Samsung patents 5G repeater that stops forwarding when connection drops
Samsung has filed a patent for a method used by a specific type of 5G network repeater called an NCR. The invention describes how the device detects when its connection to the main network changes and then stops forwarding signals to prevent errors.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. According to various examples of the present disclosure, there is provided a method, of a repeater node configured to perform a forwarding function in a network, comprising: while communicably connected to a first network entity in the network, detecting a change in a link with the first network entity; and modifying the forwarding function based on detecting the change.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a network controlled repeater-mobile termination (NCR-MT) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: transmitting, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) resume request message; receiving, from the base station, an RRC setup message as a response to the RRC resume request message; and transmitting, to a network controlled repeater-forwarding function (NCR-Fwd), an indication to cease forwarding of a signal.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING NCR FORWARDING
- Publication number
- US20260304541A1
- Application number
- 19167155
- Filed
- Mar 25, 2024
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 12
Classified under
H04W 76/27 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/042 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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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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