Capability Signaling for Wireless Sensitivity Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems for artificial, mixed, and virtual reality experiences often operate at suboptimal sensitivity levels due to hardware limitations and interference, failing to leverage devices' full performance capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allow devices to signal their capability to adjust sensitivity degradation levels, enabling network devices to provide optimized scheduling instructions for improved performance under interference conditions, using a wireless communication interface and processors to control antenna operations and signal processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If REF SENS and MSD levels are set according to low performance devices, then compatibility is improved, but device performance utilization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts REF SENS and MSD levels based on the device's actual capabilities rather than using fixed conservative values. The base station receives capability indicators from devices and adapts scheduling instructions accordingly, allowing high-performance devices to operate at optimal sensitivity levels while maintaining compatibility with lower-performance devices through the same framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter values of REF SENS and MSD based on device capability classifications. Devices provide indicators of their reception capabilities, and the network configures appropriate sensitivity degradation levels and reference sensitivity thresholds that match each device's hardware performance, thereby optimizing operation for each device type.
2Reliability
If capability signaling is implemented, then communication performance is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The capability signaling is segmented into discrete capability indicators that devices can report about their reception capabilities. Rather than requiring complex continuous negotiation, the system divides capability representation into manageable indicator units that can be efficiently exchanged and processed by the network.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where devices report their capability indicators to the base station, which then uses this information to configure appropriate REF SENS and MSD levels. This feedback loop enables the network to adapt to device capabilities without requiring complex pre-configurations or trial-and-error approaches.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are aspects related to a device that can include a wireless communication interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors can identify a capability of the device to control a parameter related to receiving a signal via the wireless communications interface. The capability can be representative of an improvement of reception by the device. The one or more processors can provide, to a network device using the wireless communications interface, a signal indicating the capability. The one or more processors can control operation of the wireless communications interface responsive to instructions received from the network device and related to the capability.