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Samsung patents method for relaying data between two different cell towers

Samsung describes a way for a network controller to set up a link between two separate cell towers using intermediate devices called enhanced relays. The system uses a control channel to tell these relays how to pass data from the second tower to a specific user's device.

Why it mattersThis improves how mobile networks manage connections across different base stations, potentially helping maintain signal stability when users move between coverage areas.

In the filing’s own words

An example method performed by a first access and mobility management function (AMF) of a wireless communication system may include establishing a control channel connection with at least two enhanced relays (ERs) through a first base station managed by the first AMF; controlling the at least two ERs to establish a communication channel with a second base station distinct from the first base station through the control channel; and controlling the at least two ERs to transmit data received through the communication channel to a first user equipment (UE).

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a first access and mobility management function (AMF) entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: establishing a control channel with at least two enhanced relays (ERs) via a first base station managed by the first AMF entity; transmitting, to the at least two ERs via the control channel, a first control message for requesting to establish a communication channel with a second base station managed by a second AMF entity; controlling a network entity to access the second AMF entity based on the communication channel being established, wherein the network entity is for delivering control messages between the first AMF entity and the second AMF entity; and controlling the network entity to transmit a second control message to the at least two ERs, via the second AMF entity and the second base station, wherein the second control message indicates to transmit, to a first user equipment (UE), data received from the communication channel.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Apparatus and method for controlling network entity in communication network
Patent number
US12757260B2
Application number
18414783
Filed
Jan 17, 2024
Granted
Oct 6, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
18

Classified under

H04W 76/10 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/15 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/0643 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/044 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/20 Electricity & electronics
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