Abstract: A wireless communication is proposed that utilizes a large available bandwidth (e.g., 10-100,000 MHz) and employs a combination of frequency shifting (from an input RF signal to an IF signal) and frequency hopping from one IF frequency value to another within the available bandwidth. The combination of frequency shifting and frequency hopping adds a level of noise mitigation moving the transmission frequency as a function of time (and avoiding frequencies known to be subject to noise). By its nature, the addition of frequency hopping frustrates the ability of outsiders to access transmissions. A map of frequencies to be used may be delivered to both the transmitter and receiver via a separate command/control signal path. Alternatively, a transmitter may develop the map and forward it to the receiver. The frequency hopping sequence is preferably a randomly-generated sequence that uses the entire available bandwidth.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for employing an embedded software defined radio (SDR) in a navigation system. A navigation system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to acquire and track received GPS signals. The system also includes an SDR configured to process received communication signals. The communication signals include timing data. The SDR is further configured to calculate position and navigation data based on a combination of the processed communication signals and the tracked GPS signals provided by the GPS receiver. The system further includes a system timer configured to provide a common time base for use by the GPS receiver and the SDR. The navigation system is implemented in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

Abstract: A Bluetooth transmitter, a Bluetooth device, and a transmitter are provided. After being received by the transmitter, a transmission bitstream is modulated to generate a first-path modulated signal and a second-path modulated signal, which are up-converted to a first first-path up-converted signal, a second first-path up-converted signal, a first second-path up-converted signal, and a second second-path up-converted signal. The first first-path and the second first-path up-converted signals are corresponding to a first broadcast channel, and the first second-path and the second second-path up-converted signals correspond to a second broadcast channel. A first-path baseband signal is generated based on the first first-path and the second first-path up-converted signals, and a second-path baseband signal is generated based on the first second-path and the second second-path up-converted signals. A broadcast signal is generated based on the first-path and the second-path baseband signals.

Abstract: The present invention suppresses the case where communication performed by a radio communication apparatus of one flight vehicle is negatively influenced in the case where the radio communication apparatus of the one flight vehicle is connected to a radio base station that is experiencing interference due to a radio communication apparatus of another flight vehicle. A distance specification unit specifies, for each airspace, a distance between a first flight vehicle and a second flight vehicle that has a radio communication apparatus and is located in a cell formed by a radio base station that is experiencing interference due to a radio communication apparatus of the first flight vehicle. An instruction unit instructs, in each airspace, the first flight vehicle and the second flight vehicle to maintain the distance specified for the airspace by the distance specification unit when flying.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for physical uplink shared channel transmissions with repetitions on different beams with different configurations.

Abstract: A UWB pulse emitter includes an H-bridge having first and second branches in parallel, a first end common to the branches being connected to a first amplitude control module to regulate a high voltage, a second end common to the branches being connected to a second amplitude control module to regulate a low voltage. A first envelope control module controls the shape of the positive portion of a UWB pulse and a second envelope control module controls the shape of the negative portion of this pulse. Each branch comprises first and second switches for respectively switching the high voltage to a first or second input of the first envelope control module and the low voltage to a first or second output of the second envelope control module. Centre taps of the branches, between which the UWB antenna is connected, connect the outputs and the inputs of the control modules.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for generating multi-phase signals. An apparatus includes 2{circumflex over (?)}n phase signal generation stages. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to provide a mode input of each of the 2{circumflex over (?)}n stages with an active periodic binary signal with remaining inputs of each of the 2{circumflex over (?)}n stages provided with another periodic binary signal to collectively generate a 2{circumflex over (?)}n phase signal in a first mode.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a Multiple Depth Plane (MDP) prediction in predictive coding. The system detects a camera viewpoint change between a current frame and a previous frame, decomposes a reconstructed depth map of the previous frame to a plurality of depth planes, adjusts the plurality of depth planes from a previous camera viewpoint to correspond with a current camera viewpoint, generates an MDP prediction by summing pixel values of the adjusted plurality of depth planes along a plurality of optical axes from the current camera viewpoint, determines an MDP prediction error between the MDP prediction and a depth map of the current frame, quantizes and codes the MDP prediction error, and transmits, to a receiver over a communication network, the camera viewpoint change and the coded quantized MDP prediction error for reconstruction of a depth map of the current frame.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive frequency hopping for reducing or avoiding electromagnetic interference between two radios operating in the same radio frequency (RF) band are provided. In one aspect, a host device, which includes first and second wireless radios and a hardware processor, can use adaptive frequency hopping among a plurality of RF channels to reduce interference. The device can control the first wireless radio to establish a first wireless connection with a terminal device via a first subset of channels, determine a set of performance statistics for the channels, and replace at least one of the first subset of the channels with a new channel within the plurality of channels based on the statistics. For example, a channel can be replaced if a packet error rate (PER) exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.

Abstract: A random phase modulation method depending on a communication distance is provided. In the method, time synchronization is carried out by means of a transmitter and a receiver, a local random signal is generated, and an original signal to be sent is pre-coded according to a transmission delay and the generated local random signal, such that random phase modulation depending on a communication distance is realized, potential security brought about by positions of the transmitter and the receiver is fully utilized, a receiver at an expected distance position can receive a signal with a correct phase, and a receiver at another distance position receives a signal with a scrambled phase, thereby improving the secure communication capability of a wireless communication system in terms of the dimension of space.

Abstract: A communications node operable to communicate with another communications node over a communications channel having a plurality of frequency resources, the communications node includes data defining a division of the communications channel into a plurality of contiguous sub-bands each having N frequency resources, wherein each frequency resource in a sub-band has a corresponding frequency resource in each of the other sub-bands, data defining an initial allocation of the frequency resources, a resource determination module operable to apply a frequency shift to the initially allocated frequency resources in accordance with a frequency hopping sequence to determine frequency resources to use for communicating information with the other communications node, wherein the frequency shift applied moves the initially allocated frequency resources to corresponding frequency resources in another sub-band, a transceiver for communicating information with the other communications node using the determined frequency reso

Abstract: A system includes a first digital-to-time converter (DTC) adapted to receive a first DTC code and a first clock signal. The first DTC provides an output clock signal. The system includes a calibration DTC adapted to receive a calibration DTC code and a second clock signal. The calibration DTC provides a calibration output signal. The system includes a latch comparator which provides outputs indicative of which of the output clock signal and the calibration output signal is received first. The system includes an average computation module which provides an average value of the outputs of the latch comparator. The system includes a digital controller adapted to receive the average value. The digital controller provides the DTC code and the calibration DTC code.

Abstract: Provided is a method for performing transmission of an uplink channel in a wireless communication system, the method being performed by a terminal and comprising the steps of: receiving a system information block 1 (SIB1) from a base station; transmitting a preamble for a random access procedure to the base station; receiving a random access response (RAR) to the preamble from the base station; and transmitting a PUSCH to the base station on the basis of the random access response.

Abstract: A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting a message from a first node device to one or more node devices that are neighbours of the node device, the node devices belonging to an electrical supply network using powerline and radio communications. The first node device detects a disconnection of the electrical energy supply; the first node device checks in a routing table whether it is connected by a radio link to a neighbouring node device, if so, the first node device sends a unicast message by the radio link to the neighbouring node device indicating a disconnection of the electrical energy supply to the first node device, if not, the first node device sends a radio broadcast message indicating that a disconnection of the electrical energy supply is detected by the first node device.

Abstract: A system and method for enhanced channel hopping sequence is described. A pseudo random channel hopping sequence is redistributed using certain system specific parameters for separating adjacent transmission channels within a predetermined number of consecutive transmission channel numbers in the random channel hopping sequence to improve inter-channel interference between adjacent transmission channels.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a reference signal waveform (b, b1-b5) which is defined in accordance with a non-coherent modulation scheme. The method also includes—shaping the reference signal waveform (b, b1-b5) to obtain at least one signal waveform (x˜) associated with one or more subcarriers (K) of a plurality of subcarriers (301-303). The method further includes inputting the at least one signal waveform to at least one corresponding channel (1552) of a multi-channel orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM, modulator (F, 1502, 1503, 1504) and transmitting an OFDM symbol (s) output by the OFDM modulator (F, 1502, 1503, 1504).

Abstract: Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.

Abstract: A radio calibration system includes an FPGA that generates a calibration signal by a pseudo noise generator and mixes the calibration signal with a carrier generated by a carrier generator. The FPGA injects the calibration signal into an analog electronic device which couples the calibration signal into a receiver channel. The receiver channel measures calibration signal power, group delay, and phase, and performs calibration based on these measurements. A reference clock synchronizes the pseudo noise generator, the carrier generator and the receiver channel.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by the terminal device, SRS configuration information from a network device; determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number nSRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity ? of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index ?(nSRS) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS; selecting the antenna port with the index of ?(nSRS) from indexes corresponding to the ? antenna ports; and transmitting the SRS through the antenna port with the index of ?(nSRS) during an nSRSth SRS transmission. nSRS is an integer greater than or equal to 0, ? is a positive integer greater than or equal to 4, and a symbol * indicates a multiplication operation.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE first transmits a first radio signal, and then transmits a second radio signal; wherein the first radio signal includes M1 first radio sub-signal(s), and a first sequence is used for generating the first radio sub-signal; the second radio signal includes M2 second radio sub-signal(s), and a first bit block is used for generating the second radio sub-signal; the M1 is a positive integer, the M2 is a positive integer in a target set, and each element in the target set is a positive integer; and the target set is correlated with at least one of the M1 or the first sequence. The disclosure can save overheads caused by control information and improve spectrum efficiency of uplink transmission.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive frequency hopping for reducing or avoiding electromagnetic interference between two radios operating in the same radio frequency (RF) band are provided. In one aspect, a host device, which includes first and second wireless radios and a hardware processor, can use adaptive frequency hopping among a plurality of RF channels to reduce interference. The device can control the first wireless radio to establish a first wireless connection with a terminal device via a first subset of channels, determine a set of performance statistics for the channels, and replace at least one of the first subset of the channels with a new channel within the plurality of channels based on the statistics. For example, a channel can be replaced if a packet error rate (PER) exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a high entropy (HE) constant-envelope Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) modulated signal with suppressed cyclostationary features is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes a primary GMSK modulator for generating an initial GMSK signal based on a received data stream for transmission. The system includes a sequence of secondary GMSK modulators for generating a sequence secondary GMSK signals based on pseudorandom number sequences based on distinct chip rates. The initial GMSK signal is multiplied by the first secondary GMSK signal to generate an initial composite GMSK signal, which is sequentially multiplied by each subsequent secondary GMSK signal until a final composite GMSK signal is achieved, the final composite GMSK signal being a HE-GMSK constant-envelope signal with suppression of cyclic and cyclostationary features that might otherwise cause detection or interception of the signal.

Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present application are a wireless communication method and apparatus, capable of transmitting multiple SRS types. The method comprises: a terminal apparatus receiving trigger signaling sent by a network apparatus for triggering an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS); the terminal apparatus determining, according to the trigger signaling, an SRS type of the aperiodic SRS; the terminal apparatus determining, according to the determined SRS type, a resource and/or transmission mode for sending the aperiodic SRS; and the terminal apparatus sending to the network apparatus, on the basis of the determined resource and/or determined transmission mode, the aperiodic SRS.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe mechanisms for radio frequency (RF) ranging between pairs of radio units based on radio signals exchanged between units. An exemplary radio system may include a first radio unit, configured to transmit a first radio signal, and a second radio unit configured to receive the first radio signal, adjust a reference clock signal of the second radio unit based on the first radio signal, and transmit a second radio signal generated based on the adjusted reference clock signal. Such a radio system may further include a processing unit for determining a distance between the first and second radio units based on a phase difference between the first radio signal as transmitted by the first radio unit and the second radio signal as received at the first radio unit. Disclosed mechanisms may enable accurate RF ranging using low-cost, low-power radio units.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication device including a wireless transceiver, a Bluetooth (BT) transceiver and a BT controller. The wireless transceiver supports at least one wireless communication standard (e.g., at least one of a series of IEEE 802.11 standards) and executes wireless communication via a wireless channel in a period of time. The BT transceiver executes BT communication via a plurality of BT channels successively in the period of time. The BT controller determines that a central-frequency difference between the wireless channel and a BT channel falls within a frequency interval of N predetermined frequency intervals and thereby controls the BT transceiver to use a set of parameters related to the frequency interval, wherein the set of parameters is one of N predetermined sets of parameters.

Abstract: Provided are a method for transmitting a control instruction, a transmitting device and a receiving device. The method includes the follows. A first control instruction is obtained by a transmitting device. the first control instruction is encapsulated into a first protocol data stream. The first protocol data stream is superimposed, by the transmitting device through a first coupling network, on a second protocol data stream in the form of differential signal generated according to multimedia data to obtain a first signal, and the first signal is transmitted to a receiving device via a cable. The first signal is filtered by the receiving device to obtain a first protocol data stream, and the first protocol data stream is decapsulated to obtain a first signal. By adopting the disclosure, transmitting control instruction via the cable can realize controlling the target device connected to the receiving. The user experience is high.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to radio resource control for D2D communication. In one embodiment, a master UE of the D2D communication may obtain radio resource information of a slave UE before performing radio resource configuration for the D2D communication between the master UE and the slave UE. Based on the radio resource information, the master UE may configure radio resource for the D2D communication. In this way, radio resource configuration may be performed for both the D2D communication and cellular communication without violating the slave UE's radio capability.

Abstract: A method of operating a radio receiver arranged to receive a plurality of data symbols transmitted on one of a predetermined set of frequencies. The method comprises receiving a first set of data symbols at a first transmission frequency. The first set of data symbols comprises a message indicating a first frequency sub-set. A synthesiser is calibrated for the one or more frequencies in the first frequency sub-set. A second set of data symbols transmitted on at least one of said one or more frequencies from the first sub-set is received. It is determined from the second set of data symbols whether a network quality metric exceeds a threshold. The synthesiser is calibrated for one or more frequencies in a second frequency sub-set when the network quality metric exceeds the threshold. The second sub-set comprises frequencies that are not in the first sub-set.

Abstract: A method for calibration, in a serial fronthaul in which a calibration device and L (L is a natural number equal to or greater than 1) access node(s) (AN(s)) are serially connected, may include: transmitting, by the calibration device, to at least part of the L AN(s), a calibration command message indicating calibration of transmission paths; determining, by the calibration device and the at least part of the L AN(s), time delay values and phase characteristic values of the transmission paths of the at least part of the L AN(s); and transmitting, by the calibration device, to the at least part of the L AN(s), a calibration adjustment message indicating calibration of the transmission paths based on the time delay values and the phase characteristic values of the transmission paths of the at least part of the L AN(s).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. More specifically, in a method for transmitting uplink data, the method performed by a UE comprises receiving, from a base station, configuration information on a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); receiving, from the base station, Downlink Control Information (DCI) for transmission of the uplink data; and transmitting, to the base station, the uplink data based on the DCI, wherein the DCI includes an SRS resource for the transmission of the uplink data and information on timing related to an antenna port configured for the SRS resource, and wherein the configuration information includes information on first usage of the SRS resource related to the transmission of the uplink data and information on second usage of the SRS resource related to antenna switching.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a processor that outputs an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal; a splitter that distributes the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal to the antenna elements; and a plurality of quadrature modulators that generate transmission signals of a radio frequency by performing quadrature modulation on the in-phase signals and the quadrature signals. The processor is configured to execute a process including applying a first frequency shift according to a transmission beam direction to a first oscillation signal that is supplied to the quadrature modulators, digitally modulating transmission data to generate the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal, and performing complex multiplication to the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal with a second oscillation signal to which a second frequency shift opposite from the first frequency shift is applied.

Abstract: The present application discloses a verification system and method for an operation result based on a reconfigurable butterfly unit. The system is applicable to a digital signal processing (DSP) chip. The DSP chip includes a reconfigurable butterfly unit. The reconfigurable butterfly unit may be reconfigured into two modes: a first verification mode and a second verification mode. The system includes: a controller, a memory, a verification unit, a first data gating unit, and a second data gating unit. The technical solution in the present application is used to overcome the disadvantage that an existing verification system and an existing verification method consume large hardware resources, thereby reducing the implementation costs of operation result verification.

Abstract: A radio-transmitting device comprises a radio interface operating in a predetermined frequency band, operatively arranged for modulating a carrier having a frequency in the frequency band, while switching the frequency of the carrier among several hopping frequencies in the frequency band, according to a hopping sequence, to obtain a spread-spectrum modulated signal, wherein the spread-spectrum modulated signal includes, in a preamble portion, a plurality of sync words, each combined with at least one instance of a sequential index, the sync words being transmitted at different frequencies, and a data portion following the preamble portion and including a plurality of frequency hops.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe configuration and use of sub-physical resource block allocation for physical uplink shared channel and demodulation reference signals. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system of obtaining and tracking the posture of a subject. Electromagnetic field transceivers may be placed at various locations on the subject, and may be coupled to a processor device, which may be disposed on the back of the subject. The processor device may send waveforms to selected electromagnetic field transceivers located at positions to be tracked. The selected electromagnetic field transceivers may transmit signals corresponding to these waveforms to additional electromagnetic field transceivers located near an origin point. Signals received by these additional electromagnetic field transceivers may be sent to the processor device, which may, based on voltage amplitudes/magnitudes of the received signals, determine the positions and motion trajectories for the electromagnetic field transceivers, which may correspond to positions and motion trajectories of different parts of the subject's body.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) transmits the data in a first cell during a first random access procedure, i.e. early data transmission. The UE detects that transmission of the data in the first cell during the first random access procedure has failed, and prioritizes a second cell based on candidate cell information. After selecting the second cell, the UE transmits a failed part of the data in the second cell during a second random access procedure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to allocate a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for a set of Uplink Control Information (UCI) types corresponding with a first set of frequency resources. The first circuitry may also be operable to allocate a second set of REs for the set of UCI types corresponding with a second set of frequency resources. The second circuitry may be operable to prepare one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions comprising the first set of REs and the second set of REs. A number of REs in the first set of REs may be different than a number of REs in the second set of REs.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waking up a wireless receiving device having a wake-up receiver (WUR) circuit. A series of waveform coded symbols each represent a corresponding data bit from a wake-up frame, each of the waveform coded symbols comprising a guard interval followed by first and second sub-symbols of equal duration wherein the corresponding data bit is represented as a different relative energy distribution between the first and second sub-symbols.

Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in a wireless communication system, and a terminal utilizing the method. The method generates modulation symbols of the UCI, maps the modulation symbols in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) region, and transmits the modulation symbols mapped in the PUSCH region, wherein the modulation symbols are mapped in the PUSCH region so as to be symmetric in a frequency region with respect to a particular frequency.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a first communications device, a first subcarrier spacing corresponding to a first subband; and performing, by the first communications device, signal transmission on the first subband with a second communications device based on the first subcarrier spacing; or determining, by a first communications device, a second subcarrier spacing corresponding to a second subband; and performing, by the first communications device, signal transmission on the second subband with a second communications device based on the second subcarrier spacing. The first subcarrier spacing is different from the second subcarrier spacing, and both the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing are integral multiples of a basic frequency spacing; and both bandwidth of the first subband and bandwidth of the second subband are integral multiples of the basic frequency spacing.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for reconstructing a personal area network (“PAN”) after a failure in a system or network. A method can include detecting, by a node, a power failure in a system. The method can further include storing, by the node, data about a parent node in the system at a time of the power failure. The method can further include detecting, by the node, power restoration in the system and entering a restoration state in response to detecting the power restoration. The method can further include transmitting, by the node and to the parent node, an enhanced beacon request via a particular frequency channel associated with the parent node. The method can also include receiving, by the node, an acknowledgement response from the parent node via the frequency channel and receiving, by the node, an enhanced beacon request from the parent node via the frequency channel.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for encoding and transmitting data in a wireless communications system and, in particular, for unscheduled data transmissions including low data rate transmissions. The method for transmitting data in a wireless network includes mapping data according to a predefined sequence pattern from a group of sequence patterns to provide a spreading sequence that includes multiple non-zero elements and that is enabled to partially collide in the wireless network with other spreading sequences that have been mapped according to other sequence patterns from the group; and transmitting the spreading sequence. Multiple sequences may be received by a network node and decoded using successive interference cancellation (SIC) techniques.

Abstract: An optical transmitter of an optical data transmission system transmitting data through an optical fiber transmission path includes a main signal generator that converts first transmission data into a predetermined signal format to generate a first signal, a DCSK modulator that DCSK-modulates second transmission data to generate a second signal, a signal-multiplexer that performs time-division multiplexing of the first signal and the second signal, and an electro-optical converter that converts a multiplexed signal obtained by the time-division multiplexing of the signal-multiplexer from an electric signal into an optical signal, and outputs the optical signal to the optical fiber transmission path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes: an AFE circuit (analog front-end circuit) that receives a first signal and a second signal, carries out waveform shaping of the first signal and waveform shaping of the second signal, outputs the first signal whose waveform is shaped to a first signal line, and outputs the second signal whose waveform is shaped to a second signal line; and a time-to-digital converter that receives the first signal from the AFE circuit via the first signal line, receives the second signal from the AFE circuit via the second signal line, and converts a time difference between transition timings of the first signal and the second signal into a digital value. At least one of the first signal line and the second signal line has redundant wiring for isometric wiring.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating with a machine type communication user equipment (MTC UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) configures a radio frame for the MTC UE based on a duration of a frequency hopping subframe group (FH-SFG), and communicates with the MTC UE by using the configured radio frame.

Abstract: Facilitating multi-slot frequency hopping can comprise generating configuration data associated with configuring a mobile device with a multi-slot operation, associated with slots of the mobile device, for sending uplink channel control data or traffic channel data. Additionally, facilitating multi-slot frequency hopping can comprise transmitting the configuration data to the mobile device, resulting in a multi-slot configuration of the mobile device, wherein the configuration data comprises hopping patterns to be used by the slots.