Abstract: A wireless device includes a broadband router comprising first and second transceivers, a base and a flexible neck having an elongated body and a first end connected to the broadband router and a second end connected to the base. The flexible neck bends and twists with ease. The flexible neck supports and retains the broadband router in a selected position in relation to the base. The flexible neck provides a pathway for electrically connecting the broadband router to the base to supply electrical power to the broadband router.

Abstract: A portable millimeter-wave wireless communications device relies on millimeter-wave spectrum for wireless communications. The millimeter-wave device may be a smart-phone, a laptop computer or a tablet computer. The millimeter-wave device may be a module that is added to an existing portable device such as a smart-phone, a laptop computer or a tablet computer to provide millimeter-wave communications capability. The module may be incorporated into a protective encapsulating case of such portable devices.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE) using a first local oscillator (LO) frequency value, where the plurality of parameter values includes indications of a downlink frequency channel and an uplink frequency channel. The method further includes determining a second LO frequency value at the UE, where the second LO frequency value is determined using the indications of downlink and uplink frequency channels. The method further includes receiving downlink signals from an associated base station using the second LO frequency value.

Abstract: A network node in a wireless network performs a method for enhancing reliability in wireless communication. The method includes determining, at a first network node, that a current link with a second network node is broken. The method also includes attempting, at the first network node, to recover the current link. The method further includes, upon a determination that the current link is not recoverable, establishing, at the first network node, a new link with the second network node according to one of a plurality of switching rules, the switching rules ordered according to a priority among the switching rules.

Abstract: A device is configured for installation on a building window. The device may be a wireless communications device or any other device configured for installation on a window. The device includes an exterior-facing camera operable to acquire video and/or images and an interior-facing monitor. The acquired video and/or images are transmitted to the monitor and displayed by the monitor in real-time which causes the device to appear transparent to a person inside the building. The device includes a first wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a radio base station outside the building and a second wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of communication devices inside the building. The first wireless transceiver transmits uplink signals at a first frequency and receives downlink signals at a second frequency. The second wireless transceiver transmits downlink signals and receives uplink signals at the first frequency.

Abstract: A wireless access point is configured to communicate in millimeter wave frequency bands in the downlink direction and in sub-6 GHz frequency bands in the uplink direction. The wireless access point includes a signal processing circuit configured to generate different spatial streams signals and a frequency shift circuit configured to apply different frequency shifts to the different spatial streams signals. The wireless access point includes a mixer driven by a local oscillator, which up-converts the frequency shifted signals to millimeter wave frequency band signals, wherein the millimeter wave frequency band signals are transmitted by a MIMO transmit antenna array. A wireless communication device applies different frequency shifts to the different spatial streams signals after down-converting the signals received at a higher millimeter wave frequency to a lower frequency below 6 GHz.

Abstract: An asynchronous communication device provides wireless broadband link between a base station and a plurality of client devices in a wireless communication network. The asynchronous communication device includes a receiver configured to operate at a first frequency band and to asynchronously receive first and second data packets from the base station. The device includes a transceiver configured to operate at a second frequency band and operable to asynchronously transmit the first data packets to a first client device and to transmit the second data packets to a second client device. The first frequency band has a wide band separation from the second frequency band. The transceiver is configured to asynchronously receive third and fourth data packets from the first and second client devices, respectively. The transceiver asynchronously transmits the third and fourth data packets at the second frequency band to the base station.

Abstract: A method of forming a small cell coverage area includes receiving millimeter wave band downlink signals having a large subcarrier spacing and transmitting millimeter wave band uplink signals having the large subcarrier spacing. The method includes transmitting sub-7 GHz band downlink signals having a small subcarrier spacing and receiving sub-7 GHz band uplink signals having the small subcarrier spacing. The small cell coverage area is formed using a sub-7 GHz band spectrum. The method includes transmitting the millimeter wave band downlink signals by a macrocell radio base station, and receiving the millimeter wave band downlink signals by a small cell radio base station. The method includes transmitting the sub-7 GHz band downlink signals by the small cell radio base station, and receiving the sub-7 GHz band downlink signals by a communication device.

Abstract: Systems and methods enable wireless devices to measure interference and allow coexistence by preventing transmission on bands that are currently in use by other devices.

Abstract: A Base Station (BS), a Mobile Station (MS), and a millimeter Wave (mmWave) Access Point (mmAP), for use in a mobile communication system that includes a plurality of Base Stations BSs capable of communicating with a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs), are provided. The BS includes a cellular band transceiver for communicating in a cellular band, an mmWave band transceiver for communicating in the mmWave band, and a controller for controlling both the cellular band transceiver and the mmWave band transceiver for communication with an MS.

Abstract: A method of communication by a wireless communication device includes receiving millimeter wave band downlink signals having a large subcarrier spacing, and transmitting sub-7 GHz band uplink signals having a small subcarrier spacing. The millimeter wave band downlink signals have a large bandwidth, and the sub-7 GHz band uplink signals have a small bandwidth. The millimeter wave band downlink signals have a subcarrier spacing of 120 KHz-480 KHz range, and the sub-7 GHz band uplink signals have a subcarrier spacing of 15 KHz-60 KHz range. The sub-7 GHz band downlink signals have a bandwidth of 100 MHz or less, and the millimeter wave band downlink signals typically have a bandwidth of 200 MHz-800 MHz range.

Abstract: Methods and devices for transmitting information regarding an emergency between a mobile terminal and an emergency control center. The method includes communicating first information regarding the emergency via a control channel of a mobile radio system between the mobile terminal and the emergency control center and communicating second information regarding the emergency via a speech channel of the mobile radio system between the mobile terminal and the emergency control center. The control channel may be a logical channel. The speech channel may also be a logical channel. Via the control channel, an SMS which may include the first information regarding the emergency, such as the emergency site and the time of the emergency, may be transmitted from the mobile terminal to the emergency control center.

Abstract: A wireless communication system uses millimeter wave band asymmetric directivity signals. The system includes a base station configured to transmit in a downlink direction millimeter wave band low directivity signals having a wide beamwidth. The system includes a plurality of communication devices configured to transmit in an uplink direction millimeter wave band high directivity signals having narrow beamwidth. The millimeter wave band high directivity signals are transmitted by the communication devices in different frequency channels. The base station is configured for a wide receive beam and the communication devices are configured for a narrow receive beam.

Abstract: A communication system includes a radio base station configured to transmit and receive signals using digital beamforming. The system includes a plurality of wireless communication devices configured to communicate with the radio base station. The wireless communication device includes a digital beamforming module configured to generate digitally pre-coded spatial streams. A pre-coding matrix is applied to a plurality of spatial streams to generate the digitally pre-coded spatial streams. The communication device includes a plurality of analog beamforming modules configured to measure signal and channel quality metrics from received packets and to calculate gain and phase adjustment values. The analog beamforming modules adjust the gain and phase of the digitally pre-coded spatial streams for analog beamforming. The communication device includes a plurality of antenna arrays configured to transmit the spatial streams.

Abstract: A wireless communication system uses millimeter wave band asymmetric directivity signals. The system includes a base station configured to transmit in a downlink direction millimeter wave band low directivity signals having a wide beamwidth. The system includes a plurality of communication devices configured to transmit in an uplink direction millimeter wave band high directivity signals having narrow beamwidth. The millimeter wave band high directivity signals are transmitted by the communication devices in different frequency channels. The base station is configured for a wide receive beam and the communication devices are configured for a narrow receive beam.

Abstract: A transmission resource in a time domain subframe is divided into a plurality of equal duration resource elements in a time and frequency domain, the plurality of resource elements are segregated into a plurality of resource regions, information to be transmitted is modulated to generate a sequence of modulation symbols at a transmitter, the sequence of modulation symbols is mapped into the plurality of resource elements in the plurality of resource regions, and the modulation symbols are transmitted via a plurality of antennas using the respective corresponding resource elements to a receiver. The mapping of the modulation symbols in at least one resource region is independent of a certain control channel information that is carried in the time domain subframe, and the mapping of the modulation symbols in at least another resource region is dependent upon that certain control channel information.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes transmitting in a downlink direction on a licensed millimeter wave band, by a radio base station, a first millimeter wave band signal at high transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving by a communications device the first millimeter wave band signal. The method includes transmitting in an uplink direction on an unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the communications device, a second millimeter wave band signal at low transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving on the unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the radio base station, the second millimeter wave band signal at a high receive gain using a multiple input multiple output receive antenna array.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes transmitting in a downlink direction on a licensed millimeter wave band, by a radio base station, a first millimeter wave band signal at high transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving by a communications device the first millimeter wave band signal. The method includes transmitting in an uplink direction on an unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the communications device, a second millimeter wave band signal at low transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving on the unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the radio base station, the second millimeter wave band signal at a high receive gain using a multiple input multiple output receive antenna array.

Abstract: Methods and systems for correcting carrier frequency offsets (CFOs) in a wireless transceiver are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first predetermined number of data packets and analyzing the first predetermined number of data packets to determine one or more wireless link quality metrics. The method includes adjusting a local oscillator in accordance with a first local oscillator adjustment strategy. The method includes receiving a second predetermined number of data packets and analyzing the second predetermined number of data packets to determine the one or more wireless link quality metrics. The method includes repeating the first local oscillator adjustment strategy if the wireless link quality metrics improve. The method includes changing to a second local oscillator adjustment strategy if the wireless link quality metrics worsen and adjusting the local oscillator in accordance with the second local oscillator adjustment strategy.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for remapping and regrouping transmission resources in a wireless communication system. First, a set of new permutation algorithms based on Galois field operation is proposed. Then the proposed algorithms and the known Pruned Bit Reversal Ordering (PBRO) algorithm are applied to several of various resource mapping schemes, including slot or symbol level Orthogonal Cover (OC)/Cyclic Shift (CS) mapping, cell-specific slot-level and symbol-level CS hopping patterns, and subframe and slot level base sequence hopping patterns.