A cooperative wireless system using a multicast protocol to facilitate coordinating coherent addition and subtraction of wireless signaling or other beams originating from a plurality of antenna units at a target location is contemplated. The system may utilize multicast-based regulation and distribution of transmission control parameters necessary for the antenna units to synchronize the wireless signaling in a manner sufficient to enable the coherent addition and subtraction thereof at the target location.

A cooperative wireless system using a multicast protocol to facilitate coordinating coherent addition and subtraction of wireless signaling or other beams originating from a plurality of antenna units at a target location is contemplated. The system may utilize multicast-based regulation and distribution of transmission control parameters necessary for the antenna units to synchronize the wireless signaling in a manner sufficient to enable the coherent addition and subtraction thereof at the target location.

A wireless communication system based on millimeter wave (mmWave) radio frequency (RF) repeaters includes a first communication device. The first communication device includes a digital signal processor configured to provide access to a first type of communication network to a plurality of communication systems that are communicatively coupled to the first communication device via a plurality of different type of wireless networks. A plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to different communication protocols is obtained via the plurality of different type of wireless networks. The obtained plurality of RF signals corresponding to different communication protocols are merged into a mmWave RF signal of a specified frequency. The mmWave RF signal of the specified frequency is transmitted to a second communication device.

A wireless communication system based on millimeter wave (mmWave) radio frequency (RF) repeaters includes a first communication device. The first communication device includes a digital signal processor configured to provide access to a first type of communication network to a plurality of communication systems that are communicatively coupled to the first communication device via a plurality of different type of wireless networks. A plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to different communication protocols is obtained via the plurality of different type of wireless networks. The obtained plurality of RF signals corresponding to different communication protocols are merged into a mmWave RF signal of a specified frequency. The mmWave RF signal of the specified frequency is transmitted to a second communication device.

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.

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 base station may selectively apply one of a first time period having a first guard period (GP) and a second time period having a second GP to time-division duplex communication with a terminal. Further, the base station may notify the terminal of information related to a timing of selectively applying one of the first time period and the second time period, and transmit a predetermined signal in the first guard period.

OFDM-BPSK symbol sequences are used for mutual-coupling based phase array calibration. Such substitution allows phase to be estimated more accurately using a given estimation duration without compromising other estimates’ (amplitude and group delay) accuracies.

OFDM-BPSK symbol sequences are used for mutual-coupling based phase array calibration. Such substitution allows phase to be estimated more accurately using a given estimation duration without compromising other estimates’ (amplitude and group delay) accuracies.

Systems and methods for calibrating a phase array antenna (“PAA”) are provided. The system includes a PAA having a plurality of array elements and a remote calibration terminal. The PAA is connected to a processor unit. The PAA includes a reference beamforming network (“BFN”) for generating a reference beam and a calibration BFN for generating a calibration beam. The PAA applies a plurality of scrambled orthogonal codes to the calibration BFN to generate the calibration beam. The remote calibration terminal is configured to analyze the reference beam and the calibration beam to determine a calibration error for the PAA, the calibration error including a phase error and an amplitude error for each of the plurality of array elements of the PAA. The remote calibration terminal may be configured to measure a beam pointing error (“BPE”) of the PAA and/or a coupling between array elements.