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US 12,388,558 · App. 18/250,953 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Spatial diversity in co-axial multi-circle orbital angular momentum multiplexing based communication

Inventors: Min Huang (Beijing, CN); Chao Wei (Beijing, CN); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04J14/04H04L5/0023H04L5/0048H04L5/0057
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Patent No.
US 12,388,558
App. No.
18/250,953
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter of orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing based communication may transmit, to a receiver of the OAM multiplexing based communication, a configuration message that indicates a configured set of transmitter circles. The transmitter may transmit, to the receiver, at least one data stream using the configured set of transmitter circles. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (66)

1. A transmitter of orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing based communication, comprising:

a memory; and

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

transmit, to a receiver of the OAM multiplexing based communication, a configuration message that indicates a configured set of transmitter circles, wherein the configuration message indicates, for at least one data stream, at least one of an index of a transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or a parameter of a spatial diversity scheme; and

transmit, to the receiver, the at least one data stream using the configured set of transmitter circles.

2. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to the receiver, a status message that indicates a number of transmitter circles available.

3. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to the receiver, a status message that indicates a number of transmitter circles available for each OAM mode of a plurality of OAM modes.

4. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to the receiver, a status message that indicates a maximum number of modes that can used by an indicated transmitter circle.

5. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the receiver, a report message that indicates a suggested set of transmitter circles to be used.

6. The transmitter of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to the receiver, a plurality of reference signals corresponding to a plurality of transmitter circles, wherein at least one reference signal of the plurality of reference signals corresponds to an OAM mode of a corresponding transmitter circle, and

wherein the suggested set of transmitter circles is based at least in part on a plurality of measured channel statuses corresponding to the plurality of reference signals.

7. The transmitter of claim 5 , wherein the report message indicates at least one of:

a set of transmitter circle indexes corresponding to the suggested set of transmitter circles,

a channel state information indicator associated with the suggested set of transmitter circles, or

the parameter of the spatial diversity scheme.

8. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when transmitting the at least one data stream, are configured to:

transmit a first signal using a first OAM mode of a first subset of transmitter circles, wherein the first signal is associated with a first data stream; and

transmit a second signal using a second OAM mode of a second subset of transmitter circles, wherein the second signal is associated with a second data stream.

9. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the first subset of transmitter circles and the second subset of transmitter circles are full overlapping, partial overlapping or non-overlapping.

10. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when transmitting the at least one data stream, are configured to transmit the at least one data stream using the spatial diversity scheme.

11. The transmitter of claim 10 , wherein the spatial diversity scheme comprises at least one of:

space-time block coding, or

space-frequency block coding.

12. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the configuration message indicates, for the at least one data stream and at least one corresponding OAM mode, at least one of:

the index of the transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or

the parameter of the spatial diversity scheme.

13. A receiver of orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing based communication, comprising:

a memory; and

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

receive, from a transmitter of the OAM multiplexing based communication, a configuration message that indicates a configured set of transmitter circles, wherein the configuration message indicates, for at least one data stream, at least one of an index of a transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or a parameter of a spatial diversity scheme; and

receive, from the transmitter, the at least one data stream using the configured set of transmitter circles.

14. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the transmitter, a status message that indicates a number of transmitter circles available.

15. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the transmitter, a status message that indicates a number of transmitter circles available for each OAM mode of a plurality of OAM modes.

16. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the transmitter, a status message that indicates a maximum number of modes that can used by an indicated transmitter circle.

17. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to the transmitter, a report message that indicates a suggested set of transmitter circles to be used.

18. The receiver of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the transmitter, a plurality of reference signals corresponding to a plurality of transmitter circles, wherein at least one reference signal of the plurality of reference signals corresponds to an OAM mode of a corresponding transmitter circle, and

wherein the suggested set of transmitter circles is based at least in part on a plurality of measured channel statuses corresponding to the plurality of reference signals.

19. The receiver of claim 17 , wherein the report message indicates at least one of:

a set of transmitter circle indexes corresponding to the suggested set of transmitter circles,

a channel state information indicator associated with the suggested set of transmitter circles, or

the parameter of the spatial diversity scheme.

20. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, when receiving the at least one data stream, are configured to:

receive a first signal using a first OAM mode of a first subset of transmitter circles, wherein the first signal is associated with a first data stream; and

receive a second signal using a second OAM mode of a second subset of transmitter circles, wherein the second signal is associated with a second data stream.

21. The receiver of claim 20 , wherein the first subset of transmitter circles and the second subset of transmitter circles are full overlapping, partial overlapping or non-overlapping.

22. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, when receiving the at least one data stream, are configured to receive the at least one data stream based at least in part on the spatial diversity scheme.

23. The receiver of claim 22 , wherein the spatial diversity scheme comprises at least one of:

space-time block coding, or

space-frequency block coding.

24. The receiver of claim 13 , wherein the configuration message indicates, for the at least one data stream and at least one corresponding OAM mode, at least one of:

the index of the transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or

the parameter of the spatial diversity scheme.

25. A method of wireless communication performed by a transmitter of orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing based communication, comprising:

transmitting, to a receiver of the OAM multiplexing based communication, a configuration message that indicates a configured set of transmitter circles, wherein the configuration message indicates, for at least one data stream, at least one of an index of a transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or a parameter of a spatial diversity scheme; and

transmitting, to the receiver, the at least one data stream using the configured set of transmitter circles.

26. The method of claim 25 , further comprising transmitting, to the receiver, a status message that indicates a number of transmitter circles available.

27. The method of claim 25 , wherein the configuration message indicates, for the at least one data stream and at least one corresponding OAM mode, at least one of:

the index of the transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles,

the parameter of the spatial diversity scheme.

28. A method of wireless communication performed by a receiver of orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing based communication, comprising:

receiving, from a transmitter of the OAM multiplexing based communication, a configuration message that indicates a configured set of transmitter circles, wherein the configuration message indicates, for at least one data stream, at least one of an index of a transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or a parameter of a spatial diversity scheme; and

receiving, from the transmitter, the at least one data stream using the configured set of transmitter circles.

29. The method of claim 28 , further comprising receiving, from the transmitter, a status message that indicates a number of transmitter circles available.

30. The method of claim 28 , wherein the configuration message indicates, for the at least one data stream and at least one corresponding OAM mode, at least one of:

the index of the transmitter circle of the configured set of transmitter circles, or

the parameter of the spatial diversity scheme.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2023
From: HUANG, MIN; WEI, CHAO; XU, HAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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