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Google patents phone trick to save cell tower power

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method where phones receive a specific signal adjustment value from the network. When the phone is not actively using data, it uses this value to decide which cell tower to connect to next, helping the network manage its energy use.

Why it mattersIt offers a way for mobile networks to reduce energy consumption by guiding phones to switch towers more efficiently when they are idle.

In the filing’s own words

To perform cell reselection, a user equipment (UE) receives ( 1806), from a radio access network (RAN), a network energy saving (NES) offset value corresponding to an adjustment in a signal measurement quantity for the cell reselection; performs ( 1816), in an idle state of a radio connection between the UE and the RAN, measurements on a plurality of candidate cells; and performs ( 1818) the cell reselection based on the measurements and the offset value.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for cell reselection, the method implemented in a user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving, from a radio access network (RAN), a network energy saving (NES) offset value specific to one of a plurality corresponding to an adjustment in a signal measurement quantity for the cell reselection; performing, in an idle state of a radio connection between the UE and the RAN, measurements on the plurality of candidate cells; and performing the cell reselection based on the measurements and the offset value.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
Enhanced Cell Reselection Procedure Supporting Network Energy Saving
Publication number
US20260323456A1
Application number
19483597
Filed
May 13, 2024
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
15

Classified under

H04W 36/30 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0085 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/165 Electricity & electronicsH04W 52/36 Electricity & electronics
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