Samsung patents method for managing 5G/6G signal paths
Samsung has filed a patent for a method that helps mobile devices manage how they receive data in 5G or 6G networks. The system uses specific control signals to tell the device which signal path, or 'TCI state,' to use for receiving data from the base station.
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 user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may comprise receiving, from a base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including a control resource set (CORESET) pool ID field and a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state identification (ID) field indicating a plurality of TCI states, wherein the CORESET pool ID field indicates a CORESET pool associated with the plurality of TCI states and receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including information indicating a TCI state among the plurality of TCI states within a CORESET of the CORESET pool.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) comprising a control resource set (CORESET) pool ID field and a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state identification (ID) field indicating a plurality of TCI states, wherein the CORESET pool ID field indicates a CORESET pool associated with the plurality of TCI states; and receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) comprising information indicating a TCI state among the plurality of TCI states within a CORESET of the CORESET pool.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING TRP OPERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260291687A1
- Application number
- 19472372
- Filed
- Apr 3, 2024
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04L 5/0053 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/231 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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