Systems and methods for splitting cells in a network of Internet of Things (IOT) may evaluate a network metric such as receives signal strength indicator (RSSI) for end devices to determine a general network activity level. When the network metric falls below a predetermined threshold, the cell splitting controller may cause the cell to split in such a manner as to offload some portion of the end devices on an adjacent gateway and/or change frequencies to reduce the likelihood of collision. By splitting cells in this fashion, the density of end devices served by a single gateway is reduced, fewer collisions occur statistically, and the user experience may be improved.

Systems and methods for splitting cells in a network of Internet of Things (IOT) may evaluate a network metric such as receives signal strength indicator (RSSI) for end devices to determine a general network activity level. When the network metric falls below a predetermined threshold, the cell splitting controller may cause the cell to split in such a manner as to offload some portion of the end devices on an adjacent gateway and/or change frequencies to reduce the likelihood of collision. By splitting cells in this fashion, the density of end devices served by a single gateway is reduced, fewer collisions occur statistically, and the user experience may be improved.

An object of the present disclosure is to make already installed smart lightings available as optical base stations as they are without modifying them, and perform connection/authentication control for RF communication using an optical signal sent out from the optical base stations.

The present disclosure is a wireless communication system including: one or more wireless base stations that wirelessly communicate with a terminal; a base station control device that collects wireless base station information from each wireless base station, determines a wireless base station that wirelessly communicates with the terminal using the collected wireless base station information, and transmits an optical ID corresponding to the determined wireless base station; and one or more optical base stations that receive the optical ID from the base station control device, and transmit the received optical ID to the terminal using an optical signal, wherein the wireless base station determined by the base station control device wirelessly communicates with the terminal that receives the optical ID.

Methods and systems are provided for supporting efficient and secure “Machine-to-Machine” (M2M) communications using a module, a server, and an application. A module can communicate with the server by accessing the Internet, and the module can include a sensor and/or an actuator. The module, server, and application can utilize public key infrastructure (PKI) such as public keys and private keys. The module can internally derive pairs of private/public keys using cryptographic algorithms and a first set of parameters. A server can authenticate the submission of derived public keys and an associated module identity. The server can use a first server private key and a second set of parameters to (i) send module data to the application and (ii) receive module instructions from the application. The server can use a second server private key and the first set of parameters to communicate with the module.

This disclosure provides a system and method for wireless communication. The system can include a plurality of access points for providing a service. The system can also have a wireless device that can associate and communicate with one or more authorized access points identified by an access controller. The access controller can provide the wireless device with a configuration profile identifying the one or more authorized access points within the plurality of access points. The wireless device can use login credentials to use the service and include additional information associated with the authorized access point in the login credentials when initiating the connection. The access controller can also receive the login credentials and additional information used by the wireless device to initiate the connection with the authorized access point. The access controller can also determine whether the connection is desirable and authorize the connection.

Methods, apparatus, and systems disclosed provide for the configuration of acknowledgments of data. In some aspects, a method includes generating an aggregated media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) frame, comprising a media access control protocol data unit (MPDUs), the media access control protocol data unit (MPDUs) comprising a media access control (MAC) header and data, wherein the media access control (MAC) header comprises an indication of an acknowledgment type for the data of the MPDU; and transmitting the A-MPDU onto a wireless network.

The present disclosure provides a system and method for online brand continuity. Online brand continuity can include a number of Internet or intranet access points via which one or more network addresses can be advertised. A client can be provided with availability of a business image application via at least one of the Internet or intranet access points.

A signal interface unit for a distributed antenna system includes a channelized radio carrier interface configured to communicate an uplink channelized radio carrier for a radio frequency carrier to a channelized radio carrier base station interface; an antenna side interface configured to receive an uplink digitized radio frequency signal from the distributed antenna system communicatively coupled to the antenna side interface, wherein the uplink digitized radio frequency signal includes baseband data having bits; and a signal conversion module communicatively coupled between the channelized radio carrier interface and the antenna side interface and configured to convert between the uplink digitized radio frequency signal and the uplink channelized radio carrier at least in part by performing an adjustment of the bits included in the baseband data for the uplink digitized radio frequency signal received from the distributed antenna system to comply with requirements of the channelized radio carrier base station interface.

A signal interface unit for a distributed antenna system includes a channelized radio carrier interface configured to communicate an uplink channelized radio carrier for a radio frequency carrier to a channelized radio carrier base station interface; an antenna side interface configured to receive an uplink digitized radio frequency signal from the distributed antenna system communicatively coupled to the antenna side interface, wherein the uplink digitized radio frequency signal includes baseband data having bits; and a signal conversion module communicatively coupled between the channelized radio carrier interface and the antenna side interface and configured to convert between the uplink digitized radio frequency signal and the uplink channelized radio carrier at least in part by performing an adjustment of the bits included in the baseband data for the uplink digitized radio frequency signal received from the distributed antenna system to comply with requirements of the channelized radio carrier base station interface.

In order to make it possible to report an amount of data from a secondary node (SN) to a master node (MN) in dual connectivity, there is provided a first unit according to the present disclosure which is a first unit of a central unit of a first base station. The first unit includes a controller and a transceiver. The central unit is configured to host at least PDCP layer in the first base station; and is connected to a distributed unit via a first interface, the distributed unit hosting RLC, MAC and PHY layers in the first base station. The controller is configured to host at least a user plane of the PDCP layer hosted by the central unit; and the transceiver is configured to transmit, to a second unit via a second interface, first information indicative of a volume of data processed by the first unit. The second unit is configured to host at least a control plane of the PDCP layer hosted by the central unit.