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US 11,601,188 B2Granted
Repeater mechanical beam steering
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsNavid Abedini, Junyi Li, Ashwin Sampath
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may identify one or more parameters for mechanical beam steering. The repeater may perform mechanical beam steering based at least in part on the one or more parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Claims30
A method of wireless communication performed by a repeater, comprising:
- receiving, from a base station (BS) or a network controller in a wireless network, an indication of a plurality of pairs of mechanical beam steering configurations and electrical beam steering configurations, each of the mechanical beam steering configurations comprising one or more parameters for mechanical beam steering and each of the electrical beam steering configurations comprising one or more parameters for electrical beamforming;
- performing mechanical beam steering based at least in part on the one or more parameters for mechanical beam steering;
- and
- performing electrical beamforming based at least in part on the one or more parameters for electrical beamforming.
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A method of wireless communication performed by a repeater, comprising:
- communicating, using a plurality of pairs of mechanical beam steering configurations and electrical beam steering configurations, a plurality of first radio frequency (RF) analog signals based at least in part on a plurality of mechanical beam steering parameters and a plurality of electrical beamforming parameters;
- performing, based at least in part on a first subset of the plurality of mechanical beam steering parameters, mechanical beam steering for at least one of a transmit beam of the repeater or a receive beam of the repeater;
- performing, based at least in part on a second subset of the plurality of electrical beamforming parameters, electrical beamforming for at least one of the transmit beam or the receive beam;
- and
- communicating a second RF analog signal using at least one of the transmit beam or the receive beam after performing the mechanical beam steering and the electrical beamforming.
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A repeater for wireless communication, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
- receive, from a base station (BS) or a network controller in a wireless network, an indication of a plurality of pairs of mechanical beam steering configurations and electrical beam steering configurations, each of the mechanical beam steering configurations comprising one or more parameters for mechanical beam steering and each of the electrical beam steering configurations comprising one or more parameters for electrical beamforming;
- perform mechanical beam steering based at least in part on the one or more parameters for mechanical beam steering;
- and
- perform electrical beamforming based at least in part on the one or more parameters for electrical beamforming.
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A repeater for wireless communication, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
- communicate, using a plurality of pairs of mechanical beam steering configurations and electrical beam steering configurations, a plurality of first radio frequency (RF) analog signals based at least in part on a plurality of mechanical beam steering parameters and a plurality of electrical beamforming parameters;
- perform, based at least in part on a first subset of the plurality of mechanical beam steering parameters, mechanical beam steering for at least one of a transmit beam of the repeater or a receive beam of the repeater;
- perform, based at least in part on a second subset of the plurality of electrical beamforming parameters, electrical beamforming for at least one of the transmit beam or the receive beam;
- and
- communicate a second RF analog signal using at least one of the transmit beam or the receive beam after performing the mechanical beam steering and the electrical beamforming.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.