Techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless repeater may monitor transmissions from multiple base stations. For example, the wireless repeater may communicate with a first base station and forward transmissions from the first base station to various user equipments (UEs). Such transmissions may include transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) of the first base station. The first base station may instruct the wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from other base stations, where the wireless repeater may indicate a monitoring result in a report to the first base station. Based on the report, the first base station may transmit an indication of a beam pattern to the wireless repeater. The wireless repeater may use the beam pattern to relay transmissions of the SSB received from the first base station, the SSB received from the second base station, or any combination thereof.

Description

[0001] Cross - reference

[0002] This patent application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 16 / 927,900, entitled "TECHNIQUES FOR CONNECTING A WIRELESS REPEATER TO MULTIPLE BASES STATIONS", filed on July 13, 2020 by Li et al., and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 880,915, entitled "TECHNIQUES FOR CONNECTING A WIRELESS REPEATER TO MULTIPLE BASES STATIONS", filed on July 31, 2019 by Li et al., which are assigned to the assignee of this application and are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

[0003] Field of Disclosure

[0004] The following relates to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations.

[0005] Background

[0006] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content, such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcasting, and so on. These systems can be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multi - access systems include fourth - generation (4G) systems (such as Long - Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE - Advanced (LTE - A) systems, or LTE - A Pro systems), and fifth - generation (5G) systems, which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ various techniques, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), or Discrete Fourier Transform Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT - S - OFDM). A wireless multi - access communication system may include several base stations or network access nodes, each of which simultaneously supports the communication of multiple communication devices, which may also be referred to as User Equipment (UE).

[0007] Some wireless communication systems may support the use of wireless repeaters. For example, a wireless repeater may be located between a UE and a base station and may relay and extend the communication between the base station and the UE.

[0008] Summary

[0009] The described technology relates to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations. The described technology provides for configuring a wireless repeater to monitor transmissions from multiple base stations, which can enable the wireless repeater to identify and convey information about different base stations. For example, the wireless repeater can be in communication with a first base station, and the wireless repeater can forward transmissions between the first base station and one or more UEs. Such transmissions can include forwarding the synchronization signal block (SSB) of the first base station. In some cases, the first base station can instruct the wireless repeater to perform monitoring of one or more other base stations that may be transmitting an SSB. The wireless repeater can accordingly search for SSBs transmitted by the other base station(s) and indicate the search results in a report sent to the first base station. In some cases, the monitoring can be performed by the repeater during one or more periodic intervals. In any case, the wireless repeater can indicate whether an SSB was detected during the monitoring. In an example where a second base station is detected via the monitoring, the wireless repeater can include in the report information about the detected SSB and identifying the second base station. The first base station can convey an indication of a configured beam pattern to the wireless repeater based on the received report, where the wireless repeater can use the beam pattern to relay transmissions of the SSB received from the first base station, or the SSB received from the second base station, or any combination thereof.

[0010] A method for wireless communication at a wireless repeater is described. The method can include: receiving, from a first base station, an instruction to monitor for SSBs from a second base station; transmitting, to the first base station, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and receiving, from the first base station, an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0011] An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless repeater is described. The apparatus can include a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions can be executed by the processor to cause the apparatus: to receive, from a first base station, an instruction to monitor for SSBs from a second base station; to transmit, to the first base station, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and to receive, from the first base station, an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0012] Describes another apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless repeater. The apparatus may include means for: receiving, from a first base station, an instruction to monitor SSBs from a second base station; transmitting, to the first base station, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and receiving, from the first base station, an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0013] Describes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a wireless repeater. The code may include instructions executable by a processor for: receiving, from a first base station, an instruction to monitor SSBs from a second base station; transmitting, to the first base station, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and receiving, from the first base station, an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0014] Some examples of the methods, apparatus (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for: receiving one or more SSBs from a first base station; transmitting the one or more SSBs from the first base station to one or more wireless devices, the one or more SSBs being transmitted during a set of periodic intervals; and monitoring SSBs from a second base station during a monitoring interval based on the instructions.

[0015] Some examples of the methods, apparatus (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for: receiving an indication, as part of the instructions, to suppress transmission of the one or more SSBs from the first base station during intervals within the set of periodic intervals that overlap with the monitoring interval.

[0016] In some examples of the methods, apparatus (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the monitoring interval may not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

[0017] Some examples of the methods, apparatus (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for: determining a set of attributes associated with the one or more SSBs from the second base station based on detection of the one or more SSBs from the second base station, and transmitting an indication of the set of attributes associated with the one or more SSBs from the second base station within the report.

[0018] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the set of attributes includes the reference signal received power (RSRP) of the one or more SSBs from the second base station, the identity of the second base station, the time offset of the signal received from the second base station, or any combination thereof.

[0019] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: identifying a first receiving beam for receiving one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station during a first set of one or more symbol periods, identifying a second receiving beam for receiving one or more SSBs transmitted from a second base station during a second set of one or more symbol periods, and transmitting an indication of the first receiving beam, the second receiving beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof in the report.

[0020] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the transmit beam pattern may be based on the indication of the first receiving beam, the second receiving beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

[0021] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: configuring the receiving beam of the wireless repeater for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station during a set including one or more symbol periods, receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station during a second set including one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof, wherein the configured receiving beam may be based on the indication of the transmit beam pattern.

[0022] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: detecting one or more additional SSBs from the first base station based on the instructions, and transmitting an indication of the one or more additional SSBs from the first base station in the report.

[0023] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: detecting the one or more SSBs from the second base station based on the instructions, and performing an initialization procedure to connect to the second base station based on the detected one or more SSBs from the second base station.

[0024] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting the report may include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for transmitting the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to receive the one or more SSBs from a first base station.

[0025] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting the report may include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for transmitting the report in a first bandwidth that may be different from a second bandwidth used to receive the one or more SSBs from a first base station.

[0026] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the instructions may include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for receiving control information including the instructions from a first base station, where the control information may be received in a portion of the bandwidth used to receive the one or more SSBs from the first base station.

[0027] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the instructions may include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for receiving control information including the instructions from a first base station, where the control information may be received in a first bandwidth that may be different from a second bandwidth used to receive the one or more SSBs from the first base station.

[0028] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the transmit beam pattern corresponds to a symbol period during which the one or more SSBs from a first base station, the one or more SSBs from a second base station, or any combination thereof may be transmitted.

[0029] A method of wireless communication at a base station is described. The method may include: transmitting instructions to a wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from a second base station; receiving, from the wireless repeater, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and transmitting, to the wireless repeater, an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0030] Describes an apparatus for wireless communication at a base station. The apparatus may include a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may be executed by the processor to cause the apparatus to: transmit to a wireless repeater instructions to monitor SSBs from a second base station; receive from the wireless repeater a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and transmit to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0031] Describes another piece of equipment for wireless communication at a base station. The equipment may include means for: transmitting to a wireless repeater instructions to monitor SSBs from a second base station; receiving from the wireless repeater a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and transmitting to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0032] Describes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a base station. The code may include instructions executable by a processor for: transmitting to a wireless repeater instructions to monitor SSBs from a second base station; receiving from the wireless repeater a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and transmitting to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0033] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipment), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for the following action: determining a synchronization signal block pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or any combination thereof based on the report, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to the synchronization signal block pattern.

[0034] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipment), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the synchronization signal block pattern may include operations, features, means, or instructions for communicating with the second base station based on the report to configure the synchronization signal block pattern.

[0035] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: configuring a monitoring interval for monitoring SSBs from a second base station, and transmitting an indication of the monitoring interval within these instructions.

[0036] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: determining a set of periodic intervals for the wireless repeater to transmit the one or more SSBs from a first base station, identifying a conflict between one interval in the set of periodic intervals and the monitoring interval, and transmitting an indication for suppressing the transmission of the one or more SSBs from the first base station during the interval as part of these instructions based on the identified conflict.

[0037] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: determining a set of periodic intervals for the wireless repeater to transmit the one or more SSBs from a first base station, where the monitoring interval may not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

[0038] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: receiving, within the report, an indication of a set of attributes associated with the one or more SSBs from a second base station.

[0039] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the set of attributes includes the reference signal received power of the one or more SSBs from the second base station, the identity of the second base station, the time offset of the signal received from the second base station, or any combination thereof.

[0040] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses (equipments), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for the following actions: receiving, within the report, an indication of a first receiving beam and a first set of one or more symbol periods for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station and an indication of a second receiving beam and a second set of one or more symbol periods for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from a second base station; and determining the transmit beam pattern based on the indication of the first receiving beam, the second receiving beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

[0041] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the report can include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for receiving the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to transmit the one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater.

[0042] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the report can include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for receiving the report in a first bandwidth that can be different from a second bandwidth used to transmit the one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater.

[0043] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting the instructions can include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for transmitting control information including the instructions, where the control information can be transmitted in a portion of the bandwidth used to transmit the one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater.

[0044] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting the instructions can include operations, features, apparatuses, or instructions for transmitting control information including the instructions in a first bandwidth that can be different from a second bandwidth used to transmit the one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater.

[0045] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses (devices), and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the transmit beam pattern corresponds to a symbol period during which the one or more SSBs from the first base station can be transmitted, the one or more SSBs from the second base station can be transmitted, or any combination thereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0047] Figure 1 Illustrates examples of wireless communication systems supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0048] Figures 2 to 4 Illustrates examples of wireless communication systems supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0049] Figure 5 Illustrates examples of process flows in a system supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0050] Figure 6 and Figure 7 Shows a block diagram of an apparatus supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0051] Figure 8 A block diagram of a wireless repeater communication manager supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0052] Figure 9 A diagram of a system including an apparatus supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0053] Figure 10 and Figure 11 A block diagram of an apparatus supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0054] Figure 12 A block diagram of a base station communication manager supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0055] Figure 13 A diagram of a system including an apparatus supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0056] Figures 14 to 18 A flowchart illustrating a method supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

[0057] Detailed Description

[0058] In a wireless communication system, a base station may communicate with a user equipment (UE) over a wireless link. For example, the base station and the UE may operate in a millimeter wave (mmW) frequency range (e.g., 28 gigahertz (GHz), 40 GHz, 60 GHz, etc.). Wireless communication at these frequencies may be associated with increased signal attenuation (e.g., path loss), which may be affected by various factors such as temperature, air pressure, diffraction, being blocked by physical objects, etc. As a result, signal processing techniques such as beamforming may be used to coherently combine energy and overcome the path loss at these frequencies. However, the transmission of signals (such as beamformed signals) between the base station and the UE may be impossible or may be interfered with due to physical obstacles or radio frequency (RF) interferers. In these situations, a relay device (e.g., a wireless repeater, an mmW repeater, etc.) may be used to extend, repeat, and / or relay transmissions from the base station to the UE (and vice versa), thereby enabling efficient communication in the presence of RF interferers.

[0059] In some cases, a wireless repeater may be controlled by a base station, which instructs the repeater on how to communicate with one or more UEs and the base station. The base station may provide control signaling that indicates, for example, the beam (e.g., a directional beam or the symbol period associated with the beam) that the repeater may use to communicate with the base station and the UEs, the communication direction for transmission (e.g., uplink, downlink), or other types of information.

[0060] In some systems, a wireless repeater may be close to multiple base stations, with each base station connected to a corresponding set that includes one or more UEs. In such cases, it may be beneficial to connect the wireless repeater to multiple base stations and communicate with the multiple base stations. For example, the wireless repeater may forward transmissions from multiple base stations (e.g., including Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs)) to enhance coverage for one or more UEs. In other examples, the communication condition between the wireless repeater and the controlling base station may change dynamically, and another base station may more efficiently serve the UEs within the cell. Thus, it may be beneficial to have the repeater communicate with a different base station to serve the respective UEs.

[0061] As described herein, a base station may instruct a repeater to search for SSBs from other base stations, where the base station may configure the repeater based on the detected SSBs. For example, a wireless repeater may be connected to a first base station and relay the transmissions (e.g., SSBs) of the first base station. The wireless repeater may be instructed to perform a search for SSBs from one or more other wireless devices (which may include other base stations). The repeater may transmit a report to the first base station indicating whether the repeater has detected SSBs from other base stations. Upon detecting one or more SSBs from another or multiple base stations, the report may include information about the detected SSBs (including timing information), information about the base stations that transmitted the SSBs, information about the signal quality of the SSBs, and so on. The first base station may configure a beam pattern for the repeater in response to the report, where the beam pattern may inform the repeater of the symbol periods during which SSBs from the first base station, SSBs from the second base station, or both will be transmitted according to the beam pattern. In this way, the repeater can be configured by a single base station to relay / retransmit transmissions of SSBs from multiple base stations, thereby enhancing the coverage of multiple cells and improving the service for the respective UEs.

[0062] Aspects of the present disclosure are initially described in the context of a wireless communication system. Further examples are then described with reference to additional wireless communication systems and process flows that illustrate configuring a wireless repeater to identify multiple base stations. Aspects of the present disclosure are further illustrated and described by and with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts related to techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations.

[0063] Figure 1 An example of a wireless communication system 100 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure is described. The wireless communication system 100 may include base stations 105, UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, or a New Radio (NR) network. In some scenarios, the wireless communication system 100 may support enhanced broadband communication, ultra-reliable (e.g., mission-critical) communication, low latency communication, communication with low-cost and low-complexity devices, or any combination thereof.

[0064] The base stations 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographical area to form the wireless communication system 100, and may be devices of different forms or having different capabilities. The base stations 105 and the UEs 115 may communicate wirelessly via one or more communication links 125. Each base station 105 may provide a coverage area 110, and the UEs 115 and the base stations 105 may establish a communication link 125 over the coverage area 110. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographical area over which the base stations 105 and the UEs 115 support signal communication according to one or more radio access technologies.

[0065] The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout the coverage area 110 of the wireless communication system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary or mobile, or stationary and mobile at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices of different forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are described in Figure 1 . The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as other UEs 115, base stations 105, or network equipment (e.g., core network nodes, relay devices, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes, or other network equipment), as Figure 1 shown.

[0066] Each base station 105 can communicate with the core network 130 or with each other or both. For example, the base station 105 can interface with the core network 130 via a backhaul link 120 (e.g., via S1, N2, N3, or other interfaces). The base stations 105 can communicate with each other directly (e.g., directly between the base stations 105) or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 130), or both directly and indirectly, over the backhaul link 120 (e.g., via X2, Xn, or other interfaces). In some examples, the backhaul link 120 can be or include one or more wireless links. In some examples, the base station 105 can communicate wirelessly with one or more wireless repeaters 150 (e.g., relay devices, repeaters, or other similar terms), which can support retransmission, amplification, frequency conversion, etc. of signaling to one or more other devices such as the UE 115. Similarly, the repeater can be used to retransmit signaling from the UE 115 to the base station 105.

[0067] One or more of the base stations 105 described herein can include or can be referred to by those of ordinary skill in the art as a base transceiver station, radio base station, access point, radio transceiver, B node, evolved B node (eNB), next-generation B node, or gigabit B node (any of which can be referred to as a gNB), home B node, home evolved B node, or other suitable terms.

[0068] The UE 115 can include or can be referred to as a mobile device, wireless device, remote device, handheld device, or subscriber device, or some other suitable term, where "device" can also be referred to as a unit, station, terminal, or client, etc. The UE 115 can also include or can be referred to as a personal electronic device such as a cellular phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, laptop computer, or personal computer. In some examples, the UE 115 can include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, Internet of Things (IoT) device, Internet of Everything (IoE) device, machine type communication (MTC) device, etc., which can be implemented in various objects such as appliances, vehicles, meters, etc.

[0069] The UE 115 described herein can be capable of communicating with various types of devices such as other UEs 115 that can sometimes act as repeaters, as well as base stations 105 and network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, relay base stations, etc., as Figure 1 shown.

[0070] UE 115 and base station 105 may wirelessly communicate with each other via one or more communication links 125 on one or more carriers. The term "carrier" may refer to a set of radio frequency spectrum resources having a defined physical layer structure for supporting communication link 125. For example, a carrier for communication link 125 may include a portion of a radio frequency band (e.g., bandwidth part (BWP)) that operates according to the physical layer channels for a given radio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physical layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling for coordinating carrier operation, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communication system 100 may support communicating with UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. UE 115 may be configured to have multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation may be used in conjunction with frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) component carriers.

[0071] In some examples (e.g., in a carrier aggregation configuration), a carrier may also have acquisition signaling or control signaling for coordinating the operation of other carriers. A carrier may be associated with a frequency channel (e.g., evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) absolute radio frequency channel number (EARFCN)) and may be positioned according to a channel raster for discovery by UE 115. A carrier may operate in a stand-alone mode in which initial acquisition and connection may be performed by UE 115 via the carrier, or a carrier may operate in a non-stand-alone mode in which the connection is anchored using a different carrier (e.g., different carriers of the same or different radio access technologies).

[0072] The communication link 125 shown in the wireless communication system 100 may include an uplink transmission from UE 115 to base station 105, or a downlink transmission from base station 105 to UE 115. A carrier may carry downlink or uplink communication (e.g., in FDD mode), or may be configured to carry both downlink and uplink communication (e.g., in TDD mode).

[0073] A carrier can be associated with the bandwidth of the radio frequency spectrum, and in some examples, the carrier bandwidth can be referred to as the "system bandwidth" of the carrier or the wireless communication system 100. For example, the carrier bandwidth can be one of several predetermined bandwidths of a carrier of a radio access technology (e.g., 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, or 80 megahertz (MHz)). Devices of the wireless communication system 100 (e.g., the base station 105, the UE 115, or both) can have a hardware configuration that supports communication over the carrier bandwidth, or can be configurable to support communication over one of the carrier bandwidths in a carrier bandwidth set. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 can include a base station 105 or a UE 115 that supports simultaneous communication via carriers associated with multiple carrier bandwidths. In some examples, each served UE 115 can be configured to operate over a portion (e.g., a subband, a BWP) or all of the carrier bandwidth.

[0074] The signal waveform transmitted on a carrier can include multiple subcarriers (e.g., using a multi-carrier modulation (MCM) technique such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing an MCM technique, a resource element can include one symbol period (e.g., the duration of one modulated symbol) and one subcarrier, where the symbol period and the subcarrier interval are inversely related. The number of bits carried by each resource element can depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both). Thus, the more resource elements the UE 115 receives and the higher the order of the modulation scheme, the higher the data rate of the UE 115 can be. Wireless communication resources can refer to a combination of radio frequency spectrum resources, time resources, and spatial resources (e.g., spatial layers or beams), and using multiple spatial layers can further increase the data rate or data integrity of communication with the UE 115.

[0075] One or more parameter sets can be supported for a carrier, where a parameter set can include a subcarrier interval (Δf) and a cyclic prefix. A carrier can be divided into BWPs with the same or different parameter sets. In some examples, the UE 115 can be configured with multiple BWPs. In some cases, a single BWP for a carrier is active at a given time, and communication for the UE 115 can be restricted to the active BWP.

[0076] The time intervals of the base station 105 or the UE 115 can be expressed as multiples of a basic time unit, which can refer to, for example, a sampling period T s = 1 / (Δf max ·N f ) seconds, where Δf max can represent the maximum supported subcarrier interval, and N fIt can represent the maximum supported Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size. The time intervals of communication resources can be organized according to radio frames each having a specific duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame can be identified by a System Frame Number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

[0077] Each frame can include a plurality of consecutively numbered subframes or time slots, and each subframe or time slot can have the same duration. In some cases, a frame can be divided (e.g., in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe can be further divided into several time slots. Alternatively, each frame can include a variable number of time slots, and the number of time slots can depend on the subcarrier interval. Each time slot can include several symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix added before each symbol period). In some wireless communication systems 100, a time slot can be further divided into multiple mini - slots each containing one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period can contain one or more (e.g., N f ones) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period can depend on the subcarrier interval or the operating frequency band.

[0078] A subframe, time slot, mini - slot, or symbol can be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communication system 100 and can be referred to as a Transmission Time Interval (TTI). In some cases, the TTI duration (e.g., the number of symbol periods in a TTI) can be variable. Additionally or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 can be dynamically selected (e.g., in bursts of shortened TTI (sTTI)).

[0079] Physical channels can be multiplexed on a carrier according to various techniques. The physical control channel and the physical data channel can be multiplexed on a downlink carrier using, for example, time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET)) for the physical control channel can be defined by the number of symbol periods and can extend across the system bandwidth of the carrier or a subset of the system bandwidth. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) can be configured for UE 115. For example, UE 115 can monitor or search for a control region for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set can include one or more control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. The aggregation level for a control channel candidate can refer to the number of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with the encoded information for a control information format with a given payload size. The search space set can include a common search space set configured to send control information to multiple UEs 115 and a UE-specific search space set configured to send control information to a specific UE 115.

[0080] Each base station 105 can provide communication coverage via one or more cells (e.g., macro cells, small cells, hotspots, or other types of cells, or various combinations thereof). The term "cell" can refer to a logical communication entity for communicating with a base station 105 (e.g., on a carrier) and can be associated with an identifier (e.g., a physical cell identifier (PCID), a virtual cell identifier (VCID), or others) for distinguishing adjacent cells. In some examples, a cell can also refer to a geographic coverage area 110 or a portion of the geographic coverage area 110 (e.g., a sector) on which the logical communication entity operates. The scope of such cells can vary from a smaller area (e.g., a structure, a subset of a structure) to a larger area depending on various factors (such as the capabilities of the base station 105). For example, a cell can be or include a building, a subset of a building, an external space between or overlapping with the geographic coverage area 110, and so on.

[0081] Macro cells cover relatively large geographical areas (e.g., with a radius of several kilometers) and can allow unconstrained access by UEs 115 having a service subscription with the network provider that supports the macro cell. Small cells can be associated with lower-power base stations 105 (compared to macro cells), and small cells can operate in the same or different (e.g., licensed, unlicensed) frequency bands as macro cells. Small cells can provide unconstrained access to UEs 115 having a service subscription with the network provider, or can provide constrained access to UEs 115 associated with the small cell (e.g., UEs 115 in a closed subscriber group (CSG), UEs 115 associated with users in a home or office, etc.). Base station 105 can support one or more cells and can also support communication on one or more cells using one or more component carriers.

[0082] In some examples, a carrier can support multiple cells and can be configured with different cells according to different protocol types that can provide access for different types of devices (e.g., MTC, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), or others).

[0083] In some examples, base station 105 can be mobile and thus provide communication coverage for a mobile geographical coverage area 110. In some examples, different geographical coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies can overlap, and different geographical coverage areas 110 can be supported by the same base station 105. In other examples, overlapping geographical coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies can be supported by different base stations 105. Wireless communication system 100 can include, for example, a heterogeneous network where different types of base stations 105 use the same or different radio access technologies to provide coverage for various geographical coverage areas 110.

[0084] Wireless communication system 100 can support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, base stations 105 can have similar frame timings, and transmissions from different base stations 105 can be approximately aligned in time. For asynchronous operation, base stations 105 can have different frame timings, and in some examples, transmissions from different base stations 105 can not be aligned in time. The techniques described herein can be used for synchronous or asynchronous operation.

[0085] A wireless device attempting to access a wireless network (such as UE 115, wireless repeater 150, or a similar wireless device) can perform initial cell search by detecting the Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) from base station 105. The PSS can achieve synchronization of slot timing and can indicate a physical layer identity value. The wireless device can then receive the Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS). The SSS can achieve radio frame synchronization and can provide a cell identity value, which can be combined with the physical layer identity value to identify the cell. The SSS can also achieve detection of the duplex mode and the cyclic prefix length. In some cases, base station 105 can use multiple beams to transmit synchronization signals (e.g., PSS, SSS, etc.) in a beam sweeping manner through the cellular coverage area. In some cases, the PSS, SSS, or broadcast information (e.g., Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH)) can be transmitted within different SSBs on corresponding directional beams, and one or more SSBs can be included in a synchronization signal burst.

[0086] Some UEs 115 (such as MTC or IoT devices) can be low-cost or low-complexity devices and can provide automated communication between machines (e.g., via Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication). M2M communication or MTC can refer to data communication technologies that allow devices to communicate with each other or with base station 105 without human intervention. In some examples, M2M communication or MTC can include communication from devices integrated with sensors or meters to measure or capture information and relay such information to a central server or application, which utilizes the information or presents the information to a person interacting with the application. Some UEs 115 can be designed to collect information or enable automated behavior of machines or other devices. Examples of applications for MTC devices include: smart metering, inventory monitoring, water level monitoring, equipment monitoring, healthcare monitoring, wilderness survival monitoring, weather and geographical event monitoring, queue management and tracking, remote security sensing, physical access control, and transaction-based commercial charging. In some cases, wireless repeater 150 can be an MTC or IoT device that is controlled by base station 105 or UE 115 via a low-band or NB-IoT connection and performs relay of received signals based on the control information provided by the low-band or NB-IoT connection without demodulating or decoding such signals.

[0087] Some UEs 115 may be configured to operate in power-saving modes, such as half-duplex communication (e.g., a mode that supports one-way communication via transmission or reception but not simultaneous transmission and reception). In some examples, half-duplex communication may be performed at a reduced peak rate. Other power-saving techniques for the UE 115 include entering a deep sleep power-saving mode when not participating in active communication, or operating on a limited bandwidth (e.g., according to narrowband communication), or a combination of these techniques. For example, some UEs 115 may be configured for operation using a narrowband protocol type associated with a predefined portion or range (e.g., a set of subcarriers or resource blocks (RBs)) within a carrier, within a guard band of the carrier, or outside the carrier.

[0088] The wireless communication system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communication or low-latency communication or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communication system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) or mission-critical communication. The UE 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions (e.g., mission-critical functions). Ultra-reliable communication may include private communication or group communication and may be supported by one or more mission-critical services such as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT), mission-critical video (MCVideo), or mission-critical data (MCData). Support for mission-critical functions may include prioritization of services, and mission-critical services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, mission-critical, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.

[0089] In some cases, the UE 115 may also be able to communicate directly with other UEs 115 over a device-to-device (D2D) communication link 135 (e.g., using peer-to-peer (P2P) or D2D protocols). One or more UEs 115 utilizing D2D communication may be within the geographical coverage area 110 of the base station 105. Other UEs 115 in such a group may be outside the geographical coverage area 110 of the base station 105 or may be unable to receive transmissions from the base station 105 for other reasons. In some cases, groups of UEs 115 communicating via D2D communication may utilize a one-to-many (1:M) system where each UE 115 transmits to every other UE 115 in the group. In some examples, the base station 105 facilitates the scheduling of resources for D2D communication. In other cases, D2D communication is performed between the UEs 115 without involving the base station 105.

[0090] In some systems, the D2D communication link 135 can be an example of a communication channel (such as a sidelink communication channel) between vehicles (e.g., UE 115). In some examples, vehicles can communicate using vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, or some combination of these communications. Vehicles can signal information related to traffic conditions, signal scheduling, weather, safety, emergencies, or any other information related to the V2X system. In some cases, vehicles in a V2X system can communicate with roadside infrastructure (such as a roadside unit), or with a network, or with both, using vehicle-to-network (V2N) communication via one or more network nodes (e.g., base station 105).

[0091] The core network 130 can provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 can be an evolved packet core (EPC) or a 5G core (5GC), and the EPC or 5GC can include at least one control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF)), and at least one user plane entity that routes or interconnects packets to an external network (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), a packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), a user plane function (UPF)). The control plane entity can manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as the mobility, authentication, and bearer management of the UE 115 served by the base station 105 associated with the core network 130. User IP packets can be passed through the user plane entity, which can provide IP address allocation and other functions. The user plane entity can be connected to the network operator IP service 155. The operator IP service 155 can include access to the Internet, an intranet, an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), or a packet-switched streaming service.

[0092] Some network devices (such as base station 105) can include subcomponents, such as an access network entity 140, which can be an example of an access node controller (ANC). Each access network entity 140 can communicate with each UE 115 through several other access network transmission entities 145, which can be referred to as radio heads, intelligent radio heads, or transmit / receive points (TRPs). Each access network transmission entity 145 can include one or more antenna panels. In some examples, the various functions of each access network entity 140 or base station 105 can be distributed across various network devices (e.g., radio heads and ANCs) or combined into a single network device (e.g., base station 105).

[0093] The wireless communication system 100 may operate using one or more frequency bands in a range such as from 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz). The region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is referred to as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or the decimeter band because the wavelengths are in the range from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves can be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, but these waves can sufficiently penetrate various structures for macrocells to serve UEs 115 located indoors. Compared to transmissions using smaller frequencies and longer waves in the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portions of the spectrum below 300 MHz, UHF wave transmissions can be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than 100 kilometers).

[0094] The wireless communication system 100 may also operate in the super-high frequency (SHF) region of the frequency band from 3 GHz to 30 GHz (also referred to as the centimeter band) or in the extremely high frequency (EHF) region of the spectrum (e.g., from 30 GHz to 300 GHz) (also referred to as the millimeter band). In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may support millimeter wave (mmW) communication between the UE 115 and the base station 105, and the EHF antennas of the corresponding devices may be smaller and more closely spaced than UHF antennas. In some cases, this may facilitate the use of antenna arrays within the devices. However, the propagation of EHF transmissions may suffer even greater atmospheric attenuation and shorter ranges than SHF or UHF transmissions. The techniques disclosed herein may be employed across transmissions using one or more different frequency regions, and the use of frequency bands designated across these frequency regions may vary by country or regulatory body.

[0095] The wireless communication system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed radio frequency bands. For example, the wireless communication system 100 may employ licensed-assisted access (LAA), LTE-unlicensed (LTE-U) radio access technology, or NR technology in an unlicensed band such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. When operating in an unlicensed radio frequency band, devices (such as the base station 105 and the UE 115) may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some cases, operation in the unlicensed band may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration (e.g., LAA) in coordination with a component carrier operating in a licensed band. Operation in the unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, peer-to-peer (P2P) transmissions, device-to-device (D2D) transmissions, etc.

[0096] The base station 105 or the UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which can be used to adopt technologies such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication, or beamforming. The antennas of the base station 105 or the UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels that can support MIMO operations or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly (such as an antenna tower). In some cases, the antennas or antenna arrays associated with the base station 105 may be located at different geographical locations. The base station 105 may have an antenna array that has several rows and columns of antenna ports for beamforming that the base station 105 can use to support communication with the UE 115. Similarly, the UE 115 may have one or more antenna arrays that can support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally or alternatively, the antenna panel may support radio frequency beamforming for signals transmitted via the antenna ports.

[0097] The base station 105 or the UE 115 can use MIMO communication to utilize multipath signal propagation and improve spectral efficiency by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers. Such techniques may be referred to as spatial multiplexing. For example, the transmitting device may transmit multiple signals via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Similarly, the receiving device may receive multiple signals via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiple signals may be referred to as a separate spatial stream and may carry bits associated with the same data stream (e.g., the same codeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords). Different spatial layers may be associated with different antenna ports for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques include single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO), where multiple spatial layers are transmitted to the same receiving device; and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO), where multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple devices.

[0098] Beamforming (which may also be referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception) is a signal processing technique that can be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., the base station 105 or the UE 115) to shape or direct an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming can be achieved by combining the signals communicated via the antenna elements of an antenna array such that some of the signals propagating in an orientation relative to the antenna array experience constructive interference while other signals experience destructive interference. The adjustment of the signals communicated via the antenna elements may include the transmitting device or the receiving device applying an amplitude offset, a phase offset, or both to the signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustment associated with each antenna element may be defined by a set of beamforming weights associated with an orientation (e.g., relative to the antenna array of the transmitting device or the receiving device, or relative to some other orientation).

[0099] Base station 105 or UE 115 may use beam sweeping techniques as part of beamforming operations. For example, base station 105 may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to perform beamforming operations for directional communication with UE 115. Some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) may be transmitted by base station 105 multiple times in different directions. For example, base station 105 may transmit signals according to different beamforming weight sets associated with different transmission directions. Transmissions in different beam directions may be used (e.g., by the transmitting device (such as base station 105) or the receiving device (such as UE 115)) to identify the beam direction used by base station 105 for subsequent transmissions or receptions.

[0100] Some signals (such as data signals associated with a receiving device) may be transmitted by base station 105 in a single beam direction (e.g., the direction associated with the receiving device (such as UE 115)). In some examples, the beam direction associated with a transmission along a single beam direction may be determined based on signals transmitted in different beam directions. For example, UE 115 may receive one or more signals transmitted by base station 105 in different directions and may report an indication of the signal received by UE 115 with the highest signal quality or other acceptable signal quality to base station 105.

[0101] In some cases, transmissions performed by a device (e.g., by base station 105 or UE 115) may use multiple beam directions, and the device may use a combination of digital precoding or radio frequency beamforming to generate a combined beam for transmission (e.g., from base station 105 to UE 105). UE 115 may report feedback indicating precoding weights for one or more beam directions, and the feedback may correspond to a configured number of beams across the system bandwidth or one or more subbands. Base station 105 may transmit reference signals that may be precoded or unencoded (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS), channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS)). UE 115 may provide feedback for beam selection, which may be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., polyhedral type codebook, linear combination type codebook, port selection type codebook). Although these techniques are described with reference to signals transmitted by base station 105 in one or more directions, UE 115 may use similar techniques to transmit signals multiple times in different directions (e.g., to identify the beam direction used by UE 115 for subsequent transmissions or receptions) or to transmit signals in a single direction (e.g., to transmit data to a receiving device).

[0102] A receiving device (e.g., UE 115) may attempt multiple receive configurations (e.g., directional listening) when receiving various signals (such as synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) from a base station 105. For example, the receiving device may attempt multiple receive directions by: receiving via different antenna sub-arrays, processing received signals according to different antenna sub-arrays, receiving according to different receive beamforming weight sets (e.g., different directional listening weight sets) applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, or processing received signals according to different receive beamforming weight sets applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, any of which may be referred to as “listening” according to different receive configurations or receive directions. In some examples, the receiving device may use a single receive configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving a data signal). The single receive configuration may be aligned in a beam direction determined based on listening according to different receive configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have the highest signal strength, highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or other acceptable signal quality based on listening according to multiple beam directions).

[0103] The wireless communication system 100 may be a packet-based network operating according to a hierarchical protocol stack. In the user plane, communication of the bearer or packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer may be IP-based. The radio link control (RLC) layer may perform packet segmentation and reassembly for communication over logical channels. The media access control (MAC) layer may perform priority handling and multiplex logical channels into transport channels. The MAC layer may also use error detection techniques, error correction techniques, or both to support retransmission at the MAC layer to improve link efficiency. In the control plane, the radio resource control (RRC) protocol layer may provide establishment, configuration, and maintenance of an RRC connection supporting radio bearers for user plane data between the UE 115 and the base station 105 or the core network 130. At the physical layer, transport channels may be mapped to physical channels.

[0104] UE 115 and base station 105 may support retransmission of data to increase the likelihood that the data is successfully received. Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) feedback is a technique for increasing the likelihood of correctly receiving data over communication link 125. HARQ may include a combination of error detection (e.g., using Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)), Forward Error Correction (FEC), and retransmission (e.g., Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)). HARQ may improve the throughput of the MAC layer in poor radio conditions (e.g., low signal-to-noise ratio conditions). In some cases, a device may support simultaneous slot HARQ feedback, where the device may provide HARQ feedback in a particular slot for data received in a previous symbol in that slot. In other cases, the device may provide HARQ feedback in a subsequent slot or according to some other time interval.

[0105] Wireless communication system 100 may include one or more wireless repeaters 150 (e.g., wireless repeater 150). Wireless repeater 150 may include functionality for relaying, extending, and redirecting wireless signals transmitted within the wireless communication system. In some cases, wireless repeater 150 may be used in a Line-of-Sight (LOS) or Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) scenario. In a LOS scenario, a directional (e.g., beamformed) transmission (such as an mmW transmission) may be limited by path loss through the air. In an NLOS scenario (such as in an urban area or indoors), an mmW transmission may be limited by signal blocking or signal interference from physical objects. In either scenario, wireless repeater 150 may be used to receive signals from base station 105 and transmit the signals to UE 115, or to receive signals from UE 115 and transmit the signals to base station 105. Wireless repeater 150 may utilize beamforming, filtering, gain control, and phase correction techniques to improve signal quality and avoid RF interference with the transmitted signals.

[0106] The wireless communication system 100 may support configuring a wireless repeater 150 to monitor transmissions from multiple base stations 105, which may enable the wireless repeater 150 to identify and convey information about different base stations 105. For example, the wireless repeater 150 may be in communication with a first base station 105, and the wireless repeater 150 may forward transmissions between the first base station 105 and one or more UEs 115. Such transmissions may include forwarding the SSB of the first base station 105 (e.g., forwarding the SSB transmitted by the first base station 105 and received by the wireless repeater 150 to one or more other devices). In some cases, the first base station 105 may instruct the wireless repeater 150 to perform monitoring on one or more other base stations 105 that may be transmitting SSBs. The wireless repeater 150 may accordingly search for SSBs transmitted by the other base station(s) 105 and indicate the search results in a report transmitted to the first base station 105. In some cases, this monitoring may be performed by the wireless repeater 150 during one or more periodic intervals. In an example where the periodic monitoring interval may conflict with the relayed transmission of the SSB representing the first base station 105, the first base station 105 may instruct the wireless repeater 150 to temporarily stop the transmission of these SSBs to perform the monitoring. In any case, the wireless repeater 150 may indicate whether an SSB was detected during the monitoring. In an example where a second base station 105 is detected via this monitoring, the wireless repeater 150 may transmit a report including information about the detected SSB and information identifying the second base station 105. The first base station 105 may convey an indication of the configured beam pattern to the wireless repeater 150 based on the received report, and the wireless repeater 150 may then use this beam pattern to relay transmissions of the SSB received from the first base station 105, or the SSB received from the second base station 105, or a combination thereof.

[0107] Figure 2 Illustrate an example of a wireless communication system 200 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. In some examples, the wireless communication system 200 may implement aspects of the wireless communication system 100. As shown, the wireless communication system 200 includes base stations 205-a and 205-b, which may be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference to Figure 1 The wireless communication system 200 further includes a UE 215 and a wireless repeater 250, which may be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference to Figure 1 as described.

[0108] In a wireless communication system 200, a base station 205-a may be connected to a wireless repeater 250. For example, the base station 205-a may send transmissions (e.g., SSBs transmitted in a directional beam) to the wireless repeater 250 via a communication link 210-a. In some examples, the SSBs may be transmitted in respective symbol periods, and each symbol period and SSB may correspond to a different beam direction. The wireless repeater 250 may amplify the SSBs it receives in a directional beam and during corresponding symbol periods and forward these SSBs to other devices in the wireless communication system 200 (including UEs 215). In some examples, the wireless repeater 250 may not receive any SSBs on some symbols because the SSB beams (e.g., the beams used to transmit the SSBs) are transmitted in directions outside the detection range of the wireless repeater 250. During time intervals when no SSBs (or other transmissions) are received, the wireless repeater 250 may enter a power saving mode.

[0109] In some cases, the wireless repeater 250 may be provided with instructions to search for and identify nearby base stations 205 (e.g., newly installed base stations) that the wireless repeater 250 may not have previously detected. In other cases, if the wireless repeater 250 forwards signaling from another base station (e.g., base station 205-b), the base station 205-a may determine that one or more UEs (e.g., UE215) may be better served. For example, mmW communication may be affected by various factors, including trees and buildings, as well as climate effects. Accordingly, the base station 205-a may dynamically determine whether the wireless repeater 250 should search for other base stations.

[0110] As a result, the wireless repeater 250 may be triggered to search for SSB beams from other base stations. The base station 205-a may instruct the wireless repeater 250 to search for SSBs during time intervals when the wireless repeater 250 may not have received or forwarded SSBs from the base station 205-a. Additionally or alternatively, the search for SSBs may be performed during time intervals when the wireless repeater 250 may be receiving or forwarding a relatively small number of SSB beams from the base station 205-a (e.g., the number of SSBs being transmitted is less than a threshold amount). In any case, the base station 205-a may instruct the wireless repeater 250 to perform a periodic search or an aperiodic search (e.g., when a new base station 205 is installed for the network, the base station 205-a may instruct the wireless repeater 250 to perform a search) during a periodic time interval (such as every second).

[0111] In some examples, the base station 205-a may instruct the wireless repeater 250 to stop forwarding SSB beams and perform an SSB search during some time intervals (e.g., asynchronous or synchronous time intervals). As an example, the base station 205-a may determine that the configured time period for monitoring other SSBs may conflict with one or more time periods during which the wireless repeater 250 transmits the SSB of the base station 205-a. Accordingly, the base station 205-a may prioritize the monitoring of SSBs (and the identification of other base stations 205) over the transmission of the SSB from the base station 205-a and provide an instruction for such monitoring or search to the wireless repeater 250 based on this prioritization.

[0112] The base station 205-a may send this instruction to the wireless repeater 250 via a control interface (e.g., in-band or out-of-band control interface). Here, the in-band control interface may include control information signaled within a part of a broadband (e.g., wide signal bandwidth) transmission, which may include a BWP of the broadband bandwidth. In some cases, the broadband bandwidth may be the same bandwidth as that used by the wireless repeater 250 to communicate with the base station 205-a (e.g., for receiving SSBs). The out-of-band control interface may refer to control signaling transmitted on a bandwidth or RF band different from the bandwidth or RF band used for transmitting / receiving SSBs, where the control signaling may be sent to the wireless repeater 250 separately from other transmissions. In some examples, the wireless repeater 250 may not convert the received signaling to baseband and digitize the signal for processing, while the wireless repeater 250 may instead pass the signal, for example, as an RF analog signal through various components. The wireless repeater 250 may convert the signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The signaling from the base station 205-a may include control information and data to be exchanged between the base station 205-a and the wireless repeater 250.

[0113] In some cases, the wireless repeater 250 may process the broadband RF analog signal and extract a narrowband signal that may be in a predetermined BWP of the broadband signal bandwidth. The base station 205-a may change the frequency position of the BWP via the control interface. The wireless repeater 250 may digitally process the narrowband signal and retrieve control (e.g., physical) information from the base station 205-a, where the control information may be related to beam selection in the uplink or downlink signal direction of the expected broadband RF analog signal. In some cases, the control information may include power control, timing control, power saving, or beam weights. The wireless repeater 250 may use the control information received in the control interface to set the beam and signal direction.

[0114] The wireless repeater 250 can identify the SSB beam from the base station 205-b and start communicating with the base station 205-b on the communication link 210-b. In some examples, the wireless repeater 250 can execute an initialization procedure (e.g., a random access procedure) to connect to the base station 205-b. In such cases, the wireless repeater 250 can indicate to the base station 205-b that the wireless repeater 250 is in communication with the base station 205-a. In some examples, in addition to or instead of the SSB of the base station 205-b, the wireless repeater 250 can detect additional SSBs (and their corresponding beams) from the base station 205-a. In some examples, the wireless repeater 250 may not detect additional SSB beams from the base station 205-a, or may not detect any SSB beams from other base stations 205 or wireless devices.

[0115] In some cases, the wireless repeater 250 can report the SSB search results to the base station 205-a via a control interface. The SSB search results can indicate additional SSB beams from the base station 205-a, SSB beams from the base station 205-b, or can report that there are no SSB beams from other base stations or wireless devices. In some cases, for any SSB detected by the wireless repeater 250, the report can also include the RSRP, the base station identifier (ID), the time offset of the detected base station (e.g., the base station 205-b), or any combination thereof. As an example, the time offset of the base station 205-b can include which SSB symbols from the base station 205-b affect the SSB symbols from the base station 205-a in the time domain (e.g., which SSB symbols overlap between the base stations). As described in further detail herein, the base station 205-a can use the information included in the report to configure the beam pattern used by the wireless repeater 250 for relaying the transmission of the SSB.

[0116] For example, the wireless repeater 250 may forward transmissions (e.g., SSB) from the base station 205-a to respective UEs (e.g., including UE 215) over the communication link 220. In some cases, the wireless repeater 250 may forward the SSB from the base station 205-a to the UE 215 and then switch to forwarding the SSB from the base station 205-b to the UE 215. In some examples, the wireless repeater 250 may receive SSBs from both the base station 205-a and the base station 205-b and may transmit these SSBs based on the configured beam patterns, where each beam used by the wireless repeater 250 may be used to transmit the corresponding SSB from the base station 205-a or the base station 205-b. Thus, the base stations 205-a and 205-b may coordinate the patterns for transmitting SSBs during respective symbols to avoid conflicting with overlapping or conflicting SSB symbols from the base stations 205-a and 205-b. In some examples, the base station 205-a may instruct the wireless repeater 250 to ignore SSB symbols from the base station 205-b that conflict with the SSB symbols from the base station 105-a.

[0117] In some examples, the wireless repeater 250 may indicate via the report which beams are used to receive SSBs from different base stations (e.g., from base station 205-b). Additionally, the wireless repeater 250 may provide an indication of the symbol period (or other time period) during which the wireless repeater 250 received the SSB. As an example, the wireless repeater 250 may be connected to base station 205-a, and the wireless repeater 250 may identify a first directional beam (e.g., a first receive beam) used to receive the SSB from base station 205-a. The SSB on the first directional beam may be received during one or more symbol periods (e.g., a first symbol period and a second symbol period). Upon receiving an instruction to monitor SSBs from other base stations 205, the wireless repeater 250 may detect one or more SSBs from base station 205-b and identify a second directional beam (e.g., a second receive beam) used to receive the one or more SSBs from base station 205-b. In such a case, the one or more SSBs from base station 205-b may be received during a third symbol period and a fourth symbol period. In addition to the indication of the SSBs received from base station 205-b on the second receive beam during the third and fourth symbol periods, the wireless repeater 250 may then transmit an indication of the SSBs received from base station 205-a on the first receive beam during the first and second symbol periods. Accordingly, base station 205-a may (e.g., via the configured beam pattern) instruct the wireless repeater 250 to amplify the SSBs received from base station 205-a and base station 205-b and forward the SSBs based on the indicated beams used to receive the respective SSBs during the indicated symbol periods. As a result, the indication of the configured beam pattern sent to the wireless repeater 250 may instruct the wireless repeater 250 as to which receive beam(s) to use within the respective symbol time periods (e.g., symbols) when detecting signals transmitted by multiple base stations 205. As a result, the wireless repeater 250 may configure its directional beams for communicating with base stations 205-a and 205-b according to the indicated beam pattern.

[0118] Figure 3 Illustrate an example of a wireless communication system 300 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. In some examples, the wireless communication system 300 may implement aspects of the wireless communication system 100 or the wireless communication system 200. As shown, the wireless communication system 300 includes base stations 305-a, 305-b, and a wireless repeater 350, which may be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference to Figure 1 and Figure 2 the corresponding devices described.

[0119] In a wireless communication system 300, a base station 305-a may instruct a wireless repeater 350 to perform an SSB beam search, where the wireless repeater 350 may monitor SSBs transmitted from a base station 305 different from the base station 305 connected to the wireless repeater 350. As an example, the wireless repeater 350 may detect an SSB beam 310 in symbol 315 and an SSB beam 320 in symbol 325 from the base station 305-a. In some cases, the wireless repeater 350 may also detect an SSB beam 330 in symbol 335 and an SSB beam 340 in symbol 345 from the base station 305-b. In some examples, the SSBs received in symbol 315, symbol 325, symbol 335, and symbol 345 may be received during a periodic interval 355.

[0120] In some examples, the wireless repeater 350 may report the search results to the base station 305-a. The wireless repeater 350 may report the presence of the base station 305-b to the base station 305-a. The wireless repeater 350 may also report to the base station 305-a the time offset between symbol 335 and symbol 345 for the SSB transmitted by the base station 305-b and symbol 315 and symbol 325 for receiving the SSB from the base station 305-a. In some examples, the wireless repeater 350 may report to the base station 305-a that there is no SSB beam overlap between symbol 335 and symbol 345 of the base station 305-b and the SSB beams for symbol 315 and symbol 325 from the base station 305-a. The base station 305-a may instruct the wireless repeater 350 to forward the SSB beams 330 and 340 generated from the base station 305-b based on the search result report.

[0121] In some cases, the wireless repeater 350 may switch between forwarding the SSB beams from the base station 305-a and the SSB beams from the base station 305-b. For example, the wireless repeater 350 may forward the SSB beam 310 (corresponding to symbol 315) and the SSB beam 320 (corresponding to symbol 325) from the base station 305-a. The wireless repeater 350 may then switch and forward the SSB beam 310 (corresponding to symbol 315) and the SSB beam 320 (corresponding to symbol 325) from the base station 305-b. The transmission of the SSB beam 310, the SSB beam 320, the SSB beam 330, and the SSB beam 340 may include or be according to a beam pattern.

[0122] Figure 4An example of a wireless communication system 400 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure is described. In some examples, the wireless communication system 400 may implement aspects of the wireless communication system 100, the wireless communication system 200, or the wireless communication system 300. As shown, the wireless communication system 400 includes a base station 405-a, a base station 405-b, and a wireless repeater 450, which may be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 The wireless communication system 400 may illustrate various beam patterns used by the wireless repeater 450 for SSB transmission, which may be based on the directional beams used to receive the SSB during the monitoring period.

[0123] In the wireless communication system 400, the base station 405-a may instruct the wireless repeater 450 to perform an SSB beam search (e.g., a search for SSB transmissions sent from another device via a directional beam). As a result of the monitoring during the performed search, the wireless repeater 450 may detect an SSB beam 410 in symbol 415 and an SSB beam 420 in symbol 425 from the base station 405-a. The wireless repeater 450 may also detect an SSB beam 440 in symbol 425 and an SSB beam 430 in symbol 435 from the base station 405-b. In some examples, the SSB transmitted during symbol 415, symbol 425, symbol 435, and symbol 445 may be detected at the wireless repeater 450 during the periodic monitoring interval 455.

[0124] As described herein, the wireless repeater 450 may report the search results to the base station 405-a. The wireless repeater 450 may report the presence of the base station 405-b to the base station 405-a, and the wireless repeater 450 may also determine that the SSB beam 420 and the SSB beam 440 are received during the same symbol period (e.g., symbol 425). Accordingly, the wireless receiver 450 may report an overlap 460 (e.g., a conflict) of the SSB beam 420 and the SSB beam 440 at symbol 425 to the base station 405-a.

[0125] In some cases, the overlap 460 can cause interference to the wireless repeater 450 because the wireless repeater 450 may not be able to simultaneously relay the transmission of the SSB in the directions corresponding to the SSB beam 420 and the SSB beam 440. Thus, the base stations 405-a and 405-b can coordinate to configure a beam pattern used by the wireless repeater 450 to shift the order of the SSB beam 420 and the SSB beam 440 to avoid interference. For example, the base station 405-b can switch the SSB beam 440 from symbol 425 to symbol 445. In other cases, the base station 405-a can instruct the wireless repeater 450 to discard the SSB beam 440 from the base station 405-b and forward the SSB beam 420 from the base station 405-a.

[0126] Figure 5 Illustrates an example of a process flow 500 in a system that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. In some examples, the process flow 500 can implement aspects of the wireless communication system 100, the wireless communication system 200, the wireless communication system 300, or the wireless communication system 400. For example, the process flow 500 can include a base station 505-a, a base station 505-b, a UE 515, and a wireless repeater 550, which can be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference to Figures 1 to 4 those described.

[0127] In some cases, the wireless repeater 550 can be in communication with the base station 505-a, and the wireless repeater 550 can forward (e.g., to the UE 515) the SSB transmission received by the wireless repeater 550 from the base station 505-a. The SSB transmitted on behalf of the base station 505-a can be sent during a set of periodic intervals. At 520, the base station 505-a can send an instruction to the wireless repeater 550 to monitor the SSB from the base station 505-b. These instructions can include an indication of a monitoring time interval for the wireless repeater 550 to monitor the SSB. These instructions can also include an indication to suppress the transmission (e.g., forwarding) of the SSB from the base station 505-a to other wireless devices. In such cases, the monitoring time interval can overlap with the set of periodic intervals. In other cases, the monitoring time interval may not overlap with the set of periodic intervals, and the wireless repeater 550 can both monitor other SSBs (e.g., from the base station 505-b) and forward the SSB received from the base station 505-a. In some examples, these instructions can include control information received by the wireless repeater 550 in a bandwidth that is the same as or different from the bandwidth used to receive the SSB from the base station 505-a.

[0128] At 522, base station 505-b may transmit one or more SSBs, which may be received by wireless repeater 550. Thus, at 525, wireless repeater 550 may detect the SSBs transmitted from base station 505-b at 522. In some cases, wireless repeater 550 may detect a set of attributes associated with the SSBs of base station 505-b. The set of attributes may include, for example, the RSRP associated with these SSBs, or the ID of base station 505-b, or the time offset of the signal received from base station 505-b, or a combination thereof. At 530, wireless repeater 550 may optionally perform an initialization procedure to connect to base station 505-b based on the received SSBs. Additionally or alternatively, at 535, wireless repeater 550 may detect additional SSBs from base station 505-a.

[0129] At 540, wireless repeater 550 may transmit a report indicating the SSBs from base station 505-b to base station 505-a. The report may also include an indication of additional SSBs (if any) from base station 505-a at 535. Wireless repeater 550 may transmit the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to receive SSBs from base station 505-a or in a portion of a bandwidth different from the bandwidth used to receive SSBs from base station 505-a.

[0130] At 545, base station 505-a may transmit an indication of a transmit beam pattern based on the report of SSBs from base station 505-b or base station 505-a, and wireless repeater 550 may receive the indication. The transmit beam pattern may correspond to the symbol periods during which the SSBs from base station 505-a or the SSBs from base station 505-b are transmitted. Accordingly, at 555, wireless repeater 550 may use the beam pattern to forward the SSBs to UE 515. For example, wireless repeater 550 may transmit the SSBs received from base station 505-a or base station 505-b based on the beam pattern indicated by base station 505-a, as described herein.

[0131] Figure 6 Block diagram 600 illustrates a device 605 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Device 605 may be an example of aspects of a wireless repeater as described herein (such as wireless repeater 150 as Figure 1 shown). Device 605 may include a receiver 610, a wireless repeater communication manager 615, and a transmitter 620. Device 605 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0132] The receiver 610 can receive information such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations, etc.). The information can be passed to other components of the device 605. The receiver 610 can be an example of aspects of the transceiver 920 described with reference to Figure 9 The receiver 610 can utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0133] The wireless repeater communication manager 615 can: receive an instruction from a first base station to monitor SSBs transmitted from a second base station; transmit a report to the first base station indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions; and receive an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The wireless repeater communication manager 615 can be an example of aspects of the wireless repeater communication manager 910 described herein.

[0134] The wireless repeater communication manager 615 or its sub-components can be implemented in hardware, code executed by a processor (e.g., software or firmware), or any combination thereof. If implemented in code executed by a processor, the functions of the wireless repeater communication manager 615 or its sub-components can be performed by a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described in this disclosure.

[0135] The wireless repeater communication manager 615 or its sub-components can be physically located in various positions (including being distributed) such that portions of the functions are implemented by one or more physical components at different physical locations. In some examples, in accordance with various aspects of this disclosure, the wireless repeater communication manager 615 or its sub-components can be separate and distinct components. In some examples, in accordance with various aspects of this disclosure, the wireless repeater communication manager 615 or its sub-components can be combined with one or more other hardware components (including but not limited to input / output (I / O) components, transceivers, network servers, another computing device, one or more other components described in this disclosure, or a combination thereof).

[0136] Actions performed by the wireless repeater communication manager 615 as described herein may be implemented to achieve one or more potential advantages. For example, the wireless repeater communication manager 615 may receive instructions from a base station to search for signaling (including SSB) transmitted by other base stations and may report the search results to the base station (e.g., the controlling base station). This implementation may enable the wireless repeater to identify additional base stations that can provide enhanced coverage to one or more UEs in the wireless system. Additionally, the wireless repeater communication manager 615 may receive instructions from a base station indicating the beam patterns to be used for receiving signaling transmitted from multiple base stations, which may enable the wireless repeater to coherently determine which beams will be used to receive SSB during corresponding symbol periods. This implementation may advantageously reduce the complexity at the wireless repeater by configuring the beam patterns such that the wireless repeater can efficiently detect and forward signals received from multiple base stations. By enabling the wireless repeater to use the described techniques to connect to multiple base stations, the communication quality and reliability of each UE communicating with different base stations via the wireless repeater can be increased.

[0137] The transmitter 620 may transmit signals generated by other components of the device 605. In some examples, the transmitter 620 may be co-located with the receiver 610 in a transceiver. For example, the transmitter 620 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 920 described with reference to Figure 9 The transmitter 620 may utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0138] Figure 7 FIG. 700 is a block diagram illustrating a device 705 supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The device 705 may be an example of aspects of the device 605 or the wireless repeater 150 as described herein (as Figure 1 shown). The device 705 may include a receiver 710, a wireless repeater communication manager 715, and a transmitter 735. The device 705 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0139] The receiver 710 may receive information such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations, etc.). The information may be passed to other components of the device 705. The receiver 710 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 920 described with reference to Figure 9 The receiver 710 may utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0140] The wireless repeater communication manager 715 may be an example of aspects of the wireless repeater communication manager 615 as described herein. The wireless repeater communication manager 715 may include a monitoring component 720, a reporting component 725, and a beam manager 730. The wireless repeater communication manager 715 may be an example of aspects of the wireless repeater communication manager 910 as described herein.

[0141] The monitoring component 720 may receive instructions from a first base station to monitor SSBs from a second base station. The reporting component 725 may transmit a report to the first base station indicating the detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions.

[0142] The beam manager 730 may receive an indication of a transmit beam pattern from the first base station for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0143] The transmitter 735 may transmit signals generated by other components of the device 705. In some examples, the transmitter 735 may be co-located with the receiver 710 in a transceiver. For example, the transmitter 735 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 920 as described with reference to Figure 9 The transmitter 735 may utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0144] Based on at least one beam pattern configured to receive signaling from one or more base stations, a processor of the wireless repeater (e.g., which controls the receiver 710, the transmitter 735, or the transceiver 920 as described with reference to Figure 9 may efficiently determine where and when signals from these base stations are expected. Additionally, the processor of the wireless repeater may identify additional base stations to which the wireless repeater may connect, which may be based on instructions to search for additional wireless devices transmitting signaling. The processor of the wireless repeater may turn on one or more processing units to monitor signaling, configure beam patterns (e.g., for receive beams), identify parameters or information associated with the received signaling, or similar mechanisms within the wireless repeater. Thus, when signaling from another wireless device is received at the wireless repeater, the processor may be ready to respond more efficiently by reducing the ramp-up of processing power.

[0145] Figure 8FIG. 800 is a block diagram of a wireless repeater communication manager 805 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless repeater communication manager 805 may be an example of aspects of the wireless repeater communication manager 615, the wireless repeater communication manager 715, or the wireless repeater communication manager 910 described herein. The wireless repeater communication manager 805 may include a monitoring component 810, a reporting component 815, a beam manager 820, a synchronization signal block manager 825, an initialization component 830, and a control information component 835. Each of these components may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0146] The monitoring component 810 may receive instructions from a first base station to monitor SSBs from a second base station. In some examples, the monitoring component 810 may monitor SSBs from the second base station during a monitoring interval based on these instructions. In some examples, the monitoring component 810 may receive an indication to suppress transmission of one or more SSBs from the first base station during intervals that overlap the monitoring interval in a set of periodic intervals as part of these instructions. In some examples, the monitoring component 810 may detect the one or more SSBs from the second base station based on these instructions. In some cases, the monitoring interval does not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

[0147] The reporting component 815 may transmit a report to the first base station indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions. In some examples, the reporting component 815 may transmit an indication of a set of attributes associated with the one or more SSBs from the second base station within the report.

[0148] In some examples, the reporting component 815 may transmit an indication of one or more additional SSBs from the first base station within the report. In some examples, the reporting component 815 may transmit the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to receive the one or more SSBs from the first base station. In some examples, the reporting component 815 may transmit the report in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to receive the one or more SSBs from the first base station. In some examples, the reporting component 815 may transmit an indication of a first receive beam, a second receive beam, a first set of one or more symbol periods, a second set of one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof within the report.

[0149] The beam manager 820 may receive an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from a second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. In some cases, the transmit beam pattern corresponds to a symbol period during which the one or more SSBs from the first base station are transmitted, the one or more SSBs from the second base station are transmitted, or a combination thereof.

[0150] In some examples, the beam manager 820 may identify a first receive beam for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station during a first set of one or more symbol periods. In some cases, the beam manager 820 may identify a second receive beam for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station during a second set of one or more symbol periods. In some cases, the transmit beam pattern may be based on an indication of the first receive beam, the second receive beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof. In some cases, the beam manager 820 may configure a receive beam for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station during a set including one or more symbol periods, receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station during a second set including one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof, where the configuration is at least partially based on the indication of the transmit beam pattern.

[0151] The synchronization signal block manager 825 may receive one or more SSBs from the first base station. In some examples, the synchronization signal block manager 825 may transmit the one or more SSBs from the first base station to one or more wireless devices, where the one or more SSBs are transmitted during a set of periodic intervals. In some examples, the synchronization signal block manager 825 may determine a set of attributes associated with the one or more SSBs from the second base station based on detecting the one or more SSBs from the second base station.

[0152] In some examples, the synchronization signal block manager 825 may detect one or more additional SSBs from the first base station based on the instructions. In some cases, the set of attributes includes the reference signal received power of the one or more SSBs from the second base station, the identity of the second base station, the time offset of the signal received from the second base station, or a combination thereof.

[0153] The initialization component 830 may perform an initialization procedure to connect to the second base station based on the detected one or more SSBs from the second base station. The control information component 835 may receive control information including the instructions from the first base station, where the control information is received in a portion of the bandwidth used for receiving one or more SSBs from the first base station.

[0154] In some examples, the control information component 835 may receive control information including these instructions from a first base station, where the control information is received in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to receive one or more SSBs from the first base station.

[0155] Figure 9 FIG. showing a system 900 including an apparatus 905 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The apparatus 905 may be an example of, or include components of, the apparatus 605, the apparatus 705, or the wireless repeater 150 as Figure 1 shown herein. The apparatus 905 may include components for two-way voice and data communication, which include components for transmitting and receiving communications, including a wireless repeater communication manager 910, an I / O controller 915, a transceiver 920, an antenna 925, a memory 930, and a processor 940. These components may be in electronic communication via one or more buses (e.g., bus 945).

[0156] The wireless repeater communication manager 910 may: receive instructions from a first base station to monitor SSBs from a second base station; transmit to the first base station a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and receive from the first base station an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0157] The I / O controller 915 may manage input and output signals of the apparatus 905. The I / O controller 915 may also manage peripheral devices not integrated into the apparatus 905. In some cases, the I / O controller 915 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral device. In some cases, the I / O controller 915 may utilize an operating system, such as or another known operating system. In other cases, the I / O controller 915 may represent, or interact with, a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, or similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 915 may be implemented as part of a processor. In some cases, a user may interact with the apparatus 905 via the I / O controller 915 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 915.

[0158] The transceiver 920 can perform two-way communication via one or more antennas, wired or wireless links, as described herein. For example, the transceiver 920 can represent a wireless transceiver and can perform two-way communication with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 920 can also include a modem to modulate packets and provide the modulated packets to the antenna for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the antenna. In some cases, the wireless device can include a single antenna 925. However, in some cases, the device can have more than one antenna 925, which can be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions.

[0159] The memory 930 can include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). The memory 930 can store computer-readable, computer-executable code 935 that includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the various functions described herein. In some cases, the memory 930 can particularly contain a basic input / output system (BIOS), which can control basic hardware or software operations, such as interactions with peripheral components or devices.

[0160] The processor 940 can include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, the processor 940 can be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In other cases, the memory controller can be integrated into the processor 940. The processor 940 can be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the memory 930) to cause the device 905 to perform various functions (e.g., support functions or tasks for techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations).

[0161] The code 935 can include instructions for implementing aspects of the present disclosure, including instructions for supporting wireless communication. The code 935 can be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or other types of memory. In some cases, the code 935 may not be directly executable by the processor 940, but can cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein.

[0162] Figure 10 Block diagram 1000 shows a device 1005 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1005 can be an example of aspects of the base station 105 as described herein. The device 1005 can include a receiver 1010, a base station communication manager 1015, and a transmitter 1020. The device 1005 can also include a processor. Each of these components can be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0163] The receiver 1010 can receive information such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations, etc.). The information can be passed to other components of the device 1005. The receiver 1010 can be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described with reference to Figure 13 The receiver 1010 can utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0164] The base station communication manager 1015 can: transmit an instruction to the wireless repeater to monitor the SSB from the second base station; receive, from the wireless repeater, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions; and transmit to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The base station communication manager 1015 can be an example of aspects of the base station communication manager 1310 described herein.

[0165] The base station communication manager 1015 or its sub-components can be implemented in hardware, code executed by a processor (e.g., software or firmware), or any combination thereof. If implemented in code executed by a processor, the functions of the base station communication manager 1015 or its sub-components can be performed by a general-purpose processor, DSP, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described in this disclosure.

[0166] The base station communication manager 1015 or its sub-components can be physically located at various locations, including being distributed such that portions of the functions are implemented by one or more physical components at different physical locations. In some examples, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure, the base station communication manager 1015 or its sub-components can be separate and distinct components. In some examples, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure, the base station communication manager 1015 or its sub-components can be combined with one or more other hardware components (including but not limited to input / output (I / O) components, transceivers, network servers, another computing device, one or more other components described in this disclosure, or a combination thereof).

[0167] The transmitter 1020 can transmit signals generated by other components of the device 1005. In some examples, the transmitter 1020 can be co-located with the receiver 1010 in a transceiver. For example, the transmitter 1020 can be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described with reference to Figure 13Examples of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described. The transmitter 1020 may utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0168] Figure 11 FIG. 1100 is a block diagram illustrating a device 1105 supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1005 may be an example of aspects of the device 1005 or the base station 105 described herein. The device 1105 may include a receiver 1110, a base station communication manager 1115, and a transmitter 1135. The device 1105 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0169] The receiver 1110 may receive information such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations, etc.). The information may be passed to other components of the device 1105. The receiver 1110 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described with reference to Figure 13 Examples of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described. The receiver 1110 may utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0170] The base station communication manager 1115 may be an example of aspects of the base station communication manager 1015 described herein. The base station communication manager 1115 may include an instruction manager 1120, a reporting manager 1125, and a beam pattern manager 1130. The base station communication manager 1115 may be an example of aspects of the base station communication manager 1310 described herein.

[0171] The instruction manager 1120 may convey instructions to the wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from a second base station. The reporting manager 1125 may receive, from the wireless repeater, a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions.

[0172] The beam pattern manager 1130 may convey an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof to the wireless repeater, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0173] The transmitter 1135 may transmit signals generated by other components of the device 1105. In some examples, the transmitter 1135 may be co-located with the receiver 1110 in a transceiver. For example, the transmitter 1135 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described with reference to Figure 13 Examples of aspects of the transceiver 1320 described. The transmitter 1135 may utilize a single antenna or an antenna array.

[0174] Figure 12 FIG. 1200 is a block diagram showing a base station communication manager 1205 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The base station communication manager 1205 may be an example of aspects of the base station communication manager 1015, the base station communication manager 1115, or the base station communication manager 1310 described herein. The base station communication manager 1205 may include an instruction manager 1210, a report manager 1215, a beam pattern manager 1220, a synchronization signal block pattern manager 1225, a monitoring configuration component 1230, and a control information manager 1235. Each of these components may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0175] The instruction manager 1210 may transmit instructions to the wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from a second base station. In some examples, the instruction manager 1210 may transmit an indication of a monitoring interval within these instructions. In some examples, the instruction manager 1210 may transmit an indication to suppress transmission of the one or more SSBs from the first base station during the interval based on an identified conflict as part of these instructions.

[0176] The report manager 1215 may receive a report from the wireless repeater indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions. In some examples, the report manager 1215 may receive an indication of a set of attributes associated with the one or more SSBs from the second base station within the report. In some examples, the report manager 1215 may receive an indication of a first receive beam and a first set of one or more symbol periods for receiving one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station (e.g., by the wireless repeater) and an indication of a second receive beam and a second set of one or more symbol periods for receiving one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station (e.g., by the wireless repeater) within the report.

[0177] In some examples, the report manager 1215 may receive the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to transmit one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater. In some examples, the report manager 1215 may receive the report in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to transmit one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater. In some cases, the set of attributes includes the reference signal received power of the one or more SSBs from the second base station, the identity of the second base station, the time offset of the signal received from the second base station, or a combination thereof.

[0178] The beam pattern manager 1220 may transmit an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from a second base station, or a combination thereof to the wireless repeater, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. In some cases, the transmit beam pattern corresponds to the symbol period during which the one or more SSBs from the first base station are transmitted, the one or more SSBs from the second base station are transmitted, or a combination thereof. In some examples, the beam pattern manager 1220 may determine the transmit beam pattern based on an indication of a first receive beam, a second receive beam, a first set of one or more symbol periods, a second set of one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof.

[0179] The synchronization signal block pattern manager 1225 may determine a synchronization signal block pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from a second base station, or a combination thereof based on the report, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to the synchronization signal block pattern. In some examples, the synchronization signal block pattern manager 1225 may communicate with the second base station based on the report to configure the synchronization signal block pattern.

[0180] The monitoring configuration component 1230 may configure a monitoring interval for monitoring SSBs from the second base station. In some examples, the monitoring configuration component 1230 may determine a set of periodic intervals for the wireless repeater to transmit one or more SSBs from the first base station. In some examples, the monitoring configuration component 1230 may identify a conflict between an interval in the set of periodic intervals and the monitoring interval. In some examples, the monitoring configuration component 1230 may determine a set of periodic intervals for the wireless repeater to transmit one or more SSBs from the first base station, wherein the monitoring interval does not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

[0181] The control information manager 1235 may transmit control information including the instructions, wherein the control information is transmitted in a portion of the bandwidth used to transmit one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater. In some examples, the control information manager 1235 may transmit control information including the instructions in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to transmit one or more SSBs to the wireless repeater.

[0182] Figure 13FIG. shows a system 1300 including an apparatus 1305 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1305 may be an example of, or include components of, the apparatus 1005, the apparatus 1105, or the base station 105 as described herein. The apparatus 1305 may include components for two-way voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, including a base station communication manager 1310, a network communication manager 1315, a transceiver 1320, an antenna 1325, a memory 1330, a processor 1340, and an inter-station communication manager 1345. These components may be in electronic communication via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1350).

[0183] The base station communication manager 1310 may: transmit instructions to the wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from a second base station; receive from the wireless repeater a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions; and transmit to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report.

[0184] The network communication manager 1315 may manage communication with the core network (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example, the network communication manager 1315 may manage the delivery of data communication for client devices (such as one or more UEs 115).

[0185] The transceiver 1320 may perform two-way communication via one or more antennas, wired or wireless links, as described herein. For example, the transceiver 1320 may represent a wireless transceiver and may perform two-way communication with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 1320 may also include a modem to modulate packets and provide the modulated packets to the antenna for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the antenna. In some cases, the wireless device may include a single antenna 1325. However, in some cases, the device may have more than one antenna 1325, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions.

[0186] The memory 1330 may include RAM, ROM, or a combination thereof. The memory 1330 may store computer-readable code 1335 including instructions that, when executed by a processor (e.g., processor 1340), cause the device to perform the various functions described herein. In some cases, the memory 1330 may particularly include a BIOS, which may control basic hardware or software operations, such as interactions with peripheral components or devices.

[0187] The processor 1340 may include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., general-purpose processors, DSPs, CPUs, microcontrollers, ASICs, FPGAs, programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, the processor 1340 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some cases, the memory controller may be integrated into the processor 1340. The processor 1340 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., memory 1330) to cause the device 1305 to perform various functions (e.g., support various functions or tasks for technologies that connect a wireless repeater to multiple base stations).

[0188] The inter-station communication manager 1345 may manage communication with another base station 105 and may include a controller or scheduler for collaboratively controlling communication with the UE 115 with that other base station 105. For example, the inter-station communication manager 1345 may coordinate the scheduling of transmissions to the UE 115 for various interference mitigation techniques such as beamforming or joint transmission. In some examples, the inter-station communication manager 1345 may provide an X2 interface within the LTE / LTE-A wireless communication network technology to provide communication between base stations 105.

[0189] The code 1335 may include instructions for implementing aspects of the present disclosure, including instructions for supporting wireless communication. The code 1335 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or other types of memory. In some cases, the code 1335 may not be directly executed by the processor 1340 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein.

[0190] Figure 14 A flowchart illustrating a method 1400 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure is shown. The operations of method 1400 may be implemented by a wireless repeater (such as wireless repeater 150 as shown in Figure 1 or its components as described herein). For example, the operations of method 1400 may be performed by a wireless repeater communication manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 In some examples, the wireless repeater may execute an instruction set to control functional elements of the wireless repeater to perform the functions described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless repeater may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described herein.

[0191] At 1405, the wireless repeater may receive an instruction from a first base station to monitor SSBs from a second base station. The operation at 1405 may be performed in accordance with the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1405 may be performed by a wireless repeater communication manager as described with reference toFigures 6 to 9 performed by the described monitoring component.

[0192] At 1410, the wireless repeater may transmit to the first base station a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions. The operation of 1410 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1410 may be performed by a reporting component as referred to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0193] At 1415, the wireless repeater may receive from the first base station an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The operation of 1415 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1415 may be performed by a beam manager as referred to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0194] Figure 15 FIG. 1500 is a flow diagram illustrating a method 1500 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1500 may be implemented by a wireless repeater (such as wireless repeater 150 as Figure 1 shown) or components thereof as described herein. For example, the operations of method 1500 may be performed by a wireless repeater communication manager as referred to Figures 6 to 9 as described. In some examples, the wireless repeater may execute an instruction set to control functional elements of the wireless repeater to perform the functions described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless repeater may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described herein.

[0195] At 1505, the wireless repeater may receive from the first base station an instruction to monitor SSBs from the second base station. The operation of 1505 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1505 may be performed by a monitoring component as referred to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0196] At 1510, the wireless repeater may identify a first receive beam for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station during a first set of one or more symbol periods. The operation of 1510 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1510 may be performed by a beam manager as referred to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0197] At 1515, the wireless repeater may identify a second receive beam for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station during a second set of one or more symbol periods. The operation at 1515 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1515 may be performed by a beam manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0198] At 1520, the wireless repeater may transmit a report to the first base station indicating detection of the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on these instructions. The operation at 1520 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1520 may be performed by a reporting component as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0199] At 1525, the wireless repeater may transmit, within the report, an indication of the first receive beam, the second receive beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof. The operation at 1525 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1525 may be performed by a reporting component as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0200] At 1530, the wireless repeater may receive, from the first base station, an indication of a transmit beam pattern for the one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The operation at 1530 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1530 may be performed by a beam manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0201] At 1535, the wireless repeater may configure a receive beam of the wireless repeater for receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station during a first set of one or more symbol periods, receiving the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station during a second set of one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof, where the configuration is based on the indication of the transmit beam pattern. The operation at 1535 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1535 may be performed by a beam manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 as described.

[0202] Figure 16 FIG. 1600 is a flow diagram illustrating a method 1600 that supports techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1600 may be implemented by a wireless repeater or components thereof as described herein. For example, the operations of method 1600 may be performed by a component as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9Performed by the described wireless repeater communication manager. In some examples, the wireless repeater may execute an instruction set to control the functional elements of the wireless repeater to perform the functions described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless repeater may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described herein.

[0203] At 1605, the wireless repeater may receive one or more SSBs from a first base station. The operation of 1605 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1605 may be performed by a synchronization signal block manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 The described synchronization signal block manager.

[0204] At 1610, the wireless repeater may receive instructions from the first base station to monitor SSBs from a second base station. The operation of 1610 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1610 may be performed by a monitoring component as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 The described monitoring component.

[0205] At 1615, the wireless repeater may transmit to one or more wireless devices the one or more SSBs from the first base station, which are transmitted during a set of periodic intervals. The operation of 1615 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1615 may be performed by a synchronization signal block manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 The described synchronization signal block manager.

[0206] At 1620, the wireless repeater may monitor SSBs from the second base station during a monitoring interval based on the instructions. The operation of 1620 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1620 may be performed by a monitoring component as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 The described monitoring component.

[0207] At 1625, the wireless repeater may transmit to the first base station a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions. The operation of 1625 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1625 may be performed by a reporting component as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 The described reporting component.

[0208] At 1630, the wireless repeater may receive from the first base station an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The operation of 1630 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1630 may be performed by a beam manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 The described beam manager.

[0209] At 1635, the wireless repeater may configure a receive beam for the wireless repeater to receive one or more SSBs transmitted from a first base station during a set including one or more symbol periods, receive one or more SSBs transmitted from a second base station during a second set including one or more symbol periods, or a combination thereof, where the configuration is based on an indication of the transmit beam pattern. The operation of 1635 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1635 may be performed by a beam manager as described with reference to Figures 6 to 9 what is described.

[0210] Figure 17 FIG. 1700 is a flow diagram illustrating a method 1700 supporting techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1700 may be implemented by a base station 105 or components thereof as described herein. For example, the operations of method 1700 may be performed by a base station communication manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 what is described. In some examples, the base station may execute an instruction set to control functional elements of the base station to perform the functions described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described herein.

[0211] At 1705, the base station may transmit an instruction to the wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from a second base station. The operation of 1705 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1705 may be performed by an instruction manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 what is described.

[0212] At 1710, the base station may receive from the wireless repeater a report indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions. The operation of 1710 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1710 may be performed by a report manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 described.

[0213] At 1715, the base station may transmit to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, the one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof, where the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The operation of 1715 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1715 may be performed by a beam pattern manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 what is described.

[0214] Figure 18FIG. 1800 is a flow chart showing a method 1800 that illustrates techniques in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure for supporting the connection of a wireless repeater to multiple base stations. Operations of method 1800 may be implemented by base station 105 or its components as described herein. For example, operations of method 1800 may be performed by a base station communication manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 In some examples, the base station may execute an instruction set to control functional elements of the base station to perform the functions described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described herein.

[0215] At 1805, the base station may transmit an instruction to the wireless repeater to monitor SSBs from a second base station. The operation of 1805 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1805 may be performed by an instruction manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 described.

[0216] At 1810, the base station may receive a report from the wireless repeater indicating detection of one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station based on the instructions. The operation of 1810 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1810 may be performed by a report manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 described.

[0217] At 1815, the base station may determine a synchronization signal block pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof based on the report, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to the synchronization signal block pattern. The operation of 1815 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1815 may be performed by a synchronization signal block pattern manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 described.

[0218] At 1820, the base station may transmit an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more SSBs transmitted from the first base station, one or more SSBs transmitted from the second base station, or a combination thereof to the wireless repeater, wherein the transmit beam pattern is based on the report. The operation of 1820 may be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1820 may be performed by a beam pattern manager as described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 described.

[0219] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations, and the operations and steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and other implementations are possible. Additionally, aspects from two or more methods may be combined.

[0220] Although aspects of LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR systems may be described for example purposes and the terms LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR may be used in much of the description, the techniques described herein may also be applied to networks other than LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the described techniques may be applied to a variety of other wireless communication systems such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, and other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0221] The information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different arts and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referred to throughout this description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or optical particles, or any combination thereof.

[0222] The various blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, CPU, FPGA, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration).

[0223] The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted via a computer-readable medium as one or more instructions or code. Other examples and implementations fall within the scope of the disclosure and the appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described herein may be implemented using software, hardware, firmware, hardwired, or any combination thereof executed by a processor. The features implementing the functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of the functions are implemented at different physical locations.

[0224] A computer-readable medium includes both a non-transitory computer storage medium and a communication medium including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, compact disc (CD) ROM or other optical disc storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer, or a general purpose or special purpose processor. Any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if software is transferred from a web site, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of computer-readable medium. As used herein, disk and disc include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc, where disks typically reproduce data magnetically and discs optically with lasers. Combinations of the above media are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0225] As used herein, including in the claims, the "or" used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items that is accompanied by phrases such as "at least one of" or "one or more of") indicates an inclusive listing such that, for example, the listing of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Similarly, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should not be construed as reciting a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step described as "based on condition A" may be based on both condition A and condition B without departing from the scope of the disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should be construed in the same manner as the phrase "at least partially based on".

[0226] In the figures, similar components or features may have the same reference numerals. Additionally, each of the same type of components may be distinguished by following the reference numeral with a dash and a second label that differentiates among the similar components. If only the first reference numeral is used in the specification, the description may apply to any one of the similar components having the same first reference numeral regardless of the second reference numeral, or any other subsequent reference numeral.

[0227] The description set forth herein with reference to the drawings is illustrative of example embodiments and does not represent all example embodiments that may be implemented or fall within the scope of the claims. The term "example" as used herein means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration" and does not mean "superior to" or "better than" other examples. This detailed description includes specific details to provide an understanding of the described techniques. However, the techniques may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.

[0228] The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the art to make or use the present disclosure. Various modifications to the present disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication at a wireless repeater, the method comprises: receiving, from a first network entity, an instruction to monitor a synchronization signal block transmitted from a second network entity; transmitting, to the first network entity, a report indicating that one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity are detected at least partially based on the instruction, the report including information related to the detected one or more synchronization signal blocks; receiving, from the first network entity, an indication of a transmission beam pattern for one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity and the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, wherein the transmission beam pattern is at least partially based on the report and indicates that the wireless repeater should forward the one or more synchronization signal blocks according to the transmission beam pattern during a set of symbol periods; and forwarding, based on the set of symbol periods, according to the transmission beam pattern, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, or any combination thereof, to one or more user equipments (UEs).

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprises: receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity; transmitting, to one or more wireless devices, the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks being transmitted during a set of periodic intervals; and monitoring the synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity during a monitoring interval at least partially based on the instruction.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprises: receiving an indication to suppress transmission of the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity during an interval that overlaps with the monitoring interval in the set of periodic intervals as part of the instruction.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the monitoring interval does not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprises: determining, at least partially based on detecting the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, a set of attributes associated with the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity; and transmitting, within the report, an indication of the set of attributes associated with the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, the set of attributes including the reference signal received power of the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, the identity of the second network entity, the time offset of the signal received from the second network entity, or any combination thereof.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprises: identifying a first receiving beam for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity during a first set of one or more symbol periods; identifying a second receiving beam for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity during a second set of one or more symbol periods; and Transmit an indication of the first receive beam, the second receive beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof within the report.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmit beam pattern is at least partially based on the indication of the first receive beam, the second receive beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: configuring a receive beam of the wireless repeater for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity during a set including one or more symbol periods, receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity during a second set including one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof, wherein the configured receive beam is at least partially based on the indication of the transmit beam pattern.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting one or more additional synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity at least partially based on the instruction; and transmitting an indication of the one or more additional synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity within the report.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity at least partially based on the instruction; and performing an initialization procedure to connect with the second network entity at least partially based on the detected one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the report comprises: transmitting the report in a portion of the bandwidth for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the report comprises: transmitting the report in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the instruction comprises: receiving control information including the instruction from the first network entity, wherein the control information is received in a portion of the bandwidth for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the instruction comprises: receiving control information including the instruction from the first network entity, wherein the control information is received in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to symbol periods during which the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity are transmitted, the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity are transmitted, or any combination thereof.

16. A method for wireless communication at a first network entity, the method comprises: transmitting an instruction to a wireless repeater to monitor a synchronization signal block from a second network entity; receiving, from the wireless repeater, a report indicating detection of one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity at least partially based on the instruction, the report including information related to the detected one or more synchronization signal blocks; and transmitting to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmit beam pattern for one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity and the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, wherein the transmit beam pattern is at least partially based on the report and indicates that the wireless repeater should forward the one or more synchronization signal blocks according to the transmit beam pattern during a set of symbol periods, and wherein the transmit beam pattern is used by the wireless repeater to forward, based on the set of symbol periods, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, or any combination thereof, to one or more user equipments (UEs).

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprises: determining, at least partially based on the report, a synchronization signal block pattern for the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to the synchronization signal block pattern.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein determining the synchronization signal block pattern comprises: communicating with the second network entity to configure the synchronization signal block pattern at least partially based on the report.

19. The method according to claim 16, further comprises: configuring a monitoring interval for monitoring the synchronization signal block from the second network entity; and transmitting an indication of the monitoring interval within the instruction.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprises: determining a set of periodic intervals in which the wireless repeater is to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity; identifying a conflict between one of the set of periodic intervals and the monitoring interval; and transmitting, at least partially based on the identified conflict, an indication of suppression of transmission of the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity during the interval as part of the instruction.

21. The method according to claim 19, further comprises: determining a set of periodic intervals in which the wireless repeater is to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity, wherein the monitoring interval does not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

22. The method according to claim 16, further comprises: Receive, in the report, an indication of a set of attributes associated with the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, the set of attributes including the reference signal received power of the one or more synchronization blocks from the second network entity, the identity of the second network entity, the time offset of the signal received from the second network entity, or any combination thereof.

23. The method according to claim 16, further comprising: Receive, in the report, an indication of a first receiving beam and a first set of one or more symbol periods for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity and an indication of a second receiving beam and a second set of one or more symbol periods for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity; and Determine the transmit beam pattern based at least in part on the indication of the first receiving beam, the second receiving beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

24. The method according to claim 16, wherein receiving the report comprises: Receive the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

25. The method according to claim 16, wherein receiving the report comprises: Receive the report in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

26. The method according to claim 16, wherein transmitting the instruction comprises: Transmit control information including the instruction, wherein the control information is transmitted in a portion of the bandwidth used to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

27. The method according to claim 16, wherein transmitting the instruction comprises: Transmit control information including the instruction in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

28. The method according to claim 16, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to the symbol periods during which the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity are transmitted, the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity are transmitted, or any combination thereof.

29. An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless repeater, the apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a first network entity, an instruction to monitor synchronization signal blocks from a second network entity; means for transmitting, to the first network entity, a report indicating that one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity are detected at least in part based on the instruction, the report including information related to the detected one or more synchronization signal blocks; Apparatus for receiving an indication of a transmission beam pattern for one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity and the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, wherein the transmission beam pattern is at least partially based on the report and indicates that the wireless repeater should forward the one or more synchronization signal blocks according to the transmission beam pattern during a set of symbol periods; and Apparatus for forwarding, according to the transmission beam pattern based on the set of symbol periods, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, or any combination thereof, to one or more user equipments (UEs).

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: Apparatus for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity; Apparatus for transmitting the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity to one or more wireless devices, the one or more synchronization signal blocks being transmitted during a set of periodic intervals; and Apparatus for monitoring the synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity during a monitoring interval at least partially based on the instruction.

31. The apparatus according to claim 30, further comprising: Apparatus for receiving an indication to suppress transmission of the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity during an interval overlapping with the monitoring interval in the set of periodic intervals as part of the instruction.

32. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the monitoring interval does not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

33. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: Apparatus for determining a set of attributes associated with the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity at least partially based on detecting the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity; and Apparatus for transmitting, in the report, an indication of the set of attributes associated with the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, the set of attributes including reference signal received power of the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, identity of the second network entity, time offset of the signal received from the second network entity, or any combination thereof.

34. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: Apparatus for identifying a first receiving beam for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity during a first set of one or more symbol periods; Apparatus for identifying a second receiving beam for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity during a second set of one or more symbol periods; and Apparatus for transmitting, in the report, an indication of the first receiving beam, the second receiving beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

35. The apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the transmit beam pattern is at least partially based on the indication of the first receive beam, the second receive beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

36. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: means for configuring a receive beam of the wireless repeater to receive the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity during a first set of one or more symbol periods, to receive the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity during a second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof, wherein the configured receive beam is at least partially based on the indication of the transmit beam pattern.

37. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: means for detecting one or more additional synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity at least partially based on the instruction; and means for transmitting an indication of the one or more additional synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity in the report.

38. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: means for detecting the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity at least partially based on the instruction; and means for performing an initialization procedure to connect to the second network entity at least partially based on the detected one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity.

39. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the means for transmitting the report comprises: means for transmitting the report in a portion of the bandwidth used to receive the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

40. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the means for transmitting the report comprises: means for transmitting the report in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to receive the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

41. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the means for receiving the instruction comprises: means for receiving control information including the instruction from the first network entity, wherein the control information is received in a portion of the bandwidth used to receive the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

42. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the means for receiving the instruction comprises: means for receiving control information including the instruction from the first network entity, wherein the control information is received in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used to receive the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity.

43. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to symbol periods during which the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity are transmitted, the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity are transmitted, or any combination thereof.

44. Apparatus for wireless communication at a first network entity, the apparatus comprising: means for transmitting to a wireless repeater an instruction to monitor a synchronization signal block from a second network entity; means for receiving from the wireless repeater a report indicating detection of one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, at least in part based on the instruction, the report including information related to the detected one or more synchronization signal blocks; and means for transmitting to the wireless repeater an indication of a transmission beam pattern for one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity and the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, wherein the transmission beam pattern is at least in part based on the report and indicates that the wireless repeater should forward the one or more synchronization signal blocks according to the transmission beam pattern during a set of symbol periods, and wherein the transmission beam pattern is used by the wireless repeater to forward to one or more user equipments (UEs) the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, or any combination thereof, based on the set of symbol periods according to the transmission beam pattern.

45. The apparatus of claim 44, further comprising: means for determining, at least in part based on the report, a synchronization signal block pattern for the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity, the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity, or any combination thereof, wherein the transmission beam pattern corresponds to the synchronization signal block pattern.

46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the means for determining the synchronization signal block pattern comprises: means for communicating with the second network entity, at least in part based on the report, to configure the synchronization signal block pattern.

47. The apparatus of claim 44, further comprising: means for configuring a monitoring interval for monitoring the synchronization signal block from the second network entity; and means for transmitting an indication of the monitoring interval within the instruction.

48. The apparatus of claim 47, further comprising: means for determining a set of periodic intervals for which the wireless repeater is to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity; means for identifying a conflict between one of the set of periodic intervals and the monitoring interval; and means for transmitting, at least in part based on the identified conflict, an indication for suppressing transmission of the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity during the interval as part of the instruction.

49. The apparatus of claim 47, further comprising: means for determining a set of periodic intervals for which the wireless repeater is to transmit the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity, wherein the monitoring interval does not overlap with the set of periodic intervals.

50. The apparatus of claim 44, further comprising: Apparatus for receiving, within the report, an indication of a set of attributes associated with one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity, the set of attributes including the reference signal received power of one or more synchronization blocks from the second network entity, the identity of the second network entity, the time offset of the signal received from the second network entity, or any combination thereof.

51. The apparatus according to claim 44, further comprising: Apparatus for receiving, within the report, an indication of a first receiving beam and a first set of one or more symbol periods for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the first network entity and an indication of a second receiving beam and a second set of one or more symbol periods for receiving the one or more synchronization signal blocks transmitted from the second network entity; and Apparatus for determining the transmit beam pattern based at least in part on the indication of the first receiving beam, the second receiving beam, the first set of one or more symbol periods, the second set of one or more symbol periods, or any combination thereof.

52. The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the apparatus for receiving the report comprises: Apparatus for receiving the report in a portion of the bandwidth used for transmitting the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

53. The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the apparatus for receiving the report comprises: Apparatus for receiving the report in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used for transmitting the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

54. The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the apparatus for transmitting the instruction comprises: Apparatus for transmitting control information including the instruction, wherein the control information is transmitted in a portion of the bandwidth used for transmitting the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

55. The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the apparatus for transmitting the instruction comprises: Apparatus for transmitting control information including the instruction in a first bandwidth different from a second bandwidth used for transmitting the one or more synchronization signal blocks to the wireless repeater.

56. The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the transmit beam pattern corresponds to symbol periods during which the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the first network entity are transmitted, the one or more synchronization signal blocks from the second network entity are transmitted, or any combination thereof.

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