US 12,445,170 B2
System and method for sharing intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) in networks
Satish Nanjunda Swamy Jamadagni, Bangalore (IN); Mahesh Nayaka Mysore Annaiah, Bangalore (IN); Mathew Oommen, Mumbai (IN); Pradeep Krishnamurthy Hirisave, Bangalore South (IN); Vinay Shrivastava, Bangalore (IN); and Surabhi Karandikar, Nagpur (IN)
Assigned to JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED, Ahmedabad (IN)
Appl. No. 18/247,459
Filed by JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED, Ahmedabad (IN)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2023, PCT No. PCT/IB2023/052934
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/187580, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202221019788 (IN), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0380435 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/04013 (2023.05) [H04B 7/0621 (2013.01); H04B 17/328 (2023.05); H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network device for sharing Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) resources of an Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) in a communication network, the network device comprising:
one or more processors coupled to a memory storing a set of instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the network device to:
receive, from an IRS manager, a scheduling data request, wherein the IRS manager transmits the scheduling data request upon determination of poor signal reception by a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) based at least in part on a measurement report received from the network device corresponding to each of the plurality of UEs;
transmit, to the IRS manager, responsive to the received scheduling data request, a scheduling data response;
receive, from the IRS manager, an IRS resource command, wherein the IRS manager transmits the IRS resource command responsive to the scheduling data response; and
transmit, to an IRS controller associated with the IRS, the received IRS resource command, wherein IRS controller is configured to allocate the IRS resources to each of the plurality of UEs based on the IRS resource command.