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…
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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…
Qualcomm Patents a Home Wi-Fi System That Uses AI to Fix Its Own Dead Zones
Every router in a mesh Wi-Fi network is constantly guessing at its own best settings. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system where…
Samsung Patents a System That Manages Overheating Phones by Shutting Off Antennas
When your phone gets too hot, its radio hardware can cause real damage. Samsung's new patent describes a way to cut the…
Samsung Files Patent for Secure Data Checks When Phones Relay 5G Signals
When your phone connects to the network through a neighbor's device instead of a cell tower, who's checking that the data hasn't…
New Patent Teaches Two Devices to Precisely Measure Distance
Your phone and your laptop already swap wireless signals to guess how far apart they are, but those guesses can be off…
Google Patent Reveals Satellite Messages May Secretly Carry Device Tracking Data
Every time your phone sends a satellite message, there's often a little empty space left over in that transmission. Google wants to…
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