US 11,728,857 B2
Maximum permissible exposure management of repeaters and reflectors
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Junyi Li, Franklin Park, NJ (US); and Ashwin Sampath, Skillman, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/216,472.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311487 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04L 5/1469 (2013.01); H04W 72/0473 (2013.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication at a relay node associated with a control node, comprising:
detecting that a person is within a proximity threshold of the relay node, the proximity threshold being associated with a maximum permissible exposure limit;
determining, based at least in part on the detecting, that a first beamforming configuration is to be updated, the first beamforming configuration associated with beamformed communications relayed by the relay node between a first wireless node and a second wireless node using a first beam;
identifying a second beamforming configuration for relay of the beamformed communications between the first wireless node and the second wireless node via a second beam having an exposure indicia that satisfies the maximum permissible exposure limit; and
relaying the beamformed communications between the first wireless node and the second wireless node using the second beam in accordance with the second beamforming configuration.