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US 12,513,533 · App. 17/649,914 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Updating beam or measurement configurations using antenna orientation information associated with user equipments

Inventors: Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W16/28H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 12,513,533
App. No.
17/649,914
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a network entity, one of UE pose information or UE antenna orientation information, wherein the UE antenna orientation information is extracted from the UE pose information. The UE may receive, from the network entity, an updated beam or measurement configuration based at least in part on the UE antenna orientation information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (72)

1 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a server and via a network entity, UE pose information to enable the server to render an extended reality scene for the UE; and

receiving, from the network entity, an updated beam or measurement configuration, wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on UE antenna orientation information,

wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the server transmitting the UE pose information to the network entity using a determination that the UE pose information is applicable for beam management for the UE, and

wherein receipt of the UE pose information from the server triggers the network entity to determine the updated beam or measurement configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the server via the network entity, extended reality data associated with the extended reality scene based at least in part on the UE pose information and the updated beam or measurement configuration.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

extracting the UE antenna orientation information from the UE pose information based at least in part on a correlation between the UE pose information and the antenna configuration; and

transmitting the extracted UE antenna orientation information to the network entity.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the UE pose information enables the network entity to determine the updated beam or measurement configuration based at least in part on the UE pose information.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the UE pose information enables the network entity to determine the updated beam or measurement configuration based at least in part on the UE pose information received from the server.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the network entity, a signal or beam measurement, wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the signal or beam measurement.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the network entity, a beam or measurement request based at least in part on the UE antenna orientation information.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a beam switching or an antenna panel switching, and wherein the beam switching is associated with switching a downlink or uplink transmission configuration indicator state.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a change in a number of beams to be measured by the UE in a downlink or an uplink.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with measurement signals from the network entity, wherein the measurement signals include one or more of a synchronization signal block, a channel state information reference signal, a pathloss reference signal, or a sounding reference signal.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a timing advance change from the network entity.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a measurement configuration change or a measurement reporting change from the network entity.

13 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a beam or panel change at a rate that satisfies a threshold.

14 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the beam or measurement request and the UE antenna orientation information are associated with a single message.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is associated with a periodicity that is based at least in part on a rate of change in UE orientation indicated by the UE antenna orientation information.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the server transmitting the UE antenna orientation information, extracted from the UE pose information, to the network entity.

17 . A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), UE pose information, indicating a head movement or a head rotation of a user associated with the UE, for forwarding to a server to render an extended reality scene for the UE;

transmitting the UE pose information to the server;

receiving, from the server, the UE pose information based at least in part on a determination that the UE pose information is applicable for beam management for the UE;

determining an updated beam or measurement configuration,

wherein receipt of the UE pose information from the server triggers the network entity to determine the updated beam or measurement configuration, and

wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on UE antenna orientation information; and

transmitting, to the UE, the updated beam or measurement configuration.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, extended reality data associated with the extended reality scene based at least in part on the UE pose information and the updated beam or measurement configuration.

19 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, a signal or beam measurement, wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the signal or beam measurement.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein determining the updated beam or measurement configuration comprises determining the updated beam or measurement configuration based at least in part on a matching function between the UE antenna orientation information and downlink and uplink beams to be used for UE communications, UE measurement configurations, and a UE measurement reporting frequency, and wherein the downlink and uplink beams correspond to one or more transmission configuration indicator states.

21 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, a beam or measurement request; and

wherein determining the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the beam or measurement request.

22 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, from the server, extended reality data associated with the extended reality scene based at least in part on the UE pose information.

23 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, from the server, the UE antenna orientation information, wherein beam management is associated with a measurement configuration update or a measurement reporting update, and wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the UE antenna orientation information.

24 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

transmit, to a server and via a network entity, UE pose information, to enable the server to render an extended reality scene for the UE; and

receive, from the network entity, an updated beam or measurement configuration,

wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on UE antenna orientation information,

wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the server transmitting the UE pose information to the network entity using a determination that the UE pose information is applicable for beam management for the UE, and

wherein receipt of the UE pose information from the server triggers the network entity to determine the updated beam or measurement configuration.

25 . The UE of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive, from the server via the network entity, extended reality data associated with the extended reality scene based at least in part on the UE pose information and the updated beam or measurement configuration.

26 . The UE of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit, to the network entity, a signal or beam measurement, wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on the signal or beam measurement.

27 . The UE of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit, to the network entity, a beam or measurement request based at least in part on the UE antenna orientation information, wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a beam or panel change at a rate that satisfies a threshold, and wherein the beam or measurement request and the UE antenna orientation information are associated with a single message.

28 . The UE of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit, to the network entity, a beam or measurement request based at least in part on the UE antenna orientation information.

29 . The UE of claim 28 , wherein the beam or measurement request is associated with a beam switching or an antenna panel switching, and wherein the beam switching is associated with switching a downlink or uplink transmission configuration indicator state.

30 . A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), UE pose information, indicating a head movement or a head rotation of a user associated with the UE, for forwarding to a server to render an extended reality scene for the UE;

transmit the UE pose information to the server;

receive, from the server, the UE pose information based at least in part on a determination that the UE pose information is applicable for beam management for the UE;

determine an updated beam or measurement configuration,

wherein receipt of the UE pose information from the server triggers the network entity to determine the updated beam or measurement configuration, and

wherein the updated beam or measurement configuration is based at least in part on UE antenna orientation information; and

transmit, to the UE, the updated beam or measurement configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: AWONIYI-OTERI, OLUFUNMILOLA OMOLADE; LUO, TAO; ZHOU, YAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059132/0647 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63146535 · Feb 5, 2021
Related Publication 20220256359A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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