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Google patents method to align signal sizes for multi-cell scheduling

Google describes a way for phones to handle instructions from multiple cell towers at once. The phone adjusts the size of the data it checks based on which tower is acting as the main reference point.

Why it mattersThis improves how efficiently phones manage connections when using multiple cell towers simultaneously.

In the filing’s own words

A user equipment (UE) receives, from a radio access network (RAN), a multi-cell scheduling configuration including a scheduling cell and one or more co-scheduled cells, the receiving of the multi-cell scheduling configuration scheduled by a downlink control information (DCI) in a first DCI format. The UE receives, from the RAN, an indication of a reference cell for muti-cell scheduling; and monitors, in the scheduling cell, a single-cell DCI in the first DCI format and a multi-cell DCI in a second DCI format, the respective sizes for the first DCI format and the second DCI format based on one or more of (i) whether the reference cell is the scheduling cell, or (ii) whether the reference cell is activated.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method implemented in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, from a radio access network (RAN), a multi-cell scheduling configuration including a scheduling cell and one or more co-scheduled cells, the receiving of the multi-cell scheduling configuration scheduled by a downlink control information (DCI) in a first DCI format; receiving, from the RAN, an indication of a reference cell for muti-cell scheduling; and monitoring, in the scheduling cell, a single-cell DCI in the first DCI format and a multi-cell DCI in a second DCI format, the respective sizes for the first DCI format and the second DCI format based on one or more of (i) whether the reference cell is the scheduling cell, or (ii) whether the reference cell is activated.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
DCI SIZE ALIGNMENT FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING
Publication number
US20260282011A1
Application number
19157302
Filed
Feb 19, 2024
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
15

Classified under

H04W 72/1273 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/232 Electricity & electronics
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