Element arrays for passive reflections to wireless devices
Distributed antennas functioning as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces address mmWave communication challenges by enhancing directivity and reducing power consumption, improving signal reflection and beamforming across multiple frequency bands.
WO2025221400A1PCT designated stage Publication Date: 2025-10-23QUALCOMM INC
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/US2025/020257
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2024-04-16
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-23
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Abstract
Some examples of the techniques described herein may utilize distributed antennas with directivity gam. Distributed antennas may also be utilized as a passive reflector to assist one or more user equipments (UEs) with relatively weak links to a network entity. In some approaches, distributed antennas may achieve directivity while avoiding or reducing increased power consumption. The distributed antennas may also be utilized as a passive reflector when not used for active transmission or reception. For example, distributed antennas may be utilized as a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). A RIS may include a set (e.g., an array) of passive reflecting elements, which can adjust signals incident on the surface via one or more phase shifts of the elements.
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