Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enhancing a device provisioning protocol (DPP) to support multiple configurators. In one aspect, a first configurator device can export a configurator key package. In one aspect, the configurator key package may be used for backup and restore of the configurator keys. The configurator key package may include a configurator private signing key and, optionally, a configurator public verification key. A second configurator device may obtain the configurator key package and also may obtain decryption information which can be used to decrypt the configurator key package. Thus, in another aspect, both the first configurator device and the second configurator device can use the same configurator keys with the device provisioning protocol to configure enrollees to a network.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enhancing a device provisioning protocol (DPP) with assisted bootstrapping. In one aspect, a configurator device can provision an enrollee device for a network with the assistance of an intermediary device. The intermediary device may obtain enrollee bootstrapping data associated with the enrollee device and send the enrollee bootstrapping data to the configurator device. The configurator device may use the enrollee bootstrapping data in an authentication process between the configurator device and the enrollee device. Following the authentication, the enrollee device may be configured by the configurator device such that the enrollee device may access a network.

Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for managing resource consumption by a processor of a wireless access point. The processor may monitor associations and dissociations of one or more client devices with the access point, and may monitor a network load of the access point. The processor may determine whether the network load is below a load threshold, and may determine radio capabilities of one or more client devices associated with the access point. The processor may select a radio of the access point based on the determined radio capabilities of one or more client devices associated with the access point, and may place the selected radio of the access point in a low-power mode.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for load balancing network traffic in a wireless network. In one aspect, an access point may determine a plurality of client devices that are associated with an overloaded channel of the wireless network. The access point may identify a first client device of the plurality of client devices based, at least in part, on an airtime consumed on the overloaded channel. The access point may determine one or more alternate paths between the access point and the first client device. The access point may forecast airtime to be used by the first client device on channels of the one or more alternate paths, and steer wireless network traffic of the first client device to a first alternate path of the one or more alternate paths based, at least in part, on the forecasted airtime.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for mitigating an Internet of things (IoT) worm. In one aspect, a processor of a router device may randomly select a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The processor may expose one or more emulated services at the plurality of randomly selected IP addresses. The processor may determine whether IoT worm communication activity is detected at one of the randomly selected IP addresses. The processor may grant to, or otherwise enable, an IoT worm access to one of the emulated services in response to detecting IoT worm communication activity at one of the selected IP addresses.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for configuring an access mode of a femtocell. The method includes determining whether a target channel is being used by a macrocell. The method includes, in response to the target channel being used by the macrocell, configuring the access mode to a closed access mode. The method includes in response to the target channel not being used by the macrocell, configuring the access mode to an open or hybrid access mode.

Abstract: Wireless communication in a heterogeneous network may be facilitated by establishing connections with femto nodes based on page notifications from macro nodes to user equipment (UE). A UE in idle mode may monitor paging resources provided by a macro node, discover presence of a femto node based on signals received from the femto node, and establish a communicative connection with the femto node based on a page notification received from the macro node over the paging resources.

Abstract: Disclosed are system and method for classifying location of a mobile device in a femtocell. In an aspect, the system and method are configured to receive, by a femtocell, location measurement information and performance measurement reports from a mobile device; classify location of the mobile device as indoors or outdoors based on the received location measurement information; and adjust a coverage area, transmit power, and/or radio frequency (RF) channel/band of the femtocell based on the location classification of the mobile device and performance measurements reports.

Abstract: A multi-mode access point supports different radio access technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi and cellular) for serving multi-mode access terminals. To provide improved service for such an access terminal, the access point may redirect the access terminal from a first type of radio access technology to a second type of radio access technology under certain circumstances. A decision to invoke such a redirection may be based on, for example, at least one of: traffic conditions on the first type of radio access technology, traffic conditions on the second type of radio access technology, and whether a backhaul for the access point is currently a bottleneck for access point communication.

Abstract: Range tuning for open access small cells may be achieved, for example, by determining a likelihood of handoff for a mobile device around a small cell coverage area, and adjusting a range of the small cell coverage area by controlling a transmit power level of the small cell based on the likelihood of handoff.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for precursory client configuration for network access. A configurator station (STA) may receive, from a key management device, an identity key of a client STA and may receive, from the client STA, a network configuration probe that includes a first cryptographic value based at least in part on the identity key and a request for network access. The configurator STA may apply a cryptographic function to the identity key to generate a second cryptographic value. The configurator STA may configure the client STA to access a network based at least in part on a match between the first cryptographic value and the second cryptographic value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Methods, systems, and devices provide for determining or identifying a client device that is monopolizing a channel associated with a first basic service set (BSS). Once identified, a second BSS is dynamically created and configured with parameters that are throttled with respect to the first BSS. The client device is steered to the second BSS and is prevented from reassociating with the first BSS until a change in device status.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for establishing a connection including reserving a common connection for use by more than one access terminal (AT); associating the common connection with a network identifier corresponding to the AT; deleting a network identifier-related context while maintaining the network identifier; and transmitting a message, based on a call to the AT, via the common connection and based on the network identifier, wherein a specific connection for carrying the call is based on a response to the message. In one example, the apparatus and method include conducting a registration session with a wireless communications network; obtaining a network identifier corresponding to the AT based on the registration session; deleting a network identifier-related context for the AT while maintaining the network identifier; receiving a message indicating a call destined for the AT; and establishing, based on the message, a specific connection for carrying the call.

Abstract: A user device can be configured for network access, such as for guest network access. In one example, a first device receives an indication of a transaction that uses the first device. The first device communicates a request for network access to an access point of the network in response to receiving the indication of the transaction. The first device then receives a first key from the access point. The first device provides the first key to the user device. The user device is to use the first key to obtain the network access to the network.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for configuring a wireless station for use within a wireless local area network are disclosed. In at least one exemplary embodiment, a pairwise master key is generated by the wireless station and an access point within the wireless local area network. The pairwise master key may be based, at least in part, on a transient identity key pair of the wireless station. The transient identity key pair may be generated by the wireless station in response to receiving a message from the access point. In some embodiments, a public transient identity key of the transient identity key pair may be provided to additional access points to enable the wireless station to authenticate with the additional access points.

Abstract: A method, device, and system for managing wireless communications between a transmitting device and a receiving device including adjusting a size of a frame to be transmitted in response to determining that a potential degradation in reception of information within the frame to be transmitted due to relative motions of the transmitting device and the receiving device is likely to cause packet error rates of sub-frames within the frame to be transmitted to exceed a first packet error rate threshold value.

Abstract: Described herein are implementations for using a remote control device to control a target device on a network. An exemplary remote control device may generate a data packet comprising a command for controlling the target device and a network address associated with the target device. The remote control device may establish a connection to an infrastructure device on the network, and transmit the data packet to the infrastructure device. The infrastructure device may multicast the data packet to a plurality of IoT devices on the network. An IoT device, of the plurality of IoT devices, may execute the command based on determining, using the network address, that the IoT device is the target device.

Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate congestion control in a wireless communication system. As described herein, an access network and associated terminals can utilize a token bucket access control mechanism, through which respective terminals can be allotted access tokens and/or other units for access to the access network. For example, upon requesting access to a given network, a user of the network can determine whether sufficient access tokens have been accumulated, based on which the request can be selectively allowed or denied. As further described herein, multiple token bucket mechanisms can be utilized, which can correspond to respective packet flows or the like. Additionally, token bucket access control can be implemented as described herein in cooperation with conventional access persistence functionality. Further aspects described herein facilitate the adjustment of token bucket parameters for network access control based on network loading.

Abstract: Seamless path switching is made possible in a multi-hop network based upon stream marker packets and additional path distinguishing operations. A device receiving out-of-order packets on the same ingress interface is capable of determining a proper order for the incoming packets having different upstream paths. Packets may be reordered at a relay device or a destination device based upon where a path update is initiated. Reordering packets from the various upstream paths may be dependent upon a type of service associated with the packet.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for load balancing network traffic in a wireless network. In one aspect, an access point may determine a plurality of client devices that are associated with an overloaded channel of the wireless network. The access point may identify a first client device of the plurality of client devices based, at least in part, on an airtime consumed on the overloaded channel. The access point may determine one or more alternate paths between the access point and the first client device. The access point may forecast airtime to be used by the first client device on channels of the one or more alternate paths, and steer wireless network traffic of the first client device to a first alternate path of the one or more alternate paths based, at least in part, on the forecasted airtime.