Granted Patent B2

US 12,495,387 · App. 17/934,554 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventors: Sivakumar Anandhanarayanan (Cuddalore, IN); Sumit Baheti (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W64/003G01S5/0284

Abstract

Claims (64)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

obtain a configuration of a three-dimensional (3D) space comprising a set of discrete points, wherein the configuration comprises a set of established compressed beamforming (CBF) reports, wherein each of the set of established CBF reports is associated with at least one discrete point of the set of discrete points;

receive an updated CBF report from a second wireless device; and

calculate a location of the second wireless device based on the updated CBF report and the set of established CBF reports, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a request for a sounding signal from the second wireless device or a third wireless device; and

transmit the sounding signal to the second wireless device in response to the request, wherein to receive at least one of the updated CBF report or at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports, the at least one processor is configured to receive the at least one of the updated CBF report or the at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports in response to transmitting the sounding signal.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device comprises at least one of an access point (AP), a base station, a network node, a network entity, or a transmission reception point (TRP).

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless device comprises at least one of a station (STA) or a user equipment (UE).

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless device is connected to the first wireless device using a device-to-device (D2D) communication link comprising at least one of a Wi-Fi link, a Bluetooth link, or a sidelink communication link.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a request to establish the D2D communication link from the second wireless device; and

transmit a sounding signal to the second wireless device in response to the request, wherein to receive the updated CBF report, the at least one processor is configured to receive the updated CBF report in response to transmitting the sounding signal.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to obtain the configuration of the 3D space, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports from the second wireless device or the third wireless device located at a discrete point of the set of discrete points.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to obtain the configuration of the 3D space, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive the configuration of the 3D space from a third device.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first wireless device comprises a database storing a set of configurations, wherein the set of configurations comprises the configuration of the 3D space.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first wireless device comprises a first device type, and wherein the third device also comprises the first device type.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to calculate the location of the second wireless device, the at least one processor is configured to:

calculate the location of the second wireless device further based on a cross-validation (CV) correlation between the updated CBF report and at least one of the set of established CBF reports.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the CV correlation comprises a correlation among a subset of frequency tones of a set of frequency tones associated with the updated CBF report.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the 3D space comprises a sphere, and wherein each of the set of discrete points is associated with a latitude value and a longitude value associated with the sphere.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

communicate with the second wireless device using a positioning signal to estimate a distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

select the configuration from a set of configurations based on the estimated distance.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the 3D space comprises a sphere having a radius correlated with the estimated distance.

15 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein to receive the updated CBF report from the second wireless device, the at least one processor is configured to receive the updated CBF report from the second wireless device via the transceiver.

16 . A method of wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:

obtaining a configuration of a three-dimensional (3D) space comprising a set of discrete points, wherein the configuration comprises a set of established compressed beamforming (CBF) reports, wherein each of the set of established CBF reports is associated with at least one discrete point of the set of discrete points;

receiving an updated CBF report from a second wireless device; and

calculating a location of the second wireless device based on the updated CBF report and the set of established CBF reports, wherein the method further comprising:

receiving a request for a sounding signal from the second wireless device or a third wireless device; and

transmitting the sounding signal to the second wireless device in response to the request, wherein receiving at least one of the updated CBF report or at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports is in response to transmitting the sounding signal.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first wireless device comprises at least one of an access point (AP), a base station, a network node, a network entity, or a transmission reception point (TRP).

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the second wireless device comprises at least one of a station (STA) or a user equipment (UE).

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the second wireless device is connected to the first wireless device using a device-to-device (D2D) communication link comprising at least one of a Wi-Fi link, a Bluetooth link, or a sidelink communication link.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving a request to establish the D2D communication link from the second wireless device; and

transmitting a sounding signal to the second wireless device in response to the request, wherein receiving the updated CBF report is in response to transmitting the sounding signal.

21 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving the at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports from the second wireless device or the third wireless device located at a discrete point of the set of discrete points.

22 . The method of claim 16 , wherein obtaining the configuration of the 3D space comprises:

receiving the configuration of the 3D space from a third device.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the first wireless device comprises a database storing a set of configurations, wherein the set of configurations comprises the configuration of the 3D space.

24 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the first wireless device comprises a first device type, and wherein the third device also comprises the first device type.

25 . The method of claim 16 , wherein calculating the location of the second wireless device is further based on a cross-validation (CV) correlation between the updated CBF report and at least one of the set of established CBF reports, wherein the CV correlation comprises a correlation among a subset of frequency tones of a set of frequency tones associated with the updated CBF report.

26 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the 3D space comprises a sphere, and wherein each of the set of discrete points is associated with a latitude value and a longitude value associated with the sphere.

27 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

communicating with the second wireless device using a positioning signal to estimate a distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

selecting the configuration from a set of configurations based on the estimated distance, wherein the 3D space comprises a sphere having a radius correlated with the estimated distance.

28 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:

means for obtaining a configuration of a three-dimensional (3D) space comprising a set of discrete points, wherein the configuration comprises a set of established compressed beamforming (CBF) reports, wherein each of the set of established CBF reports is associated with at least one discrete point of the set of discrete points;

means for receiving an updated CBF report from a second wireless device; and

means for calculating a location of the second wireless device based on the updated CBF report and the set of established CBF reports, wherein the apparatus further comprising:

means for receiving a request for a sounding signal from the second wireless device or a third wireless device; and

means for transmitting the sounding signal to the second wireless device in response to the request, wherein receiving at least one of the updated CBF report or at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports is in response to transmitting the sounding signal.

29 . A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code at first wireless device, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

obtain a configuration of a three-dimensional (3D) space comprising a set of discrete points, wherein the configuration comprises a set of established compressed beamforming (CBF) reports, wherein each of the set of established CBF reports is associated with at least one discrete point of the set of discrete points;

receive an updated CBF report from a second wireless device; and

calculate a location of the second wireless device based on the updated CBF report and the set of established CBF reports, wherein the code causes the processor further to:

receive a request for a sounding signal from the second wireless device or a third wireless device; and

transmit the sounding signal to the second wireless device in response to the request, wherein to receive at least one of the updated CBF report or at least one established CBF report of the set of established CBF reports is in response to transmitting the sounding signal.

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