Systems and methods for accommodating flexibility in sensing transmissions

A system for Wi-Fi sensing comprising a sensing initiator device including:

• at least one transmitting antenna, at least one receiving antenna, and at least one processor configured to execute instructions for:
• transmitting, via the at least one transmitting antenna, a sensing measurement setup request frame to a sensing responder device to request a sensing measurement setup to be used in corresponding sensing measurement instances of a WLAN sensing session for performing sensing measurements on one or more sensing transmissions to monitor motion within a sensing space, the sensing measurement setup request frame including a requested sensing measurement parameters element indicating requested sensing measurement parameters;
• receiving, via the at least one receiving antenna, a sensing measurement setup response frame, wherein the sensing measurement setup response frame includes a transmission capability indication associated with the sensing responder device indicating that the sensing responder device supports the requested sensing measurement parameters;
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• transmitting, via the at least one transmitting antenna, a sensing sounding trigger frame of a corresponding sensing measurement instance wherein the sensing sounding trigger frame is configured for a sensing transmission configured in accordance with the requested sensing measurement parameters element included in the sensing measurement setup request frame.

A method for Wi-Fi sensing, the method comprising:

• transmitting, via at least one transmitting antenna of a sensing initiator device, a sensing measurement setup request frame to a sensing responder device to request a sensing measurement setup to be used in corresponding sensing measurement instances of a WLAN sensing session for performing sensing measurements on one or more sensing transmissions to monitor motion within a sensing space, the sensing measurement setup request frame including a requested sensing measurement parameters element indicating requested sensing measurement parameters;
• receiving, via at least one receiving antenna of the sensing initiator device, a sensing measurement setup response frame, wherein the sensing measurement setup response frame includes a transmission capability indication associated with the sensing responder device indicating that the sensing responder device supports the requested sensing measurement parameters;
• transmitting, via the at least one transmitting antenna, a sensing NDP announcement frame of a corresponding sensing measurement instance;
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• transmitting, via the at least one transmitting antenna of the sensing initiator device and subsequent to transmission of the sensing NDP announcement frame, a sensing transmission configured in accordance with the requested sensing measurement parameters element included in the sensing measurement setup request frame.