Apple patents method for phones to send data to two cell towers at once
Apple has filed a patent for a way a phone can talk to two different cell tower locations at the same time. The phone receives instructions on which specific signal resources to use for each tower, allowing it to split its data upload between the two points.
In the filing’s own words
A user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate with one or more transmission and reception points (TRPs). The UE receives a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set configuration including a first resource set corresponding to a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second resource set corresponding to a second TRP, receives a downlink control information (DCI) transmission including an SRS resource indicator (SRI) indicating (i) which resource from the first resource set should be selected for a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission to a first TRP, and (ii) which resource from the second resource set should be selected for a second PUSCH transmission to a second TRP and transmits the first PUSCH transmission to the first TRP and the second PUSCH transmission to the second TRP.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1 - 44. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation
- Publication number
- US20260292845A1
- Application number
- 19687402
- Filed
- May 26, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
H04W 72/232 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0456 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0051 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/044 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/1268 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/20 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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