A method for decoding a set of packets asynchronously on same nominal carrier frequency transmitted over a common communication medium, receives a signal including a combination of the set of packets modified with noise of the common communication medium, each packet includes a preamble common to all packets in the set and a payload unique for at least some packets in the set. The method determines, using a sparse recovery, a frequency offset of the transmission of each packet from the carrier frequency, a time offset of the transmission of each packet from a common point in time, and a channel gain corresponding to the transmission of each packet over a channel in the common communication medium and decodes the payloads of the packets in the set using the frequency offsets, the time offsets, and the channel gains.

A digital radio receiver adapted to receive radio signals modulated using continuous phase frequency shift keying, CPFSK. The receiver comprises means for receiving a radio signal (2), a correlator (8) arranged to estimate a frequency offset between the carrier frequency of the received radio signal and a nominal carrier frequency, means for correcting said frequency offset (4) and outputting a frequency-corrected radio signal (6), and a matched filter bank, MFB, which comprises a plurality of filters (20,22), each of which corresponds to a different bit pattern, for determining a bit sequence (36) from the frequency-corrected radio signal (6).

A method for communicating between a first radio frequency communications device including a first local oscillator and a second radio frequency communications device including a second local oscillator includes receiving a packet using a receiver of the first radio frequency communications device. The method includes detecting an average frequency offset based on sequential samples of the packet. The method includes applying a first adjustment to the first local oscillator to reduce a frequency offset between the first local oscillator and the second local oscillator. The first adjustment is based on the average frequency offset. The method includes, after adjusting the first local oscillator, transmitting a second packet to the second radio frequency communications device by the first radio frequency communications device using the first adjustment and the first local oscillator.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a wireless device may broadcast a discovery preamble to identify a receiving device or to identify a suitable beam for communicating with a receiving device prior to broadcasting a discovery message to the receiving device. In such systems, the wireless device may use the techniques described herein to generate the discovery preamble and to reduce interference between discovery preamble transmissions and avoid data loss. In one example, a wireless device may append a cyclic prefix (CP) to a discovery preamble with a suitable length to protect the discovery preamble from interference from another transmission. In another example, the wireless device may generate a cyclically periodic signal including multiple copies of the discovery preamble so a receiving device may be able to receive a portion of the signal and identify the discovery preamble.

A transport block size (TBS) of a first uplink message (RACH Msg3) transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) during a random access procedure in a User Equipment (UE) accessing a radio access network may be determined by receiving a pathloss threshold parameter. A downlink pathloss value indicative of radio link conditions between the UE and a base station (eNB) serving the UE is then determined. A smaller value of TBS is selected from a set of TBS values if the determined pathloss value is greater than an operating power level of the UE minus the pathloss threshold parameter. A larger value of TBS is selected if the pathloss value is less than the operating power level of the UE minus the pathloss threshold parameter and the TBS required to transmit the RACH Msg3 exceeds the smaller TBS value.

In accordance with an embodiment, a device configured to detect a presence of at least one digital pattern within a signal includes J memory circuits having respectively Nj memory locations; and processing circuitry comprising an accumulator configured to successively address the memory locations of the J memory circuits in a circular manner at frequency F and during an acquisition time, and successively accumulate and store values indicative of a signal intensity in parallel in the J addressed memory locations of the J memory circuits, and a detector configured to detect the possible presence of the at least one pattern.

A radio network node, e.g. an Access Point, and wireless devices are comprised in a Wireless Local Area Network. The radio network node is configured to: Identify wireless devices associated with common properties of one or more predetermined property types. Obtain data intended for transmission to the identified wireless devices, where different parts of the data is intended for transmission to different wireless devices. Form a single data packet based on said common properties and comprising the obtained data. The single data packet is associated with a packet type directed to deliver data to only a single wireless device. Transmit the single data packet on a communication channel being accessed by all of the identified wireless devices.

Systems and methods relating to correction of a Doppler/frequency offset in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a node comprises estimating a Doppler/frequency offset for a wireless device based on an uplink signal received from the wireless device and providing a frequency adjustment to the wireless device that corrects for the Doppler/frequency offset. In this manner, the Doppler/frequency offset for a wireless device is determined and corrected.

Methods and apparatus for preamble detection in a communication network are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes retrieving parameters from a parameter database, filling a buffer of preamble data received in an uplink transmission from user equipment, and frequency shifting the buffer of preamble data based on one or more first parameters to generate frequency shifted data. The method also includes oversampling the frequency shifted data to generates oversampled data, downsampling the over sampled data based on one or more second parameters to generate preamble samples, and updating the parameter database with updated values for the one or more first and second parameters. The method also includes repeating all the operations until a selected amount of preamble samples is obtained.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for aggregating random access requests across two or more physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions. Poor channel quality may inhibit the receipt of random access requests, and for user equipments (UEs) located in areas with relatively poor coverage, such aggregated random access requests may have an increased likelihood of successful receipt at a base station. The base station may configure a number of PRACH occasions to be available for aggregation of random access requests. A UE may receive PRACH configuration information from the base station, may aggregate a random access request across two or more PRACH occasions using the PRACH configuration information, and may transmit the aggregated random access request via the PRACH occasions. The base station may also configure one or more PRACH occasions to have a smaller subcarrier spacing for transmission of a random access request.