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Apple patents wider wireless control channels for 5G devices

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method for 5G devices to receive control instructions from cell towers over a wider time window than usual. Specifically, it allows the control channel to span more than three time units, or symbols, within a single communication slot.

Why it mattersThis is a technical adjustment to 5G standards that may help devices handle control signals more flexibly, but it is unlikely to be visible to everyday users.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to extending a control resource set (CORESET) for Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). In some embodiments, there is provided a user equipment (UE), comprising: at least one antenna; at least one radio, configured to perform wireless communication using at least one radio access technology; and one or more processor coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processor are configured to case the UE to: determine configuration information of a CORESET for conveying a PDCCH from a network (NW) device; and monitor for the PDCCH in the CORESET based on the determined configuration information of the CORESET. A first part of the configuration information of the CORESET may indicate that the CORESET is allowed to span more than three orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a slot.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna and configured to perform wireless communication using at least one radio access technology; and one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio and configured to cause the UE to: determine configuration information of a control resource set (CORESET) for conveying a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a network (NW) device, wherein of the configuration information of the CORESET indicates that the CORESET is allowed to span more than three orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a slot; and monitor for the PDCCH in the CORESET based on the determined configuration information of the CORESET.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
EXTENDING A CONTROL RESOURCE SET (CORESET) FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLOAD CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH)
Publication number
US20260303296A1
Application number
18996430
Filed
Aug 9, 2022
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
10
Claims
21

Classified under

H04L 5/0053 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0007 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0094 Electricity & electronics
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