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US 12,038,523 · App. 17/210,161 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

Radar transmission parameter selection for multi-radar coexistence

Inventors: Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Dan Zhang (San Diego, CA); Gene Wesley Marsh (San Diego, CA); Preeti Kumari (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Franklin Park, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
G01S7/023G01S7/003G01S13/931G01S2013/9316
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Patent No.
US 12,038,523
App. No.
17/210,161
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE), such as a vehicle UE may determine, based on one or more communication parameters of the UE, a radar field of view (FOV) for radar communications at the UE relative to a fixed frame of reference for the wireless communications system. The UE may determine a set of radar transmission parameters based on the radar FOV, where each radar transmission parameter of the set of radar transmission parameters is a function of the radar FOV. The UE may transmit a radar message using the set of radar transmission parameters according to the radar FOV relative to the fixed frame of reference.

Claims (62)

1. A method of wireless communication at a first wireless device of a wireless communications system, comprising:

transmitting, to a second wireless device, an indication of a radar field of view for radar communications at the first wireless device, the radar field of view comprising an area in which one or more radar messages associated with the first wireless device propagate relative to a fixed frame of reference for the wireless communications system; and

transmitting a radar message using a set of radar transmission parameters for the first wireless device in the radar field of view relative to the fixed frame of reference, the set of radar transmission parameters determined based at least in part on the radar field of view, wherein each radar transmission parameter of the set of radar transmission parameters is a function of the radar field of view.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the radar field of view based at least in part on one or more of a geographic location of the first wireless device, an orientation of the first wireless device, a direction of travel of the first wireless device, a location of a transmitter of the first wireless device, or a radiation pattern associated with an antenna of the first wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on a time-division multiplexing pattern, a frequency spectrum, a polarization parameter, a transmission power for the radar message, one or more parameters associated with a waveform of the radar message, a waveform sequence, or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more parameters associated with the waveform of the radar message comprises a slope, a time offset, a code of a phase modulated continuous wave waveform for the radar message, a frequency offset of a frequency modulated continuous wave waveform for the radar message, or any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on a transmit power for the radar message, a duration of a frame of the radar message, a duty cycle associated with frame transmissions for the first wireless device, a traffic pattern associated with a geographic location of the first wireless device, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second wireless device, the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the radar field of view.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second wireless device, a set of allowed radar transmission parameters for the first wireless device based at least in part on the radar field of view, wherein the set of radar transmission parameters is selected from the set of allowed radar transmission parameters.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless device comprises a fixed roadside unit or a network device and the fixed frame of reference is a global frame of reference.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication further comprises an intended transmit power of the radar message, a duration of a frame of the radar message, a duty cycle associated with a transmission frame of the radar message, a traffic pattern associated with a geographic location of the first wireless device, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a congestion of radar communications associated with a geographic location of the first wireless device, wherein the set of radar transmission parameters is based at least in part on the congestion of radar communications.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, from one or more neighboring wireless devices or a network device, an indication of the congestion of radar communications.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the congestion of radar communications is based at least in part on a vehicle density in the geographic location of the first wireless device, an estimate of radar usage associated with one or more neighboring wireless devices, an indication of radar usage associated with one or more neighboring vehicles, or any combination thereof.

13. A method of wireless communication at a first wireless device of a wireless communications system, comprising:

receiving, from a second wireless device, an indication of a radar field of view for radar communications at the second wireless device, the radar field of view comprising an area in which one or more radar messages associated with the second wireless device propagate relative to a fixed frame of reference for the wireless communications system; and

transmitting, to the second wireless device, a set of radar transmission parameters for the second wireless device based at least in part on the indication of the radar field of view, wherein each radar transmission parameter of the set of radar transmission parameters is a function of the radar field of view for radar communications at the second wireless device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the set of radar transmission parameters comprises:

determining one or more conditions associated with a location of the second wireless device; and

determining the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on the one or more conditions.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining a set of allowed radar transmission parameters for the second wireless device based at least in part on receiving the indication of the radar field of view for radar communications at the second wireless device; and

transmitting, to the second wireless device, an indication of the set of allowed radar transmission parameters according to the radar field of view relative to the fixed frame of reference.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein each parameter of the set of allowed radar transmission parameters is based at least in part on the radar field of view.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second wireless device is a vehicle and the fixed frame of reference is a global frame of reference.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor; and

instructions stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to a second wireless device, an indication of a radar field of view for radar communications at a first wireless device in a wireless communications system, the radar field of view comprising an area in which one or more radar messages associated with the second wireless device propagate relative to a fixed frame of reference for the wireless communications system; and

transmit a radar message using a set of radar transmission parameters for the first wireless device in the radar field of view relative to the fixed frame of reference, the set of radar transmission parameters determined based at least in part on the radar field of view, wherein each radar transmission parameter of the set of radar transmission parameters is a function of the radar field of view.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine the radar field of view based at least in part on one or more of a geographic location of the first wireless device, an orientation of the first wireless device, a direction of travel of the first wireless device, a location of a transmitter of the first wireless device, or a radiation pattern associated with an antenna of the first wireless device.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on a time-division multiplexing pattern, a frequency spectrum, a polarization parameter, a transmission power for the radar message, one or more parameters associated with a waveform of the radar message, a waveform sequence, or any combination thereof.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more parameters associated with the waveform of the radar message comprises a slope, a time offset, a code of a phase modulated continuous wave waveform for the radar message, a frequency offset of a frequency modulated continuous wave waveform for the radar message, or any combination thereof.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on a transmit power for the radar message, a duration of a frame of the radar message, a duty cycle associated with frame transmissions for the first wireless device, a traffic pattern associated with a geographic location of the first wireless device, or any combination thereof.

23. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the second wireless device, the set of radar transmission parameters based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the radar field of view.

24. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the second wireless device, a set of allowed radar transmission parameters for the first wireless device based at least in part on the radar field of view, wherein the set of radar transmission parameters is selected from the set of allowed radar transmission parameters.

25. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the second wireless device comprises a fixed roadside unit or a network device and the fixed frame of reference is a global frame of reference.

26. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the indication further comprises an intended transmit power of the radar message, a duration of a frame of the radar message, a duty cycle associated with a transmission frame of the radar message, a traffic pattern associated with a geographic location of the first wireless device, or any combination thereof.

27. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine a congestion of radar communications associated with a geographic location of the first wireless device, wherein the set of radar transmission parameters is based at least in part on the congestion of radar communications.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from one or more neighboring wireless devices or a network device, an indication of the congestion of radar communications.

29. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the congestion of radar communications is based at least in part on a vehicle density in the geographic location of the first wireless device, an estimate of radar usage associated with one or more neighboring wireless devices, an indication of radar usage associated with one or more neighboring vehicles, or any combination thereof.

30. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor; and

instructions stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from a second wireless device in a wireless communications system, an indication of a radar field of view for radar communications at the second wireless device, the radar field of view comprising an area in which one or more radar messages associated with the second wireless device propagate relative to a fixed frame of reference for the wireless communications system; and

transmit, to the second wireless device, a set of radar transmission parameters for the second wireless device based at least in part on the indication of the radar field of view, wherein each radar transmission parameter of the set of radar transmission parameters is a function of the radar field of view for radar communications at the second wireless device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2021
From: GULATI, KAPIL; ZHANG, DAN; MARSH, GENE WESLEY; KUMARI, PREETI; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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