Apple patents method for phones to tell networks which AI models they use
Apple has filed a patent describing how a phone can tell a cell tower which artificial intelligence models it is capable of running. The network then sends a specific code to the phone, instructing it to activate a particular model for tasks like compressing data.
In the filing’s own words
This application relates to an improved method of operating a user equipment (UE), comprising: transmitting, from the UE, a first capability indication to a base station, wherein the first capability indication relates to capabilities of one or more models for performing at least one task based on artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML); receiving, at the UE and based on the first capability indication, an indication of a set of model identifiers from the base UE station, wherein model identifiers in the set of model identifiers identify models for performing tasks based on AI or ML; receiving, at the UE, an activation command from the base station, wherein the activation command indicates at least a first model identifier from the set of model identifiers; and activating, by the UE, at least a first model corresponding to the first model identifier for performing a first task based on AI or ML.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: transmitting a first capability indication to a base station, wherein the first capability indication relates to capabilities of one or more models for performing at least one task based on artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML); receiving, based on the first capability indication, an indication of a set of model identifiers from the base station, wherein model identifiers in the set of model identifiers identify models for performing tasks based on AI or ML; receiving an activation command from the base station, wherein the activation command indicates at least a first model identifier from the set of model identifiers; and activating at least a first model corresponding to the first model identifier for performing a first task based on AI or ML.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Model ID Identification and Configuration for Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML)-based Channel State Information (CSI) Compression Models
- Publication number
- US20260312882A1
- Application number
- 19482602
- Filed
- Apr 29, 2024
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 28
Classified under
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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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