Samsung patents method to switch phone upload channels on the fly
This patent describes a way for a phone to change how it sends data to a tower. The phone starts with a specific set of frequency channels for uploading, but can instantly switch to a different setup if it receives a signal from the network.
In the filing’s own words
A system and a method are disclosed. The method includes configuring the UE with a first UL subband configuration for communicating with an external device, wherein the first UL subband configuration designates a first set of one or more resource blocks (RBs) inside of a carrier for the UE to perform UL transmission, receiving a downlink (DL) signal indication, and overriding the first UL subband configuration with a second subband configuration based on the DL signal indication, wherein the second subband configuration designates a first communication configuration of the first set of one or more RBs inside of a subband and a second communication configuration of a second set of RBs outside of the subband.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for overriding uplink (UL) subband configurations in a (UE), the method comprising: configuring the UE with a first UL subband configuration for communicating with an external device, wherein the first UL subband configuration designates a first set of one or more resource blocks (RBs) inside of a carrier for the UE to perform UL transmission, receiving a downlink (DL) signal indication providing information indicating an overriding duration, and overriding the first UL subband configuration with a second subband configuration based on the DL signal indication, wherein the second subband configuration designates a first communication configuration of the first set of one or more RBs inside of a subband and a second communication configuration of a second set of RBs outside of the subband.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Dynamic uplink and downlink operating switching in wireless communication systems
- Patent number
- US12750831B2
- Application number
- 18530835
- Filed
- Dec 6, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
H04W 72/0453 Electricity & electronicsH04W 28/26 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/0457 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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