Abstract: Technology is disclosed for an optical receiver. The optical receiver may include an optical and digital signal processing (ODSP) device. The ODSP device may include a photodiode operable to convert an optical signal to an electrical signal; a digital signal processor operable to generate a digital signal based on the electrical signal; a quantization component operable to generate a quantized output signal based on the digital signal; and a processing device. The processing device may be operable to measure one or more signal statistics of the digital signal; and identify one or more quantization thresholds, wherein the one or more quantization thresholds are computed based on the one or more signal statistics.

Abstract: An access point (AP) may include a transceiver and a processing device. The transceiver may be operable to communicate with at least a second AP and at least a first station (STA). The processing device may be operable to transmit a null data packet announcement and a joint null data packet from the AP and the second AP. The processing device may also be operable to request a sounding feedback from the first STA. The processing device may further be operable to obtain a channel estimation feedback from the second AP. The processing device may also be operable to perform a precoder calculation using the sounding feedback and the channel estimation feedback. The processing device may further be operable to provide the precoder calculation to the second AP.

Abstract: An access point may include a transceiver and a processing device. The transceiver may be operable to communicate with at least on station. The processing device may be operable to determine distributed resource units for the station to use for transmissions with the access point. The processing device may also be operable to estimate a channel between the access point and the at least one station. The processing device may further be operable to determine beamforming coefficients based on the estimated channel. The processing device may also be operable to transmit the beamforming coefficients and an uplink data frame to the at least one station. The processing device may further be operable to obtain a beamforming-triggered distributed resource unit transmission from the at least one station.

Abstract: A receiver circuit is disclosed and is configured to receive an optical signal. The receiver circuit includes a receiving circuit configured to receive the optical signal and convert the optical signal from a duobinary signal format into a binary signal based on a plurality of decision thresholds. The receiver circuit also includes a clock data recovery circuit configured to sample the binary signal per data period at a first time instant based on a predetermined clock data recovery technique, and sample the binary signal per data period at a second time instant offset from the first instant, as well as determine an intermediate sample based on an offset for decoding a transmitted bit sequence according to soft information based on the samples.

Abstract: An active cable node circuit associated with a hybrid fiber coax network is disclosed. The active cable node circuit comprises an uplink transceiver circuit configured to couple to an aggregation node circuit over a first coax cable link comprising coaxial cables and receive a set of downstream data signals from the aggregation node circuit. In some embodiments, the active cable node circuit further comprises one or more access transceiver circuits configured to provide the set of downstream data signals received at the uplink transceiver circuit or a processed version thereof, to one or more access circuits. In some embodiments, each of the one or more access transceiver circuits is configured to couple to the uplink transceiver circuit at a first end, and couple to a set of access circuits of the one or more access circuits at a second, different end, over a second coax cable link.

Abstract: A station (STA) may include a processing device. The processing device may select, at a STA for transmission to an access point (AP), a long training field (LTF) mode in which the LTF mode is 4×LTF. The processing device may select, at the STA for the transmission to the AP, a first guard interval having a value of less than 3.2 ?s in which the first guard interval is used for one or more of training symbols or data symbols. The STA may include a transceiver. The transceiver may transmit, from the STA to the AP, the transmission using the LTF mode and the first guard interval. The transceiver may transmit, from the STA to the AP, the transmission using one or more distributed resource units (DRUs).

Abstract: An access point (AP) for wireless communication may include data processing hardware; and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations including: identifying, at the AP, one or more transmitting stations having one or more spatial streams; sending, from the AP to the one or more transmitting stations, a sounding request; performing, at the AP, multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) channel estimation based on the sounding request response; computing, at the AP, one or more precoder coefficients for the one or more transmitting stations based on the MU-MIMO channel estimation; and sending, from the AP to the one or more transmitting stations, the one or more precoder coefficients and a transmission trigger.

Abstract: An access point (AP) may include a processing device. The processing device may identify, at the AP, a first portion of a wireless local area network (WLAN) frame and a second portion of a WLAN frame, in which the first portion of the WLAN frame may include a first set of one or more codewords having a first protection level and the second portion of the WLAN frame may include a second set of one or more codewords having a second protection level. The processing device may select, at the AP, a first forward error correction (FEC) setting for the first portion of the WLAN frame to facilitate the first protection level, and select, at the AP, a second FEC setting for the second portion of the WLAN frame to facilitate the second protection level.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed for an optical receiver. The optical receiver may include an optical and digital signal processing (ODSP) device. The ODSP device may include a photodiode operable to convert an optical signal to an electrical signal; a digital signal processor operable to generate a digital signal based on the electrical signal; a quantization component operable to generate a quantized output signal based on the digital signal; and a processing device. The processing device may be operable to measure one or more signal statistics of the digital signal; and identify one or more quantization thresholds, wherein the one or more quantization thresholds are computed based on the one or more signal statistics.

Abstract: A node circuit associated with a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is disclosed. The node circuit includes an optimizer circuit configured to process a plurality of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values associated with a plurality of subcarriers, respectively, associated with a set of cable modem (CM) circuits coupled to the node circuit. In some embodiments, at least one subcarrier is allocated to the set of CM circuits for communication with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the optimizer circuit is further configured to determine an optimal transmit power of the node circuit, based on the plurality of SNR values and a transmitter distortion of a transmitter circuit associated with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the transmitter distortion defines a transmitter distortion associated with the transmitter circuit in terms of a total transmit power of the node circuit.

Abstract: A receiver circuit is disclosed and is configured to receive an optical signal. The receiver circuit includes a receiving circuit configured to receive the optical signal and convert the optical signal from a duobinary signal format into a binary signal based on a plurality of decision thresholds. The receiver circuit also includes a clock data recovery circuit configured to sample the binary signal per data period at a first time instant based on a predetermined clock data recovery technique, and sample the binary signal per data period at a second time instant offset from the first instant, as well as determine an intermediate sample based on an offset for decoding a transmitted bit sequence according to soft information based on the samples.

Abstract: A multi-carrier transmitter apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer encoder, a shell mapper and an inner encoder. The outer encoder is configured to receive a signal, perform error correction using an outer code on the received signal and generate an outer encoder signal. The shell mapper is configured to perform constellation shaping on a subset of bits from the outer encoder signal and generate one or more constellation shaping bits. The inner encoder is configured to perform inner error correction/encoding using an inner code on a second subset of bits from the outer encoder signal and generate an inner correction signal.

Abstract: An active cable node circuit associated with a hybrid fiber coax network is disclosed. The active cable node circuit comprises an uplink transceiver circuit configured to couple to an aggregation node circuit over a first coax cable link comprising coaxial cables and receive a set of downstream data signals from the aggregation node circuit. In some embodiments, the active cable node circuit further comprises one or more access transceiver circuits configured to provide the set of downstream data signals received at the uplink transceiver circuit or a processed version thereof, to one or more access circuits. In some embodiments, each of the one or more access transceiver circuits is configured to couple to the uplink transceiver circuit at a first end, and couple to a set of access circuits of the one or more access circuits at a second, different end, over a second coax cable link.

Abstract: An access point (AP) for wireless communication may include data processing hardware; and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations including: identifying, at the AP, one or more transmitting stations having one or more spatial streams; sending, from the AP to the one or more transmitting stations, a sounding request; performing, at the AP, multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) channel estimation based on the sounding request response; computing, at the AP, one or more precoder coefficients for the one or more transmitting stations based on the MU-MIMO channel estimation; and sending, from the AP to the one or more transmitting stations, the one or more precoder coefficients and a transmission trigger.

Abstract: An access point (AP) may include a processing device. The processing device may send, from the AP to a first-generation station (STA), a first generation beacon in a first duration in a first subset of a first frequency segment. The processing device may send, from the AP to a second-generation STA, a second generation beacon in the first duration in a second subset of a second frequency segment. The processing device may receive, at the AP from the first-generation (STA), a first single user packet in a second duration in the first frequency segment. The processing device may receive, at the AP from the second-generation STA, a second single user packet in a third duration in the second frequency segment.

Abstract: An apparatus for a wired communication link is provided. The apparatus includes transmit circuitry for transmitting downstream data over the wired communication link during a frame for full duplex data transmission. The frame comprises a first subframe and a second subframe for downstream data transmission. The first subframe coincides in time with a third subframe of the frame for upstream data transmission, wherein the second subframe coincides in time with a fourth subframe of the frame for upstream data transmission. The first subframe and the fourth subframe are priority subframes. The second subframe and the third subframe are non-priority subframes. Each of the first subframe and the fourth subframes comprises a respective discontinuous operation interval.

Abstract: A node circuit associated with a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is disclosed. The node circuit includes an optimizer circuit configured to process a plurality of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values associated with a plurality of subcarriers, respectively, associated with a set of cable modem (CM) circuits coupled to the node circuit. In some embodiments, at least one subcarrier is allocated to the set of CM circuits for communication with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the optimizer circuit is further configured to determine an optimal transmit power of the node circuit, based on the plurality of SNR values and a transmitter distortion of a transmitter circuit associated with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the transmitter distortion defines a transmitter distortion associated with the transmitter circuit in terms of a total transmit power of the node circuit.

Abstract: An access point (AP) may include a processing device. The processing device may determine, at the AP, one or more unequal modulation settings. The processing device may identify, at the AP, a forward error correction (FEC) code rate for a plurality of spatial streams based on the one or more unequal modulation settings. The processing device may compute, at the AP, one or more constellation sizes for the plurality of spatial streams for transmission to a station (STA) based on the one or more unequal modulation settings.

Abstract: An access point (AP) may include a processing device. The processing device may identify, at the AP, one or more measurement inputs from one or more of a sounding packet or a data packet. The processing device may identify, at the AP, one or more link settings. The processing device may compute, at the AP, one or more predicted performance parameters based on the one or more measurement inputs and the one or more link settings.

Abstract: Various examples relate to a concept for generating and using a preamble for transmissions in a point-to-multipoint network, such as a Passive Optical Network (PON). A preamble generation apparatus for generating a preamble for a communication over an optical network comprises circuitry that is configured to generate a first subsection of the preamble, the first subsection of the preamble comprising a repetitive signal pattern. The preamble generation apparatus is configured to generate a second subsection of the preamble subsequent to the first subsection, the second subsection comprising a pseudorandom signal sequence.