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Samsung patents way for phones to sync in shared radio bands

Samsung has filed a patent for a method that helps mobile devices synchronize when two different communication systems share the same radio frequency band. The device selects specific time slots to send synchronization signals repeatedly, ensuring it can operate without interfering with the other system.

Why it mattersThis improves how different wireless standards can coexist in crowded frequency ranges, potentially making future network connections more reliable.

In the filing’s own words

A system and a method are disclosed for synchronization performed by a UE in a coexistence band of a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme. A method includes selecting additional resources for transmission of SSBs in different time slots in a band that is shared between a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme, and repeatedly transmitting an SSB in the selected additional resources.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a transceiver; and a processor configured to: select additional resources for transmission of sidelink synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) in different time slots in a band that is shared between a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme, and repeatedly transmit an SSB in the selected additional resources.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION FOR INTRA-BAND COEXISTENCE
Publication number: US20260292732A1
Application number: 19696423
Filed: Jun 3, 2026
Published: Sep 24, 2026
Inventors: 2
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04W 56/0015 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0051 Electricity & electronics

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