A network interface device, said network interface device has a data transmission path configured to receive data for transmission. The data for transmission is to be sent over a network by the network interface device. A monitor is configured to monitor the data transmission path to determine if an underrun condition is associated with the data transmission path. If so, an indication is included in the transmitted data packet.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to decode or refrain from decoding a transport block (TB) transmitted from a base station based on a decodability condition. The decodability condition may include whether an effective UE throughput for decoding the TB is greater than a predetermined decoding throughput threshold or not. If the effective UE throughput is greater than the predetermined decoding throughput threshold, the UE may refrain from decoding the TB. In some cases, the TB may be a subsequent transmission from the base station based on an initial transmission not being correctly decoded, and the UE may refrain from decoding the subsequent transmission.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for implied sequence numbering of transactions in a processor-based system. The processor-based system includes a transmit circuit configured to generate an implied sequence number for each entry to be transmitted as a packet. The transmit circuit is configured to generate a packet to be transmitted based on an entry, wherein the packet including the payload information and the transmit check value based on the implied sequence number and associated with the entry. In this manner, including an individual sequence number with every transmitted packet may be reduced or avoided to reduce or avoid consuming bandwidth on the communications interface, as the bits used by the sequence number could ordinarily be used for data transmission instead. A receiver circuit is configured to receive the transmitted packet including the payload and the transmit check value, wherein the transmit check value is based on the transmit sequence number.

A programmable switch includes a plurality of ports for communicating with a plurality of network devices. A packet for a distributed system is received via a port and at least one indicator is identified in the received packet. Reliability metadata associated with a network device used for the distributed system is generated using the at least one indicator. The generated reliability metadata is sent to a controller for the distributed system for predicting or determining a reliability of at least one of the network device and a communication link for the network device and the programmable switch.

A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter includes a transmission register to include information to be transmitted, a receive register to include information received, a frame error checking circuit to evaluate contents of the receive register for a frame error, and control logic. The control logic is to route the contents of the transmission register to the receive register. The control logic is to, during transmission of the contents of the transmission register through the reprogrammable pin to the receive register, modify a bit inversion register to yield modified contents to be provided to the receive register. The modified contents are to cause a frame error. The control logic is to determine whether the frame error checking circuit detected the frame error.

A method is provided for detecting an access zone configuration of a downlink wireless transmission received from a wireless network by a receiver. The method includes steps of activating the receiver, synchronizing the receiver with the wireless network, detecting, by the receiver after the step of synchronizing, a received access zone of the downlink wireless transmission, determining a base symbol of the detected access zone, ascertaining a first gap and a second gap from repetitive information contained within the determined base symbol, concluding, from the ascertained first and second gaps, that the detected access zone is part of a multiple access zone configuration, and registering, after the step of concluding, the receiver with the wireless network.

Disclosed herein are techniques to provide an indication of bandwidth to establish a TxOP using channel bonding. An information element may be generated to include an RTS frame or a CTS frame and an indication of bandwidth in a parity portion of the information element. The indication of bandwidth may be included by using 16 bits of the parity bits of parity bytes for a PHY header of the information element.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for enhancing positioning. The method includes: a first communication node acquiring positioning solution adjustment information, herein the positioning solution adjustment information at least contains one of the following: positioning error information for indicating a positioning error of a second communication node and positioning mode adjustment indication information; and the first communication node adjusting a positioning solution.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to decode or refrain from decoding a transport block (TB) transmitted from a base station based on a decodability condition. The decodability condition may include whether an effective UE throughput for decoding the TB is greater than a predetermined decoding throughput threshold or not. If the effective UE throughput is greater than the predetermined decoding throughput threshold, the UE may refrain from decoding the TB. In some cases, the TB may be a subsequent transmission from the base station based on an initial transmission not being correctly decoded, and the UE may refrain from decoding the subsequent transmission.

A parity error is detected in a header, where the header is in a particular one of a plurality of queues, the header is to include a plurality of fields, and each of the queues is to correspond to a respective transaction type. Fabricated header data is generated for one or more of the plurality of fields to indicate the parity error and replace data of one or more of the plurality of fields. An error containment mode is entered based on the parity error.