Samsung patents phone method for syncing signal beams
This filing describes a way for a mobile device to manage its connection with a cell tower by tracking specific signal markers. The phone receives a list of signal resources and uses a configuration code to identify which marker is currently serving it. It then compares this active marker against the original list to determine the timing of specific network events.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses for user equipment (UE) initiated beam operation procedures. A method performed by a UE includes receiving a set of one or more first reference signal (RS) resources for determining an event instance, receiving a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and determining a second RS resource specific to the TCI state based on the set of the one or more first RS resources. Each resource in the set is associated with an entity identity (ID). The method further includes identifying a serving entity ID associated with the second RS resource, identifying a first RS resource associated with the serving entity ID, and determining the event instance based on the second RS resource and the identified first RS resource.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a transceiver configured to: receive a set of one or more first reference signal (RS) resources for determining an event instance, wherein each resource in the set is associated with an entity identity (ID); and receive a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state; and a processor operably coupled with the transceiver, the processor configured to: determine a second RS resource specific to the TCI state based on the set of the one or more first RS resources; identify a serving entity ID associated with the second RS resource; identify a first RS resource associated with the serving entity ID; and determine the event instance based on the second RS resource and the identified first RS resource.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- UE-INITIATED BEAM OPERATION PROCEDURES
- Publication number
- US20260291795A1
- Application number
- 19553192
- Filed
- Feb 27, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 27/261 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0626 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/06968 Electricity & electronicsH04B 17/328 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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