H04B 7/15507
Relay station based processing for cell extension or control of coverage area
Official title: {Relay station based processing for cell extension or control of coverage area, (network planning with network coordinated processing with regard to cell extension H04W16/26; network topologies using dedicated repeater stations H04W84/047; terminal devices adapted for relaying to or from an other terminal H04W88/04)}
H04B7/15507 (Relay station based processing for cell extension or control of coverage area) appears on 1,046 US grants and 1,203 published applications in this corpus.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Signal relay and indication method and apparatus, relay node, first network element, and medium15 Sep 2026US 12,739,020 B2Zte Corporation
- Wireless communication using hybrid reconfigurable intelligent surfaces8 Sep 2026US 12,732,260 B2Apple Inc.
- Method and apparatus for extending coverage at THz frequency using cooperative communication8 Sep 2026US 12,732,261 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Adaptive beamforming using smart repeaters25 Aug 2026US 12,719,549 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Repeater system and method of pre-calibrating repeater devices using pseudo-SSB signal25 Aug 2026US 12,719,557 B1Peltbeam Inc.
- Operating a ran node that has a mimo antenna array24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291550 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Message forwarding using flexible relay nodes10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269927 A1
- Communication network3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261326 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Repeater for enrollment extension6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230167 A1Resideo LLC
- Method and apparatus for releasing connection of repeater node from access node6 Aug 2026US 2026/0231277 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Host node device and methods for use therewith480US 9,866,309 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2018
- Repeater and methods for use therewith406US 9,608,692 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2017
- Host node device and methods for use therewith390US 10,103,801 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2018
- Digital repeater333US 6,697,603 B1Andrew Corporation · 2004
- RF home automation system comprising nodes with dual functionality292US 6,856,236 B2Ensys A/S · 2005