Patent ID: 11937148
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transmitter;
at least one of: a receiver configured to receive incoming wireless signals or a sensor configured to provide sensor output information;
a memory; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transmitter, to the at least one of the receiver or the sensor, and to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
determine, based on at least one of the sensor output information or one or more of the incoming wireless signals, an indoor/outdoor status of the UE;
report, via the transmitter, an indoor/outdoor indication of the indoor/outdoor status of the UE to a network entity, wherein the network entity is a base station, or a server, or both;
receive, via the at least one receiver, a control information message from the network entity in response to the indoor/outdoor indication; and
change operation of the UE based on the control information message.