Network-controlled repeater devices, methods, and networks including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12408100-B2
Application number	US-202217582278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2022
Priority date	Jan 24, 2022
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A repeater node of a telecommunications network wirelessly communicates with a parent node and another node. The repeater node comprises receiver circuitry, processor circuitry, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a frame of information from the parent node. The processor circuitry is configured to include a customized control signal in the frame of information received from the parent node. The customized control signal is customized for the repeater node. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit the frame of information which includes the customized control signal to the other node which may be a wireless terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A repeater node of a telecommunications network which wirelessly communicates with a parent node and another node, the repeater node comprising:
receiver circuitry configured to receive a frame of information from the parent node, the frame of information including radio resources transmitted by the parent node with zero power;
processor circuitry configured to:
generate a customized control signal, the customized control signal being customized by the repeater node, and;
generate a modified frame of information from the frame of information by inserting the customized control signal into the radio resources which were transmitted by the parent node with the zero power; and

transmitter circuitry configured to transmit the modified frame of information to the another node.

2. The repeater node of claim 1 , wherein the customized control signal comprises at least one of a reference signal, channel state information, and a signal synchronization block.

3. The repeater node of claim 1 , wherein:
the receiver circuitry is further configured to receive from the parent node a resource allocation message via signaling dedicated to the repeater node, the resource allocation message being configured to allocate to the repeater node available radio resources within the frame of information, the available radio resources being eligible for insertion of the customized control signal by the repeater node; and
the processor circuitry is further configured to insert the customized control signal in the available radio resources.

4. The repeater node of claim 3 , wherein the resource allocation message comprises a (re)configuration message.

5. The repeater node of claim 1 , wherein the customized control signal comprises a broadcast channel.

6. A method in a repeater node of a telecommunications network which wirelessly communicates with a parent node and another node, the method comprising:
receiving a frame of information from the parent node, the frame of information including radio resources transmitted by the parent node with zero power;
generating a customized control signal, the customized control signal being customized by the repeater node;
generate a modified frame of information from the frame of information by inserting a customized control signal into the radio resources which were transmitted by the parent node with the zero power; and
transmitting the modified frame of information which includes the customized control signal to the another node.

7. A parent node of a telecommunications network which wirelessly communicates with a repeater node, the parent node comprising:
processor circuitry configured to allocate, to the repeater node, available radio resources, the available radio resources being eligible for generation by the repeater node of a customized control signal and insertion by the repeater node of the customized control signal, the customized control signal being customized by the repeater node; and
transmitter circuitry configured to transmit to the repeater node a frame of information which includes the available radio resources, wherein the available radio resources are transmitted with zero power.

8. The parent node of claim 7 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to generate a resource allocation message which informs the repeater node of the available radio resources and wherein the transmitter circuitry is further configured to transmit the resource allocation message to the repeater node.

9. The parent node of claim 8 , wherein the resource allocation message comprises a (re)configuration message.

10. The parent node of claim 7 , wherein the available radio resources are eligible for use by the repeater node as at least one of a reference signal, channel state information, and a signal synchronization block.

11. The parent node of claim 7 , wherein the available radio resources are eligible for use by the repeater node as a broadcast channel.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Kowalski John Michael
• Ishii Atsushi
• Yin Zhanping

Classifications

• H04W28/0215

  based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices (services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51) · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W72/30

  Resource management for broadcast services · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04W40/22

  using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point · CPC title