Samsung patents faster 5G standby mode for IoT devices
Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that helps 5G devices save power while staying connected. The system uses specific signals to quickly check if there is data to send, allowing the device to remain in a low-power 'inactive' state rather than fully waking up.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for making a report, including beam measurement information, at the time of measurement reporting of a user equipment, and a device therefor; a method for performing measurement reporting by way of layer 1/layer 2 signaling, and a device therefor; and a method for changing between RRC modes including an RRC inactive mode, and a device therefor.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving system information including a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is used to identify a data transmission in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive mode; receiving an RRC message including information on bearers used for the data transmission in the RRC inactive mode; transmitting a random access preamble; receiving a random access response in response to the random access preamble; identifying, in the RRC inactive mode, an amount of data to be transmitted based on the threshold value; and transmitting, in the RRC inactive mode, the data with an RRC resume request message based on the identification and the information on the bearers, wherein the RRC resume request message includes a resume identity of the terminal and a short message authentication code-integrity (MAC-I).
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Method and device for effectively performing standby mode operation in next generation mobile communication system
- Patent number
- US12745146B2
- Application number
- 18430538
- Filed
- Feb 1, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
H04W 36/0094 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0058 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0061 Electricity & electronicsH04W 74/0833 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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