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Samsung patents method for managing 5G network settings on phones

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Samsung has filed a patent application for a method that helps phones communicate their specific settings to a 5G or 6G base station. The process involves the phone sending its capabilities, receiving instructions from the network, and then sharing its preferred configuration. If the network rejects those preferences, the phone sends a new report to try again.

Why it mattersThis filing details the background mechanics of how mobile devices negotiate connection settings with cell towers, which is a standard part of maintaining stable high-speed data connections.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method for operation of UE in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, a first UE capability report regarding the UE; receiving, from the base station, an RRC message including configuration information for reporting a preference configuration of the UE; transmitting, to the base station on the basis of the configuration information, a reconfiguration request including the preference configuration; and if the reconfiguration request is identified as having been rejected, transmitting a second UE capability report to the base station.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information for reporting a preference configuration of the terminal; transmitting, to the base station, the preference configuration of the terminal based on the configuration information; and identifying the preference configuration of the terminal as rejected based on information received from the base station.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK RESPONSE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Publication number
US20260323753A1
Application number
18997772
Filed
Jul 21, 2023
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
15

Classified under

H04W 76/20 Electricity & electronicsH04W 8/24 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/15 Electricity & electronics
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