US 11,991,704 B2
Uplink relay for wireless powered internet of things (IoT)
Xiaojie Wang, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); and Piyush Gupta, Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,300.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189269 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC H04W 72/21 (2023.01) [H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing processor-readable code that, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to perform operations including:
receiving, from a base station, configuration information for one or more wireless powered internet of things (IoT) devices, the configuration information for the one or more wireless powered IoT devices including information for decoding detected transmissions from the one or more wireless powered IoT devices;
receiving, from the base station, a scheduling message scheduling the UE to relay at least one transmission from the one or more wireless powered IoT devices to the base station;
detecting the at least one transmission from the one or more wireless powered IoT devices based on the configuration information for the one or more wireless powered IoT devices; and
relaying, based on the scheduling message, the at least one transmission to the base station.