Active repeater device for operational mode based beam pattern changes for communication with a plurality of user equipment

A method, comprising:

• in an active repeater device comprising a primary sector that includes a baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit, and at least a secondary sector that is communicatively coupled to the primary sector and includes a second RH unit:
• receiving or transmitting, by a first antenna array of the first RH unit, a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively, wherein the first beam pattern covers a first geographical area;
• generating, by a controller of the baseband signal processor, beamforming coefficients to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a first operating mode, of a plurality of operating modes, set in the active repeater device;
• and
• transmitting or receiving, by a second antenna array of the second RH unit, a second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern to or from, respectively, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) in the first operating mode, based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals, wherein the second beam pattern is wider than the first beam pattern and covers a second geographical area greater than the first geographical area. area, wherein the transmission or reception of the second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern to the plurality of user equipment (UEs) is independent of constant tracking of locations and orientations of the plurality of UEs to save communication bandwidth.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon, computer-executable code, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• in an active repeater device comprising a primary sector that includes a baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit, and at least a secondary sector that is communicatively coupled to the primary sector and includes a second RH unit:
• receiving or transmitting, by a first antenna array of the first RH unit, a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively, wherein the first beam pattern covers a first geographical area;
• generating, by a controller of the baseband signal processor, beamforming coefficients to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a first operating mode, of a plurality of operating modes, set in the active repeater device;
• and
• transmitting or receiving, by a second antenna array of the second RH unit, a second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern to or from, respectively, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) in the first operating mode, based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals, wherein the second beam pattern is wider than the first beam pattern and covers a second geographical area greater than the first geographical area. area, wherein the transmission or rejection of the second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern to the plurality of user equipment (UEs) is independent of constant tracking of locations and orientations of the plurality of UEs to save communication bandwidth.