Autonomous beam configuration in radio frequency repeaters
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsNavid Abedini, Jianghong Luo, Tao Luo, Ashwin Sampath, Junyi Li
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to beam configuration for RF repeaters. An RF repeater is configured to measure received power of one or more signals in the repeater for each of a plurality of beam directions. Further, the repeater determines a beam forming configuration for a fronthaul link between the repeater and at least one base station based on the measured received power of each of plurality of beam directions. The repeater may also be configured to determine beam configurations for access links between the repeater and user equipment.
Claims20
A method of beam forming in a repeater in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- autonomously scanning in a plurality of directions;
- receiving one or more signals from at least one of the plurality of directions during the scanning;
- measuring received power of the one or more signals from the at least one of the plurality of directions;
- autonomously determining, from the measuring received power, a direction associated with a base station among the plurality of directions;
- and
- autonomously selecting a beam forming configuration corresponding to the direction associated with the base station and a fronthaul link between the repeater and the base station.
A repeater in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to:
- autonomously scan in a plurality of directions;
- receive one or more signals from at least one of the plurality of directions during the scan;
- measure received power of the one or more signals from the at least one of the plurality of directions;
- autonomously determine, from the measured received power, a direction associated with a base station among the plurality of directions;
- and
- autonomously select a beam forming configuration corresponding to the direction associated with the base station and a fronthaul link between the repeater and the base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.