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Samsung patents method to manage data instructions across multiple 5G cells

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a way for a phone to figure out the size of data instructions it needs to receive from a cell tower. It calculates the largest possible instruction size across different groups of cells to ensure the phone can always read the commands correctly.

Why it mattersThis helps ensure stable 5G connections when a device is connected to multiple cell towers at once, though it is a technical detail most users will never see.

In the filing’s own words

Downlink control information (DCI) size determination for multi-cell scheduling. A method includes receiving first information for a set of cells, identifying first combinations of cells from the set of cells, and determining a first maximum size among first sizes of a first DCI format. The first DCI format schedules physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) receptions on a first combination of cells from the first combinations of cells, and the first sizes correspond to the first combinations of cells. The method further includes receiving the first DCI format based on the first maximum size.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: identifying a maximum number of sizes for downlink control information (DCI) that the UE can receive per slot and per cell; receiving first information for search space sets for reception of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein the PDCCHs provide DCIs for a cell; receiving, in a first slot, first PDCCHs according to the search space sets, wherein the first PDCCHs provide first DCIs for the cell; receiving, in a second slot, second PDCCHs according to the search space sets, wherein the second PDCCHs provide second DCIs for the cell; determining a first number of sizes for the first DCIs; and determining a second number of sizes for the second DCIs, wherein: the first number of sizes does not exceed the maximum number of sizes, and the second number of sizes does not exceed the maximum number of sizes.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DCI SIZE FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING
Publication number
US20260313458A1
Application number
19700022
Filed
Jun 5, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 28/06 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/1273 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/232 Electricity & electronics
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