Systems and methods for packet payload mapping for robust transmission of data are described. For example, methods may include receiving, using a network interface, packets that each respectively include a primary frame and one or more preceding frames from the sequence of frames of data that are separated from the primary frame in the sequence of frames by a respective multiple of a stride parameter; storing the frames of the packets in a buffer with entries that each hold the primary frame and the one or more preceding frames of a packet; reading a first frame from the buffer as the primary frame from one of the entries; determining that a packet with a primary frame that is a next frame in the sequence has been lost; and, responsive to the determination, reading the next frame from the buffer as a preceding frame from one of the entries.

A method to transmit data from a wireless apparatus includes determining an information block length corresponding to an error correction code, inserting padding bits into at least one protocol data unit, PDU, of a plurality of PDUs such that a padded PDU size is an integer multiple of the determined information block length, and wherein each PDU in a frame of PDUs to be transmitted comprises a PDU size that is an integer multiple of the determined information block length, and transmitting the frame encoded by the error correction code with the determined information block length to a wireless receiver.

This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for encoding data for wireless communication to achieve a desired amplitude distribution. Some implementations more specifically relate to performing an encoding operation to shape the amplitudes of the resultant symbols such that the amplitudes have a non-uniform distribution. In some implementations of the non-uniform distribution, the probabilities associated with the respective amplitudes generally increase with decreasing amplitude. Some implementations enable the tracking of MPDU boundaries to facilitate successful decoding by a receiving device. Additionally or alternatively, some implementations enable the determination of a packet length after performing the amplitude shaping, which enables a transmitting device to determine the number of padding bits to add to the payload and to signal the packet length to a receiving device so that the receiving device may determine the duration of the packet.

Provided is a module and method for transmitting information using a wireless hidden signal, which is capable of transmitting important information data requiring extreme security using a wireless hidden signal, and allowing the important information to be detected and distinguished by only promised transmitting/receiving parties so that the possibility of the wireless hidden signal being discovered can be minimized and security can be enhanced. The module for transferring information using a wireless hidden signal includes: a hidden formatting unit configured to generate a transmission data frame structure based on data that needs to be wirelessly transmitted; a hidden encoding unit configured to encode the generated transmission data frame structure to generate and output a hidden encoded bit stream; and a hidden modulation unit configured to convert the output hidden encoded bit stream into a wireless signal in a wireless transmission format.

An electronic device includes: a communication circuit; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the communication circuit, wherein the least one processor is configured to: establish communication with an external electronic device through the communication circuit; configure a first packet type for transmission or reception of voice data through negotiation with the external electronic device; transmit first voice data to the external electronic device based on the first packet type; and based on receiving reception failure information corresponding to the first voice data from the external electronic device or not receiving reception information corresponding to the first voice data from the external electronic device, retransmit second voice data to the external electronic device based on a second packet type different from the first packet type.

A method for serial data transfer in a bus system having at least two bus subscribers that exchange messages via the bus, the transmitted messages having a logical structure according to CAN standard ISO 11898-1, the logical structure encompassing a start of frame bit, arbitration field, control field, data field, CRC field, acknowledge field, and end of frame sequence, the control field encompassing a data length code that contains an information item regarding the length of the data field. The method is characterized in that when a first marker (EDL) is present, the control field of the messages, divergently from ISO 11898-1, encompasses more than six bits; the first marker (EDL) being implemented by way of a recessive bit in the control field, and when the first marker is present, the recessive bit of the first marker (EDL) being followed, in all data messages, by at least one dominant bit.

A transmission method comprises: generating a transmission signal including OFDM symbols, wherein the last OFDM symbol of the OFDM symbols can be partitioned into four segments, and wherein the generating includes: computing an initial padding factor value associated with one of the four segments and computing an initial number of OFDM symbols; determining a user with a longest packet duration among plural users; determining a common padding factor value being the initial padding factor value and a common number of OFDM symbols being the initial number of OFDM symbols of the determined user with the longest packet duration; adding pre-FEC padding bits toward one of four possible boundaries of the last OFDM symbol, the one of four possible boundaries being represented by the determined common padding factor value; and adding post-FEC padding bits in remaining segment(s) of the last OFDM symbol; and transmitting the generated transmission signal.

An air conditioner and a communication method for an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an outdoor unit; an indoor unit; and a central controller connected to the indoor unit through a communication line. The indoor unit may perform periodic communication for transmitting a plurality of periodic packets to at least one of the outdoor unit or the central controller at predetermined periods, and change and transmit the plurality oaf periodic packets so as to decrease a load on the communication line.

Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes a transceiver circuit and a processing circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to receive a trigger signal this is transmitted by another apparatus. The trigger signal triggers transmissions by a first group of apparatuses including the apparatus, and defers transmissions by a second group of apparatuses that interfere the transmissions by the first group of apparatuses. The processing circuit is configured to, in response to the trigger signal, generate a frame with a first preamble structure that is different from a second preamble structure that is used by the second group of apparatuses, and provide the generated frame to the transceiver circuit for transmission.

Communication devices and systems are disclosed. In one example, a communication device is configured to communicate with a communication partner device in accordance with a protocol including a first operation and a second operation. The first operation includes identification information of the communication partner device, write-instructing information, identification information of a first storage unit of the communication partner device, and data to be written in the first storage unit. The second operation follows the first operation and includes identification information of the communication partner device, write-instructing information, identification information of a second storage unit of the communication partner device, information indicating a number of the protocols, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code used to detect an error in the protocol. The second storage unit is configured to store the CRC code and the information indicating the number of the protocols.