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Apple patents AI method to predict best wireless signal beams

This filing describes a way for devices to use AI to predict which wireless signal beams are strongest over time. Instead of constantly checking every possible signal, the device measures a few signals and uses that data to forecast the best connection path for the network.

Why it mattersThis could help future phones and gadgets maintain a stable connection with less battery drain by predicting signal changes rather than reacting to them.

In the filing’s own words

Systems and methods are provided for beam reporting using artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) time domain prediction. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station, a first configuration for a first set of downlink (DL) reference signals (RSs); The UE measures the first set of DL RSs at a plurality of measurement occasions and, based on the measuring, determines one or more selected beams corresponding to the first set of DL RSs for reporting to the base station. The UE then transmits, to the base station, an indication of the one or more selected beams and feedback data corresponding to at least one of the one or more selected beams.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform beam management with time domain prediction, the method comprising: receiving, at the UE from a base station, a first configuration for a first set of downlink (DL) reference signals (RSS); measuring, at the UE, the first set of DL RSs at a plurality of measurement occasions; based on the measuring, determining one or more selected beams corresponding to the first set of DL RSs for reporting to the base station; and transmitting, from the UE to the base station, an indication of the one or more selected beams and feedback data corresponding to at least one of the one or more selected beams.

Facts

Company
Apple (APPLE INC.)
Official title
BEAM REPORTING FOR AI-ENABLED TIME DOMAIN PREDICTION
Publication number
US20260280672A1
Application number
19168557
Filed
May 10, 2024
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
21

Classified under

H04B 7/06958 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0094 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/046 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/23 Electricity & electronics
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