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Apple patents method for phones to check if they can listen to two signals at once

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a way for a phone to test if its hardware can receive two separate wireless signals simultaneously from different base stations. The device measures the strength of these signals to decide if it can handle them at the same time, then tells the network if this dual-reception mode is possible.

Why it mattersThis could help improve mobile data speeds and reliability by allowing phones to use multiple signal paths at once when their hardware supports it.

In the filing’s own words

A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive a first beam from a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second beam from a second TRP, perform physical layer (L 1) measurements on both the first beam and the second beam, determine, based on the L 1 measurements, whether simultaneous multi-receive-chain (multi-RX) reception is feasible and transmit a message to a base station that is indicative of whether simultaneous multi-receive-chain (multi-RX) reception is feasible.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for wireless communications, the method comprising: receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a first beam from a first transmission and reception point (TRP) and a second beam from a second TRP; performing, at the UE, physical layer (L 1) measurements on both the first beam and the second beam; determining, based on the L 1 measurements, whether simultaneous multi-receive-chain (multi-RX) reception is feasible; and transmitting a message to a base station that is indicative of whether simultaneous multi-receive-chain (multi-RX) reception is feasible.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
L1-Based Measurements With Multi-Receive-Chain Reception
Publication number
US20260313408A1
Application number
19483407
Filed
May 11, 2023
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 24/08 Electricity & electronicsH04B 17/328 Electricity & electronics
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