US 11,962,398 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 Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,010.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,998, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103247 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/204 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01)
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)] 31 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 of one or more parameters of 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 power saving mode for at least a period of time after receiving the configuration, wherein the MT component is configured to perform reduced monitoring of the control link during the power saving mode; 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 one or more parameters in the configuration while the MT component of the repeater is in the power saving mode.