Abstract: This application relates to the wireless communications field, is applied to, for example, a wireless local area network supporting the 802.11 be standard Methods and apparatuses for indicating an uplink parameter of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) are described. In an example method, an access point (AP) generates and sends a trigger frame, where the trigger frame includes an uplink length field. The uplink length field is used to indicate lengths indicated by legacy signal (L-SIG) fields in a high efficient trigger based (HE TB) PPDU and an extremely high throughput (EHT) PPDU, or the uplink length field is used to indicate the length indicated by the L-SIG field in the EHT PPDU. A length value indicated by the uplink length field is a positive integer and is a multiple of 3 minus 2.

Abstract: A method of serving a given data stream to a target mobile terminal, in a cellular communications network that includes a plurality of transmitting sites wherein each transmitting site including at least one antenna, is provided. The method includes designating at least two of the plurality of transmitting sites as cooperating sites; assigning tones to each transmitting site from a sub-band associated with the cooperating sites; dividing the data stream into at least two sub-data streams, each of the sub-data streams for transmission over selected tones; and interlacing tones of the cooperating sites in accordance with a selected one of a time switching and a frequency switching transmit diversity technique. Other techniques for multi-site MIMO cooperation are also provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method can include receiving a configuration for a first set of power control information and a second set of power control information, receiving a Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduling one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs), wherein the DCI comprises a first Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI) field and a second SRI field, determining a first Identifier (ID) directly based on value indicated by the first SRI field, wherein the first ID is a power control information ID in the first set of power control information, determining a second ID based on a value indicated by the second SRI field and the number of layers, and transmitting the one or more PUSCHs based on transmit power derived from the power control information of the first ID or the power control information of the second ID.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to simultaneously determine both angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD) of a signal transmitted between two or more radio frequency (RF)-enabled wireless devices (e.g., such as BLE modules). The disclosed systems and methods may be so implemented in one embodiment to determine AoD even in the case where the transmitting wireless device is at the same time operating in a departure (or AoD) transmitting mode by transmitting a RF signal from multiple antenna elements of at least one switched antenna array using a given switching pattern or sequence implemented by an array switch.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of handling threshold value of an antenna performance parameter of an antenna of a telecommunication network. A default antenna performance parameter threshold value of the antenna is obtained; a second antenna performance parameter threshold value for the antenna is determined based on the default antenna performance parameter threshold value and loss information related to the antenna, or based on gradually testing antenna performance parameter threshold values; and the second antenna performance parameter threshold value is taken into use for the antenna.

Abstract: Wireless radio device alignment tools and methods. Described herein are methods for point-to-point alignment of wireless radio devices and alignment tools to assist in aligning wireless radio devices. These alignment tools may automatically or manually receive location information and may use a local compass function to determine a rough or initial alignment and additional tools to provide further (fine) alignment based on calculated and actual signal strength between the two devices being aligned.

Abstract: In one aspect, a user terminal is disclosed including a processor that controls a mapping of a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS), having a fixed location regardless of a symbol duration of an uplink shared channel (PUSCH), controls a mapping of a second DMRS, which is allocated depending on the symbol duration of the PUSCH, and determines a location of the second DMRS if the second DMRS is allocated. The user terminal also includes a transmitter that transmits at least one of the first DMRS and the second DMRS.

Abstract: A portable device includes a reception antenna and a strength meter. The reception antenna includes antennas of three axes each receiving a first signal and a second signal. The strength meter measures a reception strength of the request signal and the request signal received by each of the three axes of the LF receiver. A relay attack determination device is provided with a comparator that executes a comparative process of strength ratios of the request signal and the request signal based upon a measurement value of the reception strength. In a case where the three axes include an ineffective axis, in which the measurement value of the reception strength of the request signal or the request signal deviates from a usable range, the comparator excludes the ineffective axis and executes the comparative process.

Abstract: A technique capable of realizing improvement of utilization efficiency of resources such as frequency with respect to MIMO, beam forming, and the like is provided.

Abstract: A UE transmits to a source base station a capability of the UE associated with a bandwidth class or a band combination. The capability is associated with a handover in which the UE maintains connections with the source base station and a target base station. The UE receives a handover message comprising at least one of a target base station configuration to apply during handover execution or a source base station configuration to apply during handover execution based on the capability of the UE. The UE establishes a connection with the target base station and maintains a connection with the source base station over a period of time during the handover. The UE communicates with the source base station and the target base station during handover execution using at least one of the target base station configuration or the source base station configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using a first beam set of a group of beam sets, where each beam set includes a beam from a first set of beams with a first polarization and a beam from a second set of beams with a second polarization. The UE may receive a set of reference signals corresponding to a set of transmit beams of the base station, where the UE receives at least one reference signal for each beam of the first and second sets of beams. The UE may select a second beam set from the group of beam sets based on one or more parameters associated with the second beam set and based on receiving the set of reference signals, and may communicate with the base station using the selected beam set.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a beamforming method for a massive MIMO system. Specifically, S routes of data streams to be transmitted via the antenna array are subjected to horizontal direction baseband beamforming processing, to obtain T routes of data streams; the T-routes of data streams are subjected to vertical direction digital beamforming processing to map the T routes of data streams onto a corresponding channel according to a predetermined rule; a data stream on each channel is subjected to analog beamforming processing to map the data stream on each channel onto a corresponding array element of the antenna array for transmission.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus adapted to address asymmetric conditions in a multi-antenna system. In one embodiment, the multi-antenna system comprises a wireless (e.g., 3G cellular) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system, and the methods and apparatus efficiently utilize transmitter and receiver resources based at least in part on a detected asymmetric condition. If an asymmetric condition is detected by the transmitter on any given data stream, the transmitter can decide to utilize only a subset of the available resources for that stream. Accordingly, the signal processing resources for that data stream are adapted to mirror the reduction in resources that are necessary for transmission. The transmitter signals the receiver that it will only be using a subset of the resources available, and the receiver adapts its operation according to the signaling data it receives. The multi-antenna system can therefore reduce power consumption as well as increasing spectral efficiency on the network.

Abstract: The present invention provides a beamforming antenna (100, 200, 400) comprising a plurality of antenna elements (101, 102, 201, 202, 401, 402, 440), and a signal generator (103, 403) that is configured to generate for each one of the antenna elements (101, 102, 201, 202, 401, 402, 440) a calibration signal (106, 107, 206, 406, 335) for radiation by the respective antenna element (101, 102, 201, 202, 401, 402, 440) and to supply the generated calibration signals (106, 107, 206, 406, 335) to the respective antenna elements (101, 102, 201, 202, 401, 402, 440).

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes a set of antenna elements and switching nodes. Each switching node has physical interconnects to a sub-set of the antenna elements for transferring communication signals and the switching nodes have physical interconnects to other switching nodes forming a network of switching nodes for transferring communication signals between switching nodes. The apparatus also includes a controller for controlling operation of switching nodes to control use of the physical interconnects between switching nodes and control creation of different patterns of antenna elements operationally interconnected via multiple operationally interconnected switching nodes.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE. The apparatus may be configured to receive one or more reference signals from each transmit beam of a set of transmit beams of a first base station through each receive beam of a set of receive beams of the UE. The apparatus may be further configured to determine a set of transmit-beam receive-beam pairs based on the received reference signals. The apparatus may be further configured to determine a subset of the transmit-beam receive-beam pairs of the set of transmit-beam receive-beam pairs that are mutually non-interfering with each other. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit, to a second base station, a report indicating information associated with the subset of the transmit-beam receive-beam pairs.

Abstract: A feedback control system for data transmissions in voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify trigger keyword and request. The system can select a content item using the trigger keyword or request. The content item can be configured to establish a communication session between the device and a third party device. The system can monitor the communication session to measure a characteristic of the communication session. The system can generate a quality signal based on the measured characteristic.

Abstract: A channel prediction method and a related device, where the method includes: obtaining a first channel coefficient sequence in a first time period, where the first channel coefficient sequence includes a plurality of complex values of a channel coefficient; and determining a prediction value of the channel coefficient in a second time period based on the first channel coefficient sequence and a preset vocabulary of channel changes, where the preset vocabulary of channel changes includes a mapping relationship between a channel change value index and each change value of the channel coefficient, and where the second time period is later than the first time period.

Abstract: To generate a beam book, an operating method of an electronic device may include acquiring measurement information of a plurality of antenna in a first direction, determining offset values between phase values per antenna for the first direction, determining phase values which satisfy the offset values and maximize receive power for the first direction, and determining phase values for a second direction, based on the offset values and the phase values for the first direction.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided that enable use of a full transmission power for a UE having a first set of coherent antenna ports that is non-coherent to a second set of coherent antenna ports. The apparatus determines a transmission power for a data transmission from the UE to a base station based at least in part on power control signaling from the base station, determines at least one antenna port having non-zero data for transmission, and determines a transmission power split for the at least one antenna port. Then, the apparatus transmits the data transmission from the at least one antenna port, wherein a combined transmission power from the at least one antenna port corresponds to the transmission power determined based at least in part on the power control signaled from the base station.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described. A method, implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes monitoring a first control channel search space (SS) associated with a first normal beam set comprising a first beam set. The WTRU initiates extended monitoring and monitors, subsequent to a trigger based on a measurement by the WTRU, a control channel SS associated with an extended beam set comprising the first beam set and one or more additional beam sets. The WTRU determines a second beam set from the extended beam set. The determination is based on a received control channel beam switch command or based on a control channel SS in which a beam switch command is received. The WTRU monitors a second control channel SS associated with a second normal beam set comprising the determined second beam set.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for performing communication. The method comprises: determining a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein the target transmission pattern is indicated by a signal including one or more of: a reference signal, a signal for performing CRC, and a feedback signal; and performing communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided that enable use of a full transmission power for a UE having a first set of coherent antenna ports that is non-coherent to a second set of coherent antenna ports. The apparatus determines a transmission power for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission from at least one antenna port including splitting the transmission power among multiple antenna ports having non-zero power without scaling the transmission power, and wherein the UE includes at least a first antenna port that is non-coherent to a second antenna port. Then, the apparatus transmits the PUSCH transmission using the determined transmission power.

Abstract: Wireless radio device alignment tools and methods. Described herein are methods for point-to-point alignment of wireless radio devices and alignment tools to assist in aligning wireless radio devices. These alignment tools may automatically or manually receive location information and may use a local compass function to determine a rough or initial alignment and additional tools to provide further (fine) alignment based on calculated and actual signal strength between the two devices being aligned.

Abstract: A device, method, and computer-readable medium are provided for detecting and mitigating signal interference due to passive intermodulation at a base station. Generally, when antennas are configured to transmit at two or more different bands or frequencies, particular combinations of frequencies can introduce passive intermodulation at one of the corresponding receive bands or frequencies. Passive intermodulation is exacerbated, in some instances, due to the presence of non-linearities in the RF path. Embodiments can be configured to automatically detect the presence of passive intermodulation in one of the receive bands or frequencies and dynamically mitigate the affected receive signal to maintain optimal system performance.

Abstract: A method for equalizing a wireless communication channel includes transmitting a data signal over a primary channel. During transmission of the data signal, a corresponding data signal is sent over a secondary channel. The information received from the secondary channel is compared to the information received from the primary channel and differences between the information received from each of the channels are observed. These differences are used as inputs to an equalizer algorithm that may be used to reduce distortion of the data signal sent over the primary channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique converging a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate compared to a 4G system. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, security- and safety-related services) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method for controlling transmission power of a terminal in a wireless communication system.

Abstract: A wireless device configured for transmission using a transmission scheme other than a multi-antenna transmission scheme is provided. The wireless device includes at least one receiver configured to receive a transmission of a multi-antenna transmission scheme, and processing circuitry configured to perform at least one of a channel estimation function and measurement function using the received transmission of the multi-antenna transmission scheme, the multi-antenna transmission scheme remaining transparent to the wireless device.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and a control method thereof. The electronic device includes: a housing; a plurality of antennas respectively installed in a plurality of locations spaced from each other in the housing; a communicator configured to transmit and receive a communication signal through the antenna; and at least one processor configured to: select a combination of two or more antennas having a relatively higher quality out of the plurality of antennas based on a transmission and reception quality of the communication signal; and control the communicator to transmit and receive the communication signal through the selected combination of antennas.

Abstract: In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a parameter representing a maximum transmission power, transmits first radio frequency (RF) signals to a first node over a first wireless communication link in accordance with a first radio access technology (RAT) during a plurality of time segments, wherein the first RF signals are transmitted during the plurality of time segments at one or more first power levels, and transmits second RF signals to a second node over a second wireless communication link in accordance with a second RAT during the plurality of time segments, wherein the second RF signals are transmitted during the plurality of time segments at one or more second power levels, and wherein a sum of an average of both the one or more first power levels and the one or more second power levels over the plurality of time segments does not exceed the maximum transmission power.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a method and an apparatus for calibrating an antenna. In the method, in a receiving channel calibration process, first a receiving channel beam weight matrix is initially updated by using a receiving calibration signal from a reference beam direction, i.e., performing initial receiving channel calibration, and then, for different beam direction regions, beam weight vectors corresponding to multiple beam directions within particular beam direction regions are updated.

Abstract: A method for Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN) communication in a WLAN device includes generating a WLAN transmission including first bits, by at least (i) encoding the first bits with a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code to produce first encoded bits, and (ii) scrambling the first encoded bits with a first scrambling sequence. The WLAN transmission is transmitted from the WLAN device to a remote WLAN device. In response to receiving from the remote WLAN device an indication that reception of the WLAN transmission has failed, a WLAN retransmission including second bits is generated. Generating the retransmission includes (i) obtaining second encoded bits, which include the second bits encoded with the FEC code, and (ii) scrambling the second encoded bits with a second scrambling sequence that is different from the first scrambling sequence. The WLAN retransmission is transmitted from the WLAN device to the remote WLAN device.

Abstract: A device includes: N communication modules, a selector that selects one communication module, an obtainer that obtains a reception strength of a signal, a generator that generates an image that includes 2N display regions associated with the N communication modules in order of communication speed from slower to faster per two display regions counted from a reference position along one direction, and a display. The generator generates, as the image, an image displaying (i) a graphic of a first type in, among the two display regions associated with the one communication module, more display regions counted from proximity to the reference position along the one direction, with an increase in the reception strength of the one communication module, and (ii) the graphic of the first type in each of two display regions associated with a communication module that communicates at a slower speed than the one communication module.

Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a transmission signal amplifier that outputs a transmission signal to an antenna terminal side; a reception signal amplifier that amplifies a reception signal supplied from an antenna terminal; a switch that selectively connects the antenna terminal to either an output of the transmission signal amplifier or an input of the reception signal amplifier; and a directional coupler that is provided on a transmission signal path and detects a signal level of the transmission signal. The transmission signal amplifier is controlled by a first control signal supplied from a first control circuit. The reception signal amplifier is controlled by a second control signal supplied from a second control circuit. The switch is controlled by a switch control signal supplied from the first control circuit. The directional coupler is controlled by a coupler control signal supplied from the first control circuit.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various exemplary embodiments may include a housing; a first antenna module configured to be disposed in a first end portion in the housing and to include a first antenna and a first amplifier circuitry to output a signal corresponding to the first antenna, a second antenna module configured to be disposed in a second end portion in the housing and to include a second antenna and a second amplifier circuitry to output a signal corresponding to the second antenna, and a transceiver configured to include a first port connected to the first antenna through the first amplifier circuitry and a second port connected to the second antenna through the second amplifier circuitry.

Abstract: A transmitting station includes an amplifier unit that amplifies a transmitting signal, a transmitting antenna that wirelessly transmits the transmitting signal that has been amplified, and a controller unit that regulates a frequency of the transmitting signal and an input power to the amplifier unit on the basis of an estimation value of reception quality that is a signal quality when the transmitting signal is received by a receiving station.

Abstract: In order to enable a UE receiving a narrowband signal transmitted using in-band resources to use the LTE reference signals to assist the UE in receiving the narrowband signal using an in-band deployment, a phase rotation employed by the base station may be fixed relative to a known reference position in time. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station may determine a phase offset for a narrowband signal for transmission using wideband resources, the phase offset having a relationship to a reference point in time and transmit the narrowband signal using the determined phase offset. An apparatus for wireless communication at a UE may receive a narrowband signal having a frequency location within a wideband signal and rotate a symbol of the wideband signal by a per symbol phase offset having a relationship of the phase offset to a reference point in time.

Abstract: A method and a terminal for transmitting a feedback signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a feedback information configuration; receiving, from the base station, a reference signal; estimating a channel between the base station and the terminal based on the reference signal; configuring channel component information associated with separating each of a plurality of channel elements of the channel according to components of the plurality of channel elements; configuring grouping information associated with grouping the plurality of channel elements; and transmitting feedback information including the configured channel component information and the configured grouping information.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe receiving, from an access point, an indication of at least one of a beamforming method for beamforming a RS or a normalization method for normalizing power for beamforming the RS. A channel covariance matrix corresponding to interference over a plurality of antenna ports can be generated, as well as a RS beamforming matrix based at least in part on at least one of modifying the channel covariance matrix or on the normalization method. The RS can be generated based on the RS beamforming matrix and the beamforming method. The RS can be transmitted to the access point based on the RS beamforming matrix.

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the disclosure includes a housing, a plurality of antennas positioned at mutually different areas of the housing, respectively, a wireless communication circuitry to transmit a diversity signal using the plurality of antennas, a processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the processor to store instructions.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for optimizing millimeter wave beam-searching. In certain aspects, a method for use by a wireless communications device includes determining a usage scenario of the wireless device based on input performing a beam search to maintain or establish a communication link with one or more other wireless devices, wherein one or more beams are prioritized or de-prioritized during the beam search based on the usage scenario.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method for receiving control information in a wireless communication system and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a PDCCH signal including uplink scheduling information; transmitting a PUSCH signal by using the uplink scheduling information; and receiving a PHICH signal including acknowledgement information on the PUSCH signal, wherein an RS for the PUSCH signal exists only in one slot per RB pair within an RB set in which the PUSCH signal is transmitted, and a resource for receiving the PHICH signal is determined by using an index of the slot in which the RS exists.

Abstract: A wireless communication device may autonomously transition from a multiple antenna port mode to a single antenna port mode. The wireless communication device may implicitly notify a base station about the autonomous transition from the multiple antenna port mode to the single antenna port mode. The base station may reallocate resources that were previously allocated to the wireless communication device but that are no longer being used by the wireless communication device. In some cases, the base station may configure the wireless communication device's antenna port mode via radio resource control signaling.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating an allocating radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising allocating, to a second radio node, a frequency range for communication, the frequency range being part of an operating bandwidth of the second radio node, the frequency range comprising an integer number S of subcarriers, the number S of subcarriers corresponding to a value of a limitation relation applied to a fraction of the operating bandwidth, the fraction corresponding to N1/N2, wherein N1 and N2 are integers and N1 is smaller than N2. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Abstract: A time division duplex (TDD) scheduling interval communicating transmissions in a first direction may include one or more regions for communicating in a second direction, where the first direction is a transmit direction and the second direction is a receive direction, or vice versa. A radio frame may include TDD scheduling intervals with such regions and/or TDD scheduling intervals without such regions for wireless communication, and these TDD scheduling intervals may further be configured in accordance with different frame structure configurations, such as different scheduling interval lengths, subcarrier spacings or symbol durations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a self-calibration method and apparatus for an array antenna system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a correction method of an array antenna system includes: deriving, at a first time, a correction factor Ri,j for a path connecting an i-th (i is an integer equal to or greater than one and equal to or less than m) transmission antenna and a j-th (j is an integer equal to or greater than one and equal to or less than n) reception antenna; deriving, at a second time, a calibration factor {circumflex over (Q)}i,j for the path connecting the i-th transmission antenna and the j-th reception antenna; and performing, based on the {circumflex over (Q)}i,j, calibration on the path connecting the i-th transmission antenna and the j-th reception antenna.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include at least one transceiver, and at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, configured to control to transmit, via a device-to-device (D2D) communication path to at least another electronic device, a signal with a first transmit (Tx) power, and control to re-transmit, via the D2D communication path to the at least another electronic device, the signal with a second Tx power lower than the first Tx power.

Abstract: System and techniques for secure wireless association are described herein. A station (STA) may transmit a probe request for the wireless network that includes identification of a certificate. An access point (AP) receiving the probe request may obtain the identified certificate and use the certificate to encrypt a key. The encrypted key may then be included in a beacon by the AP. The STA may then obtain the encrypted key from the beacon, decrypt the key with the certificate, and then use the key to associate to the wireless network via the AP.

Abstract: A wireless transmitter includes a radio interface and transmitter circuitry. The radio interface includes multiple transmit antennas. The transmitter circuitry is configured to hold multiple steering matrices specifying weights to be applied to one or more spatial streams transmitted via the multiple transmit antennas to a receiver that includes one or more receive antennas, the multiple steering matrices are specified over multiple sub-carriers, to calculate smoothed weights, by applying to the weights of the steering matrices phase-only corrections that reduce phase variations among the weights of the steering matrices over the sub-carriers, and to transmit to the receiver beam-formed transmissions of the one or more spatial streams over the sub-carriers, by applying to the spatial streams the smoothed weights in the respective sub-carriers.

Abstract: In order to transmit a large amount of data in series at a time with a MIMO communication scheme while avoiding deterioration of decoding characteristics due to change over time by a channel matrix, a wireless communication system uses an open-loop type and a closed-loop type of MIMO communication modes in combination and switches to the open-loop MIMO communication mode in response to the information that the amount of data to be transmitted at a time has exceeded a predetermined amount of bits or a predetermined transmission time during data transmission under the closed-loop MIMO communication mode. By discontinuing useless closed-loop MIMO communication and switching to the open-loop MIMO communication mode that is better than Zero-forcing, the decoding characteristics are prevented from simply becoming deteriorated.