A monitoring and troubleshooting system to determine whether or not an antenna that is used for receiving wireless weak signals, like base station for cellular wireless communication, is operational. The antenna status condition is signaled over the Fiber Optic (FO) link without interfering the signal during normal operation. When a fault is detected the status at the FO receiver is determined. Then, an indication using special signaling allows a service technician to distinguish if the status fault is antenna failure or antenna disconnect. The present invention will also allow a service technician to determine if there is a FO link failure by use of light intensity monitoring. The present invention also includes a method of monitoring the status of a radio frequency antenna with the apparatus as discussed above.

Various communication systems may benefit from optimized transmissions. A method can include receiving data to be forwarded to a first wireless device. The method can also include determining the data as delay tolerant data. Moreover, the method can include defining a role of at least one second wireless device for forwarding the delay tolerant data. Also, the method can include transmitting the delay tolerant data to the second wireless device to be forwarded to the first wireless device.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a network may support different network energy states (NESs). A network entity may transmit, for a user equipment (UE), an indication of a currently active NES, for example, for a serving cell or for a non-serving cell. The UE may determine a radio measurement threshold, a relaxation configuration, or both based on the active NES for the network entity. A network entity associated with the serving cell or non-serving cell may transmit a synchronization signal block (SSB) using one or more parameters associated with the active NES, and the UE may receive the SSB and perform one or more measurements based on the active NES (e.g., based on the radio measurement threshold, the relaxation configuration, or both). The UE may communicate with the network based on the one or more measurements.

A beehive management system. The beehive management system may include a server, wherein the server may include a server beehive tracking application, a controller, operating memory, and a communications interface. The beehive management system may further include a data store connected to the server; and wherein the controller may be configured to execute stored program instructions. The stored program instructions may include receiving data related to a beehive, through a network, from one or more sources; processing the beehive data; assessing a state of the beehive based on the processed beehive data; and generating one or more recommendations by a recommendations engine of the beehive management system to improve the state the of beehive.

A beehive management system. The beehive management system may include a server, wherein the server may include a server beehive tracking application, a controller, operating memory, and a communications interface. The beehive management system may further include a data store connected to the server; and wherein the controller may be configured to execute stored program instructions. The stored program instructions may include receiving data related to a beehive, through a network, from one or more sources; processing the beehive data; assessing a state of the beehive based on the processed beehive data; and generating one or more recommendations by a recommendations engine of the beehive management system to improve the state the of beehive.

A method is provided for exchanging data flows between two terminals, via a multipath link formed of a plurality of transmission channels at least one of the channels of which is a unidirectional channel. The method implements two interface modules operating in transmission mode or in reception mode, respectively. In transmission mode, an interface module separates the transmitted data flow into a plurality of secondary data flows and transits them via the plurality of transmission channels. In reception mode, it reassembles the received secondary data flows into a single data flow. The interface modules route the acknowledgement information of the data packets transiting via a unidirectional channel via the return path of a bidirectional channel.

In a cell where messages having a message type are sent without knowledge of radio frequency conditions for individual ones of user equipment within the cell, measured radio frequency conditions are accessed of multiple user equipment within the cell. Based on the measured radio frequency conditions, a minimum control channel coding rate is determined for a control channel for messages having the message type. Subsequent to a determination of the minimum control channel coding rate, transmission is caused toward all user equipment in the cell of the messages having the message type using the determined minimum control channel coding rate for the control channel. Methods, apparatus, computer programs, and program products are disclosed. The methods may be performed by a base station, self-organizing network server, or other apparatus.

A Radio Base Station (101; 601) for a radio telecommunications network (100) comprising a Radio Unit (103) configured to transmit and receive radio telecommunication signals and a switch unit (104). The Radio Base Station further comprises a local Digital Unit (105) configured to process digital baseband signals received from the Radio Unit (103) and generate digital baseband signals sent to the Radio Unit (103). The Radio Base Station further comprises an external communications interface (112) configured to connect at least one remote Digital Unit (106, 107) to the Radio Unit (103) of the Radio Base Station. The switch unit(104) is configured to selectively connect the Radio Unit (103) with the local Digital Unit (105) or the external communications interface (112).

Techniques for increasing the battery life on a mobile device by decreasing the energy consumption of the mobile device's wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) interface are described. In one embodiment, the mobile device's Wi-Fi interface is automatically disabled when the device is not engaged. When the device receives a wake up call from a server via its Cellular interface, the Wi-Fi interface is enabled if the device answers the wake up call and the Wi-Fi interface is available. Using its Wi-Fi interface, the mobile device then connects to an IP-based network via a Wi-Fi access point.

Techniques for increasing the battery life on a mobile device by decreasing the energy consumption of the mobile device's wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) interface are described. In one embodiment, the mobile device's Wi-Fi interface is automatically disabled when the device is not engaged. When the device receives a wake up call from a server via its Cellular interface, the Wi-Fi interface is enabled if the device answers the wake up call and the Wi-Fi interface is available. Using its Wi-Fi interface, the mobile device then connects to an IP-based network via a Wi-Fi access point.