Samsung patents method to speed up 5G network handoffs
This patent describes a way for phones to decide when to switch between cell towers. It uses a quick, low-level check to confirm a slower, high-level signal measurement before sending a report to the network.
In the filing’s own words
A method and an apparatus are provided in which it is detected that a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is satisfied based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement. It is determined whether the condition is detected over a first duration based on an L1 measurement, in response to detecting that the condition is satisfied based on the L3 measurement, and the measurement report is transmitted in case that the condition is detected over the first duration.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a user equipment (UE), that a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is satisfied based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement; determining, by the UE, whether the condition is detected over a first duration based on an L1 measurement, in response to detecting that the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for a second duration; and transmitting, by the UE, the measurement report, in case that the condition is detected over the first duration.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Method and device for L1 measurement and reporting for L1/L2-based mobility
- Patent number
- US12750708B2
- Application number
- 18420217
- Filed
- Jan 23, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 24/10 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0626 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/1268 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/232 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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