Apple patents a way for phones to check if network handoffs are ready
Apple describes a method where a phone checks if its cellular network settings for switching between towers are correct. The device evaluates these settings and sends a message to the network confirming if they are valid. This helps ensure the phone can smoothly move to a new cell tower without dropping the connection.
In the filing’s own words
This disclosure relates to techniques for handling lower layer triggered mobility configuration validation in a wireless communication system. A wireless link may be established by a wireless device and a cellular base station. A radio resource control connection may be established for the wireless link. The wireless device may receive configuration information including lower layer triggered mobility configuration information indicating one or more lower layer triggered mobility candidate cell configurations. The wireless device may evaluate whether the lower layer triggered mobility candidate cell configurations are valid for the wireless device. The wireless device may transmit an indication of whether the lower layer triggered mobility candidate cell configurations are valid for the wireless device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method, comprising: receiving radio resource control (RRC) configuration information including lower layer triggered mobility (LTM) configuration information indicating one or more LTM candidate cell configurations; evaluating whether the LTM candidate cell configurations are valid for a wireless device; and transmitting an indication of whether the LTM candidate cell configurations are valid for the wireless device.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Lower Layer Triggered Mobility Configuration Validation
- Publication number
- US20260292628A1
- Application number
- 19473049
- Filed
- May 5, 2023
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 10
- Claims
- 23
Classified under
H04W 36/08 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/27 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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