A method for performing link adaptation includes in a first network node of a wireless network: initializing data transmission with a second network node of the wireless network by transmitting a request-to-send message to the second network node and by receiving a clear-to-send message from the second network node, wherein the request-to-send message and the clear-to-send message are transmitted on one or more channels of the wireless network; after said initializing, generating a first data packet of the data transmission, wherein said generating comprises processing the first data packet with link adaptation parameters fixedly associated for use in connection with first data packets of data transmissions, wherein said link adaptation parameters are included in a subset of most robust link adaptation parameters supported by the first network node; receiving, from the second network node, a message indicating new link adaptation parameters for use in a subsequent data transmission; and generating a second data packet of the data transmission, wherein said generating the second data packet comprises processing the second data packet with the new link adaptation parameters indicated in the message.

Provided are a data transmitting or receiving method and device for dual Transport Blocks (TBs), a transmitter and a receiver. Data to be transmitted is divided into two portions, where transport blocks TB1 and TB2 are generated respectively according to a corresponding predetermined Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) for each portion. The TB1 is modulated into an amplitude weighted complex symbol sequence S1, and the TB2 is modulated into an amplitude weighted complex symbol sequence S2. The S1 and the S2 are superposed to generate a complex symbol sequence S3 corresponding to a new TB, where the complex symbol sequence S3 corresponding to the new TB possesses Gray properties. The new TB is transmitted to a receiver.

A base station is configured to communicate with at least a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with the first UE using a first modulation scheme, and with the second UE using a second, different, modulation scheme, wherein communications with the first and second UEs are arranged to be substantially orthogonal to each other. A method of allocating resources in a communication network comprising a base station operable to communicate with a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, the method comprising using a first modulation scheme for communication with the first UE, and using a second, different, modulation scheme for communication with the second UE, wherein communications with the first and second UEs are configured to be substantially orthogonal to each other.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to specifying possible default spatial reuse (SR) modes and signaling of the default spatial reuse modes. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications. The method generally includes generating a frame that provides an indication, to a secondary recipient of the frame, of how to use spatial reuse (SR) information and transmitting the frame. Another provided method for wireless communications generally includes receiving, from a first node, a first frame that provides an indication of how to use spatial reuse (SR) information, determining if a signal strength of the first frame exceeds a threshold, generating a second frame for transmission to a second node, and if the signal strength of the first frame does not exceed the threshold, transmitting the second frame during a period when the first frame is being transmitted.

A cloud-networked stand-alone local area network (LAN) is disclosed. A stand-alone LAN is networked to a server outside the stand-alone LAN, and the server is part of a cloud of servers. The server includes hardware processors that process system operation information updates from a user for the stand-alone LAN, hardware memory that stores the system operation information updates; and a transceiver for communicating the system operation information updates to the stand-alone LAN. The stand-alone LAN includes a primary network hub (PNH) having a microcontroller that stores the system operation information, a cloud-side transceiver networked to the cloud of servers for receiving the system operation information updates from the server, and a PNH LAN long range transceiver that communicates via a long range spread spectrum or a narrowband frequency shift keying signal. The stand-alone LAN also includes a peripheral device having a microcontroller and an actuation mechanism.

This application provides a data transmission method and a device. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmit end device, a modulation symbol sequence in multiple time-frequency resource element groups, wherein a size of the time-frequency resource element group is agreed on in a protocol, or determined based on a transmission parameter; performing, by the transmit end device, interleaving processing on the modulation symbol sequence using the time-frequency resource element group as an interleaving unit, to obtain an order in which the modulation symbol sequence is mapped onto the multiple time-frequency resource element groups, wherein multiple consecutive modulation symbol groups in the modulation symbol sequence are mapped onto at least two of the multiple time-frequency resource element groups; and sending, by the transmit end device, the modulation symbol sequence in the order in which the modulation symbol sequence is mapped onto the multiple time-frequency resource element groups.

Methods, systems, and devices are described for mitigating an unwanted increase in a coding rate of a wireless communication signal. A plurality of symbols including a transmitted codeword is received. The plurality of symbols including a first group of data symbols with a first modulation and coding scheme and a second group of data modulated pilot symbols with a second modulation and coding scheme. Applicable demodulation schemes are adaptively switched for each group of the plurality of symbols. The second group of data modulated pilot symbols are used in lieu of pilot symbols. The second modulation and coding scheme is a more reliable modulation and coding scheme than the first modulation and coding scheme.

A wireless device may include: a radio frequency (RF) front end circuit to receive and process an RF signal; a mixer to downconvert the RF signal to a second frequency signal; a digitizer to digitize the second frequency signal; a channel filter to channel filter the digitized signal; a selection circuit having a first input coupled to the channel filter and a plurality of outputs each to couple to one of a plurality of demodulators; and the plurality of demodulators coupled to the selection circuit. The selection circuit may route the channel filtered digitized signal to a first demodulator of the plurality of demodulators based on a first configuration setting. The wireless device may also include a non-volatile storage with a configuration file including the first configuration setting. The configuration file may be automatically generated by a hardware configurator in response to a plurality of user input parameters.

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5.sup.th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to method and apparatus for performing a decoding with low complexity in a wireless communication system. A decoding method of a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises determining a first characteristic value indicating a statistical characteristic of an interference signal based on a received signal of a base station, determining a second characteristic value indicating a statistical characteristic of an interference signal based on data received from the base station, and decoding the data according to a decoding scheme corresponding to a difference of the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value.

A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented. The apparatus comprises an encoder that encodes input data into cell words, and a modulator that modulates said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation. The modulator is configured to use, based on the total number M of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate, a non-uniform constellation from one or several groups of constellations each comprising one or more constellations.