Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may receive, from a control node or a second wireless node, an indication of an assisting node to be used to establish a communication connection between the first wireless node and the second wireless node, the indication including identifying information associated with the assisting node. The first wireless node may establish the communication connection with the second wireless node using the assisting node. Numerous other aspects are described.

A millimeter-wave repeater may be provided to cover a radio shaded area, in a system for the millimeter-wave repeater. The millimeter-wave repeater may provide a service by changing a signal of a millimeter-wave band to an intermediate frequency band, and then changing the signal to the millimeter-wave band again.

A method according to a first aspect is a method performed by a relay node that establishes a radio backhaul link, with an adjacent relay node, relaying communication between a user equipment and a donor base station. The method includes measuring a parameter related to communication quality of a data packet by a BAP entity that transmits or receives the data packet via the radio backhaul link, and reporting a result of the measuring to the donor base station by an upper entity locating in an upper layer than the BAP entity.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a terminal for supporting device to device (D2D) communication relays a D2D signal comprises the steps of: transmitting, by the terminal, a D2D signal to be relayed to a neighboring terminal; and relaying a signal transmitted by the neighboring terminal, on the basis of the information on the D2D signal, wherein the information on the D2D signal includes information on D2D power, and the information on the D2D power can be determined by considering a reception power difference between D2D signals transmitted on mutually adjacent frequencies.

An origination device (e.g., a base station) receives relaying information from a signal forwarding device in a grant or a broadcast message. The relaying information can be information pertaining to channel conditions and/or quality (e.g., a Channel Quality Indicator) of a first communication link between the signal forwarding device and a destination device, and/or an encoding rate based on channel conditions associated with the first communication link. The origination device utilizes the relaying information to determine a first set of encoding parameters that correspond to channel conditions associated with the first communication link between the signal forwarding device and a destination device. The origination device encodes a first set of data according to the first set of encoding parameters and transmits the encoded first set of data to the signal forwarding device. The signal forwarding device transmits the encoded first set of data to the destination device.

An antenna orientation deciding method in a wireless communication system that has a communication device provided with an antenna having directionality and a relay device that travels, includes a deciding step of deciding an orientation at which the directionality of the antenna as to the relay device is optimal, on the basis of position information of the communication device, orbit information of the relay device, and information relating to orientation of directionality of the antenna.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable program instructions executable by a processor of a relay device via which a terminal management device is communicable with a terminal device. The program instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the relay device to transmit, to the terminal management device, an inquiry for obtainment of an instruction directed to the relay device, when receiving from the terminal management device a reply including an instruction to perform a periodic process, perform the periodic process to, each time an interval elapses, repeatedly receive the terminal information from the terminal device and transmit the received terminal information to the terminal management device even without again receiving the instruction to perform the periodic process, and when receiving from the terminal management device a reply including an instruction to change the interval, change the interval.

A wireless network extender device for use with a wireless access point device being connected to a wireless network, and being configured to transmit an onboarding communication on a current operating channel, said wireless network extender device comprising: a radio; a memory having instructions and country code data; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored on said memory to cause said wireless network extender device to: receive the onboarding communication on the current operating channel; identify the determined maximum broadcasting power based on the onboarding communication and the country code data; and initiate the onboarding process with the wireless access point device at the determined maximum broadcasting power on the current operating channel.

A relay device includes: a storage unit storing a correspondence table that correlates header information with a relay resource, the relay resource implementing a communication request class defined based on the header information; a data acquisition unit acquiring the data transmitted from the transmission source device as acquired data; a relay resource determination unit determining a relay resource for the acquired data based on header information included in the acquired data and the correspondence table; and a data transmission unit transmitting the acquired data to the destination device using the relay resource determined by the relay resource determination unit.

A portable communication system for use in hostile and unknown environments. The system has a base station for control by an operator. The base station dispatches one or more unmanned drones into the hostile environment, where a forward agent, such a robot or investigative person can approach a suspected threat. Each drone has a payload of repeaters to be delivered as necessary to maintain line of sight communication from the forward agent back to the base station. Once delivered, the repeaters are mobile and can autonomously reposition to maintain or optimize line of sight communication. Communications from the forward agent back to the base station are then interpreted and analyzed for further action.