Abstract: The present disclosure describes various techniques of automatically configuring a repeater system. In one embodiment, the techniques of present disclosure configure the repeater system as a dummy user equipment and connect to a cell served by a base station coupled to the repeater system and establish two-way communication between the repeater system and the base station for determining one or more signaling parameters related to the configuration of the base station. In another non-limiting embodiment, the techniques of the present disclosure operate the repeater system in a listener only mode and perform various signal processing/calculations to determine the one or more signaling parameters related to the configuration of the base station. Once the one or more signaling parameters are determined, the techniques of the present disclosure may configure the repeater system based at least in part on the one or more signaling parameters.

Abstract: A distributed radio access network (RAN) includes a plurality of remote units (RUs) communicatively coupled to a centralized unit. During each of at least one measurement iteration: one of the plurality of RUs is selected as a transmit-mode RU and all other of the plurality of RUs are in receive-mode; the transmit mode-RU transmits a known pattern signal to the receive-mode RUs; and each receive-mode RU determines a frame or symbol boundary difference between when the transmit-mode RU transmitted the known pattern signal and when the respective receive-mode RU received the known pattern signal. Following the at least one measurement iteration: the centralized unit determines a respective timing offset based on each frame or symbol boundary difference; the centralized unit determines a common alignment point for the RUs based on the timing offsets; and each RU's timing is adjusted to align with the common alignment point.