Abstract: Information indicating a source of electric current can be transmitted alongside or within the electric current itself, enabling downstream recipients to identify a source of their electricity. The information may be embedded directly into the electric current, such as by adding a modulated carrier signal to an alternating current before transmitting the current to a downstream recipient.

Abstract: A scheme for beam training include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for establishing a communication link with a second user equipment (UE), transmitting first information associated with first beam configurations of the first UE to the second UE, receiving second information associated with second beam configurations of the second UE from the second UE, and performing a beam training process by transmitting a number of reference signals to the second UE, wherein the number is derived from the first information associated with the first beam configurations and the second information associated with the second beam configurations.

Abstract: A computer system and computer-implemented method for duplicating an application state are provided, the method including: recording one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by prior user inputs at one or more user interface elements, the one or more point-in-time characteristics associated with a first application state of a first application instance; transferring the one or more point-in-time characteristics to the provisioned memory resources for generating the second application state; generating a second application instance based on the one or more point-in-time characteristics; configuring the second application state based on the one or more point-in-time characteristics to duplicate the first application state of the first application instance; and storing the prior user inputs in a journal, wherein the journal is configured to enable reproduction of a state of a plurality of modified states of the first application instance.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for receiving a transmit power control command for transmission power adjustment. One method includes monitoring a feedback channel. The feedback channel includes: feedback information corresponding to a data transmission from a remote unit to a network unit; and a transmit power control command including information for the remote unit to adjust a transmission power for subsequent data transmissions to the network unit.

Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may transmit a notification of a presence of an emergency service vehicle to a plurality of entities, obtain, from at least a first entity of the plurality of entities, at least a first acknowledgement of the presence of the emergency service vehicle, determine that at least a second acknowledgement is not obtained from at least a second entity of the plurality of entities, and present information associated with the at least the second entity to a device of the emergency service vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging method and a terminal. The method includes: automatically learning, by the terminal, historical data by using a machine learning algorithm, to establish a habit model of a user, and matching a current time with the usage habit model of the user to determine a current charging intention of the user, so as to determine a charging mode according to the charging intention. By means of the technical solutions, a charging requirement of a user can be effectively identified, and on-demand charging can be implemented. This improves user experience while avoiding a battery life decrease caused by frequent fast charging.

Abstract: Techniques related to physical uplink control channel procedures are described. Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, an Uplink Control Information (UCI) payload size is determined based at least in part on configuration information and Downlink Control Information (DCI). A Fifth Generation (5G) Physical Uplink Control Channel (xPUCCH) format is then determined based at least in part on the determined UCI payload size. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable flexible design depending on use cases and to further improve the transmission efficiency of the entire system. A communication device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first control information and second control information relating to a plurality of resources specified by a frequency and time available for data transmission; and a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that data is transmitted to a transmission target after a resource is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of resources on the basis of the first control information, in which the control unit controls selection of the resource from among the plurality of resources on a basis of the second control information.

Abstract: Various arrangements are presented for using an estimated timing advance for user equipment communications. A location of an instance of user equipment may be determined. An estimated distance between the user equipment and a communication satellite may be determined using the determined location of the user equipment and an estimated satellite location. An estimated timing offset using the calculated estimated distance may be determined. An uplink data frame may be transmitted by the user equipment to the satellite such that a timing of transmission of the uplink data frame is based on the calculated estimated timing offset.

Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of an uplink shared channel, and a control section that determines that a size of a time domain resource allocation (RA) field included in the DCI is different depending on a format of the DCI to control the transmission of the uplink shared channel based on the field. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the number of candidates of the PUSCH time domain RA can be appropriately controlled.

Abstract: A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) having multiple antennas includes determining, by the WTRU, information that is associated with a baseband channel and that indicates any of measurement information and channel information, and transmitting, by the WTRU, a signal for requesting baseband beam tracking, on condition that any of: (1) the WTRU determines, according to the indicated information, that: (i) system performance is degraded in a hybrid beamforming transmission, and (ii) re-estimation of the baseband channel is part of a current link adaptation procedure, and (2) detailed baseband channel information was not part of a multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) setup procedure.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method in a network node for configuring monitoring occasions for use in a network node of a wireless communication network comprises determining a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space monitoring configuration for a wireless device. The PDCCH search space monitoring configuration comprises a monitoring periodicity and a number of blind decodes for each search space of a plurality of search spaces over a plurality of slots. The method further comprises sending the monitoring configuration to the wireless device. A method in a wireless device comprises receiving the monitoring configuration and monitoring each search space according to the monitoring configuration.

Abstract: A downlink control channel transmission method, a receiving network element, and a sending network element are provided, to improve accuracy of beam measurement. A receiving network element obtains target downlink control information (DCI) on a first target control channel candidate in a target control channel candidate set, where the target DCI is DCI of the receiving network element, and the first target control channel candidate includes one or more control channel element groups (CCEGs); the receiving network element determines, based on the target DCI, a quantity of measurement reference signals and a time-frequency resource corresponding to each measurement reference signal; the receiving network element measures each measurement reference signal, to obtain channel quality information corresponding to each measurement reference signal; and the receiving network element reports the channel quality information corresponding to each measurement reference signal to a sending network element.

Abstract: A method of allocating a channel estimation number for a search space and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: reallocating, if a channel estimation number required for a target unit search space of a terminal device exceeds a first channel estimation number, the channel estimation number corresponding to the target unit search space, wherein, the first channel estimation number is a channel estimation number configured by a network-side device for the target unit search space or a maximum channel estimation number supported by the terminal device; a sum of second channel estimation numbers of the target unit search space after reallocating is less than or equal to the first channel estimation number.

Abstract: A method includes determining the number of CCEs for channel estimation and the number of times of blind-decoding related to multiple search space sets that the terminal needs to monitor during one slot, when the determined number of times of the blind-decoding exceeds a blind-decoding limit or the determined number of the CCEs exceeds a channel estimation limit, dropping at least one PDCCH candidate among PDCCH candidates in the multiple search space sets, and attempting to detect a PDCCH signal based on the remaining PDCCH candidates which have not been dropped. The terminal switches between the multiple search space sets in a round-robin scheme while dropping the PDCCH candidate until both the blind-decoding limit and the channel estimation limit are reached. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another terminal, a terminal related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.

Abstract: A communication device (1) for RF-based communication with another communication device (2) comprises an antenna circuitry (10) configured to transmit and receive RF signals and beamforming circuitry (11) configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna circuitry in a beamforming training phase to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected directive beams.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method of receiving a downlink (DL) control channel in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message including resource block (RB) allocation information; receiving a subframe having a plurality of physical RBs; and monitoring a plurality of downlink control channel candidates in a physical RB set corresponding to the RB allocation information from the plurality of physical RBs to detect a downlink control channel allocated to a communication device, wherein the plurality of downlink control channel candidates do not continuously exist in a virtual RB set corresponding to the physical RB set.

Abstract: Disclosed in one embodiment is a downlink control channel decoding method of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving setting information on a first resource and a second resource; blind-decoding reception signals on PDCCH resource candidates within the first resource determined by the setting information, so as to search for a PDCCH of the first resource; and blind-decoding reception signals on PDCCH resource candidates within the second resource determined by the setting information, and by blind-decoding, among the resource candidates, the remaining one or more resource candidates excluding one or more resource candidates, which include a resource area overlapping with the PDCCH having been searched for, so as to search for a PDCCH of the second resource. Therefore, since the number of PDCCH resource candidates required for blind-decoding is adjusted on the basis of an overlapping resource area, power consumption of a terminal can be reduced.

Abstract: Implementations herein relate to information describing one or more internal states of a technical system. Implementations herein are provided for characterizing reliability of various different third party servers, at least when reporting third party device statuses, as well as adapting protocols for device ecosystems affected by such reliability. Latency can affect accuracy of device states represented by assistant devices. Certain servers can be characterized as especially delayed when reporting an updated device state in response to a user request, and, as a result, the third party server can be correlated to a metric that characterizes the relative latency of the third party server. When the metric fails to satisfy a particular threshold, a server and/or client associated with the “ecosystem” of third party devices can affirmatively operate to retrieve device state updates, rather than passively await updates from a corresponding third party server.

Abstract: A barrier operator feature enhancement device is designed to provide one or more features found in modern barrier operator devices and to incorporate those features into a previously installed barrier operator system. To facilitate ease of use, the barrier operator feature enhancement device can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. To facilitate the ease of installation, the device is designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the feature enhancement device works with the barrier operator to provide one or more additional features to enhance the capabilities of the previously installed barrier operator.

Abstract: Frontend and backend systems and processes. Technical foundations on which an Augmented Reality (AR) platform, such as an AR Social Media Platform. Systems and methods are used to construct and manage an AR Cloud backend and frontend environment facilitation: persistent 3-Dimensional and 2-Dimensional geo-located content that can be created, viewed, changed, and interacted with by users in the same or different sessions; ephemeral content; local creation and posting of content; remote creation and posting of content; remote visualization, altering, and placing content on a 3D map; filtering and management of content in the camera view based on a visibility layer/similar theme and content priority based on preferences, categorization, and ownership; automated creation and posting; lighting of content and digital environments; linking of point clouds with real-world geo-coordinates for accurate map construction; and the security of property and content rights and ownership via smart contracts on a blockchain.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for requesting ready status information from a memory. One example apparatus includes a memory and a host coupled to the memory. The host is configured to provide a plurality of memory access requests to the memory, to request ready status information regarding whether the memory is ready to execute a memory access request of the plurality of memory access requests, and to request execution of the memory access request responsive to the ready status information.

Abstract: A control body and cartridge that are coupleable with one another to form an aerosol delivery device are provided. The control body comprises a control component and an RFID reader contained within at least one housing. The cartridge comprises at least one heating element and an RFID tag contained within at least one housing. The RFID reader of the control body is coupled to the control component of the control body and configured to communicate with the RFID tag of the cartridge upon coupling of the control body with the cartridge. The control component of the control body is configured to authorize the cartridge for use with the control body based at least in part on communication between the RFID reader and the RFID tag.

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically augmenting an endoscope video for a task based on status data that describes the status of a surgical robot system that was used to at least partially perform the task. The system comprises an event detector and an augmenter. The event detector is configured to: receive the status data; and identify one or more patterns in the status data that indicate an event occurred during the task. The augmenter is configured to receive an endoscope video captured during the task, the endoscope video being time synchronised with the status data; and in response to the event detector identifying a pattern in the status data that indicates an event occurred, automatically augment metadata that forms part of or is associated with the endoscope video with information identifying the event and the time the event occurred with respect to the endoscope video.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to acquire a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration including first information for indicating a control resource set (CORESET), to acquire second RRC configuration including second information for indicating one or more search space sets, and to acquire third RRC configuration including third information for indicating a resource set for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) rate matching. The UE also includes physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) receiving circuitry configured to monitor a PDCCH. The UE also includes PDSCH receiving circuitry configured to receive the PDSCH, upon a detection of the PDCCH.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating multiple antenna panels are provided. The wireless communication device includes a plurality of antenna panels and a processor coupled to the antenna panels. The processor is configured to maintain a plurality of leading time values. The plurality of leading time values may indicate a plurality of leading time durations. The processor is further configured to receive an indicator for antenna panel status information from a base station, and apply one of the plurality of leading time values to switch an antenna panel status of the plurality of antenna panels based on the indicator for antenna panel status information.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to acquire a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration including first information for indicating a control resource set (CORESET) duration, and to acquire second RRC configuration including second information for indicating physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring symbols. The UE also includes receiving circuitry configured to monitor a PDCCH, based on the first information and the second information. The CORESET duration is set to a value larger than 1. The second information is bitmap information. Each bit of the bitmap information corresponds to a respective OFDM symbol in a slot. The bit of which value is set to 1 indicates a start of a PDCCH monitoring occasion. The bitmap information is set such that any two adjacent PDCCH monitoring occasions do not overlap with each other.

Abstract: A communication device for RF-based communication with another communication device. The communication device comprising antenna circuitry configured to transmit and receive RF signals and beamforming circuitry configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna circuitry in a beamforming training phase to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected directive beams. The beamforming circuitry is configured to perform beamforming training by controlling the antenna circuitry i) to transmit data using at least one first directive transmit beam, wherein the other communication device is configured to listen using a first directive receive beam, said data including a second transmit beam information, and ii) to subsequently listen using a predetermined second directive receive beam for a response from the other communication device.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to decoding downlink control information (DCI) based on multiple DCI sizes. A first hypothesis of multiple hypotheses for decoding a communication received in a control channel search space, wherein the multiple hypotheses are based on different corresponding DCI sizes can be determined. The communication received in the control channel search space can be decoded based on the first hypothesis. For each of the multiple hypotheses and based on the different corresponding DCI sizes, information bits can be extracted from the communication as decoded. For each extracting of the information bits, cyclic redundancy check (CRC) can be performed based on one of the different corresponding DCI sizes to determine whether extracting of the information bits yields DCI.

Abstract: A downlink control information sending method, a downlink control information detection method, and a device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first signaling, where the first signaling includes configuration information of search space; determining, by the terminal device based on the configuration information, a frequency domain resource or a CCE resource occupied by the search space; and detecting, by the terminal device, downlink control information in the search space. A network device may configure the search space to occupy any frequency domain resource or CCE resource. The terminal device determines, based on the first signaling, the search space configured by the network device, and obtains the downlink control information in a timely manner. This effectively improves data transmission efficiency, and in particular, resolves a problem that downlink control information of duration less than 1 ms cannot be obtained in a timely manner.

Abstract: A transceiver apparatus (204) is configured to support antenna selection in accordance with a communications standard. The apparatus comprises a hardware subsystem (300) comprising a duplexing component (328), a transmitter chain, a first receiver chain (308) and a second receiver chain (310) respectively comprising a first antenna port (336) and a second antenna port (342) at an upstream end thereof. The first receiver chain (308) and the transmitter chain sharing the duplexing component (328). The apparatus further comprises a signal redirection system (330, 350, 372) arranged to couple temporarily the second antenna port (342) to the first receiver chain (308) at a point of entry thereof and in response to an antenna selection instruction, thereby redirecting temporarily a signal path from the second antenna port (342) into the first receiver chain (308) and then back into the second receiver chain (310) downstream of the point of entry.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor which implements the method, including displaying a virtual environment in which a first device is disposed on a display, the virtual environment simulating a real environment, detecting by at least one processor virtual environment information about the virtual environment, detecting virtual device information about the first device disposed in the virtual environment and at least one second device disposed in the virtual environment, determining a setting value for the first device based on at least one of the virtual environment information and the virtual device information, and storing the determined setting value in a memory.

Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced functionality and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box system, first and second set-top boxes each include a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, a wireless transceiver, memory, and storage communicatively interconnected by a busing architecture. Each of the set-top boxes is connected to a display, such as a television. A syndication profile associated with the set-top boxes enables a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device to control both displays via each of the set-top boxes.

Abstract: A commercial television-interfacing dongle and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a television input, television output, a processor, memory, a control interface, and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The control interface and the USB interface connect to the commercial television. The commercial television interfacing dongle may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display and receive and process virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Following receipt and processing of the virtual remote control functionality input instructions, the commercial television-interfacing dongle sends a command to the commercial television via a commercial television control protocol.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes sending, by a base station to UE, a downlink control channel used to schedule downlink data. The method further includes indicating, by the base station, a first time-frequency resource domain and a second time-frequency resource domain using the downlink control channel. A downlink data channel is sent on a time-frequency resource that is in the first time-frequency resource domain and that does not belong to the second time-frequency resource domain.

Abstract: Uplink control channel management is disclosed for LTE/LTE-A communication systems with unlicensed spectrum in which two or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) are allocated for uplink control channel transmission. The uplink control information (UCI) payload may be determined based on clear channel assessment (CCA) information associated with carriers scheduled for transmission of the UCI data. With the UCI payload determined, two or more uplink control channel messages may be generated according to at least one control channel format, wherein uplink control channel messages include the UCI payload. These generated uplink control channel messages may then be transmitted over the allocated PRBs.

Abstract: A method is disclosed performed by a second transceiver (140) of a packet based wireless communication network (100) for wireless communication with a first transceiver (130) of the network. The method comprises receiving, from the first transceiver (130), a data sequence comprising a first data field comprising data coded with a first modulation and coding scheme, MCS, and a second data field comprising data coded with a second MCS different from the first MCS, wherein the second transceiver (140) has information indicating that the data of the first data field is coded with the first MCS and the data of the second data field is coded with the second MCS. The method further comprises performing a decoding operation on the data of the first data field using the first MCS and a decoding operation on the data of the second data field using the second MCS, and selecting the first MCS or the second MCS based on a result of the performed decoding operations.

Abstract: Aspects of the presently disclosed embodiments may include a wireless power outage lighting system comprising one or more power change detection apparatuses and one or more wireless lighting modules where the system is implemented to allow management of multiple groups in the same area such that interference may be avoided when there are multiple transmissions in the same area. A power change detection apparatus may be configured to transmit to avoid interference with another power change detection apparatus. A power change detection apparatus may also be configured through the user input method to operate different groups of wireless lighting modules such that lighting zones may be created. Multiple lighting zone allow a user to configure lighting provided by the wireless power outage lighting system based on their preference.

Abstract: A wireless user device exchanges data with wireless networks over wireless channels and measures communication metrics for the wireless channels. The wireless user device transfers the communication metrics to other wireless user devices and receives other communication metrics from the other wireless user devices. The wireless user device processes the communication metrics to select an optimal set of communication channels. The wireless user device disables the unselected ones of the wireless channels. The wireless user device exchanges wireless data with the wireless networks over the optimal set of wireless communication channels.

Abstract: A control channel (CCH) is transmitted/received within a search space which is a group of CCH candidates. The CCH is transmitted/received in one of the CCH candidates. The search space spans N (N is a positive integer) time symbols among the multiple time symbols, and is configured to include a greatest number of CCH candidates in the first time symbols among the N time symbols.

Abstract: Communication between a cellular network (102) and a communication device (101) occurs in a first frequency band (111) and a second frequency band (112), the second frequency band (112) being at least partly different from the first frequency band (111). A data packet is sent in the first frequency band (111). Depending on an acknowledgment of receipt of the data packet, the data packet is selectively sent in the second frequency band (112).

Abstract: A network node, such as a base station, identifies radio resources within an overall bandwidth using a first resource referencing scheme, while a wireless communication device identifies radio resources within an allocated portion of the overall bandwidth using a second resource referencing scheme. Advantageously, the device correctly identifies given radio resources pointed to by a resource identifier expressed according to the first resource referencing scheme, by translating the resource identifier into the second resource referencing scheme according to mapping information that relates the two schemes. Correspondingly, the network node enables the wireless communication device to perform such translations by providing the mapping information either implicitly or explicitly.

Abstract: A transmitting device and a receiving device are provided. The transmitting device comprises a signal processor configured to modulate bits representing control information for providing at least a first set of modulation symbols and a second set of modulation symbols, provide a first set of mapped modulation symbols by mapping the first set of modulation symbols onto a set of frequency resources within a first sub-band, and provide a second set of mapped modulation symbols by mapping the second set of modulation symbols onto a corresponding set of frequency resources within a second sub-band, wherein the first set of mapped modulation symbols and the second set of mapped modulation symbols differ from each other in at least one modulation symbol, and wherein the first sub-band and the second sub-band are non-overlapping.

Abstract: A method for signaling performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method includes receiving, from a network, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a value; and starting a timer with the received value set to the timer upon transmitting a power preference indication (PPI) to the network, wherein another PPI is not transmitted to the network while the timer is running.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for aligning antenna beams in a high-low frequency co-site network, where the method includes performing antenna alignment of a low frequency beam with a communications device in order to establish a low frequency channel, and performing high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna with the communications device using the low frequency channel. In the method, high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna is performed using an established low frequency channel. Therefore, a technical problem that a high frequency beam alignment time of a high frequency antenna is long due to a narrow field of view of a high frequency beam can be avoided in order to quickly implement high frequency beam alignment of a high frequency antenna.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information within a subframe of a multi-carrier communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising the following steps performed at a receiving node: performing a blind detection for the control information within a search space by means of a first search pattern, wherein the first search pattern is one of a plurality of search patterns, each of the plurality of search patterns comprising a plurality of candidates distributed on any of a plurality of aggregation levels, and wherein the plurality of search patterns further comprises a second search pattern whose candidates are non-overlapping the candidates of the first search pattern on the same aggregation levels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication base station device capable of reducing the power consumption of a terminal when broadband transmission is performed with only an uplink. With this device, a setting unit sets mutually different terminal IDs per a plurality of uplink unit bands for a terminal that communicates using a plurality of uplink unit bands and prescribed downlink unit bands which are fewer in number than the uplink unit bands; a control unit that respectively allocates resource allocation information per a plurality of uplink unit bands to a PDCCH arranged in a prescribed downlink unit band; and a PDCCH creation unit that creates a PDCCH signal by respectively masking the resource allocation information per a plurality of uplink unit bands with the terminal ID that has been set per a plurality of uplink unit bands.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for data mesh-based environmental augmentation are presented. Attribute data associated with a user may be received from a plurality of attribute sources. A portion of the attribute data may include real-time data. A portion of the real-time data indicative of an identity of the user may be identified. The identity of the user may be authenticated with respect to the real-time data by analyzing the identified portion of the real-time data. Based on the authentication of the identity of the user, a user activity being performed by the user may be identified based on the real-time data, and the user activity may be augmented according to a user setting.

Abstract: A method and system for providing enhanced packet data services to user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method disclosed comprises: switching to a first Radio Access Network (RAN) from a second RAN when the UE suffers loss of coverage in the second RAN during a mobility of the UE, and transmitting a request to the first RAN when the UE detects the coverage in the second RAN to redirect the UE to the second RAN.

Abstract: An apparatus of user equipment (UE), comprises physical layer (PHY) circuitry, wherein the PHY circuitry includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver comprising: a first receive path configured to receive RF signals from an enhanced node B (eNB) of a cellular network and down convert the received RF signals using a local oscillator (LO) receive frequency; and a second receive path configured to down-convert received RF signals from the eNB and to operate simultaneously with the first communication path; and processing circuitry configured to: determine that a configured transmission mode of the UE supports receiving data using a single receive channel and includes receive antenna diversity; determine channel conditions using at least one channel quality metric; and; disable one of the first and second receive paths during a portion of a subframe transmitted during a downlink (DL) communication according to the determined transmission mode and the determined channel conditions.