Network digital twin-assisted sensing operations

A method performed by a network digital twin (NDT) consumer, comprising:

• determining radio frequency sensing (RF-S) information associated with a first RF-S procedure for sensing a target object that is performed by one or more sensing nodes based on a first RF-S configuration;
• transmitting, to a NDT producer, the RF-S information;
• and
• receiving, from the NDT producer, target information associated with the target object that is based on a simulation or an emulation of a second RF-S procedure for sensing the target object based on a second RF-S configuration,
• wherein the second RF-S configuration is based on a set of sensing hypotheses associated with radio metrics that match the first RF-S information.

A network digital twin (NDT) producer, 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, wherein the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, are configured to:
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, from a NDT consumer, radio frequency sensing (RF-S) information associated with a first RF-S procedure for sensing a target object that is performed by one or more sensing nodes based on a first RF-S configuration;
• determine a set of sensing hypotheses associated with radio metrics that match the first RF-S information;
• determine a second RF-S configuration based on the set of sensing hypotheses;
• utilize a NDT to simulate or emulate a second RF-S procedure for sensing the target object based on the second RF-S configuration;
• determine target information associated with the target object based on the simulation or the emulation of the second RF-S procedure;
• and
• transmit, via the one or more transceivers, to the NDT consumer, the target information.

A network digital twin (NDT) consumer, 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, wherein the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, are configured to:
• determine radio frequency sensing (RF-S) information associated with a first RF-S procedure for sensing a target object that is performed by one or more sensing nodes based on a first RF-S configuration;
• transmit, via the one or more transceivers, to a NDT producer, the RF-S information;
• and
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, from the NDT producer, target information associated with the target object that is based on a simulation or an emulation of a second RF-S procedure for sensing the target object based on a second RF-S configuration,
• wherein the second RF-S configuration is based on a set of sensing hypotheses associated with radio metrics that match the first RF-S information.