Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device including a processor configured to: detect a failed reception of time synchronization information at a follower device, wherein the time synchronization information provides an update of a clock of the follower device for synchronization to a clock of a leader device; determine whether a clock drift between the clock of the follower device and the clock of the leader device is less than a predefined drift threshold; and in the case that the clock drift is less than the predefined drift threshold, instruct an update of the clock of the follower device based on time synchronization information previously received at the follower device.

Abstract: A device for operating a radio communication network may include a processor configured to receive radio communication network operational data from at least one communication terminal in accordance with a communication device management protocol, and determine communication network operation parameters to control the operation of the communication network based on the received radio communication network operational data, and may include a memory to store the radio communication network operational data.

Abstract: An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), the apparatus including: a processor configured to: establish a direct wireless connection with a further UE, decode cellular network information received from the further UE via direct communication over the established direct wireless connection, wherein the cellular network information comprises information associated with a cell selected by the further UE for cellular communication, and configure cellular communications with a cellular network access node of the cell based on the decoded cellular network information.

Abstract: An apparatus for a communication device, the apparatus may include a processor configured to: obtain channel metrics for a plurality of radio communication channels, each obtained channel metric is associated with a respective radio communication channel of the plurality of radio communication channels, generate a plurality of channel hopping sequences, each channel hopping sequence is representative of an allocation of the plurality of radio communication channels for a plurality of time slots, wherein a number of time slots allocated for each radio communication channel within each channel hopping sequence is based on the respective obtained channel metric, and select one of the plurality of channel hopping sequences based on a predefined criterion to communicate with a further communication device.

Abstract: A computing device, includes one or more processors, configured to receive first data corresponding to a first radiofrequency signal received from a first wireless communication device, and second data corresponding to a second radiofrequency signal received from a second wireless communication device; select either the first wireless communication device or the second wireless communication device as a repeater device based on the first data or the second data according to one or more repeater selection criteria; instruct a transceiver to send a third radiofrequency signal to the repeater device, wherein the third radiofrequency signal comprises third data and an instruction for the repeater device to repeat the third data to the third wireless communication device.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for estimating a total estimated power consumption of a wireless modem. The power estimation may include determining a static power consumption estimate based on configuration parameters of modem subcomponents of a wireless modem. The power estimation may also include determining a dynamic power consumption estimate based on a sum of, for each corresponding active power amplifier of the wireless modem, a predefined power offset associated with a current reported power level for the corresponding active power amplifier and a maximum transmit power of a predefined range associated with the current reported power level of the active power amplifier. The power estimation may also include combining the static power consumption estimate and the dynamic power consumption estimate as the total estimated power consumption of the wireless modem.

Abstract: An apparatus can include universal serial bus type C (USB-C) connection circuitry. The apparatus can also include input/output (I/O) circuitry coupled to the USB-C connection circuitry. The I/O circuitry can receive a power signal over the USB-C connection circuitry. The apparatus can include baseband circuitry to initiate wireless wide area network (WWAN) communication responsive to receiving a wake signal from the I/O circuitry. The WWAN communication can include messages received from the USB-C connection circuitry. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods are described.

Abstract: A wireless station may include one or more processors. The one or more processors may determine data is to be transferred. The one or more processors may also determine a data type of the data corresponds to a priority data type. In addition, the one or more processors may provide a data type signal indicating the data type corresponds to the priority data type. Further, the one or more processors may receive a data type confirmation signal in response to the data type signal. The one or more processors may create a dedicated bearer with a network device based on the data type confirmation signal. The one or more processors may also instruct the data to be transferred via the dedicated bearer.

Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure provide an aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may include a flight controller configured to control flight components of the aerial vehicle, and a radio access network base station radio head configured to allocate one or more radio resources for one more radio communication terminal devices to operate a radio cell in accordance with a mobile radio wide area network technology.

Abstract: A wireless station may include one or more processors. The wireless station may receive a no wireless fidelity (WiFi) signal indicating a parameter. The wireless station may also provide a scan signal comprising a scan list indicating a WiFi frequency band that a cellular modem is to scan for a WiFi signal based on the parameter. In addition, the wireless station may provide a mode signal based on the no WiFi signal. The mode signal may indicate that a WiFi modem is to enter a low power mode. Further, the wireless station may receive a detect signal indicating that the cellular modem detected the WiFi signal within the WiFi frequency band. The wireless station may provide a wake-up signal configured to cause the WiFi modem to enter an operational mode, the wake-up signal indicating a frequency of the detected WiFi signal.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a circuit board comprising a connector in or on the circuit board. The apparatus is to be coupled to a bus via the connector. The apparatus comprises first circuitry to communicate with a processor via the connector and bus, second circuitry to detect a utilization state of the first circuitry, determine, based on the detected utilization state of the first circuitry, a level of current to be conducted with the connector; and generate a signal indicating of whether the level of current exceeds a threshold current capacity of the connector, and third circuitry to select a first operational mode from among multiple operational modes. The first circuitry is to operate in any of the multiple operational modes responsive to the third circuitry. Additional circuitry may be provided to identify a voltage level capability of the apparatus and to configure voltage level shifting circuitry connected to the bus.

Abstract: A wireless communication device including a processor; a memory, coupled to the processor, to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: connect an antenna to an energy harvesting (EH) circuit, wherein the antenna is configured to capture a Wi-Fi radio frequency (RF) signal; send the Wi-Fi RF signal to the EH circuit; determine a RF signal strength of the Wi-Fi RF signal; and determine a location of the wireless communication device based on the RF signal strength.

Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and devices that implement dynamic transmit power control techniques in terminal devices with multiple radio frequency (RF) transmitters and/or in a multi-terminal device environment to comply with regulatory RF exposure limits and standards while enhancing device performance. For example, the present disclosure provides a device including a processor configured to monitor a transmit power for each of a plurality of transmitters; determine a transmit power reduction to be applied to the plurality of transmitters based on a total simultaneous transmit power of the plurality of transmitters exceeding a threshold; define a respective amount of the transmit power reduction to be applied to each transmitter of the plurality of transmitters based on one or more parameters; and apply the respective amount of the transmit power reduction to each transmitter of the plurality of transmitters.

Abstract: A battery-powered device includes a baseband modem, configured to receive or send data according to a first operational mode, wherein the data correspond to a software application being executed on the battery-powered device; and a processor, configured to determine a resource requirement of the software application; and send a signal representing the determined resource requirement to the baseband modem; wherein the baseband modem is further configured to change from the first operational mode to a second operational mode based on the signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for offloading idle mode activities from one user equipment (UE) to another. A UE includes a cellular modem, a device-to-device (D2) communication modem, and a processor. The cellular modem performs idle mode activities during an idle mode. The processor controls the cellular modem and the D2D modem. The processor is configured to send information necessary for performing the idle mode activities to the secondary UE for offloading the idle mode activities of the primary UE to the secondary UE and put the cellular modem in a low power state or turn off the cellular modem during the idle mode. The processor wakes up the cellular modem to receive a paging message if a wake-up signal is received from the secondary UE.

Abstract: The proposed techniques enable dynamic hardware and software (HW/SW) configurations to enable an expansion card to be adapted for use in various original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices. The techniques use a software-based solution to detect device modes, states, etc. of a device in which the expansion card is implemented by leveraging the device's system resources. In doing so, the need for dedicated hardware pins and general purpose input-output (GPIO) pins, which are otherwise required to detect the current operating mode of the device using hardware-based solutions, are eliminated.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a voltage regulator circuit configured to generate a voltage signal of a first input voltage, and a wireless baseband processing circuitry (WBPC) coupled to the voltage regulator circuit to receive the voltage signal. The WBPC is configured to process signals for transmission or reception using wireless technology. The WBPC includes a sub-system processor circuit configured to detect a wireless bandwidth of an application executing on an application processor of the wireless device; determine a second input voltage based on the wireless bandwidth of the application and a maximum voltage supported by the WBPC; and encode a feedback signal for communication to the voltage regulator circuit. The feedback signal causes adjustment of the voltage signal to the second input voltage.

Abstract: Methods and device to implement the use of proximity sensor data and time-averaging specific absorption rate methods in determining whether to apply or remove a power back-off to a radio frequency transmitter. The methods and devices may be configured to detect whether a body is proximately located based on obtained proximity sensor data; define an upper threshold for a radio frequency (RF) transmit power and a lower threshold for the RF transmit power; calculate an average power of an RF transmitter over a fixed time period; and based on whether the body is detected, the average power, and a comparison of the average power to the upper threshold or the lower threshold, determine whether to apply or remove a power back-off to the RF transmitter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing host-centric antenna control. An apparatus may include a plurality of antennas for wireless transmission and reception, a wireless modem for processing a signal for wireless transmission and reception via the antennas, a processor (host), and an antenna tuner circuitry. The processor is configured to run an antenna tuner software module configured to generate a control signal to configure at least one antenna. The antenna tuner circuitry is configured to switch or tune the at least one antenna based on the control signal. The apparatus may include at least one sensor coupled to the processor. The antenna tuner software module may be configured to generate the control signal based on inputs from the at least one sensor. The antenna tuner software module may be configured to receive RF parameters from the wireless modem and generate the control signal based on the RF parameters.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a modified M.2 interface that is configured to allow an increased current capacity on power-carrying pins. The power-carrying pins are implemented using an alloy that can sustain current levels in excess of those specified in the M.2 standard while remaining within M.2 standard specified temperature limits. Sockets and corresponding cards in embodiments are modified so that a card requiring the higher current capacity cannot fit into a legacy M.2 standard socket, while a legacy M.2 card can fit into a modified high current M.2 socket. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.