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Samsung patents 5G/6G method to manage phone network switching

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method for smartphones to manage how they switch between different cell towers in a 5G or 6G network. It specifically details how the phone checks if it is set up to report a successful switch to a secondary tower and then clears that setting once the switch is complete.

Why it mattersThis is a routine technical improvement for maintaining stable high-speed connections as phones move around, ensuring the device handles network instructions efficiently.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method for managing mobility by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network is provided. The method may comprise: identifying whether the UE is configured with configuration to report successful primary secondary cell group (SCG) cell (PSCell) change or addition information to a network, when performing a PSCell change; and in case that the UE is configured with the configuration to report the successful PSCell change or addition information to the network, releasing the configuration to report the successful PSCell change or addition information to the network based on the successful PSCell change.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for managing mobility by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, comprising: identifying whether the UE is configured with configuration to report successful primary secondary cell group (SCG) cell (PSCell) change or addition information to a network, when performing a PSCell change; and in case that the UE is configured with the configuration to report the successful PSCell change or addition information to the network, releasing the configuration to report the successful PSCell change or addition information to the network based on the successful PSCell change.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MOBILITY OF UE
Publication number
US20260313498A1
Application number
19482627
Filed
May 9, 2024
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
14

Classified under

H04W 36/08 Electricity & electronics
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