An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: combining first features extracted from an echo signal using a convolutional encoder of a convolutional encoder-decoder having first weights, wherein the echo signal is obtained in response to a transmission over a channel or a simulation thereof; and using a convolutional decoder of the convolutional encoder-decoder to generate an estimate of a frequency response of the channel based on the echo signal, wherein the convolutional decoder has second weights.

The present technology includes calculating the 3-D RF propagation pattern in a space for at least one Wi-Fi access point and displaying a visualization of the RF propagation pattern in augmented reality (AR). The augmented reality view of the space can be created by capturing at least one image of the space and displaying at least one image of the space on a display with the visualization of the Wi-Fi access point RF propagation pattern on the display overlaid at least one image of the space. The disclosed technology further can calculate the RF propagation properties and render a visualization of the RF propagation patterns in a 3D space by utilizing hardware on a user device. The AR display is useful in visualizing, in-person aspects of a Wi-Fi network and coverage, and can be used in troubleshooting, maintenance, and simulations of equipment variations.

A beamformer for providing signals from a device under test (DUT) and an emulator is disclosed. The beamformer includes: a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to receive a plurality of radio beams and convert a data stream comprising a plurality of radio beams from analog signals to digital signals; a radio samples processor configured to receive the digital signals, decouple data samples from the plurality of radio beams, and recombine the data samples to provide a single data stream to a corresponding single device used by an end-user; and a local processor adapted to dynamically adjust operational parameters in the radio samples processor of the single data stream.

This invention presents a channel emulator for testing a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) wireless communication system using an over-the-air (OTA) connection between the antennas of a base station (BS) and the channel emulator. It uses pilot signals with special structures to estimate the channel matrix between the BS and the channel emulator, equalizes the channel when performing emulation of the channels between the BS and a plural of user equipment (UEs) in MU-MIMO communication.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory configured to store a learning model, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain data related to a network situation of a base station from the communication circuit, calculate a performance indicator value related to network performance according to a performance indicator, based on the data related to the network situation, train the model, based on the performance indicator value calculated according to the performance indicator, determine an off threshold of traffic for turning off a cell, based on the trained model, and transmit the determined off threshold to the base station via the communication circuit.

Disclosed are interference simulation system, method and apparatus, interference test system, method and apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The interference simulation system, provided at a sending end, may include a configuration unit and a simulation unit. The configuration unit is configured to configure interference parameters according to an interference model, where the interference model is generated according to a preset interference scenario. The simulation unit is configured to acquire the interference parameters and generate interference information according to the interference parameters, and further configured to simulate the interference scenario at the sending end according to the interference information.

A method for aligning test environments is provided. The method inlcudes: measuring, by a measurement device located in an anechoic chamber, a standard signal transmitted from a base station simulator and went through to a channel emulator, then output with noise added inside the channel emulator, to multiple antennas within the anechoic chamber; obtaining, by a computing device, measurement information based on the standard signal and the noise transmitted from the measurement device; determining, by the computing device, whether the measurement information is within a predetermined range of a target value; and transmitting, by the computing device, a control signal to the channel emulator to adjust the noise output from the channel emulator so that the computing device obtains desired measurement information based on the standard signal and the adjusted noise when the measurement information is not within the predetermined range of the target value.

The present disclosure discloses a four-dimensional over the air performance test method for a dynamic scene channel. By constructing a time-domain non-stationary dynamic scene channel model, and selecting over the air (OTA) probes of appropriate number, positions and power weight in a four-dimensional multi-probe anechoic chamber (4D-MPAC) test system through a probe selection algorithm, finally a 4D-MPAC dynamic channel test system for a target channel in a DUT test area is constructed, which makes a contribution to solve the current problem of OTA performance test for a time-domain non-stationary channel. The present disclosure aims to provide a four-dimensional multi-probe anechoic chamber (4D-MPAC) for the dynamic scene channel, which can effectively and accurately reproduce a target dynamic scene channel model in an anechoic chamber on the basis of reducing the cost of the test system as much as possible by constructing the dynamic scene channel model, and provide an index for judging the accuracy of constructing the dynamic scene channel model.

A method of controlling power in a transmission system may include determining a first transmit power of a first transmit path, determining a second transmit power of a second transmit path, and controlling the first transmit path and the second transmit path based on a combination of the first transmit power and the second transmit power. The combination of the first transmit power and the second transmit power may include a sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power. Controlling the first transmit path and the second transmit path may include determining a first effective power target for the first transmit path based on the first transmit power and the second transmit power, and determining a second effective power target for the second transmit path based on the first transmit power and the second transmit power.

A system is provided for at least one of testing and validating at least one Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) remote radio head (RRH) present for installation at an installation site having no network connectivity to the RRH available, which system includes a network emulator configured to at least one of test and validate at least one of a device parameter and a functional parameter of the at least one RRH when selectively coupled to the at least one RRH. The network emulator is configured to be selectively coupled to a user equipment (UE) configured for displaying the at least one of the device parameter and the functional parameter of at least one RRH, and wherein the network emulator is one of 1) directly coupled to the at least one RRH, or 2) connected to the at least one RRH via a cell site router (CSR).