US 12,278,691 B2
Programmable smart repeater with in-band control
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (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 Feb. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,125.
Application 18/438,125 is a continuation of application No. 17/468,010, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,962,398.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,998, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187091 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/204 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/2046 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/2041 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); H04W 56/0005 (2013.01); H04W 72/0473 (2013.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a repeater, comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:
establish, by a mobile termination (MT) component of the repeater, a control link with a control node;
receive, via the control link, a configuration for a repeating unit (RU) component of the repeater to forward communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device on an access link;
transition the MT component to a radio resource control (RRC) inactive mode or an RRC idle mode for at least a period of time after receiving the configuration; and
forward, via the RU component, the communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device on the access link based on the configuration while the MT component of the repeater is in the RRC inactive mode or the RRC idle mode.