Centralized Sensing Manager for 6G Network Resource Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The next generation of wireless networks, such as 6G, faces challenges in delivering sensing capabilities across heterogeneous and complex environments, including resource sharing, scheduling, and ensuring quality of service.
Innovation Solution
A method is disclosed where devices in a 6G network can request and provide sensing capability information and sensing environment information to a central entity, allowing for optimized sensing operations and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sensing operations are performed across multiple heterogeneous devices in 6G networks, then sensing capability and coverage are improved, but device complexity and resource management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized sensing manager as an intermediary entity that coordinates sensing operations across multiple heterogeneous devices. This manager aggregates sensing capabilities, allocates resources, and manages scheduling centrally, thereby enabling enhanced sensing capability across diverse devices while avoiding the complexity of distributed resource management. The intermediary consolidates control functions that would otherwise be scattered across multiple devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensing manager is designed as a universal coordination entity that can handle multiple types of sensing operations (passive sensing, tomography, channel sounding) across different device types (UEs, base stations, sensors). It provides a unified interface and standardized protocols that enable heterogeneous devices to participate in sensing operations without requiring device-specific management logic, thus improving versatility while managing complexity centrally.
2Productivity
If physical resources are shared among communication and sensing operations, then resource utilization efficiency is improved, but quality of service and scheduling complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where the sensing manager continuously adjusts resource assignment based on current network conditions, sensing requirements, and communication demands. Time-frequency resources are dynamically allocated to different sensing and communication operations, allowing the system to adapt to changing conditions and optimize resource utilization efficiency while maintaining QoS through centralized control.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensing manager performs preliminary scheduling and resource allocation before sensing and communication operations commence. It pre-allocates time-frequency resources, configures sensing parameters, and establishes QoS requirements in advance, thereby enabling efficient resource sharing while simplifying the actual execution phase. This preliminary planning reduces scheduling complexity during operational phases.
3Measurement precision
If sensing capability information and environment information are collected from multiple devices, then sensing accuracy and awareness are improved, but information aggregation overhead and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges sensing capability information and environment information from multiple heterogeneous devices at a centralized sensing manager. This aggregation enables comprehensive sensing accuracy by combining data from diverse sources (UEs, base stations, sensors) while centralizing the processing overhead. The manager consolidates raw sensing data, reconciles different measurement formats, and produces unified sensing results, thereby improving accuracy without distributing the complex processing burden across multiple devices.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is disclosed including receiving a request for providing at least one of sensing capability information or sensing environment information; gathering, based at least in part on the request, at least one of the sensing capability information or sensing environment information; providing at least one of the gathered sensing capability hardware information or sensing environment information towards a central entity of a mobile communication network; and receiving an assignment for one or more sensing operations. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.