Apple patents phone tech to predict when your cell signal will drop
Apple describes a method where your phone uses artificial intelligence to predict if the connection to a cell tower is about to fail. The phone analyzes signal quality and sends a warning to the network before the connection actually breaks.
In the filing’s own words
A method of performing AI based compression model performance monitoring by a UE. The method includes encoding, for transmission to a BS, a UE capability report; decoding configuration information, received from the BS, for training one or more AI based models for predicting radio link failure (RLF); encoding, for transmission to the BS, a notification message indicating to the BS, one or more conditions and availability of the one more AI based models for use by the UE; decoding, from the gNB, an activation instruction; activating the one more AI based models for predicting RLF based on the activation instruction; predicting the RLF using the one or more AI based models based on predicting a block error rate of reference signals or based on classifying a risk level of the RLF based on a plurality of inputs; and transmitting an RLF prediction report to the gNB based on the prediction.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of performing artificial intelligence (AI) based compression model performance monitoring by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: encoding, for transmission to a base station, a UE capability report; decoding configuration information, received from the base station, for training one or more artificial intelligence (AI) based models for predicting radio link failure (RLF); encoding, for transmission to the base station, a notification message indicating to the base station, one or more conditions and availability of the one more AI based models for use by the UE; decoding, from the base station, an activation instruction; activating the one more AI based models for predicting radio link failure (RLF) based on the activation instruction; predicting the RLF using the one or more AI based models based on predicting a block error rate (BLER) of one or more reference signals or based on classifying a risk level of the RLF based on a plurality of inputs; and transmitting an RLF prediction report to the base station based on the prediction.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- AI/ML Based Radio Link Failure Prediction
- Publication number
- US20260322701A1
- Application number
- 18869231
- Filed
- Nov 30, 2023
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 35
Classified under
H04L 41/16 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/18 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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