Abstract: A wireless signal digital conversion device includes: a plurality of RF signal processing units for receiving wireless signals, and adjusting the voltage levels of the wireless signals based on automatic gain values; a plurality of unit ADCs for receiving in-phase signals and quadrature phase signals of the RF signal processing units, and performing analog-to-digital conversion based on different differential reference voltages; an encoder unit for generating binary data having less bits than binary data outputted from the unit ADCs based on the binary data outputted from the unit ADCs; and an automatic gain control unit for generating automatic gain values based on the output of a spatial ADC. A terminal can be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 6G services, and the like.

Abstract: Base station antenna units include a first and second base station antennas that have respective first and second housings. The first housing includes a top end cap and the second housing includes a bottom end cap. A jumper cable that includes a first connector port is mounted in one of the top end cap or the bottom end cap, and a second connector port that is configured to mate with the first connector port is mounted in the other one of the top end cap or the bottom end cap. A longitudinal axis of the first connector port extends in a vertical direction and a longitudinal axis of the second connector port extends in the vertical direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a method for operating a UE in a wireless communication system.

Abstract: A receiver receives a multicarrier signal from a wireless communication network and determines subcarrier values of the multicarrier signal. A decoder decodes the subcarrier values to produce a set of data symbols. The multicarrier signal is characterized by a set of modulated pulse waveforms, which results from a sum of the subcarriers. Each of the modulated pulse waveforms has a different time offset. The decoder employs a set of codes for decoding the baseband signal, wherein each code comprises a different linearly increasing phase. Each of the linearly increasing phases corresponds to one of the different time offsets.

Abstract: Systems and methods provided for controlling a downlink channel based on a time advance and a beam mode at a cell site. The cell site includes a link management system communicatively coupled to one or more user devices. The link management system is to replace a response identifier with a cell identifier responsive to a move from an idle mode to an active mode, store a time advance and the cell identifier based on a time advance group that corresponds to the one or more user devices, adapt a quality indication offset based on the time advance group, determine a downlink channel indication based on the quality indication offset and the time advance group, and activate a beam mode for communication with the one or more user devices of the time advance group based on the downlink channel indication.

Abstract: A method for configuring a flexible wireless networking system is disclosed. The system may include multiple Wi-Fi transceivers coupled to each other in parallel and selectively couplable to one or more antennas by respective switches. The method may include obtaining topology information indicating whether and how each antenna is in reach of other antennas, determining, dependent on the topology information, a configuration change including a change in which and how many of the antennas are coupled to the Wi-Fi transceivers, and initiating an activation of a switch to couple one of the antennas to one of the Wi-Fi transceivers or a deactivation of a switch to decouple one of the antennas from one of the Wi-Fi transceivers. The configuration change may be determined using a machine learning model. The configuration change may include deactivating a currently active antenna and activating at least one alternate antenna having a different coverage area.

Abstract: An apparatus for demodulating a frequency-modulated signal comprises a joint frequency-offset & modulation-index estimator, and a signal demodulator. The joint estimator receives data representative of a preamble portion of the signal, modulated with predetermined preamble data. It jointly determines a frequency-offset estimate and a modulation-index estimate by using an optimization process that minimizes a cost function that is a function of the received data and that is parameterised by a frequency-offset parameter and by a modulation-index parameter. The signal demodulator receives data representative of a message portion of the signal, modulated with message data, and uses the frequency-offset estimate to demodulate the message.

Abstract: An adjustment apparatus provided in this application includes an obtaining unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit, where the processing unit is electrically connected to the obtaining unit and the storage unit; the obtaining unit is configured to obtain antenna position information; the processing unit is configured to obtain latitude and longitude of an antenna or an azimuth of the antenna based on the antenna position information; the storage unit is configured to store the latitude and longitude of the antenna or the azimuth of the antenna; and the processing unit is further configured to read and write the latitude and longitude of the antenna or the azimuth of the antenna in the storage unit according to an instruction of a remote control unit, and the processing unit is further configured to adjust an electrical downtilt of the antenna according to the instruction of the remote control unit.

Abstract: A disclosure of the present specification provides a server for controlling a TCU mounted in a vehicle in a next generation mobile communication system. The server may comprise a transceiver and a processor, wherein the processor configured to perform: determining an available data rate for a combination of a plurality of transmission beams of a base station and a plurality of reception beams of the TCU; receiving, from the TCU, information on an available buffer size of the TCU and information on a downlink service requirement of one or more electronic devices in the vehicle; determining a data rate of downlink data and a first transmission beam of the base station.

Abstract: Examples described herein mitigate adjacent channel interference for dual radios of a network device. Examples described herein may associate, by a network device, a first client device with a first radio of the network device, associate, by the network device, a second client device with a second radio of the network device, determine that the first and second client devices are within a steering threshold, and based on the determination that the first and second client devices are within the steering threshold, steer, by the network device, the second client device from the second radio to the first radio. Examples described herein may communicate, using the first radio of the network device, with the first and second client devices.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for beam selection and codebook learning techniques based on XR perception information. A UE may receive sensor information indicative of a direction of a current serving beam relative to the UE. The UE may be configured to communicate with a base station based on a BPL associated with the direction of the current serving beam. The UE may perform a measurement for the base station and the UE to communicate over the BPL based on the sensor information indicating that the direction of the current serving beam relative to the UE is different from a previous serving beam direction relative to the UE.

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to providing, based on a paging message, radio resources to facilitate a transition to active mode by idle user equipment in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. An example method can include identifying an idle mode activation message. The method can further include, based on the activation message, predicting that the user device is going to request an active connection. Further, the method can include prioritizing allocation of antenna resources to the user device over different user devices in an idle state, based on a prediction that the user device will transition to an active state before the different user devices. Further, the method can include, based on the prioritizing, directing a base station to cause a beamformed signal to a predicted location of the user device to accept the active connection.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising determining a respective elevation of each of plural beams from an access point based on stored configuration data, wherein each of the plural beams is identified by a respective identification included in an indication comprising the identification of the respective beam and an information on a respective received beam power, and the indication is received from a terminal; selecting a first beam and a second beam among the plural beams such that the elevation of the first beam is different from the elevation of the second beam; retrieving, from the stored configuration data, a transmit power of the first beam and a transmit power of the second beam; estimating an estimated elevation of a line connecting the access point and the terminal based on the received beam powers, the transmit powers, and the elevations.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a remote antenna unit includes a transmitter, a receiver, an antenna, a first interference circuit, and a second interference circuit. The transmitter is configured to generate a transmit signal, and the receiver configured to process a receive signal. The antenna is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured to radiate a downlink signal in response to the transmit signal and generate the receive signal in response to an uplink signal. The first interference circuit is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured to receive an analog signal from the transmitter. The second interference circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The first interference circuit and the second interference circuit are configured to reduce, in the receive signal, interference caused by the transmit signal and/or at least one downlink signal radiated by an antenna.

Abstract: A method and network node for virtual beam sweeping of signals received by antennas of the network node are provided. According to one aspect, a method includes determining elements of abeam forming matrix W. The method further includes determining elements of a virtual beam sweeping matrix V, the elements of the virtual beam sweeping matrix V being determined to form beams between beams formed by the beam forming matrix W. The method also includes applying the matrices V and W to uplink signals Sa received by antennas of the network node to produce received signals Sb in a beam space.

Abstract: Aspects relate to techniques for configuring intermittent time domain resources that are usable by a user equipment (UE) for communication with a base station. The base station may transmit a usable time domain resource (TDR) configuration to the UE that indicates the usable time resources that are available to the UE for communication with the base station. The UE may then communicate with the base station based on the usable TDR configuration.

Abstract: A wireless communications device may include a controller configured to, in a calibration mode, obtain a first output value of a first power detector after setting a first power amplifier to a first gain and obtain a second output value of the first power detector after setting the first power amplifier to a second gain, wherein the controller may estimate, in a normal mode, output power of a first antenna from an output value of the first power detector, based on a correction coefficient calculated using the first output value and the second output value.

Abstract: A wireless hotspot device is equipped with a directional antenna. A method optimizes a bitrate of the device in a mobile network with distributed cells, each cell covered by a fixed transceiver. The method includes: rotating the antenna substantially azimuthally at least 90 degrees, in steps of N degrees, wherein N is a fixed or variable number; scanning for available cells for each step of rotation; observing a signal to noise ratio for each available cell in each step; saving an optimized azimuthal direction for each available cell, the optimized direction corresponding to the highest signal to noise ratio; repeating the steps for a number of frequency bands, setting up a data connection and running a speed test for all optimized directions of each frequency band; automatically selecting an azimuthal operation position of the antenna based on the speed tests; and moving the antenna to the operation position.

Abstract: Methods and systems for tracking frequency offset in NR are provided. A user equipment (UE) can compute the frequency offset comprising of crystal frequency drift and Doppler shift. Drift in frequencies generated by crystal oscillators in the UE and a base station are detected and nullified. Doppler shift of a serving beam is estimated using either data collected by sensors in the UE or reference signals received from the base station. Values of Doppler shift for a plurality of beams are estimated using the Doppler shift of the serving beam and sensor data, wherein the serving beam and the plurality of beams correspond to a same transmitter beam or different transmitter beams, wherein the type of QCL of the beams is either A, B, or C.

Abstract: A method implemented by a first device operating in a communication system includes obtaining a channel representation of a set of channels between the first device and a second device, the set of channels being over a set of subcarriers, the first device having multiple antenna ports, and the second device having one or multiple antenna ports; determining, by the first device, one or multiple communication filters in accordance with at least the channel representation; and applying, by the first device, the one or multiple communication filters to a communication on at least one of the multiple antenna ports of the first device, the communication being over the set of subcarriers.

Abstract: A dual-polarization radar is disclosed. Selected embodiments provide a radar structure having a single receiving channel and enabling alternate transmission and simultaneous reception. Selected embodiments use a first polarization direction antenna and a second polarization direction antenna to transmit and receive a first polarization direction echo signal and a second polarization direction echo signal. The first polarization direction echo signal and the second polarization direction echo signal are received and synthesized by a synthesis module, which transmits the synthesized signal as the backscattered echo signal to a receiving module.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein disclose coordinating neighbor discovery between access points (APs) with auxiliary radios and APs without auxiliary radios. A corresponding wireless controller comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to perform operations. The operations comprise grouping APs into a first group of more flexible APs and a second group of less flexible APs and querying the second group of APs for a corresponding broadcast interval. The operations further comprise identifying when the second group of APs is scheduled to broadcast parameters, and a broadcast interval for each AP of the second group of APs and generating a schedule based on the scheduled broadcast and the broadcast interval for each AP of the second group of APs. The operations additionally comprise providing the generated schedule to the first group of APs and the second group of APs.

Abstract: A channel measurement method and a communications apparatus, the method including generating, by a terminal device, first indication information, where the first indication information indicates one or more component features of a time-varying feature, and further indicates a weighting coefficient of each component feature of the one or more component features, and the one or more component features and the weighting coefficient of each component feature represent the time-varying feature of a channel, and sending, by the terminal device, the first indication information to a network device.

Abstract: A base station transmits, to a wireless device, a first maximum total transmit power (TTP) and a second maximum TTP allowed, respectively, for a first cell group and a second cell group of a second radio access technology (RAT) type different from a first RAT type of the first cell group. A total transmission power, based on a first power, for transmitting first uplink signals via the first cell group and not exceeding the first maximum TTP, and a second power for transmitting second uplink signals via the second cell group and not exceeding the second maximum TTP, exceeds a power value. The second uplink signals and not the first uplink signals are received based on a scheduled transmission of the first uplink signals being dropped based on: the total transmission power exceeding the power value, and the first RAT type having lower priority than the second RAT type.

Abstract: Accordingly, the embodiments herein disclose a method for selecting a MCS in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, by a UE, a list of default MCS from a base station. Further, the method includes measuring, by the UE, a CQI. Further, the method includes selecting, by the UE, at least one MCS from the list of default MCS based on the measured CQI.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. The method for performing a random access procedure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to random access, wherein the configuration information includes a scaling factor for a back-off indicator (BI) for a specific type of terminal; transmitting a first random access preamble to the base station; receiving, from the base station, a random access response (RAR) in response to the first random access preamble, wherein the RAR includes the BI; and on the basis of the RAR not including a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) associated with the first random access preamble, transmitting a second random access preamble to the base station.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform a cell search using a first set of beams. The UE may determine a channel condition value based at least in part on performing the cell search. The UE may modify the channel condition value based at least in part on at least one of: the first set of beams used to perform the cell search, a beam selected from the first set of beams, or a second set of beams that is different from the first set of beams and that is included in a beamforming codebook associated with the UE. The UE may transmit a measurement report that includes the modified channel condition value. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a location of each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs). A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, the plurality of UEs based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.

Abstract: Provided by the present disclosure are an electronic device and method used for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit that is configured to: acquire from a base station information that is allocated by the base station for a user equipment (UE) and that is used for a beam management sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set; and, according to a pre-determined rule, determine an antenna panel of a UE corresponding to the SRS resource set indicated by the information, wherein the pre-determined rule limits the mapping between SRS resource sets used for beam management and antenna panels of UEs.

Abstract: A method includes estimating an uplink channel for a terminal device, based on an amount of antennas used by an access node for transmitting signals to the terminal device, antennas used for receiving the transmitted signals at the terminal device, and sub-bands used for transmitting the signals. Based on the estimation, a channel covariance matrix is determined for a precoder comprised in a transmitter of the access node by determining a limited number of elements of a full dimensional channel covariance matrix, which is different than the channel covariance matrix. The limited number of elements are elements corresponding to i-th row and j-th column of the channel covariance. Correlation computation is performed for the limited number of elements. Elements of the full-dimensional channel covariance matrix that are excluded from the limited number of elements are determined and set to be zero. Precoding is performed using the determined channel covariance matrix.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein monitor real-time digital data for degradation. A merging unit may measure electrical parameters in an electric power system using a sensor component and may generate a stream of digital data representing measured electrical parameters. The merging unit may transmit the stream of digital data representing measured electrical parameters and receive a plurality of data frames using an interface. A digital data degradation detection subsystem may analyze a plurality of digital metrics associated with the plurality of data frames and make a determination of whether a subset of the plurality of data frames satisfies the plurality of digital metrics, and the subset of the plurality of data frames fails at least one of the plurality of digital metrics. The merging unit may implement a response when the subset of the plurality of data frames fails at least one of the plurality of digital metrics.

Abstract: A personal portable terminal includes a transmitter that transmits a position determination signal to be used for position determination to a position determination device, and a controller that controls the transmitter. The position determination apparatus includes a plurality of first and second receivers that are arranged at different first and second positions which are spaced at first and second distances away from the personal portable terminal, respectively, to receive the position determination signal transmitted by the transmitter, and a calculator that determines the position of the personal portable terminal based on a difference between an intensity of the position determination signal that is received by the first receivers and an intensity of the position determination signal that is received by the second receivers. The second distance is greater than the first distance.

Abstract: A wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first wireless device during a training phase, reference tones using a first number of resource elements from a transmitter of a second wireless device, wherein the first wireless device comprises multiple receiving antennas, estimating, by the first wireless device, from the receiving the reference tones, a second order statistics of wireless channels between the multiple receiving antennas and the transmitter of the second wireless device, and performing channel estimation, during an operational phase subsequent to the training phase, using the second order statistics and reference tones received on a second number of resource elements, wherein the second number is less than the first number.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a feed port comprising multiple input feeds, a precoding subsystem that is electrically connected to the feed port; and an antenna subsystem electrically connected to the precoding subsystem. The antenna subsystem is configured to transmit an output signal of the precoding subsystem to multiple wireless stations using multiple beams. The precoding subsystem is configured to perform a precoding operation on an input signal from the feed port, wherein the precoding operation maximizes a desired signal level to interference ratio of transmissions to the multiple wireless stations.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to select a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array, such as to match the angular spread of the antenna array to a deployment scenario, thereby increasing the effective beamforming gain. In the context of a method, a plurality of antenna elements of an active antenna array are selected by separately selecting first, second and third pluralities of antenna elements and obtaining measures of first, second and third signals based upon transmission or reception of signals by the first, second and third pluralities of antenna elements, respectively The method additionally includes processing the measures of the first, second and third signals and determining a sub-army of antenna elements of the active antenna array to be utilized based on the processing of the measures of the first, second and third signals.

Abstract: An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a location of each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs). A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, the plurality of UEs based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first column of main radiating elements, each main radiating element configured to operate in a first operating frequency band and a first auxiliary radiating element. The first auxiliary radiating element is adjacent a first main radiating element in the first column of main radiating elements, and the first auxiliary radiating element is configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave that is substantially antiphase to an electromagnetic wave radiated by the first main radiating element.

Abstract: A cable sequence detection method and a detection system. A base station antenna includes N ports, an RRU includes M antenna ports and one calibration port, any port i of the base station antenna corresponds to a directional coupling branch Ti, and a switch circuit Ki whose connection and disconnection are controlled by an RCU is disposed on the Ti. The method includes: the RRU sends a detection signal to the base station antenna through antenna port j; the RCU controls the switch circuit Ki to be disconnected and another switch circuit to be connected; the RRU detects whether energy Qi obtained by the Ti is greater than a threshold; and the RRU determines whether the antenna port j of the RRU is connected to the port i of the base station antenna according to whether Qi is greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A wireless server-to-server datacenter network architecture uses wireless links to eliminate the need for power-hungry switching fabric of traditional fat-tree based datacenter networks. The server-to-server wireless datacenter network (S2S-WiDCN) requires Line-of-Sight (LoS) between servers to establish direct communication links. Utilizing this LoS links, a horizontal-first routing algorithm is developed which, will establish fast communication links between any pair of communicating servers in the data center. The wireless links can be realized in millimeter-wave (such as 30, 60, 120 GHz) or THz (such as 300 GHz) frequency bands. The use of antenna-arrays to create beam-steering towards communicating servers is necessary to establish the direct server-to-server links. In the presence of an obstruction such as an IT technician, the LoS between communicating servers may be blocked. To address this issue, an obstruction-aware adaptive routing algorithm for the S2S-WiDCN is proposed.

Abstract: A vector network analyzer (VNA) can include a control processor, a receiver coupled with the control processor, switching circuitry coupled with the receiver, a radio frequency (RF) bridge coupled with the switching circuitry, a transmission line coupled with the RF bridge, wherein the transmission line is configured to be coupled with a load; and a signal generator coupled with the RF bridge.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a plurality of antenna panels. The method includes transmitting, to a Base Station (BS), a UE capability message that includes a number of the plurality of antenna panels; and transmitting, to the BS, a panel report that includes information of the plurality of antenna panels, the information associated with at least one of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to self-calibration of an antenna array of a transceiver are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a transceiver to perform self-calibration for transmit (Tx) antenna elements and receive (Rx) antenna elements in an antenna array comprises performing gain measurements and phase measurements for pairs of Tx and Rx antenna elements in the antenna array. The method further comprises processing the gain measurements and the phase measurements based on combinations of Tx and Rx antenna elements having symmetrical coupling properties to obtain gain and phase calibration values for the plurality of Tx antenna elements and the plurality of Rx antenna elements in the antenna array and applying the gain and phase calibration values at the transceiver. In this manner, self-calibration can be performed at the transceiver dynamically with low complexity.

Abstract: A high frequency data network access system leverages commodity WiFi chipsets and specifically multi spatial stream (e.g., 802.11 ac) chipsets in combination with phased array antenna systems at the aggregation nodes. Examples can be very spectrally efficient with both polarization and frequency diversity.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for optimizing directions of antennas of a base station of a communications network is provided. The method includes receiving antenna sector configuration data with sector information of each antenna and an azimuth angle of a main antenna direction of each antenna; receiving performance indicators of multiple subsectors of each antenna sector; calculating a cost function value indicating inter-sector impact between neighboring subsectors of adjacent sectors based on the performance indicators for the current antenna configuration and for at least one other possible antenna configuration; and identifying an antenna configuration yielding minimum cost function value of the calculated values as an optimized antenna configuration.

Abstract: A system and method for locating radio-frequency identification tags within a predetermined area. The method can incorporate sub-threshold superposition response mapping techniques, alone, or in combination with other methods for locating radio-frequency identification tags such as but not limited to time differential on arrival (TDOA), frequency domain phase difference on arrival (FD-PDOA), and radio signal strength indication (RSSI). The system can include a plurality of antennas dispersed in a predefined area; one or more radio-frequency identification tags; a radio-frequency transceiver in communication with said antennas; a phase modulator coupled to the ra-dio-frequency transceiver; and a system controller in communication with said transceiver and said phase modulator. Calibration techniques can be employed to map con-structive interference zones for improved accuracy.

Abstract: In a wireless communication terminal in a wireless communication system for performing a control not to transmit signals, or to transmit signals with a reduction in a transmission power by a part of radio resources for a downlink signal in a cell provided by a base station, the terminal receives control information in generating a report related to a measurement result of the cell provided by the base station, monitors a state of a radio link with an own cell, and performs measurement on reception of the downlink signal. If an instruction for restricting the measurement to a part of the radio resources is included in the control information from the base station after the radio link failure occurs, the terminal generates and transmits a radio link failure report including the measurement result in the radio resources as instructed when the radio link failure occurs.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method: A first Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) determines that a process equipment event has occurred or is predicted to occur in a first system. A first action to be performed by the first SIF is identified. In response to determining that the process equipment event has occurred or is predicted to occur, the first action is performed by the first SIF to prevent an occurrence of a first hazardous event. A determination is made by a highly-reliable, self-healing communication transmission network that a second action is to be performed in the second SIF to prevent the occurrence of a second hazardous event. In response, a notification is provided by the transmission network to the second SIF that the second action is to be performed. In response to receiving the notification by the second SIF, the second action is performed by the second SIF.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes strand mounts for small cell radios. The strand mount includes a frame including opposing frame sections, each frame section is configured such that one or more radios and/or antennas can be mounted to an outer surface of the respective frame section and extend outwardly therefrom, an extension member coupled to an end of the frame and configured such that one or more radios and/or antennas can be mounted thereto, the extension member being configured to rotate to a desired angle relative to the frame to achieve a desired azimuth, and one or more mounting clamps coupled to the frame, the one or more mounting clamps being configured to secure the strand mount on a cable strand. Alternative strand mounts and strand mount assemblies are also described.

Abstract: An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a location of each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs). A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, the plurality of UEs based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.

Abstract: A method comprises: determining, from an indication that an initial uplink beam between a user equipment and a network node is misaligned with respect to a downlink beam between the network node and the user equipment, at least one misalignment angle between the initial uplink beam and the downlink beam; and reconfiguring the uplink beam based on the misalignment angle to produce a reconfigured uplink beam.