IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,394,437

Granted Patent B2

US 11,394,437 · App. 16/680,161 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Beamforming codebook adaptation for flexible wireless devices

Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan (West Windsor Township, NJ); Mohammad Ali Tassoudji (San Diego, CA); Kobi Ravid (Closter, NJ); Yu-Chin Ou (San Diego, CA); Ozge Koymen (Princeton, NJ); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04B7/0482 H04B7/0617 H04B7/0626 H04B7/0639 H04L5/0048

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Patent No.: US 11,394,437
App. No.: 16/680,161
Granted: Jul 19, 2022
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A codebook adaptation may be performed for a flexible user equipment (UEs) to determine a codebook for a physical configuration of the UE. For example, if the UE determines that the physical configuration does not correspond to a pre-loaded codebook in its memory, the UE may provide information about the physical configuration to a base station to determine a corresponding codebook. Additionally, the UE may request that the base station provide channel information to assist with the codebook determination. In some cases, this request may indicate for the base station to allocate a specific number of channel state information reference signal symbols that the UE can use for the codebook determination. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may generate the codebook internally and then signal to the base station a request for a beam refinement procedure with the generated codebook.

Claims (236)

1. A method for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the base station, the transmitting based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device failing to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device; and

receiving, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the physical configuration of the wireless device;

accessing a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use;

determining the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein accessing the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks comprises:

accessing a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in memory of the wireless device, wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the base station, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device, and wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is stored in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) memory.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the received channel information, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the base station comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources; and

determining an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources and a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises:

an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device;

an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device;

a quantized indication with a finite size; or

information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration, wherein the sensor information comprises information from a potentiometer, a gyro, or a combination thereof; and

generating, at the CPU, an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the sensor information, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a modem and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) associated with the modem in the wireless device, an indication of the generated analog beamforming codebook.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, a beam refinement procedure request based at least in part on the generated analog beamforming codebook for the physical configuration, wherein the beam refinement procedure request comprises the request for channel information.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

deactivating one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration or a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit.

12. A method for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration for the wireless device;

receiving, from the wireless device, a request for channel information corresponding to the physical configuration for the wireless device; and

transmitting, to the wireless device, the channel information in response to the request, wherein the channel information comprises a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the CSI-RS resources are determined based at least in part on the indication of the physical configuration for the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transmitting the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources on a beam that is specific to the physical configuration to the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises:

an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device;

an indication of antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device;

a quantized indication with a finite size; or

information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration or a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the channel information is associated with beamformed communications with the wireless device.

17. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the processor and memory configured to:

transmit, to a base station, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the base station, the transmitting based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device failing to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device; and

receive, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

identify the physical configuration of the wireless device;

access a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use; and

determine the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

access a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in the memory of the wireless device, wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the base station, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device, and wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is stored in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) memory.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

determine an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the received channel information, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

21. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

receive, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources; and

determine an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources and a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

22. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises:

an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device;

an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device;

a quantized indication with a finite size; or

information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

23. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

transmit, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration, wherein the sensor information comprises information from a potentiometer, a gyro, or a combination thereof; and

generate, at the CPU, an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the sensor information, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

transmit, to a modem and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) associated with the modem in the wireless device, an indication of the generated analog beamforming codebook.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

transmit, to the base station, a beam refinement procedure request based at least in part on the generated analog beamforming codebook for the physical configuration, wherein the beam refinement procedure request comprises the request for channel information.

26. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

deactivate one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

27. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration or a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit.

28. An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the processor and memory configured to:

receive, from a wireless device, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration for the wireless device;

receive, from the wireless device, a request for channel information corresponding to the physical configuration for the wireless device; and

transmit, to the wireless device, the channel information in response to the request, wherein the channel information comprises a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the CSI-RS resources are determined based at least in part on the indication of the physical configuration for the wireless device.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

transmit the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources on a beam that is specific to the physical configuration to the wireless device.

30. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises:

an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device;

an indication of antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device;

a quantized indication with a finite size; or

information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

31. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration or a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit.

32. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the channel information is associated with beamformed communications with the wireless device.

33. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

means for transmitting, to a base station, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the base station, the transmitting based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device failing to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device; and

means for receiving, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

34. An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

means for receiving, from a wireless device, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration for the wireless device;

means for receiving, from the wireless device, a request for channel information corresponding to the physical configuration for the wireless device; and

means for transmitting, to the wireless device, the channel information in response to the request, wherein the channel information comprises a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the CSI-RS resources are determined based at least in part on the indication of the physical configuration for the wireless device.

35. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a wireless device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the base station comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

receive, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources; and

determine an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

37. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:

deactivate one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

39. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a base station, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, from a wireless device, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration for the wireless device;

receive, from the wireless device, a request for channel information corresponding to the physical configuration for the wireless device; and

40. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:

transmit the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources on a beam that is specific to the physical configuration to the wireless device.

41. A method for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

42. The method of claim 41 , further comprising:

identifying the physical configuration of the wireless device;

accessing a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use;

determining the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks.

43. The method of claim 42 , wherein accessing the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks comprises:

accessing a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in memory of the wireless device.

44. The method of claim 43 , wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the base station, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device.

45. The method of claim 41 , further comprising:

46. The method of claim 41 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the base station comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination.

47. The method of claim 46 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; and

determining an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

48. The method of claim 41 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device.

49. The method of claim 41 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration; and

50. The method of claim 41 , further comprising:

deactivating one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

51. The method of claim 41 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration.

52. The method of claim 41 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit.

53. The method of claim 41 , wherein the physical configuration is a current physical configuration of a flexible display unit of the wireless device.

54. The method of claim 43 , wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is stored in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) memory.

55. The method of claim 47 , further comprising:

using a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources to determine the analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration.

56. The method of claim 41 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device.

57. The method of claim 41 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises a quantized indication with a finite size.

58. The method of claim 41 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

59. The method of claim 49 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a modem and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) associated with the modem in the wireless device, an indication of the generated analog beamforming codebook.

60. The method of claim 49 , further comprising:

61. The method of claim 49 , wherein the sensor information comprises information from a potentiometer, a gyro, or a combination thereof.

62. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the processor and memory configured to:

receive, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

63. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

identify the physical configuration of the wireless device;

access a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use;

determine the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks.

64. The apparatus of claim 63 , wherein the processor and memory configured to access the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks are further configured to:

access a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in memory of the wireless device.

65. The apparatus of claim 64 , wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the base station, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device.

66. The apparatus of claim 64 , wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is stored in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) memory.

67. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

68. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the base station comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination.

69. The apparatus of claim 68 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

receive, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; and

70. The apparatus of claim 69 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

use a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources to determine the analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration.

71. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device.

72. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device.

73. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises a quantized indication with a finite size.

74. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

75. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

transmit, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration; and

76. The apparatus of claim 75 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

transmit, to a modem and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) associated with the modem in the wireless device, an indication of the generated analog beamforming codebook.

77. The apparatus of claim 75 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

78. The apparatus of claim 75 , wherein the sensor information comprises information from a potentiometer, a gyro, or a combination thereof.

79. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

deactivate one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

80. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration.

81. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit.

82. The apparatus of claim 62 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a current physical configuration of the flexible display unit of the wireless device.

83. A apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

means for receiving, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

84. The apparatus of claim 83 , further comprising:

means for identifying the physical configuration of the wireless device;

means for accessing a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use;

means for determining the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks.

85. The apparatus of claim 84 , wherein means for accessing the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks comprises:

means for accessing a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in memory of the wireless device.

86. The apparatus of claim 85 , wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the base station, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device.

87. The apparatus of claim 83 , further comprising:

means for determining an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the received channel information, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

88. The apparatus of claim 83 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the base station comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination.

89. The apparatus of claim 88 , further comprising:

means for receiving, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; and

means for determining an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

90. The apparatus of claim 83 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device, an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device, a quantized indication with a finite size, or information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

91. The apparatus of claim 83 , further comprising:

means for transmitting, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration; and

means for generating, at the CPU, an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the sensor information, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the base station while in the physical configuration.

92. The apparatus of claim 83 , further comprising:

means for deactivating one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

93. The apparatus of claim 83 , wherein the physical configuration comprises:

a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration;

a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit; or

a current physical configuration of the flexible display unit of the wireless device.

94. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a wireless device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, from the base station, the channel information in response to the request.

95. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , the code further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

identifying the physical configuration of the wireless device;

accessing a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use;

determining the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks.

96. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 95 , wherein the code comprising instructions executable by the processor to access the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks further comprises instructions executable by the processor to:

access a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in memory of the wireless device.

97. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 96 , wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the base station, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device.

98. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , the code further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

99. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the base station comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination.

100. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 99 , the code further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

receive, from the base station, the plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; and

101. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device, an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device, a quantized indication with a finite size, or information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.

102. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , the code further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

transmit, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration; and

103. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , the code further comprising instructions executable by the processor to:

deactivate one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.

104. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 94 , wherein the physical configuration comprises:

a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration;

a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit; or

a current physical configuration of the flexible display unit of the wireless device.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019

From: RAGHAVAN, VASANTHAN; TASSOUDJI, MOHAMMAD ALI; RAVID, KOBI; OU, YU-CHIN; KOYMEN, OZGE; LI, JUNYI

To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

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