Apple files patent for managing 5G signal gaps
Apple describes a method for 5G devices to handle conflicts between sending data and measuring network signals. The system checks if a scheduled signal measurement can be skipped to allow data transmission, then sends a specific signal to confirm if the data slot is usable.
In the filing’s own words
A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: receiving information indicating configured grant (CG) occasions for communication of information; selecting a set of one or more of the CG occasions for communicating information; determining that a CG occasion of the set of one or more CG occasions overlaps with a scheduled measurement occasion; determining whether the scheduled measurement occasion is eligible to be skipped; when the scheduled measurement occasion is eligible to be skipped, sending an indication, in unused transmission occasion uplink control information (UTO-UCI), that the CG occasion is valid for use by a user equipment (UE); and when the scheduled measurement occasion is not eligible to be skipped, sending an indication, in the UTO-UCI, that the CG occasion is not valid for use by the UE.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. Processing circuitry comprising: one or more processors configured for performing wireless communication by performing operations comprising: receiving information indicating configured grant (CG) occasions for communication of information; selecting a set of one or more of the CG occasions for communicating information; determining that a CG occasion of the set of one or more CG occasions overlaps with a scheduled measurement occasion; determining whether the scheduled measurement occasion is eligible to be skipped; and when the scheduled measurement occasion is eligible to be skipped, sending an indication, in unused transmission occasion uplink control information (UTO-UCI), that the CG occasion is valid for use by a user equipment (UE); or when the scheduled measurement occasion is not eligible to be skipped, sending an indication, in the UTO-UCI, that the CG occasion is not valid for use by the UE.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- UTO-UCI DETERMINATION WITH CONSIDERATION OF MEASUREMENT GAP SKIPPING
- Publication number
- US20260333345A1
- Application number
- 19466925
- Filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 72/1268 Electricity & electronicsH04W 24/10 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/21 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/231 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple 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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