Samsung patents method to group phones by app usage for 5G/6G access
Samsung describes a system that groups nearby wireless devices into clusters based on the specific apps or services they are using. The system then assigns a dedicated portion of the network, called a network slice, to each group to ensure the right kind of data connection. If a device in the group starts a new app, the system automatically switches it to a different network slice that fits the new needs.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Disclosed herein is a method for providing network access to a plurality of wireless by identifying the plurality of wireless devices. The method includes: generating one or more clusters of the identified plurality of wireless devices, based on a service running in each of the plurality of wireless devices; selecting an optimal first type of wireless device as a master node for each of the clusters; dynamically assigning, network slice from a plurality of available network slices to each of the generated one or more clusters, based on one or more service requirements of the one or more wireless devices; detecting, that a new service is running on the one or more wireless devices of a corresponding cluster; and reassigning another network slice to the one or more wireless devices of the corresponding cluster.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A first terminal in a wireless communication system, the first terminal comprising: a transceiver; and a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to: identify a plurality of terminals in a user environment, determine a first cluster with the first terminal as a cluster owner based on a first service requirement of the first terminal, assign a first network slice among a plurality of network slices available in the user environment to the first cluster, determine that a new service or a new application is running on a second terminal included in the first cluster, and assign a new network slice to the second terminal.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Method and apparatus for providing network access to devices in a wireless communication system
- Patent number
- US12750770B2
- Application number
- 18638009
- Filed
- Apr 17, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 48/18 Electricity & electronicsH04W 48/16 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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