# US 11,308,703 B2 · Augmented reality channel sounding system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,703 B2 - Document ID: US11308703B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/107,911 - Filed: 2020-11-30 - Published: 2021-03-18 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-31 - Assignees: AT&TIntellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Aditya Chopra; Andrew Thornburg; Arunabha Ghosh; Saeed Ghassemzadeh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308703B2 ## CPC - G06T 11/26: Drawing of charts or graphs - G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)} - H04B 17/309: Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters - H04B 17/391: Modelling the propagation channel - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for presenting a visualization of at least one wireless channel parameter as an overlay on top of an image of an environment are described. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain at least a first wireless channel parameter of at least a first location, generate a first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, where the first visualization indicates at least one of: a magnitude of the at least the first wireless channel parameter or a direction of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, and present the first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter as an overlay on top of a first image of an environment associated with the first location via a display device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: obtaining, by a processing system including at least one processor, at least a first wireless channel parameter of at least a first location, wherein the at least the first wireless channel parameter of at least the first location comprises a plurality of wireless channel parameters of at least the first location, wherein the plurality of wireless channel parameters indicates a plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters; generating, by the processing system, a first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, wherein the first visualization indicates at least one of: a magnitude of the at least the first wireless channel parameter or a direction of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, and wherein the first visualization indicates the plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters; and presenting, by the processing system, the first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter as an overlay on top of a first image of an environment associated with the first location via a display device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a virtual reality device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises an augmented reality device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the display device is present at the first location at a time of the presenting the first visualization. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wireless channel parameters further indicates a plurality of different magnitudes of the plurality of wireless channel parameters, wherein the first visualization indicates the plurality of different magnitudes of the plurality of wireless channel parameters. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a magnitude and a direction for each wireless channel parameter of the plurality of wireless channel parameters are indicated in the first visualization by a linear segment aligned in the direction and a thickness of the linear segment corresponding to the magnitude. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a magnitude and a direction for each wireless channel parameter of the plurality of wireless channel parameters are indicated in the first visualization by a linear segment aligned in the direction and a length of the linear segment corresponding to the magnitude. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a magnitude and a direction for each wireless channel parameter of the plurality of wireless channel parameters are indicated in the first visualization by a linear segment aligned in the direction and a color of the linear segment corresponding to the magnitude according to a designated color scale. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wireless channel parameters of at least the first location further comprises a plurality of wireless channel parameters of a plurality of locations, wherein the first visualization indicates the plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters of the plurality of locations, wherein the plurality of locations is within a field of view of the display device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first visualization comprises an indication of an estimation of a wireless channel parameter based upon an interpolation between the at least the first wireless channel parameter and at least a second wireless channel parameter of the plurality of wireless channel parameters of the plurality of locations. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first visualization comprises a vector field that includes at least a first vector that indicates the direction of the at least the first wireless channel parameter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least the first location comprises a plurality of locations, wherein the plurality of locations includes a second location, wherein the plurality of wireless channel parameters includes at least a second wireless channel parameter of the second location, the method further comprising: generating a second visualization of the at least the second wireless channel parameter, wherein the second visualization indicates at least one of a magnitude of the at least the second wireless channel parameter or a direction of the at least the second wireless channel parameter; and presenting the second visualization of the at least the second wireless channel parameter as an overlay on top of a second image of the environment associated with the second location via the display device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the generating the second visualization and the presenting the second visualization are performed in response to a movement of the display device from the first location to the second location. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the generating the second visualization and the presenting the second visualization are performed in response to an input indicating a movement of a field of view of the display device from the first location to the second location. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises the display device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises a channel sounding receiver, and wherein the obtaining the at least the first wireless channel parameter of the at least the first location comprises: obtaining at least a first channel sounding waveform from a channel sounding transmitter; and calculating the at least the first wireless channel parameter in accordance with the at least the first channel sounding waveform. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising: obtaining at least a first wireless channel parameter of at least a first location, wherein the at least the first wireless channel parameter of at least the first location comprises a plurality of wireless channel parameters of at least the first location, wherein the plurality of wireless channel parameters indicates a plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters; generating a first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, wherein the first visualization indicates at least one of: a magnitude of the at least the first wireless channel parameter or a direction of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, and wherein the first visualization indicates the plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters; and presenting the first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter as an overlay on top of a first image of an environment associated with the first location via a display device. ### Claim 18 An apparatus comprising: a processing system including at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising: obtaining at least a first wireless channel parameter of at least a first location, wherein the at least the first wireless channel parameter of at least the first location comprises a plurality of wireless channel parameters of at least the first location, wherein the plurality of wireless channel parameters indicates a plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters; generating a first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, wherein the first visualization indicates at least one of: a magnitude of the at least the first wireless channel parameter or a direction of the at least the first wireless channel parameter, and wherein the first visualization indicates the plurality of different directions of the plurality of wireless channel parameters; and presenting the first visualization of the at least the first wireless channel parameter as an overlay on top of a first image of an environment associated with the first location via a display device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the display device comprises a virtual reality device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the display device comprises an augmented reality device.