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Samsung patents method for aligning signal direction during network connection

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a way for mobile devices to maintain the correct signal direction while connecting to a network. It involves sending multiple connection signals using specific spatial settings and then using the same setting for the next step of the connection process.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to how devices manage signal beams during the initial handshake with a cell tower, which helps ensure a stable connection.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and apparatuses for determining spatial settings during a random access procedure. A method for operating a user equipment includes determining a first physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble for transmission in a first PRACH occasion (RO) using a first spatial setting and determining a second PRACH preamble for transmission in a second RO using a second spatial setting. The method further includes transmitting the first PRACH preamble in the first RO using the first spatial setting and transmitting the second PRACH preamble in the second RO using the second spatial setting. The method further includes receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling a reception of a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using a third spatial setting associated with the first spatial setting, or a second PDCCH scheduling a reception of a second PDSCH using a fourth spatial setting associated with the second spatial setting.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: identifying a number N of random access occasions (ROs) for transmitting respective N repetitions of a physical random access channel (PRACH); transmitting the N repetitions of the PRACH over the N ROs; receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein: the PDSCH includes a random access response (RAR), the RAR is associated with the PRACH, the RAR includes an uplink (UL) grant, and the UL grant includes: scheduling information for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and an indication of an RO from the N ROs; and transmitting the PUSCH using a spatial filter, wherein the spatial filter is same as a spatial filter used for transmitting a repetition, from the N repetitions, of the PRACH in the RO.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPATIAL SETTING DETERMINATION DURING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE
Publication number
US20260313715A1
Application number
19575582
Filed
Mar 23, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 74/085 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0048 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/23 Electricity & electronicsH04W 74/002 Electricity & electronicsH04W 74/0833 Electricity & electronicsH04W 74/0836 Electricity & electronics
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