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Samsung patents phone method to keep location data private during network handovers

This filing describes a way for phones to decide when to switch cell towers without sending detailed location data to the network. The phone uses a local AI model to analyze its movement and only sends a short list of possible next towers to the carrier.

Why it mattersIt offers a technical approach to reducing the amount of personal movement data shared with telecom providers, which is a growing concern for privacy-focused users.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Disclosed is a method of operating a User Equipment, UE, communicatively coupled to a telecommunication network, wherein the UE is arranged to make certain measurement in relation to the network, and to store the measurement results locally to the UE, wherein the UE is further arranged to not send the measurement results onto the network, thereby preserving privacy associated with the measurement results and to locally perform data analytics, inference or prediction using the measurement results.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: identifying at least one potential target cell for a handover based on mobility analytics information, by performing an artificial intelligence (AI) model inference; transmitting, to a base station, information on a list of the at least one potential target cell for the handover; and receiving, from the base station, information indicating the handover to a target cell among the at least one potential target cell.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD..)
Official title
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING UE PRIVACY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Publication number
US20260292623A1
Application number
19480278
Filed
Apr 23, 2024
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
15

Classified under

H04W 36/00835 Electricity & electronicsH04L 41/16 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/32 Electricity & electronics
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