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20130148644 | System and Method for Preambles in a Wireless Communications Network - A method for transmitting a frame includes generating an omni portion of the frame, the omni portion including a non-beamformed long training field and a signal field, the non-beamformed long training field including channel estimation information used to decode the signal field, the non-beamformed long training field configured to be transmitted through one of multiple antennas and multiple streams. The method also includes generating a multi-stream portion of the frame, the multi-stream portion including a data field and a multi-stream long training field, the multi-stream long training field including station-specific decoding information for station-specific data in the data field. The method further includes applying a beamforming indicator to the signal field of the omni portion, and transmitting the frame. | 06-13-2013 |
20130155929 | System and Method for Communicating Using Short-Header Frames - A method for communicating information from a power-constrained device includes configuring, by the power-constrained device, a short media access control (MAC) frame having fewer fields than a full-length MAC frame. The method also includes transmitting, by the power-constrained device, the short MAC frame. | 06-20-2013 |
20130177002 | Systems and Methods for AP Discovery with FILS Beacon - A method and apparatus are disclosed for supporting access point (AP) discovery by a handset/station (STA) using a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery frame. An embodiment method includes transmitting a plurality of FILS discovery frames at faster time intervals than designated for transmitting standard AP beacons, wherein the FILS discovery frames have a smaller size than standard AP beacons. An embodiment apparatus includes a processor and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to broadcast a standard AP beacon for advertising a basic service set (BSS) repeatedly at subsequent time intervals, and broadcast a FILS discovery frame for advertising the BSS repeatedly at faster subsequent time intervals than for the standard AP beacon, wherein the FILS discovery frame has a smaller size than the standard AP beacon. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179943 | Systems and Methods for Authentication - A method of performing authentication involves receiving, by a station, an initiation frame and transmitting, by the station, an authentication request. The authentication request includes an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) over local area network (LAN) (EAPOL) Start and security parameters for a fast initial link setup (FILS) handshake. | 07-11-2013 |
20130195167 | System and Method for Non-Interleaved Signal Field - Efficient decoding in IEEE 802.11ah networks can be achieved by transmitting the signal (SIG) preamble field without interleaving bits within the SIG field. This may allow channel equalization and decoding steps to be performed contemporaneously upon reception of the frame, which allows for the implementation of non-linear channel equalization techniques (e.g., maximum likelihood (ML) equalization, etc. | 08-01-2013 |
20130216002 | Dual-Stream Signal (SIG) Field Encoding with Higher Order Modulation - Signal (SIF) field capacity can be significantly increased by encoding SIG field data using two streams in accordance with a space-time block code (STBC) encoding scheme. Dual-stream SIG field encoding allows for the utilization of higher order modulation schemes, such as quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), which increases SIG field capacity. Dual-stream encoded SIG fields are transmitted using an omnidirectional beam to allow mobile stations to accurately decode the SIG field irrespective of their spatial location. | 08-22-2013 |
20130223313 | System and Method for Scheduling Communications - A method for operating a station includes scheduling a first appointment at a first time with an access point to communicate with the access point in response to a first message from the access point, wherein the first message indicates that the station has ownership of a communications medium used by the station at the first time. The method also includes transmitting a second message to the access point in accordance with the first appointment. | 08-29-2013 |
20130283346 | System and Method For Rapid Authentication In Wireless Communications - Various methods and communications devices to improve association and handoff performance of a wireless network are provided. By way of example, a modified state machine that permits reduced security requirements for authentication in order to achieve fast authentication is employed. The modified state machine providing fast authentication remains compatible with the classic state machine implementing the wireless fidelity (WiFi) standard. | 10-24-2013 |
20130294328 | System and Method for Radio Frequency Repeating - In one embodiment, a method for relaying frames including receiving, by a repeater from a first station, a first frame, where the first frame has a first header having a first indicator and determining whether the first frame will be relayed in accordance with the first indicator. The method also includes transmitting, by the repeater to an access point, the first frame when the first frame is determined to be relayed. | 11-07-2013 |
20140056204 | Systems and Methods for Interference Alignment in Wi-Fi - System and method embodiments are provided for interference alignment in a wireless local area network (LAN) with an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). In an embodiment, a method includes instructing a first access point (AP) in the wireless LAN to broadcast a null data packet (NDP) sounding packet to a plurality of stations when no other AP is broadcasting, wherein the NDP sounding packet comprises a plurality of long training field (LTFs), and wherein a total number of LTFs is equal to a total number of transmission streams, receiving channel beamforming (BF) information and a signal plus interference to noise ratio (SINR) from each of the stations, wherein each of the stations computes the channel BF information and the SINR from sounding packets received from each of the APs in the wireless LAN, and determining a transmission schedule according to the SINRs and the channel BF information. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056205 | System and Method for a Collaborative Service Set - In one embodiment, a collaborative service set (CSS) includes a controller access point (AP) configured to be associated with a first plurality of stations and a first member AP, where the first member AP is associated with a second plurality of stations, where the controller AP is configured to coordinate transmissions between the first member AP and the second plurality of stations with transmissions between the controller AP and the first plurality of stations, where the controller AP and the first member AP are configured to transmit messages simultaneously. | 02-27-2014 |
20140112273 | System and Method for Carrier Aggregation for Wireless Local Area Networks - Embodiments are provided herein for improving carrier aggregation for wireless networks. A plurality of bandwidth channels are assigned to a basic service set (BSS) for transmissions. Specifically, the bandwidth channels are divided into multiple channel segments corresponding to multiple primary or alternate primary channels. A channel segment possibly further includes one or more additional secondary channels. The locations of the primary or alternate primary channels that correspond to the channel segments of the BSS are then broadcasted in the network. When a station or AP receives this BSS information, it searches for an available primary or alternate primary channel of the BSS to begin transmission. Upon detecting an available primary channel or alternate primary channel that is not used for another transmission, the station or AP transmits data on the channel segment corresponding to the detected primary or alternate primary channel. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119300 | System and Method for User Cooperation Protocol for Interference Alignment in Wireless Networks - Embodiments are provided herein for implementing a user cooperation protocol for interference alignment (IA) in wireless local area network (WLAN) or a Wi-Fi hotspot. The embodiments allow collecting knowledge of the channels from user stations (STAs) and sending this information to the corresponding access points (APs) in the network. This information is then used by the APs to pre-code their signals such as to remove interfering signals to non-intended STAs. An AP transmits to the STAs a group identifier (GrpID) indicating an order of STAs for transmitting channel state information (CSI) and an AP index indicating an order of STA groups of the APs for transmitting the CSI. When a STA detects a CSI transmission from another STA preceding the STA in the order of transmission as indicated by the AP index and GrpID, the STA transmits its CSI. | 05-01-2014 |
20140169339 | Systems and Methods to Achieve Fairness in Wireless LANs for Cellular Offloading - System and method embodiments are included to provide various degrees of time allocation fairness to users using varying target transmission opportunity (TXOP) values. In one embodiment, a method for promoting various degrees of fairness for users in a wireless network includes assigning a target TXOP value for one or more users in the wireless network, wherein the target TXOP value indicates a number of time units for transmissions to be met on average over time by the one or more users, and transmitting the target TXOP value to the one or more users. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving a TXOP value from the wireless network, wherein the target TXOP value indicates a number of time units allocated for transmissions, and transmitting traffic over a plurality of time periods that have an average duration about equal to the number of time units. | 06-19-2014 |
20140204746 | OpenFlow Enabled WiFi Management Entity Architecture - System and method embodiments are provided to improve offloading traffic from mobile operators networks via a WiFi network. The embodiments also include schemes to offload traffic between WiFi networks. The embodiments include a network component comprising a WiFi management entity (WiME) configured to serve as an anchor point for a user device at a WiFi network and communicate with a management entity at a wireless network using OpenFlow protocol to handle a plurality of control and mobility functionalities for traffic in the WiFi network, wherein the control and mobility functionalities include offloading traffic for the user device from the wireless network to the WiFi network. | 07-24-2014 |
20140328242 | System and Method for Wi-Fi Downlink-Uplink Protocol Design for Uplink Interference Alignment - Embodiments are provided to enable concurrent uplink transmissions from multiple Wi-Fi stations (STAs) to one or more access points (APs) using Interference Alignment (IA). In an embodiment, the STAs broadcast, to one or more APs, beamforming reports including channel estimation information for downlink. The one or more AP then performs channel estimation using the beamforming reports, and selects at least some of the STAs. The AP also computes beamforming information for IA of uplink transmissions between the selected STAs and sends, to the selected STAs, the beamforming information. The beamforming information is piggy-backed over downlink data packets to the selected STAs. Each selected STA then sends an uplink data frame concurrently with one or more other uplink data frames from one or more other selected STAs to the AP. The uplink data frames are configured for concurrent uplink transmissions according to the beamforming information for IA. | 11-06-2014 |
20140341129 | Systems and Methods for Operation of Wireless User Devices with Cellular and Wi-Fi Interfaces - An embodiment method for wireless communication includes grouping a plurality of user equipments (UEs) wirelessly coupled to a cellular base station (BS) into a UE cluster to function as a Wi-Fi virtual station (V-STA), and communicating with an access point (AP) to contend for a Wi-Fi transmission opportunity (TXOP) for the V-STA. In a further embodiment, the cellular BS contends for the TXOP on behalf of the UE cluster using a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA-CA) procedure. In an alternative embodiment, one UE in the UE cluster is selected as a leader UE to contend for the TXOP on behalf of the UE cluster using a CSMA-CA procedure. | 11-20-2014 |
20150131756 | System and Method for High Efficiency Wireless Local Area Network Communications - System and method embodiments are provided for high efficiency wireless communications. In an embodiment, a method in a network component for transmitting a frame of two different fast Fourier transform (FFT) sizes includes generating a frame, wherein the frame comprises orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in two different FFT sizes, wherein the frame comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a first FFT size and the second portion comprises a second FFT size; and transmitting the frame during a single transmission opportunity. | 05-14-2015 |
20150215818 | Dual-Stream Signal (SIG) Field Encoding with Higher Order Modulation - Signal (SIF) field capacity can be significantly increased by encoding SIG field data using two streams in accordance with a space-time block code (STBC) encoding scheme. Dual-stream SIG field encoding allows for the utilization of higher order modulation schemes, such as quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), which increases SIG field capacity. Dual-stream encoded SIG fields are transmitted using an omnidirectional beam to allow mobile stations to accurately decode the SIG field irrespective of their spatial location. | 07-30-2015 |
20150271704 | System and Method for Preambles in a Wireless Communications Network - A method for transmitting a frame includes generating an omni portion of the frame, the omni portion including a non-beamformed long training field and a signal field, the non-beamformed long training field including channel estimation information used to decode the signal field, the non-beamformed long training field configured to be transmitted through one of multiple antennas and multiple streams. The method also includes generating a multi-stream portion of the frame, the multi-stream portion including a data field and a multi-stream long training field, the multi-stream long training field including station-specific decoding information for station-specific data in the data field. The method further includes applying a beamforming indicator to the signal field of the omni portion, and transmitting the frame. | 09-24-2015 |
20150281962 | Systems and Methods for Authentication - A method includes transmitting, by a station to an access point (AP), a fast initial link setup (FILS) authentication request and transmitting, by the station to the AP, an authorization request, where the authorization request includes an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) over local area network (LAN) (EAPOL) key. The method also includes receiving, by the station from the AP, an association response, where the association response includes the EAPOL key. | 10-01-2015 |
20150327217 | System and Method for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Communications - A method for operating a communications device adapted for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless local area network (WLAN) communications includes generating an OFDMA preamble comprising an OFDMA signal (SIG) field including an indication of an allocation of an OFDMA resource to a station, and transmitting the OFDMA preamble in a frame. | 11-12-2015 |
20150341933 | System and Method for OFDMA Resource Management in WLAN - Embodiments are provided for implementing a control function in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) for allocation of resources to multiple stations (STAs) to enable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communications. An embodiment method includes determining a plurality of transmission resources for OFDMA communications of a plurality of STAs in the WLAN. The determination includes allocating a plurality of subcarriers to the STAs. The method further includes signaling the determined transmission resources to the STAs. The signaling of the transmission resources is piggybacked on at least one of data and management frames, such as in a sub-header of a MAC frame, or is an explicit signaling, such as in one or more dedicated fields of a traffic specification information element. The transmission resources for OFDMA communications allow simultaneous transmissions of the STAs in the WLAN. | 11-26-2015 |
20150358069 | System and Method for Radio Frequency Repeating - In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a station is a power constrained device and setting an indicator in a header of a frame in accordance with whether the station is a power constrained device. The method also includes transmitting, by the station to a first device, the frame. | 12-10-2015 |
20160029226 | System and Methods for Enabling Coordinated Beamforming in Overlapping Basic Service Set in WLAN - Embodiments are provided for enabling a beamforming mechanism in WLAN OBSSs. In an embodiment, a first AP of the OBSSs decides to participate in coordinated beamforming for the OBSSs. The OBSSs comprise a plurality of APs and a plurality of STAs associated with the APs. The AP thus transmits, periodically, a coordinated beamforming (CB) announcement message indicating an ID of the first AP and an ID of each STA associated with the first AP. When a second AP of the OBSSs receives the message from the first AP, the second AP maintains the ID of the first AP and the ID of each STA associated with the first AP in an entry of a CB table. When the second AP stops receiving the message, the second AP removes, from the CB table, the entry of the IDs of the first AP and its associated STAs. | 01-28-2016 |
20160066313 | System and Method for Cumulative Beacons - A method for operating a first access point of a first plurality of access points comprising access points participating in cumulative beacon operations includes generating a cumulative beacon including basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs) and service set identifiers (SSIDs) of each access point in the first plurality of access points, and sending the cumulative beacon. | 03-03-2016 |
20160088637 | Systems and Methods for Interference Alignment in Wi-Fi - System and method embodiments are provided for interference alignment in a wireless local area network (LAN) with an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). In an embodiment, a method includes instructing a first access point (AP) in the wireless LAN to broadcast a null data packet (NDP) sounding packet to a plurality of stations when no other AP is broadcasting, wherein the NDP sounding packet comprises a plurality of long training field (LTFs), and wherein a total number of LTFs is equal to a total number of transmission streams, receiving channel beamforming (BF) information and a signal plus interference to noise ratio (SINR) from each of the stations, wherein each of the stations computes the channel BF information and the SINR from sounding packets received from each of the APs in the wireless LAN, and determining a transmission schedule according to the SINRs and the channel BF information. | 03-24-2016 |
20160094992 | System and Method for Rapid Authentication in Wireless Communications - Various methods and communications devices to improve association and handoff performance of a wireless network are provided. By way of example, a modified state machine that permits reduced security requirements for authentication in order to achieve fast authentication is employed. The modified state machine providing fast authentication remains compatible with the classic state machine implementing the wireless fidelity (WiFi) standard. | 03-31-2016 |
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20110204498 | LEAD FRAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MANUFACTURED THEREWITH - A lead frame for a semiconductor package has a flag to which a semiconductor die is mounted. Tie bars are coupled to the flag. There is a first set of leads and each first set lead in the first set of leads has a first set lead parallel length and a first set lead tapered length. The first set lead parallel length of each first set lead has a constant width and edges that are parallel to edges of all other first set lead parallel lengths. A free end region of the first set lead tapered length of each first set lead provides a first set lead bond target region. There is a second set of leads disposed between a first one of the tie bars and the first set of leads. Each second set lead, in the second set of leads, has a second set lead parallel length and a second set lead tapered length. The second set lead parallel length of each second set lead has a constant width and edges that are parallel to edges of all other second set lead parallel lengths in the second set of leads and also parallel to the edges of first set lead parallel lengths. At least one second set lead has an extension length extending inwardly from the second set lead tapered length, the extension length has a constant width and provides a second set lead bond target region. Wire bond leads electrically couple both the first set lead bond target region and second set lead bond target region to respective die external electrical connection pads on a surface of the die and a package body encloses the die. | 08-25-2011 |
20130032932 | BONDED WIRE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A bonded wire semiconductor device includes a sub-assembly including a semiconductor die having an active face with a set of internal electrical contact elements and an externally exposed set of electrical contact elements. A set of bond wires make respective electrical connections between the internal electrical contact elements and the externally exposed set of electrical contact elements. A molding compound encapsulates the semiconductor die with the active face embedded in the molding compound. The bond wires have the same length. The bond wires are bonded to the internal electrical contact elements and to the externally exposed electrical contact elements at first and second curved arrays and of bond positions respectively. The first and second curved arrays and of bond positions have corresponding concentric shapes. | 02-07-2013 |
20140110461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING BOND WIRE - A system for cleaning bond wire for use by a wire bonding machine includes a bond wire supply station, a bond wire cleaning bath station, a bond wire neutralizing station, a bond wire drying station, and a wire bonding machine. In operation, the bonding machine is supplied with bond wire stored at the supply station, which is firstly de-oxidized with a cleaning solution in the cleaning bath station. Next, the cleaning solution on the bond wire is neutralized with a neutralizing liquid in the neutralizing station. The bond wire is then dried in the drying station. The speed of the bond wire passing through the cleaning bath station, neutralizing station and drying station is controlled by the wire bonding machine. | 04-24-2014 |
20140231978 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH INNER AND OUTER LEADS - A semiconductor die has outer leads with an outer lead external connection section and an outer lead bonding section. Inner leads are spaced from the outer leads. Each of the inner leads has an inner lead external connection section spaced and downset from an inner lead bonding section. A non-electrically conductive die mount is molded onto upper surface areas of each inner lead external connection section. A semiconductor die is mounted on the non-electrically conductive die mount and bond wire provide interconnects for selectively electrically connecting bonding pads of the die to the inner lead bonding sections and at least one outer lead bonding section. A mold compound covers the semiconductor die, the bond wires, and the outer and inner lead bonding sections. | 08-21-2014 |
20140263584 | WIRE BONDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of making an electrical connection includes passing a bond wire through a wire bonding system having a wire polisher and a wire bonding tool. The wire polisher removes contamination from a first portion of the bond wire. A first bond is then formed by bonding the first portion of the bond wire to a first contact such that the bond wire and the first device are electrically connected. A second bond is then formed by bonding a second portion of the bond wire to a second contact such that the first contact and the second contact are electrically connected. | 09-18-2014 |
20140374467 | CAPILLARY BONDING TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING WIRE BONDS - A capillary bonding tool for wire bonding includes a first section, a second section and a bonding section. The first section has a first outer peripheral sidewall, an opposing first inner sidewall that extends generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and a first opening surrounded by the first inner sidewall. The second section has a second outer peripheral sidewall, an opposing second inner sidewall that extends at an angle with respect to the central longitudinal axis, and a second tapered opening surrounded by the second inner sidewall. The bonding section has a peripheral ridge extending axially outwardly from the second inner sidewall of the second section. The peripheral ridge has a third outer peripheral sidewall, a third inner tubular sidewall that extends generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis and radially outwardly of the first inner sidewall, and a third opening surrounded by the third inner tubular sidewall. | 12-25-2014 |
20150075849 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND LEAD FRAME WITH INTERPOSER - A semiconductor device includes a lead frame having a flag and leads surrounding the flag. The flag includes a first die attach area and an interposer area. An insulated layer with at least one conductive trace is formed on the interposer area. | 03-19-2015 |
20150097278 | SURFACE MOUNT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH ADDITIONAL BOTTOM FACE CONTACTS - Assembling a surface mount semiconductor device includes providing a lead frame structure with peripheral leads and additional bottom face contacts integral with frame members. Outer portions of the bottom face contact members are interposed between inner portions of adjacent pairs of the peripheral leads. A package body is formed by encapsulating the lead frame structure in which the frame members are positioned outside a side edge surface. The peripheral leads and the bottom face contact members project between the side edge surface of the package body and the frame members. The frame members are cut and the peripheral leads and the bottom face contact members are separated and electrically isolated from each other. | 04-09-2015 |
20150145148 | Copper Ball Bond Interface Structure and Formation - An integrated circuit copper wire bond connection is provided having a copper ball ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150206829 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH INTERIOR LEADS - A packaged semiconductor device has a lead frame, a semiconductor die, and bond wires. The lead frame has a two-dimensional array of leads with a subset of interior leads located in the interior of the array that do not extend to the perimeter of the array. The bond wires are connected to the semiconductor die and respective ones of the leads of the array. | 07-23-2015 |
20150303169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE BALL BOND STRUCTURES - A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first ball bond on a first contact pad, in which the first ball bond has a first wire segment of a bonding wire extending from the ball bond; forming a mid-span ball in the first wire segment at a first distance from the ball bond; and after the forming the mid-span ball, attaching the mid-span ball to a second contact pad to form a second ball bond. | 10-22-2015 |