18887244. METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SENSING (Nokia Technologies Oy)

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METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SENSING

Organization Name

Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventor(s)

Thorsten Wild of Stuttgart DE

Silvio Mandelli of Ludwigsburg DE

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SENSING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18887244 titled 'METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SENSING

Original Abstract Submitted

A serving base station is disclosed, serving a user equipment, includes means for: transmitting, to the user equipment, a scheduling grant for an uplink transmission; transmitting, to at least one supporting base station, sensing support information associated with the scheduling grant; receiving, from the user equipment, an uplink transmission in accordance with the scheduling grant; determining sensing information based on the received uplink transmission. Also disclosed are: a method, performed by a serving base station; a supporting base station, supporting a serving base station serving a user equipment in a sensing operation; a method, performed by a supporting base station; a sensing management function; a network entity including means for performing a sensing management function, and a system including at least one user equipment, at least one serving base station and at least one supporting base station.