Samsung patents faster 5G/6G handover for mobile devices
Samsung describes a method for mobile devices to switch between cell towers more efficiently in 5G or 6G networks. The system sends specific timing and identification data to the phone so it can connect to a new tower without losing its connection.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a node, user equipment in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the same. The method performed by a first node includes: receiving related information of a first candidate cell; transmitting a first message to a user equipment, wherein the first message includes synchronization indication information and related information of a second candidate cell, and the second candidate cell is based on group information to which the first candidate cell belongs; and transmitting a handover related indication to the user equipment.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving, from a source cell, an L1/L2 handover command including an identifier of a target cell and timing advance (TA) information related to the target cell, wherein the L1/L2 handover command is received using a MAC control element (MAC CE); monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling information from the target cell; and transmitting, to the target cell, an uplink data.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- NODE, USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME
- Publication number
- US20260333161A1
- Application number
- 19105563
- Filed
- Sep 15, 2023
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04W 36/04 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0058 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0061 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0072 Electricity & electronicsH04W 56/0045 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/231 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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