Qualcomm Incorporated

Yehonatan Dallal

Shay Landis

Idan Michael Horn

Ran Berliner

Assaf Touboul

Amit Bar-Or Tillinger

Danlu Zhang

Roman Budilovsky

Gideon Shlomo Kutz

Jacob Pick

Amit Bar-or Tillinger

Michael Levitsky

Guy Wolf

Albert Yosher

Sharon Levy

Igor Gutman

Daniel Paz

Ronen Shaked

Ory Eger

Noam Zach

Sang Tran

Shlomo Hoory

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may be configured to include an array of lenses along with multiple antenna arrays that each include a set of antenna elements. The antenna arrays may each support multiple beam directions, such as a respective beam direction for each lens of the array of lenses. If beams for multiple antenna arrays concurrently pass through the same lens, the lens may contribute to maintaining separation between the beams. Lenses may also contribute to the shaping of beams, and the use of multiple lenses may enhance a coverage area for beams transmitted or received by the antenna arrays.

Wireless communications using multiple antenna arrays and a lens array

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for lens design for full-duplex communication. In some aspects, a device may use a lens design that enables full-duplex operation through a lens by facilitating an avoidance or mitigation of self-interference during full-duplex operation. The lens may have a first, antenna-facing surface and a second, outward-facing surface and, to avoid or mitigate self-interference due to reflection off the lens, the first surface may have a first curvature associated with a relatively small radius. In such examples, the device may transmit wireless signaling from a transmitting element and a reflection off the lens may be dispersed or otherwise oriented away from a receiving element in accordance with a design of the first curvature. In some implementations, the lens may include an anti-reflective coating to further reduce reflection off the lens.

Lens design for full-duplex communication comprising a lens having a first curvature configured to disperse a reflection off the lens away from a receiving element

Method and apparatus for channel oriented modulation selection for improved spectral efficiency. The apparatus receives an activation indication indicating an activation of a modulation selection procedure and a set of REs used for the modulation selection procedure. The activation indication indicating a first modulation for a first subset of REs within the set of REs and a second modulation for a second subset of REs within the set of REs, the first subset of REs having a higher quality than the second subset of REs. The apparatus receives downlink communication based on the modulation selection procedure.

Channel oriented modulation selection for improved spectral efficiency

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communications device may transmit a first signal. The first signal may be transmitted from a first antenna array of the communications device through a lens of the communications device in a direction. An energy of a portion of the first signal may be below a threshold based on a position of a second antenna array of the communications device. The portion of the first signal may correspond to a portion of a reflection of the first signal that overlaps with the position of the second antenna array. The communications device may concurrently receive, at the second antenna array, a second signal originating from another direction, where the second signal may be focused in the direction of the second antenna array based on the lens.

Lens communication with multiple antenna arrays

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, the described techniques support resource offset mapping for multiplexing. Resource offset mapping may refer to the mapping of frequency-domain symbols to different subsets of resources that are offset from each other or separated by gaps. For instance, a first wireless device may map a first set of frequency-domain symbols to a first subset of subcarriers and a second set of frequency-domain symbols to a second subset of subcarriers. A lowest subcarrier of the second subset of subcarriers may be separated by an offset or a gap from a highest subcarrier of the first subset of subcarriers. As a result, at least some distortion experienced on subcarriers in the gap may not spread to other subcarriers, and the reliability and throughput of communications between the first wireless device and a second wireless device may improve.

Resource offset mapping for multiplexing

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a relay may receive, from a network node and via a network node beam, a network node synchronization signal block (SSB). The relay may transmit, to a user equipment (UE) and via a relay beam, a relay SSB that is based at least in part on the network node SSB. The relay may receive, from the UE and via the relay beam, a preamble during a first random access channel (RACH) occasion that is associated with the relay SSB. The relay may transmit, to the network node and via the network node beam, the preamble during a second RACH occasion that is associated with the network node SSB. Numerous other aspects are described.

Random access channel occasions associated with a relay

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive reference signals for a UE beam measurement procedure for measuring a set of network transmit beams corresponding to the set of reference signals. The UE may transmit a measurement report indicating measurements of the set of reference signals based on the UE beam measurement procedure, where the measurement report further includes an indication of one or more candidate network transmit beams that are additional to the set of network transmit beams and that are within an angular offset threshold from one or more network transmit beams of the set of network transmit beams. In response to transmitting the measurement report, the UE may receive a message indicating a configuration for communications with the network entity.

Beam measurement reporting for spatially offset beams

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for slot preconfiguration for coverage enhancement and power saving. An example method performed by a UE includes processing one or more synchronization signals in a first slot according to a first configuration of slot parameters, wherein the synchronization signals are used for at least one of time or frequency tracking, receiving, from a network entity, a second configuration of slot parameters, and processing a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a second slot according to the second configuration of slot parameters, wherein the second slot occurs within a configured slot duration that is offset in time from the first slot.

Slot preconfiguration for coverage enhancement and power saving

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dedicated pilot signals associated with radio frequency impairment compensation. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) and a network entity may support a signaling mechanism according to which the UE may measure and report, to the network entity, an imbalance between an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component of a modulated signal. For example, the UE may request the network entity to transmit an out-of-band pilot signal to enable frequency domain residual side band (FDRSB) estimation at the UE and the UE may transmit measurement information associated with the IQ imbalance or the FDRSB estimation to the network entity. The network entity may receive the measurement information and compensate or correct signaling in accordance with the received measurement information.

Dedicated pilot signals associated with radio frequency impairment compensation

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include a user equipment (UE) monitoring a set of time resources for a set of code blocks and receiving, from a network entity, a code block of the set of code blocks via an optical beam. Further, the method may include the UE modulating the optical beam based on receiving the code block and sending, to the network entity, the modulated optical beam including feedback associated with at least one code block of the set of code blocks.

Feedback mechanism for a laser based optical wireless communications system

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a network node using a beam. The UE may receive, based at least in part on establishing the connection using the beam, an indication that the network node will refrain from transmission of synchronization signal block (SSB) signaling during a portion of an SSB occasion associated with the beam. Numerous other aspects are described.

Skipped portions of synchronization signal blocks associated with beams having an established connection

Aspects are provided including one or more techniques for graphics processing involving hierarchical modulation and foveated rendering. A first wireless device obtains, from a network entity, a hierarchical modulated image including higher and lower priority bits. The first wireless device also obtains gaze information from a second wireless device indicating an associated foveal region. In response to the gaze information, the first wireless device processes a portion of the hierarchical modulated image associated with the lower priority bits using the gaze information. For example, the device decodes low priority bits in the hierarchical modulated image in regions closer to the fovea. The first wireless device subsequently provides an image including the processed portion to be rendered at the second wireless device. For example, the processed image may have a higher resolution in the regions closer to the fovea but a lower resolution in regions farther from the fovea.

Split processing XR using hierarchical modulation

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, control signaling indicating a periodicity of synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions. The UE may receive a set of SSBs including at least a first SSB from a repeater. The repeater may retransmit the set of SSBs from the network entity. The UE may transmit a measurement report for the first SSB to the network entity indicating a presence of the repeater based on the periodicity of SSB transmissions and a periodicity of the first SSB.

Indicating a presence of a repeater via a measurement report

A lens antenna array system for wireless communication is provided that includes a transmitter having a first lens and a receiver having a second lens. The transmitter transmits a first plurality of RF signals across a plurality of near-field communication links to the receiver. Based upon a first signal quality determination at the receiver, the transmitter adjusts a plurality of gains to increase a signal quality for a second plurality of RF signals transmitted across the plurality of near-field communication links.

Lens antenna array system with power optimization for improved signal quality

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of information associated with a periodicity of reference signals (RSs). The UE may receive, based at least in part on the indication of information associated with the periodicity of the RSs, an indication of a timing configuration for receiving the RSs. Numerous other aspects are described.

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Kfar Saba, Israel

Yehonatan Dallal