US 12,143,959 B2
Acquiring location information of an assisting transmission and reception point (TRP)
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Naeem Akl, Somerville, NJ (US); Jianghong Luo, Skillman, NJ (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/406,921.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058050 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/003 (2013.01) 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first network entity for wireless communications comprising one or more memories, and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to:
identify an assisting transmission-reception-point (TRP) associated with the first network entity;
acquire location information of the assisting TRP; and
transmit the acquired location information to a second network entity,
wherein to acquire the location information of the assisting TRP, the one or more processors are configured to:
acquire spatial information of the assisting TRP; and
receive, from the assisting TRP, an operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) or a repeater or reflector management entity (RME), beamforming codebook information associated with the spatial information, wherein the beamforming codebook information indicates a beam angle for beamforming between the first network entity and the assisting TRP; or
receive, from the second network entity, an indication of at least one beamforming angle for beamforming by the assisting TRP.