Samsung patents method for phones to find two types of network signals
Samsung describes a way for mobile devices to locate network signals by checking specific frequency ranges called synchronization rasters. The device first finds one type of signal to get basic system information, then uses that data to find a second signal at a different frequency.
In the filing’s own words
A method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes determining a set of synchronization raster entries, determining a first set of frequencies based on the set of synchronization raster entries, and detecting a first type of synchronization signal based on a first frequency in the first set of frequencies. The method also includes obtaining a first set of system information based on the detected first type of synchronization signal, determining a second frequency based on the first frequency, and receiving a second type of synchronization signal at the second frequency.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining a set of synchronization raster entries; determining a first set of frequencies based on the set of synchronization raster entries; detecting a first type of synchronization signal based on a first frequency in the first set of frequencies; obtaining a first set of system information based on the detected first type of synchronization signal; determining a second frequency based on the first frequency; and receiving a second type of synchronization signal at the second frequency.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- SYNCHRONIZATION RASTER
- Publication number
- US20260292719A1
- Application number
- 19538806
- Filed
- Feb 12, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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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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