A method in a network node and an apparatus for determining passive intermodulation (PIM) characteristics at the network node are provided. According to one aspect, a method includes capturing signals from each of at least one antenna port at a first time and a second time. The method includes determining a first covariance matrix based on signals captured at the first time. The method also includes determining a second covariance matrix based on signals captured at the second time. The method further includes determining a difference matrix, the difference matrix being based on a difference between the first and second covariance matrices, the difference matrix corresponding to changes in PIM between the first time and the second time.

Method for determining a characteristic of detection and/or identity information and/or location information of a receiver, wherein: a) a primary wave is emitted by an antenna, b) adjustable elements are controlled with a plurality of sets of parameters, to modify the propagation of a primary wave and/or of a secondary wave coming from the receiver, and c) signals received by the antenna are saved, and d) the characteristic of the receiver in the medium is determined based on the signals received for each set of parameters.

A system for transmitting and receiving radio signals is disclosed. The system includes a controller having a modem and a transmission amplifier module connected to the modem, an antenna unit arranged at a distance from the controller and having an antenna and a reception amplifier module connected to the antenna, and a high-frequency cable connecting the controller and the antenna unit.

Disclosed are a wireless signal performance adjustment apparatus and method, and a wireless communication terminal. The wireless signal performance adjustment apparatus comprises a monitoring unit, a control unit, a measurement unit and an adjustment unit. The monitoring unit is configured to monitor a radio frequency signal of a transmitting channel; the control unit is configured to receive the radio frequency signal from the transmitting channel, control the measurement unit to perform measurement if the radio frequency signal does not meet a performance requirement condition, and determine adjustment information according to load impedance of a power amplifier in the transmitting channel; the measurement unit is configured to measure the load impedance under the control of the control unit; and the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the transmitting channel according to the adjustment information under the control of the control unit, so that the radio frequency signal meets the performance requirement condition.

The present disclosure relates to a method, electronic device, medium and apparatus for setting transmit power of a wireless signal. A method for setting transmit power of a wireless signal, comprises: receiving, by an electronic device, information indicating a coverage range of the wireless signal and obstacle information within the coverage range of the wireless signal which are inputted via a graphical user interface, wherein the obstacle information at least comprises obstacle material type information indicating a material type of an obstacle to be passed by the wireless signal transmission; determining, by the electronic device, a transmission loss of the wireless signal based on the obstacle information; setting, by the electronic device, transmit power Pt of the wireless signal based on the information indicating the coverage range of the wireless signal and the determined transmission loss of the wireless signal; and causing, by the electronic device, a wireless signal transmitter transmitting the wireless signal with the set transmit power Pt.

According to an embodiment, a method in a closed-loop antenna impedance tuning (CL-AIT) system is provided. The method includes determining whether a transmitted power is above a pre-determined threshold, when the transmitted power is above the pre-determined threshold, determining a bypass input reflection coefficient, determining whether the bypass input reflection coefficient is greater than a bypass threshold, and when the bypass input reflection coefficient is greater than the bypass threshold, determining an optimal tuner code based on a tuner code search algorithm.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a reference signal, power information regarding the reference signal, and maximum power threshold for the communication device from a base station over a communication network. Further embodiments can include measuring a power of reference signal obtained from the base station resulting in a measure power, and determining a path loss between the base station and the communication device based on the measured power. Additional embodiments can include adjusting the antenna array to generate a coarse power adjustment for the communication device based on the path loss and the maximum power threshold, and providing a transmission signal to the base station according to the coarse power adjustment over the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A sensing device can include at least one sensor, positioning circuitry, a transceiver, and a computing device in communication with the at least one sensor, the positioning circuitry, and the transceiver. The computing device can determine a location of a vehicle via the positioning circuitry. The computing device can determine that a point of interest (POI) associated with a predefined category of POIs corresponds to the location. The computing device, via the transceiver, can determine that a person is moving away from the vehicle based on a measurement associated with a remote device. The computing device can enter into an armed mode in response to the determinations. The computing device can detect an intrusion into a vehicle while in the armed mode based at least in part on measurements from the at least one sensor. The computing device can generate an alarm in response to the intrusion.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for mitigation of blockages in wireless signals between wireless devices. A UE may detect that a blockage is present (e.g., a hand blockage), such as by detecting that a received signal strength from a transmitting device (e.g., a base station or access network entity) has dropped by greater than a threshold value. Based on the blockage detection, the UE may measure an amplitude of one or more reference signals at one or more antenna elements of multiple antenna elements. The UE may also measure one or more reference signals for one or more phase shifter values that are applied to the multiple antenna elements. The UE may determine a set of amplitude weightings, and a set of phase weightings, for the multiple antenna elements based on the measuring, and apply the sets of weightings for communications with the transmitting device.

A self-calibrating transmission line resonator oscillating driver apparatus, including: a first output driver module configured to transmit a first forward signal along a transmission line; a second output driver module configured to transmit a second forward signal along the transmission line; a first reflection detection module configured to detect a first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along the transmission line; and a second reflection detection module configured to detect a second return signal of the second forward signal reflected along the transmission line; wherein, when the first reflection detection module detects the first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line, providing a signal to i) change a power state of the first output driver module to an off-power state and to ii) change a power state of the second output driver module to an on-power state.