Positioning and beam alignment based on optical sensing
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAnantharaman Balasubramanian, Kapil Gulati, Sony Akkarakaran
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Abstract
Techniques for using optical sensing by wireless network nodes to assist with positioning of user equipment (UE) are provided. In some embodiments, such techniques may include sending first configuration information to the UE, the first configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the UE; receiving the optical sensory data from the UE; and based at least on the optical sensory data received from the UE, determining angular information regarding wireless transmissions between at least one wireless network node and the UE.
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A method of assisting positioning of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- sending first configuration information to the UE, the first configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the UE;
- sending second configuration information to at least one wireless network node, the second configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the at least one wireless network node;
- receiving optical sensory data from the UE;
- receiving optical sensory data from the at least one wireless network node;
- and
- based at least on the optical sensory data received from the UE and the optical sensory data received from the at least one wireless network node, determining angular information regarding wireless transmissions between the at least one wireless network node and the UE.
An apparatus of a wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more network interfaces;
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more network interfaces and the memory, and configured to:
- send first configuration information to a user equipment (UE), the first configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the UE;
- send second configuration information to at least one wireless network node, the second configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the at least one wireless network node;
- receive optical sensory data from the UE;
- receive optical sensory data from the at least one wireless network node;
- and
- based at least on the optical sensory data received from the UE and the optical sensory data received from the at least one wireless network node, determine angular information regarding wireless transmissions between the at least one wireless network node and the UE.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for sending first configuration information to a user equipment (UE), the first configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the UE;
- means for sending second configuration information to at least one wireless network node, the second configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the at least one wireless network node;
- means for receiving optical sensory data from the UE;
- means for receiving optical sensory data from the at least one wireless network node;
- and
- means for, based at least on the optical sensory data received from the UE and the optical sensory data received from the at least one wireless network node, determining angular information regarding wireless transmissions between the at least one wireless network node and the UE.
A non-transitory computer-readable apparatus comprising a storage medium, the storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to:
- send first configuration information to a user equipment (UE), the first configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the UE;
- send second configuration information to at least one wireless network node, the second configuration information indicative of how optical sensory data is to be obtained with the at least one wireless network node;
- receive optical sensory data from the UE;
- receive optical sensory data from the at least one wireless network node;
- and
- based at least on the optical sensory data received from the UE and the optical sensory data received from the at least one wireless network node, determine angular information regarding wireless transmissions between the at least one wireless network node and the UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.