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Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,119 · App. 18/455,970 · Granted May 12, 2026

Radio frequency map aggregation

Inventors: In-Soo Kim (San Diego, CA); Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap (San Diego, CA); Simone Merlin (San Diego, CA); Hussein Metwaly Saad (San Diego, CA); Yann Lebrun (Velizy-Villacoublay, FR); Mickael Mondet (Louannec, FR)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W64/006H04W72/21H04W72/51
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Patent No.
US 12,628,119
App. No.
18/455,970
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit position information regarding a position of the UE and camera information captured by the UE. The UE may receive a radio frequency (RF) map, wherein the RF map is associated with the position information. The UE may transmit information indicating an update to the RF map. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (58)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to:

transmit position information regarding a position of the UE and camera information captured by the UE;

receive a radio frequency (RF) map, wherein the RF map is associated with the position information; and

transmit information indicating an update to the RF map.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RF map uses a coordinate system of the position information.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to transmit capability information indicating a capability relating to at least one of:

a sensor associated with the position information,

a calibration parameter associated with the position information or the camera information, or

an RF parameter relating to the RF map.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to receive signaling that enables at least one of reception of the RF map, transmission of the position information or the camera information, or transmission of the information indicating the update to the RF map.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to transmit uplink control information indicating a use case associated with the RF map.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the use case is associated with at least one of:

beam management,

handover, or

roaming.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to receive signaling indicating whether to transmit the update to the RF map, wherein the update to the RF map is in accordance with the signaling.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to perform an RF operation based at least in part on the RF map.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the RF operation includes at least one of a beam update or a mobility operation.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to identify the update to the RF map based at least in part on at least one of a position sensor of the UE or an RF component of the UE.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the position of the UE indicates at least one of:

a spatial location of the UE, or

an orientation of the UE.

12 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to:

receive position information regarding a position of a user equipment (UE) and camera information captured by the UE;

transmit a radio frequency (RF) map, wherein the RF map is associated with the position information; and

receive information indicating an update to the RF map.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to update the RF map in accordance with the information indicating the update to the RF map; and

transmit the updated RF map to a second UE.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the RF map, as transmitted, uses a coordinate system of the position information.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to apply a transformation to a coordinate system of a baseline RF map to generate the RF map as transmitted to the UE.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the transformation is based at least in part on at least one of the position information or the camera information.

17 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to transmit signaling that enables at least one of reception of the RF map, transmission of the position information or the camera information, or transmission of information indicating an update to the RF map.

18 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the network node to receive uplink control information indicating a use case for the RF map.

19 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to transmit signaling indicating whether to transmit an update to the RF map; and

receive an update to the RF map in accordance with the signaling.

20 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the position of the UE indicates at least one of:

a spatial location of the UE, or

an orientation of the UE.

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

transmitting position information regarding a position of the UE and camera information captured by the UE;

receiving a radio frequency (RF) map, wherein the RF map is associated with the position information; and

transmitting information indicating an update to the RF map.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the RF map uses a coordinate system of the position information.

23 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising receiving signaling that enables at least one of reception of the RF map, transmission of the position information or the camera information, or transmission of the information indicating the update to the RF map.

24 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising receiving signaling indicating whether to transmit the update to the RF map, wherein transmitting the update to the RF map is in accordance with the signaling.

25 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the position of the UE indicates at least one of:

a spatial location of the UE, or

an orientation of the UE.

26 . A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:

receiving position information regarding a position of a user equipment (UE) and camera information captured by the UE;

transmitting a radio frequency (RF) map, wherein the RF map is associated with the position information; and

receiving information indicating an update to the RF map.

27 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the RF map, as transmitted, uses a coordinate system of the position information.

28 . The method of claim 26 , wherein receiving the position information and the camera information further comprises receiving uplink control information indicating a use case for the RF map.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2023
From: KIM, IN-SOO; TINNAKORNSRISUPHAP, PEERAPOL; MERLIN, SIMONE; METWALY SAAD, HUSSEIN; LEBRUN, YANN; MONDET, MICKAEL
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 064884/0534 →
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