This document describes methods, devices, and systems for configuring a smartphone (102) for network connectivity via a charging station (120), in which the smartphone (102) detects a connection or a coupling to the charging station (120). In response to the detection of the connection or coupling to the charging station (120), the smartphone (102) configures a WLAN transceiver (228) as a WLAN access point and forms a mesh WLAN network with one or more other WLAN access points (114). In other aspects, the charging station (120) detects the presence of the smartphone (102) that is connected or coupled to the charging station (120). In response to sensing the presence of the smartphone (102), the charging station (120) configures power and charging circuitry (244) to charge a battery of the smartphone (102) and configures WLAN radio circuitry (232) to relay WLAN communications for the smartphone (102).

Embodiments include systems and methods that may be performed by a processor of a multi-subscription wireless device for managing beam selection. Various embodiments may include determining a rotation angle between an orientation of a first beam of a first subscription and an orientation of a second beam of the first subscription, applying the rotation angle to a first beam of a second subscription to identify a second beam of the second subscription, and performing a tune-away operation comprising tuning a radio frequency (RF) resource of the multi-subscription wireless device to the second subscription and configuring spatial filter parameters of an antenna array to communicate via the identified second beam of the second subscription.

A multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver comprises a plurality of RF chains, a plurality of antennas, a plurality of switching components, and control circuitry operatively coupled to the plurality of switching components. In some examples, a total quantity of RF chains included in the plurality of RF chains is equal to a first value, and a total quantity of antennas included in the plurality of antennas is equal to a second value that is less than the first value.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a first timer associated with a first antenna and a second timer associated with a second antenna. The UE may identify an expiration of the first timer associated with the first antenna. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the identified expiration of the first timer, whether a remaining time of the second timer associated with the second antenna is less than a timer threshold. The UE may select, based at least in part on the determination that the remaining time of the second timer is less than the timer threshold, the second antenna. Numerous other aspects are provided.

A radio communication apparatus includes: a first radio frequency subunit, configured to modulate a third analog baseband signal into a third carrier signal, and send the third carrier signal to a first switch; a second radio frequency subunit, configured to modulate a fourth analog baseband signal into a fourth carrier signal, and send the fourth carrier signal to a second switch; the first switch; the second switch; and the first duplexer shared by a first switch and a second switch, configured to receive the third carrier signal from the first switch, receive the fourth carrier signal from the second switch, filter the third carrier signal and the fourth carrier signal to combine the third carrier signal and the fourth carrier signal to obtain a second carrier aggregation signal, and input the second carrier aggregation signal to a first antenna.

Disclosed is an electronic device including a first antenna element configured selectively to receive signals of a first frequency band and a second frequency band or of the first frequency band and a third frequency band, a second antenna element configured to receive a signal of the third frequency band, a transceiver configured to be electrically connected with the first antenna element and the second antenna element, and a processor configured to be electrically connected with the transceiver. The electronic device performs carrier aggregation using the second frequency band and the third frequency band.

A method may be provided. One or more packets from a client may be received, in a block based modulation environment, at one or more switchable antennas of an access point. The access point may have a plurality of switchable antennas. Each switchable antenna may have an antenna state. The plurality of switchable antennas may be switched among such that at least five of the antenna states are sampled. Angle of arrival of the client may be calculated based on the at least five of the antenna states.

A characteristic variable antenna configured to be able to select or switch antenna characteristics in accordance with a predetermined periodic variable timing, an RF unit configured to perform a reception process on a signal received by the characteristic variable antenna, an ADC unit configured to sample the analog signal input from the RF unit at a sampling period corresponding to the variable timing of the antenna characteristics of the characteristic variable antenna, a signal dividing unit configured to divide the digital signal input from the ADC unit into different digital signals in accordance with the antenna characteristics and output the divided different digital signals, a MIMO-OFDM demodulation unit configured to receive inputs of the different digital signals divided by the signal dividing unit and perform a demodulation process of predetermined MIMO-OFDM, and a control unit configured to periodically select or switch the antenna characteristics of the characteristic variable antenna in accordance with the sampling period of the ADC unit are included.

An electronic device includes: a wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication in a first state; a fingerprint sensor configured to sense a fingerprint in a second state; and at least one processor electrically connected to the wireless communication module and the fingerprint sensor, wherein the processor changes the first state or the second state based on at least part of an operating state of the wireless communication module or the fingerprint sensor.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for performing communications using a bonded channel across multiple channels.