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Samsung patents method for organizing phone network access slots

This filing describes a way for phones to identify specific time and frequency slots used to connect to a cell tower. It outlines how the device numbers these connection opportunities when multiple slots share the same frequency band, ensuring the phone knows exactly which slot to use.

Why it mattersThis is a technical update to how mobile devices manage their initial connection to the network, likely improving efficiency in crowded areas but not directly visible to users.

In the filing’s own words

A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a random access (RA) configuration including one or more parameters configuring a first set of random access channel (RACH) occasions (ROs) and a second set of ROs. The method also includes determining whether frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) ROs in the second set of ROs are FDMed with one or more ROs in the first set of ROs. When FDMed ROs in the second set of ROs are FDMed with one or more ROs in the first set of ROs, the FDMed ROs in the second set of ROs FDMed with the one or more ROs in the first set of ROs are sequentially indexed in increasing order of frequency with an index starting from a value of a parameter in the RA configuration indicating a number of ROs FDMed in one time instance in the first set of ROs.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a random access (RA) configuration including one or more parameters configuring a first set of random access channel (RACH) occasions (ROs) and a second set of ROs; and determining whether frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) ROs in the second set of ROs are FDMed with one or more ROs in the first set of ROs, wherein, when FDMed ROs in the second set of ROs are FDMed with one or more ROs in the first set of ROs, the FDMed ROs in the second set of ROs FDMed with the one or more ROs in the first set of ROs are sequentially indexed in increasing order of frequency with an index starting from a value of a parameter in the RA configuration indicating a number of ROs FDMed in one time instance in the first set of ROs.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL OCCASIONS
Publication number
US20260282106A1
Application number
19551467
Filed
Feb 26, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 74/0833 Electricity & electronicsH04L 27/26414 Electricity & electronics
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