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Samsung patents Wi-Fi method for devices to share signal strength data

Samsung has filed a patent for a Wi-Fi system where a device not connected to a specific router measures the strength of that router's signal. The device then sends this measurement data back to the network to help manage how different Wi-Fi signals overlap and interfere with each other.

Why it mattersThis could help improve Wi-Fi performance in crowded areas by allowing routers to better coordinate their signals based on real-time data from nearby devices.

In the filing’s own words

A method, station and system are disclosed for user selection for coordinated beamforming (Co-BF) and coordinated spatial reuse (Co-SR). The method, station, and system receive, from an access point (AP), by a station (STA) not associated with the AP, a frame and measure, with the STA, an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) based on the frame received from the AP. The method, station, and system also transmit, by the STA, information based on the OBSS RSSI measurement.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: receiving, from an access point (AP), by a station (STA) not associated with the AP, a frame; measuring, by the STA, an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) based on the frame received from the AP; and transmitting, by the STA, information based on the OBSS RSSI measurement.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: USER SELECTION FOR COORDINATED BEAMFORMING AND COORDINATED SPATIAL REUSE
Publication number: US20260292558A1
Application number: 19569083
Filed: Mar 17, 2026
Published: Sep 24, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 21

Classified under

H04W 24/08 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/024 Electricity & electronics

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