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Google patents method for sending data across multiple network cells

This patent describes a way for a cell tower to manage data traffic by using one main channel for the actual data and a secondary channel for the instructions. The tower sends a signal on the secondary channel to tell the phone exactly where and when to send its data on the main channel.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to how 5G networks handle data flow, which could help make connections more stable but is not visible to the average user.

In the filing’s own words

A base station transmits, the a secondary cell (SCell), a control indicator indicating resources for communicating an information unit between the UE and the base station. The base station then communicates the first information unit according to the first control indicator in a primary cell (PCell).

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method in a base station for communicating with a user equipment (UE) via a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary cell (SCell), the method comprising: transmitting, by the base station to the UE and in the SCell, a control indicator indicating resources for communicating a protocol data unit (PDU) from the UE and to the base station on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in the PCell; and receiving by the base station and in the PCell, the PDU according to the control indicator.

Facts

Company: Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title: Communication between network nodes via multiple cells
Patent number: US12739906B2
Application number: 17925604
Filed: May 14, 2021
Granted: Sep 15, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04W 76/15 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/1812 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/06 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/0453 Electricity & electronics

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