US 11,678,209 B2
Beam blockage prediction for vehicle communications
Himaja Kesavareddigari, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Chang-Sik Choi, Seoul (KR); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); and Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/249,500.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286875 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04B 7/0408 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/04 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0408 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 16/28 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first wireless communication device for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors that, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, are configured to:
determine that a second wireless communication device is to communicate with a third wireless communication device using one or more beams that pass through a target area;
obtain information indicating a first object that is approaching the target area and that has a beam blocking size above a threshold; and
cause at least one of the second wireless communication device or the third wireless communication device to switch the one or more beams during an expected blockage time when the first object is predicted to be in the target area.