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Google patents faster 5G beam switching based on traffic type

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Google describes a method for mobile devices to speed up the process of switching between wireless signal beams. The device monitors signal quality and sends a message to the network to accelerate the switch when the current connection is strong enough for the specific type of data being sent.

Why it mattersThis could lead to more stable and responsive mobile connections by allowing devices to proactively manage their signal path based on real-time data needs.

In the filing’s own words

This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for beam management for beam switching acceleration. A UE receives ( 408, 908), from a network entity, a plurality of beams for signal quality measurements. The UE communicates with the network entity via a first beam of the plurality of beams. The UE transmits ( 424, 524, 624, 724, 824, 924) to the network entity, a message indicating accelerating a beam switching from the first beam to a second beam of the plurality of beams based on a signal quality of the second beam being higher than a signal quality of the first beam and the signal quality of the first beam exceeding a threshold for a traffic type.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) comprising: receiving, from a network entity, a plurality of beams for signal quality measurements, the UE communicating with the network entity via a first beam of the plurality of beams; and transmitting, to the network entity, a message indicating accelerating a beam switching from the first beam to a second beam of the plurality of beams based on a quasi co-location (QCL) parameter being stored at the UE for at least a portion of the plurality of beams.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
TRAFFIC AWARE BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR BEAM SWITCHING ACCELERATION
Publication number
US20260312667A1
Application number
19483598
Filed
May 16, 2023
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04B 7/06968 Electricity & electronicsH04B 17/309 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0048 Electricity & electronics
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