# US 2022/0046618 A1 · Techniques for time and/or frequency domain reconfiguration of a forwarded signal using a repeater node > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0046618 A1 - Document ID: US20220046618A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/305,988 - Filed: 2021-07-19 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-04 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Navid ABEDINI; Ashwin SAMPATH; Junyi LI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220046618A1 ## CPC - H04B 7/15528: {Control of operation parameters of a relay station to exploit the physical medium} - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04B 7/155: Ground-based stations (H04B7/204 takes precedence) - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04W 28/065: {using assembly or disassembly of packets} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater node may receive, from a control node, a configuration that indicates at least one of a time domain reconfiguration or a frequency domain reconfiguration. The repeater node may receive a first signal. The repeater node may process the first signal based at least in part on the configuration. The repeater node may generate at least one second signal based at least in part on the processed first signal. The repeater node may transmit the at least one second signal. Numerous other aspects are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication performed by a repeater node, comprising: receiving, from a control node, a configuration that indicates at least one of a time domain reconfiguration or a frequency domain reconfiguration; receiving a first signal; processing the first signal based at least in part on the configuration; generating at least one second signal based at least in part on the processed first signal; and transmitting the at least one second signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first signal carries a communication, and wherein processing the first signal based at least in part on the time domain reconfiguration comprises: segmenting the communication into a plurality of communication segments, wherein generating the at least one second signal comprises generating a plurality of signals, wherein the plurality of signals carry the plurality of communication segments. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration comprises a segmentation configuration that indicates segmentation information associated with the communication, and wherein segmenting the communication comprises segmenting the communication based at least in part on the segmentation information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising transmitting, to the control node, a control message that comprises at least one of: a request for the segmentation configuration, or a suggestion associated with the segmentation configuration, wherein the suggestion indicates a suggested number of communication segments. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the at least one second signal comprises transmitting the plurality of signals using a plurality of time domain resources, wherein the configuration indicates a mapping from a set of resources associated with the first signal to a set of segment indices corresponding to the plurality of communication segments. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein a first signal of the plurality of signals carries a first communication segment of the plurality of communication segments, and wherein a second signal of the plurality of signals carries a second communication segment of the plurality of communication segments. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the at least one second signal comprises: transmitting the first signal of the plurality of signals using at least one of a first time domain resource or a first beam; and transmitting the second signal of the plurality of signals using at least one of a second time domain resource that is different than the first time domain resource or a second beam that is different than the first beam. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a third signal; and processing the third signal based at least in part on the at least one of the time domain reconfiguration or the frequency domain reconfiguration by aggregating the first signal and the third signal to form an aggregated signal, and wherein the at least one second signal comprises the aggregated signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the configuration comprises an aggregation configuration that indicates aggregation information associated with the aggregated signal, and wherein aggregating the first signal and the third signal comprises generating the aggregated signal based at least in part on the aggregation information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first signal carries a communication and wherein processing the first signal based at least in part on the time domain reconfiguration comprises storing the communication in a memory, wherein the at least one second signal comprises a plurality of signals, and wherein transmitting the at least one second signal comprises: transmitting a first signal of the plurality of signals at a first time, wherein the first signal of the plurality of signals comprises a first re-generated version of the first signal; and transmitting a second signal of the plurality of signals at a second time that is different than the first time, wherein the second signal of the plurality of signals comprises a second re-generated version of the first signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: determining that the second signal of the plurality of signals was received by a wireless node; and removing the stored communication from the memory based at least in part on the determination that the second signal of the plurality of signals was received by the wireless node. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: receiving an acknowledgement feedback message corresponding to the second signal of the plurality of signals, wherein the determination that the second signal of the plurality of signals was received by the wireless node is based at least in part on the acknowledgement feedback message. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: determining that a feedback timer has expired, wherein the feedback timer is associated with a time period for receiving an acknowledgement feedback message corresponding to the second signal of the plurality of signals, wherein the determination that the second signal of the plurality of signals was received by the wireless node is based at least in part on the expiration of the feedback timer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the configuration comprises a retransmission configuration that indicates retransmission information associated with the first signal, and wherein transmitting the second signal of the plurality of signals comprises transmitting the second signal of the plurality of signals based at least in part on the retransmission information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the retransmission configuration indicates at least one resource to be used to transmit the second signal of the plurality of signals. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting, to the control node, a control message that comprises at least one of: a request for the retransmission configuration, or a suggestion associated with the retransmission configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first signal comprises receiving the first signal using a first frequency domain resource having a first center frequency, and wherein transmitting the at least one second signal comprises transmitting the at least one second signal using a second frequency domain resource having a second center frequency, wherein the second center frequency is different than the first center frequency. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the configuration comprises a frequency shift configuration that indicates the second frequency domain resource. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: obtaining channel information associated with the second frequency domain resource; and transmitting, to the control node, a control message that indicates the channel information, wherein the frequency shift configuration indicates the second frequency domain resource based at least in part on the channel information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising transmitting, to the control node, a control message that comprises at least one of: a request for the frequency shift configuration, or a suggestion associated with the frequency shift configuration, wherein the suggestion indicates at least one of a suggested frequency domain resource or a suggested frequency offset. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first signal carries an aggregated communication comprising a plurality of communications, wherein the plurality of communications are frequency division multiplexed, and wherein processing the first signal based at least in part on the frequency domain reconfiguration comprises: segmenting the aggregated communication into the plurality of communications, wherein generating the at least one second signal comprises generating a plurality of signals, wherein the plurality of signals carry the plurality of communications. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the configuration comprises a segmentation configuration that indicates segmentation information associated with the aggregated communication, and wherein segmenting the aggregated communication comprises segmenting the aggregated communication based at least in part on the segmentation information. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein the segmentation information identifies the plurality of communications. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, further comprising transmitting, to the control node, a control message that comprises at least one of: a request for the segmentation configuration, or a suggestion associated with the segmentation configuration. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein a first signal of the plurality of signals carries a first communication of the plurality of communications, and wherein a second signal of the plurality of signals carries a second communication of the plurality of communications. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein transmitting the plurality of signals comprises: transmitting the first signal of the plurality of signals using at least one of a first frequency domain resource or a first beam; and transmitting the second signal of the plurality of signals using at least one of a second frequency domain resource that is different than the first frequency domain resource or a second beam that is different than the first beam, wherein the first frequency domain resource is associated with a front haul link between the control node and the repeater node, and wherein the second frequency domain resource is associated with an access link between the control node and the repeater node. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, wherein the first beam corresponds to a first wireless node, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second wireless node. ### Claim 28 A method of wireless communication performed by a control node, comprising: determining a configuration that indicates at least one of a time domain reconfiguration or a frequency domain reconfiguration to be used by a repeater node to process a first signal and generate at least one second signal based at least in part on the processed first signal; and transmitting the configuration to the repeater node. ### Claim 29 A repeater node for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to: receive, from a control node, a configuration that indicates at least one of a time domain reconfiguration or a frequency domain reconfiguration; receive a first signal; process the first signal based at least in part on the configuration; generate at least one second signal based at least in part on the processed first signal; and transmit the at least one second signal. ### Claim 30 A control node for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to: determine a configuration that indicates at least one of a time domain reconfiguration or a frequency domain reconfiguration to be used by a repeater node to process a first signal and generate at least one second signal based at least in part on the processed first signal; and transmit the configuration to the repeater node.