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.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of cooperating with a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system. A cloud cell is configured with a plurality of base stations that cooperate with each other for a mobile station and synchronizes user contexts for serving the mobile station among the plurality of base stations included in the cloud cell, and the plurality of base stations cooperate with each other to provide a communication service to the mobile station. The present disclosure reduces generation of a handover when the mobile station moves between base stations, and increases the data yield of the mobile station by transmitting and receiving data in cooperation with base stations in a cloud cell at a shaded area or a cell border.

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: A method for performing a network entry procedure by a Mobile Station (MS) in a cloud cell communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether there is an arbitrary cloud cell member candidate Base Station (BS) as a cloud cell member candidate BS which has transmitted a downlink synchronization signal with a signal strength, if there is the arbitrary cloud cell member candidate BS, determining the arbitrary cloud cell member candidate BS as a final cloud cell member candidate BS which will perform a cooperative communication with the master BS, transmitting an access request message including information on the final cloud cell member candidate BS to the master BS, and receiving an access response message including information on a cloud cell member BS from the master BS.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE) using a first local oscillator (LO) frequency value, where the plurality of parameter values includes indications of a downlink frequency channel and an uplink frequency channel. The method further includes determining a second LO frequency value at the UE, where the second LO frequency value is determined using the indications of downlink and uplink frequency channels. The method further includes receiving downlink signals from an associated base station using the second LO frequency value.

Abstract: An apparatus for an idle mode terminal is configured to perform a method for operating the idle mode terminal in a Machine to Machine (M2M) communication system. A paging message is received from the base station during a paging listening interval. The Apparatus determines whether an indicator indicating receipt of multicast group data is included in the paging message. When the indicator indicating the receiving of multicast group data is included, data transmitted via a downlink resource that uses an identifier mask of a multicast group to which a terminal belongs is received. Thereafter, a paging non-listening interval is entered.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a beamforming gain in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining whether to control a beamforming gain, controlling the beamforming gain via change of a beam width if it is determined to control the beamforming gain, and transmitting or receiving a signal according to the controlled beamforming gain.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE) using a first local oscillator (LO) frequency value, where the plurality of parameter values includes indications of a downlink frequency channel and an uplink frequency channel. The method further includes determining a second LO frequency value at the UE, where the second LO frequency value is determined using the indications of downlink and uplink frequency channels. The method further includes receiving downlink signals from an associated base station using the second LO frequency value.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of cooperating with a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system. A cloud cell is configured with a plurality of base stations that cooperate with each other for a mobile station and synchronizes user contexts for serving the mobile station among the plurality of base stations included in the cloud cell, and the plurality of base stations cooperate with each other to provide a communication service to the mobile station. The present disclosure reduces generation of a handover when the mobile station moves between base stations, and increases the data yield of the mobile station by transmitting and receiving data in cooperation with base stations in a cloud cell at a shaded area or a cell border.