Sensing Service Scheduling to Reduce Wireless Signal Interference

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless sensing technology is prone to interference from other signals, leading to low accuracy in determining environmental characteristics based on received signals.

Innovation Solution

A first electronic device generates a scheduling request and transmits it to a second electronic device to schedule communication services, which in turn configures sensing service interaction with a third electronic device, using configuration information to avoid interference during signal transmission.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If wireless signals are transmitted to sense the environment, then environmental characteristics can be obtained, but the receiving end is easily interfered with by other signals resulting in low accuracy

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of environmental characteristics determinationVSAvoidinterference from other signals
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by having the management device pre-schedule communication services before sensing signal transmission. The scheduling request is sent in advance to allocate time-frequency resources, ensuring that communication services are configured to avoid interfering with the sensing signal reception, thereby improving measurement precision through proactive resource management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The management device acts as an intermediary between communication services and sensing services. It receives scheduling requests, determines appropriate time-frequency resources, and configures communication services accordingly, mediating to prevent interference from communication signals to sensing signal reception and thus improving environmental characteristics determination accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If communication services are scheduled dynamically, then resource utilization improves, but interference with sensing signals increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilization efficiencyVSAvoidaccuracy of sensing signal reception
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing time-frequency resources into distinct segments for communication services and sensing services. The management device segments resources based on scheduling requests, allocating specific time slots and frequency bands to communication services while protecting sensing signal resources, thereby maintaining high resource utilization without compromising sensing accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamics through flexible resource allocation where the management device dynamically adjusts communication service scheduling based on real-time sensing requirements. The scheduling can be adjusted according to channel conditions, traffic demands, and sensing priorities, enabling dynamic optimization of both resource utilization and sensing precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP4683420A1First electronic device, second electronic device, and information processing method
Publication Date: 2026.01.21 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed in embodiments of the present application is a first electronic device. The first electronic device is a sensing management device and comprises: a first processor, connected to a first transceiver and used for generating a scheduling request; and the first transceiver, used for sending the scheduling request to a second electronic device and receiving first notification information sent by the second electronic device on the basis of the scheduling request, wherein the first processor is further used for generating a sensing signal on the basis of the first notification information; the first transceiver is further used for sending the sensing signal to a third electronic device; the scheduling request carries first configuration information; the first configuration information is used for configuring sensing service interaction between the first electronic device and the third electronic device; the scheduling request is used for requesting the second electronic device to perform communication service scheduling on the basis of the first configuration information; and the first notification information is used for prompting that the communication service scheduling has been completed. Also disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are a second electronic device and an information processing method.