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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Ahmed Elshafie, San Diego, CA (US);
Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US);
Seyedkianoush Hosseini, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Linhai He, San Diego, CA (US);
Yuchul Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Diana Maamari, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive, from one of a programmable logic controller (PLC) or a network node, a configuration. The first UE may transmit, to one or more of a second UE, the PLC, or the network node, and based at least in part on the configuration, status information associated with the first UE, the status information being associated with an ability of the first UE to perform one or more of: data relaying for other UEs; a reading of radio frequency (RF) signals associated with reading or processing information from one or more zero power internet of things (ZP-IoT) devices and a relaying of information associated with the RF signal; or a transmission of wireless energy to one or more ZP-IoT devices. Numerous other aspects are described.