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US 12,219,521 · App. 18/099,775 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Associating sensing information with a user

Inventors: Rapeepat Ratasuk (Inverness, IL); Ryan Keating (Chicago, IL); Amitabha Ghosh (Buffalo Grove, IL); Jun Tan (Glenview, IL); Nitin Mangalvedhe (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04W64/006H04W4/027H04W4/029H04W8/12H04W8/24H04W56/0045H04W64/003H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 12,219,521
App. No.
18/099,775
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for associating sensing information with a user (e.g., a cellular user) by, for example, determining information from both a sensing node and a communication node, then associating the a sensed object and the communication node based on the information. Additionally, or alternatively, some embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for radar and sensing-based positioning.

Claims (15)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

receive, from a network node, a message, wherein the message is associated with causing the apparatus to transmit a signal, wherein the signal is associated with identifying the apparatus as a sensed object; and

transmit the signal to the network node based on the message, wherein the signal comprises a sensing identifier, positioning information of the apparatus, and an indication that a communication node is within a proximity of the apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the message includes a sensing report request.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises a sensing report.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the signal comprises periodic sensing reports.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal further comprises at least one of a confidence of the positioning information, a velocity of the apparatus, or a measure of a proximity of the apparatus to one or more other objects.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning information includes ranging information.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the ranging information includes at least one of a distance or a direction of the apparatus relative to the network node.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal is transmitted based on a threshold value.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the threshold value corresponds to a distance between the apparatus and one or more other objects.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus at least to determine one or more of the sensing identifier or the positioning information using radar capability.

Continuity (2)
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