US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on June 16 for "Configuration framework and positioning reference signal (PRS) association mechanisms and triggering for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided positioning and object sensing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,915, issued on June 16, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Configuration framework and positioning reference signal (PRS) association mechanisms and triggering for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided positioning and object sensing" was invented by Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, Calif.), Weimin Duan (San Diego), Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli (San Diego), Tingfang Ji (San Diego) and Naga Bhushan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) engages in a positioning session or a sensing session and receives, from a network entity, assista...