US 11,937,148 B2
User equipment indoor/outdoor indication
Hamed Pezeshki, San Diego, CA (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,648, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038861 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A method of indicating user equipment (UE) status, the method comprising:
determining, at the UE based on at least one of sensor output information of the UE or one or more incoming wireless signals to the UE, an indoor/outdoor status of the UE;
reporting an indoor/outdoor indication of the indoor/outdoor status of the UE from the UE to a network entity, wherein the network entity is base station, or a server, or both;
receiving, via at least one receiver, a control information message from the network entity in response to the indoor/outdoor indication; and
changing operation of the UE based on the control information message.