Abstract:
Techniques described herein may allow for the granting and revoking of temporary access, for User Equipment (“UE”) devices, to a wireless network. Multiple UEs may be registered with a group, where only a limited quantity of UEs in the group may be active at a given time. Once granted access, a UE device may have limits on the access, such as a maximum duration and/or a data limit. When a particular UE device, in a group, requests access to the network, a Group Device Authentication Server (“GDAS”) may determine whether to grant the access, based on how many other UEs in the group (if any) currently have access. The GDAS may also revoke the access once granted (e.g., once the maximum duration has been reached).
Abstract:
A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device; instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method; and provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device. The processor may be further configured to receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device; map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device; and instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request.
Abstract:
Techniques described herein may allow for the granting and revoking of temporary access, for User Equipment (“UE”) devices, to a wireless network. Multiple UEs may be registered with a group, where only a limited quantity of UEs in the group may be active at a given time. Once granted access, a UE device may have limits on the access, such as a maximum duration and/or a data limit. When a particular UE device, in a group, requests access to the network, a Group Device Authentication Server (“GDAS”) may determine whether to grant the access, based on how many other UEs in the group (if any) currently have access. The GDAS may also revoke the access once granted (e.g., once the maximum duration has been reached).
Abstract:
Systems described herein receive, via a physical random access channel, an attach request from a user device; retrieve profile data for the user device; and determine, based on RF conditions estimated from the attach request, an initial downlink repetition level for extended coverage. The systems also receive a reference signal from the user device via a physical uplink shared channel; determine an uplink repetition level for coverage extension based on the uplink RF conditions and requirements from the profile data. The systems detect high resource use within a cell; identify a shared downlink resource channel for the user device, wherein machine-type communication (MTC) data for the user device uses BPSK modulation; identify non-MTC data requiring downlink transmission to a device within the cell; and send the non-MTC data over the shared downlink resource channel, and on a resource pre-allocated for the user device, using a different modulation level.
Abstract:
A device may determine a set of characteristics of a network. The set of characteristics may relate to a set of wireless devices connected to the network. The device may alter a network configuration associated with a set of positioning reference signals (PRS signals) transmitted via the network based on the set of characteristics of the network. The alteration may relate to a characteristic of the set of PRS signals or a resource allocation for providing the set of PRS signals via the network. The device may transmit the set of PRS signals based on altering the network configuration to enable geolocation to be performed by the set of wireless devices connected to the network.
Abstract:
Systems described herein receive, via a physical random access channel, an attach request from a user device; retrieve profile data for the user device; and determine, based on RF conditions estimated from the attach request, an initial downlink repetition level for extended coverage. The systems also receive a reference signal from the user device via a physical uplink shared channel; determine an uplink repetition level for coverage extension based on the uplink RF conditions and requirements from the profile data. The systems detect high resource use within a cell; identify a shared downlink resource channel for the user device, wherein machine-type communication (MTC) data for the user device uses BPSK modulation; identify non-MTC data requiring downlink transmission to a device within the cell; and send the non-MTC data over the shared downlink resource channel, and on a resource pre-allocated for the user device, using a different modulation level.
Abstract:
A base station includes an antenna to receive frequency bands that include a first band associated with first signals carrying machine-two-machine (M2M) data and a second band associated with second signals carrying user equipment (UE) data. The base station further includes a baseband unit (BBU) that includes: a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to receive the first signals and the second signals, a digital front end (DFE) configured to generate first symbols based on the first signals and second symbols based on the second signals, a symbol processor configured to convert the first symbols into the M2M data and the second symbols into the UE data, and one or more processors configured to forward the M2M data to a first device and the UE data to a second device that differs from the first device.