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Google patents method for phones to share power and signal tasks

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Google describes a system where multiple devices, such as phones, work together to send or receive wireless signals. A main device checks the battery, heat, and signal strength of the others to decide which ones should help transmit data, then assigns specific power levels to each.

Why it mattersThis could help multiple devices near you use less battery and maintain a stronger connection by sharing the workload intelligently.

In the filing’s own words

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing communications and controlling power in a subset ( 119) of a user equipment coordination set (UECS) ( 117) in a wireless communication system. According to aspects of the disclosure, a coordinating user equipment (UE) ( 110 A) of the UECS selects ( 506, 606, 904) a subset ( 119) of the UEs of the UECS for joint transmission or joint reception of signals to or from the network entity, respectively. The coordinating UE determines the subset of the UEs of the UECS based on various UE conditions, such as reference signal received power (RSRP), specific absorption rate (SAR), battery condition, thermal condition, location of the UE, UE power class, or other factors. The coordinating UE allocates power and sends ( 604 A, 604 B, 604 C) power control commands to the individual UEs in the subset of UEs in the UECS.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for wireless communication by a coordinating user equipment (UE) of a user equipment coordination set (UECS), comprising: receiving, from one or more UEs of the UECS, an indicator corresponding to each of the one or more UEs, the indicator indicating a UE condition associated with at least one of a signal transmission to a network entity or a signal reception from the network entity; selecting a subset of the one or more UEs for inclusion in a UECS subset based on the UE condition of each corresponding UE of the UECS; and managing a joint communication with the network entity via the UECS subset.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
USER EQUIPMENT COORDINATION SET (UECS) POWER CONTROL
Publication number
US20260323528A1
Application number
19485026
Filed
May 2, 2024
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
22

Classified under

H04W 52/146 Electricity & electronicsH04W 52/245 Electricity & electronicsH04W 52/285 Electricity & electronicsH04W 52/365 Electricity & electronics
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