US 11,901,985 B2 · Pose-based beamforming techniques for wireless communications

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for beam selection based on user pose information provided by an extended reality (XR) application. The pose information may be used to determine a position of the UE, and one or more beam parameters may be requested based on the position of the UE. The position information of the UE may include position information for a current time period, predictive position information for one or more future time periods, or any combinations thereof. The UE may transmit a beam request to a base station for one or more beams for the current time period, for one or more future time periods, or any combinations thereof. The UE may request a switch between beams of differing beamwidths or having the same beamwidth, or request a change of a beamwidth of an existing beam.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more processors;
one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors;
and
instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to a base station, a beam request for a first beam having one or more requested beam parameters for beamformed communications between the base station and the UE, the requested beam parameters based at least in part on user position information associated with an extended reality application at the UE;
receive, from the base station, a first beam configuration responsive to the beam request, wherein the first beam configuration is determined based on an iterative process of beamwidth adjustments using a determined step value of beamwidth changes for each iteration of the iterative process;
and
communicate with the base station using the first beam configuration.

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A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, a beam request for a first beam having one or more requested beam parameters for beamformed communications between the base station and the UE, the requested beam parameters based at least in part on user position information associated with an extended reality application at the UE;
receiving, from the base station, a first beam configuration responsive to the beam request, wherein the first beam configuration is determined based on an iterative process of beamwidth adjustments using a determined step value of beamwidth changes for each iteration of the iterative process;
and
communicating with the base station using the first beam configuration.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pose-based beamforming techniques for wireless communications

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Pose-based beamforming techniques for wireless communications

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Abstract

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