US 2026/0300666 A1 · CLUSTER HEAD ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER OF ELECTRONIC SHELF LABELS

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a cluster head associated with a cluster of electronic shelf labels (ESLs). An ESL controller may determine cluster head information associated with selection of at least one cluster head from a cluster of ESLs deployed in a facility (e.g., the ESL controller head may select the cluster head itself or provide a ruleset to the cluster of ESLs for cluster-based determination of the cluster head). In an aspect, an ESL from the cluster of ESLs that acts as a cluster head is tasked with providing feedback to the ESL controller on behalf of the cluster of ESLs. Such aspects provide various technical advantages, such as reduction to signaling overhead and scheduling overhead while also facilitating sufficient payload for the measurement feedback.

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Dependent claims

An electronic shelf label (ESL) controller, 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 cluster head information associated with selection of at least one cluster head from a cluster of ESLs deployed in a facility,
wherein the cluster of ESLs corresponds to a subset of ESLs deployed in the facility, and
wherein an ESL from the cluster of ESLs that acts as a cluster head is tasked with providing feedback to the ESL controller on behalf of the cluster of ESLs;
transmit, via the one or more transceivers, the cluster head information to the cluster of ESLs;
and
receive, via the one or more transceivers, from the at least one cluster head, measurement feedback associated with an intra-cluster signaling operation between ESLs of the cluster of ESLs.

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An electronic shelf label (ESL), 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 an ESL controller, cluster head information associated with selection of at least one cluster head from a cluster of ESLs deployed in a facility;
wherein the cluster of ESLs corresponds to a subset of ESLs deployed in the facility, and
wherein an ESL from the cluster of ESLs that acts as a cluster head is tasked with providing feedback to the ESL controller on behalf of the cluster of ESLs;
perform during a time duration for which the ESL is a cluster head for the cluster of UEs, an intra-cluster signaling operation;
receive, via the one or more transceivers, from one or more other ESLs of the cluster of ESLs, measurement information associated with the intra-cluster signaling operation;
and
transmit, via the one or more transceivers, to the ESL controller, measurement feedback based on the measurement information from the one or more other ESLs, measurement information that is based on measurements performed by the ESL in association with the intra-cluster signaling operation, or a combination thereof.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cluster head associated with a cluster of electronic shelf labels

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