Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless device includes a controller configured to generate an extended range request-to-send (ER-RTS) packet and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the ER-RTS packet to a second wireless device to reserve a transmission channel.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for identifying and creating a database of isomers and isobars of molecules including the steps of performing isomer or isobar separation on molecules to obtain separate isomeric or isobaric molecules, measuring mass-to-charge ratios (m/z) to obtain IR fingerprints of the separate isomeric or isobaric molecules, and storing first data on the mass-to-charge ratios (m/z) and/or the IR fingerprints of the separate isomeric or isobaric molecules to a database.

Abstract: A method and system for generating an extended range (ER) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) is disclosed. The PPDU has a legacy portion of the ER PPDU which comprises one or more of a legacy short training field (L-STF), a legacy long training field (L-LTF), and a universal signaling (U-SIG) field and an ER portion of the ER PPDU which is appended to the legacy portion. The ER portion comprises one or more repetitions of a ER short training field (ER-STF), a ER long training field (ER-LTF), a ER-signal (ER-SIG) field, and a ER data field. In an example, signals indicative of the one or more repetitions for a same field are combined by a receiver to increase a signal to noise ratio of a field.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller in a network obtains information associated with one or more nodes connected to a particular node in the network. The controller sends a Manufacturer Usage Description request for the particular node that includes the information associated with the one or more nodes connected to the particular node. The controller receives, in response to sending the Manufacturer Usage Description request, operational parameter values for the particular node. The controller configures the particular node using the operational parameter values.

Abstract: In one embodiment, methods for monitoring network traffic are described. The method may include receiving network traffic that is flowing through the network. The method further includes generating one or more packets that include metadata representing a monitored characteristic of the network traffic. Additionally, the method may include generating, at least partly by a secure hardware chip of the network device and using a private key, a signature indicating the metadata was generated at the network device and a time at which the metadata was generated at the network device. The method may further include populating the one or more packets with the signature. Additionally, the method may include sending the one or more packets to a collection system associated with a network monitoring system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller in a network obtains information associated with one or more nodes connected to a particular node in the network. The controller sends a Manufacturer Usage Description request for the particular node that includes the information associated with the one or more nodes connected to the particular node. The controller receives, in response to sending the Manufacturer Usage Description request, operational parameter values for the particular node. The controller configures the particular node using the operational parameter values.