Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to reporting and correcting a spatial misalignment of an orbital angular momentum (OAM) waveform communicated from a second device to a first device. In an aspect, the first device receives from the second device, the OAM waveform having a spatial misalignment with respect to the second device. The first device determines the spatial misalignment and further determines spatial coordinates for correcting the spatial misalignment and/or one or more channel measurements of the OAM waveform. Thereafter, the first device sends a report based on the spatial misalignment to the second device, the report including the spatial coordinates for correcting the spatial misalignment and/or the one or more channel measurements. The first device then receives an adjusted OAM waveform from the second device, wherein the adjusted OAM waveform is received having a corrected spatial alignment with respect to the second device based on the report.

Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) sensing of a target object by a wireless network is supported by a sensing node based on a sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration and/or valid reporting configuration received from a network node. Based on the sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration, the sensing node measures sensing-purpose beams received from a transmitting entity and selects one or more of the sensing-purpose beams for sensing the target. The sensing node sends a sensing-purpose beam measurement report to a network node that identifies the selected sensing-purpose beams and may provide measured metrics, such as signal strength and absolute or relative delay of the selected beams along the target paths. The sensing node may determine whether valid reporting conditions are present based on changes in the measurement the channel state information and may report sensing measurement if valid reporting conditions exist.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE or base station. The apparatus may monitor a set of control channel resources that is associated with a set of sensing signal resources. The apparatus may also select at least one available control channel resource in the set of control channel resources and at least one available sensing signal resource in the set of sensing signal resources. Further, the apparatus may transmit a control channel message for a second wireless device and receive a sensing signal, where the control channel message is transmitted via the at least one available control channel resource and the sensing signal is received via the at least one available sensing signal resource.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication of an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. The apparatus may perform a ML procedure based on at least one initial ML capability of the UE. The apparatus may also determine at least one updated ML capability for the ML procedure corresponding to an update to the at least one initial ML capability. Further, the apparatus may transmit, to a base station, an indication of the at least one updated ML capability for the ML procedure. The apparatus may also perform the ML procedure based on the at least one updated ML capability or based on the at least one initial ML capability.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless sensing. In an aspect, a transmitter device modulates one or more information bits onto one or more sensing symbols based on a delay shift coding scheme to generate a joint communication and sensing (JCS) waveform, wherein the delay shift coding scheme provides a delay shift from a symbol boundary of each of the one or more sensing symbols to a sensing period within each of the one or more sensing symbols, and transmits the JCS waveform, wherein the JCS waveform comprises a sensing waveform within the sensing period within each of the one or more sensing symbols.

Abstract: An example method for obtaining data at a vehicle for automobile navigation based on cellular radio frequency (RF) sensing comprising obtaining, with a camera at the vehicle, a camera image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further comprises determining a failure condition of the camera preventing object detection of the camera image, wherein the failure condition is caused by inclement weather, blockage on a lens of the camera, electrical failure of the camera, or a combination thereof. The method further comprises responsive to determining the failure condition of the camera, configuring a cellular communication interface of the vehicle to obtain cellular RF sensing data of the environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further comprises performing the automobile navigation support based at least in part on cellular RF sensing data of the environment surrounding the vehicle.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity may generate a set of beamforming weights for a lens antenna associated with the network entity. Further, the network entity may generate the set of beamforming weights based on a convergence location corresponding to a target coverage area of a cell supported by the network entity. The convergence location may be based on the target coverage area and on one or more parameters of the lens antenna. As such, the network entity may transmit, via a set of antenna elements of the lens antenna, a signal to a user equipment (UE) in accordance with the set of beamforming weights for the lens antenna such that the signal may be spatially distributed within the target coverage area of the cell.

Abstract: Various embodiments may provide communication security at a physical layer. In some embodiments, a first wireless device at a first location may transmit to a second wireless device at a second location different portions of a message via two or more different spatially separated signal paths in a manner that enables the second wireless device to receive the complete message but prevents reception of the complete message by a third wireless device at a third location different from the second location. The second wireless device may receive different portions of the message via the two or more different spatially separated signal paths, may assemble the message from the received different portions of the message.

Abstract: The apparatus may be a wireless device configured to detect a first trigger condition at the wireless device and transmit, for a network device, a first indication to switch from a first mode of operation associated with a first data bandwidth and a first reference signal bandwidth to a second mode of operation associated with a second data bandwidth and a second reference signal bandwidth, where at least one of the second data bandwidth is smaller than the first data bandwidth and the second reference signal bandwidth is larger than the second data bandwidth, the first data bandwidth is smaller than the first reference signal bandwidth and the second data bandwidth is smaller than the second reference signal bandwidth, or the first data bandwidth is smaller than the second data bandwidth and the first reference signal bandwidth that is larger than the first data bandwidth.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may determine a reference location associated with an image corresponding to a target area, wherein the target area is offset from the reference location. The network node may transmit a radio frequency signal, wherein the radio frequency signal is beamformed based at least in part on the reference location to provide the radio frequency signal to the target area. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may transmit an indication of micro-Doppler measurements associated with a first artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) model. The wireless communication device may receive, in association with transmitting the indication of the micro-Doppler measurements, an indication of a second AI/ML model that is an update of the first AI/ML model. The wireless communication device may transmit, in connection with using the second AI/ML model, an indication associated with object recognition. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for techniques for wireless communications based on orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes. One aspect provides a method for wireless communications by a first wireless node. The method generally includes transmitting traffic to a user equipment (UE) on an access link, using a first portion of a uniform circular array (UCA) antenna panel and transmitting traffic to a second wireless node on a backhaul link, using a second portion of the UCA antenna panel.

Abstract: An example aspect comprises selecting an azimuth mode for an OAM MIMO transmission by a transmitter that includes a first number of circles that each include a second number of antenna elements, wherein the azimuth mode defines a DFT vector of a size less than or equal to the second number; selecting, from a plurality of radial modes associated with the azimuth mode, a radial mode for the transmission, wherein the radial modes include at least a first radial mode defining a first beamforming vector and a second radial mode defining a second beamforming vector, wherein each one of the first and second beamforming vectors includes the DFT vector weighted and repeated for a number of times less than or equal to the first number, wherein the first and second beamforming vectors are orthogonal to each other; and transmitting a signal using a beam configured according to the radial mode.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enhance the navigation function of navigation/map applications or systems when GNSS signals are weak or sporadic. In one aspect, a UE monitors a position of the UE based on GNSS communication, where the position of the UE is monitored using at least one first map layer of a plurality of map layers associated with a map. The UE detects that the position of the UE corresponds to a predefined location when the GNSS communication is below a communication threshold. The UE switches to monitoring the position of the UE using at least one second map layer of the plurality of map layers upon detecting that the position of the UE corresponds to the predefined location, where the at least one second map layer is associated with the predefined location.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for mutual authentication in wireless communication. For example, a process may include: transmitting separate authentication requests using separate MIMO channels between network nodes; transmitting an authentication proof from one network node to another; receiving configuration requests based on successful authentication of one network node by the other over the respective MIMO paths; authenticating the configuration requests; and transmitting separate configuration responses via the separate MIMO paths based on the authentication.

Abstract: A base station may select at least one of one or more 2D beams for at least one first SSB of a plurality of SSBs or one or more 3D beams for at least one second SSB of the plurality of SSBs. A UE may identify a beam type of at least one of one or more 2D beams for at least one first SSB of a plurality of SSBs or one or more 3D beams for at least one second SSB of the plurality of SSBs. The base station may transmit, to the UE, at least one of the at least one first SSB via the one or more 2D beams or the at least one second SSB via the one or more 3D beams.

Abstract: Aspects described herein include devices and methods for phase lock loop (PLL) output sharing between multiple communication chains in a wireless communication apparatus. In one aspect, an apparatus includes phase locked loop (PLL) circuitry having a shared PLL output, radar signal generation circuitry, a first transmission chain coupled to the shared PLL output and the radar signal generation circuitry, and a second transmission chain coupled to the shared PLL output and the radar signal generation circuitry.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a UE to verify the integrity of map data, thereby improving the accuracy and safety of map-aiding positioning and/or map-based positioning. In one aspect, a UE performs a map-aiding positioning based on a first set of map data. The UE verifies whether an integrity of the first set of map data meets an accuracy threshold. The UE discards the first set of map data if the verification of the integrity of the first set of map data does not meet the accuracy threshold. For example, the UE may compare the first set of map data with a second set of map data from a different source, and identify the integrity of the first set of map data does not meet the accuracy threshold if the comparison shows an indication of inconsistency above a consistency threshold.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may include a first set of antenna arrays disposed in a first shape and a receiving device may include a second set of antenna arrays disposed in a second shape. A first axis that intersects an antenna array of the first set of antenna arrays and a centroid of the first shape may be offset from a vertical direction by a first angular offset. A second axis that intersects an antenna array of the second set of antenna arrays and a centroid of the second shape may be offset from the vertical direction by a second angular offset that is different than the first angular offset. The transmitting device may transmit signaling to the receiving device using the first and second sets of antenna arrays, respectively based on difference between the first and second angular offsets.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may enable transmitting and receiving devices to increase an effective aperture size of transmitting and receiving antenna arrays, which may increase an achievable rank of spatially multiplexed communications. For example, one or both of the transmitting device and the receiving device may use a reflective component to reflect signals transmitted between the devices, which may allow for larger effective aperture sizes without increasing a physical distance between antenna elements. In some examples, the reflective component may be a static concave mirror associated with a predetermined weight vector and focal point. In some examples, the concave mirror may be a reflective intelligent surface (RIS) of reflective elements with reflective properties which may be dynamically adjusted to various weight vectors. An orientation of the RIS may be adjusted to steer a beam in various directions in space.