Qualcomm Patents a Way for 5G Networks to Ask Your Phone How Much AI It Can Handle
Before a 5G network can offload AI tasks to your phone, it needs to know how much AI horsepower your phone actually…
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Qualcomm Patents a Wi-Fi Radar Detector That Knows Where It Is
Wi-Fi devices already have to play nice with radar systems by quickly vacating certain radio frequencies when radar is detected. Qualcomm's new…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Pull Video from Multiple Streaming Servers at Once
Instead of your phone picking one video server and hoping for the best, Qualcomm is patenting a method that lets a device…
Qualcomm's New Patent Patches Dropped Frames Before You Ever See Them
When you stream a game or VR scene over Wi-Fi, dropped packets can tear apart the image in ways that feel jarring…
Intel Patents a Fix for the Clock Drift That Breaks Data Center Debugging
When something goes wrong in a data center, engineers need logs from dozens of devices to tell the same time story —…
Sony's New Patent Lets Urgent Wi-Fi Traffic Cut the Line Mid-Transmission
Imagine your Wi-Fi router is halfway through downloading a large file when a VR headset suddenly needs a split-second response — Sony's…
Samsung Patents Satellite-Aware Handover System for 5G and 6G NTN
Satellites don't sit still — they race across the sky at thousands of miles per hour. Samsung's new patent tackles the messy…
Samsung Patents Smarter Emergency Data Session Signaling for 5G Devices
What happens when your phone is in a restricted network zone and you need to make an emergency call? Samsung's latest patent…
Samsung Patents a Reference Signal Timing Method for Faster 5G/6G Cell Switches
Every time your phone silently hands off from one cell tower to another, a tiny window of chaos opens where timing can…
Samsung Patents a Beamforming Method for 5G and 6G Fronthaul Radio Units
Modern 5G base stations are split into separate units that talk to each other over a high-speed internal link called the fronthaul.…
Samsung Patents an AI System for Smarter 5G and 6G Beam Selection
Your phone's 5G connection isn't just one signal — it's a beam of radio energy that has to track you as you…
Samsung Patents a Smarter Satellite Fallback When Cell Service Fails
Your phone already knows it's about to lose signal — Samsung's new patent wants it to use that knowledge to jump to…
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