A directional coupler disclosed herein may include a main line provided on a substrate, the main line having a first end connected to an input port and a second end connected to an output port. The coupler may include a coupled line disposed on the substrate, the coupled line having a first end connected to a coupled port and a second end to an isolated port. The main line is electrically isolated from the coupled line. The coupled line includes multiple turns forming a winding, and a portion of the winding overlaps with the main line. The coupled line forms a plurality of windings inductively coupled with the main line. The main line and the coupled line are routed to propagate electric signals on both lines in a same direction, and enhance inductive coupling by mutual inductance.

A multi-panel base station test system includes a base station radio unit configured with a plurality of antenna panels positioned at a first end of a test chamber of the multi-panel base station test system. The multi-panel base station test system includes a plurality of test antennas positioned at a second end of the test chamber opposing the first end. The multi-panel base station test system includes a microwave lens positioned between the plurality of antenna panels and the plurality of test antennas in the test chamber. The microwave lens is configured to focus respective beams transmitted from each of the plurality of antenna panels toward respective focal points associated with each of the plurality of test antennas based on steering of the plurality of antenna panels.

An apparatus for a wireless device includes a signal generation circuit configured to generate a reference signal and modify the reference signal to obtain an adjusted reference signal. The apparatus further includes a signal processing circuit configured to cause transmission of the adjusted reference signal via one or more antennas. A reflected signal received by the one or more antennas is detected. The reflected signal corresponds to the adjusted reference signal. A comparison of the reflected signal is performed with a feedback signal. The feedback signal is generated based on the reference signal. An atmospheric attenuation level for the location of the wireless device is determined based on the comparison. A notification is generated based on the atmospheric attenuation level.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a transmission/reception path unit, a first reception path unit, a second reception path unit including a low noise amplifier (LNA), a signal path selection unit configured to connect each of the first antenna and the second antenna to the transmission/reception path unit, the first reception path unit, or the second reception path unit, and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) module or a processor including the RFIC module configured to control the signal path selection unit to have a first state in which the first antenna is connected to the transmission/reception path unit and the second antenna is connected to the second reception path unit or control the signal path selection unit to have a second state in which the first antenna is connected to the first reception path unit and the second antenna is connected to the transmission/reception path unit.

An apparatus comprises a radio frequency (RF) antenna circuit; an antenna aperture tuning circuit; an antenna impedance measurement circuit; and a processor circuit electrically coupled to the tunable antenna aperture circuit and the impedance measurement circuit. The processor circuit is configured to: set the antenna aperture tuning circuit to an antenna aperture tuning state according to one or more parameters of an RF communication network; initiate an antenna impedance measurement; and change the antenna aperture tuning state to an antenna aperture tuning state indicated by the antenna impedance.

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.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for cross-link interference (CLI) measurement and estimation in one or more cells that are inactive or dormant. A user equipment (UE) operating in a first serving cell (e.g., a primary cell (PCell)) may measure one or more reference signals, with the measurements used to estimate one or more CLI measurements of one or more other cells (e.g., one or more secondary cells (SCells)). CLI estimates may be based on scaling factors associated with frequency locations of the PCell and SCell, may be based on a coupling loss estimate associated with different frequency bands, or combinations thereof.

Disclosed are a method and device for detecting a standing-wave ratio, which are used for realizing quick and accurate detection of the standing-wave ratio by only using a downlink service signal transmitted by a TD-LTE base station system, thereby preventing a special training sequence from causing additional interference to the base station system. The method comprises: capturing output power detection data (OPD) of a service signal transmitted by the base station system and reflection power detection data (RPD) of a device to be detected in a base station; within a first preset bandwidth range, respectively extracting feedback signals of the OPD and feedback signals of the RPD within a plurality of periods of time according to a preset data length; determining spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the OPD and spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the RPD respectively corresponding to each period of time, and determining the reflection coefficient of the base station system according to the spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the OPD and the spectrum characteristics of the feedback signals of the RPD respectively corresponding to each period of time; and determining the standing-wave ratio of the base station system within the first preset bandwidth range according to the reflection coefficient of the base station system.

Technologies for determining the parameters of a transmission line such as a printed circuit board trace and a cable are disclosed. By measuring a reflection coefficient and a transmission coefficient of two different electrical structures with the same type of fixture on each end and transmission lines of different lengths, the attenuation coefficient of the transmission lines can be determined. The attenuation coefficient can indicate whether or not the performance of the transmission line is acceptable or may be used to calibrate a measuring device for subsequent measurements.

Provided are an electronic device for determining failure of a signal path and a component, and a method for operating the electronic device according to various embodiments. The electronic device comprises: at least one connection part for connection to an external device; a first signal path including an amplifier for amplifying a signal transmitted to the outside of the electronic device; a second signal path for obtaining another signal from the outside of the electronic device; an antenna port electrically connected to the first signal path and the second signal path through a filter circuit; and a communication module, wherein the communication module may be configured to transmit a transmission signal through the first signal path to the antenna port, obtain at least a part of the transmission signal through the second signal path, and determine whether the electronic device is defective on the basis of the transmission signal and information associated with at least a part of the transmission signal. Various other embodiments are possible.