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Apple patents method for sending multiple data streams from one phone antenna

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

The filing describes a way for a phone to send several separate data packets at the same time using a single antenna panel. It uses a specific method to scramble each data packet with a unique code so the receiver can tell them apart.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to how 5G and future networks handle data transmission, potentially allowing phones to send more information efficiently without needing extra hardware.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a method to be performed by a user equipment (UE). The method involves: generating one or IC more codewords for simultaneous uplink transmission via at least one antenna panel of the UE, wherein the one or more codewords are associated with a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions of a scheduled PUSCH transmission occasion; initializing, based on a number of the one or more codewords, a respective scrambling sequence generator for each of the one or more codewords; generating, using the respective scrambling sequence generator, a respective scrambling sequence for scrambling the one or more codewords; and scrambling the one or more codewords using the respective scrambling sequence.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. One or more processors of a user equipment (UE), the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to perform operations comprising: generating a plurality of codewords for simultaneous uplink transmission via at least one antenna panel of the UE, wherein the plurality of codewords are associated with a scheduled physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasion; initializing, based on a number of the plurality of codewords, a respective scrambling sequence generator for each of the plurality of codewords; generating, using the respective scrambling sequence generator, a respective scrambling sequence for scrambling the plurality of codewords; and scrambling the plurality of codewords using the respective scrambling sequence.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION ON MULTI-PANEL USER EQUIPMENT (UE)
Publication number
US20260323631A1
Application number
18996412
Filed
Aug 10, 2023
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
23

Classified under

H04W 72/1268 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0044 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/231 Electricity & electronics
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