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Apple patents clustered paging method to save network energy

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a method for 5G base stations to group user devices into clusters and send early indicators about when they need to check for messages. This allows devices to stay in a low-power state longer by only waking up when necessary.

Why it mattersThis could help extend battery life for smartphones and other connected devices by reducing how often they have to actively listen for network signals.

In the filing’s own words

An apparatus of a next generation Node B (gNB) comprising one or more processors coupled to a memory and configured to: select, for a plurality of user equipment (UEs), a plurality of clustered paging frames (PFs) within a paging cycle; select, for each of the PFs, a plurality of paging occasions (POs); and encode, at the gNB, a plurality of paging early indicators (PEIs), where each of the plurality of PEIs indicates whether one or more of the plurality of UEs should monitor an upcoming PO in the paging cycle.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1.- 32. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Apparatus and Method of Clustered PF/PO Configuration and PEI Transmission for Network Energy Saving
Publication number
US20260323593A1
Application number
18869226
Filed
Nov 30, 2023
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
37

Classified under

H04W 68/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/28 Electricity & electronics
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