a bidirectional, point-to-point wireless link.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a transmit power control (TPC) command in a grant associated with transmitting an uplink communication. A scheduling delay between the grant and the uplink communication may be a flexible scheduling delay. The UE may sample a TPC state in association with determining a transmit power, and may determine the transmit power based at least in part on the TPC state and the TPC command. In some aspects, a UE may detect a power headroom report (PHR) trigger associated with a carrier of a plurality of carriers. The UE may identify a set of carriers that is to be ignored when calculating a power headroom, and may calculate the power headroom based at least in part on ignoring the identified set of carriers. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various arrangements for spectrum sharing among a terrestrial network and a non-terrestrial network are presented herein. The terrestrial network may assign a first bandwidth part of a channel for use for communication between a plurality of user equipment (UE) and the terrestrial network when a high signal strength is present. The terrestrial network may assign a second bandwidth part for use for communication between the plurality of UE and the terrestrial network when a low signal strength is present. The second bandwidth part can overlap with the first bandwidth part. A third bandwidth part can be assigned for use for communication between the plurality of UEs and the non-terrestrial network. The third bandwidth part can overlap with the first bandwidth part but not the second bandwidth part.

Abstract: The reconfigurable radio remote unit for distributed antenna systems comprises a plurality of integrated radio frequency boards each dedicated to a respective frequency band, and configuration means for remotely selecting the frequency bands and/or for setting the power level of the frequency bands.

Abstract: A method for networked scheduling is disclosed. The method includes: providing a gateway; a plurality of channels assigned to a color reuse scheme including colors, wherein some of the plurality of channels assigned to one of the colors comprise a set of co-channels; associating the set of co-channels with the gateway; generating a traffic pattern for the set of co-channels for an upcoming allocation slot; determining a channel state of each co-channel in the set of co-channels per the traffic pattern; and setting a Modulation and Coding scheme (MODCOD) of each co-channel in the set of co-channels based on the respective channel state.

Abstract: A communications device configured to transmit signals representing data to a first in-coverage communications device acting as source relay node for the communications device, the first in-coverage communications device configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, and to receive signals representing the data from the first in-coverage communications device acting as the source relay node. The source relay node is within a coverage area of the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, the source relay node being configured to transmit the signals representing the data received from the communications device to the infrastructure equipment and to transmit the signals representing the data to the communications device which are received from the infrastructure equipment.

Abstract: Power control can be employed, whereby a power control adjustment can be determined by a relay distributed unit (DU) device, based on a measurement of the power level of received access uplink transmissions, and a measurement of the power level of a reference signal received from a donor DU via a backhaul downlink transmission. The power control adjustment can be transmitted to the donor distributed unit device, which uses the power control adjustment to reduce the amount of power of downlink transmissions to the relay distributed unit device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure support a head-mounted display (HMD) wirelessly coupled to a console. The HMD includes a positional tracking system, a beam controller and a transceiver. The positional tracking system tracks position of the HMD and generates positional information describing the tracked position of the HMD. The transceiver communicates with a console via a wireless channel, in accordance with communication instructions, the communication instructions causing the transceiver to communicate over one directional beam of a plurality of directional beams. The beam controller determines a change in the positional information. Based on the change to the positional information, the beam controller determines a directional beam of the plurality of directional beams. The beam controller further generates the communication instructions identifying the determined directional beam, and provides the communication instructions to the transceiver.

Abstract: A method of user proportion investigation and population estimation in a region for mobile communication operators, including the following steps: S1. completing a WiFi network construction in the region; S2. a mobile phone user in the region sending a verification code request for WiFi login to a background by using a client; S3. the background receiving the request from the user, and recording a mobile phone number and a request time of the user; S4. the background completing an identification and classification processing of the operator of the mobile phone number, and obtaining the user proportion in the region for the communication operators within a set period of time; and S5. calculating a population amount in the region according to a number of mobile phone signaling provided by one mobile communication operator thereof and the user proportion in the region for the corresponding communication operator obtained in S4.

Abstract: Systems and methods for accessing a satellite in real-time. A mobile device for accessing a satellite in real-time includes: a communication device for directly communicating data with a satellite; a display for displaying a graphic user interface (GUI); one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes steps to be performed comprising: responsive to a touch on the GUI, sending data directly to the satellite via the communication device. The data sent to the satellite includes information of global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the mobile device and an identification of a user of the mobile device, a set of access parameters, a query for a list of satellites that are accessible in real-time according to the set of access parameters.

Abstract: A radio receiver is disclosed. The radio receiver includes an analog tuner and a baseband processor to provide radio functions. The baseband processor is coupled to the analog tuner. The radio receiver further includes a memory, a controller coupled to the analog tuner, the baseband processor and the memory. The controller is configured to perform an operation, the operation includes causing the analog tuner to analyze a selected FM frequency to determine if the selected FM frequency is associated with a digital radio mondiale (DRM) plus station by first coarsely determine if the selected FM frequency may be associated with a DRM plus station and if coarse determination fails, marking the FM frequency as not being associated with a DRM plus station, wherein if the coarse determination is successful, retrying a selected number of times to continue to determine if the selected FM frequency is associated with a DRM plus station.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method by a first network node is provided for enabling paging of a user equipment (UE) in an inactive state. The method includes the first network node receiving a UE identity index value for the UE while the UE is in a connected state or during an initial context setup for the UE. The UE identity index value is stored. The method further includes transitioning the UE from the connected state to an inactive state and using the UE identity index value that was stored while the UE was in the connected state to initiate a transmission of a page to the UE in the inactive state.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to enable vehicle-to-vehicle guidance and tracking are disclosed. An example method includes transmitting, from a first vehicle, a first message to a second vehicle. The first message requests the second vehicle to become a leader vehicle. The example method further includes receiving a second message from the second vehicle. The second message includes leader information indicative of a travel path of the second vehicle. The example method also includes receiving authorization from the second vehicle for the first vehicle to follow the second vehicle.

Abstract: An amplifier for a radio communications system in a shielded tunnel is disclosed. In one example, the amplifier comprises a processor configured to execute a plurality of modules comprising a gain control module and an attenuation control module. Methods and systems are further provided for controlling and monitoring amplifier characteristics.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for managing data connectivity links for a plurality of aircraft in a network wherein at least one aircraft is a non-cooperative aircraft, said network comprising a plurality of sub-mesh regions, each sub-mesh having a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one node is representative of an aircraft, and a control sub-mesh node configured to maintain a plurality of data links with the plurality of aircraft in the sub-mesh region based on a generated real-time map of data connections for the sub-mesh region; and a master control node configured to control each control sub-mesh node of each sub-mesh region.

Abstract: The idle screen of a mobile telephone device is used to show updated information of a kind or from a source selected by a user (e.g. financial information, news, traffic etc.). Previously, the idle screen has been used to display the name of the network operator and alerting messages, such as “2 missed calls”. Placing information of interest to the user in the idle screen makes that information instantly accessible without the user having to navigate to the required function (e.g. a micro-browser) and select it.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing data using a short-range wireless interconnection protocol for electronic devices includes a processor communicatively connected, using a communication bus, to a number of originator antennas, each of the number of originator antennas communicating with an originating device, a plurality of device antennas, communicatively connected to the communication bus, each of the plurality of device antennas communicating with a number of client devices, and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium includes a receive module, a session identify module, and a send module. The receive module receives a data packet using one of the number of originator antennas. The session identify module identifies at least one communication session with at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas. The send module sends the data packet to the at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas.