A method and system perform perimeter security and control of a vehicle. The system includes a radar system arranged in the vehicle, a maximum range of the radar system being less than 100 meters, and a communication unit to communicate with the radar system. The system also includes a control system of the vehicle to control the platform based on the radar system. The control system dynamically controls each door of the vehicle according to a location of the communication unit relative to the platform.

A method, system and apparatus are described for implementing a tiered SSB framework for radar coexistence. A tiered-SSB based radio resource management may be implemented. Tiered-SSB based radio resource management are implemented in downlink and/or uplink.

A method of generating a reference signal for transmission over a wireless communication channel comprises generating a first signal of a first characteristic, generating a second signal with second characteristic, scaling the second signal at least in time and an amplitude to form a scaled signal and iteratively adding the scaled signal to the first signal to generate the reference signal. The iteratively adding comprises time indexing the first signal with plurality of time points, adding the scaled signal to first signal at each time point in the plurality of time points, computing a cost function to determine the cost of adding the scaled signal at each time point in the plurality of time points, selecting a set of time points that indicate reduction in the cost when the scaled signal is added and adjusting the amplitude of the scaled signal at each time point in the set of time points to reduce the cost.

An antenna system for a mobile communications base station and a method of operating a communications network including a base station is described. The antenna system includes an antenna array for beamforming and is configured either as a radar sensor, a communications antenna or a combined radar sensor. A radar image may be used to determine a map of objects in the vicinity of the antenna system and to adapt the beamsteering or beamforming of the antenna system.

Timing advance (TA) handling for sidelink (SL)-assisted positioning of a first user equipment (UE), comprises determining the first UE is configured to transmit an SL positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) to a second UE for the SL-assisted positioning. A guard period length can be determined based on a configuration of the first UE for transmitting the SL-PRS, where the guard period may comprise a period of time during which the SL-PRS is transmitted by the first UE. A message can be sent to a serving transmission reception point (TRP) of the first UE, where the message indicates the guard period and comprises a TA-related request. The TA-related request includes a request to postpone applying a TA command received by the first UE until after the guard period, or a request for the serving TRP not to send a TA command to the first UE during the guard period.

Systems and methods for performing operations based on LIDAR communications are described. An example device may include one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to receive data associated with a modulated optical signal emitted by a transmitter of a first LIDAR device and received by a receiver of a second LIDAR device coupled to a vehicle and the device, generate a rendering of an environment of the vehicle based on information from one or more LIDAR devices coupled to the vehicle, and update the rendering based on the received data. Updating the rendering includes updating an object rendering of an object in the environment of the vehicle. The instructions further cause the device to provide the updated rendering for display on a display coupled to the vehicle.

Aspects of the disclosed technology provide solutions for enabling vehicle-to-vehicle communications and in particular, for providing optical communication capabilities using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors. In some aspects, the disclosed technology encompasses solutions for utilizing LiDAR sensors to engage in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications. A LiDAR sensor of the disclosed technology can include a processing unit, an image-sensor coupled to the processing unit, and a first array of photodetectors coupled to the processing unit, wherein the first array of photodetectors is disposed in an optical field of the optical lens and coupled to a top-edge of the image sensor, and wherein an integration rate for light signals received by the first array of photodetectors is faster than an integration rate for light signals received by the image-sensor.

An apparatus for a wireless device includes a signal generation circuit configured to generate a reference signal and modify the reference signal to obtain an adjusted reference signal. The apparatus further includes a signal processing circuit configured to cause transmission of the adjusted reference signal via one or more antennas. A reflected signal received by the one or more antennas is detected. The reflected signal corresponds to the adjusted reference signal. A comparison of the reflected signal is performed with a feedback signal. The feedback signal is generated based on the reference signal. An atmospheric attenuation level for the location of the wireless device is determined based on the comparison. A notification is generated based on the atmospheric attenuation level.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a wireless device may support multi-band joint communication and radar (JCR) techniques. In some cases, a first wireless device may transmit, to a second wireless device, a capability message indicating whether a set of bands supports JCR operations. The second wireless device may transmit control signaling, based on the capability message, indicating a set of parameters for JCR operations including resources allocated for JCR operations. The first wireless device may transmit a JCR signal based on the control signaling via the allocated resources. For example, the first wireless device may transmit the signal for both communications and radar sensing in accordance with the set of parameters via the allocated resources.

A power beaming system includes a power beam transmitter arranged to transmit the power beam, and a power beam receiver arranged to receive the power beam from the power beam transmitter. A power beam transmission source is arranged to generate a laser light beam for transmission by the power beam transmitter from a first location toward a remote second location. A beam-shaping element shapes the laser light beam, at least one diffusion element uniformly distributes light of the shaped laser light beam, and a projection element illuminates a power beam receiving element of predetermined shape with the shaped laser light beam. At the power beam receiver, a diffusion surface diffuses a portion the power beam specularly reflected from the power beam receiver.