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Samsung patents method for managing wireless signal measurements

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This patent describes a way for mobile devices to measure wireless signals from two different sets of reference points. The device uses these measurements to send back specific indicators that help the network understand the connection quality.

Why it mattersIt is a technical update to how phones report network conditions, which helps maintain stable connections but is not visible to everyday users.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and apparatuses for channel state information (CSI) resource configuration in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving a first and second configurations for a first and second sets of reference signal (RS) resources, respectively, configured in a CSI resource setting, receiving a first set of RSs through the first set of RS resources, and receiving a second set of RSs through the second set of RS resources. The method further includes measuring at least one RS in the first or second sets of RSs, determining, based on the measured at least one RS, one or more resource indicators or one or more beam metrics, determining, based on the first or second configurations, a first CSI report or a second CSI report; and transmitting, in the first or second CSI reports, the one or more resource indicators or the one or more beam metrics.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a transceiver configured to: receive a channel state information (CSI) resource configuration including information for two sets of reference signal (RS) resources; and receive an indication to indicate simultaneous uplink transmission; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to: determine, based on the CSI resource configuration and the indication, two resource indicators respectively selecting two RS resources from the two sets; and determine a CSI report; wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit, in the CSI report, the determined two resource indicators, wherein the two sets of RS resources include synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) or non-zero power CSI-RSs (NZP CSI-RSs), and wherein the determined two resource indicators include SSB resource indicators (SSBRIs) or CSI-RS resource indicators (CRIs).

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Method and apparatus for CSI resource configuration in a wireless communications system
Patent number
US12763907B2
Application number
18794979
Filed
Aug 5, 2024
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
15

Classified under

H04L 5/0051 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/006 Electricity & electronics
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