US 11,991,740 B2
Radio unit sharing techniques in wireless communications
Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Del Mar, CA (US); Douglas Knisely, Redmond, WA (US); Rajat Prakash, San Diego, CA (US); Abhishek Saurabh Sachidanand Sinha, San Diego, CA (US); and John Edward Smee, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,768.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036652 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/56 (2023.01) [H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. An apparatus for wireless communications at a network node, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled with the one or more processors; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive reference signals from each of a plurality of radio units;
determine respective reference signal received power (RSRP) measurements of each of the plurality of radio units from the received reference signals;
determine a subset of radio units from the plurality of radio units having a determined RSRP measurement exceeding a threshold value, the subset of radio units comprising a first radio unit;
transmit, to the first radio unit, a request for a wireless resource configuration for a first time period;
transmit, to each radio unit of the subset of radio units apart from the first radio unit, an interference inquiry regarding interference conditions associated with the wireless resource configuration for the first time period;
receive, from each radio unit of the subset of radio units, indications for permission for the network node to utilize resources associated with the wireless resource configuration, the indications contingent upon the interference inquiry indicating that interference conditions associated with the wireless resource configuration for each radio unit of the subset of radio units apart from the first radio unit do not exceed an interference threshold; and
transmit, based at least in part on the indications, a payload to the first radio unit for transmission during the first time period.