Abstract: A method for improving the accuracy of synchronization between base stations even when the propagation path condition between the base stations is poor or when noises are large is provided. A base station (100) according to the present invention includes a communication unit (10) configured to receive a first reference signal transmitted from a first base station (101) and a second reference signal transmitted from a communication device (102) different from the first base station (101), and an execution unit (20) configured to obtain synchronization between the base station (100) and the first base station (101) based on the first and second reference signals.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) transmitter includes a set of input ports to receive baseband samples of a signal to be transmitted on a set of disjoint frequency bands, a set of filter banks, there is one filter bank for each input port, each filter bank includes a plurality of digital polyphase interpolation filters to sample a shifted phase of the corresponding sequence of baseband samples and to interpolate the sampled phases to produce a plurality of sequences of interpolated baseband phased samples with the shifted phase, and a set of oscillators banks, each oscillator bank includes a plurality of polyphase Digital Direct Synthesizer (DDS) corresponding to the plurality of digital polyphase interpolation filters to generate a plurality of sequences of samples of digital waveform.

Abstract: A base station includes a channel estimator, a scheduler, and a controller. The channel estimator estimates a channel matrix with respect to each of a plurality of terminals. The scheduler determines a transmission weight corresponding to each of the plurality of terminals on the basis of the channel matrix that is estimated by the channel estimator such that the transmission weight is orthogonal to a current channel matrix and a past channel matrix of a terminal that is a subject of interference. The controller controls, when the transmission weight is determined by the scheduler, the number of samples of the current channel matrix and the past channel matrix to which the transmission weight is to be orthogonal with respect to each of the terminals.

Abstract: A method for allocating time slots of a shared schedule for a plurality of communication lines having a crosstalk relationship is described. A first number of allocated time slots is allocated, according to respective priorities, corresponding to a first time interval for first data to be transmitted. The first data is transmitted. A second number of allocated time slots is allocated, corresponding to a second time interval for second data to be transmitted. The second number is larger than the first number if an allocation increase threshold has been met, based on utilization of a first time slot having a lowest priority of the first number of allocated time slots. The second number is smaller than the first number if an allocation decrease threshold has been met, based on utilization of a second time slot having a higher priority than the first time slot.

Abstract: An electronic device and a protective housing are described. The electronic device has a housing body that includes a plurality of first component units and a plurality of second component units. The first component units include a first metal material, and the second component units are composed of a second isolation material and a second metal material. The plurality of first component units are arranged in a predetermined shape; the plurality of second component units are arranged at an outer edge of the predetermined shape, and the second metal material of the plurality of second component units is not connected with the first metal material of the first component units. The plurality of first component units constitute a radiating body of an antenna of the electronic device which may have an arbitrary shape, so freedom to set the antenna is raised.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing an amplitude imbalance and a phase imbalance between an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal is provided. The in-phase signal and the quadrature signal are based on a radio frequency receive signal. The apparatus includes an imbalance estimation module configured to generate a first correction signal related to a first phase shift, and to generate a second correction signal related to a second phase shift. Further, the apparatus includes a first digital-to-time converter configured to receive the first correction signal and a local oscillator signal. The first digital-to-time converter is further configured to supply a first replica of the local oscillator signal for a first mixer generating the in-phase signal, wherein the first replica of the local oscillator signal has the first phase shift with respect to the local oscillator signal.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided wherein a signal sent on a special operation channel is modified by an identification of a line.

Abstract: A Security Alerting System is provided with dynamic buffer size adaptation. An alert message from a Security Alerting System is transmitted by obtaining the alert message from the Security Alerting System; authenticating the alert message using a secret key known by a server; storing the authenticated alert message in a buffer; transmitting the buffer to the server; and detecting a truncation attack based on generating different cryptographic keys for protection of inserted messages and transmitted buffers, wherein the cryptographic keys for protection of inserted messages are generated in a forward-secure manner in a same order that the messages are inserted in the buffer and wherein the cryptographic keys for protection of transmitted buffers are generated in a forward-secure manner in a same order that the buffers are transmitted over a network.

Abstract: A multi-amplitude modulation receiver includes a signal coupler block coupled to a mixer array block receiving a first input signal from the signal coupler block and a second input from a LO circuit that provides N overlapping phase signals. Outputs of the N mixer elements are coupled to a baseband filter (BBF) block then to a decision threshold block including decision threshold elements including a signal input and at least one comparator receiving at least one VTH value. A phase ordering and mapper block selects M out of the N phases. A digital logic and control block is coupled to control a filter gain and corner frequency of the BBF block and control the VTH value for the decision threshold block which compares a signal received to the VTH value. Outputs from the decision threshold block are coupled inputs of an M-input decision combiner which provides a single data output.

Abstract: A method and system for maximizing throughput and minimizing latency in a communication system that supports heterogeneous links is presented. The communication system supports a primary link and an alternate link, and the method and system leverage the alternate link to reduce the overhead transmitted over the primary link, thereby increasing throughput and reducing end-to-end latency. The higher latency alternate link provides a delayed version of an information signal that corresponds to a portion of the information signal that is transmitted on the primary link. The received samples from the primary and alternate links may be used to equalize subsequent portions of the information signal received over the primary link, and may also be used for synchronization, timing recovery, DC offset removal, I/Q imbalance compensation, and frequency-offset estimation.

Abstract: An access node, a communication device, methods performed thereby and a computer readable storage medium for carrier hopping are provided. A method of carrier hopping for an access node of a wireless communication network is provided. The access node operates on a first carrier in an unlicensed band. The method comprises: determining whether a hopping triggering condition is satisfied; and in response to determining that the hopping triggering condition is satisfied, activating a carrier hopping procedure to a second different carrier in the unlicensed band.

Abstract: A node is configured to be connected to a massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) array to provide spatially multiplexed channels to a plurality of user equipment in an unlicensed frequency band. The node includes a processor configured to allocate a number of degrees of freedom of the massive MIMO array to interference suppression based on an outcome of a first listen-before-talk (LBT) operation performed by the node to acquire the unlicensed frequency band. The processor is also configured to generate a spatial filter based on the number of degrees of freedom allocated to interference suppression. The node also includes a transceiver configured to perform a second LBT operation using the spatial filter.

Abstract: An RF fingerprint of the environment of a base station antenna will be regularly monitored, such as by regularly evaluating various RF metrics of uplink reflections of downlink transmission from the antenna. Through regular monitoring of the RF fingerprint, a baseline RF fingerprint could be established. And through continued monitoring of the RF fingerprint, an unexpected change in the RF fingerprint could then be detected, as an indication that the antenna's RF beam direction may have changed. In response to detecting the unexpected change in the antenna's RF fingerprint, the antenna's RF beam direction could then be newly determined, and the antenna's configuration record could be updated to indicate the newly determined RF beam direction.

Abstract: The present invention includes: defining a transmission signal generated by the AP and a transmitter (TX) configured to transmit a signal to the AP and reception signals generated by the AP and receivers (RXs) configured to receive a signal from the AP, and canceling self-interference in consideration of a channel gain of the self-interference at the AP; defining a channel transmitted from the TX to the AP as uplink, defining a channel transmitted from the AP to the RX as downlink, and deriving a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) for a signal transmittable on the uplink and the downlink; selecting an RX capable of maximizing a capacity sum of transmit powers of the AP and the TX; and selecting optimum transmit powers of the AP and the TX for maximizing SINRs of transmission on the uplink and the downlink.

Abstract: The present specification provides a method for receiving data through interference cancellation. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving a transmission signal transmitted by a DMRS-based transmission method; detecting, from the transmission signal, a DMRS-based transmission parameter for an interference cell having caused interference in the transmission signal; estimating an interference channel for the interference cell on the basis of the detected DMRS-based transmission parameter; generating an interference signal for the interference cell on the basis of the estimated interference channel; and cancelling the generated interference signal from the transmission signal so as to restore data transmitted by a serving cell.

Abstract: Channel estimator 101, based on the received signal received through a radio channel, estimates an estimated value of a channel showing channel characteristics of the radio channel. Correlation value calculator 103 calculates a time domain channel correlation value showing the time correlation of the radio channel, based on the estimated value of the channel. Channel power calculator 102 calculates channel power as the power of the received signal, based on the estimated value of the channel. Noise power calculator 104 calculates noise power as the power of the noise component contained in the received signal. Corrector 105 corrects the channel power based on the noise power and corrects the time domain channel correlation value based on the corrected channel power and the noise power. Fading Doppler frequency estimator 200 estimates the fading Doppler frequency based on the corrected time domain channel correlation value.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for wireline communication. A digital subscriber line (DSL) receiver may detect one or more power line communication (PLC) sound packets and measure PLC signal leakage on a set of DSL lines based on the detected sound packets. For example, PLC sound packets may be transmitted by PLC devices within a PLC network, and impulse noise received on the set of DSL lines corresponding to the transmitted PLC sound packet may be detected by a DSL receiver (such as a consumer premises equipment (CPE)). The DSL receiver may measure PLC signal leakage on the set of DSL lines based on the detected PLC sound packets. In some cases, the PLC sound packets may be detected based on a duration, a position, or an arrival time of a PLC sound packet.

Abstract: A method comprising allocating one or more detection tones of a sync symbol for crosstalk-free feedback data estimation, wherein the one or more detection tones are a quiet signal; transmitting the one or more detection tones to a computing device, receiving the crosstalk-free feedback data from the computing device, wherein the crosstalk-free feedback data comprises data associated with a background noise detected during the detection tones; determining an optimized PSD based at least in part on the crosstalk-free feedback data; and adjusting a transmission PSD of a plurality of tones based at least in part on the optimized PSD.

Abstract: Apparatus to measure signal-to-thermal noise ratio (SNR) and signal-to-pulse noise ratio (SPNR) includes a pulse noise reduction unit, an SNR estimation unit and an offset compensation unit; a pulse noise separation unit, and an SPNR estimation unit. Pulse noise separation unit includes (i) a first low pass filter (LPF), an impulse noise separator and a high pass filter (HPF), connected in series; and (ii) a second LPF, a pulse noise detection unit and an inverter. Pulse noise detection unit includes two channels, each with a high pass filter, an absolute value calculation unit, a low pass filter, a comparator, a pulse generator. The channels connect to OR gate, which outputs a pulse detection signal. Pulse noise reduction unit and pulse noise separation unit input in-phase and quadrature components. The SPNR estimation unit inputs a filtered in-phase component. The offset compensation unit outputs SNR, and the SPNR estimation unit outputs SPNR.

Abstract: A Security Alerting System is provided with dynamic buffer size adaptation. An alert message from a Security Alerting System indicating a potential compromise of a protected resource is transmitted by obtaining the alert message from the Security Alerting System; authenticating the alert message using a secret key known by a server, wherein the secret key evolves in a forward-secure manner; storing the authenticated alert message in a buffer, wherein a size of the buffer is based on a connection history of the Security Alerting System; and transmitting the buffer to the server. The alert message can optionally be encrypted. The buffer can be increased in proportion to a duration of a disruption of a connection. The size of the buffer can be increased by adding buffer slots at a location of a current write pointer index. Techniques are also disclosed for detecting truncation attacks and alert message gaps. The alert messages can have a variable size by writing alert message into consecutive buffer slots.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for exchanging images. In use, one or more images are received at a server. Additionally, the one or more images are analyzed. Further, image processing code is outputted referencing the one or more images, based on the analysis of the one or more images. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.

Abstract: A central node may include a processor configured to empirically compute an approximation of power coefficients based on estimates of the channel coefficients such that a same one of the approximation of the power coefficient is assigned to each of a plurality of access terminals (ATs), and transmit components of a signal vector to associated access points (APs), the signal vector being based on at least the approximation of the power coefficient.

Abstract: A computer defined radio includes a Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) terminal configured to instantiate two or more virtual terminals. Each of the two or more virtual terminals provides all of the functionality of a MUOS terminal with satellite communication through a single antenna. Each of the two or more virtual terminals may join a separate group as defined by MUOS specifications, and give the single MUOS terminal access to the disparate groups. Each of the two or more virtual terminals is configured to operate at a different bitrate such that the total power consumption of the MUOS terminal is less than the same number of physical terminals operating separately.

Abstract: Receivers in a mobile device are configured to mitigate receiver overload and fully or nearly-fully utilize available spectrum for communication. Configuration is dictated at least in part by at least one of radio link quality or available receiver specifications, and it can be affected by the mobile device or a base station that serves the mobile device. Receiver configuration includes various spectrally asymmetric receivers that tune respective disparate portions of the available spectrum to maximize utilization thereof in the spectral regions prone to overload conditions. In severe overload conditions, a single receiver can be configured to operate in a frequency band spectrally adjacent to a sub-band that leads to overload conditions when employed for telecommunication. To improve performance, the single receiver configuration can be supplemented with at least one of transmit diversity operation, asymmetric multicarrier spreading, or downlink power boost of asymmetrical multicarrier spreading.

Abstract: Vector Control Entity and method therein for Disorderly Leaving Events, DLEs, causing Sudden Termination Change in a DSL system. The method comprises, when a DLE occurs on a line m in a vectored group of DSL lines, and the transmission on line m is, at least partly, continued: obtaining at least one error sample from CPEs connected to other lines in the vectored group of DSL lines, and calculating an estimate of the channel coefficients, H?, changed due to the DLE. The estimate is calculated based on the at least one error sample, and thus a channel estimate is provided. The method further comprises modifying a downstream precoder, based on the channel estimate, such that retraining of the other lines in the vectored group due to the DLE is avoided. The estimate of the channel coefficients is calculated based on the model H?=H+C?H.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to wirelessly communicate with a base station in a real-time internet protocol (IP) session using a first retransmission parameter in a first frame transmission scheme. In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to determine a current performance metric and, based on the current performance metric, use a second, different retransmission parameter in a second frame transmission scheme for communications via the real-time IP session. In some embodiments, the retransmission parameter is a number of retransmissions or a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes.

Abstract: A device for determining an estimated value for a mean power of the noise-signal sequence, which is superposed on an undisturbed periodic transmitted-signal sequence, determines a mean power of a received-signal sequence, which corresponds to the undisturbed periodic transmitted-signal sequence with the addition of the superposed noise-signal sequence. It then estimates an estimated-signal sequence for the undisturbed periodic transmitted-signal sequence from the received-signal sequence. Following this, a mean power of the estimated-signal sequence and the estimated value of the mean power of the noise-signal sequence is determined from a difference between the determined mean power of the received-signal sequence and the determined mean power of the estimated-signal sequence.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver includes a digital tuning engine; and I-path and Q-path analog filters, tuned by the digital tuning engine. The digital tuning engine gets an I/Q imbalance difference, and the digital tuning engines tunes the I-path analog filter and/or the Q-path analog filter based on the I/O imbalance difference.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a decoder for decoding a signal represented by a vector of information symbols received through a transmission channel in a communication system, said the transmission system being represented by a channel state matrix, said information symbols being selected from a given set of values carrying a set of information bits, wherein said decoder comprises: a division unit (202) configured to divide the channel state matrix into a number of sub-blocks of column vectors, in accordance with a division of said vector of information symbols into a number of sub-vectors; a permutation unit (203) configured to determine a set of permuted channel state matrices by permuting said sub-blocks of column vectors, the permutation unit (203) being further configured to select at least one permuted channel state matrix among said set of permuted channel state matrices according to a selection criterion; a sub-block decoding unit (207) configured to determine a transformed signal from said

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring channel quality in a MIMO system is provided. The method includes measuring a first SINR based on an assumption that a first detector is used, using a channel estimation value of a reception signal with respect to each of a plurality of space layers, and a second SINR for each of the plurality of space layers corresponding to a case where the plurality of space layers exist independently using the channel estimation value of the reception signal; determining a Log Likelihood Ratio of reception data based on an assumption that a second detector is used, with respect to each of the plurality of space layers; and generating channel quality information based on an assumption that the second detector is used, based on the first SINR and the second SINR with respect to each of the plurality of space layers, and the LLR.

Abstract: The invention relates to a signal generating device for generating a signal including simulated channel fading characteristics. The signal generating device includes a fading simulating unit, a signal generating unit and a modulating unit. The signal generating unit generates a first number of symbols according to a number of transmitting means for a simulated transmission to a device under test. The fading simulating unit calculates from the first number of symbols a second number of faded symbols, wherein a number of signals to be output corresponds to a number of receiving means of the device under test, based on a set of filter parameters, and provides the calculated second number of faded symbols to the modulating means; and the modulating unit generates modulated signals to be output from the second number of faded symbols.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for stable signal demodulation in a communication system. The method and apparatus includes including detecting an erroneous demodulation value based on backward-demodulation of received signals, using a difference between a received signal to be demodulated and a preceding signal of the received signals and correcting the error demodulation value. Alternatively, backward-demodulation is used to confirm received signals.

Abstract: Receivers in a mobile device are configured to mitigate receiver overload and fully or nearly-fully utilize available spectrum for communication. Configuration is dictated at least in part by at least one of radio link quality or available receiver specifications, and it can be affected by the mobile device or a base station that serves the mobile device. Receiver configuration includes various spectrally asymmetric receivers that tune respective disparate portions of the available spectrum to maximize utilization thereof in the spectral regions prone to overload conditions. In severe overload conditions, a single receiver can be configured to operate in a frequency band spectrally adjacent to a sub-band that leads to overload conditions when employed for telecommunication. To improve performance, the single receiver configuration can be supplemented with at least one of transmit diversity operation, asymmetric multicarrier spreading, or downlink power boost of asymmetrical multicarrier spreading.

Abstract: Various digital pre-distortion systems for use in transmitters are disclosed. The digital pre-distortion system comprises an observing path, which performs either undersampling or radio frequency sampling of the output of a power amplifier. Undersampling may be performed at a rate, which causes aliasing to occur in the undersampled frequency domain. Both undersampling and radio frequency sampling reduces the complexity of the digital pre-distortion system by removing any down mixing modules or anti-aliasing modules, while maintaining reasonable performance of the digital pre-distortion systems.

Abstract: A radio that calculates an SINR on a basis of received preamble information received by an antenna and corresponding preamble information stored in advance corresponding to the received preamble information, the radio including: an integration unit that calculates a phase signal for each symbol with respect to the received preamble information; a power value calculation unit that calculates a power value on a basis of the phase signal; a correlation calculation unit that calculates a desired signal power from a correlation value between the phase signal and the corresponding preamble information; and an SINR calculation unit that calculates an SINR value from the power value and the desired signal power.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus which enable flexible channel switching by exchanging channel information among network nodes to cumulate their view of the quality and availability of the available communication channels. The network nodes can now switch to the same channel independently of one another even when initiating a switch simultaneously.

Abstract: A method of performing forward error correction with configurable latency, where a configurable latency algorithm evaluates a target Bit Error Rate (BER) against an actual BER and adjusts the size of a configurable buffer such that the target BER may be achieved when utilizing the smallest buffer size possible. When errors are corrected without the utilization of each of the configurable buffer locations, the algorithm reduces the size of the buffer by y buffer locations; the algorithm may continue to successively reduce the size of said buffer until the minimum number of buffer locations are utilized to achieve the target BER. If the buffer locations have been reduced such that the buffer size is too small and the target BER cannot be achieved, the algorithm may increase the size of the buffer until the minimum number of buffer locations are utilized to achieve the target BER.

Abstract: A method is described for reducing interferences in communications exchanged along a plurality of communication channels operated by a first operator, caused by one or more alien communication channels operated by a second operator. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing the second operator with information that relates to interferences experienced at the plurality of communication channels operated by a first operator, due to traffic conveyed along alien communication channels operated by the second operator; (ii) modifying the original signals conveyed by the second operator along the alien communication channels; (iii) sending the modified signals to the first operator; and (iv) applying the modified signals by the first operator to reduce interferences in communications exchanged along the plurality of communication channels and operated by the first operator.

Abstract: A wireless electronic device may include wireless communications circuitry and processing circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may receive radio-frequency signals from external communications circuitry in a number of frequency channels of a communications band. The processing circuitry may gather received signal quality data such as receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) values from the radio-frequency signals received in each of the frequency channels. The processing circuitry may accumulate respective probability distributions of gathered RSSI values for each frequency channel and may compare each of the probability distributions to generate RSSI offset values for each frequency channel. The processing circuitry may gather additional RSSI values in one or more frequency channels and may adjust the additional RSSI values based on the associated RSSI offset values. The processing circuitry may use the adjusted RSSI values to determine an accurate location of the wireless electronic device.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method comprising: receiving a beacon signal from at least one transmitter; measuring total received interference power; determining strength of the received at least one beacon signal; determining at least one offset value by using the information the at least one beacon signal comprises; generating estimates of received interference power values transmitter-wise by using the determined at least one offset value and the determined strength of the received at least one beacon signal; combining the transmitter-wise estimated received interference power values for obtaining an estimated total received interference power; and subtracting the estimated total received interference power from the measured total received interference power for obtaining a residual interference power, the residual interference power originating from uncooperative devices.

Abstract: An eNB1-1 employs frequency hopping that assigns a radio resource to a UE2-1 in response to switching of a frequency of an SRS from the UE2-1, and determines an MCS in a first radio resource block when a first downlink radio resource block is assigned to the UE2-1, on the basis of SINR acquired for a second downlink radio resource block having a frequency bandwidth equal to a frequency bandwidth of the first downlink radio resource and being assigned to the UE2-1 in the past.

Abstract: A method for determining a direct antenna coupling in a reverberant environment is disclosed. Radiowave energy is emitted in the reverberant environment from a transmitting antenna to a receiving antenna at a plurality of frequencies, and discrete frequency stirring data is collected at a plurality of frequencies. The discrete frequency stirring data is amplitude corrected and phase corrected using an expected amplitude shift and an expected phase shift at each of the frequencies to provide corrected discrete frequency stirring data. The direct antenna coupling is determined based on the corrected discrete frequency stirring data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a signal transmission method for a multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output system, includes: in a signal sending time slot, sending a signal to user terminals through each antenna via preset subcarriers in a signal sending time slot; sending a first public information signal to the user terminals through each antenna via the preset subcarriers in a public information sending time slot. According to the technical solution provided by the present invention, the problem that signal transmission delay of a multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output system where a channel changes rapidly is too long is solved.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining values of downstream power back-off parameters are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving cable loss data of a cable configured to deliver a digital subscriber line (DSL) signal; identifying a cable model that characterizes a cable loss value at a frequency over a length of the cable; and determining a set of downstream power back-off (DPBO) parameter values of the cable model based on a product of a pseudo-inverse of a frequency matrix including a plurality of different frequencies and a vector of the cable loss data that includes a plurality of cable loss values with respect to the plurality of different frequencies of the pseudo-inverse of the frequency matrix.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile apparatus, comprising: a first bandwidth measurement unit configured to measure radio conditions of a serving cell and a neighbor cell in a first bandwidth; a second bandwidth measurement unit configured to measure the radio conditions of the serving cell and the neighbor cell in a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth; a control unit configured to selectively activate the first bandwidth measurement unit and the second bandwidth measurement unit; and a cell transition unit configured to perform cell transition from the serving cell to the neighbor cell based on the radio conditions of the serving cell and the neighbor cell measured by the first bandwidth measurement unit and the second bandwidth measurement unit, wherein the control unit switches between the first bandwidth measurement unit and the second bandwidth measurement unit at a first switch frequency.

Abstract: The method an apparatus described herein manages uplink resources to increase spectral efficiency and system capacity. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a base station may be assigned two or more downlink carriers for downlink transmission and two or more corresponding uplink carriers. In a multi-carrier mode, the base station may transmit signals on two or more downlink carriers to the same mobile terminal, and receive signals from the mobile terminal on one of the paired uplink terminals. The uplink carriers can be operated at different interference levels and the uplink traffic can be divided between the available uplink carriers based on the type of traffic and/or data transmission parameters. The mobile terminals may also be allowed to switch between the uplink carriers to improve overall efficiency.

Abstract: A method and system for filtering a multi-channel audio signal having a speech channel and at least one non-speech channel, to improve intelligibility of speech determined by the signal. In typical embodiments, the method includes steps of determining at least one attenuation control value indicative of a measure of similarity between speech-related content determined by the speech channel and speech-related content determined by the non-speech channel, and attenuating the non-speech channel in response to the at least one attenuation control value. Typically, the attenuating step includes scaling of a raw attenuation control signal (e.g., a ducking gain control signal) for the non-speech channel in response to the at least one attenuation control value. Some embodiments are a general or special purpose processor programmed with software or firmware and/or otherwise configured to perform filtering in accordance the invention.

Abstract: A handheld portable device (10) receives information signals modulated over one or more radio frequency (RF) spectrums includes housing (150), a user interface (62) and a plurality of antennae (A1-A3) that are configured to respond to modulated RF information signals. Receivers (RX1-RX3) receive the modulated RF information signals from the plurality of antennae. A controller (602) determines a user grip from one or more properties of the response to modulated RF signals by respective ones of the plurality of antennae and controls the user interface based on a determined user grip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal which receives signals from a base station, and to a method in which the terminal receives signals from the base station in a distributed antenna system (DAS). The terminal receives, from the base station having a plurality of antennas, control information on one or more active transmission antennas allocated to the terminal, from among the plurality of antennas, and receives signals from the base station via said one or more active transmission antennas.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for acquiring a signal to noise ratio (SNR), a signal receiving device and a signal sending device. Through the embodiments of the present invention, an SNR of the signal receiving device (i.e., a receiving end) can satisfy the setting requirement, that is, the test condition that an SNR does not contain a precoding gain, so that a subsequent test is valid.