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Apple patents method for repeating wireless control signals to improve reliability

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a way for cell towers to send the same control message multiple times in a row. This repetition helps phones receive the instructions more reliably, even if the signal is weak or interrupted.

Why it mattersThis is a routine improvement to how wireless networks handle data transmission, focusing on making the connection between phones and towers more stable.

In the filing’s own words

A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information comprising repetitions for PDCCH candidates that comprise Downlink Control Information (DCI), receive PDCCH candidates and decode the PDCCH candidates based on the PDCCH configuration information. A UE is configured to receive semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), receive a PDSCH comprising Downlink Control Information (DCI) and decode the PDSCH comprising the DCI based on the SPS configuration information.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A processor of a base station configured to perform operations comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configuration information comprising repetitions for PDCCH candidates that comprise Downlink Control Information (DCI), wherein the repetitions for the PDCCH candidates comprise a same DCI that is transmitted multiple times during consecutive symbols of a same slot; encoding, based on at least the PDCCH configuration information, PDCCH candidates comprising multiple repetitions; and transmitting, to the UE, the encoded PDCCH candidates.

Facts

Company: Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title: Downlink control information (DCI) transmission and reception
Patent number: US12757219B2
Application number: 18476966
Filed: Sep 28, 2023
Granted: Oct 6, 2026
Inventors: 13
Claims: 21

Classified under

H04W 72/232 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/08 Electricity & electronics

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