Smart repeater systems

A wireless repeater, comprising:

• a beamforming antenna;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to one or more memories having instructions stored thereon to cause the wireless repeater to carry out a method that includes:
• receiving, from a cloud-based management engine, a set of beam patterns targeting a service area for the wireless repeater based on a fixed installation of the wireless repeater;
• receiving, from a wireless base station, a first sequence of synchronization signals;
• repeatedly adjusting a beamforming antenna to transmit a second sequence of synchronization signals with a corresponding sequence of the set of beam patterns within the service area of the wireless repeater;
• receiving, from the wireless base station, a time schedule for communication between the wireless base station and a plurality of user equipment devices within the service area;
• receiving, from the plurality of user equipment devices and according to the time schedule, uplink electromagnetic signals to be delivered to the wireless base station;
• transmitting the uplink electromagnetic signals to the wireless base station;
• receiving, from the plurality of user equipment devices, a corresponding plurality of uplink grant requests;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of uplink grant requests to the wireless base station.

A computer-readable non-transitory medium storing instructions to cause a wireless repeater to carry out a method that includes:

• receiving, from a cloud-based management engine, a set of beam patterns targeting a service area for the wireless repeater based on a fixed installation of the wireless repeater;
• receiving, from a wireless base station, a first sequence of synchronization signals;
• and
• repeatedly adjusting a beamforming antenna to transmit a second sequence of synchronization signals with a corresponding sequence of the set of beam patterns within the service area of the wireless repeater;
• receiving, from the wireless base station, a time schedule for communication between the wireless base station and a plurality of user equipment devices within the service area;
• receiving, from the plurality of user equipment devices and according to the time schedule, uplink electromagnetic signals to be delivered to the wireless base station;
• transmitting the uplink electromagnetic signals to the wireless base station;
• receiving, from the plurality of user equipment devices, a corresponding plurality of uplink grant requests;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of uplink grant requests to the wireless base station.