MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617095016 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated on August 05, 2026, for Level 2 Functionalities For Ambient Internet Of Things Communications.

Inventors include Krishnan, Shankar; Phuyal, Umesh; Zheng, Ruiming; Uchino, Toru; Kadiri, Prasada Veera Reddy; and Hampel, Karl Georg.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications at a reader device and an ambient internet of things (AIoT) device are described. For example, a reader device may communicate with a network entity via a first communication interface, with a core network or an application server via a second communication interface, and with an ambient internet of things (AIoT) device via a third communication interface. The reader device may support layer 2 (L2) communications to and from the AIoT device in accordance with one or more L2 functionalities. The AIoT device may include a capability to perform energy harvesting and to transmit backscattered communications over a communication link with the reader device.

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