Millimeter Wave Repeater Access Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently configuring millimeter wave repeaters for access procedures, leading to increased signaling overhead and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
A method where a base station determines and transmits configuration information to a millimeter wave repeater to manage its involvement in access procedures, allowing the repeater to generate and transmit signals based on this information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the repeater is configured to participate in access procedures using traditional methods, then the access procedure can be completed, but the signaling overhead increases and resource efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base station pre-configures the repeater with reference signal resources and access procedure parameters before the actual access procedure. This preliminary configuration allows the repeater to autonomously participate in access procedures without requiring real-time signaling, thereby reducing signaling overhead while ensuring reliable access procedure completion.
Solution Approach 2:
The repeater is enabled to autonomously generate and transmit reference signals and participate in random access procedures using pre-configured parameters. By making the repeater self-sufficient in executing access procedures, the system eliminates the need for continuous base station control signaling, thus reducing signaling overhead while maintaining access procedure reliability.
2Reliability
If the repeater uses extensive configuration information for access procedures, then the access procedure can be completed, but the resource usage efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential configuration parameters needed for the repeater to participate in access procedures, such as reference signal resources and basic access parameters. By removing unnecessary configuration information, the system achieves access procedure completion with minimized resource allocation, thereby improving resource usage efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the configuration approach by using compact parameter representations and pre-configured parameter sets. Instead of providing extensive real-time configuration, the base station transmits condensed parameter information that the repeater can use to autonomously execute access procedures, thus improving resource usage efficiency while maintaining reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the base station transmits detailed configuration information to the repeater, then the repeater can participate in access procedures, but the signaling overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base station performs preliminary configuration of the repeater with essential access procedure parameters before the actual access procedure occurs. This advance configuration simplifies the operation of the repeater while minimizing the signaling overhead during the access procedure itself, as the repeater can autonomously execute the pre-configured steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses template-based configuration where the base station provides standardized parameter sets and reference signal patterns that the repeater can copy and reuse. This copying approach simplifies repeater configuration while reducing signaling overhead, as the same parameter templates can be applied across multiple access procedures without retransmission.
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AI summary
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may receive configuration information associated with configuring involvement of the repeater in an access procedure. The repeater may generate a signal associated with the access procedure based at least in part on the configuration information. The repeater may transmit the signal to a wireless communication device based at least in part on the configuration information and other information associated with the access procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.