Communication system and method for remote antenna array-based high-speed low-latency 5G cellular connectivity

1. A communication system, comprising:

a management server that is communicatively coupled to a gNodeB (gNB) and a plurality of remote antenna arrays distributed spatially over a geographical area, wherein the management server comprises a processor that is configured to:

cause each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays to obtain one or more signal synchronization block (SSB) signals in a mmWave frequency band from the gNB via a dedicated communication medium, wherein each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays obtains different SSB signals via the dedicated communication medium; and

cause each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays to execute beamforming to direct one or more beams of radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to the obtained one or more SSB signals to serve its corresponding user equipment (UEs).

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays is communicatively coupled to the gNB via a different wired communication medium that corresponds to the dedicated communication medium, wherein the dedicated communication medium is a lossless link.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays is communicatively coupled to the gNB via a different point-to-point wireless communication medium that corresponds to the dedicated communication medium, wherein the dedicated communication medium is a lossless link.

4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the gNB to segregate a set of streams transmitted over the dedicated communication medium from the gNB to each remote antenna array, wherein the set of streams are related to one of the one or more SSB signals obtained at each remote antenna array.

5. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the gNB to distribute a different set of SSB signals to each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays distributed spatially, wherein the different set of SSB signals corresponds to the one or more SSB signals obtained by each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays.

6. The communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the gNB to associate a different beamforming weight to each SSB signal of the different set of SSB signals when the different set of SSB signals are distributed to each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays.

7. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the gNB and the plurality of remote antenna arrays to execute scheduling of the one or more SSB signals for each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays such that there is no interference between two SSB signals.

8. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of remote antenna arrays is a service antenna array provided in a network device, wherein the network device is at least one of: a repeater device, a Transmission/Reception Point (TRP), or a network node comprising a remote antenna array of an XG-enabled distributed antenna system (DAS), and wherein XG refers to 5G or 6G radio communication.

9. A communication system, comprising:

a network device that is communicatively coupled to a gNodeB (gNB) via a dedicated communication medium, wherein the network device comprises a processor and a remote antenna array, and wherein the processor is configured to:

obtain one or more signal synchronization block (SSB) signals in a mmWave frequency band from the gNB via the dedicated communication medium; and

execute beamforming to direct one or more beams of radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to the obtained one or more SSB signals via the remote antenna array to serve its corresponding user equipment (UEs), and wherein the one or more SSB signals obtained at the network device is different from other SSB signals obtained by a plurality of other network devices distributed spatially in the communication system.

10. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the dedicated communication medium is a wired communication medium, a point-to-point wireless communication medium, or a combination thereof.

11. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the one or more SSB signals are obtained in a segregated form over the dedicated communication medium, and wherein the segregation is over a time domain, or a frequency domain, or a combination of the time domain and the frequency domain to serve each UE with a refined beam of RF signal with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) greater than a threshold.

12. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the network device further comprises two remote antenna arrays and a multi-way signal splitter and combiner configured to replicate the obtained one or more SSB signals such that each of two remote antenna arrays obtains same SSB signals.

13. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication to serve its corresponding UEs.

14. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the network device is one of: a XG-enabled repeater device, an XG-enabled Transmission/Reception Point (TRP), or an XG-enabled network node comprising an XG-enabled remote antenna array of an XG-enabled distributed antenna system (DAS), and wherein XG refers to 5G or 6G radio communication.

15. A communication method, comprising:

causing, by a processor, each remote antenna array of a plurality of remote antenna arrays distributed spatially over a geographical area to obtain one or more signal synchronization block (SSB) signals in a mmWave frequency band from a gNodeB (gNB) via a dedicated communication medium, wherein each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays obtains different SSB signals via the dedicated communication medium; and

causing, by the processor, each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays to execute beamforming to direct one or more beams of radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to the obtained one or more SSB signals to serve its corresponding user equipment (UEs).

16. The communication method according to claim 15 , further comprising causing, by the processor, the gNB to segregate a set of streams transmitted over the dedicated communication medium from the gNB to each remote antenna array, wherein the set of streams are related to one of the one or more SSB signals obtained at each remote antenna array.

17. The communication method according to claim 15 , further comprising causing, by the processor, the gNB to distribute a different set of SSB signals to each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays distributed spatially, wherein the different set of SSB signals corresponds to the one or more SSB signals obtained by each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays.

18. The communication method according to claim 17 , further comprising causing, by the processor, the gNB to associate a different beamforming weight to each SSB signal of the different set of SSB signals when the different set of SSB signals are distributed to each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays.

19. The communication method according to claim 15 , further comprising causing, by the processor, the gNB and the plurality of remote antenna arrays to execute scheduling of the one or more SSB signals at each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays such that there is no interference between two SSB signals.

20. The communication method according to claim 15 , further comprising causing, by the processor, each remote antenna array of the plurality of remote antenna arrays to execute multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication to serve its corresponding UEs.