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US 2026/0280664 A1Published application
Beam scheduling for network-controlled repeaters
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAnkit Bhamri, Dan Wu, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Wei Zeng, Oghenekome Oteri, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun
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Abstract
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for allocating time domain resources to transmission beams at a network-controlled repeater.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a network-controlled repeater (NCR), a first side control information (SCI), the first SCI to indicate a plurality of periodic or semi-persistent time resources and a plurality of periodic or semi-persistent beams respectively associated with the plurality of periodic or semi-persistent time resources;
- receiving, at the NCR, a second SCI, the second SCI to indicate a plurality of aperiodic beams and a plurality of aperiodic time resources respectively associated with the plurality of aperiodic beams;
- detecting a resource conflict between a first periodic or semi-persistent time resource of the plurality of periodic or semi-persistent time resources and a first aperiodic time resource of the plurality of aperiodic time resources;
- and
- deactivating a first periodic or semi-persistent beam of the plurality of periodic or semi-persistent beams for a period of time based on the resource conflict.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- processor circuitry to:
- receive, at a network-controlled repeater, a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates a plurality of transmit beams and a time resource that includes a duration;
- determine a plurality of transmission durations based on the duration;
- and
- respectively associate the plurality of transmit beams with the plurality of transmission durations for a forwarding functionality of the NCR;
- and
- interface circuitry coupled to the processor circuitry to enable communication.
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One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
- receive, at a network-controlled repeater (NCR), side control information (SCI) including a beam indicator;
- and
- enable a forwarding functionality of the NCR for a period of time based on the beam indicator, wherein the forwarding functionality is to include receiving a transmission from a base station and transmitting the transmission to a user equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.