Apple patents 5G signal method for multi-panel phone antennas
Apple describes a way for a base station to tell a phone how to use multiple antenna panels at once. The system uses a control signal to set the maximum data streams the phone can send or receive.
In the filing’s own words
In one aspect, abase station, includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE). The base station also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations including transmitting, by the network, a downlink control information (DCI) signal to the UE, the DCI comprising an indication associated with UE operation under simultaneous transmission across multiple panels (STxMP) with single frequency network (SFN) or with spatial division multiplexing (SDM), and communicating with the UE based on a maximum number of layers associated with the indication.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method, performed by a network in communication with a user equipment (UE), comprising: transmitting, by the network, a downlink control information (DCI) signal to the UE, the DCI signal comprising an indication associated with UE operation under simultaneous transmission across multiple panels (STxMP) with spatial division multiplexing (SDM); and communicating with the UE based on a maximum number of layers associated with the indication.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- PTRS DESIGN FOR SINGLE DCI SIMULTANEOUS PUSCH TRANSMISSION WITH SDM OR SFN
- Publication number
- US20260313661A1
- Application number
- 19482698
- Filed
- May 11, 2023
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 23
Classified under
H04W 72/232 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0051 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/21 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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