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Apple patents method to pause phone uploads to check network signals

Apple has filed a patent for a way to manage wireless communication in specific frequency bands. The system temporarily pauses a phone's data upload if it overlaps with a critical window used to measure network signal strength.

Why it mattersThis is a technical adjustment to improve how phones measure their connection quality, likely resulting in more stable network performance.

In the filing’s own words

A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, in a time division duplex (TDD) band, a configuration for a serving cell signal that includes a plurality of symbols. The plurality of symbols corresponds to symbols of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) for SSB-based radio resource management (RRM) measurement for a serving cell or a neighbor cell, and at least one symbol for uplink (UL) transmission. The processor is configured to, in response to determining that the relative position of the at least one symbol for the UL transmission is after a last symbol for the SSB-based RRM measurement in an SSB-based RRM measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window, restrict the UL transmission for a number of symbols that are after the last symbol of the symbols for the SSB-based RRM measurement in the SMTC window.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a transceiver; and a processor configured to: receive, at the UE, via the transceiver, in a time division duplex (TDD) band, a configuration for a serving cell signal that includes a plurality of symbols, the plurality of symbols corresponds to symbols of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) for SSB-based radio resource management (RRM) measurement for a serving cell or a neighbor cell, and at least one symbol for uplink (UL) transmission; determine a relative position of the at least one symbol for the UL transmission with respect to a last symbol of the symbols for the SSB-based RRM measurement; and in response to determining that the relative position of the at least one symbol for the UL transmission is after a last symbol for the SSB-based RRM measurement in an SSB-based RRM measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window: restrict the UL transmission for a number of symbols that are after the last symbol of the symbols for the SSB-based RRM measurement in the SMTC window to prioritize the SSB-based RRM measurement in the TDD band over the UL transmission, the number of symbols is not less than one symbol.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
METHODS FOR SCHEDULING RESTRICTION EXTENSION FOR UPLINK (UL) TRANSMISSION IN A TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) BAND
Publication number
US20260270132A1
Application number
18993621
Filed
Jul 21, 2022
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
10
Claims
20

Classified under

H04L 27/2656 Electricity & electronicsH04L 43/0817 Electricity & electronics
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