US 12,256,324 B2
Target cell selection of autonomous mobile repeaters
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,452.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050960 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 48/20 (2013.01) [H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communications by a mobile repeater, comprising:
one or more memories comprising instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions and cause the mobile repeater to:
measure broadcast signals from one or more target cells as the mobile repeater moves through a network based on a change in a propagation delay of the broadcast signals;
determine a number of user equipments (UEs) served by the mobile repeater based on a power of signals transmitted by UEs to the mobile repeater;
select one of the target cells, based on measurements of the broadcast signals and side information comprising at least the number of UEs served by the mobile repeater; and
forward signals between a UE and the selected target cell.