Samsung patents method for phones to pick best network connection type
This patent describes a way for a phone to read a signal from nearby cell towers to see which communication style they support. The phone then chooses to connect to the tower using the most preferred method based on a set priority order.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a message is received at a user equipment (UE) from one or more radio access network (RAN) nodes. The UE determines presence of an information element (IE) in the message. The UE determines an interface protocol supported by each of the one or more RAN nodes based on a value indicated in the IE. The UE establishes communication with a first RAN node of the one or more RAN nodes based on a priority associated with the interface protocol of the first RAN node.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a message from one or more radio access network (RAN) nodes; determining presence of an information element (IE) in the message; determining an interface protocol supported by each of the one or more RAN nodes based on a value indicated in the IE; and establishing communication with a first RAN node of the one or more RAN nodes based on a priority associated with the interface protocol of the first RAN node.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Method and apparatus for migration and co-existence deployments between service based architecture and P2P architectures in a wireless communication system
- Patent number
- US12772305B2
- Application number
- 18734537
- Filed
- Jun 5, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 76/10 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/20 Electricity & electronicsH04W 92/20 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung 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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