MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617047494 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. on April 14, 2026, for Methods And Apparatus For Triggered Cell Switch For Inter-Cell Beam Management.
Inventors include Farag, Emad Nader; Onggosanusi, Eko; and Zhu, Dalin.
The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G communication system or a 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. Methods and apparatuses for inter-cell beam management triggered cell switch are provided. A method of operating a UE includes receiving first information for first sets of DL or joint candidate cell TCI states corresponding to one or more candidate cells, receiving second information for second sets of UL candidate cell TCI states corresponding to the one or more candidate cells, receiving a first MAC-CE for activating a subset of candidate cell TCI states from the first or second sets, and receiving a second MAC CE including a cell switch command. The cell switch command indicates a candidate cell and at least one candidate cell TCI state from the first sets or the second sets corresponding to the candidate cell.
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