Apple patents method for managing signal repeater timing
Apple has filed a patent application for a method that allocates specific time slots to different signal beams at a network-controlled repeater. This system helps manage how and when signals are amplified and redirected to improve wireless coverage.
Why it mattersThis is a routine technical improvement for managing cellular network infrastructure, likely aimed at optimizing how Apple's devices connect to 5G networks using repeaters.
In the filing’s own words
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for allocating time domain resources to transmission beams at a network-controlled repeater.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1.- 20. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- BEAM SCHEDULING FOR NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATERS
- Publication number
- US20260280664A1
- Application number
- 19156863
- Filed
- Feb 15, 2023
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 9
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
H04B 7/06952 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0456 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/10 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/15 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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