Samsung Patents an Indoor Location System That Combines Wi-Fi Scans and Motion Sensing
GPS is useless inside a mall or hospital, and Samsung thinks a combination of Wi-Fi signals and your phone's motion sensors can…
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Samsung Patents Tech That Connects 5G Phones to the Closest Local Computing Hub
Every time your phone needs a nearby server, it has to ask the network where to go. Samsung is patenting a way…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Reconstructs Radio Signals to Clean Up Network Interference
Every wireless call or data session rides on the network's ability to measure how distorted the radio signal got in transit. Samsung…
Samsung Patent: Programmable Wall Panels Extend 5G Sync Signal Reliability
Samsung is patenting a way to bounce 5G synchronization signals off programmable reflective panels, with a timing trick that makes sure your…
Samsung Patents a System That Figures Out Where You Live by Watching Your Phone Linger
Your phone already knows where you spend most of your time. Samsung is patenting a way for the network itself to figure…
Samsung Patents Technology That Splits Computing Power Between 5G Network Tasks Automatically
Running a 5G cell tower on general-purpose server hardware is harder than it sounds. Samsung wants to give each software layer exactly…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Keep Phones Synced When Switching Between Satellites and Cell Towers
When your phone is connected to a satellite network and tries to hand off to a cell tower, it has a timing…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Tells Networks Where Wireless Signals Actually Reach
Qualcomm is working on a way for wireless devices to tell the network exactly where their radio-based sensing signals are actually reaching,…
Qualcomm Patents a Cellular Check-In System That Clears Drones to Fly
Before a drone can use a cellular connection to operate, Qualcomm's new patent would require it to pass an identity check and…
Intel Patents Technology That Turns Cell Towers Into Radar Tracking Systems
What if your city's 5G towers could track moving cars and pedestrians without a single dedicated radar unit? Intel has a patent…
A New Patent Lets Devices Automatically Find and Pull AI Models From the Network
AMD is patenting a system where a device can walk onto a network, hear a signal, and automatically receive an AI model,…
Apple Patents a Way for iPhones to Switch Between Cell Towers and Satellites on the Same Frequency
Most people assume cell towers and satellites operate on completely separate channels. Apple is filing patents to change that, describing a phone…
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