Apple patents method for managing cellular data limits across multiple network cells
Apple describes a system where a phone identifies which network cells are being managed together by a single control signal. It then calculates a limit on how much control data the phone must check, adjusting this limit based on the specific frequency spacing of those cells. This helps the device manage its workload when connecting to multiple parts of the network at once.
In the filing’s own words
A processor and a user equipment (UE) are provided. The processor includes circuitry that executes instructions to cause a UE to perform operations. The operations include: identifying, among a plurality of cells for communicating with a base station, a scheduling cell and one or more cells schedulable by a same multi-cell downlink control information (DCI) in the scheduling cell, wherein the plurality of cells correspond to one or more subcarrier spacings (SCSs); determining a scaling factor; determining a limit of blind decoding or control channel elements (BD/CCEs) for one or more of the plurality of cells based at least on the one or more SCSs and the scaling factor; and monitoring for control information based on the determined limit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1 - 20. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- UE CAPABILITY REPORTING AND BD/CCE LIMIT DETERMINATION WITH MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING DCI
- Publication number
- US20260323638A1
- Application number
- 19111999
- Filed
- Sep 20, 2023
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
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