US 11,909,498 B2
Repeaters and beamforming control in a wireless network
Muhammad Usman Fazili, Audubon, PA (US); and Aditi Singh, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,897.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/336,260, filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353228 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04B 7/0426 (2017.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01)
CPC H04B 7/15507 (2013.01) [H04B 7/043 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a communication from a repeater wireless station in a network environment;
in response to the communication, establishing a wireless communication link between a wireless base station and the repeater wireless station;
communicating beamforming control information from the wireless base station to the repeater wireless station, the beamforming control information controlling beamforming of wireless connectivity between the repeater wireless station and a first mobile communication device; and
wherein the beamforming control information indicates which of multiple wireless beams transmitted the wireless base station are to be repeated by the repeater wireless station.