US 11,758,465 B2
Repeater beacon signal for enabling inter-cell interference coordination
Kausik Ray Chaudhuri, San Diego, CA (US); Atanu Basudeb Halder, San Diego, CA (US); and Ozge Koymen, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/123,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,304, filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0185588 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 88/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/27 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 40/244 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/27 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 88/14 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication at a repeater, comprising:
transmitting, by the repeater, a beacon signal to a plurality of network devices for inter-cell interference coordination between the plurality of network devices, the beacon signal indicating a presence of the repeater, wherein the repeater is configured to repeat signals to one or more user equipments (UEs) within a wireless communications system;
receiving, in response to transmitting the beacon signal, a signal from at least one network device of the plurality of network devices within a time-frequency resource that is shared by the plurality of network devices and is allocated to the repeater based at least in part on the inter-cell interference coordination; and
transmitting an amplified version of the received signal to the one or more UEs.