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Apple patents 5G signal check for cells without standard markers

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple has been granted a patent for a method that allows a phone to measure signal strength on a secondary 5G cell that lacks standard synchronization signals. The device compares this measurement with the main active cell and sends the difference back to the base station to help manage the connection.

Why it mattersThis improves how phones maintain stable high-speed connections by allowing them to monitor backup signal paths that are harder to detect using standard methods.

In the filing’s own words

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to configure a synchronization signal block (SSB)-less secondary cell (SCell) for layer 1 measurement.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to: identify a configuration, received from a base station, for performing a first layer 1 (L1) measurement on a target synchronization signal block (SSB)-less secondary cell (SCell) and a second L1 measurement on an active serving cell; perform the first L1 measurement on the target SSB-less SCell; perform the second L1 measurement on the active serving cell; determine a result difference between the first L1 measurement and the second L1 measurement; and generate a message that indicates the result difference for transmission to the base station.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Layer 1 measurement on synchronization signal block-less secondary cell
Patent number
US12764588B2
Application number
18763793
Filed
Jul 3, 2024
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 24/10 Electricity & electronics
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