IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,634
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,634 · App. 17/414,930 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Signal design associated with concurrent delivery of energy and information

Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian (San Diego, CA); Tanbir Haque (Jackson Heights, NY); Ravikumar Pragada (Warrington, PA); Hussain Elkotby (Conshohocken, PA); Patrick Cabrol (Bayshore, NY); Marian Rudolf (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W72/23H02J50/001H02J50/20H02J50/80H04J11/003H04J11/004
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Patent No.
US 11,917,634
App. No.
17/414,930
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base transmission signal and an auxiliary transmission signal may be used to (e.g., concurrently) improve a harvesting efficiency of an energy receiver while maintaining a prespecified performance level of an information receiver. An auxiliary transmission signal may be constructed. The construction of the auxiliary transmission signal may be signaled. An auxiliary transmission signal may be adapted. The adaptation of the auxiliary transmission signal may be signaled. An impact of auxiliary transmission signals on an information receiver's performance may be mitigated. One or more narrowband energy harvesting (EH) signals may be used, for example to provide a high peak to average power ratio (PARR) for EH devices (e.g., without significantly impacting overall transmitted signal PARR) characteristics. One or more narrowband auxiliary signals may be used, for example to enhance the PARR characteristics of an information signal sub-band.

Claims (24)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor configured to:

receive an auxiliary signal codebook;

receive an indication from a network via a downlink control information (DCI), wherein the indication indicates an index that identifies a sub-band associated with an auxiliary signal and a time duration associated with the sub-band;

identify the auxiliary signal based on the auxiliary signal codebook and the indication; and

perform a cancelation associated with the identified auxiliary signal and decode a base information signal.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary signal codebook is received from the network.

3. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary signal codebook is preconfigured in the WTRU.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of the auxiliary signal is higher than a PAPR of the base information signal.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the indication further indicates a parameter associated with the auxiliary signal.

6. The WTRU of claim 5 , wherein the parameter associated with the auxiliary signal comprises a sequence type of the auxiliary signal.

7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary signal comprises one or more sub-carriers or resource blocks (RBs) that span a subset of resources allocated for the WTRU.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the cancelation associated with the identified auxiliary signal is a cancelation of the identified auxiliary signal.

9. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the cancelation associated with the identified auxiliary signal is a cancelation of the identified auxiliary signal in an interfering region.

10. A method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving an auxiliary signal codebook;

receiving an indication from a network via a downlink control information (DCI), wherein the indication indicates an index that identifies a sub-band associated with an auxiliary signal and a time duration associated with the sub-band;

identifying the auxiliary signal based on the auxiliary signal codebook and the indication; and

performing a cancelation associated with the identified auxiliary signal and decoding a base information signal.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary signal codebook is received from the network.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary signal codebook is preconfigured in the WTRU.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the indication further indicates a parameter associated with the auxiliary signal, and wherein the parameter associated with the auxiliary signal comprises a sequence type of the auxiliary signal.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the cancelation associated with the identified auxiliary signal is a cancelation of the identified auxiliary signal.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the cancelation associated with the identified auxiliary signal is a cancelation of the identified auxiliary signal in an interfering region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: BALASUBRAMANIAN, ANANTHARAMAN; HAQUE, TANBIR; PRAGADA, RAVIKUMAR; ELKOTBY, HUSSAIN; CABROL, PATRICK; RUDOLF, MARIAN
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 065889/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062232/0340 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62886028 · Aug 13, 2019
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