Intelligent distributed relay system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsArtyom Lomayev, Fatemeh Fazel Sarjoui, Andrey Pudeyev, Alexander Maltsev, Ali Sadri
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for implementing am Intelligent Distributed Relay (IDR). The IDR may advantageously use the best qualities of both amplify-and-forward and decode-and-forward solutions. The advantageously leverages the use of a digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry, which may decode the data and control information. The control information may be used to control IDR behavior (e.g., in the uplink and/or downlink directions) and to enhance its characteristics.
Claims20
An intelligent distributed relay (IDR), comprising:
- a downlink (DL) amplify-and-forward branch configured to receive signals transmitted from a base station, and to re-transmit the received signals to one or more devices;
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- control chain circuitry configured to:
- extract control information using at least data decoded from a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with at least one of the received signals transmitted from the base station, the control information including one or more parameters that define communications between the base station and the one or more devices;
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- execute one or more control functions using the extracted control information to adjust the manner in which the DL amplify-and-forward branch subsequently re-transmits received signals transmitted from the base station after the control information is extracted.
Control chain circuitry associated with an intelligent distributed relay (IDR), the control chain circuitry comprising:
- a subscriber identity module (SIM) circuitry configured to generate control parameters via association with a base station using received signals transmitted from the base station;
- digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry configured to receive the control parameters and to use the control parameters to decode SSB parameters from a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with at least one the received signals transmitted from the base station, the control parameters and the SSB parameters constituting control information defining communications between the base station and one or more devices to which the IDR re-transmits the received signals;
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- control circuitry configured to execute one or more control functions using the control information to adjust the manner in which the IDR subsequently re-transmits the received signals transmitted from the base station after the control information is obtained.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium associated with control chain circuitry of an intelligent distributed relay (IDR), the computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more components of the control chain circuitry, cause the IDR to:
- receive, via a downlink (DL) amplify-and-forward branch, signals transmitted from a base station, and to re-transmit the received signals to one or more devices;
- extract control information using at least data decoded from a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with at least one of the received signals transmitted from the base station, the control information including one or more parameters that define communications between the base station and the one or more devices;
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- execute one or more control functions using the extracted control information to adjust the manner in which the DL amplify-and-forward branch subsequently re-transmits received signals transmitted from the base station after the control information is extracted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.