Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater node may receive, from a control node, a configuration that indicates at least one of a time domain reconfiguration or a frequency domain reconfiguration. The repeater node may receive a first signal. The repeater node may process the first signal based at least in part on the configuration. The repeater node may generate at least one second signal based at least in part on the processed first signal. The repeater node may transmit the at least one second signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A first wireless communication device configured to encode real samples of data to obtain encoded data based at least in part on adding one or more time domain complex samples to the real samples of the data, wherein a function of the one or more time domain complex samples is a known value, and wherein the function is a sum of exponentials of the one or more time domain complex samples. The first wireless communication device is configured to transmit, to a second wireless communication device, the encoded data.

Abstract: A method includes retrieving a plurality of images containing one or more objects of interest and generating, with one or more processors, using a machine learning model, a bounding box around each of the one or more objects of interest for each of the plurality of images. The method also includes determining, with the one or more processors, a geographical position of each of the one or more objects of interest based on a position of the bounding box.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive, via a set of reception antenna groups having a first antenna spacing that is independent from a distance between the network node and a transmitting device, signals associated with a spatially multiplexed communication having a first number of multiple layers per polarization. The network node may forward, via a set of transmission antenna groups having a second antenna spacing that is independent from a distance between the relay and a receiving device, the signals associated with the spatially multiplexed communication having a second number of multiple layers per polarization. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to beam configuration for RF repeaters. An RF repeater is configured to measure received power of one or more signals in the repeater for each of a plurality of beam directions. Further, the repeater determines a beam forming configuration for a fronthaul link between the repeater and at least one base station based on the measured received power of each of plurality of beam directions. The repeater may also be configured to determine beam configurations for access links between the repeater and user equipment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may include a first set of antenna arrays disposed in a first shape and a receiving device may include a second set of antenna arrays disposed in a second shape. A first axis that intersects an antenna array of the first set of antenna arrays and a centroid of the first shape may be offset from a vertical direction by a first angular offset. A second axis that intersects an antenna array of the second set of antenna arrays and a centroid of the second shape may be offset from the vertical direction by a second angular offset that is different than the first angular offset. The transmitting device may transmit signaling to the receiving device using the first and second sets of antenna arrays, respectively based on difference between the first and second angular offsets.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may enable transmitting and receiving devices to increase an effective aperture size of transmitting and receiving antenna arrays, which may increase an achievable rank of spatially multiplexed communications. For example, one or both of the transmitting device and the receiving device may use a reflective component to reflect signals transmitted between the devices, which may allow for larger effective aperture sizes without increasing a physical distance between antenna elements. In some examples, the reflective component may be a static concave mirror associated with a predetermined weight vector and focal point. In some examples, the concave mirror may be a reflective intelligent surface (RIS) of reflective elements with reflective properties which may be dynamically adjusted to various weight vectors. An orientation of the RIS may be adjusted to steer a beam in various directions in space.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a digital repeater may receive, from a control node, a configuration that indicates a digital processing operation, wherein the digital processing operation comprises a digital processing option selected from a plurality of digital processing options. The digital repeater may receive a first signal. The digital repeater may perform the digital processing operation on the first signal to generate a second signal, wherein the second signal comprises a re-generated version of the first signal. The digital repeater may transmit the second signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some systems, a first device may include a first circular antenna array including a first quantity of antenna subarrays. A second device may include a second circular antenna array including a second quantity of antenna arrays. Each antenna subarray may include one or more antenna elements. The first device may transmit one or more reference signals to the second device. The second device may transmit a feedback message to the first device based on the reference signals. The feedback message may include an indication of sets of beamforming weights or information for determining the sets of beamforming weights based on the second quantity of antenna subarrays being different than the first quantity of antenna subarrays. The first device may transmit one or more signals concurrently to the second device based on the sets of beamforming weights.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some wireless communications systems may support orbital angular momentum (OAM) communications between a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device may generate signals for transmission to the receiving device via a transmitter circle that includes a first quantity of antenna arrays. The transmitting device may transmit the signals using the transmitter circle based on multiple sets of OAM weights, where each signal may be associated with a respective set of OAM weights. The receiving device may receive the signals using a receiver circle that includes a second quantity of antenna arrays that is different than the first quantity. The receiving device may decode the signals based on multiple sets of OAM weights. The sets of OAM weights at the transmitting device and the receiving device may be based on the first quantity being different than the second quantity.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first network node may communicate with a second network node using a line-of-sight (LOS) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) configuration at a frequency. The first network node may communicate, based at least in part on a multi-user MIMO (MU MIMO) mode, with a third network node using the LOS MIMO configuration and at the frequency, wherein the MU MIMO mode corresponds to an antenna system configuration of the rectangular antenna array, wherein the antenna system configuration includes at least one of an antenna assignment scheme, an antenna amplitude configuration, or an antenna phase configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to establishing a control connection with at least a first node and a second node for receiving control information for providing a repeater function between two or more wireless nodes. Control information can be communicated over the control connection from one or more of at least the first node or the second node. The repeater can provide, based on the control information, the repeater function between the two or more wireless nodes. Other aspects relate to establishing a control connection with a first node for receiving control information for providing a repeater function for one or more upstream nodes, receiving control information over the control connection, determining a conflict in receiving the control information or a conflict within the control information for two or more upstream nodes, and providing, based on the control information and conflict, the repeater function for the one or more upstream nodes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify that data is available to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) that is operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on the data being available, a first wakeup message using a first band supported by the UE. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on the data being available, a second wakeup message using a second band supported by the UE, the second band being different from the first band.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums to enhance the functionality of directional repeaters (wireless devices that relay directional wireless signals). For example, aspects of the present disclosure may help enable repeaters to provide greater assistance in an access procedure, for example, by generating and sending SSBs without (or with limited) gNB involvement and monitoring for RACH-related transmissions.

Abstract: A relay supporting multiple relay modes is provided. The relay transmits capability information to a base station, the capability information indicating support for a first relay mode and a second relay mode. The relay determines a mode of operation, either on its own or based on an indication of a mode of operation from the base station, wherein the mode of operation comprises the first relay mode or the second relay mode. The relay communicates with at least one of the base station or another wireless device based at least in part on the determined mode of operation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless repeater may communicate with multiple base stations, and the wireless repeater may identify a first base station as a primary base station. The wireless repeater may monitor for and receive control information from the primary base station, where the control information may include control information from a second base station and used by the wireless repeater to communicate with one or more UEs connected to the second base station. The primary base station may receive an indication of the control information from the second base station via a backhaul link. In other examples, the wireless repeater may monitor for control information from the two or more base stations based on a control signaling pattern. For example, the wireless repeater may be configured with periodic time intervals for monitoring for control signaling from respective base stations.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A network device, such as a base station, may transmit a request message to a user equipment (UE). The request message may include a request for the UE to transmit a set of sounding reference signals (SRSs). The set of SRSs may include two (or more) beamformed signals. The network device may receive the set of SRSs according to the request message. The network device may identify, based on a co-phasing parameter associated with the two (or more) beamformed signals, an antenna port precoder configuration to use for communicating with the UE.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) may select a weight vector, from a plurality of stored weight vectors, for enabling a spatially multiplexed communication, between a transmitter and a receiver, that includes two or more layers for each polarization of a plurality of polarizations for the spatially multiplexed communication. The RIS may receive the spatially multiplexed communication from the transmitter. The RIS may transmit the spatially multiplexed communication to the receiver in accordance with the weight vector. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may obtain position information associated with a first subset of network node positions, of a set of network node positions, in connection with a map associated with a wireless coverage area. The network node may obtain map information associated with the map and may determine, based on a machine learning component, a first plurality of predicted pathloss values associated with a second subset of network node positions of the set of network node positions. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a forwarding node may determine a numerology for a forwarding operation, that is associated with forwarding signals between a first wireless node and a second wireless node, based at least in part on one or more of: a numerology of a control link between the forwarding node and a control node, a delay spread of a first link with the first wireless node or a delay spread of a second link with the second wireless node, or a configuration, indicated by the control node, of the forwarding operation. The forwarding node may perform the forwarding operation based at least in part on the numerology. Numerous other aspects are provided.