Samsung patents network method to save battery during XR breaks
This filing describes a way for mobile networks to reduce data usage when a user is not actively receiving new extended reality (XR) content. The network pauses its high-power connection after the initial content download and only reactivates it when new content is ready to be sent.
In the filing’s own words
A method of operating a network function includes receiving, from an application service provider, a service/session configuration permitting a radio resource saving operation with a user equipment (UE) operating on a network of the network function. The method also includes receiving a first indication indicating that the UE has completed an initial content fetch of extended reality media (XRM) content from the application service provider, and in response to receiving the first indication, initiating the radio resource saving operation between the UE and the network. The method further includes receiving a second indication indicating receipt of additional XRM content for the UE from the application service provider, and in response to receiving the second indication, initiating a termination of the radio resource saving operation between the UE and the network of the network function.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of operating a network function, the method comprising: receiving, from an application service provider, a service/session configuration permitting a radio resource saving operation with a user equipment (UE) operating on a network of the network function; receiving a first indication indicating that the UE has completed an initial content fetch of extended reality media (XRM) content from the application service provider; in response to receiving the first indication, initiating the radio resource saving operation between the UE and the network; receiving a second indication indicating receipt of additional XRM content for the UE from the application service provider; and in response to receiving the second indication, initiating a termination of the radio resource saving operation between the UE and the network of the network function.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF XRM SERVICES
- Publication number
- US20260303680A1
- Application number
- 19568563
- Filed
- Mar 16, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 65/80 Electricity & electronicsH04L 65/60 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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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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