61 results about "Over the Air" patented technology

Methods and devices utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) for customization of a device specific air interface configuration in a wireless communication network are provided. An over the air information exchange to facilitate the training of one or more AI / ML modules involves the exchange of AI / ML capability information identifying whether a device supports AI / ML for optimization of the air interface.

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for achieving frequency, phase and time of day synchronization in wireless systems. An exemplary method of operating a first wireless base station in a first network in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: (i) receiving, at the first wireless base station, a first message; (ii) in response to receiving the first message entering, by the first wireless base station, into a first mode of operation; and (iii) while operating in the first mode of operation, obtaining, by the first wireless base station, synchronization information from a first user equipment device using over the air device to device communications, the synchronization information including time synchronization information.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an UE may receive an indication of a configuration for receiving reference signals (RSs) and for transmitting a digital pre-distortion (DPD) measurement. The UE may receive the RSs from a network node. The UE may transmit a first signal that indicates the DPD measurement as observed via the RSs at the first UE, the first signal configured for coherent combination over the air with a second signal that indicates a DPD measurement as observed via the RSs at a second UE, the first signal and the second signal scheduled for transmission via overlapping network resources. Numerous other aspects are described.

According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method, comprising transmitting, by a base node over an air interface, a set of primary synchronization signals in at least one slot, and transmitting, by the base node over the air interface, a set of synchronization signal blocks in at least one other slot, wherein each primary synchronization signal of the set of primary synchronization signals is associated with a corresponding synchronization signal block of the set of synchronization signal blocks, and wherein a time separation between any two successive primary synchronization signals of the set of primary synchronization signals and a time separation between two corresponding successive synchronization signal blocks of the set of synchronization signal blocks are equal.

The present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and particularly to a data transmission method, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: obtaining a first data packet generated by a first application, where the first application runs on the user equipment; when the first data packet carries a first identifier, using the first data packet as a data packet to be transmitted in a first logical channel; the first identifier is used to indicate that the first data packet needs to be transmitted over the air interface according to a first transmission quality requirement; sending a first buffer status report to the base station, where the first buffer status report includes indication information of the first transmission quality requirement, so that the base station allocates first air interface resources for the first logical channel according to the first transmission quality requirement; and using the first air interface resources to send the data packet to be transmitted in the first logical channel to the base station. The solution of the present application can implement air interface scheduling at the granularity of data packets, and can apply for air interface resources for data packets with identifiers according to preset transmission quality requirements, thereby ensuring the uplink transmission quality of the data packets.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a testing equipment may transmit a set of test signals to a device under test (DUT) from a plurality of directions relative to the DUT; obtain, from the DUT, a set of measured multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) sensitivity results based at least in part on the set of test signals; and determine a MIMO over the air (OTA) performance of the DUT based at least in part on a single measured MIMO sensitivity result of the set of measured MIMO sensitivity results or an average of MIMO sensitivity results, in a subset of the set of measured MIMO sensitivity results, that satisfy a threshold percentile. Numerous other aspects are provided.

The present application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method comprises: a first communication apparatus acquires first information, the first information being used for indicating a transmission parameter of an air interface; on the basis of the first information and at least one of related information of a first AI task or capability information of a first node, the first communication apparatus determines first task strategy information corresponding to the first AI task and a first quality of service (QoS) requirement parameter corresponding to the first AI task, wherein the first node is a node executing the first AI task, the first task strategy information is used for indicating a task strategy of the first AI task, and the first QoS requirement parameter is a candidate QoS requirement parameter for transmission of data related to the first AI task over the air interface; and the first communication apparatus sends second information, the second information being used for indicating the first QoS requirement parameter. The communication efficiency and the QoS of a system can be improved.

A radio station test system using a portable spectrum analyzer allows the portable spectrum analyzer to directly control the transmission of various base station signals so that various signal analysis may be performed more quickly and conveniently in an OTA (Over The Air) measurement environment. Further, a radio station test system using a portable spectrum analyzer includes a base station outputting base station signals, a base station control center that controls base station signals by various base station parameters, and a portable spectrum analyzer that receives base station signals and performs a radio station test, which includes a portable spectrum analyzer having: a signal input terminal; a RF processing part; a digital processing part; a display part; a base station parameter setting part; an encoding part; and a communication part.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus, and device for data retransmission. The method includes: initially transmitting multicast / broadcast data to a terminal; receiving Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback sent by the terminal based on the multicast / broadcast data, wherein each transmission of multicast / broadcast data corresponds to a HARQ process identifier. The solution of the present invention adds a feedback retransmission mechanism for multicast / broadcast data, and by optimizing the logical correspondence architecture of the protocol stack, ensures the reliability of multicast data transmission over the air interface.

A computer-implemented method performed by a computing device to select a over the air network synchronization topology in a planned target network is provided. The method includes identifying first pairs of antenna reference points, ARPs, in a source network; generating a first representation of the first pairs of ARPs; and generating a second representation of second pairs of ARPs in the planned target network. The method further includes using a trained machine learning, ML, model including transferred knowledge of learned similarities to classify respective pairs as at least one of similar and dissimilar in the planned target network; and selecting a subset of the second pairs of ARPs based on an identification of a minimum number of ARPs classified as similar that meet a criteria. The selected subset defines the over the air network synchronization topology.

Systems and methods are provided for inventory management and digital twin synchronization. In one example, an inventory management system includes a machine, an active monitoring service configured to monitor the machine, detect active triggering events, and notify a client of the machine of passive triggering events, wherein the client is configured to initiate a partial or full inventory collection in response to receiving notification of an active triggering event. The inventory management system further includes a server external to the machine and communicatively coupled to the client via over the air (OTA) connection, and a digital twin, wherein the digital twin is a digital replica of the machine synchronized to the machine via the server by data collected from the partial inventory collection or the full inventory collection.

The invention proposes a method for updating an application, referred to as a previous application, installed in a plurality of secure elements (30) comprised in a device, the method comprising for each of the secure elements (30), sending, over the air, a script comprising a new ELF version comprising a latest version of the application from the update server to a system manager connected to the secure elements (30), where, for each of the secure elements (30), the script comprises:-a complete AID of the new ELF version; -identifying a partial AID of a previous application, the method comprising, for each of the secure elements (30):-for each secure element (30) and the corresponding partial AID, loading the latest version of the application identified by the complete AID, and executing the latest version of the application in each of the secure elements (30); -in the event of a failure of execution of the at least one application, for each of the secure elements (30), restoring the previous application, the complete AID for designing the application being to be updated.

Techniques for calibrating base station timing for user equipment (UE) positioning determination are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computerized method is disclosed comprising obtaining signal transmission and reception data samples for a base station and user equipment (UE) pairing, determining an observed downlink communication timing value and an observed uplink communication timing value for the base station and UE pairing using the obtained data samples, determining a true over the air (true OTA) value using the observed downlink and uplink communication timing values, determining a timing correction using the true OTA and one of the observed downlink and uplink communication timing values; and calibrating a timing of the base station using the determined timing correction.

The invention discloses an HTTP (Hyper Text Transport Protocol) transmission method remote OTA (Over the Air) upgrading application system based on a domestic micro controller, which relates to the technical field of embedded systems and comprises a processor and HTTP server connection establishment module, a Flash storage partition planning and configuration module, a firmware file processing module, a program processing module and a database, the FM33LG0xxA series processor performs data interaction with the 4G module, logs in to connect with the server with an HTTP server, divides a Flash model into a Bootloader program area, a local user program area App1, a remote OTA user program area App2 and a flag bit storage area, then generates a flag frame and a data frame, finally verifies the integrity of a remote OTA program, and determines the integrity of the remote OTA program according to a firmware version, a mandatory bit and a hardware ID. Whether the remote OTA needs to be upgraded or not is judged, the accurate matching performance of the domestic micro controller and the 4G module and the file information analysis efficiency are guaranteed, and the accuracy of remote OTA upgrading judgment is also guaranteed.

In the present invention, an Over The Air (OTA) master (14) performs processing related to the updating of software by connecting a wireless line with a wireless facility before a vehicle is brought to market. Once completing the updating of the software before the vehicle is brought to market, the OTA master instructs a connection information holding device, which holds connection information used to connect the wireless line, to initialize the connection information.

Embodiments are disclosed for encrypting media access control (MAC) Header fields for Wireless LAN (WLAN) privacy enhancement. For example, a transceiver of a station (STA) or an access point (AP) can set a real time Media Access Control (MAC) header bit in a payload of an aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) subframe to an actual value of a power management (PM) field of a MAC header of the A-MPDU subframe. The transceiver can encrypt the payload, set the PM field to an over the air (OTA) PM value, and transmit the A-MPDU subframe over the air. The OTA PM value can include all zeros, a predetermined value, or a randomized value The transceiver can also set static MAC header bits in the payload of the A-MPDU subframe to corresponding actual values of an aggregated MAC service data unit (A-MSDU) present field of the A-MPDU subframe.

In one aspect, a system for supporting over-the-air (OTA) software updates is configured to transmit, over a network, an upload network address for the uploading a packaged computer program, in response to receiving a first request. The system stores an association between the packaged computer program and a UUID. In response to receiving a second request that includes one or more VINs associated with respective one or more vehicles targeted to update software to a specified UUID, the system stores records that associate the one or more VINs with the specified UUID. In response to receiving a third request from a control unit of the vehicle, the system transmits a download network address for the vehicle to use to download the packaged computer program from the file server, when it is determined that the vehicle is associated with one VINs stored in the database.

The invention relates to a method for detecting drones and determining the distance to their remote control (114), comprising the steps of: - detecting a plurality of wirelessly transmitted radio signals (200) over the air using a detection device; - checking for the presence of at least one drone (100) within the range of the detection device by analyzing the radio signals (200); - detecting or determining an order (QAM order) of a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) used in the transmission of the radio signals (200) of the drone (100); and - determining the distance of the drone (100) from its associated remote control (114) based on the order of the quadrature amplitude modulation. The invention also relates to a computer program and a detection device for carrying out the method.

The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling overhead and functional split of a Resource Element (RE) mapper in a heterogeneous system. The system may receive physical channel Protocol Data Units (PDUs) including one or more parameters. The system may pre-process the one or more parameters of the physical channel PDUs. and generate one or more bits of control information per Physical Resource Block (PRB) based on the pre-processed one or more parameters. The system may arrange the generated one or more bits of control information per PRB in a grid, and transfer the grid including the generated one or more bits of control information per PRB from a processing system to a programmable logic of the heterogeneous system using a Direct Memory Access (DMA). The RE mapper in programmable logic space uses control grid to arrange / map data of various physical channels for over the air transmission.

A communications system is described providing the ability to intelligently deliver electrical power from a first power source or from a second power source to a branch circuit in a facility, such as a home. Communications between a Smart Load Center (SLC) controller and the appliances is provided via wireless signals sent over the air. Sequentially, each branch circuit is powered off while the SLC wirelessly sends a poll message to the appliances. The response messages to the poll message allow the SLC to identify to which branch circuit each appliance is connected. The signals over the air support the communications between the appliances and the SLC controller and may be part of a larger Internet-of-Things ecosystem dedicated to facilities automation services.

A method, system, apparatus, and architecture are provided for managing faults in a data processing system having multiple data processing subsystems, including a resource reallocation management subsystem which responds to a notification of a faulty resource by isolating the faulty resource and requesting an over-the-air (OTA) update from an external system controller to provide update code which is received and stored at a flash memory, and then used to reconfigure a spare resource subsystem which is connected to the data processing system by reprogramming the interconnect manager at the interconnect bus.

Provided are a method, system, and device for handling event logs over the air. The method may include receiving, by a first handler object, a first log request to a first event log for a first event class, the first log request originating from a main logger object, wherein the first log request includes a first event object of the first event class and the first event log is stored in persistent storage and sending, by the handler object to a storage object, a first write request to write the first event object to the first event log, wherein upon receiving the first write request, the storage object is configured to serialize the first event object and write the serialized first event object to the first event log.

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for achieving frequency, phase and time of day synchronization in wireless systems. An exemplary method of operating a first wireless base station in a first network in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: (i) receiving, at the first wireless base station, a first message; (ii) in response to receiving the first message entering, by the first wireless base station, into a first mode of operation; and (iii) while operating in the first mode of operation, obtaining, by the first wireless base station, synchronization information from a first user equipment device using over the air device to device communications, the synchronization information including time synchronization information.

A WTRU may receive over the air federated learning (OTA-FL) configuration information associated with a local AI / ML model at the WTRU. The WTRU may send feedback information. The WTRU may receive from the network model parameter reporting configuration. The model parameter reporting configuration may include an uplink scaling factor. The WTRU may determine one or more uplink pre-equalization factors for one or more resource elements associated with one or more model parameters associated with the local AI / ML model based on, for example, the uplink scaling factor. The WTRU may send to the network the one or more pre-equalized model parameters using the one or more associated resource elements of the local AI / ML model.

A user equipment includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals over an air interface, a memory configured to store executable instructions, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory. The instructions allow the user equipment to detect reception of a request to transmit a secret identifier of the user equipment over the air interface and provide a notification to a user of the user equipment in response to detecting the reception of the request.

The invention provides a control method and device for an air suspension system. The method comprises the steps that first temperature monitoring data of an integrated valve pump module in the air suspension system, second temperature monitoring data at a valve body air channel and operation state parameters of an air compression unit are obtained; according to the operation authorization state in the operation state parameters of the air compression unit, a first temperature constraint condition parameter currently corresponding to the integrated valve pump module and a second temperature constraint condition parameter currently corresponding to a valve body air channel are obtained; according to at least one of a first comparison result between the first temperature monitoring data and a first temperature constraint condition parameter, a second comparison result between the second temperature monitoring data and a second temperature constraint condition parameter, and a working ratio of the air compression unit in the operation state parameters, determining the operation state parameters of the air compression unit; and correspondingly controlling the operation authorization state of the air compression unit. In this way, intelligent self-adaptive control over the air suspension system is achieved through the scheme.

An upgrade method and an apparatus are provided, and relate to the field of internet of vehicles technologies. When a plurality of devices in an intelligent connected vehicle need to be upgraded, upgrade efficiency and a download speed can be improved, and a load and a storage requirement of a telematics box or a gateway can be reduced. The method includes: receiving upgrade information of a first apparatus from an over the air (OTA) node; establishing a first channel with a server based on the upgrade information of the first apparatus; receiving an upgrade package of the first apparatus from the server through the first channel; and performing upgrade based on the upgrade package of the first apparatus.

Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing wireless data traffic in a battery management system. A wireless battery management system includes peripheral devices (PDs), each coupled to a battery module having associated battery cells and is operable to receive battery measurements from such associated cells. The system also includes a central device (CD) operable to receive battery measurements from the PDs via a wireless network. The system also includes a first data processing unit (DPU) coupled with a first one of the PDs and communicatively interposed between the first PD and the wireless network. The first DPU is operable to (i) receive a first data packet from the first PD, (ii) if the first data packet passes verification, compress the first data packet and add a protection code to the first data packet, and (iii) send the compressed first data packet with the protection code to a second DPU via the wireless network. The second DPU is coupled with the CD and communicatively interposed between the CD and the wireless network. The second DPU is operable to (i) from the wireless network, receive the compressed first data packet with the protection code, (ii) if the compressed first data packet passes verification, decompress the compressed first data packet to obtain the first data packet, and (iii) send the decompressed first data packet to the CD.

A parameter server located at a base station may coordinate federated learning among multiple user equipment (UEs) using over-the-air (OTA) aggregation with power control to mitigate aggregation distortion due to amplitude misalignment. The parameter server may select a first group of UEs for a first OTA aggregation session of a federated learning round based on a common received power property of each UE in the first group of UEs. The parameter server may transmit a global model to the first group of UEs. Each UE in the first group may train the global model based on a local dataset and transmit values associated with the trained local model. The parameter server may receive, on resource elements for the first group of UEs, a first aggregate amplitude modulated analog signal representing a combined response from the first group of UEs.

Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for enabling a universal unlock microservice for user equipment. One such method includes: obtaining a serial number of the user equipment, decomposing the serial number of the user equipment, in response to decomposing the serial number, determining the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the user equipment, in response to determining the OEM, determining a correct Application Program Interface (API) to receive an unlock request for the user equipment, triggering an over the air (OTA) unlock request for the user equipment using a microservice, and sending a call to the correct API to unlock the user equipment.