| CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |
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1. A system in a wireless data communication network for wireless sensing, comprising:
a sensing initiator device configured to wirelessly transmit a configuration frame comprising a local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field to a receiver in the wireless data communication network based on a standard wireless network protocol, requesting the receiver to (1) perform wireless sensing measurements by functioning as a sensing receiver to obtain sensing measurement results and (2) report the sensing measurement results either locally in the receiver, or nonlocally to the sensing initiator device, or both, according to a bit pattern in the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field based on the standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network;
a transmitter configured to transmit a time series of at least one wireless sounding signal (WSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol associated with the wireless data communication network, wherein the wireless data communication network comprises a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and at least one higher layer; and
the receiver configured to:
obtain wirelessly the configuration frame comprising a wireless sensing measurement setup request from the sensing initiator device according to the standard wireless network protocol during a setup procedure associated with a plurality of wireless sensing measurements, wherein the sensing initiator device is different and separate from the receiver,
determine whether the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field of the configuration frame has a first bit pattern or a second bit pattern, the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field being associated with the local reporting and the nonlocal reporting, the first bit pattern and the second bit pattern are bit patterns indicating configurations related to the local reporting or the nonlocal reporting of the sensing measurement results,
in response to wirelessly receiving the wireless sensing measurement setup request from the sensing initiator device, transmit wirelessly a response message to the sensing initiator device to agree to (1) function as the sensing receiver to obtain the sensing measurement results and (2) report the sensing measurement results according to the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field of the configuration frame in a wireless sensing measurement procedure in accordance with the standard wireless network protocol,
after the setup procedure, receive the time series of at least one WSS (TSWSS) based on the standard wireless network protocol and the wireless sensing measurement setup request through a wireless channel of a venue,
perform the plurality of wireless sensing measurements based on the received TSWSS to obtain sensing measurement results based on the standard wireless network protocol and the wireless sensing measurement setup request, wherein the sensing measurement results comprise at least one of the following of the wireless channel: channel information (CI), channel state information (CSI), channel impulse response (CIR), channel frequency response (CFR), channel filter response or received signal strength indicator (RSSI),
provide the locally-generated sensing measurement results locally by the PHY layer or the MAC layer of the receiver through a MAC sublayer management entity (MLME) to the at least one higher layer of the receiver based on the standard wireless network protocol and the first or second bit pattern of the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field of the configuration frame such that:
when the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field has the first bit pattern, the sensing measurement results are configured to be reported locally to the at least one higher layer of the receiver in a first reporting way but not to any device other than the receiver, according to the standard wireless network protocol, and
when the local-nonlocal-reporting configuration field has the second bit pattern, the sensing measurement results are configured to be reported both locally to the at least one higher layer of the receiver in the first reporting way and nonlocally to the sensing initiator device other than the receiver in a second reporting way different from the first reporting way, according to the standard wireless network protocol,
wherein the first reporting way comprises at least one of: a first type, a first precision, a first processing, a first sampling, a first timing, or a first specification of the sensing measurement results decided locally in the receiver,
wherein the second reporting way comprises at least one of: a second type, a second precision, a second processing, a second sampling, a second timing, or a second specification of the sensing measurement results in accordance with the wireless sensing measurement setup request from the sensing initiator device,
wherein the sensing measurement results are available to the at least one higher layer of the receiver for performing a sensing-based task based on the sensing measurement results.
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