Apple Patent Uses GPS Signal Quality to Guide Users Toward Better LEO Satellite Coverage
Satellite connectivity on your phone is only useful if you can actually get a signal. Apple is patenting a way to use…
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New Patent Lets Phones Share Location Signals Without Cell Towers
What if your phone could figure out where it is relative to other nearby phones, without ever pinging a cell tower? That's…
Samsung Patents a System That Logs Why Your Call Dropped During a 5G-to-4G Switch
Every time your phone fumbles a call while switching from 5G to an older 4G network, that failure mostly disappears into the…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Request Better Radar Scanning Directions
Future 5G phones may do more than send texts and stream video. They could also act as radar sensors, and this Qualcomm…
Qualcomm Patent Defines Fixed Virtual Cells as 5G Satellite Registration Zones
Your phone already knows where you are via GPS. Qualcomm wants to use that location to connect you to a 5G network…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Ignore Corrupted Location Signals on 5G Phones
Your phone's location fix is only as good as the signals it trusts. Qualcomm's new patent teaches a 5G chip to recognize…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Uses Signal Shifts to Pinpoint a Phone's Location
Your phone already uses GPS satellites to know where you are, but Qualcomm is patenting a way to use the physics of…
New Patent Turns Cell Towers Into a Coordinated Radar Network
What if your phone carrier's towers could track objects in the physical world the same way radar does, without any dedicated radar…
Apple Patent Reveals Smarter Location Tracking Designed to Preserve Battery Life
Your phone burns battery every time it has to fully wake up just to report its location to the network. Apple's latest…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Devices to Pool Location Data for More Precise Positioning
Finding your exact location indoors is still surprisingly hard. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system where multiple nearby devices team up, sharing…
Samsung Patents a Way to Check Whether Its 5G AI Models Are Actually Working
AI models are increasingly making real-time decisions inside 5G networks, but nobody wants to find out one went wrong after the fact.…
Apple Patents a Way for Your iPhone to Grade Its Own 5G AI Predictions
Your phone's AI is already guessing which 5G antenna direction will give you the best signal. Apple now wants the phone to…
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