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Apple patents high-frequency radio rules for faster data uploads

Apple has filed a patent describing how a cell tower can set up a specific channel for devices to send small amounts of control data. The method uses a wider frequency band above 52.6 GHz and assigns multiple resource blocks to allow several devices to transmit simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Why it mattersThis filing details the technical rules for managing traffic in very high-frequency bands, which are essential for supporting the dense data needs of future 6G networks.

In the filing’s own words

A base station configures a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a user equipment (UE) operating in a frequency band above 52.6 GHz. The base station allocates a predetermined number of resource blocks (RBs) for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, wherein the predetermined number of RBs is greater than one RB, transmits a PUCCH configuration including the predetermined number of RBs to the UE and receives a PUCCH transmission based on the PUCCH configuration and including a data sequence and a DMRS sequence, wherein the PUCCH configuration results in a multiplexing of a plurality of UEs based on a plurality of demodulated reference signal (DMRS) sequences.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1 - 30. (canceled)

Facts

Company: Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title: High Band Frequency PUCCH Configurations
Publication number: US20260282027A1
Application number: 19681773
Filed: May 19, 2026
Published: Sep 17, 2026
Inventors: 12
Claims: 21

Classified under

H04W 72/21 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0051 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/0453 Electricity & electronics

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