A controller is configured to control the adaptive notch filter and to execute a search technique (e.g., artificial intelligence (AI) search technique) to converge on filter coefficients and to recursively adjust the filter coefficients of the adaptive notch filter in real time to adaptively adjust one or more filter characteristics (e.g., maximum notch depth or attenuation, bandwidth of notch, or general magnitude versus frequency response of notch).

A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining uplink information associated with a downlink path, wherein the uplink information includes operational parameters used by a plurality of communication devices for transmitting wireless signals on a plurality of uplink paths; performing, based on the uplink information, a plurality of measurements of the plurality of uplink paths; identifying a measurement from the plurality of measurements that is below a threshold, thereby indicating an affected uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths; initiating a first filtering of the affected uplink path, wherein the initiating is based on the identifying and wherein the first filtering is based upon one or more first filtering parameters; and receiving instructions comprising one or more updated filtering parameters, wherein the instructions are received by the system at a port of the system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Embodiments of the subject disclosure includes a device comprising a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include obtaining a measurement associated with wireless signals transmitted by communication devices in a cellular network. Each measurement provides a quality measure of the wireless signals. Further operations can include determining a first measurement associated with a first communication device does not conform to a signal quality condition, identifying that the first communication device is assigned to a first uplink frequency band, and generating a first frequency band reassignment strategy to direct the first communication device to use a second uplink frequency band responsive to the first measurement not conforming to the signal quality condition and the first communication device being assigned to the first uplink frequency band. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, a method of identifying, by a system comprising a processor, network communication degradation in one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol above a physical layer, wherein the network communication degradation is associated with communications taking place through a network, in part over a radio frequency link, between a plurality of communication devices, obtaining, by the system, data from a layer below the one or more layers of the multi-layered communication protocol identified as having the network communication degradation, determining, by the system, one or more geographic regions of the network associated with the network communication degradation from the data, and mitigating, by the system, effects of the network communication degradation in the one or more geographic regions of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving digital data via a plurality of fiber optic cables, wherein the digital data represents a plurality of radio frequency signals received at a plurality of remote radio units via a plurality of uplink paths, wherein the first virtual processing system is configured to mitigate interference detected in one or more of the plurality of uplink paths, performing a plurality of measurements of the digital data to identify an interference condition associated with at least a portion of the plurality of uplink paths associated with the plurality of remote radio units; and providing updated digital data, according to the interference condition that is identified, to a second virtual processing system including at least one second virtual processor, wherein the second virtual processing system is configured to operate as one or more baseband units for providing cellular communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a system comprising a processor, interference information associated with one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) from each base station of a plurality of base stations. Further, the method can include determining, by the system, from the interference information a strategy for improving a PRB utilization of a first base station of the plurality of base stations. In addition, the method can include conveying, by the system, the strategy to at least one base station of the plurality of base stations. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Exemplary aspects are directed to FM-radio circuitries and systems in which, at the receiving end of a broadcast transmission, circuitry is used set the bandwidth and band position for receiving the desired channel of the broadcast signal based on measured signal properties of immediately-adjacent channel(s). The adjustments to the received channel include bandwidth selection and offset frequency adjustment. These adjustments are, in part, based on USN signal levels as well as modulation symmetry detection which are affected by the modulation level of the desired and other channel(s). Signal processing circuitry such as logic/CPU circuitry, then receives the desired channel, including information carried by the broadcast signal, in response to setting the bandwidth based on the measured signal properties.

A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.

A noise reduction system for a digital receiver reduces noise in signals received at the digital receiver. The digital receiver includes an input for receiving an analogue signal, analogue signal processing circuitry for processing an analogue signal, and an output for providing the processed signal to a digital signal processor. The noise reduction system is located between the input and the digital receiver input, and includes a first component that outputs results of a noise signal identification and a second component that applies one or more counter-measure to the received analogue signal to produce a modified analogue signal. The modified analogue signal has a reduced level of noise compared to the received analogue signal, wherein the noise reduction system is arranged to assess the effectiveness of the one or more counter-measures applied by the second component to determine whether any further counter-measures are required.

An interference cancellation method and apparatus for use in the wireless communication system is provided. The interference cancellation method of a Device-to-Device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving interference signal information for use in cancelling a cellular interference signal acting as interference to the D2D terminal from a base station, cancelling the cellular interference signal from a received signal based on the interference signal information, and processing a D2D signal transmitted to the D2D terminal.