A wireless sensor network is described. The wireless sensor network comprises an interrogator transceiver operable to transmit a first wireless signal at a first RF frequency and to receive a second wireless signal at a second RF frequency to and from a wireless sensor node embedded within a medium. The medium comprises one or more dielectric materials. The wireless sensor node is interrogatable by the interrogator transceiver. The wireless sensor node is operable to receive the first wireless signal at the first RF frequency from the interrogator transceiver and to transmit the second wireless signal at the second RF frequency to the interrogator transceiver. A processor is coupled to a circuit within the interrogator transceiver. The circuit is operable to measure a power level of a received signal, and the processor is operable to correlate the power level of the received signal to a composition of the medium.

A power measurement method and apparatus, and a storage medium and a program product are disclosed. The power measurement method may include: acquiring a signal power and a signal wavelength of a measurement signal transmitted by a base station under test; calculating an equivalent isotropic radiated power of the measurement signal according to the signal power and the signal wavelength; and calculating a total radiated power of a carrier signal of the base station under test according to the equivalent isotropic radiated power of the measurement signal, a preset target direction parameter and a preset power ratio factor.

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a communication device of a motor vehicle. The communication device communicates with at least one other motor vehicle or at least one stationary receiver, wherein for this purpose, a wireless communication connection based on linearly polarized electromagnetic waves is used. In order to use the communication connection, a transmission signal is transmitted with a specified transmission power by the communication device, and the transmission power is reduced on the basis of the reception of a reception signal by means of the communication device, said reception signal using electromagnetic waves which are at least partly orthogonally polarized relative to the linearly polarized electromagnetic waves.

A method for performing mapping between one or more radio modules and one or more radiofrequency (RF) groups includes: separating the one or more radio modules into the one or more RF groups according to one or more messages, wherein the one or more messages comprise a previous TX power ratio, a TX power ratio margin, one or more weighting information, one or more TX performance indices, one or more receiving (RX) performance indices, one or more configurations, or one or more usage scenarios; accumulating RF exposure of the one or more radio modules to at least one RF group among the one or more RF groups; and determining at least one transmitting (TX) power limit corresponding to the at least one RF group according to accumulated RF exposure of the at least one RF group.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For a set of scheduled transmission instances of a data communication, a transmitting network node may determine a first spatial filter to apply for a first subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to provide the data communication and a second spatial filter to apply for a second subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to allow energy harvesting at an energy harvesting device. In some cases, the transmitting network node may indicate a first quasi co-location (QCL) relation to use for the first subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to provide the data communication to the network node receiving the data transmissions, and the transmitting network node may indicate a second QCL relation to use for the second subset of the scheduled transmission instances configured to allow energy harvesting to the energy harvesting device.

This application relates to the technical field of connectivity communication, and provides an apparatus and method for testing a connected vehicle's communication distance. The testing apparatus includes a support member, and a first antenna is provided on the support member and connected to a signal transceiver. The signal transceiver is configured to send signals to a tested vehicle or receive signals sent by the tested vehicle. An output terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to an upper computer. Data analysis software is installed on the upper computer, and used for recording a test distance and a number of data packets and calculating a packet loss rate, such that a maximum communication distance is obtained according to the test distance and the corresponding packet loss rate.

A testing system for a modulator includes a radio frequency (RF) generator, an optical power meter, and an electrical power meter. The RF generator is configured to generate and provide a first plurality of RF signals and a second plurality of RF signals, wherein the first plurality of RF signals and the second plurality of RF signals are associated with a plurality of frequencies. The optical power meter is configured to measure an optical power of an output optical signal, which is modulated by the modulator based on the first plurality of RF signals, to facilitate determination of a transmission response measurement of the modulator for each frequency of the plurality of frequencies. The electrical power meter is configured to measure a portion of each RF signal of the second plurality of RF signals to facilitate determination of a reflectance response measurement of the modulator for each frequency.

A measurement instrument for measuring a radio frequency signal is described. The measurement instrument includes a radio frequency input for receiving the radio frequency signal and at least one electronic component for processing the radio frequency signal. The at least one electronic component is configured to process the radio frequency signal based on a setting. The measurement instrument includes at least one interface that is configured to obtain resource information of at least one resource unit of the radio frequency signal received. The measurement instrument includes at least one circuit that is configured to adapt a setting of the at least one electronic component for level setting of the measurement instrument based on the resource information obtained.

A system for detecting angle of arrival comprises an array of metamaterial or resonant elements that share a dielectric substrate and a metallic ground layer, wherein each of the metamaterial or resonant elements includes a switchable component; an opening in the ground layer configured to couple an incident wave signal; and a waveguide below the ground layer configured to guide the coupled signal to a receiving circuit including an intensity or power meter. A method for detecting angle of arrival comprises providing the system as described above; coupling an incident wave signal to the shared substrate; guiding the coupled signal from the shared substrate to the receiving circuit via the waveguide; measuring the coupled signal via intensity or power meter of the receiving circuit; and calculating an angle of arrival based on the measured intensity or power.

A testing system for a modulator includes a radio frequency (RF) generator, an optical power meter, and an electrical power meter. The RF generator is configured to generate and provide a first plurality of RF signals and a second plurality of RF signals, wherein the first plurality of RF signals and the second plurality of RF signals are associated with a plurality of frequencies. The optical power meter is configured to measure an optical power of an output optical signal, which is modulated by the modulator based on the first plurality of RF signals, to facilitate determination of a transmission response measurement of the modulator for each frequency of the plurality of frequencies. The electrical power meter is configured to measure a portion of each RF signal of the second plurality of RF signals to facilitate determination of a reflectance response measurement of the modulator for each frequency.