US 12,219,366 B2
Active user equipment counting
Wooseok Nam, San Diego, CA (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Yucheng Dai, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); and Danlu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/573,699.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224721 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 16/18 (2013.01) [H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a number of mobile devices in a counting area with at least one network entity, comprising:
receiving, by the at least one network entity, data regarding a counting area;
determining, by the at least one network entity and based on the data, the counting area within a coverage area of at least one base station;
determining, by the at least one network entity, counting configuration information based on the counting area;
transmitting, from the at least one network entity, the counting configuration information to one or more mobile devices;
receiving, at the at least one network entity, counting responses from the one or more mobile devices; and
determining, by the at least one network entity, the number of mobile devices in the counting area based on the counting responses.