Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications, and more particularly to a user node and a network node both so configured as to improve reliability of wake-up signaling and to enhance power consumption of the user node, as well as to corresponding methods for operating the user and network nodes. According to the present disclosure, a sequence of at least two wake-up signal instances is generated and transmitted through a burst transmission from the network node to the user node to cause the user node to wake up when there is payload data to be received from the network node.

Abstract: A networking device for managing access of an access point and associated devices in a wireless network receives performance parameters from the access point and the associated devices; calculates from the performance parameters a fairness indicator indicative for the difference between medium access obtained for downstream and upstream frames; and changes medium access parameters of the associated devices and the access point based on the fairness indicator.

Abstract: A control method includes obtaining from each access point of a plurality of access points at least one traffic parameter, the at least one traffic parameter being representative for a traffic load of the respective access point; identifying from the plurality of access points a target access point having a highest traffic load, based on said obtained at least one traffic parameter; defining for each access point of the plurality of access points a corresponding interference threshold; setting a transmit power of the target access point to a target transmit power and assigning to the target access point a target communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels, such that an interference at any one access point of the plurality of access points is lower than the corresponding interference threshold of the any one access point.

Abstract: A control method includes obtaining from each access point of a plurality of access points at least one traffic parameter, the at least one traffic parameter being representative for a traffic load of the respective access point; identifying from the plurality of access points a target access point having a highest traffic load, based on said obtained at least one traffic parameter; defining for each access point of the plurality of access points a corresponding interference threshold; setting a transmit power of the target access point to a target transmit power and assigning to the target access point a target communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels, such that an interference at any one access point of the plurality of access points is lower than the corresponding interference threshold of the any one access point.

Abstract: A method for controlling access to a contention-based access network by non-priority stations and by priority stations associated with an upper bound delay for accessing the access network, the method includes receiving a counter indicating a count of all stations associated with the access network; and based on the received counter, at least one of a count of non-priority stations connected to the access network and a count of priority stations connected to the access network, setting at least one channel access parameter differently for the priority stations than for the non-priority stations.