A tristate output buffer includes a first branch with a first buffer, and a second branch with a second buffer. The first buffer includes a supply port, a ground port, an output port, two switchable semiconductor elements of a first type, and two switchable semiconductor elements of a second type. Switching behavior of the switchable semiconductor elements of the first type differs from switching behavior of the switchable semiconductor elements of the second type. The two switchable semiconductor elements of the first type are connected in series and are between the supply port and the output port such that they can be put in a conductive state independent of each other. The two switchable semiconductor elements of the second type are connected in series and are between the ground port and the output port such that they can be put in a conductive state independent of each other.

A low frequency (LF) antenna control circuit is disclosed. The LF antenna control circuit includes an antenna driver to drive an antenna, a current and phase measurement circuit to measure antenna current and signal phase, a modulator to modulate a signal to be transmitted via the antenna and a controller configured to drive the antenna through the antenna driver using a first fixed amplitude for a first time period, a second fixed amplitude for a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period and subsequent to the second time period, and subsequently, to drive the antenna using step up/down voltages based on the measured antenna current and signal phase. The signal included encoded bits of data to be transmitted.

A microwave backhaul system may comprise a monolithic integrated circuit comprising an on-chip transceiver, digital baseband processing circuitry, and auxiliary interface circuitry. The on-chip transceiver may process a microwave signal from an antenna element to generate a first pair of quadrature baseband signals and convey the first pair of phase-quadrature baseband signals to the digital baseband processing circuitry. The auxiliary interface circuitry may receive one or more auxiliary signals from a source that is external to the monolithic integrated circuit and convey the one or more auxiliary signals to the digital baseband processing circuitry. The digital baseband processing circuitry may be operable to process signals to generate one or more second pairs of phase-quadrature digital baseband signals.

A transceiver having a down-converter for converting a radio-frequency (RF) input signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal with an analog low latency bypass path coupled to the IF signal and configured to provide a low latency IF signal and an up-converter for converting an IF signal to an RF signal. There is a digital path coupled to the IF signal and configured to provide a digitally processed IF signal, and an up-converter for converting at least one of the low latency IF signal and the digitally processed IF signal to an RF output signal. In a further example, the down-converter and the up-converter convert to millimeter wave frequencies and filters the millimeter wave frequencies with cavity filters.

Methods and apparatus for improving operational and/or cost performance based on filter characteristics. Existing schemes for measuring filter performance are based on a worst case filter performance across a range of frequencies and temperature. Filter performance can be more accurately characterized over one or more frequency ranges. In one exemplary embodiment the frequency is characterized according to a functional (e.g., linear-average) metric. By providing more accurate representation of the reception/transmission filter performance, both network and device optimizations can aggressively manage available power and handle smaller (tighter) margins.

Methods and apparatus for improving operational and/or cost performance based on filter characteristics. Existing schemes for measuring filter performance are based on a worst case filter performance across a range of frequencies and temperature. Filter performance can be more accurately characterized over one or more frequency ranges. In one exemplary embodiment the frequency is characterized according to a functional (e.g., linear-average) metric. By providing more accurate representation of the reception/transmission filter performance, both network and device optimizations can aggressively manage available power and handle smaller (tighter) margins.

Example implementations relate to standby controllers for access points (APs). A network controller may comprise a processing resource; and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to: determine, in response to a first controller in a controller cluster failing, whether a first AP managed by a first controller has been assigned to a standby controller; determine, in response to the first AP managed by the first controller not having a standby controller assigned, a radio frequency (RF) gap as a result of a different controller failing; and based on the size of the RF gap, assign the second controller as a standby controller for the first AP.

A method for beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a UE and a base station. The method includes the following actions. A first BWP configuration, a second BWP configuration and a BWP inactivity timer are received by the UE from the base station. The UE is configured to be switched from a first BWP to a second BWP when the BWP inactivity timer expires, and the first BWP corresponds to the first BWP configuration and the second BWP corresponds to the second BWP configuration. Whether a beam failure recovery procedure is triggered is determined by the UE. The BWP inactivity timer is stopped by the UE when the beam failure recovery procedure is triggered.

A method for beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a UE and a base station. The method includes the following actions. A first BWP configuration, a second BWP configuration and a BWP inactivity timer are received by the UE from the base station. The UE is configured to be switched from a first BWP to a second BWP when the BWP inactivity timer expires, and the first BWP corresponds to the first BWP configuration and the second BWP corresponds to the second BWP configuration. Whether a beam failure recovery procedure is triggered is determined by the UE. The BWP inactivity timer is stopped by the UE when the beam failure recovery procedure is triggered.

One example may include transmitting data between a client device and a server over a first channel, identifying a transmission rate of the first channel, transmitting additional data between the client device and the server over a second channel, determining whether a transmission rate of the second channel is above or below a transmission rate threshold associated with the first channel, and bonding the first channel with the second channel based on the transmission rate of the second channel being above the transmission rate threshold.