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Apple patents wireless method for optimizing signal quality reports

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple has filed a patent application for a method where a device reports on the quality of its wireless connection to a base station. The system uses multiple specific settings, or sub-configurations, to measure different parts of the signal before sending a single report.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to how devices manage data connections, likely aiming to make wireless communication more efficient or stable.

In the filing’s own words

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for CSI reporting based on multiple CSI sub-configurations. In an example, a user equipment (UE) receives a CSI report configuration for CSI reporting. The configuration can indicate “L” sub-configurations based on spatial element adaptations of a base station. For a reporting instance, the UE can determine “N” sub-configurations of the “L”sub-configurations to use. CSI-RS resources are monitored according to the “N” sub-configurations to generate a CSI report. The UE sends the CSI report in the reporting instance.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1 - 20. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) REPORTING BASED ON MULTIPLE CSI SUB-CONFIGURATIONS
Publication number
US20260313424A1
Application number
19483174
Filed
May 11, 2023
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
8
Claims
21

Classified under

H04W 24/10 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/005 Electricity & electronics
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