US 12,004,092 B2
Power control techniques for a communication system that includes a repeater
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Franklin Park, NJ (US); and Ashwin Sampath, Skillman, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,832, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306962 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 52/52 (2009.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 52/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/52 (2013.01) [H04B 1/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04W 52/18 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0416 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A repeater that relays communications between a first communication device and a second communication device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to cause the repeater to:
determine one or more power configuration parameters associated with the repeater;
transmit the one or more power configuration parameters from the repeater to a controlling node, wherein the one or more power configuration parameters transmitted from the repeater to the controlling node comprise a power headroom parameter associated with the repeater, a current transmit power parameter associated with the repeater, or a current gain setting value associated with the repeater;
receive, at the repeater from the controlling node, gain configuration information determined for the repeater based on the power headroom parameter associated with the repeater, the current transmit power parameter associated with the repeater, or the current gain setting value associated with the repeater;
receive a communication from the first communication device;
determine a gain value for the repeater based on the gain configuration information;
apply the gain value at the repeater to the received communication to create a gain adjusted communication; and
transmit the gain adjusted communication from the repeater to the second communication device.