Hybrid fiber cable distributed antenna system (HFC-DAS) network with machine learning beam

Abstract

A method, network node and customer premises equipment (CPE) and apparatus for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) hybrid fiber coax (HFC)-distributed antenna system (DAS) network with machine learning beam management are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node includes determining a set of beam weights for each CPE of the plurality of CPE, each set of beam weights being associated with a synchronization signal block, SSB, beam index, each SSB index being associated with a window of time for communication between the network node and CPE associated with a beam ID; and transmitting an SSB index to CPE associated with the beam ID to indicate to the CPE the window of time for communication between the network node and the CPE.

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