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Google patents faster cell switching for wireless devices

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Google has filed a patent application for a method that helps wireless devices switch between network cells more efficiently. The system uses a prediction-based signal to trigger the switch from a current cell to a candidate cell, aiming to improve connection stability.

Why it mattersThis could lead to smoother mobile data connections by reducing delays when moving between cell towers.

In the filing’s own words

This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for a prediction-based LTM procedure. A first wireless device, which can be a UE ( 102) or a network entity ( 104), communicates ( 314, 414), with a second wireless device, a CSC including a first indication type of a plurality of indication types. The first indication type is for switching from a source cell to a candidate cell. The second wireless device can also be a UE ( 102) or a network entity ( 104). The communicating ( 314, 414) the CSC may include transmitting or receiving, to/from the second wireless device, the CSC to switch the first/second wireless device from the source cell to the candidate cell. The first wireless device performs ( 320), with the second wireless device, an LTM procedure according to the prediction-based indication.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising: communicating, with a second wireless device, a cell-switching command (CSC) including a first indication type of a plurality of indication types, the first indication type for switching from a source cell to a candidate cell; and performing, with the second wireless device, a lower-layer triggered mobility (LTM) procedure according to the first indication type.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
PREDICTION-BASED LOWER-LAYER TRIGGERED MOBILITY PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Publication number
US20260323443A1
Application number
19481878
Filed
May 31, 2023
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
24

Classified under

H04W 36/08 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0016 Electricity & electronics
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