Telecommunications Science ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 169-176.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2022047

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5G-Advanced: network-controlled repeater

Nan ZHANG1,2, Ziyang LI1,2, Ruyue LI1,2, Wei CAO1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
    2 ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China
  • Revised:2022-08-10 Online:2022-09-20 Published:2022-09-01

Abstract:

Radio frequency (RF) repeaters have been deployed in 2G, 3G and 4G to improve the coverage of cellular system.While it is treated as a cost effective solution to extend the network coverage, conventional RF repeaters simply perform amplify-and-forward operation based on the set-up without the capability of doing flexible adjustments based on control and scheduling indication from network.An overview on the new study item in 5G-Advanced was given, i.e.network-controlled repeater.As an enhancement over conventional RF repeaters, network-contrdled repeater will enable the repeater to receive and process repeater control information from the network and perform its amplify-and-forward operation in a more efficient manner including the directive forwarding of the signal, dynamic on-/off of transmissions and receptions, and simplified network integration.

Key words: network-controlled repeater, repeater control information, 5G-Advanced

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