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Apple patents method for phones to report AI beam settings to networks

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a way for devices to tell cell networks which AI-based beam management settings they support. The device creates a simple list of yes/no signals, known as a bitmap, to show which specific model parameters it can handle for transmitting data.

Why it mattersThis helps ensure phones and cell towers use compatible settings for AI-driven signal management, potentially improving connection stability.

In the filing’s own words

An apparatus configured to process, based on signaling from a network, a configuration for reporting applicable functionalities for models, the configuration including at least one associated identifier (ID) for models supported by the network or at least one parameter set including the associated ID, each associated ID associated with parameters related to beam transmission during inference operations and generate a bitmap in which each bit indicates whether a respective associated ID or respective parameter set is supported

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An apparatus comprising memory coupled to processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to: process, based on signaling from a network, a configuration for reporting applicable functionalities for models, the configuration including at least one associated identifier (ID) for models supported by the network or at least one parameter set including the associated ID, each associated ID associated with parameters related to beam transmission during inference operations; and generate a bitmap in which each bit indicates whether a respective associated ID or respective parameter set is supported.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
UE Applicability Reporting for Inference Set Parameters and Associated ID via Bitmap Signaling in AI Beam Management
Publication number
US20260304181A1
Application number
19181647
Filed
Apr 17, 2025
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
9
Claims
16

Classified under

H04W 24/10 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/0626 Electricity & electronicsH04B 7/06952 Electricity & electronics
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