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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Ahmed Elshafie, San Diego, CA (US);
Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US);
Linhai He, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Energy harvesting (EH)-capable devices may harvest energy from different sources, such as a radio frequency sources or environmental conditions such as solar energy. The consumed energy by the EH-capable device may be dependent on a task type and the properties of the EH-capable device. Processing of data symbols, demodulation reference signal symbols, and control symbols may involve different energy costs at the EH-capable device. An EH-capable device configured with multiple slot formats may report to the network the immediate energy status and capabilities of the EH-capable device and/or respective energy costs for the EH-capable device for each of the slot formats. The network may schedule communications involving the EH-capable device (e.g., sidelink communications, uplink communications, or downlink communications) based on the energy costs for the EH-capable device for the multiple slot formats and/or the energy status of the EH-capable device.