Abstract: A method for receiving, by an ambient power (AMP) device that harvests environmental energy, an identification (ID) request frame from a powered wireless device. The ID request frame includes one or more frame-exchange parameters and an authentication and key management (AKM) method. The method includes retrieving, from memory, a secret that is shared with the powered wireless device, determining, using the secret, one or more first AKM parameters, and transmitting, to the powered wireless device, by the AMP device, an ID response frame including an ID of the AMP device, at least one of the one or more frame-exchange parameters and the one or more AKM parameters with which the powered wireless device is to be mutually authenticated with the AMP device and to generate an encryption key to initiate an encrypted wireless communication session.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices manage associations between wireless devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of wireless devices communicatively coupled to an access point and generating, using one or more processing elements, a plurality of groups of wireless devices based, at least in part, on a plurality of device classification parameters associated with the plurality of wireless devices. Methods further include generating, using the one or more processing elements, a plurality of containers for the plurality of groups of wireless devices based on network configuration information, and implementing, using the one or more processing elements, the plurality of containers in the access point, wherein each of the plurality of groups of wireless devices has at least one associated container.

Abstract: Methods and systems for predictively mitigating against radio interference. The disclosed method includes, among other things, obtaining a plurality of current channel metrics, predicting, based on the plurality of current channel metrics, a plurality of future channel metrics associated with the frequency band, and determining, based on the plurality of future channel metrics associated with the frequency band, a plurality of channel quality scores associated with the frequency band.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for co-existence in a co-located device including a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio and a wireless personal area network (WPAN) radio. Generally, the method includes using a WPAN side of the co-located device, notifying a WLAN side of latency sensitive traffic (LST) for the WPAN radio. The WLAN side then identifies a number of punctured sub-channels in a plurality of channels used in a basic service set (BSS) to communicate with the WLAN radio, and instructs the WPAN side over which of the number of punctured sub-channels to transmit using the WPAN radio. The WPAN radio then transmits the LST over the number of punctured sub-channels to eliminate interference between the WPAN radio and concurrent communications with the WLAN radio in the BSS.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for co-existence in a wireless device including a co-located wireless local area network (WLAN) radio and a wireless personal area network (WPAN) radio. Generally, the method includes identifying a number of punctured sub-channels in channels used in a WLAN to communicate with the WLAN radio, and instructing the WPAN radio over which of the sub-channels to transmit and receive to reduce interference between the WPAN radio and communications between the WLAN radio and access point or station in the WLAN. The WLAN radio can be a Wi-Fi radio using an IEEE 802.11 protocol supporting preamble puncturing using a Punctured Sub-channel Bitmap in a physical layer protocol data unit, and the WPAN radio can be an unlicensed, short-range Bluetooth, Bluetooth low-energy, narrow-band or ultra-wideband radio. The WLAN radio can learn the punctured sub-channels from an access point, or request the sub-channels be punctured.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices provide improved coexistence of collocated transceivers. Methods include identifying, using one or more processing elements, wireless activity associated with a first transceiver, the first transceiver being collocated with a second transceiver, and generating, using the one or more processing elements, a puncture pattern for the first transceiver based, at least in part, on the identified wireless activity, the puncture pattern identifying an unused plurality of sub-channels of the first transceiver. Methods also include generating, using the one or more processing elements, a hopping pattern for the second transceiver based, at least in part, on the puncture pattern, the hopping pattern identifying a sequence of sub-channels used by the second transceiver for wireless activity, and the hopping pattern including at least some of the plurality of sub-channels identified by the puncture pattern.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communication and sensing systems. The disclosed method includes, among other things, responsive to receiving a plurality of channel frequency response (CFR) measurements from an antenna operating at a low-bandwidth range, generating a channel state information (CSI) across a high-bandwidth range based on the plurality of CFR measurements and determining, based on the CSI, a Doppler shift across the high-bandwidth range.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a front end and a processor coupled to the front end. The processor is to initiate, via the front end, association of the wireless device with an anchor wireless device to communicate with the anchor wireless device. The processor is further to cause the front end to transmit, to the anchor wireless device, management frames including a plurality of bits that specify physical layer (PHY) capabilities. The plurality of bits includes a particular bit that indicates whether the wireless device is an Internet-of-things (IoT) device.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein determine, by a processing device executing on a requesting station, a target wake time (TWT) buffer size, wherein the TWT buffer size indicates a buffer size to allocate at a responding station when the requesting station is in a sleep mode. The systems and methods insert, by the requesting station, a TWT buffer size request into a request message, wherein the TWT buffer size request comprises the TWT buffer size. In turn, the systems and methods transmit the request message from the requesting station to the responding station.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an approach that captures one or more wireless signals in a geographic area. Each one of the one or more wireless signals includes channel state information (CSI) data. The present disclosure produces a channel state information (CSI) representation based on the CSI data that indicates multiple channel responses corresponding to the one or more wireless signals. The present disclosure filters the CSI representation to remove at least one of the channel responses that correspond to a stationary object within the geographic area to produce a filtered CSI representation. The present disclosure predicts a presence of a moving object within the geographic area based on the filtered CSI representation.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices manage associations between wireless devices. Methods include identifying a plurality of wireless devices communicatively coupled to an access point and generating, using one or more processing elements, a plurality of groups of wireless devices based, at least in part, on a plurality of device classification parameters associated with the plurality of wireless devices. Methods further include generating, using the one or more processing elements, a plurality of containers for the plurality of groups of wireless devices based on network configuration information, and implementing, using the one or more processing elements, the plurality of containers in 10 the access point, wherein each of the plurality of groups of wireless devices has at least one associated container.

Abstract: A system includes an array of antennas that are controllable to generate a directed beam of radio frequency (RF) radiation and an anchor wireless device coupled to the array of antennas. The anchor wireless device transmits, via the array of antennas, a first wireless signal as a first directed beam at a first azimuth towards first identification (ID) tags. The first ID tags are ambient power (AMP) devices that harvests environmental energy. The first wireless signal includes a data packet requesting information. The anchor wireless device further receives, via the array of antennas, second wireless signals from the ID tags, each second wireless signal including a second data packet responding with the requested information for a corresponding ID tag of the ID tags.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by an anchor wireless device over a first radio frequency (RF) band, a first wireless signal to a client wireless device. The client wireless device is an ambient power (AMP) device that harvests environmental energy. The first wireless signal includes a data packet requesting information from the client wireless device. The method further includes receiving, by the anchor wireless device over a second RF band, a second wireless signal from the client wireless device. The second wireless signal includes a data packet responding with the requested information.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by an anchor wireless device, a beacon frame signal to client wireless devices, which are ambient power (AMP) devices. The beacon frame signal advertises at least a first service period during which at least a subset of the client wireless devices are to transmit. The method includes transmitting, by the anchor wireless device, during the first service period, a first wireless signal including a data packet with a command frame to activate the subset of the client wireless devices into a transmission mode. The method includes receiving, from the subset of the client wireless devices in response to detecting the command frame, second wireless signals each including a response data packet. The second wireless signals are received according to a pre-programmed schedule that deconflict transmissions by the subset of the client wireless devices.

Abstract: A method can include transmitting a request with a request integrity code (IC), receiving a first message at a time t2, executing a validation operation on the first measurement message that includes an operation on at least a portion of the first measurement message with a key. In response to the first measurement message being determined invalid, indicating time t2 as invalid. A second measurement message can be transmitted at a time t3. A third measurement message can be received that includes two remote time values t1 and t4. In response to times t1 to t4 being determined to be valid, a first distance value can be calculated with the times t1 to t4. First and second messages can include ICs generated by executing the operation on the corresponding messages with the key. Corresponding devices and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enhance data throughput in wireless devices. Methods may include determining, using a processing device comprising processing elements, a plurality of wireless parameters representing wireless data features on a wireless communications channel, and determining, using the processing device, a plurality of interference parameters based, at least in part, on the plurality of wireless parameters, the plurality of interference parameters identifying interference events on the wireless communications channel. The methods may also include generating one or more data transmission pattern modifications based, at least in part, on the plurality of interference parameters.

Abstract: Techniques for securely commissioning wireless internet-of-things (IoT) devices using estimates of the distance to the device to be commissioned. An example method, in a first device comprising a Wi-Fi station (STA), comprises the step of initiating or responding to initiation of a commissioning or provisioning procedure with a second device comprising a Wi-Fi STA, using Wi-Fi signaling, and determining an estimated distance or estimated round-trip travel time between the first and second devices, using timing information obtained from one or more messages exchanged between the first and second devices using Wi-Fi signaling. The example method further comprises determining whether to abort or continue with the commissioning or provisioning procedure, based on the estimated distance or estimated round-trip travel time.

Abstract: A system or method for emulating wireless channels, including a multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) channel, for evaluation of a wireless system is provided. To emulate the wireless channel, a series of in-field measurements of the wireless signal may be obtained and used to configure one or more communication devices for the signal evaluation. A virtual circular antenna may be controlled to obtain a first set of measurements based on a first trigger signal and a second set of measurements based on a second trigger signal delayed from the first trigger signal. The second set of measurements of the wireless signal, in addition to the first set of measurements, may approximate or may be an equivalent of the MIMO channel. The obtained or derived characteristics of the in-field wireless signal may be used to emulate a channel in a laboratory setting to evaluate one or more aspects of a wireless communication system.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for scheduling and indicating scheduling information in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A station (STA) includes a transceiver configured to receive a header for a protocol data unit and a controller configured to identify common information for a plurality of STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN from a common field in the header and to identify user-specific information for the STA from a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. An access point (AP) includes a controller configured to include common information for a plurality STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN in a common field in a header of a protocol data unit, and to include user-specific information for the STAs in a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. The AP also includes a transceiver configured to transmit the protocol data unit including the header.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for scheduling and indicating scheduling information in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A station (STA) includes a transceiver configured to receive a header for a protocol data unit and a controller configured to identify common information for a plurality of STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN from a common field in the header and to identify user-specific information for the STA from a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. An access point (AP) includes a controller configured to include common information for a plurality STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN in a common field in a header of a protocol data unit, and to include user-specific information for the STAs in a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. The AP also includes a transceiver configured to transmit the protocol data unit including the header.