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US 12,489,492 B2Granted
Beam pattern information indication in positioning and sensing
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsYucheng Dai, Sony Akkarakaran
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Abstract
A beam pattern processing device includes: one or more memories; a transceiver; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the transceiver. The one or more processors are configured to: configure a beam pattern information to include a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid; send a request, including the beam pattern information, for a sampled beam pattern of the network device; and receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
Claims31
A beam pattern processing device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- one or more transceivers;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, configured to:
- configure beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods, the sampling method defining a sampling grid;
- send, via the one or more transceivers to a beam pattern reporting device, a request for the beam pattern reporting device to provide a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information and the sampled beam pattern comprising beam gains and corresponding directions;
- and
- receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A beam pattern processing device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- a transceiver;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the transceiver, configured to:
- configure beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods, the sampling method defining a sampling grid;
- send a request for a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises one or more sampling direction densities associating a sampling direction density to each of the one or more regions;
- wherein the one or more regions comprise a first region comprising one or more first directions and a second region comprising one or more second directions,
- wherein the first region is associated with a first sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and wherein the second region is associated with a second sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and
- wherein the one or more first directions comprises higher variations of beam gains than the one or more second directions, and wherein the first sampling direction density is denser than the second sampling direction density.
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A beam pattern processing device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- a transceiver;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the transceiver, configured to:
- configure beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods, the sampling method defining a sampling grid;
- send a request for a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- and;
- wherein to send the request for the sampled beam pattern and in receiving to receive the sampled beam pattern, the one or more processors are configured to:
- send a request for a second sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request for the second sampled beam pattern comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receive the second sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A method for providing a beam pattern of a network device, the method comprising:
- configuring a beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods, the sampling method defining a sampling grid;
- sending, to a beam pattern reporting device, a request for the beam pattern reporting device to provide a sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information and the sampled beam pattern comprising beam gains and corresponding directions;
- and
- receiving the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A method for providing a beam pattern of a network device, the method comprising:
- configuring beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods, the sampling method defining a sampling grid;
- sending a request for a sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receiving the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises one or more sampling direction densities associating a sampling direction density to each of the one or more regions;
- wherein the one or more regions comprise a first region comprising one or more first directions and a second region comprising one or more second directions,
- wherein the first region is associated with a first sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and wherein the second region is associated with a second sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and
- wherein the one or more first directions comprises higher variations of beam gains than the one or more second directions, and wherein the first sampling direction density is denser than the second sampling direction density.
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A method for providing a beam pattern of a network device, the method comprising:
- configuring beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods, the sampling method defining a sampling grid;
- sending a request for a sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receiving the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- and
- wherein the sending of the request for the sampled beam pattern and the receiving of the sampled beam pattern comprise:
- sending a request for a second sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request for the second sampled beam pattern comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receiving the second sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A beam pattern processing device, comprising:
- means for configuring beam pattern information, the beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid;
- means for, to a beam pattern reporting device, a request for the beam pattern reporting device to provide a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information and the sampled beam pattern comprising beam gains and corresponding directions;
- and
- means for receiving the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A beam pattern processing device, comprising:
- means for configuring beam pattern information, the beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid;
- means for sending a request for a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- means for receiving the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises one or more sampling direction densities associating a sampling direction density to each of the one or more regions;
- wherein the one or more regions comprise a first region comprising one or more first directions and a second region comprising one or more second directions,
- wherein the first region is associated with a first sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and wherein the second region is associated with a second sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and
- wherein the one or more first directions comprises higher variations of beam gains than the one or more second directions, and wherein the first sampling direction density is denser than the second sampling direction density.
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A beam pattern processing device, comprising:
- means for configuring beam pattern information, the beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid;
- means for sending a request for a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- means for receiving the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- and;
- wherein the means for sending the request for the sampled beam pattern and the means for receiving the sampled beam pattern comprise:
- means for sending a request for a second sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request for the second sampled beam pattern comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- means for receiving the second sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions to cause one or more processors of a beam pattern processing device to:
- configure a beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid;
- send, to a beam pattern reporting device, a request for the beam pattern reporting device to provide a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information and the sampled beam pattern comprising beam gains and corresponding directions;
- and
- receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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A non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions to cause one or more processors of a beam pattern processing device to:
- configure a beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid;
- send a request for a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises one or more sampling direction densities associating a sampling direction density to each of the one or more regions;
- wherein the one or more regions comprise a first region comprising one or more first directions and a second region comprising one or more second directions,
- wherein the first region is associated with a first sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and wherein the second region is associated with a second sampling direction density of the one or more sampling direction densities, and
- wherein the one or more first directions comprises higher variations of beam gains than the one or more second directions, and wherein the first sampling direction density is denser than the second sampling direction density.
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A non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions to cause one or more processors of a beam pattern processing device to:
- configure a beam pattern information comprising a sampling method of a plurality of sampling methods defining a sampling grid;
- send a request for a sampled beam pattern of a network device, the request comprising the beam pattern information;
- and
- receive the sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information;
- wherein the beam pattern information further comprises a segmenting method defining one or more regions of the sampling grid based on variations in beam gains of a first sampled beam pattern of the network device;
- wherein the processor-readable instructions to cause the one or more processors to send the request for the sampled beam pattern comprise processor-readable instructions to cause the one or more processors to send a request for a second sampled beam pattern of the network device, the request for the second sampled beam pattern comprising the beam pattern information;
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- wherein the processor-readable instructions to cause the one or more processors to receive the sampled beam pattern comprise processor-readable instructions to cause the one or more processors to receive the second sampled beam pattern obtained based on the beam pattern information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.