US 12,471,003 B2
Contention-free RIS handover via barring
Hung Dinh Ly, San Diego, CA (US); Yu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Saeid Sahraei, San Diego, CA (US); and Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/273,512
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/080947
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/193112, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107423 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/02 (2013.01) [H04B 7/04013 (2023.05); H04W 36/08 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a barring indication for one or more reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) of a plurality of RISs, the barring indication identifying the one or more RISs with which the UE is barred from communicating;
determining to refrain from communicating with the one or more RISs based on the barring indication; and
communicating with the base station based on the determination to refrain from communicating with the one or more RISs.