Harvesting energy from clusters of nodes
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAhmed ELSHAFIE, Ahmed Attia ABOTABL, Alexandros MANOLAKOS
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, an indication of a cluster of nodes that are able to provide signals to the UE for energy harvesting at the UE. The UE may receive, from the cluster of nodes, the signals based at least in part on the indication of the cluster of nodes. The UE may harvest energy from the signals for charging a battery of the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.
Claims30
An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
- receive, from a network node, an indication of a cluster of nodes that are able to provide signals to the UE for energy harvesting at the UE;
- receive, from the cluster of nodes, the signals based at least in part on the indication of the cluster of nodes;
- and
- harvest energy from the signals for charging a battery of the UE.
An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
- determine a cluster of nodes that are able to provide signals to a user equipment (UE) for energy harvesting at the UE;
- and
- transmit, to the UE, an indication of the cluster of nodes, wherein the signals from the cluster of nodes enable the energy harvesting at the UE.
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- receiving, from a network node, an indication of a cluster of nodes that are able to provide signals to the UE for energy harvesting at the UE;
- receiving, from the cluster of nodes, the signals based at least in part on the indication of the cluster of nodes;
- and
- harvesting energy from the signals for charging a battery of the UE.
A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:
- determining a cluster of nodes that are able to provide signals to a user equipment (UE) for energy harvesting at the UE;
- and
- transmitting, to the UE, an indication of the cluster of nodes, wherein the signals from the cluster of nodes enable the energy harvesting at the UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.