Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium are provided that maintain a database including information identifying of one or more mobile devices. Each mobile device of the one or more mobile devices is configured to enable positioning based on radio signals. The positioning enabled by the respective mobile device is considered to be at least partially unexpected.

Abstract: A radio resource adjustment method includes: receiving a network quality optimization request, sent by a path planning device, carrying a travel path and an estimated moment corresponding to a target location on the travel path through which a mobile terminal passes; matching the travel path with a coverage area of a base station, to determine a base station set to which a signal covering the travel path belongs; generating an optimization policy including configuration information for configuring a radio resource of the base station set based on the corresponding estimated moment; and sending an adjustment command to the network element management device based on the optimization policy, so that the network element management device instructs, based on the adjustment command, a target base station in the base station set to adjust allocation of the radio resource at the estimated moment.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhanced wireless determination of a position and direction of a smart device are describe which support the display of a virtual tag upon a user interface of the smart device. Wireless transceivers controlled by the smart device communicate with reference point transceivers to generate data sufficient to determine relative positions of the wireless transceivers and a direction of interest. Operation of LIDAR may be operative to verify the position and direction of the Smart Device as well as a topography of the environment.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for resolving aliasing ambiguities produced when using channel state information reference signal, a sounding reference signal (SRS) or other transmission as a positioning reference signal (PRS) occupying a subset of tones of a PRS bandwidth. The aliasing ambiguity results in a plurality of different possible positioning measurements, such as time of arrival (TOA), reference signal timing difference (RSTD), or reception to transmission difference (Rx?Tx). The aliasing ambiguity may be resolved using a previous position estimate that may be used to produce an approximation of the expected positioning measurement. A position estimate may be generated using a multiple stage PRS configuration, in which one or more stages provide a coarse position estimate that has no ambiguity, which can be used to resolve the ambiguity of a more accurate position estimate resulting from the PRS signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for detecting that a state of an air-conditioning system in a building has changed and ultimately determining the air-conditioning system's operating pattern, which could help improve collection and/or use of crowdsourced data for an indoor positioning solution and thus lead to more accurate position estimates. According to the disclosed approach, processor(s) may receive sets of altitude data respectively from groups of mobile devices in the building, each set being associated with a respective time period, and could determine floor models of the building respectively based on the sets. Then, processor(s) could make a determination that at least one of the floor models is different from others, and could use this determination to detect that a state of the air-conditioning system has changed during particular time period(s), which are associated with set(s) of altitude data used to determine the at least one floor model.

Abstract: An electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device are disclosed in various embodiments. The electronic device may include a first communication processor in primary cellular communication with a primary node and a second communication processor in primary cellular communication with a secondary node, wherein the first communication processor may be configured to control to receive a request signal requesting for measurement of quality of the secondary cellular communication from the primary node, transmit a signal requesting to the second communication processor for measurement of the quality of the secondary cellular communication to the second communication processor at a predetermined interval based on receipt of the request signal, receive a secondary cellular communication quality measurement result from the second communication processor, and adjust the predetermined interval based on the measurement result. Other various embodiments are possible.

Abstract: A system can receive, over one or more networks, location data from a computing device of a requesting user, where the location data indicates a current position of the requesting user. The system can repeatedly determine, based at least in part on location data corresponding to a directional heading of a proximate transport provider in relation to the current position of the requesting user, an optimal rendezvous location for the requesting user prior to the requesting user transmitting a service request to the network computer system. The system may then transmit, over the one or more networks, data corresponding to the optimal rendezvous location to the computing device of the requesting user.

Abstract: A positioning method comprises acquiring positioning information of a 5G base station from a satellite, obtaining calibration information based on the positioning information, and broadcasting outwards the calibration information; acquiring initial positioning information of a user terminal from the satellite; accessing a nearest 5G base station in real time, monitoring and acquiring calibration information broadcasted by the nearest 5G base station; and calibrating the initial positioning information acquired in the initial positioning step according to the calibration information acquired in the monitoring step to obtain positioning result information. As described above, the positioning of centimeter level precision can be realized by utilizing the 5G base station, and there is no need to additionally establish a CORS base station and a data center, thereby the cost of precise positioning can be reduced.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to at least one vehicle UE, in accordance with a first update rate, a first set of position messages indicating position information associated with the UE. The apparatus may transmit a second set of position messages in accordance with a second update rate. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Providing a purchase incentive to a mobile device based for example the user's location, predicted route of travel, and prior transactions. A tracking server computer determines a number of locations of a mobile device as it travels along a route and an associated timeframe when it is at each of the locations. The tracking server computer records the locations and associated timeframes in a location log and analyzes the location log to predict a subsequent location and associated timeframe that the mobile device will be at that location. The tracking server computer then determines a merchant proximate to the predicted subsequent location of the mobile device and generates a purchase incentive for use at the merchant and delivers the purchase incentive to the mobile device. In the alternative, the incentive may be generated by a merchant computer or the mobile device.

Abstract: Two antennas receive three kinds of radio waves with different frequencies. A computation unit determines the arrival direction of the three kinds of radio waves arriving at the two antennas after propagating along two mutually different paths from a single transmit point in accordance with receive signals of the three kinds of radio waves with different frequencies received individually by the two antennas.

Abstract: A user equipment according to one aspect is a user equipment of a cellular communication system, the user equipment comprising a communicator configured to perform a radio communication by WLAN and/or Bluetooth, a cellular receiver configured to receive a configuration message which is transmitted from a network of the cellular communication system and sets an MDT measurement in which the cellular communication system is set as a measurement target, a controller configured to perform a radio measurement on the cellular communication system based on the configuration message, and a cellular transmitter configured to transmit, to the network, MDT measurement information including a measurement result for the cellular communication system. The controller is configured to include the measurement result for the WLAN and/or the Bluetooth in the MDT measurement information when the measurement result for the WLAN and/or the Bluetooth is available.

Abstract: A mobile device is configured for determining a position of the mobile device within buildings, the mobile device including: one or more motion sensors; one or more proximity sensors; a relative feature spot map establishing module; wherein the relative feature spot map establishing module is configured for transmitting the one or more relative feature spot maps to an absolute coordinates determining module configured for determining absolute coordinates of the mobile device; wherein the absolute coordinates determining module is configured for determining the absolute coordinates of the position of the mobile device by determining to which absolute feature spot map of the absolute feature spot maps the one or more relative feature spot map correspond.

Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation wireless network using a Location Management Function (LMF) based control plane (CP) location solution. The LMF serves as the main anchor point for location support instead of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF). The LMF may be in either a serving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a UE or in a Home PLMN for a roaming UE. The LMF may obtain location information for a UE via an AMF from a Next Generation Radio Access Network or the UE and may interact with a Gateway Mobile Location Center to receive location requests from and return location information to an external client. The LMF solution may be more efficient and require less implementation than an AMF based CP location solution.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, systems, and methods relate to a location query mechanism that can efficiently determine whether a target entity is located within a region of interest (ROI). At a high level, the location query mechanism can be configured to represent a ROI using one or more polygons. The location query mechanism can, in turn, divide (e.g., Jesse Hate) the one or more polygons into sub-polygons. Subsequently, the location query mechanism can use the sub-polygons to build an index system that can efficiently determine whether a particular location is within any of the sub-polygons. Therefore, when a computing device queries whether a particular location is within the region of interest, the location query mechanism can use the index system to determine whether the particular location is within any of the sub-polygons.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication, a storage, a first determiner, and an indoor specifying unit. The storage stores therein, as registered identification information, identification information whose contents are changeable, the identification information being allocated to a first communication device with which the communication unit is capable of performing wireless communication. The first determiner determines whether received identification information agrees with the registered identification information, the received identification information being the identification information received by the communication unit from a second communication device and allocated to the second communication device. The indoor specifying unit performs indoor specification to specify that a user having the electronic apparatus is indoors, based on a first result of determination by the first determiner.

Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and computer-readable media for supporting position estimation are disclosed. A method at a first user equipment (UE) device may comprise sending or receiving, via a sidelink channel, a ranging signal between the first UE device and a second UE device. The method may further comprise obtaining at least one ranging measurement based on the sending or receiving the ranging signal between the first UE device and a second UE device. The method may further comprise broadcasting, via the sidelink channel, (1) the at least one ranging measurement with a reference to the second UE device or (2) a position estimate for the first UE device based on the at least one ranging measurement.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe performing AoA resolving to identify a plurality of AoAs corresponding to a multipath signal and then using AP voting to identify a location of the client device. AoA resolving enables an AP to identify the different angles at which a multipath signal reaches the AP. That is, due to reflections, a wireless signal transmitted by a single client device may reach the AP using multiple paths that each has their own AoA. The AP can perform AoA resolving to identify the AoAs for the different paths in a multipath signal. In one embodiment, the AoAs for two APs (or a subset of the APs) can be used to identify cross points or intersection points that represent candidate locations of the client device. A voting module can determine whether those cross points corresponds to AoAs identified by the remaining APs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system controller in electronic communication with at least one wireless base charger system coupled to a power source, at least one transmitting antenna, the wireless charging system configured to determine a location of at least one device receiver located within a physical space and to provide wireless energy delivery comprising directing one or more directional electromagnetic energy beams from at least one transmitting antenna to the location of the device receiver at a distance greater than or equal to 50 cm from the transmitting antenna; each device receiver configured to receive and convert one or more of the directional electromagnetic energy beams into electrical energy and store at least a portion of the electrical energy in an intermediary electrical storage device, and to direct electrical energy from the intermediary electrical storage device to a connected electronic device in electrical connection with the device receiver, to charge and/or power the connected electronic d

Abstract: A method of performing channel access on an unlicensed band by a user equipment, includes sensing a carrier of an unlicensed band for transmitting an uplink signal; and transmitting the uplink signal when power detected by sensing the carrier is less than an energy detection threshold that is configured by the user equipment, wherein the energy detection threshold is configured to be equal to or less than a maximum energy detection threshold determined by the user equipment, the maximum energy detection threshold is determined adaptively to a bandwidth of the carrier using a decibel value of a ratio between a reference bandwidth and the bandwidth of the carrier, and the maximum energy detection threshold is configured to be equal to or greater than a first power value which is a sum of a lower bound of the maximum energy detection threshold for the reference bandwidth and the decibel value.

Abstract: A spatial approach is provided to mitigate multipath error for an indoor pedestrian localization system using broadband communication signals, such as cellular long-term evolution (LTE) carrier phase measurements. Motion of a receiver may be used to synthesize an antenna array from time-separated elements. Received data may then be combined for synthetic aperture navigation that allows for suppressing multipath error based on determination of direction-of-arrival (DOA) of the incoming communication (e.g., LTE) signals. In one embodiment, navigation observables may be determined based on determined direction of arrival.

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a location management function (LMF) network element based on an access type of a terminal device, a positioning method for the terminal device and an access type for obtaining a positioning parameter, and sending, by the LMF network element, the positioning method and indication information to a mobility management network element, where the indication information indicates to the mobility management network element to obtain the positioning parameter using the access type.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating geographic data for map elements based on surfel data and motion data associated with a geographic region are disclosed. A computing system can obtain motion data indicative of movement of at least one object in a geographic region represented by a map. The computing system can additionally obtain surfel data indicative of one or more surface elements associated with a surface of a structure in the geographic region represented by the map. The computing system can identify an entrance of the structure based at least in part on a correlation of the surfel data and the motion data. The computing system can generate geographic data indicative of a geographic location of the entrance of the structure.

Abstract: A system for tracking and monitoring persons includes a user computing device (“UCD”) that includes a user interface; a wearable computing device (“WCD”) that is worn by a user and generates primary input data associated with the user that includes a userID of the user; a wireless access point (“WAP”) positioned at a location, communicatively coupled to the WCD, configured to generate secondary input data associated with the user and receive primary input data from the WCD; and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the UCD and a primary data store that includes reference data. The WCD transmits the primary input data to the WAP. The WAP transmits the primary input data and the secondary input data to a secondary data store. The control circuit determines the presence, motion, as well as position of the user; and completion of user tasks. The control circuit transmits a notification of the completion.

Abstract: A system and method for representing physical coordinates related to an address in machine-readable format. The disclosed invention provides a method for assigning an identifier to a set of geographical coordinates, such that said identifier may be used to share location information in lieu of a regular address (street name, city, state, etc.). The disclosed invention further allows said identifier to be correlated to additional information related to the address, such as altitude, in order to more accurately point a user to the desired location by only using the assigned identifier.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positioning apparatus and method and a self-moving device. The positioning apparatus includes a first positioning module (101), a sensor module (102), and a processing module (103). The position of the positioning apparatus is determined according to the positioning result of the first positioning module (101) and the positioning result determined by using the sensor module (102) to measure the acceleration and the angle parameter and based on a pedestrian dead reckoning algorithm, and determine the boundary of the self-moving device. A pedestrian dead reckoning technology independent of an external environment is introduced during boundary positioning, and the pedestrian dead reckoning technology and other positioning technologies are integrated to establish a virtual boundary, so that positioning precision is high, and a precise boundary is established. In addition, it is not necessary to arrange a physical boundary, so that operations of a user are less complex.

Abstract: A method for identifying a second mobile device in a vicinity of a first mobile device includes performing, by the first mobile device, determining distance information corresponding to a distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determining angular information indicating an angle between a pointing direction of the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determining, based on the distance information and the angular information, that a location of the second mobile device lies within a first spatial region relative to the first mobile device, and providing a user interface that displays an icon corresponding to the second mobile device in a specified position on the user interface based on the location of the second mobile device being within the first spatial region.

Abstract: A system and method are presented that monitor components of an appliance for predicted, future failures. A sensor element is attached to the appliance to obtain movement and magnetic field data from the appliance. The sensor element can be attached to the metal shell of the appliance. A base sensor component receives data from the sensor element, and then divides individual signals into sub-frequencies. In one embodiment, 3-D signals relevant to position change, acceleration, and detected electromagnetic field at the sensor are all analyzed by the base sensor, along with a current draw signal for the appliance. Changes in the signals are reported to a server, that compares changes to a prepopulated database. This database correlates changes in sensor signals with predicted failures of appliance components. Identified components with a predicted, future failure are replaced before the failure.

Abstract: A method of a transmit apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability is provided. The method comprises: for a single-sided two-way ranging (SS-TWR), identifying a ranging round (RR) including a ranging initiation phase (RIP) for a set of transmit apparatuses including the transmit apparatus and a ranging response phase (RRP) for a set of receive apparatuses, wherein the RIP and the RRP comprise at least one slot; transmitting, to the set of receive apparatuses, a ranging initiation message in the RIP; and receiving, from one or more of the set of receive apparatuses, a ranging response message including information requested by the transmit apparatus in the RRP.

Abstract: To perform positioning by a computing device, a position request transmitted by a terminal is received. The positioning request includes target access point information obtained by the terminal. Then a plurality of first geographic grids related to a location of the terminal is determined based on the target access point information. A positioning sequence of the plurality of first geographic grids is determined according to access point information corresponding to the plurality of first geographic grids and the target access point information. The positioning sequence indicates distances between the plurality of first geographic grids and the terminal. The location of the terminal is then determined based on the positioning sequence of the plurality of first geographic grids and location information of the plurality of first geographic grids.

Abstract: Disclosed by the present application are a positioning method and apparatus, which are used to improve indoor positioning performance and precision without occupying a large amount of system resources. At a positioning server side, a positioning method provided by an embodiment of the present application comprises: acquiring a positioning capability supported by a user equipment (UE), and determining, according to the positioning capability, that the UE may obtain a positioning measurement value by means of detecting a positioning reference signal ioPRS that is used for indoor/outdoor positioning; acquiring positioning auxiliary data comprising ioPRS configuration data, and sending the positioning auxiliary data to the UE; acquiring the positioning measurement value that is provided by the UE and that is acquired on the basis of the ioPRS, and using the positioning measurement value to position the UE.

Abstract: A geolocation is estimated by tessellating a coverage area into a camping cell and adjacent cells; subdividing the camping cell into grid points where each grid point of the grid points has an associated relative offset from a camping beam center; illuminating, with a platform, the camping cell with a camping beam and each of the adjacent cells with adjacent beams; receiving a camping beam signal strength and adjacent beams signal strengths for each grid point of the grid points; profiling, at each grid point, ratios of the camping beam signal strength to each one of the adjacent beams signal strengths; mapping the ratios and the associated relative offset of each grid point; and estimating a relative geolocation of a User Terminal (UT) from the camping beam center based on a UT camping beam signal strength and UT adjacent beams signal strengths.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer readable storage medium and system are disclosed for generating a radio map for indoor navigation and/or floor detection. The method includes obtaining one or more first fingerprints, which stem from one or more radio nodes comprised by an infrastructure of a venue. The one or more radio nodes are surrounding the first apparatus so that the first apparatus is located within each respective coverage area of the one or more radio nodes. The method also includes generating a radio map based at least partially on the one or more first fingerprints; and outputting the generated radio map.

Abstract: A method of determining a location of a user equipment includes: obtaining, at the user equipment, a position-determination model associated with a coarse location of the user equipment; determining one or more first positioning measurements at the user equipment; and determining, at the user equipment, the location of the user equipment based on the one or more first positioning measurements and the position-determination model.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating streamlining traveling processes for traveling, in accordance with some embodiments.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a wireless station (STA), which may be an example of a virtual reality (VR) device, may receive downlink data or video frames from an access point (AP) for a display at the wireless STA. In some aspects, the wireless STA may detect a motion change of the wireless STA based on employing a motion change detection mechanism and, if the wireless STA detects a motion change, may transmit an indication of the motion change detection to the AP via a feedback message, such as a block acknowledgement (BA) feedback message. The wireless STA, based on detecting the motion change, may additionally transmit a set of inertial measurements of the wireless STA to the AP. The wireless STA may transmit the inertial measurements to the AP via the feedback message or a separate uplink message.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods to supplement, combine, replace, verify and calibrate in-vehicle and in-device sensors and GNSS systems are presented. A mobile device and a vehicle navigation system share sensor and GNSS information to arrive at an improved navigation solution. For example, a navigation solution computed by a vehicle may rely on a sensor signal from a mobile device. Similarly, a navigation solution computed by a mobile device may use a sensor signal or a GNSS signal from a vehicle.

Abstract: A method and system for providing location services at a network edge is described. An AP can receive location information associated with a second AP in a location group. The AP can also receive client location data from the second AP and associated with a first client. From at least the received client location data, the AP can determine a location of the first client. The AP can then send the location of the first client to a location service.

Abstract: Positioning methods suitable for use in a wireless network that utilizes beamformed communication are disclosed. In an aspect, a range and/or granularity for reporting a reference signal timing difference (RSTD) may be configurable according to one or more beam parameters (e.g., a repetition factor, a beam shape, a frequency band, a subcarrier spacing numerology, a cyclic prefix, etc.). In another aspect, a transmitting node may transmit one or more parameters associated with a beam used to transmit a positioning reference signal (e.g., an angle of departure, a zenith of departure, a beamwidth, etc.). According to another aspect, a cyclic prefix length for a positioning reference signal that a transmitting node transmits via one or more beams may be configured to increase a number of neighbor cells visible to a receiving node.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that may include: an ultra wide band (UWB) communication module; a plurality of antennas; and a processor operatively connected to the UWB communication module. The UWB communication module may be configured to: receive first data of an UWB data frame from an external electronic device by using a first antenna set including at least two antennas among the plurality of antennas to measure a first angle of arrival (AOA); receive second data of the UWB data frame by using a second antenna set including at least two antennas among the plurality of antennas to measure a second AOA, where the second antenna set is configured during a section of the UWB data frame that does not include data; and measure the direction of the external electronic device by using the first AOA and the second AOA. It is possible to provide various other embodiments.

Abstract: There is described a device for determining an angle of arrival of a received RF signal, the device comprising (a) a first antenna and a second antenna arranged with a predetermined distance between them on an antenna axis, the first antenna having a larger gain than the second antenna for directions corresponding to one side of the antenna axis, the second antenna having a larger gain than the first antenna for directions corresponding to the other side of the antenna axis, (b) receiver circuitry coupled to the first antenna and to the second antenna, the receiver circuitry being configured to determine a first phase and a first signal strength of a signal received by the first antenna and to determine a second phase and a second signal strength of a signal received by the second antenna, and (c) angle determining circuitry configured to determine the angle of arrival based on the first phase, the second phase, the first signal strength, and the second signal strength.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining locations of wireless nodes in a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one example, a system includes a first wireless node having a wireless device with one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in the wireless network architecture including a first RF signal having a first packet. A second wireless node having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver enables bi-directional communications with the first wireless node in the wireless network architecture including a second RF signal with a second packet. The one or more processing units of the first wireless node are configured to execute instructions to determine a round trip time estimate of the first and second packets, to determine channel state information (CSI) of the first and second wireless nodes, and to calibrate hardware to determine hardware delays of the first and second wireless nodes.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing multi-tier quasi-licensed spectrum wireless service via a common wireless access node such as a small-cell. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed system utilizes multi-sector antennae to create antenna lobes adaptively according to parameters associated with different cell sectors, such as user traffic, random access requests, and/or interference. In one variant, when the user traffic or interference is determined to be very high in a particular sector, the sector is configured and activated based on the availability of low-noise spectrum. In another variant, when a new sector is created, the electrical power resources available for that sector are checked, and based on the amount of power available at that sector, either CBSD Category A or B status is allocated to that sector.

Abstract: A method of determining an uncertainty estimate of an estimated velocity of an object includes, determining the uncertainty with respect to a first estimated coefficient and a second estimated coefficient of the velocity profile equation of the object. The first estimated coefficient being assigned to a first spatial dimension of the estimated velocity and the second estimated coefficient being assigned to a second spatial dimension of the estimated velocity. The velocity profile equation represents the estimated velocity in dependence of the first estimated coefficient and the second estimated coefficient. The method also includes determining the uncertainty with respect to an angular velocity of the object, a first coordinate of the object in the second spatial dimension, and a second coordinate of the object in the first spatial dimension.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein provide a personalized computing experience for a user based on a user-visit-characterized venue profile. In particular, user visits to a venue are determined. For those visits, user characteristics and/or visit characteristics are determined. User similarities and visit features similarities may be determined and associated with the venue to form the user-visit-characterized venue profile. The user-visit-characterized venue profile may be provided to an application or service such as a personal assistant service associated with the user, or may be provided as an API to facilitate consumption of the user-visit-characterized venue profile by an application or service.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for ranging in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to perform ranging with a initiating stations (ISTAs) and maintain a separate sounding dialogue token for each of the ISTAs and transmit a corresponding sounding dialogue token for a ISTA in a trigger frame for ranging and sounding or a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and in a responding to initiating location measurement report. Apparatuses of RSTAs and ISTAS are disclosed that perform power control management during non-trigger-based ranging.

Abstract: A method for geolocating a terminal of a wireless communication system. The terminal receiving a message transmitted by a transmitting device of interest. An ambiguous item of identification information is obtained from the transmitting device of interest. The terminal transmitting to the access network a message including the ambiguous item of identification information from the transmitting device of interest. The access network estimating an approximate geographical position of the terminal. The transmitting device of interest is identified in a table storing a list of transmitting device identifiers and the respective geographical positions of the transmitting devices. The precise geographical position of the terminal is estimated according to the geographical position of said transmitting device of interest.

Abstract: The present invention filters access points presented to a user and locks onto an access point. An access point filtering unit determines the access points accessible by a client device and then filters them to present only the access points that are acceptable under a security policy in force. An access point locking unit has a plurality of operating modes and can lock onto a user selected access point, a security policy prescribed access point, or the access point with the best signal profile. The present invention also includes several methods such as: a method for filtering access points for presentation to the user, a method for locking onto an access point selected by the user, a method for locking onto an access point with the best signal profile, and a method for locking onto an access point prescribed by a security policy for a given location.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided to improve pairing between two devices by employing an inductive antenna circuit (e.g., 13.56 MHz) in addition to another wireless communication antenna circuit (e.g., 2.4 GHz) and a pairing protocol to minimize pairing between unintended devices. Communications via inductive antenna circuit (e.g., 13.56 MHz) require that the devices to be paired to be in close proximity to each other, which increases the likelihood of intended pairing between these devices. When the inductive pulses of the first device are detected by the second device, the second device commences advertising signals with time stamps. The inductive pulses and the time stamps facilitate synchronizing scanning windows of the first device with the advertising signals of the second device to lessen the likelihood of interference of advertising pulses from an unintended device.

Abstract: A communication device is provided that further improves the quality between radio links, in a communication system in which a base station apparatus communicates with a communication device. A communication device is provided that includes a reception unit that receives system information including a set of identities indicating virtual cells, and a setting unit that selects a virtual cell identity to be applied, from the set.