Samsung patents method to save power in 5G and 6G cell towers
Samsung has filed a patent for a way to manage power usage in wireless networks by letting different parts of a cell tower communicate to turn specific signals on or off. The system allows the network to enter a low-power state and wake up only when needed, reducing energy consumption during quiet periods.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure provides a node in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the same. A method performed by a first node in a wireless communication system according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: receiving a second message from a second node, wherein the second message includes a network energy saving configuration; and transmitting a fifth message to a user equipment based on receiving the second message. The methods performed by a first node and/or a second node in a wireless communication system provided by the present disclosure can enable the network side to update configuration to achieve a purpose of energy saving by exchanging network energy saving configuration and/or network energy saving related information used for a request to activate a network in an energy saving state and/or deactivate a network in a non-energy saving state between nodes.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a first central unit (CU) of a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a distributed unit (DU) of the base station, a first message for a configuration update for the CU, the first message including a first list of at least one synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB) to be activated; and receiving, from the DU of the base station, a second message for acknowledging the configuration update for the CU, the second message including a second list of at least one SSB activated based on the first message.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND APPARATUS AND FOR SUPPORTING NETWORK ENERGY SAVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260313533A1
- Application number
- 18880751
- Filed
- Aug 3, 2023
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 15
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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