Communication by a repeater system including a network of radio frequency repeater devices
A repeater system includes a first RF repeater device arranged in a first topology of a network of RF repeater devices, to communicate with one or more second RF repeater devices in the network of RF repeater devices to service a source node and one or more destination nodes in a first wireless network. The first RF repeater device comprises a 5G NR digital modem to synchronize the first RF repeater device and the one or more destination nodes with timing synchronization. The first RF repeater device detects a change in a network condition in the first wireless network. Based on the detected change, a second RF repeater device of the one or more second RF repeater devices is controlled to be assigned to at least one of the first wireless network, a second wireless network, or be shared between the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
1. A repeater system, comprising:
a first radio frequency (RF) repeater device in a first topology of a network of RF repeater devices, wherein the first RF repeater device is configured to:
communicate with one or more second RF repeater devices in the network of RF repeater devices to service a source node and one or more destination nodes in a first wireless network, wherein the first RF repeater device comprises a 5G New Radio (NR) digital modem for synchronization of the first RF repeater device and the one or more destination nodes with timing synchronization;
receive a plurality of beams of RF signals, wherein a polarity of a first set of beams of RF signals from the plurality of beams of RF signals is different from a polarity of a second set of beams of RF signals from the plurality of beams of RF signals;
detect a change in a network condition in the first wireless network; and
based on the detected change in the network condition in the first wireless network, control assignment of a second RF repeater device of the one or more second RF repeater devices to at least one of the first wireless network, a second wireless network, or be shared between the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
2. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the detected change in the network condition in the first wireless network is triggered based on at least one of a blockage of one or more communication links in the first wireless network, a movement of one of the source node or the one or more destination nodes, a movement of one of the first RF repeater device or the one or more second RF repeater devices that are mobile in the network of RF repeater devices, a change in a number of nodes in the first wireless network, or a change in a demand for one of a throughput, a quality-of-service, or a quality-of-experience.
3. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is deployed at a first location and the second RF repeater device is deployed at a second location.
4. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the one or more destination nodes is configured to receive a first plurality of data streams from the first RF repeater device and the second RF repeater device while concurrently a second plurality of data streams is received directly from the source node, and
the second plurality of data streams is different from the first plurality of data streams.
5. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first RF repeater device includes a first antenna array and a second antenna array, and
the first RF repeater device is further configured to allocate the first antenna array to a first destination node from the one or more destination nodes and the second antenna array to a second destination node from the one or more destination nodes.
6. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is further configured to modify a form of connectivity between the source node and the network of RF repeater devices for re-configuration of the first topology of the network of RF repeater devices to a second topology.
7. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first RF repeater device is further configured to deploy an intermediate frequency to frequency shift an incoming waveform,
the incoming waveform is down-converted to the intermediate frequency, and the intermediate frequency is a low IF frequency value.
8. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is further configured to change an allocation of one of the first RF repeater device or the one or more second RF repeater devices to the one or more destination nodes for re-configuration of the first topology of the network of RF repeater devices to a second topology.
9. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is further configured to change an allocation of one of the first RF repeater device or the one or more second RF repeater devices to the source node for re-configuration of the first topology of the network of RF repeater devices to a second topology.
10. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is further configured to modify a number of beams allocated to one or more of the first RF repeater device, the one or more second RF repeater devices in the network of RF repeater devices, the source node, or the one or more destination nodes, for re-configuration of the first topology of the network of RF repeater devices to a second topology.
11. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is further configured to:
establish a communicative coupling with the source node; and
share one or more phased array antenna and beamforming resources available within the first RF repeater device concurrently with the source node.
12. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
a control channel is present between the first RF repeater device and a first destination node of the one or more destination nodes, and
the control channel is different from a communication link between the source node and the one or more destination nodes.
13. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is associated with a set of user equipment (UEs) that belong to a same family.
14. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device is further configured to operate at different carrier frequency for an incoming waveform and an outgoing waveform.
15. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein the first RF repeater device further comprises one or more first antenna arrays and one or more second antenna arrays, and
the first RF repeater device has a first side that faces substantially towards the source node and a second side that is opposite to the first side and faces substantially towards the one or more destination nodes, and
the first RF repeater device is further configured to receive and transmit waveforms on each of the first side and the second side via different antenna arrays of the first RF repeater device.
16. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first RF repeater device further comprises one or more first antenna arrays and one or more second antenna arrays,
the first RF repeater device has a first side that faces substantially towards the source node and a second side that is opposite to the first side and faces substantially towards the one or more destination nodes, and
the first RF repeater device is further configured to:
receive and transmit a first plurality of waveforms on the first side via a same antenna array of the one or more first antenna arrays; and
receive and transmit a second plurality of waveforms on the second side via a same antenna array of the one or more second antenna arrays, wherein each of the receive and transmit first plurality of waveforms on the first side and the receive and transmit second plurality of waveforms on the second side are non-overlapping.
17. The repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first RF repeater device and the one or more second RF repeater devices in the network of RF repeater devices in a second topology are configured to operate at a first carrier frequency for inter-repeater signal propagation, and
the source node and the one or more destination nodes are configured to operate at a second carrier frequency.
18. A method implemented in a repeater system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first radio frequency (RF) repeater device of the repeater system, a plurality of beams of RF signals, wherein a polarity of a first set of beams of RF signals from the plurality of beams of RF signals is different from a polarity of a second set of beams of RF signals from the plurality of beams of RF signals;
detecting, by the first RF repeater device of the repeater system, a change in a network condition in a first wireless network, wherein
a source node and one or more destination nodes are serviced by a network of RF repeater devices configured in a first topology, and
the first RF repeater device comprises a 5G New Radio (NR) digital modem for synchronization of the first RF repeater device and the one or more destination nodes with timing synchronization; and
based on the detected change in the network condition in the first wireless network, controlling assignment of a second RF repeater device to at least one of the first wireless network, a second wireless network, or be shared between the first wireless network and the second wireless network.