Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio resource scheduling method, wherein the method includes generating format information, wherein the format information specifies a format of resource allocation information, the format corresponding to a number of a plurality of mobile stations that simultaneously perform communication with the radio base station; generating the resource allocation information provided with the format specified by the format information corresponding to radio resources allocated to the plurality of mobile stations; and transmitting, to the plurality of mobile stations, the resource allocation information.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for user equipment (UE) antenna grouping for uplink transmission, such as dynamic antenna grouping for uplink transmission using multiple transmission configurations. A method that may be performed by a UE includes grouping one or more UE antennas into one or more groups and sending an indication of the one or more groups to a base station (BS). Another method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving an indication from a BS to group one or more UE antennas and grouping the one or more UE antennas based on the indication.

Abstract: A key localization system for finding a vehicle key. The system includes a key unit, a first communication unit, at least one second communication unit, and a processing circuitry operatively connected to the first communication unit and configured to cause the key localization system to send, via the first communication unit, a detect key signal and receive, via the first communication unit, in response to that the key unit has received the detect key signal, a found key signal from at least one of the key unit and the second communication unit.

Abstract: A method in a network node including a gNB-Distributed Unit (DU) logical node and a gNB-Central Unit (CU) logical node for determining admission of a user equipment (UE) includes the steps: the gNB-DU receiving a connection request from a UE; in response to a determination that the gNB-DU is not able to serve the UE, sending an initial uplink radio resource control (UL RRC) message that does not include a configuration for signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) from the gNB-DU to the gNB-CU; in response to receiving, at the gNB-CU, the UL RRC message that does not include the configuration for SRB1, responding to the gNB-DU with a radio resource control (RRC) ConnectionReject message; and transmitting the RRC ConnectionReject message from the gNB-DU to the UE to reject the UE.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-program products for performing dynamic bandwidth switching between control signals and data signals of differing bandwidths are disclosed. A mobile device receives a control signal having a first bandwidth. The mobile device receives a data signal having a second bandwidth different from the first bandwidth. The control signal and the data signal are received over a single carrier frequency. The data signal is transmitted after the control signal such that the data signal and control signal are separated by a time interval. The time interval is based on a switching latency of the mobile device.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to monitor a second beacon signal output from a second electronic device at preset intervals through the communication circuit, to determine that a network state of the second electronic device is an inactive state based on the second beacon signal not being received during a designated time, and to broadcast a first beacon signal including first information indicating that the network state of the second electronic device is the inactive state to at least one other electronic device through the communication circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of managing network elements operating on a network. One example method may include transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network and monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element. The method may include determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value and transmitting a corrective function message to the network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The method may further include performing a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter.

Abstract: Control for multi-panel user equipment (MPUE) activation may be performed by both the MPUE and a base station. The MPUE may have at least a first panel and a second panel. The MPUE may send to the base station, a request to change an activation status of at least one panel of the MPUE. The base station may transmit a response indicating whether the request has been approved. The MPUE may change the activation status of the panel according to the response. Conversely, the MPUE may receive a command from the base station to change an activation status of at least one panel of the MPUE. The MPUE may determine whether to follow the command or override the command. The MPUE may transmit a response indicating whether the MPUEUE has followed the command or overridden the command.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna array including a plurality of elements arranged to perform beamforming, wherein a first number corresponds to a total number of the plurality of elements, a processor operatively connected to the antenna array, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to identify a second number of the plurality of elements that are performing the beamforming, determine a first backoff value stored based on the second number, and perform a power backoff operation according to the first backoff value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission apparatus capable of properly performing cross carrier scheduling in ePDCCHs. In this apparatus, when communication is performed using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), configuration section 102 configures a first search space as a candidate to which control information for a first CC is assigned and a second search space as a candidate to which control information for a second CC other than the first CC among the plurality of CCs is assigned, within a same allocation unit group among a plurality of allocation unit groups included in a data-assignable region within the first CC, and transmission section 106 transmits control information mapped to the first search space and control information mapped to the second search space.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first battery; a coil; a communication circuit; a display; a memory; and at least one processor operably coupled to the first battery, the coil, the communication circuit, the display, and the memory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for a multi-user EDCA operation, and more particularly, to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for performing a combination of a legacy EDCA operation and a multi-user EDCA operation. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a communication unit; and a processor configured to control transmission and reception of a wireless signal through the communication unit, wherein the processor updates enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameters for channel access, the EDCA parameters being updated based on an EDCA parameter set selected from a first EDCA parameter set and a second EDCA parameter set, and performs channel access based on the updated EDCA parameters and a wireless communication method using the same.

Abstract: The present invention is designed so that it is possible to prevent the number of times to perform blind decoding from increasing in cross-carrier scheduling in enhanced carrier aggregation. A user terminal can communicate with a radio base station by using six or more component carriers, and has a control section that exerts control so that, when cross-carrier scheduling is configured by the radio base station and the number of component carriers to be scheduled by a scheduling-source component carrier exceeds a predetermined value, a user terminal-specific search space is determined on a per component carrier basis based on higher layer signaling that configures a CIF (Carrier Indicator Field) value in association with a cell index.

Abstract: Embodiments may be directed to techniques to determine physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates to assign to a user equipment (UE) based on one or more aggregation levels, each PDCCH candidate in a highest aggregation level of the one or more aggregation levels assigned by a random distribution over a whole control channel element (CCE) domain, and each PDCCH candidate in one or more non-highest aggregation levels of the one or more aggregation levels assigned a random distribution over one or more CCEs utilized by PDCCH candidates of the highest aggregation level. Embodiments also include selecting at least one of the PDCCH candidates to utilize to send downlink control information (DCI) to the UE, and causing transmission of the DCI to the UE via the PDCCH candidates selected.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a walk away lock are provided herein. A plurality of data packets may be received at a compute device from a user device. Here, each packet has corresponding time-to-receive value. A baseline latency value of the plurality of data packets may be determined based on their respective time-to-receive values. Additional data packets may be received from the user device, each of these additional data packets having their own corresponding time-to-receive values. A current latency value of the additional data packets may be calculated based on the respective time-to-receive values. A security operation may be performed based on the baseline latency value and the current latency value.

Abstract: A plug-and-play antenna may be used with many different types of wireless communication devices. An antenna may be coupled to an impedance tuning component and a waveform generator. A calibration control module receives radio status information, controls the waveform generator to vary a response of the antenna, and tunes the impedance tuning component to match impedances between a radio and the antenna.

Abstract: A measuring node, a controlling node and methods for controlling and/or using lean carrier operation with configurable control channel monitoring are disclosed. The method includes determining a presence of at least one user equipment operating based on a configurable control channel monitoring, and controlling a bandwidth based on the determining the presence of at least one user equipment operating based on a configurable control channel monitoring.

Abstract: Systems and methods of discontinuous operation for wireless devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may include preconfiguring (1501), by a user equipment (UE) (1012), the UE for discontinuous receive (DRX) operation in a connected state. The DRX operation may include modes of DRX operation of the UE with each mode corresponding to a level of connectivity of the UE. Further, while (1503) the UE is in the connected state, the method may include determining (1505), by the UE, the level of connectivity of the UE and sending (1507), by the UE, to a network node, a request for the DRX operation. Also, the request may include an indication of the level of connectivity of the UE.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for adaptive transmission time intervals (TTIs) includes transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), a segment of a first TDD TTI configuration of a first TDD interval and a second TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first pattern, where the second TDD TTI configuration has a second pattern, where the first pattern is different than the second pattern, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first uplink TTI segment and a first downlink TTI segment. The method also includes transmitting a first plurality of data on a first TTI in the first downlink TTI segment of the first TDD TTI configurations of the first TDD interval and receiving a second plurality of data on the first uplink segment of the first TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval.

Abstract: A wireless device and a base station may communicate with each other via carriers of different types. The carrier types may differ, for example, in their use of reference signals.

Abstract: Provided is a method and device for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system. The device determines a search space for detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the basis of a long device identifier. The device monitors the PDCCH in the search space on the basis of a short device identifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier scheduling method, device and system for carrier aggregation. The method may include: within a current transmission time interval (TTI), when the number of times of overlapping between search spaces of all user equipment (UEs) to be scheduled satisfies a preset determination condition, selecting a UE-specific downlink control information (DCI) format; marking the selected UE-specific DCI format, and setting scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the UE-specific DCI format onto an anchor carrier component; setting physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) corresponding to remaining DCI formats other than the UE-specific DCI format onto carrier components for scheduling the PDSCHs corresponding to the remaining DCI formats; and sending the set anchor carrier component and the carrier components set corresponding to the remaining DCI formats to the UEs to be scheduled.

Abstract: A channel estimation method and system for IQ imbalance and local oscillator leakage correction, wherein an example of a channel estimation system comprising a calibrating signal generator configured to generate at least one pair of calibrating signals, a feedback IQ mismatch estimator configured to measure feedback IQ mismatch estimates based on the pair of calibrating signals, and a calibrating signal based channel estimator configured to generate a channel estimate based on the pair of calibrating signals and the feedback IQ mismatch estimates.

Abstract: A communication apparatus specifies a radio field intensity of a received packet, and executes processing using the radio field intensity. The apparatus receives a packet transmitted from an external apparatus, and determines a correction value of a radio field intensity of the packet based on model information of the external apparatus. Then, the radio field intensity of the packet is corrected using the determined correction value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a control signaling reception method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving to-be-received control signaling using a control channel, wherein the control signaling carried on the control channel indicates operation of at least two terminal devices; and demodulating the to-be-received control signaling; wherein the control channel occupies a part of subcarriers in a system bandwidth in a frequency domain. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, common control signaling that can indicate operation of multiple terminal devices and user dedicated control signaling that can indicate an operation behavior of only one terminal device are carried on different physical channels for transmission.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: acquiring, by a first network element of a cellular communication system providing a first cell, a location update request from a terminal device within the first cell, wherein the location update request is related to a cell level location of the terminal device, and wherein the location update request comprises a terminal device identifier; and examining that the terminal device has selected the first cell, and forwarding the location update request to a second network element of the cellular communication system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes receiving information related to PRACH resource allocation within a specific duration, and transmitting the PRACH on a PRACH occasion allocated to one or more slots based on the information, wherein the one or more slots include a last slot in the specific duration.

Abstract: Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and apparatuses for UE capability reporting in mobile communication systems. UE capability reporting in LTE with high number of CCs (32) creates a great signalling overhead. An enhanced network enquiry message (UECapabilityEnquiry) is proposed which includes indications (e.g. maximum aggregated CC number or bandwidth class, MIMO/CSI-process capabilities) that indicate to a UE that the UE is to exclude, from its capability report (UECapabilityInformation), information related to functions that the network either does not support or is not interested in. The enhanced network enquiry message may include indications of a max. number of DL/UL CCs for which the UE is requested to provide supported CA band combinations and non-CA bands. The UE selects a subset of CA capabilities based on these indicator and generates a UE capability response (UECapabilityInformation) including information related to the selected subset of CA capabilities.

Abstract: There are provided measures for configuration of radio communication in radio-assisted road traffic management scenarios. Such measures exemplarily comprise (for managing a predetermined area in a radio-assisted road traffic management scenario) detecting a specific road traffic condition in said predetermined area, and transmitting a configuration signaling instructing a configuration of at least one radio communication related parameter.

Abstract: An analytics containment system store RSSI values of connected stations and corresponding time stamps. If two or more stations have RSSI values within a certain proximity within a certain time period, a first condition for identifying analytics poisoning has been satisfied. Additionally, if RSSI values for the two or more stations changes at similar rate, the stations have satisfied a second optional condition.

Abstract: A transmission method and a configuration method for a downlink control channel, a terminal, a base station and a computer storage medium are provided. The transmission method for the downlink control channel includes: performing, by a terminal, a blind detection on the downlink control channel according to a maximum number (N_total) of candidates in a repeated transmission. The N_total meets one of the following conditions: the N_total is not greater than a total number N_legacy of candidates of a single subframe of a transmission terminal (legacy UE) of a long-term evolution (LTE) system; the N_total is N_legacy×Y which is a product of the N_legacy and a maximum value Y of types of repeat times for performing the blind detection on the downlink control channel; and the N_total ranges from the N_legacy to the N_legacy×Y.

Abstract: A base station includes a terminal capability information controlling unit that controls whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication; a radio link controlling unit that, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, performs communication by using the first frequency and a second frequency; and a radio link control information generating unit (160) that, when the first frequency is to be used by the terminal capability information controlling unit for the communication, notifies a communication terminal that the first frequency is to be used. The communication terminal includes a controlling unit that, when being notified that the first frequency is to be used, performs communication by using the first frequency and the second frequency.

Abstract: A method for transmitting an uplink signal in an unlicensed band in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is performed by a terminal, may comprises the steps of: performing channel sensing for transmitting data and a sounding reference signal in a first time interval; transmitting the sounding reference signal in a second time interval immediately following the first time interval when a channel is in a non-occupied state according to a result of the channel sensing and transmission of the sounding reference signal is scheduled; and transmitting a preliminary signal or transmitting uplink data in the second time interval immediately following the first time interval when a channel is in a non-occupied state according to a result of the channel sensing and only transmission of the uplink data is scheduled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission apparatus capable of properly performing cross carrier scheduling in ePDCCHs. In this apparatus, when communication is performed using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), configuration section 102 configures a first search space as a candidate to which control information for a first CC is assigned and a second search space as a candidate to which control information for a second CC other than the first CC among the plurality of CCs is assigned, within a same allocation unit group among a plurality of allocation unit groups included in a data-assignable region within the first CC, and transmission section 106 transmits control information mapped to the first search space and control information mapped to the second search space.

Abstract: Systems and methods may receive data from a data interface of a base platform, convert the data into an analog signal and modulate the analog signal onto a direct current (DC) power line coupled to a connector of the base platform. Additionally, the modulated analog signal may be received from a DC power line coupled to a connector of a tablet platform, wherein the modulated analog signal is converted to a digital signal and demodulated to recover the data. In one example, the data includes user input data associated with an input device including one or more of a mouse, a keyboard, a keypad or a touchpad.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for on-demand access. An example network on-demand access method implementable by a device may comprise receiving a wakeup signal by an antenna of the device, deriving power from the received wakeup signal, determining, using the derived power, if the received wakeup signal corresponds to the device, and in response to the determination that the received wakeup signal corresponds to the device, setting the device to an active power mode.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a carrier configuration method and a device, and relates to the field of communications, to resolve a problem that dividing multiple component carriers into primary and secondary component carriers only is not conducive to management of an important secondary component carrier. In a specific solution, a carrier aggregation model is configured for UE, so that the UE performs data transmission with a network device according to the carrier aggregation model. The carrier aggregation model includes multiple component carriers, the multiple component carriers include at least one core carrier, and the at least one core carrier includes at least one primary core carrier. The core carrier has an uplink transmission function and a downlink transmission function. The present invention is applied to a carrier configuration process.

Abstract: Provided are a random access signalling resending method and apparatus. In the method, in the case where a first condition is satisfied, a second-type node is adopted to resend random access signalling Msg1, thereby solving the problem that the access quality of a user terminal accessing an LTE/LTE-A system is not high and improving the access quality of the user terminal accessing the LTE/LTE-A system.

Abstract: Techniques for synchronized reception beam refinement are described herein. A base station may indicate to a user equipment (UE) a time when a reception beam refinement event may occur. The UE may initiate a synchronized reception beam refinement procedure based on receiving the indication from the base station. The UE may identify a new reception beam configuration based on data stored locally by the UE and ongoing background calculations that the UE carries out based on periodic beam reference signals. At the time indicated, the UE may adjust the reception beam configuration of a reception beam. The base station may initiate one or more link maintenance procedures based on a reception beam refinement event occurring. Such techniques may reduce the loss of data due to link degradation related to channel state feedback inconsistency (CSF) after a reception beam refinement event.

Abstract: A base station for a wireless communications system operating in an unlicensed target band of a wireless medium includes a receiver configured to wirelessly (i) receive non-cooperative carrier data within the target band from a user equipment, and (ii) detect an operation of at least one spread spectrum channel within the target band. The station further includes a transmitter configured to wirelessly send non-cooperative carrier data within the target band to the user equipment, a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor configured to (i) execute the computer-executable instructions, (ii) determine, based on the detection operation of the receiver, at least one sequence of the at least one spread spectrum channel, and (iii) perform at least one corrective action to mitigate interference between the transmitter and an operation of the at least one spread spectrum channel based on the determination of the at least one sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal-device control method. The method includes: detecting a magnetic interference signal emitted by at least one wearable device; determining a magnetic interference variation caused by the at least one wearable device to a mobile terminal according to the magnetic interference signal; determining a positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the at least one wearable device according to the magnetic interference variation caused by the at least one wearable device to the mobile terminal; determining an operation instruction for the mobile terminal according to the positional relationship; and controlling, based on the operation instruction, the mobile terminal to execute a corresponding operation.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that uses a first antenna and a second antenna in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system receives a request to switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to transmit a signal to a cellular receiver. Next, the system loads a set of radio-frequency (RF) calibration values for the second antenna. Finally, the system performs the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to transmit the signal, wherein the second antenna is operated using the RF calibration values after the switch.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information transmission method, a wireless access device, and a terminal device. The method includes: sending an instruction message to a terminal device on a first band, where the instruction message is used to instruct the terminal device to detect information on a second band; obtaining permission to use a spectrum resource on the second band; and sending the information to the terminal device on the second band.

Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of carriers by a user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting a primary carrier and at least one secondary carrier, the method includes transmitting, to a base station, carrier capability information; receiving, from the base station, carrier configuration information, the carrier configuration information including an index of the at least one secondary carrier configured for the user equipment, the carrier configuration information being based upon the carrier capability information of the user equipment, the primary carrier being configured as a carrier for performing an initial network entry procedure; receiving, from the base station, a control channel including information regarding multi-carrier operation through the primary carrier; and transmitting, to the base station, traffic through one of the at least one secondary carrier based on the information regarding multi-carrier operation.

Abstract: Antenna system comprising at least two radiating elements, a first line for neutralizing electromagnetic coupling between the at least two radiating elements, at least one radiofrequency power supply line for each radiating element and at least one short-circuiting line to a ground plane of the antenna system per radiating element, characterized in that the antenna system further comprises: at least one second line for neutralizing electromagnetic coupling between said at least two radiating elements; elements for activating at least some of the neutralization lines; and in that the activation elements are configured to selectively activate or deactivate at least some of the neutralization lines, in such a way that depending on the activation/deactivation thereof the neutralization lines provide a maximum neutralization of the electromagnetic coupling of the radiating elements for a plurality of different frequencies.

Abstract: A motor controller for controlling an electric motor includes a motion control microcontroller unit (MCU) for storing initial control parameters for the electric motor, and a wireless receiver communicatively coupled to the motion control MCU. The wireless receiver is configured to activate in response to initiation of a wireless connection with a remote device, receive a wireless control signal from the remote device, the wireless control signal including updated control parameters, and transmit the updated control parameters to the motion control MCU. The motor controller also includes an energy management system configured to power the wireless receiver and the motion control MCU.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission apparatus capable of properly performing cross carrier scheduling in ePDCCHs. In this apparatus, when communication is performed using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), configuration section 102 configures a first search space as a candidate to which control information for a first CC is assigned and a second search space as a candidate to which control information for a second CC other than the first CC among the plurality of CCs is assigned, within a same allocation unit group among a plurality of allocation unit groups included in a data-assignable region within the first CC, and transmission section 106 transmits control information mapped to the first search space and control information mapped to the second search space.

Abstract: The present invention defines an efficient measurement method for idle mode M2M/MTC device with low/no mobility in a mobile communication system. An example of the mobile communication system to which the present invention is application is 3GPP UMTS mobile communication system and 3GPP LTE/LTE-A mobile communication system as the next generation mobile communication system under discussion in 3GPP.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a transceiver coupled to an antenna configured to send wireless signals to and receive wireless signals from a fluid meter that is battery powered that has stored security information. The mobile device includes a processor coupled to the transceiver, a mobile display and a memory device. The memory device stores a fluid meter configuration and data collection (FMCDC) program that is implemented by the processor. The mobile device wirelessly transmits a connection request to the fluid meter. The fluid meter determines whether the connection request satisfies the stored security information. Provided the connection request satisfies the stored security information, the fluid meter transmits a wireless validation signal. Responsive to receiving the wireless validation signal at the mobile device, the mobile device wirelessly writes at least one parameter on the fluid meter or wirelessly reads stored meter data from the fluid meter.