PASSIVE BEAMFORMING FOR WI-FI
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240250744A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18159640

    申请日:2023-01-25

    IPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04W76/27

    CPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04W76/27

    摘要: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques described herein provide for passive beamforming for Wi-Fi. A first wireless device communicating in an active session via a first bandwidth with a second wireless device may use a passive beamforming technique to identify a transmission sector of the second wireless device and/or a receive sector for communications on a second bandwidth, while the first wireless device is in an inactive session state for the second bandwidth. The second wireless device may transmit beacons in the second bandwidth via directional transmission sectors while the first wireless device is in the inactive session state for the second bandwidth. The first wireless device may receive the beacons and may select a transmission sector based on the beacons. The first wireless device may indicate the selected transmission sector to the second wireless device. The first wireless device may select a receive sector based on the beacons.

    Communication via Uplink and Downlink Reflective Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20240250741A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18157682

    申请日:2023-01-20

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04B7/0426

    CPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04B7/043

    摘要: A communication system may include a base station (BS), user equipment (UE), and a set of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS's). The RIS's, the UE, and the BS may communicate using a control RAT and a data RAT. The BS may transmit downlink (DL) signals to the UE device via reflection off a DL RIS. The UE device may transmit uplink (UL) signals to the BS via reflection off a UL RIS. This may optimize wireless performance in situations where reflecting the UL and DL signals off the same RIS would limit performance under the current data RAT channel conditions. The BS and the UE device may use channel measurements of the control RAT at the RIS's to select the UL RIS and the DL RIS. This may significantly reduce overhead required to identify the UL and DL RIS's relative to scenarios where exhaustive beam training is used.

    Method, Apparatus and Computer Program
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240129018A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18484889

    申请日:2023-10-11

    IPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04B1/10

    CPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04B1/10

    摘要: There is provided an apparatus including receiving, at a second node, a signal including contributions of at least one backscatter signal and at least one further signal, the at least one backscatter signal being transmitted by a respective at least one passive device in response to a first node transmitting a first signal to the at least one passive device; isolating the contribution of the at least one backscatter signal from the at least one further signal; and based on the contribution of the at least one backscatter signal, determining, by the second node, one or more parameters associated with the respective at least one passive device.

    PASSIVE MIMO DEVICE
    6.
    发明公开
    PASSIVE MIMO DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240106520A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17934886

    申请日:2022-09-23

    摘要: Aspects of the disclosure related to devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and other aspects of passive multiple input multiple output. In some aspects, an apparatus is provided that includes a first radio frequency (RF) transmission line having a first terminated with a quarter wavelength grounded transmission line, and a first array of antennas including a plurality of antenna elements. The apparatus also includes a switch array including a corresponding switch for each antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements of the first array of antennas, to selectively connect each antenna element to the first RF transmission line, and path lengths selectable by the switches at half wavelength distances for passive transmission. The apparatus also includes or more lens elements configured to modify wireless inputs signals to the first array of antennas and to modify wireless output signals from the first array of antennas.

    Reflective Devices for Conveying Radio-Frequency Signals

    公开(公告)号:US20230421241A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18322950

    申请日:2023-05-24

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04B7/04

    CPC分类号: H04B7/145 H04B7/04013

    摘要: A wireless access point (AP) may communicate with a user equipment (UE) device via reflection off a reflective device having an array of fixed or adjustable reflectors in different orientations. The AP may illuminate different portions of an area by pointing a signal beam to different reflectors and/or by controlling the reflective device to electrically rotate the reflectors. The AP may calibrate the position of the reflective device and may establish wireless communications with the UE device by performing a sweep of signal beams over the reflectors and/or by controlling the reflective device to sweep over different reflector orientations. The AP may track movement of the UE device over time. The AP may sweep the AP beam over a subset of the reflectors around an active reflector to maintain communications with the UE device even as the UE device moves over time.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POWER NETWORKING

    公开(公告)号:US20230187976A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18108312

    申请日:2023-02-10

    申请人: Reach Power, Inc.

    摘要: A system for wireless power networking, preferably including one or more nodes, such as transmit nodes, receive nodes, relay nodes, and/or hybrid nodes. The system may function to form a power network (e.g., mesh network) configured to transfer power wirelessly between nodes of the system. A method for wireless power networking, preferably including transmitting power, controlling relay nodes, and/or receiving power, and optionally including optimizing power network operation. The method is preferably performed at (e.g., by one or more nodes of) the system, but can additionally or alternatively be performed by any other suitable system(s).