Samsung patents method to simplify 5G beam management
Samsung describes a system where a base station collects data on how phones use specific signal beams. It then combines similar beams into a single, more efficient option to reduce the complexity of the wireless network.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses for a cell specific beambook design in wireless communication systems. The method of a BS comprises: receiving, from a UE, cell-specific information; identifying, based on the cell-specific information, at least one cell-specific beambook, wherein the cell-specific information includes beam usage statistics; determining, based on the cell-specific information and a baseline beambook, whether to merge one or more beams in accordance with a first threshold; generating a new cell-specific beambook based on a determination that the one or more beams is merged; and updating the baseline beambook based on the new cell-specific beambook.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising: a transceiver configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE), cell-specific information; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to: identify, based on the cell-specific information, at least one cell-specific beambook, wherein the cell-specific information includes beam usage statistics, determine, based on the cell-specific information and a baseline beambook, whether to merge one or more beams in accordance with a first threshold, generate a new cell-specific beambook based on a determination that the one or more beams are merged, and update the baseline beambook based on the new cell-specific beambook.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- CELL-SPECIFIC BEAMBOOK DESIGN
- Publication number
- US20260280661A1
- Application number
- 19548791
- Filed
- Feb 24, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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