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Samsung patents 5G method to reuse unused uplink data slots

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent application for a method in 5G or 6G networks that allows a device to detect when specific scheduled time slots for sending data are not being used. The device then sends a signal to the base station indicating that these unused slots are available, potentially improving how efficiently the network handles data transmission.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement for network efficiency that may help reduce congestion in future mobile connections, though it is unlikely to be noticeable to individual users.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, information associated with a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), identifying that at least one occasion for the CG PUSCH is unused among one or more occasions for the CG PUSCH based on the information associated with the CG PUSCH and transmitting, to the base station, the CG PUSCH including information associated with the at least one occasion.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1 - 15. (canceled)

Facts

Company: Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF UPLINK SIGNAL
Publication number: US20260304420A1
Application number: 19472579
Filed: Mar 26, 2024
Published: Oct 1, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 16

Classified under

H04W 72/1268 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0044 Electricity & electronicsH04W 80/02 Electricity & electronics

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