Google patents method to tell phones when to save battery after data download
Google describes a way for cell towers to signal phones that a burst of data has finished downloading. This allows the phone to switch into a low-power mode immediately instead of waiting for a timeout.
In the filing’s own words
A method ( 1800) communicating downlink data packets between a core network (CN) and a user equipment (UE) is implemented in the RAN. The method comprises communicating ( 1802), between the CN and the UE, the data packets; receiving ( 1856), from the CN, an indication of an end of a data burst that includes the data packets; and transmitting, ( 1890) to the UE and in response to the receiving of the indication, a command related to a power saving mode.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for communicating downlink, DL, data packets between a core network, CN ( 110), and a user equipment, UE ( 102), the method implemented in a central unit, CU ( 172), of a distributed base station ( 104), the method comprising: communicating, between the CN ( 110) and the UE ( 102), the data packets ( 352); receiving, from the CN ( 110), a first indication of an end of a data burst that includes the DL data packets ( 356); and transmitting, to a distributed unit, DU ( 174), of the distributed base station and in response to the receiving of the first indication, a second indication of the end of the data burst ( 358).
Facts
- Company
- Google (GOOGLE LLC)
- Official title
- MANAGING DATA COMMUNICATION FOR POWER SAVING
- Publication number
- US20260313537A1
- Application number
- 19483441
- Filed
- May 13, 2024
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04W 52/0206 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/28 Electricity & electronicsH04W 88/085 Electricity & electronicsMore from Google in Batteries & energy
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