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Samsung patents faster 5G signal timing updates

Samsung describes a method for smartphones to adjust how often they listen for network timing signals. The phone receives a quick command from the base station to change the timing frequency, allowing it to sync with the network more efficiently without waiting for slower configuration updates.

Why it mattersThis improves how quickly mobile devices can adapt to changing network conditions, potentially leading to more stable connections in busy areas.

In the filing’s own words

Apparatuses and methods for downlink control information (DCI) triggered synchronization signal block (SSB) adaptation. A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving a set of higher layer parameters and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) providing a DCI format in a slot with index m of a first serving cell and on an active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the first serving cell. The method further includes determining a change of a periodicity for the SS/PBCH blocks, based on an indication of the periodicity for the SS/PBCH blocks in the DCI format, determining that transmission of the SS/PBCH blocks according to the indicated periodicity on a second serving cell starts from a slot on the second serving cell, based on a first transmitted SS/PBCH block index, and receiving the SS/PBCH blocks.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transceiver configured to: receive a set of higher layer parameters, the set of higher layer parameters including: a first periodicity for synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks, and a set of additional periodicities for the SS/PBCH blocks; and receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) providing a downlink control information (DCI) format in a slot with index m of a first serving cell and on an active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of the first serving cell; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to: determine a change of a periodicity for the SS/PBCH blocks, based on an indication of the periodicity for the SS/PBCH blocks in the DCI format; and determine that transmission of the SS/PBCH blocks according to the indicated periodicity on a second serving cell starts from a slot on the second serving cell, based on a first transmitted SS/PBCH block index, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the SS/PBCH blocks.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
DCI TRIGGERED SSB ADAPTATION
Publication number
US20260282034A1
Application number
19546228
Filed
Feb 20, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 72/232 Electricity & electronicsH04W 56/001 Electricity & electronics
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