# US 11,910,483 B2 · Classifying nodes based on mobility state > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,483 B2 - Document ID: US11910483B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/199,124 - Filed: 2021-03-11 - Published: 2021-09-16 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-13 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Navid Abedini; Jianghong Luo; Wanshi Chen; Karl Georg Hampel; Luca Blessent; Tao Luo; Junyi Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910483B2 ## CPC - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 64/006: {with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination} - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 36/324: {by mobility data, e.g. speed data} - H04W 84/005: {Moving wireless networks} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may identify one or more parameters indicating a mobility of a served node relative to a serving node. The wireless node may classify the served node within a category, among a plurality of categories, based at least in part on the one or more parameters. In some aspects, the plurality of categories may include at least a first category for served nodes that have a low mobility relative to the serving node and a second category for served nodes that have a high mobility relative to the serving node. Numerous other aspects are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, comprising: identifying one or more parameters indicating a mobility of a served IAB node relative to a serving IAB node, wherein the served IAB node comprises a mobile terminal (MT) of a child IAB node, and wherein the serving IAB node comprises a distributed unit (DU) of an IAB donor node; classifying the served IAB node within a category, among a plurality of categories, based at least in part on the one or more parameters, wherein the plurality of categories include at least a first category for served IAB nodes that have a low mobility relative to the serving IAB node and a second category for served IAB nodes that have a high mobility relative to the serving IAB node, wherein one of the one or more parameters comprises a duration of time that the served IAB node has been camped on the serving IAB node; and providing wireless service to the served IAB node based at least in part on the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters include one or more measurements for managing one or more serving beam pair links for the served IAB node. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more measurements indicate a rate at which the one or more serving beam pair links for the served IAB node change over time, a quantity of beam pair link candidates over which the one or more serving beam pair links for the served IAB node change over time, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters indicate changes to one or more uplink channel measurements over time, changes to one or more downlink channel measurements over time, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters indicate changes to uplink receive timing over time, changes to downlink receive timing over time, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters indicate changes to a position associated with the served IAB node relative to a position associated with the serving IAB node over time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters indicate a rate at which the served IAB node performs handovers to move between different serving IAB nodes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more radio resource management measurements that indicate relative movement of the served IAB node with respect to one or more other IAB nodes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless IAB node comprises the served IAB node, another IAB node, or a central unit associated with the serving IAB node, and wherein the method further comprises: transmitting, to the DU of the IAB donor node, associated with the serving IAB node, signaling that indicates the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the signaling further indicates a confidence level associated with the classification of the served IAB node. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving signaling identifying the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the signaling further indicates a confidence level associated with the classification of the served IAB node. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting signaling that indicates the category in which the served IAB node is classified, wherein the signaling further indicates a confidence level associated with the classification of the served IAB node. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the serving IAB node comprises a mobile serving IAB node. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first category for served IAB nodes that have the low mobility relative to the serving IAB node includes served IAB nodes that are co-located or moving together with the serving IAB node, and wherein the second category for served IAB nodes that have the high mobility relative to the serving IAB node includes served IAB nodes that are not co-located or are moving independently from the serving IAB node. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the wireless service further comprises: prioritizing wireless service to the served IAB node based at least in part on the served IAB node being classified in the first category for served IAB nodes that have a low mobility relative to the serving IAB node. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the wireless service further comprises: including a quantity of demodulation reference signals in uplink and downlink communications to the served IAB node based at least in part on the served IAB node being classified in the second category for served IAB nodes that have a high mobility relative to the serving IAB node. ### Claim 18 A wireless integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to: identify one or more parameters indicating a mobility of a served IAB node relative to a serving IAB node, wherein the served IAB node comprises a mobile terminal (MT) of a child IAB node, and wherein the serving IAB node comprises a distributed unit (DU) of an IAB donor node; classify the served IAB node within a category, among a plurality of categories, based at least in part on the one or more parameters, wherein the plurality of categories include at least a first category for served IAB nodes that have a low mobility relative to the serving IAB node and a second category for served IAB nodes that have a high mobility relative to the serving IAB node, wherein one of the one or more parameters comprises a duration of time that the served IAB node has been camped on the serving IAB node; and provide wireless service to the served IAB node based at least in part on the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more parameters include one or more measurements for managing one or more serving beam pair links for the served IAB node. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The wireless IAB node of claim 19, wherein the one or more measurements indicate a rate at which the one or more serving beam pair links for the served IAB node change over time, a quantity of beam pair link candidates over which the one or more serving beam pair links for the served IAB node change over time, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more parameters indicate changes to one or more uplink channel measurements over time, changes to one or more downlink channel measurements over time, changes to uplink receive timing over time, changes to downlink receive timing over time, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more parameters indicate changes to a position associated with the served IAB node relative to a position associated with the serving IAB node over time. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more parameters indicate a rate at which the served IAB node performs handovers to move between different serving IAB nodes, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more radio resource management measurements that indicate relative movement of the served IAB node with respect to one or more other IAB nodes. ### Claim 25 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the wireless IAB node comprises the served IAB node, another IAB node, or a central unit associated with the serving IAB node, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: transmit, to a distributed unit associated with the serving IAB node, signaling that indicates the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 26 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive signaling identifying the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 27 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: transmit signaling that indicates the category in which the served IAB node is classified, wherein the signaling further indicates a confidence level associated with the classification of the served IAB node. ### Claim 28 (depends on 18) The wireless IAB node of claim 18, wherein the first category for served IAB nodes that have the low mobility relative to the serving IAB node includes served nodes that are co-located or moving together with the serving IAB node, and wherein the second category for served IAB nodes that have the high mobility relative to the serving IAB node includes served IAB nodes that are not co-located or are moving independently from the serving IAB node. ### Claim 29 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, cause the one or more processors to: identify one or more parameters indicating a mobility of a served IAB node relative to a serving IAB node, wherein the served IAB node comprises a mobile terminal (MT) of a child IAB node, and wherein the serving IAB node comprises a distributed unit (DU) of an IAB donor node; classify the served IAB node within a category, among a plurality of categories, based at least in part on the one or more parameters, wherein the plurality of categories include at least a first category for served IAB nodes that have a low mobility relative to the serving IAB node and a second category for served IAB nodes that have a high mobility relative to the serving IAB node, wherein one of the one or more parameters comprises a duration of time that the served IAB node has been camped on the serving IAB node; and provide wireless service to the served IAB node based at least in part on the category in which the served IAB node is classified. ### Claim 30 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for identifying one or more parameters indicating a mobility of a served integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node relative to a serving IAB node, wherein the served IAB node comprises a mobile terminal (MT) of a child IAB node, and wherein the serving IAB node comprises a distributed unit (DU) of an IAB donor node; means for classifying the served IAB node within a category, among a plurality of categories, based at least in part on the one or more parameters, wherein the plurality of categories include at least a first category for served IAB nodes that have a low mobility relative to the serving IAB node and a second category for served IAB nodes that have a high mobility relative to the serving IAB node, wherein one of the one or more parameters comprises a duration of time that the served IAB node has been camped on the serving IAB node; and means for providing wireless service to the served IAB node based at least in part on the category in which the served IAB node is classified.