Samsung patents phones that switch antenna panels to improve signal
Samsung describes a phone design with multiple antenna panels that can switch which panel is active during data transmission. The phone tells the network how long it needs to switch panels, and the network sends a signal confirming when the switch can happen.
In the filing’s own words
User equipment configured to communicate with a device includes a first antenna panel, a second antenna panel, and a controller configured to control the first antenna panel and the second antenna panel, wherein the controller is configured to perform an uplink panel change for turning on the second antenna panel to change a first transmission beam of the first antenna panel, which is on, to a second transmission beam of the second antenna panel, which is off, according to uplink panel change-related signaling with the device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A user equipment configured to communicate with a device, the user equipment comprising: a first antenna panel; a second antenna panel; and a controller configured to control the first antenna panel and the second antenna panel, wherein the controller is configured to perform an uplink panel change for turning on the second antenna panel to change a first transmission beam of the first antenna panel, which is on, to a second transmission beam of the second antenna panel, which is off, according to uplink panel change-related signaling with the device, wherein the uplink panel change-related signaling comprises: transmitting, by the controller, panel-related performance information about the user equipment to the device; and receiving, by the controller, an uplink panel change signal corresponding to the panel-related performance information from the device, wherein the panel-related performance information comprises whether a gap for the uplink panel change is generated and a length of the gap, which depend on uplink panel change performance of the user equipment, wherein the uplink panel change signal comprises gap-related information for the uplink panel change, and wherein the gap-related information is set based on the panel-related performance information.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- User equipment including plurality of antenna panels and communication system including the same
- Patent number
- US12732981B2
- Application number
- 17842305
- Filed
- Jun 16, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
H04W 72/046 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0413 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/06956 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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