Apple patents method for managing extra data upload channels in 5G networks
Apple has been granted a patent for a method that helps mobile devices tell cell towers how many extra upload channels they can use at once. The system allows the phone to report its specific capabilities so the network can schedule data uploads across multiple cells efficiently.
In the filing’s own words
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide supplemental uplink configuration for single downlink control information based multi-cell scheduling.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to: determine a mode of operation associated with a configuration for single downlink control information (DCI) based multi-cell scheduling, wherein the mode of operation indicates a first number of cells for which SUL carriers are supported and a second number of cells with SUL carriers that are co-schedulable; generate a message that includes an indication of the determined mode of operation, the message to be transmitted to a base station, the determined mode of operation indicating the first number of cells for which SUL carriers are supported and the second number of cells with SUL carriers that are co-schedulable; and identify, from the base station, a DCI that indicates SUL carrier information for cells configured within a set to a user equipment (UE).
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Supplementary uplink configuration for multi-cell scheduling
- Patent number
- US12764731B2
- Application number
- 18412376
- Filed
- Jan 12, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 72/12 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0053 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple 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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