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US 12,618,963 · App. 18/042,959 · Granted May 5, 2026

Radio frequency sensing communication

Inventors: Marwen Zorgui (San Diego, CA); Srinivas Yerramalli (San Diego, CA); Rajat Prakash (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
G01S13/87H04W4/38
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Patent No.
US 12,618,963
App. No.
18/042,959
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An RF sensing method includes: producing, at an application device, an RF sensing request including a request for a network entity to coordinate RF sensing of at least one of a region or an object, wherein the RF sensing request includes at least one criterion of the RF sensing, the at least one criterion comprising at least one of an indication of the region, an identity of at least one RF sensing device, or an identity of a target object of the RF sensing; sending the RF sensing request from the application device to the network entity; and receiving, at the application device from the network entity, an RF sensing report indicating a result of the RF sensing.

Claims (37)

1 . A radio frequency (RF) sensing request device comprising:

an interface;

a memory; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory and configured to:

send an RF sensing request to a network entity via the interface, the RF sensing request including a request for the network entity to coordinate RF sensing of a region for object presence detection in the region, wherein the RF sensing request includes at least two criteria of the RF sensing, the at least two criteria one criterion comprising a threshold Doppler phase shift for the object presence to be reported and comprising at least one of an indication of the region, an identity of at least one RF sensing device, or an identity of a target object of the RF sensing; and

receive, via the interface from the network entity, an RF sensing report indicating a result of the RF sensing.

2 . The RF sensing request device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two criteria further comprise a plurality of coordinates defining the region.

3 . The RF sensing request device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two criteria further comprise at least one of a duration of the RF sensing, a first frequency of the RF sensing, or a second frequency at which the network entity is to provide the RF sensing report indicating the result of the RF sensing.

4 . The RF sensing request device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two criteria further comprise an indication of an expected result of the RF sensing.

5 . The RF sensing request device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive input regarding a subject of the RF sensing from at least one information source other than the network entity; and

send a response to the RF sensing report to the network entity, the response including the input regarding the subject of the RF sensing.

6 . The RF sensing request device of claim 1 , wherein the RF sensing request is a first RF sensing request, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to send, via the interface to the network entity, a second RF sensing request based on the first RF sensing request.

7 . A radio frequency (RF) sensing method comprising:

producing, at an application device, an RF sensing request including a request for a network entity to coordinate RF sensing of a region for object presence detection in the region, wherein the RF sensing request includes at least two criteria of the RF sensing, the at least two criteria comprising a threshold Doppler phase shift for the object presence to be reported and comprising at least one of an indication of the region, an identity of at least one RF sensing device, or an identity of a target object of the RF sensing;

sending the RF sensing request from the application device to the network entity; and

receiving, at the application device from the network entity, an RF sensing report indicating a result of the RF sensing.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least two criteria further comprise a plurality of coordinates defining the region.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least two criteria further comprise at least one of a duration of the RF sensing, a first frequency of the RF sensing, or a second frequency at which the network entity is to provide the RF sensing report indicating the result of the RF sensing.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least two criteria further comprise an indication of an expected result of the RF sensing.

11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, at the application device, input regarding a subject of the RF sensing from at least one information source other than the network entity; and

sending a response to the RF sensing report from the application device to the network entity, the response including the input regarding the subject of the RF sensing.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the RF sensing request is a first RF sensing request, and the method further comprises sending, from the application device to the network entity, a second RF sensing request based on the first RF sensing request.

13 . A network entity comprising:

an interface;

a memory; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory and configured to:

receive, via the interface from an application device, a radio frequency sensing request including a request for the network entity to coordinate radio frequency sensing of at least one of a region or an object, wherein the radio frequency sensing request includes at least one criterion of the radio frequency sensing, the at least one criterion comprising at least one of an indication of the region, an identity of at least one radio frequency sensing device, or an identity of a target object of the radio frequency sensing;

determine a first radio frequency configuration and a second radio frequency configuration based on the radio frequency sensing request; and

transmit, via the interface, the first radio frequency configuration to a radio frequency transmitter and the second radio frequency configuration to a radio frequency receiver.

14 . The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the first radio frequency configuration and the second radio frequency configuration based on desired radio frequency sensing to be achieved by the radio frequency transmitter and the radio frequency receiver.

15 . A radio frequency sensing coordination method comprising:

receiving, at a network entity from an application device, a radio frequency sensing request including a request for the network entity to coordinate radio frequency sensing of at least one of a region or an object, wherein the radio frequency sensing request includes at least one criterion of the radio frequency sensing, the at least one criterion comprising at least one of an indication of the region, an identity of at least one radio frequency sensing device, or an identity of a target object of the radio frequency sensing;

determining, at the network entity, a first radio frequency configuration and a second radio frequency configuration based on the radio frequency sensing request; and

transmitting, from the network entity, the first radio frequency configuration to a radio frequency transmitter and the second radio frequency configuration to a radio frequency receiver.

16 . The radio frequency sensing coordination method of claim 15 , wherein determining the first radio frequency configuration and the second radio frequency configuration is based further on desired radio frequency sensing to be achieved by the radio frequency transmitter and the radio frequency receiver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: ZORGUI, MARWEN; YERRAMALLI, SRINIVAS; PRAKASH, RAJAT; ZHANG, XIAOXIA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 062800/0741 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 202021045182 · Oct 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230324541A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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