US 12,238,027 B2
Timing-related considerations for network-controlled repeaters
Ankit Bhamri, Bad Nauhem (DE); Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, San Diego, CA (US); and Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,909.
Prior Publication US 2024/0014959 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0048 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0073 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor of a repeater configured to:
receive, on a side control channel from a component of a network, side control information including parameters at least for determining time domain resources on which to apply an indicated beam for uplink (UL) transmission reception or downlink (DL) transmission forwarding with a user equipment (UE) on an access link;
determine, from the received parameters, whether to apply the indicated beam to a transmission (Tx) spatial filter, a reception (Rx) spatial filter, or both the Tx and Rx spatial filters; and
apply the indicated beam to the determined Tx spatial filter, Rx spatial filter, or both the Tx and Rx spatial filters for the determined time domain resources when forwarding the DL transmission to the UE or receiving the UL transmission from the UE for forwarding to the network.