Apparatuses, methods, and systems of assigning codes are disclosed. One method includes selecting a plurality of available codes, grouping links of a wireless network into a plurality of groups based on connectivity of the links between sectors of the wireless network, characterizing interference between at least one link of a first group of the plurality of groups and at least one link of a second group of the plurality of groups, and assigning at least one code of the plurality of available codes to the first group and at least one other code of the plurality of available codes to the second group based on the characterizing of the interference.

A method for determining a location in a frequency domain, a base station, a computer-readable medium and a system are provided. The method includes determining a subcarrier where a Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PT-RS) is located based on an identification of a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port associated with the PT-RS. With this method, a subcarrier location where a PT-RS associated with a DMRS port is located can be determined.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for transmitting information between nodes in a point-to-point wireless communication network is disclosed. One method includes constructing, by a sector of a transmitting node, a packet including data that is to be transmitted to a receiving node in the wireless network, wherein the constructed packet includes a short training field, a channel estimation field, a header field, and a data payload, and transmitting by the sector of the transmitting node, a jamming code before the short training field of the constructed packet, thereby reducing a likelihood that the receiving node will decode a different short training field of an interfering packet before the receiving node decodes the short training field of the constructed packet.

A method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a downlink signal including position information for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a short physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), determining, based on the position information, a position of the OFDM symbols of the short PUCCH included in a slot, and transmitting, to the BS, the short PUCCH using the OFDM symbols based on the determined position.

An apparatus and method for transmitting data with conditional zero padding is provided. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a transmitter transmits data to a receiver by transmitting symbols such that each symbol is preceded by a cyclic prefix of a fixed length and the symbol conditionally includes enough zero padding to avoid ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference) between consecutive symbols. In some implementations, if the fixed length for cyclic prefixes is long enough to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols, then the symbols may omit zero padding. Otherwise, the symbols may include enough zero padding to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols. The zero padding may be zero tail or zero head.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for transmitting information between nodes in a point-to-point wireless communication network is disclosed. One method includes constructing, by a sector of a transmitting node, a packet including data that is to be transmitted to a receiving node in the wireless network, wherein the constructed packet includes a short training field, a channel estimation field, a header field, and a data payload, and transmitting by the sector of the transmitting node, a jamming code before the short training field of the constructed packet, thereby reducing a likelihood that the receiving node will decode a different short training field of an interfering packet before the receiving node decodes the short training field of the constructed packet.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems of assigning codes are disclosed. One method includes selecting a plurality of available codes, grouping links of a wireless network into a plurality of groups based on connectivity of the links between sectors of the wireless network, characterizing interference between at least one link of a first group of the plurality of groups and at least one link of a second group of the plurality of groups, and assigning at least one code of the plurality of available codes to the first group and at least one other code of the plurality of available codes to the second group based on the characterizing of the interference.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems of mitigating packet interference are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a sector, data to be transmitted over a specific wireless link of a wireless network, configuring a packet for transmission over the specific wireless link, wherein the packet includes a preamble, and the data, and transmitting, by the sector, the configured packet over the specific wireless link. Configuring the packet includes identifying a reference sequence based on the specific wireless link, and inserting the reference sequence into at least a portion of the preamble.

An apparatus and method for transmitting data with conditional zero padding is provided. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a transmitter transmits data to a receiver by transmitting symbols such that each symbol is preceded by a cyclic prefix of a fixed length and the symbol conditionally includes enough zero padding to avoid ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference) between consecutive symbols. In some implementations, if the fixed length for cyclic prefixes is long enough to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols, then the symbols may omit zero padding. Otherwise, the symbols may include enough zero padding to avoid ISI between consecutive symbols. The zero padding may be zero tail or zero head.

Methods, systems, and devices are described for orthogonal modulation of signals using maximal length sequences and Hadamard transforms. Modulation symbols to be transmitted are arranged into sequences indexed from 1 to 2.sup.n1 for some integer n. A constant is added to the beginning of each sequence, which is then multiplied by a Hadamard matrix of size 2.sup.n2.sup.n. The resulting sequences will be orthogonal and will have a first value of zero. The first value is discarded, and the sequence are reordered and associated with m-sequences. The signal is then transmitted. A cyclic prefix may also be transmitted. Upon receiving the transmission, a receiver may discard the cyclic prefix or use it for channel equalization. The receiver may then reorder the received signal, insert a zero, apply the 2.sup.n2.sup.n Hadamard transform, discard the zero, and order the sequences again according to the index to retrieve the data.