Samsung patents method to cut base station power in 5G/6G
Samsung has filed a patent for a way to reduce power usage in 5G and 6G networks. The method involves the base station telling phones when it is not actively listening, so the phones stop sending signals during those quiet periods.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates. A method performed by a UE in a wireless communication system according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving a first signal, including cell discontinuous reception (DRX)-related information about a first cell, from a base station; and identifying a cell DRX non-active period on the basis of the cell DRX-related information, wherein a second signal may not be transmitted to the base station in a slot corresponding to the cell DRX non-active period.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a first signal including information related to cell discontinuous reception (DRX) for a first cell; and identifying a cell DRX non-active period, based on the information related to the cell DRX, wherein a second signal to the base station is not transmitted in a slot corresponding to the cell DRX non-active period.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260281901A1
- Application number
- 19163253
- Filed
- Mar 4, 2024
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04W 52/0235 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/21 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/28 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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