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Google patents method for phones to report signal patterns to networks

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Google describes a way for mobile devices to measure the statistical pattern of their wireless signal and send that summary to the network. This data helps the network use machine learning to better manage signal beams.

Why it mattersIt is a technical improvement for how 5G and future networks handle signal quality, which may lead to more stable connections but is not a consumer-facing feature.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and devices in a wireless network enable the use of an artificial intelligence or machine learning model for beam management based on an estimated distribution. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a network entity (NE), a control signaling for configuring a distribution to be estimated by the UE and a channel measurement resource. The UE estimates the distribution based on measuring a downlink reference signal received on the channel measurement resource, and transmits to the NE, an indication of the estimated distribution.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment, UE, the method comprising: receiving, from a network entity, NE, a control signal for configuring at least one distribution to be estimated by the UE and a channel measurement resource; estimating the at least one distribution based on measuring a downlink reference signal, DL-RS, received on the channel measurement resource; and transmitting, to the NE, an indication of the estimated at least one distribution.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Publication number
US20260304175A1
Application number
19633339
Filed
Mar 30, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 24/08 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0456 Electricity & electronics
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