Reconfigurable and modular active repeater device

An active repeater device, comprising:

• one or more secondary sectors, wherein each of the one or more secondary sectors include a baseband signal processor and a second RH unit, wherein
• a second antenna array in the second RH unit is configured to receive a first beam of input RF signals, wherein the first beam of input RF signals is received from at least one of one or more remote user equipment (UEs) or a base station;
• a circuitry in the second RH unit is configured to generate a first set of analog baseband signals based on the received first beam of input RF signals;
• a second circuitry in the baseband signal processor is configured to convert the first set of analog baseband signals received from the second RH unit to a first set of coded data signals;
• and
• a digital modem circuitry in the baseband signal processor is configured to extract control information from the first set of coded data signals by decoding only a header portion of the first set of coded data signals without demodulation of data portion of the first set of coded data signals;
• and
• a primary sector, communicatively coupled to the one or more secondary sectors, includes a first radio head (RH) unit, wherein
• the first RH unit is configured to transmit the first set of coded data signals as a beam of output RF signals, by a first antenna array of the primary sector, to at least the one or more remote UEs or a base station, based on the extracted control information from the first set of coded data signals, wherein the beam of output RF signals is transmitted without demodulation of the data portion of the first set of coded data signals within the active repeater device to reduce latency for transmission of the first set of coded data signals.

A method, comprising:

• in an active repeater device comprising a primary sector and one or more secondary sectors, wherein the primary sector includes a baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit, and wherein each of the one or more secondary sectors are communicatively coupled to the primary sector and includes a second RH unit:
• receiving, by a first antenna array in the first RH unit, a first beam of input RF signals;
• generating, by a first circuitry in the first RH unit, a first set of analog baseband signals, based on the received first beam of input RF signals;
• converting, by a second circuitry in the baseband signal processor, the first set of analog baseband signals received from the first RH unit to a first set of coded data signals;
• extracting, by a digital modem circuitry in the baseband signal processor, control information from the first set of coded data signals by decoding only a header portion of the first set of coded data signals without demodulation of data portion of the first set of coded data signals;
• and
• transmitting, by the second RH unit in the one or more secondary sectors, the first set of coded data signals as one or more beams of output RF signals by one or more second antenna arrays of the one or more secondary sectors to one or more remote user equipment (UEs), based on the extracted control information from the first set of coded data signals, wherein the one or more beams of output RF signals are transmitted without demodulation of the data portion of the first set of coded data signals within the active repeater device to reduce latency for transmission of the first set of coded data signals.