Samsung patents method for phones to report timing to satellites
This filing describes a way for mobile devices to calculate and report timing adjustments needed to communicate with multiple satellite cells. The phone receives data from the satellite, determines the specific timing values for each cell, and sends this information back to the satellite.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates. The method performed by a terminal in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a satellite, information about a plurality of NTN cells; identifying a plurality of timing advance (TA) values of the plurality of NTN cells on the basis of the information about the plurality of NTN cells; and transmitting, to the satellite, a timing advance report MAC control element (TAR MAC CE) including the plurality of TA values of the plurality of NTN cells.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a terminal in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), the method comprising: receiving, from a satellite, information on a plurality of NTN cells; identifying a plurality of timing advance (TA) values of the plurality of NTN cells, based on the information on the plurality of NTN cells; and transmitting, to the satellite, a timing advance report (TAR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including the plurality of TA values of the plurality of NTN cells.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DERIVING POSITION INFORMATION ABOUT NETWORK-BASED TERMINAL IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260270908A1
- Application number
- 18993350
- Filed
- Jul 11, 2023
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04W 56/0045 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/20 Electricity & electronicsH04W 80/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/06 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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